Icehouse (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Icehouse


Caption = "Icehouse" 1982 UK release
Artist = Icehouse
from Album = Icehouse
A-side = "Icehouse"
B-side = "All the Way" (live)
Released = June 1981
Format = 7" Vinyl Single
Recorded =
Genre = rock, synthpop
Length = 4:23
Label = Chrysalis Records
Writer = Iva Davies
Producer = Cameron Allan, Iva Davies
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Last single = "Walls"
(1981)
This single = "Icehouse"
(1981)
Next single = "Love in Motion"
(1981)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
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Border = "Icehouse" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Flowers, it was released as a single in Europe and US in June 1981, by Chrysalis Records from their debut album "Icehouse", after the band changed their name to Icehouse. It was not released on the Australian singles charts,cite book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |format=doc |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink= David Kent|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |accessdate=2008-06-30 ] but was re-released in the UK as a 12" single in 1982. [cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/icehouse/icehouse/ |title="Icehouse" |publisher=Rate Your Music |accessdate=2008-06-30 ] The US 7" version was backed by a live track, "Cold Turkey", and peaked at #28 on the "Billboard" Rock tracks.cite web |title = Billboard Music Charts - Search Results - Icehouse |publisher = "Billboard" |url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ICEHOUSE&sql=11:aifexqe5ldae~T51 |accessdate = 2008-06-30 ]

"Icehouse" had been written by founding member Iva Davies (aka Ivor Arthur Davies) [cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm?worktitle=ICEHOUSE&switchdet=Y |title="Icehouse" search result |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |accessdate=2008-06-30 ] when he lived at 18 Tryon Road, Lindfield in an old, cold flat of a two-storey mansion - across the street was a dishevelled house which had its lights on all night peopled by short-term residents.cite web |url=http://www.countdownmemories.com/exclusive_interviews/iva_davies_interview.html |title="An interview with Iva Davies" |last=Grech |first=Jason |date=2004-07-23 |publisher=Countdown Memories |accessdate=2008-06-16 ] cite web |url=http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,49247 |title=Artist: Icehouse |publisher=Warner Music Australia |accessdate=2008-06-16 ] cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/songlines/2005/11/01/1130720527778.html |title=City Songlines |last=Kruger |first=Debbie |publisher="The Sydney Morning Herald" |date=2005-11-02 |accessdate=2008-06-30 ] Davies only learned that it was a half-way house for psychiatric and drug rehab patients after he wrote the song. Russell Mulcahy, an expatriate Australian living in London, directed the music video for "Icehouse".cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Icehouse&first= |title=Icehouse artist videography |publisher=mvdbase.com |editor=Alex S. Garcia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-06-30 ] A remix version by Pee Wee Ferris & John Ferris was released on the Icehouse album "Meltdown" in 2002.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39ftxqraldse~T2 |title="Meltdown" credits |publisher=allmusic guide |accessdate=2008-07-16 ]

Track listing

All tracks written by Iva Davies.cite web |publisher=APRA |title=APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm |accessdate=2008-06-30 Note: requires user to input song title e.g. ICEHOUSE]

7" single (UK release)

# "Icehouse" - 4:23
# "All the Way" (live) - 4:06

12" single (UK release)

# "Icehouse" - 4:23
# "All the Way" (live) - 4:06
# "Cold Turkey" (live) - 4:11

7" single (US release)

# "Icehouse" - 4:23
# "Cold Turkey" (live) - 4:11

Credits

*Producer — Cameron Allan, Iva Davies

References