| "Jukebox in Siberia" | ||||
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| Single by Skyhooks | ||||
| from the album The Latest and Greatest | ||||
| Released | 1 October 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Mushroom | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Greg Macainsh | |||
| Producer(s) | Ross Fraser | |||
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"Jukebox in Siberia" is a song by the Australian group, Skyhooks, released in October 1990 as the lead single from the group's compilation album, The Latest and Greatest (November). It was the group's first new recording in almost a decade, and featured the classic line-up of the band. The song was written by their bass guitarist, Greg Macainsh; his lyrics consider Russia under the rule of Gorbachev in the era of glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring").[1]
The single was produced by Ross Fraser and peaked at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. Those charts had replaced the Kent Music Report in mid-1988 as Australia's official charts. "Jukebox in Siberia" was Skyhooks' only ARIA number-one single; however, the band had achieved a number-one single on the Kent Music Report with "Horror Movie" in 1975.
- ^ "Skyhooks History". Retrieved 15 January 2014.