Errol (song)
| "Errol" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Australian Crawl | ||||
| from the album Sirocco | ||||
| A-side | "Errol" | |||
| B-side | "Easy On Your Own" | |||
| Released | September, 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single | |||
| Recorded | Studio 301 (Sydney, New South Wales) | |||
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | James Reyne, Guy McDonough | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Dawkins | |||
| Australian Crawl singles chronology | ||||
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"Errol" is the second single by iconic[1] Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl taken from their 1981 album Sirocco.[2] The song was written by James Reyne and Guy McDonough,[3] and is a lyrical biography about Australian-born actor Errol Flynn. It was produced by Peter Dawkins.[2]
"Errol" was released in September, 1981 and reached #18 on the Australian Singles Charts in October, 1981.[4] It was voted their third most popular song by listeners of Triple M in 2007.[5]
B-side, "Easy on Your Own" was written by Simon Binks and Brad Robinson of The Crawl together with Australian actress Kerry Armstrong.[3] Robinson and Armstrong were married; Armstrong was later an Australian Film Institute Award winner.[6]
In December 1982, the then-nascent Australian new wave band This Is Serious Mum parodied the song as "Yassa Ara-Thin-A-Go-Go". The recording would be released on 29 July 2002.
Track listing
- "Errol" (James Reyne, Guy McDonough)[3] - 3:30
- "Easy On Your Own" (Simon Binks, Brad Robinson, Kerry Armstrong)[3] - 3:49
Charts
| Chart (1981) | Peak Position [4] |
Weeks In |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 18 | 18 |
References
- ↑ "1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". ARIA. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- 1 2 Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- ↑ "Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown". Triple M. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ↑ Kerry Armstrong at the Internet Movie Database