"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" | ||||
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Single by The Stranglers | ||||
from the album The Raven | ||||
B-side | " Yellowcake UF6" | |||
Released | 3 October 1979 (UK) | |||
Genre | Punk rock, post-punk | |||
Length | 3:33 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | The Stranglers | |||
Producer(s) |
Alan Winstanley The Stranglers | |||
The Stranglers singles chronology | ||||
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"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" is a 1979 single by British band The Stranglers. The second single from their album The Raven, it peaked at No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart. [1]
Hugh Cornwell stated in Song by Song that the song was written about the then Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It also makes references to gerrymandering, and genetic mutation in animals. [2]
It was later released on the compilation Singles (The UA Years), with a live recordings on Live at the Apollo 2010, All Live and All of the Night and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.