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I Am an Island (song)

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"I Am an Island"
Single by Richard Clapton
from the album The Great Escape
ReleasedFebruary 1982
StudioParadise Studio, Sydney
Length5:03
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Richard Clapton
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
Richard Clapton singles chronology
"High Society"
(1980)
"I Am an Island"
(1982)
"Spellbound"
(1982)

"I Am an Island" is a song by Australian rock musician Richard Clapton. The song was released in February 1982 as the lead single from Clapton's seventh studio album, The Great Escape. The song peaked at number 20 on the Australian Kent Music Report; becoming Clapton's second top twenty single. It features Ian Moss on lead guitar, with Jimmy Barnes on backing vocals and Jon Farriss from INXS on drums.

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "I Am an Island"
Side two
  1. "Walk On Water"

Charts

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[1] 20

References

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: 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.