Like Wow - Wipeout!

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“Like Wow - Wipeout!”
“Like Wow - Wipeout!” cover
Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Mars Needs Guitars!
A-side "Like Wow - Wipeout!"
B-side "Bring the Hoodoo Down"
Released Flag of Australia October, 1985
Format 7" vinyl
Genre Rock
Length 3:09
Label Flag of Australia Big Time
Writer(s) Dave Faulkner
Producer Charles Fisher
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"Bittersweet"
(1985)
"Like Wow - Wipeout!"
(1985)
"Death Defying"
(1986)

"Like Wow - Wipeout!" was a single by iconic[1][2] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #28 on the Melbourne Record Charts.[3] It was released on Big Time Records in October, 1985; and was written by Dave Faulkner.[4]

"Bring the Hoodoo Down" (B side), was also written by Faulkner.[4] It had already been released as a B side on the United Kingdom 12" single for "Bittersweet".

"... was only recorded as a b-side but producer Charles Fisher thought it "had something" and should be included on the album. No-one was more surprised than us when it became the second single and our biggest hit at the time. We just liked it because it was noisy." - Dave Faulkner.[5]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Like Wow - Wipeout!" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:09
  2. "Bring the Hoodoo Down" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:01

[edit] Personnel

Credited[6] to:

  • James Baker — drums
  • Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals
  • Dave Faulkner — lead vocals (track A), guitar
  • Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals
  • Brad Shepherd — guitar, lead vocals (track B), harmonica
  • Producer — Charles Fisher
  • Engineer — John Bee
  • Mastering — Don Bartley

[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame. ARIA Awards. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  2. ^ Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). (PDF) "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame". Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  3. ^ Guest, Thomas J. (1991). Thirty Years of Hits. Collingwood, Melbourne: M. J. Maloney. ISBN 0-646-04633-0. 
  4. ^ a b Australasian Performing Right Association. APRA. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
  5. ^ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
  6. ^ Discogs entry on Mars Needs Guitars!. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.