"Mind Reader" is a song by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band

Band (music)

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 Silverchair

Silverchair

Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...

, from their fifth studio album

Studio album

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 Young Modern. The song was sent to Australian radio stations in January 2008 and released as the fourth single from the album. The song was co-written by Julian Hamilton

Julian Hamilton

Julian Thomas Hamilton is a singer, song-writer and keyboardist, who, with bandmate Kim Moyes, makes up successful Sydney electronica duo, The Presets.-Biography:...

 of The Presets

The Presets

The Presets are an Australian electronic duo formed in 2003, consisting of Julian Hamilton on vocals and keyboards, and Kim Moyes on drums and keyboards. They released their debut album Beams in 2005 to positive critical response. Their 2008 release Apocalypso debuted at number-one on the ARIA...

, who is responsible for the "don't know what you want" chorus. The single was released on 23 February 2008, as a digital download.

Track listing

Australian Promo (ELEVENCDPRO81)

1. "Mind Reader"
2. "Mind Reader" (live from Across the Great Divide)

iTunes single

1. "Mind Reader"
2. "Mind Reader" (live video)

Music video

The live music video was footage from the Across the Great Divide tour

Across the Great Divide tour

The Across the Great Divide tour was a concert tour by Australian alternative rock bands Powderfinger and Silverchair in 2007. The tour featured concerts in 26 towns across Australia and multiple shows in New Zealand...

in Melbourne.