The song originally appeared on her album The Liberation Of... and was subsequently released as a single in March 2011.

It peaked at number 9 on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart and spent 22 weeks in the top 40.

[2] It was ranked at number 23 on the 2011 year-end chart.

[3] "Like Water" was nominated for Single of the Year and director Faye McNeil was nominated for its music video at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards.

[4] This 2010s hip-hop song–related article is a stub.