How to Tame Lions (song)

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"How to Tame Lions"
UK promo single cover
Single by Washington
from the album How to Tame Lions & I Believe You Liar
ReleasedOctober 2009 (2009-10)
Length3:49
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Megan Washington
Producer(s)John Castle, Megan Washington
Washington singles chronology
"Cement"
(2009)
"How to Tame Lions"
(2009)
"Rich Kids"
(2010)
Music video
"How to Tame Lions" on YouTube

"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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wallace, Ian (26 October 2009). "Week Commencing ~ 26th October 2009 ~ Issue #1026" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1026). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ "About the Vanda Young Global Song Writing Competition". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Winners by Year 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Washington - How To Tame Lions (Official Video)". YouTube. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2021.