"Science Fiction" | ||||
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Single by Divinyls | ||||
from the album Desperate | ||||
A-side | "Science Fiction" | |||
B-side | "I'll Make You Happy" | |||
Released | 6 December 1982 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 3:32 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Mark Opitz | |||
Divinyls singles chronology | ||||
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"Science Fiction" is a song by Australian rock/ new wave group Divinyls, which was the lead single from their first studio album Desperate. [2] [3] [4] Released in December 1982, [1] "Science Fiction", peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. [5] The B-side, "I'll Make You Happy" is a cover of The Easybeats 1966 hit. [2]
In May 2001, "Science Fiction" was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. [6]
Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee (ex- Air Supply) met at the Sydney Opera House where Amphlett was singing in a choral concert in 1980. [2] [4] [7] They recruited Jeremy Paul (ex- Air Supply), Bjarne Ohlin and Richard Harvey, [3] and they provided the soundtrack for the film Monkey Grip (1982). [8] The group released two singles from the soundtrack, Music from Monkey Grip EP, [9] "Boys in Town", which reached No. 8 on the national singles chart, [5] and "Only Lonely". [2] Original bassist Jeremy Paul left before the movie or first single were released. [4] He was replaced on bass, eventually by Rick Grossman (ex Matt Finish). [3] [10]
After releasing Music from Monkey Grip EP on WEA in 1982, Divinyls released their first studio album Desperate on Chrysalis Records in 1983. [3] The album included the No. 13 hit on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, "Science Fiction" . [5] Their early manager Vince Lovegrove was former co-lead vocalist of 1960s pop band The Valentines with Bon Scott (later in AC/DC); Lovegrove had organised Divinyls' transfer from WEA to Chrysalis and their first tours of United States. [2] The B-side of this single is their cover version of The Easybeats' 1966 hit "I'll Make You Happy". [2]
Divinyls members
Additional musicians
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Chart (1982–1983) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [5] | 13 |
Chart (1983) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [13] | 96 |