Downhearted

"Downhearted"
Single by Australian Crawl
from the album The Boys Light Up
B-side	"Way I've Been"
Released	May, 1980
Format	7"
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	3:09
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough
Producer	David Briggs
Australian Crawl singles chronology
"The Boys Light Up" (1980) "Downhearted" (1980) "Errol" (1980)

"Downhearted" is the third single released by iconic^[1] Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl from their debut album The Boys Light Up. The song was written by Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough and Bill McDonough.^[2] All three songwriters had been bandmates in The Flatheads, but at the time only Bill McDonough was a member of The Crawl.^[3]

"Downhearted" was released in May, 1980 and reached #12 on the Australian Singles Chart in July, 1980.^[4]

Different B-sides were released in different markets.^[5] Australian B-side was "Way I've Been" written by The Crawl member Brad Robinson and his father James Robinson.^[2] James Robinson was a Federal Arbitration Court Justice.^[6] Canadian B-side was "Indisposed" was co-written by the Robinsons with James Reyne and Bill McDonough.^[2] The song describes the car accident which resulted in Reyne breaking both wrists immediately before they recorded their first single "Beautiful People" (1979).^[7] The B-side for the UK release was "Letter From Zimbabwe" (Reyne).^[2]

"Downhearted" was covered by Dutch prog rock band Solution and appeared on their 1982 album Runaway. Australian pop singer John Farnham sang it on his 2005 covers album I Remember When I Was Young.

Track listing

1. "Downhearted" (Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough)^[2] – 3:09
2. "Way I've Been" (Brad Robinson, James Robinson)^[2] – 2:17

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Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak Position [4]	Weeks In
Australian Singles Chart	12	17

References

1. ^ "1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". ARIA. http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2008-03-11. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-05. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/australiancrawl.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.  NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
5. ^ "Australian Crawl music albums". GEMM. http://gemm.com/q.cgi?rb=AMWS&artist=Australian%20Crawl. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
6. ^ "Memorable TV Oz Rock: Australian Crawl entry". Memorable TV / Little Acorns Publishing. http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/atob.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-05. 
7. ^ "Countdown Club entry on Australian Crawl". ABC. http://www.countdown.com.au/the_music.asp?Page=&ArtistID=28. Retrieved 2008-03-02.