| "After the News" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Reels | ||||
| from the album Quasimodo's Dream | ||||
| B-side | "Media Themes" | |||
| Released | July 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 at Albert Studios | |||
| Genre | Pop, new wave | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Mercury, Polygram | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Mason | |||
| Producer(s) | The Reels | |||
| The Reels singles chronology | ||||
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"After the News" was a song by The Reels that was released as a single from their second album Quasimodo's Dream in July 1980. The song fared disappointingly on the charts, peaking at number 65 in Australia. The single was accompanied by a colourful video that features a puppet newsreader.[1] The B-side, "Media Themes", consisted of three short songs that were later re-used for the album. A "sequel" for "Media Themes" was released as a B-side to the band's later single "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)".[2]
Mason later said, "I got really pissed off about "After the News". People were just not accepting what we were doing. I got depressed about that."[3]