| "Jerks of Attention" | ||||
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| Single by Jebediah | ||||
| from the album Slightly Odway | ||||
| Released | 8 December 1996 | |||
| Recorded | August 1996 | |||
| Studio | Birdland Studio, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 10:56 | |||
| Label | Murmur | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Daymond, Kevin Mitchell, Brett Mitchell, Vanessa Thornton | |||
| Producer(s) | Lindsay Gravina, Mikey Alonso | |||
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"Jerks of Attention" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Jebediah, recorded in August 1996, in Melbourne at the Birdland Studio, and produced by Lindsay Gravina and Mikey Alonso. "Jerks of Attention" was released on 8 December 1996 as the band's debut single and peaked at No. 62 on the ARIA Singles Chart. "Jerks of Attention" was re-recorded and included on the band's debut album, Slightly Odway (1997).
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 Jebediah were nominated for Best New Talent for the single.[1][2] Also that year it received a WAMi Award for "Most Popular Song".[3]
The lyrics refer to smoking cannabis.[4]
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- ^ "Winners by Year: 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Take 40 (2011). "Jebediah Biography". Take 40. mcm media. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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