Shut Down (Australian Crawl song)

"Shut Down"
Single by Australian Crawl
from the album Sons of Beaches
A-side "Shut Down"
B-side "Creating Monsters"
Released June, 1982
Format 7" Vinyl Single
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 4:11
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Bill McDonough
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Australian Crawl singles chronology
"Oh No Not You Again"
(1981)		 "Shut Down"
(1982)		 "Daughters of the Northern Coast"
(1982)

"Oh No Not You Again"
(1981)		 "Shut Down"
(1982)		 "Daughters of the Northern Coast"
(1982)

"Shut Down" is the first single released by Australian rock band Australian Crawl from their third studio album Sons of Beaches.[1] The song was written by drummer Bill McDonough[2] and features lead vocals by James Reyne. The B-side was the non-album track "Creating Monsters". It was produced by Mike Chapman.[1]

"Shut Down" was released in June, 1982 and reached #17 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1982.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Shut Down" (Bill McDonough)[2] - 4:11
  2. "Creating Monsters" (James Reyne)[2]

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[3] 17

References

  1. 1 2 Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  3. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: 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.
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