| "Science Fiction" | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Divinyls-Science_Fiction.jpg) 7" vinyl release | ||||
| Single by Divinyls | ||||
| from the album Desperate | ||||
| A-side | "Science Fiction" | |||
| B-side | "I'll Make You Happy" | |||
| Released | 6 December 1982[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Mark Opitz | |||
| Divinyls singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
- ^ a b "Platterlog: Singles – Supplementary Page: 59 > 6 December 1982". Platterlog. Retrieved 22 February 2018 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Baird, Paul. "Divinyls". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Divinyls". HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music. Archived from the original on 28 March 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF). Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 19 March 2010.