How to Tame Lions (song) explained

How to Tame Lions
Cover:	How_to_Tame_Lions_single_by_Washington.png
Caption:	UK promo single cover
Type:	single
Artist:	Washington
Album:	How to Tame Lions & I Believe You Liar
Length:	3:49
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	John Castle, Megan Washington
Prev Title:	Cement
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Rich Kids
Next Year:	2010

"How to Tame Lions" is a song by Australian musician Washington, released in October as the second and final single from the EP of the same name. It is also inlaced on her debut studio album, I Believe You Liar (2010). Sales toward the song counted toward the EP, which peaked at number 73 on the ARIA charts.^[1]

In December 2009, the song won first place in the inaugural Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.^{[2] [3]}

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010, the song was nominated for Single of the Year.^[4]

It was released in the United Kingdom in 2011 as a promotional single for the album, I Believe You Liar.

Music video

The music video was released on 12 October 2009.^[5]

Notes and References

1. 26 October 2009 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091104130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091105-0000/Issue1026.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 26th October 2009 ~ Issue #1026 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1026 . 2 . 4 November 2009 . 18 March 2021 .
2. Web site: Past Winners. APRA AMCOS. 12 March 2021.
3. Web site: About the Vanda Young Global Song Writing Competition. APRA AMCOS. 12 March 2021.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120421080110/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2010 . Winners by Year 2010 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 21 April 2012 . 12 December 2015.
5. Web site: Washington - How To Tame Lions (Official Video). YouTube. 12 October 2009. 18 March 2021.