{{Short description|2004 single by Adeaze and Aaradhna}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Getting Stronger | cover = Getting Stronger Adeaze Aaradhna cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Adeaze featuring Aaradhna | album = Always & for Real | released = {{start date|2004|8|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 3:06 | label = Dawn Raid Entertainment | writer = * Nainz Tupa'i * Viiz Tupa'i<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificmusicawards.org.nz/pastevents.htm|title=2005 Pacific Music Awards – Finalists & Winners|publisher=Pacific Music Awards|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519214528/http://www.pacificmusicawards.org.nz/pastevents.htm|archive-date=19 May 2007|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> | producer = | chronology = Adeaze | prev_title = How Deep Is Your Love | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Tears in Heaven | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Aaradhna | type = singles | title = Getting Stronger | year = 2004 | next_title = They Don't Know | next_year = 2005 }} {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|fBTO56l2D8M|"Getting Stronger"}}}} }} "'''Getting Stronger'''" is a song written and performed by New Zealand R&B and soul duo Adeaze. It is a duet with fellow New Zealand singer Aaradhna, who was credited as a co-star for the single release due to her recent signing with Dawn Raid Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/news-archive.htm|title=News Archive|publisher=Dawn Raid Entertainment|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027070127/http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/news-archive.htm|archive-date=27 October 2004|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> A song about finding one's inner strength,<ref name="nzos">{{cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/getting-stronger-2004|title=Getting Stronger: Overview|publisher=NZ On Screen|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> "Getting Stronger" was released as the second single from Adeaze's debut album, ''Always & for Real'', in August 2004. It received heavy radio airplay and gave both acts their first and only number-one single in New Zealand. A music video directed by Kezia Barnett was made to promote the song.
==Release and critical reception== "Getting Stronger" was released as a CD single in New Zealand in August 2004, following several weeks of heavy airplay. The CD contains the full version of "Getting Stronger" as well as instrumental and a cappella versions.<ref name="news">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/news.htm|title=News|publisher=Dawn Raid Entertainment|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041023175202/http://www.dawnraid.co.nz/news.htm|archive-date=23 October 2004|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> Critically, music writer Martyn Pepperell called the track an "infectious, platinum-certified slow jam".<ref name="nzos"/> At the 2005 Pacific Music Awards, the song was nominated for APRA Best Pacific Song, losing to Tha Feelstyle's "Su'amalie".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pacificmusicawards.org.nz/2005---2010.html|title=Past Winners|publisher=Pacific Music Awards|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== Before the CD's release, the song charted on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart on airplay alone, debuting at number 26 on 9 August 2004 and jumping to number five the following week, once the CD was in stores.<ref name="news"/><ref name="nz"/> Afterwards, the song rose to number three on 23 August, then topped the chart on 30 August.<ref name="nz"/> It gave Adeaze their third top-10 single and Aaradhna her first, as well as both acts' highest- and longest-charting single in New Zealand, staying in the top 50 for 20 weeks.<ref name="nz"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=Adeaze|title=Search for: Adeaze|website=charts.nz|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=Aaradhna|title=Search for: Aaradhna|website=charts.nz|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> It ended 2004 as New Zealand's 22nd-most-successful single and was certified triple platinum by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) in November 2024 for sales and streaming figures exceeding 90,000 units.<ref name="nzye"/><ref name="rmnz"/> According to NZ On Screen, the track was the second-most-played song on New Zealand radio by a native act in 2004.<ref name="nzos"/>
==Music video== The music video for "Getting Stronger" was filmed in June 2004 and was released to TV the following month.<ref name="news"/> Directed by Kezia Barnett, the video shows Aaradhna in a tour bus singing into a big mirror while her reflection sings back certain lyrics on its own. After singing the first chorus into a hairbrush, Aaradhna leaves the bus and meets up with Adeaze, who are revealed to be apparitions, in front of a filming studio. The three then appear in the studio, where they are filmed singing the rest of the song in the room depicted on the cover artwork.<ref name="nzos"/>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2004) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Adeaze co-starring Aaradhna|song=Getting Stronger|rowheader=true|access-date=31 August 2025|refname="nz"}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2004) !Position |- !scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref name="nzye">{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2004-12-31|title=End of Year Top 50 Singles 2004|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> |22 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Adeaze feat. Aaradhna|title=Getting Stronger|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=31 August 2025|refname="rmnz"}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
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Category:2004 singles Category:2004 songs Category:Aaradhna songs Category:Dawn Raid Entertainment singles Category:Male–female vocal duets Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand