Errol (song)
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| Single by Australian Crawl | ||||
| from the album Sirocco | ||||
| A-side | "Errol" | |||
| B-side | "Easy On Your Own" | |||
| Released | September, 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single | |||
| Recorded | Studio 301 (Sydney, New South Wales) | |||
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | James Reyne, Guy McDonough | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Dawkins | |||
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"Errol" is the second single by iconic Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl taken from their 1981 album Sirocco. The song was written by James Reyne and Guy McDonough, and is a lyrical biography about Australian-born actor Errol Flynn. It was produced by Peter Dawkins.
"Errol" was released in September, 1981 and reached #18 on the Australian Singles Charts in October, 1981. It was voted their third most popular song by listeners of Triple M in 2007.
B-side, "Easy on Your Own" was written by Simon Binks and Brad Robinson of The Crawl together with Australian actress Kerry Armstrong. Robinson and Armstrong were married; Armstrong was later an Australian Film Institute Award winner.
In December 1982, the then-nascent Australian new wave band This Is Serious Mum parodied the song as "Yassa Ara-Thin-A-Go-Go". The recording would be released on 29 July 2002.
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