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Talk Is Cheap (Chet Faker song)

"Talk Is Cheap"
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Single by Chet Faker
from the album Built on Glass
Released 11 February 2014
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre Trip hop
Length 3:38
Label Future Classic
Writer(s) Nicholas Murphy
Producer(s) Nicholas Murphy
Chet Faker singles chronology
"Drop the Game"
(2013)
"Talk Is Cheap"
(2014)
"1998"
(2014)

"Talk Is Cheap" is the first single by Australian musician Chet Faker from his debut studio album Built on Glass (2014). The song was released in Australia as a digital download on 11 February 2014 through Future Classic. It was voted number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014.

"Talk Is Cheap" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 82 on 17 February 2014 and peaked at number 34 two weeks later. After his live performance at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014 on 26 November 2014, the song reached a new peak of 31. On 26 January 2015, the song was voted number one on radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2014 and following this achievement, "Talk Is Cheap" reached a new peak of number 6. The song has been certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 70,000 copies.

A music video to accompany the release of "Talk Is Cheap" was first released on YouTube on 11 February 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds. Directed by Toby & Pete, it was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014, but lost to "Chandelier" by Sia.

^shipments figures based on certification alone



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