What is "straight lines"

n. (plural of straight line English)

"Straight Lines" is a song by Australian band Silverchair. It was released on 20 March 2007, and debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. The single was shortly followed by the release of the band's fifth studio album Young Modern on 31 March 2007. Unlike the songs written during Diorama where Daniel Johns wrote all the tracks himself, "Straight Lines" was co-written by The Presets' Julian Hamilton. On 19 February 2007, it became the band's first Australian number one single since 1997's " Freak". On 2 September 2007, "Straight Lines" was accredited Double Platinum by ARIA, representing combined digital sales and physical shipment of 140,000 singles in Australia, equalling "Tomorrow" as their best selling single. On 28 October 2007, "Straight Lines" won "Best Selling Australian Single" at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, as well as "Single of the Year". The song was the most played song on Australian radio in 2007. It charted at #2 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2007 and missed out on the Number 1 spot by only 13 votes. As of January 2008 the single has remained in the top 50 for over 40 weeks.

Straight Lines may refer to:

• Straight line, in mathematical geometry
• Straight Lines (album), an album by Ken Vandermark
• Straight Lines (EP), an EP by Junip
• Straight Lines (song), a song by Silverchair
• "Straight Lines", a song by New Musik
• Straight Lines (band), a Canadian band

Straight Lines is an EP by the Swedish band Junip. It was originally released on 7" vinyl in 2000 in a limited edition of 500 copies. The sleeve includes the message: "This is kakafoni 1, the beginning of a musical chaos with no end in sight. Please write to us". The album was recorded and mixed by Don Alsterberg and mastered by Don Alsterberg and Andreas Stridh.

Straight Lines is an album by American jazz reedist Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in 1998 and released on Atavistic. The Joe Harriott Project, a pianoless quartet with four members of the Vandermark 5, plays the music of the Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott, transcribed and arranged by Vandermark. Three tunes are from the album Free Form and four from Abstract.