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"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" is a 1979 single by British band The Stranglers. The second single from their album The Raven, it peaked at No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album The Raven
B-side"Yellowcake UF6"
Released3 October 1979 (UK)
GenrePunk rock, post-punk
Length3:33
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)The Stranglers
Producer(s)Alan Winstanley
The Stranglers
The Stranglers singles chronology
"Duchess (The Stranglers song)"
(1979)		 "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)"
(1979)		 "Bear Cage"
(1980)

Hugh Cornwell stated in Song by Song that the song was written about the then Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It also makes references to gerrymandering, and genetic mutation in animals.[2]


References


  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. Cornwell, Hugh; Drury, Jim (2001). The Stranglers Song By Song. Sanctuary Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-86074-362-5.


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