"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)

"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).

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
  • Dale Ryder
  • Peter "Bungie" Farnan
  • Peter "Maz" Maslen
  • John Favaro
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