Things Don't Seem

"Things Don't Seem"
Single by Australian Crawl
from the album Sirocco
A-side "Things Don't Seem"
B-side "Big Fish"
Released July, 1981
Format 7" Vinyl Single
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 3:55
Label EMI
Writer(s) Guy McDonough, Sean Higgins[1]
Producer(s) Peter Dawkins
Australian Crawl singles chronology
"Downhearted"
(1980)		 "Things Don't Seem"
(1981)		 "Errol"
(1981)

"Things Don't Seem" is the first single by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl from their 1981 album Sirocco.[2] It was produced by Peter Dawkins[2] The song features one of the band's most complex pieces of lead guitar work, thanks to the skills of guitarist Simon Binks.

"Things Don't Seem" was released in July, 1981 and reached #11 on the Australian Singles Charts.[3]

Guy McDonough re-recorded the song for his solo album, My Place, which was released posthumously in 1985, by his brother, Bill McDonough.[4] It was also included as the 'B' side to the first single, "My Place", taken from the album.[5] The original Australian Crawl version featured James Reyne on vocals.

Track listing

  1. "Things Don't Seem" (Guy McDonough, Sean Higgins) - 3:55
  2. "Big Fish" (James Reyne) - 2:42

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
Position[3]
Australian Singles Chart 11
Country Chart Ranking
Australia End of Year Singles 78

Personnel

Credits:[2]

Band members
Recording process

References

  1. ↑ "'Things Don't Seem' at APRA search engine". Australian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kent, David (1983). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "Guy McDonough". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  5. ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

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