| Plans | |
| Cover: | Birds of Tokyo - Plans.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Birds of Tokyo |
| Album: | Birds of Tokyo |
| Recorded: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Label: | EMI |
| Producer: | Scott Horscroft, Adam Spark |
| Prev Title: | The Saddest Thing I Know |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Wild at Heart |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Plans" is the second single by Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo's self-titled third album, Birds of Tokyo. The song proved to be their most successful single to date, peaking at
In an interview with Triple J, frontman Ian Kenny said regarding the song:
"When you're writing records, every now and then you come across a bit of a stone in the road in the writing process, and you start questioning things. 'Plans' just wasn't coming together the way we thought it should, so we put the song down for a bit, and when we returned to it — I don't remember what we did differently — it came together. We got the demo and went, 'Yep, that's got something in its guts.'"[3]
"Plans" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 30 on the issue dated 18 July 2010, however it descended to No. 32 on its second week. It eventually reached its peak of No. 11 six weeks later. As of 23 January 2011, "Plans" has spent a total of 28 weeks in the ARIA top 50.[1] The song debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at No. 38 on 29 November 2010 and reached the peak position of No. 34.
The music video for "Plans" premiered on 21 June 2010.[4] It was shot in Brisbane, Australia and directed by Sean Gilligan.[5]
| Chart (2010) | Peak Position | |
|---|---|---|
| ARIA Singles Chart | 11 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[8] | 34 |