"Inventing Myself" is a

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by recording artist

Stan Walker Stan Walker (born 23 October 1990) is an Australian-born New Zealand singer, actor, and television personality. In 2009, Walker was the winner of the seventh and last season of ''Australian Idol''. He subsequently signed a recording contract ...

from his fourth studio album ''

Inventing Myself ''Inventing Myself'' is the fourth studio album by New Zealand recording artist Stan Walker. It was released on 25 October 2013, by Sony Music Australia. It is Walker's first album to be released exclusively in New Zealand. The album was preced ...

''.

Background and composition

"Inventing Myself" is a R&B

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with funk-influenced

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s. It was released as a

via

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Sony Music Australia Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony ...

on 9 July 2013 in New Zealand.

Reception

"Inventing Myself" debuted on the

New Zealand Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Mus ...

at number 27 on 22 July 2013, but fell off the chart the next week.

Chart performance

References

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