Onion Skin (song)

"Onion Skin"

7 inch single cover
Single by Boom Crash Opera
from the album These Here Are Crazy Times
Released 5 June 1989
Format Vinyl, 7", 12"
Length 3:26
Label WEA
Songwriter(s) Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Dale Ryder, Richard Pleasance, Greg O'Connor
Producer(s) Peter Smith
Boom Crash Opera singles chronology
"Love Me to Death"
(1988)		 "Onion Skin"
(1989)		 "Get Out of the House!"
(1989)

"Love Me to Death"
(1988)		 "Onion Skin"
(1989)		 "Get Out of the House!"
(1989)

"Onion Skin" is a song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera. The song was released in June 1989 as the lead single from their second studio album, These Here Are Crazy Times! (1989). The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.[1]

In the song, the singer tells how he has many layers of skin, like an onion. This is meant in a metaphorical manner.

Track listing

7 inch single

  1. "Onion Skin" (Peter Farnan) - 3:26
  2. "Rocks Are in My Head" (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) - 3:42

12 inch single

  1. Onion Skin (Extended Mix) (Peter Farnan) - 5:05
  2. These Here Are Crazy Times (Boom Crash Opera) - 4:08
  3. Rocks Are in My Head (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) - 3:42

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Chart 78[3]

References

  1. ↑ OZBAND Files - Boom Crash Opera
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Boom Crash Opera – Onion Skin". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Top 100 singles of 1989 (ARIA)". Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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