Downhearted

"Downhearted" is the third single released by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl from their debut album The Boys Light Up. The song was written by Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough and Bill McDonough.^[1] All three songwriters had been bandmates in the Flatheads, but at the time only Bill McDonough was a member of Australian Crawl.^[2] It was produced by David Briggs.^[2]

B-side"Way I've Been"

ReleasedJune 1980 (1980-06)

GenrePop rock

Length3:09

Quick facts Single by Australian Crawl, from the album The Boys Light Up ...

"Downhearted"
Single by Australian Crawl
from the album The Boys Light Up
B-side	"Way I've Been"
Released	June 1980 (1980-06)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:09
Label	EMI
Songwriters	Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough
Producer	David Briggs
Australian Crawl singles chronology
"The Boys Light Up" (1980) "Downhearted" (1980) "Things Don't Seem" (1981)

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"Downhearted" was released in June 1980 and reached number 12 on the Australian Singles Chart in July 1980.^[3]

Different B-sides were released in different markets.^[4] Australian B-side was "Way I've Been" written by Australian Crawl member Brad Robinson and his father James Robinson.^[1] James Robinson was a Federal Arbitration Court Justice.^[5] Canadian B-side was "Indisposed" was co-written by the Robinsons with James Reyne and Bill McDonough.^[1] The song describes the car accident which resulted in Reyne breaking both wrists immediately before they recorded their first single "Beautiful People" (1979).^[6] The B-side for the UK release was "Letter From Zimbabwe" (Reyne).^[1]