"Parachute" is a song by Nigerian-born Australian singer-songwriter and dancer

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. It was released as a digital download in

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on 5 June 2013. The song peaked at number three on the

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and was certified two times platinum by the

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. "Parachute" and its accompanying music video were nominated at the 2013 ARIA Music Awards for

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and Best Video.

Background

"Parachute" was written by Teddy Sky, Johnny Powers, Ameerah Roelants and Jimmy Thornfeldt.

recorded the single in Los Angeles with producer Johnny Powers. Timomatic and Powers had penned two tracks together before Powers, part of super producer

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's team of hitmakers, played him "Parachute". Timomatic said, "I wanted that track, it's my sound, it's perfect." When speaking about the song, he said: "When the emotion is real, it's easy to sing about, easy to write about, easy to be inspired. The song is about a guy having complete trust in his other half to jump into any situation and know you're going to be OK is a big thing, a very big thing." "Parachute" was released digitally on 5 June 2013.iTunes - Music - Parachute - Single by Timomatic
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Promotion

The music video for "Parachute" was directed by Marc Furmie and Elisa Mercurio, and released onto

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on 19 June 2013. The video was nominated for Best Video at the 2013 ARIA Music Awards. Timomatic performed "Parachute" for the first time at the 2013 State of Origin game one, held at ANZ Stadium in

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on 5 June." He then went on to perform "Parachute" on the final of '' The Block Australia ''Sky High''.

Track listings

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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