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1979 single by Little River Band
"Cool Change " is a song by Australian
rock group
Little River Band written by lead singer
Glenn Shorrock . It was released in August 1979 the second single from their sixth album,
First Under the Wire .
[2]
[3]
[4] The song peaked at number 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100 the week of 19 January 1980.
[5]
The song was not released as a single in Australia. However, in May 2001, "Cool Change" was selected by the
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the
Top 30 Australian songs of all time.
[6] The song was also awarded a special citation of achievement by
BMI for over two million radio broadcasts in the United States.
[7]
In January 2018, as part of
Triple M 's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Cool Change" was ranked number 89.
[8]
Track listings
New Zealand 7" (Capitol Records – F4789)
A. "Cool Change" - 3:56
B. "Middle Man" - 4:24
North American 7" (Capitol 4789)
A. "Cool Change" - 3:56
B. "Middle Man" - 4:24
Personnel
Little River Band members
Additional musicians
Production details
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end Charts
Cover versions
Greg London released a cover to radio on 16 June 2009 that entered the top 30 on the Media Base and R&R airplay charts on 18 August 2009,
[13] while reaching number 5 on the FMQB AC40 chart.
References
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" "Cool Change" at APRA search engine" .
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 19 March 2010 .
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McFarlane, Ian (1999).
"Encyclopedia entry for 'Little River Band' " .
Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop .
Allen & Unwin .
ISBN
1-86448-768-2 . Archived from
the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2010 .
^ Holmgren, Magnus; Reboulet, Scott; Warnqvist, Stefan;
Birtles, Beeb ; Sciuto, Tony.
"Little River Band" .
Australian Rock Database . Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from
the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014 .
^
Nimmervoll, Ed .
"Little River Band" . HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music. Archived from
the original on 28 January 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2014 .
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"First Under the Wire > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" .
Allmusic .
Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 19 March 2010 .
^ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001).
"The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF) .
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2010 .
^
"Glenn Shorrock" . www.facebook.com . Retrieved 5 November 2018 .
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"Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100' " . Musicfeeds . 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020 .
^ "
Little River Band – Cool Change" .
Top 40 Singles . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Record Research. p. 507.
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Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001 . Record Research. p. 147.
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"1980 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles" . Billboard . Vol. 92, no. 51. 20 December 1980. p. TIA-10.
^ Position 29 on
USA TODAY airplay charts as compiled by Mediabase , retrieved 20 August 2009
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