Stranger (Peking Duk song)

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"Stranger"
Stranger by Peking Duk.jpg
Single by Peking Duk featuring Elliphant
Released21 October 2016 [1]
Recorded2016
Length3:26
Label Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s) Adam Hyde, Reuben Styles, Kaelyn Behr, Elliphant, Daniel Goudie, Ashley Milton
Peking Duk singles chronology
"Say My Name"
(2015)
"Stranger"
(2016)
"Fake Magic"
(2017)

"Stranger" is a song by Australian electronic music duo Peking Duk featuring Swedish singer Elliphant.

Contents

The song was written late in 2015 in Sydney while Elliphant was touring for the Falls Festival. The song was redone by the trio several times over the year. Elliphant is grateful the duo ignored her request "to give it to another artist", saying "I told them that maybe there would be a better person to do 'Stranger' because they weren't satisfied, I wasn't coming up with the vocal they wanted. If I heard it out there with some other girl now I would be so annoyed." [2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, the song was nominated for three awards, winning ARIA Award for Song of the Year. [3] At the APRA Music Awards of 2018, the song won Dance Work of the Year. [4]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Stranger" (featuring Elliphant)3:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016–17)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 93
Chart (2017)Position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 78

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9] 5× Platinum350,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [10] Gold15,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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