One Perfect Day (Little Heroes song)

"One Perfect Day"
Single by Little Heroes
from the album Play by Numbers
Released March 1982
Format 7" Vinyl
Studio Studios 301, Sydney
Genre Pop rock, rock music
Length 3:30
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Roger Hart-Wells
Producer(s) Dave Marett
Little Heroes singles chronology
"India Was Calling Me"
(1981)		 "One Perfect Day"
(1982)		 "Young Hearts"
(1982)

"India Was Calling Me"
(1981)		 "One Perfect Day"
(1982)		 "Young Hearts"
(1982)

"One Perfect Day" is a song written by Roger Hart-Wells and recorded by Australian band Little Heroes. The song was released in March 1982 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Play by Numbers (1982). The single entered the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in April 1982 and peaked at #12.

In June 1982, Hart-Well said "If this single had not succeeded, we probably would have gone off the road and had a long look at ourselves." [1]

Background

In 2017, Roger Hart said "One Perfect Day" was written about Byron Shire comedian Sandy Gandhi. He told Northern Star, he was watching the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 and though of how Sandra, and his other friend (Carrie Hall) were in the UK.[2]

Track listings

7" Single (EMI-679)

  • Side A "One Perfect Day" - 3:30
  • Side B "Just Can't Wait" - 3:20

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [3] 12

Cover versions

  • Australian country music star Sara Storer recorded a version of in 2010. Roger Hart-Wells said “Sara’s strong Aussie accent took the song into her world and she made it her own. I loved it.”[4]

References

  1. ↑ "T.V. Scene Mag". June 1982. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ Encalada, Javier (8 February 2017). "Story of 1980s song written for the late Sandy Gandhi". Northern Star. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. 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. ↑ "One Perfect Day by The Little Heroes". Stereo Stories. May 2012.
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