| "Bittersweet" | ||||
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| Single by Hoodoo Gurus | ||||
| from the album Mars Needs Guitars! | ||||
| A-side | "Bittersweet" | |||
| B-side | "Mars Needs Guitars" | |||
| Released | June, 1985 (Australia) | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl 12" vinyl |
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Big Time (Australia) Chrysalis (United Kingdom) Elektra (United States) |
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| Writer(s) | Dave Faulkner | |||
| Producer | Charles Fisher | |||
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"Bittersweet" was a single by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #10 on the Melbourne Record Charts.[1] It was released on Big Time Records in June, 1985; and was written by Dave Faulkner.[2]
"Mars Needs Guitars" (B side), was written by all five Gurus (James Baker, Clyde Bramley, Faulkner, Mark Kingsmill and Brad Shepherd)[2] and lead vocals were by Brad Shepherd.
It was also released in 1985 in the United States by Elektra with "Bring the Hoodoo Down" as the B-side, and in the United Kingdom as a 12" single by Chrysalis Records with two B-sides, "Bring the Hoodoo Down" & "Turkey Dinner".[3]
"... I vowed to myself that I would write less comic narratives and try to express my sentiments in a more forthright way. I feel I succeeded with "Bittersweet" though at the time I didn't think that a) the band would want to play it and b) our audience would want to hear it. I was happily wrong on both counts." - Dave Faulkner.[4]
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Courtney Love provided lead vocals for her band Hole's version of "Bittersweet" with Faulkner's backing vocals at Hole's 1999 Big Day Out performance.[5]
The song "Bittersweet" was used in the video game MVP Baseball 2004.
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