Science Fiction (song)

This article is about the Divinyls song. For other songs, see Science fiction (disambiguation).

"Science Fiction"
7" vinyl release
Single by Divinyls
from the album Desperate
A-side"Science Fiction"
B-side"I'll Make You Happy"
Released6 December 1982[1]
Recorded1982
GenreNew wave
Length3:32
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
Divinyls singles chronology
"Boys in Town"
(1981) 		"Science Fiction"
(1982) 		"Siren"
(1983)

"Science Fiction" is a song by Australian rock/new wave group Divinyls, which was the lead single from their first studio album Desperate.[2][3][4] Released in December 1982,[1] "Science Fiction", peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[5] The B-side, "I'll Make You Happy" is a cover of The Easybeats 1966 hit.[2]

In May 2001, "Science Fiction" was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Platterlog: Singles – Supplementary Page: 59 > 6 December 1982". Platterlog. Retrieved 22 February 2018 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Divinyls'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 8 September 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Baird, Paul. "Divinyls". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Divinyls". HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music. Archived from the original on 28 March 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
  6. ^ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF). Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 19 March 2010.