I Hear Motion

"I Hear Motion"
Single by Models
from the album The Pleasure of Your Company
B-side"No Talking"
Released20 September 1983 (1983-09-20)
Recorded1983
GenreNew Wave, Rock
Length4:20
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Models
Producer(s)Nick Launay
Models singles chronology
"On"
(1982) 		"I Hear Motion"
(1983) 		"No Shoulders No Head"
(1983)

"I Hear Motion" was the first single from The Pleasure of Your Company, the third studio album by Australian new wave rock band Models.[1][2]

It was a Top 20 success on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart, peaking at No. 16 for two weeks,[3] (although it climbed higher in several states and territories, placing at No. 12 on Melbourne's 3XY charts in October 1983).[4]

At the 1983 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single.[5]

Portions of "I Hear Motion" were included in the soundtrack of the 1988 movie, Young Einstein.[6]

Duffield claimed the genesis for writing the song was an unsuccessful attempt at playing Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" on a keyboard.[7]

  1. ^ O'Meara, Maeve (15 January 1984). "Narara '84". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Models'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "3XY Music Survey". The Age. Fairfax Media. 20 October 1983. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Models- I Hear Motion.... as used in Young Einstein video". New Musical Express. IPC Media. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  7. ^ David Nichols (2016). Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85. p. 453. ISBN 9781891241260.