I Remember When I Was Young: Songs from The Great Australian Songbook
Studio album by
John Farnham
Released6 November 2005 (Australia)
RecordedApril–August 2005
GenrePop, rock
Length53:08
LabelSony BMG, RCA, Gotham
ProducerRoss Fraser, John Farnham
John Farnham chronology
John Farnham & Tom Jones - Together In Concert
(2005) 		I Remember When I Was Young: Songs from The Great Australian Songbook
(2005) 		The Essential
(2009)

I Remember When I Was Young (subtitled Songs from The Great Australian Songbook) is an album by Australian vocalist John Farnham, released on 6 November 2005.[1] It consists of cover versions of songs written or recorded by prominent Australian artists and bands from the 1970s through to the 1990s, including Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock, Cold Chisel, Men At Work, Renee Geyer, Australian Crawl, Richard Clapton, The Badloves, Leonardo's Bride and The Whitlams. The album's title track was written and performed by blues musician Matt Taylor of the band Chain.

Chart

The album debuted on the ARIA charts at #2 and soon after its release it peaked at #1.[2] John Farnham performed "Downhearted" live on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars.

Track listing

Title Writer/s Running Time Original Artist
"Come Back Again" (Ross Wilson) 3:40 Daddy Cool
"Heading in the Right Direction" (M. Punch, G. Paige) – 3:48 Renee Geyer
"One Perfect Day" . (R. Wells) 3:42 Little Heroes
I Remember When I Was Young (M. Taylor) 4:31 Chain
"Downhearted" (B. McDonough, G. McDonough, S. Higgins) 3:30 Australian Crawl
"Even When I'm Sleeping" (D. Manning) 4:35 Leonardo's Bride
"Green Limousine" (M. Spiby) 3:43 The Badloves
"Girls on the Avenue" (R. Clapton) 4:14 Richard Clapton
"Forever Now" (S. Prestwich) 4:06 Cold Chisel
"Reckless" (J. Reyne) 3:56 Australian Crawl
"Come Said the Boy" (E. McCusker) 4:31 Mondo Rock
"No Aphrodisiac" (T. Freedman, G. Dormand, M. Ford) 5:12 The Whitlams
"Overkill" (C. Hay) 3:42 Men at Work

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005/06) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 45

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Reboulet, Scott; Albury, Lyn; Birtles, Beeb; Warnqvist, Stefan; Medlin, Peter. "John Farnham". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ Hung, Steffen. "John Farnham Discography". Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2009. Note: Australian albums and singles information, used for chart peak positions of later John Farnham releases after Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) regulated the charts itself and is based on information supplied by ARIA.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – John Farnham – I Remember When I Was Young". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2005 ARIA ALBUMS CHART". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 November 2021.



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