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"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] Great Wall's lyrics reference the New South Wales Hume Weir (Dam).

"Great Wall"
Original 1986 cover
Single by Boom Crash Opera
from the album Boom Crash Opera
Released1986
Recorded1986
GenreRock
Length3:46
4:59 (extended mix)
LabelWEA 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)

At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song won Best Debut single.[5][6]


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[7] 5

Year-end charts


Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[8] 39

Personnel



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. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. David Kent's Australian Chart Book Archived 2016-03-05 at archive.today: based on the Kent Music Report
  8. David Kent's Australian Chart Book Archived 2016-03-05 at archive.today: based on the Kent Music Report




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