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[Downhearted (B.B. King song)] {{Infobox song | name = Downhearted | cover =
Ac-downhearted.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Australian Crawl | album
= THE BOYS LIGHT UP | B-side = Way I've Been | released = [1980] | recorded =
| studio = | venue = | genre = Pop rock | length = [m=3] | label = EMI |
writer = Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough | producer = David Briggs
| prev_title = The Boys Light Up | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Things
Don't Seem | next_year = 1981 }}
" DOWNHEARTED" is the third single released by Australian surf rock band
Australian Crawl from their debut album _The Boys Light Up_. The song was
written by Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough and Bill McDonough.[1] All three
songwriters had been bandmates in the Flatheads, but at the time only Bill
McDonough was a member of Australian Crawl.[2] It was produced by David
Briggs.<ref name="Holmgren1"/>
"Downhearted" was released in June 1980 and reached number 12 on the
Australian Singles Chart in July 1980.[3]
Different B-sides were released in different markets.[4] Australian B-side was
"Way I've Been" written by Australian Crawl member Brad Robinson and his
father James Robinson.<ref name="APRA"/> James Robinson was a Federal
Arbitration Court Justice.[5] Canadian B-side was "Indisposed" was co-written
by the Robinsons with James Reyne and Bill McDonough.<ref name="APRA"/> The
song describes the car accident which resulted in Reyne breaking both wrists
immediately before they recorded their first single "Beautiful People"
(1979).[6] The B-side for the UK release was "Letter From Zimbabwe"
(Reyne).<ref name="APRA"/>
** Covers
"Downhearted" was covered by Dutch prog rock band Solution and appeared on
their 1982 album _Runaway_ with an added bridge to the song. Australian pop
singer John Farnham sang it on his 2005 covers album _I Remember When I Was
Young_.[7]
** Track listing
1. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough) <ref name="APRA"/> – 3:09
2. "Way I've Been" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson) <ref name="APRA"/> – 2:17
** Charts
*** Weekly charts
{| class="wikitable" !Chart (1980) !Peak<br>position |- |Australian (Kent
Music Report)<ref name=aus>[last=Kent] |align="center"|12 |}
*** Year-end charts
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !
Chart (1980) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] |
96 |}
** References
References:
[1]. [url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm ]
[2]. [ archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063048/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/australiancrawl.html ]
[3]. [title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992] NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
[4]. [url=http://gemm.com/q.cgi?rb=AMWS&artist=Australian%20Crawl ]
[5]. [url=http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/atob.htm ]
[6]. [url=http://www.countdown.com.au/the_music.asp?Page=&ArtistID=28 ]
[7]. [ archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131127164627/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/farnhamjohn.html ]
[8]. [url=https://imgur.com/a/kTGdGUZ]
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