"Onion Skin" is a song by Australian band Boom Crash Opera. The song was released in June 1989 as the lead single from their second studio album, These Here Are Crazy Times! (1989), and reached number 11 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The following year, the song was released in the United States and reached number eight on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart that July.
| "Onion Skin" | ||||
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 7 inch single cover | ||||
| Single by Boom Crash Opera | ||||
| from the album These Here Are Crazy Times | ||||
| Released | 5 June 1989 | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Farnan | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Smith | |||
| Boom Crash Opera singles chronology | ||||
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Track listings
edit7 inch single
- "Onion Skin" (Peter Farnan) – 3:26
- "Rocks Are in My Head" (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) – 3:42
12 inch single
- Onion Skin (extended mix) (Peter Farnan) – 5:05
- These Here Are Crazy Times (Boom Crash Opera) – 4:08
- Rocks Are in My Head (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) – 3:42
Charts
editReferences
edit- ^ "Boom Crash Opera – Onion Skin". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Alternative Airplay". Billboard. 28 July 1990. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
External links
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