| Roll Up Your Sleeves | |
| Cover: | Roll_Up_Your_Sleeves_by_Meg_Mac.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Meg Mac |
| Album: | MegMac (EP) |
| Label: | littleBIGMAN, Inertia |
| Chronology: | Meg Mac |
| Prev Title: | Every Lie |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Never Be |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
"Roll Up Your Sleeves" is a song recorded by Australian singer Meg Mac for her extended play, MegMac. The song was released for digital download on 1 July 2014.[1] "Roll Up Your Sleeves" gave Mac her first ARIA Charts entry, peaking at number 80. The song was voted in at number 24 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014.
In an interview with Rolling Stone Australia, Mac described the song saying; “I feel like I wrote this song from myself to myself as some sort of reminder. Doing the right thing is hard and sometimes it is way easier to pretend you don't give a shit. Deep down I think we all give a shit and that everything has to be alright if you want it to be. I do really believe that.” [2]
Meg also said it is the quickest song she has ever written.[3]
The song placed second in the 2014 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[4]
The track has been described as “a dark soul ballad enriched by a warm, breathy refrain, the piano-led single stands in radiant contrast to the grit of powerhouse stomper, “Every Lie””[5]
In a review on Triple J, it was described as “punchy and empowering".[6]
Nastassia Baroni of Music Feeds said; “This new single follows up tracks "Known Better" and "Every Lie" and it's laced with as much bluesy soul as its predecessors. Led by a simple driving piano, [Mac's] powerful and soaring vocals demand all the attention.” [7]
Zara Golden from The Fader described the song as “a folky, infectious just-do-you anthem.”[8]
The black and white music video for “Roll Up Your Sleeves” was directed by Tobias Andersson and released on 14 July 2014.[9]
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [10] | 80 |
| Australian Independent Chart (AIR) [11] | 3 |
Urthboy (featuring Hermitude, All Our Exes Live in Texas, Tom Thum and Kira Puru) covered the song in December 2015 as part of Triple J’s ‘Like a Version’.[12]