Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds
| "Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds" | ||||
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| Single by Safia | ||||
| Released | 11 April 2014 | |||
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| Length | 4:25 | |||
| Label | SAFIA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ben Woolner-Kirkham, Micheal Bell, Harry Sayers | |||
| Producer(s) | SAFIA | |||
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| "Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds" on YouTube | ||||
"Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds" is a song by Australian electronic music group Safia. It was released as the group's second single on 11 April 2014.
In an interview with Spook Magazine in June 2014, lead singer Ben Woolner said "Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds" 'just came to him' when he was playing the piano. He added "I got the first two lines, and the production had been weird and wonky already, so I explored this, and built the song around the theme of paranoia inside someone’s mind, or life and looked at the whole release like that, ensuring that there was still pop sensibility there but also putting cute and creepy sounds in there too. We extended that with the film clip too, and our friend designed the little bear in it, and animated."
At the 2014 AIR Awards, the song was nominated for 'Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single', losing to "High" by Peking Duk.
The song reached number 1 on the Hype Machine chart. In the annual Triple J Hottest 100 countdown in January 2015, the song came in at number 96.