Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)

"Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
Single by Models
from the album Out of Mind, Out of Sight
B-side"Seeing Is Believing"
ReleasedJune 1985 (1985-06)[1]
Recorded1984–1985
GenreRock
Length3:38
LabelMushroom, Geffen
Songwriter(s)James Freud
Producer(s)Nick Launay, Mark Opitz
Models singles chronology
"Barbados"
(1985) 		"Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
(1985) 		"Cold Fever"
(1985)

"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" is the title single by Australian new wave rock band Models from their album of the same name.[2] It was released in June 1985[1] and was their most successful single, which peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[3] The album followed in August on Mushroom Records with Nick Launay, Reggie Lucas and Mark Opitz producing and reached No. 3 on the related albums chart.[3][4]

At the 1985 Countdown Music Awards, the song won Best Single.[5]

The album provided five singles, with the first, "Big on Love" issued in November 1984, which reached No. 24.[3] Second single "Barbados" released in March 1985 peaked at No. 2.[3] "Cold Fever" appeared in October and made the Top 50 but "King of Kings" their December release did not.[3] In 1986, Geffen Records released Out Of Mind Out Of Sight internationally and it appeared on the Billboard 200 albums chart,[6] with the single, "Out Of Mind Out Of Sight", peaking at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[7] The band toured the US in November supporting Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.[2][8]

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight" was ranked number 92.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 572 – 24 June 1985 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b 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 8 September 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Baird, Paul; Aubrey, Ross; Acosta, Lisa. "The Models". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Models > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Models > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Local Songwriters – The Models". Mushroom Music. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.