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1980 Australian release (Regular Records) |
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| Single by Flowers | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Icehouse | ||||||||||||||
| A-side | "We Can Get Together" | |||||||||||||
| B-side | "Paradise Lost" | |||||||||||||
| Released | October 6, 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single, 10" Vinyl Single | |||||||||||||
| Genre | rock, Synthpop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:37 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Regular Chrysalis |
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| Writer(s) | Iva Davies | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Cameron Allan, Iva Davies | |||||||||||||
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"We Can Get Together" is the second single released by Australian rock band Flowers, later known as Icehouse.[1][2] It was released in October 1980, on independent label Regular Records from their debut album Icehouse, two weeks before the album itself was released.[1] It peaked at #16 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Charts.[3]
Following their signing with Chrysalis Records in early 1981 for the European, Japanese, UK and US releases Flowers had to change their name due to legal restrictions preventing confusion with a Scottish group The Flowers.[1][4] "We Can Get Together" was released in the UK on Chrysalis in 1981 under the band name Icehouse as both a 7" and 10" vinyl single and later in the US as a 7" single.[1] A remix version by sonicanimation was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.[5]
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Flowers were formed in Sydney in 1977 by Iva Davies (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, oboe), a classically trained musician, and their main creative force; with bass player Keith Welsh.[1] Davies was working as a part-time cleaner at a squash court managed by Welsh's mother, they lived nearby and were both interested in forming a band.[6] Additional musicians used by Flowers in 1978 were Anthony Smith, who was some times called Adam Hall, on keyboards and Don Brown on drums.[2] The band built up a strong following as a live act around the pub circuit, providing distinctive cover versions of songs by Roxy Music, David Bowie, Lou Reed, T-Rex, Ultravox and Brian Eno.[1]
By mid-1979 John Lloyd (ex-Paul Kelly and the Dots) replaced Brown on drums and Michael Hoste replaced Smith on keyboards.[2] After signing to the independent Regular Records label, distributed by Festival, Flowers released their debut single in May 1980, "Can't Help Myself", written by Davies,[7] which hit the Australian Top 10 in June 1980.[3] This was followed by their debut album Icehouse, which reached #4 on the National albums chart[3] and became one of the year's biggest selling albums in Australia.[1] Further singles "We Can Get Together" (October, 1980) and "Walls" (January, 1981) from Icehouse also hit the Top 20.[3]
Following their signing with Chrysalis Records in early 1981 for the European, Japanese, UK and US releases Flowers had to change their name due to legal restrictions preventing confusion with a Scottish group The Flowers.[1][4] Therefore when this single was released on the international markets by Chrysalis, it was released under the band's new name, Icehouse.[1]
All tracks written by Iva Davies unless otherwise shown.[8]
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