Science Fiction (song)
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| "Science Fiction" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 7" vinyl release | ||||
| Single by Divinyls | ||||
| from the album Desperate | ||||
| A-side | "Science Fiction" | |||
| B-side | "I'll Make You Happy" | |||
| Released | 6 December 1982[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Mark Opitz | |||
| Divinyls singles chronology | ||||
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"Science Fiction" is a song by Australian new wave band Divinyls, which was the lead single from their first studio album Desperate.[2][3][4] Released in December 1982,[1] "Science Fiction", peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[5] The B-side, "I'll Make You Happy" is a cover of The Easybeats 1966 hit.[2]
In May 2001, "Science Fiction" was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.[6]
Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee (ex-Air Supply) met at the Sydney Opera House where Amphlett was singing in a choral concert in 1980.[2][4][7] They recruited Jeremy Paul (ex-Air Supply), Bjarne Ohlin and Richard Harvey,[3] and they provided the soundtrack for the film Monkey Grip (1982).[8] The group released two singles from the soundtrack, Music from Monkey Grip EP,[9] "Boys in Town", which reached No. 8 on the national singles chart,[5] and "Only Lonely".[2] Original bassist Jeremy Paul left before the movie or first single were released.[4] He was replaced on bass, eventually by Rick Grossman (ex Matt Finish).[3][10]
After releasing Music from Monkey Grip EP on WEA in 1982, Divinyls released their first studio album Desperate on Chrysalis Records in 1983.[3] The album included the No. 13 hit on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, "Science Fiction" .[5] Their early manager Vince Lovegrove was former co-lead vocalist of 1960s pop band The Valentines with Bon Scott (later in AC/DC); Lovegrove had organised Divinyls' transfer from WEA to Chrysalis and their first tours of United States.[2] The B-side of this single is their cover version of The Easybeats' 1966 hit "I'll Make You Happy".[2]
Track listing
- "Science Fiction" (Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee)[11] – 3:32
- "I'll Make You Happy" (Stevie Wright, George Young)[12] – 3:21
