"Exactly How You Are" is a song by Australian indie rock band Ball Park Music, released on 15 September 2017 as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album '' Good Mood'' (2018). In November 2017, the group performed the song in the

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. The song polled at number 18 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2017. The song was certified platinum in Australia in 2021. At the

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the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year.

Reception

Al Newstead from ''

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'' said "'Exactly How You Are' is free of the more melancholy shades that coloured the Brisbane group’'s last album. Instead, it embraces warm melodies and a feel-good, catchy chorus of 'I love you exactly how you are'." Hayden Davies from ''Pilerats'' said of the song "it's a sun-soaked, summery anthem which will no doubt soundtrack our lives as we head into the warmer months".

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References

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