"Paper Planes" is the debut single by season six runner-up of The Voice Australia, Hoseah Partsch. It is co-written by Dennis Dowlut (ex-Disco Montego) and Maxwell Bidstrup,[1] which was released digitally immediately after the final on 2 July 2017. The song debuted and peaked at number 35 on the ARIA Singles Chart with 5,147 sales.[2]
Speaking about the single, Partsch said: "I fell in love with it straightaway... It feels like something that I would have written myself. It talks about my life and things that I'm going through today. I've been blessed, and I feel like I'm flying. I'm extremely excited about everything that’s coming up. I can't wait."[3]
A lyric music video was released on YouTube on 7 December 2017.[4]
On the 8 February 2018, Partsch performed the song live on BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.[5]
| Chart (2017–18) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 35 |
| Scotland (OCC)[7] | 36 |
| Country | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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| Australia | 2 July 2017 |
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original | Universal Music Australia | [8] |
| United Kingdom | 9 July 2017 | [9] | |||
| Australia | 1 December 2017 | MOZA remix | [10] | ||
| Australia | 12 January 2018 | Hounded remix | [11] | ||
| Australia | 19 January 2018 | Haides remix | [12] | ||
| United Kingdom | 20 January 2018 | Contemporary hit radio | original | [13] | |
| Australia | 26 January 2018 | Digital download, streaming | Cuurley remix | [14] |
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