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"'''Beautiful People'''" is the 1979<ref>{{cite web |title=Rate Your Music entry on "Beautiful People" |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/australian_crawl/beautiful_people___man_crazy |accessdate=2008-03-02 }}</ref> debut single released by Australian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Australian Crawl]] and later appeared on their debut album ''[[The Boys Light Up]]'' (1980). The song was written by [[James Reyne]] and Mark Hudson,<ref name="APRA">{{cite web |
"'''Beautiful People'''" is the 1979<ref>{{cite web |title=Rate Your Music entry on "Beautiful People" |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/australian_crawl/beautiful_people___man_crazy |accessdate=2008-03-02 }}</ref> debut single released by Australian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Australian Crawl]] and later appeared on their debut album ''[[The Boys Light Up]]'' (1980). The song was written by [[James Reyne]] and Mark Hudson,<ref name="APRA">{{cite web|url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] |accessdate=2008-03-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124161012/http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |archivedate=24 January 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }} </ref> former bandmates.<ref name="OzRockDb">{{cite web|url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/australiancrawl.html |work=[[Australian Rock Database]] |title=Australian Crawl |publisher=Magnus Holmgren |accessdate=2008-03-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209202520/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/australiancrawl.html |archivedate=9 February 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> |
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Australian Crawl caught the attention of [[Little River Band]]’s guitarist [[David Briggs (Australian musician)|David Briggs]], who helped them to a recording contract with [[EMI]] and produced their first single.<ref name="McF">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop|url=http://www.informationbrasil.com.br/diversao/musica/biografias/AUSTRALIAN%20CRAWL.doc |format=doc |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref> "Beautiful People" was released in August, 1979 and peaked at #22 on the Australian Singles Chart.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988.</ref> |
Australian Crawl caught the attention of [[Little River Band]]’s guitarist [[David Briggs (Australian musician)|David Briggs]], who helped them to a recording contract with [[EMI]] and produced their first single.<ref name="McF">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop|url=http://www.informationbrasil.com.br/diversao/musica/biografias/AUSTRALIAN%20CRAWL.doc |format=doc |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref> "Beautiful People" was released in August, 1979 and peaked at #22 on the Australian Singles Chart.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988.</ref> |
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| B-side | "Man Crazy" |
"Beautiful People" is the 1979[1] debut single released by Australian rock band Australian Crawl and later appeared on their debut album The Boys Light Up (1980). The song was written by James Reyne and Mark Hudson,[2] former bandmates.[3]
Australian Crawl caught the attention of Little River Band’s guitarist David Briggs, who helped them to a recording contract with EMI and produced their first single.[4] "Beautiful People" was released in August, 1979 and peaked at #22 on the Australian Singles Chart.[5]
The song satirised the vacuous elite of mid-1970s Melbourne's Toorak society:
I was just looking around at people who were putting on airs... It's pretension. It's everywhere, probably even more now. There's a complete culture surrounding it now, magazines devoted to it. It was a much simpler time, 1975.
— James Reyne, [6]
In 1975, Reyne was living in South Yarra, Victoria whilst attending Monash University and playing drums for Archie Slammit and the Doors.[6]
The Making of "Beautiful People" (1979) was a mini-documentary broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV pop show Countdown and featured Geoff Cox (later hosted Coxy's Big Break) guiding the audience from the studio sessions to the pressing of the 7" vinyl and finishing with Australian Crawl's performance on Countdown.[4]
The Crawl made a memorable debut on Countdown performing "Beautiful People" as Reyne appeared with both arms encased in plaster. He had been hit by a car in Swanston St, Melbourne breaking bones in both wrists, an episode chronicled in the song "Indisposed".[4][7] Although "Beautiful People" only reached #22, it remains one of their most popular songs.[8]
Track listing
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak Position [5] |
Weeks In |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 22 | 25 |
References
- ^ "Rate Your Music entry on "Beautiful People"". Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ^ a b c "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- ^ a b Carney, Shaun; Jeff Jenkins; Michael Dwyer; Chris Beck; Martin Flanagan; Alan Attwood (2004-08-28). "Songs of Melbourne". The Age. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Countdown Club entry on Australian Crawl". ABC. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown". Triple M. Retrieved 2008-03-02.