Back and Forth (Operator Please song)

"Back and Forth"
Single by Operator Please
from the album Gloves
Released16 April 2010
Recorded2009
GenreIndie rock, dance-pop
Length3:09
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Amandah Wilkinson, Matt Gooderson, D. Watts
Operator Please singles chronology
"Logic"
(2010)
"Back and Forth"
(2010)
"Like Magic"
(2010)

"Back and Forth" is a song by the Australian band Operator Please, released in April 2010 as the second single from the band's second album, Gloves. The song peaked at number 84 on the ARIA Chart.

The song is used on the soundtrack of the 2012 comedy, For a Good Time, Call....[1]

Music video

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The video shows the band members playing their instruments on a stage on a blue-curtained set, surrounded by six female dancers who perform simple dance moves behind them. It was directed by Elvira Wilkinson and released on Operator Please's official YouTube channel on 22 April 2010.[2]

Charts

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"Back and Forth" debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number 96 in the same week, beginning 3 May 2010, that Gloves debuted on the albums chart.[3] The following week, it reached its peak of number 84,[4] and spent two more weeks in the top 100 before dropping out of the chart.

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 84

References

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  1. ^ "Soundtrack For 'For A Good Time Call' Features Los Campesinos!, Operator Please, Timber Timbre, More". Indie Wire. 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Operator Please - Back And Forth (Official HD)". YouTube. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Chartifacts" (PDF). ARIA Report. No. 1053. Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. May 2010. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2023 – via Trove.
  4. ^ a b "ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 10th May 2010" (PDF). ARIA Report. No. 1054. Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. May 2010. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2023 – via Trove.