Great Wall (Boom Crash Opera song)

"Great Wall"
Original 1986 cover
Single by Boom Crash Opera
from the album Boom Crash Opera
Released 1986
Format Vinyl, 7", 12"
Recorded 1986
Genre Rock
Length 3:46
4:59 (extended mix)
Label WEA Records
Songwriter(s) Dale Ryder, Richard Pleasance, Greg O'Connor
Producer(s) Steve Brown
Boom Crash Opera singles chronology
"Great Wall"
(1986)		 "Hands Up in the Air"
(1986)

"Great Wall"
(1986)		 "Hands Up in the Air"
(1986)

"Great Wall" is a song by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera.[1] It was the first single from their self-titled 1987 album,[2] and reached number five on the Australian music charts.[3][4]

Track listing

7" single (7.258695)
  1. "Great Wall" (Dale Ryder) - 3:46
  2. "Caught Between Two Towns" (Peter Farnan) - 3:23

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[5] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[6] 39

Personnel

  • Drums – Peter Maslen
  • Engineer – Chris Corr
  • Guitar – Peter Farnan
  • Guitar, Bass – Richard Pleasance
  • Keyboards – Greg O'Connor
  • Mastered By – Paul Ibbotson
  • Vocals – Dale Ryder

References

  1. ↑ Watt, Andrew (16 May 1986). "Crashing their way to success". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Stuart Coupe (4 October 1987). "Boom Crash Opera on the way". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Winstead, Kathleen (19 November 1990). "New band injects energetic musical jolt into pop". Kingman Daily Miner. Western News & Info. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Australian Music Database
  5. ↑ David Kent's Australian Chart Book Archived 2016-03-05 at Archive.is: based on the Kent Music Report
  6. ↑ David Kent's Australian Chart Book Archived 2016-03-05 at Archive.is: based on the Kent Music Report
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