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Mended (song)

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"Mended"
Single by Vera Blue
from the album Perennial
Released26 May 2017
Length5:05
LabelUniversal Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Vera Blue, Andy and Thom Mak
Vera Blue singles chronology
"Private"
(2017)
"Mended"
(2017)
"Regular Touch"
(2017)
Music video
"Mended" on YouTube

"Mended" is a song by Australian singer songwriter, Vera Blue and was released on 26 May 2017 as the second single from her second studio album, Perennial (2017).

Blue told Triple J's Veronica & Lewis, "I was in a stage where I was thinking about past relationships and my co-writer Thom, [he] came up with the idea for the title. It reminded me of all the things I haven't said and people I haven't quite let go of... It's basically about not mending with someone and making up with them. Not necessarily getting back in a relationship but letting go of the pain and the hurt, saying sorry."[1] In an interview with The Music AU, Blue added “It’s funny because you think the song is going to be about resolution, but we haven’t quite made it there yet.”[2]

"Mended" was certified gold in 2019 and platinum in 2020.

Music video

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The music video was directed by Cloudy Rhodes and released on 14 June 2017. Rhodes said; "I wanted to make a film where we witness the triumph of a young woman rising-up to the experience of love. I wanted Vera to be the protagonist of the film who falls from the night sky, out of the darkness into the light - her falling is a metaphorical representation of ‘falling in love’. Mended to me is all as about the female experience and that's what I tried to convey through the visuals in this clip."[3]

Track listing

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Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Mended"5:05

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 96

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Platinum 70,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label
Australia[6] 26 May 2017 Digital download Universal Music Australia

References

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  1. ^ "First listen: Vera Blue releases the tearjerking 'Mended'". ABC. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Vera Blue Unveils New Single & Massive Headline Tour". the Music AU. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Vera Blue Announces Debut Album Details & Drops Brand New Music Vid". The Music. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. ^ "ARIA CHART WATCH #423". auspOp. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ "ARIA Accreditations 2020". ARIA. January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Mended (single) by Vera Blue". Retrieved 4 June 2017.