Every Day My Mother's Voice
| "Every Day My Mother's Voice" | ||||
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| Single by Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan | ||||
| from the album Songs from the South: 1985–2019 | ||||
| Released | 3 May 2019 | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | UMA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Kelly | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Schram | |||
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| Dan Sultan singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Every Day My Mother's Voice" on YouTube | ||||
"Every Day My Mother's Voice" is a song by Australian recording artists Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan. The song was released on 3 May 2019, and recorded for The Final Quarter; a 2019 Australian documentary about the final stages of the Australian football career of Adam Goodes, during which he was the target of repeated booing by opposition fans and his relationship with his mother Lisa-May Sansbury.[1][2]
The documentary director and producer Ian Darling told Music Feeds, "I've always loved the way Paul writes ballads and when I asked him to write a new song for Adam, I knew he would do it in his own original way… Paul wrote the song specifically with Dan Sultan in mind to perform it with him, which made it even more perfect."[1]
At the 2019 Screen Music Awards in November 2019, the song won Best Original Song Composed for the Screen.[1] At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year.[3]
The song is included in Kelly's greatest hits album, Songs from the South: 1985–2019.
Music video
The music video, directed and produced by Ian Darling, was released on 2 May and features Kelly and Sultan performing the track, with intermittent footage and sound bites of Adam Goodes' on and off-field triumphs.[4]
Reception
Dan Condon from ABC said "From the moment those chiming guitars and Kelly's iconic voice ring out in the first few seconds, it just feels like we're in really safe hands. Of course Sultan, who is perhaps the best rock vocalist in the country right now, only adds value to this. He and Kelly sound brilliant together."[5]
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 May 2019[6] | Standard | UMA |
References
- ^ a b c "Screen Music Award Winners 2019". The Music Network. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Dan Sultan and Paul Kelly release duet for new Adam Goodes documentary". SBS. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "APRA Has Revealed The 2020 Song Of The Year Finalists". The Music. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan Unveil Collab 'Every Day My Mother's Voice' From Adam Goodes Doco". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "You need this new Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan duet in your life right now". ABC. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Every Days My Mother's Voice". Apple Music (AU). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.