"Blue Jeans" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in August 1976 as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, Straight in a Gay Gay World. The song peaked at number 12 in Australia and at number three in New Zealand.
| "This Is My City" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Skyhooks | ||||
| from the album Straight in a Gay Gay World | ||||
| B-side | "Somewhere in Sydney" | |||
| Released | July 1976 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant, Sausalito, California | |||
| Length | 3:37 | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Greg Macainsh | |||
| Producer(s) | Ross Wilson | |||
| Skyhooks singles chronology | ||||
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Details
editAuthor Macainsh said, "Blue Jeans is more of what you'd call social comment. We used to do it when we first started. Ross Wilson has always tried to get it recorded, but we've never been real keen on the idea til we got stuck for a song on this album. We wanted a couple of laidback tunes to round it off rather than have an album of ravers and up stuff. So we tried it and it came out well."[1]
Being an older song, Wilson's Doo Dah Music owned the publishing. Singer Shirley Strachan accused producer Wilson of wanting the song included for his own profit, asking him, "So why do you get so much money? You're not even in the band."[2]
Track listing
edit7" single (K-6542)
- Side A "Blue Jeans" – 2:30
- Side B "Mumbo Jumbo" – 3:20
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 12 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] | 3 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1976) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 68 |
References
edit- ^ Anthony O'Grady (13 August 1976). "Hullo, this is Greg Macainsh". Rock Australia Magazine. No. 38. p. 19.
- ^ Jeff Apter (2012). Shirl. Hardie Grant Books. p. 176. ISBN 9781742738468.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Skyhooks – Blue Jeans". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.