Older Than You Explained

Older Than You
Cover:Ej_Olderthanyou.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Eskimo Joe
Album:A Song Is a City
Studio:Milkbar, Big Jesus Burger
Length:2:32
Label:Festival Mushroom, Warner
Producer:Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe
Prev Title:Smoke
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Next Year:2006

"Older Than You" is a song by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released in October 2004 as the third and final single from their second studio album, A Song Is a City (2004). The song peaked at number 46 on the Australian Singles Chart and was ranked at number 32 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.[1] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005, the song won the ARIA Award for Best Group while being nominated for Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year with Paul McKercher.[2]

Background

Kav Temperley said "This song was written in autumn last year when I'd just split up with my girlfriend of four years and had gone over to Melbourne to meet up with a girl who I guess was one of the catalysts for the break up. Nothing had happened, but that window was there. We met up and the thing that I really appreciated about her is that she was a couple of years younger than me but her eyes were like the eyes of an old soul. So it's the story of us meeting up over there, but I held back 'cause it didn't seem right to simply jump from one relationship to the next. I have to trust in existence. It's a continuing story."

Music video

The film clip for "Older Than You" was shot over 14 hours at Sydney's Hyde Park by director, Nash Edgerton, who had previously directed Eskimo Joe's "Liar" film clip.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Hottest 100 Archive: 2004. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 February 2023.
  2. Web site: ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 13 June 2012.