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Paul Dempsey

Data updated on 2025-07-30 22:17:22 UTC
Paul Dempsey is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of one of Australia’s most successful and respected bands, Something for Kate. He is equally known as one of Australia's most original and successful solo artists. Having released six platinum and gold albums to date with Something for Kate, amassing a staggering 13 Australian Record Industry Award nominations, multiple Rolling Stone gongs for best band, best album & best male vocalist along with countless sold out tours with everyone from David Bowie to Death Cab for Cutie, Dempsey decided to step out on his own in 2009 releasing his first solo album.

Preferring to tackle subject matters well beyond the realm of rock n roll, his songs gracefully explore everything from the existential angst of artificial intelligence to the possibility of apocalyptic romance - ensuring he is never predictable. His solo albums include the gold ‘Everything Is True’, and 2016’s 'Strange Loop’. Dempsey is regarded as one of the countries finest and most fiercely original lyricists.

Total plays

27.3 million
Updated on 2025-07-30

Monthly listeners

49,492

Followers

30,679

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    11,132 listeners
  2. Australia
    10,745 listeners
  3. Australia
    8,268 listeners
  4. Australia
    5,326 listeners
  5. Australia
    3,140 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Ramona Was A Waitress
Ramona Was A Waitress
5,307,094 3:36 2009-01-01
Idiot Oracle
Idiot Oracle
4,133,254 4:05 2016-05-13
Addicted
Addicted
2,491,587 4:09 2010-01-01
Out The Airlock
Out The Airlock
2,368,102 3:36 2009-01-01
Calling Out
Calling Out
1,318,782 3:60 2016-11-04
Morningless
Morningless
1,152,685 3:28 2016-05-13
Edge Of Town - triple j Like A Version
Edge Of Town - triple j Like A Version
929,407 3:37 2022-04-22
The True Sea
The True Sea
867,826 7:27 2016-05-13
Fast Friends
Fast Friends
802,450 4:17 2009-01-01
Never Tear Us Apart
Never Tear Us Apart
556,979 3:37 2013-01-01
Bats
Bats
555,099 3:53 2009-01-01
Lifetime Supply
Lifetime Supply
428,416 4:10 2016-05-13
Strange Loop
Strange Loop
396,326 4:38 2016-05-13
Theme From Nice Guy
Theme From Nice Guy
379,117 4:43 2009-01-01
The Great Optimist
The Great Optimist
358,645 3:09 2009-01-01
Volunteers
Volunteers
338,470 5:05 2016-05-13
Take Us To Your Leader
Take Us To Your Leader
303,363 4:15 2009-01-01
Bird In A Basement
Bird In A Basement
302,028 4:17 2009-01-01
Hey History (Don’t Go Changin’)
Hey History (Don’t Go Changin’)
297,890 4:13 2016-05-13
Be Somebody
Be Somebody
283,790 3:51 2016-05-13
Berlin Chair
Berlin Chair
276,409 2:39 2013-01-01
Have You Fallen Out Of Love?
Have You Fallen Out Of Love?
276,389 4:24 2009-01-01
I Want To Break Free
I Want To Break Free
269,435 3:10 2013-01-01
I Want to Break Free
I Want to Break Free
269,435 3:10 2013-10-04
Blindspot
Blindspot
263,397 3:52 2016-05-13
Man Of The Moment
Man Of The Moment
245,807 4:30 2009-01-01
Caroline
Caroline
242,334 4:56 2013-01-01
Iris Black
Iris Black
235,580 3:12 2016-05-13
Safety In Numbness
Safety In Numbness
235,316 5:01 2009-01-01
Nobody’s Trying To Tell Me Something
Nobody’s Trying To Tell Me Something
232,807 3:30 2016-05-13
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
169,842 3:07 2013-01-01
Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
169,842 3:07 2013-10-04
Jesus Etc
Jesus Etc
169,265 3:52 2013-01-01
Faith Alone
Faith Alone
127,194 3:29 2013-01-01
Mockingbirds
Mockingbirds
125,974 4:26 2013-01-01
What Jail Is Like
What Jail Is Like
119,411 3:35 2013-01-01
History Eraser
History Eraser
104,020 3:02 2013-01-01
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)
97,875 4:01 2021-11-23
We'll Never Work In This Town Again
We'll Never Work In This Town Again
95,223 5:05 2010-01-01
Sunrise
Sunrise
20,431 3:51 2013-11-01
Dumb Things
Dumb Things
11,470 3:14 2010-02-12
Web in Front
Web in Front
9,482 2:14 2013-10-04
Your Lovin' Is on My Mind
Your Lovin' Is on My Mind
8,322 4:41 2010-02-12

New releases

Disconnect
Disconnect
2024-05-10
[Universal Music Australia (Distribution)]
Edge Of Town (triple j Like A Version)
Edge Of Town (triple j Like A Version)
2022-04-22
[EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd]
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)
2021-11-23
[Ivy League Records]
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)
Fashionably Late (Every New Year’s Day)
2021-11-23
[Ivy League]
Strange Loop
Strange Loop
2016-05-13
[INDEPENDANT]
Strange Loop
Strange Loop
2016-05-13
[EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd]
Shotgun Karaoke
Shotgun Karaoke
2013-10-04
[Paul Dempsey]
Shotgun Karaoke
Shotgun Karaoke
2013-01-01
[Capitol]
We'll Never Work In This Town Again
We'll Never Work In This Town Again
2010-01-01
[Capitol Records]
Everything Is True
Everything Is True
2009-01-01
[Capitol Records]