Like Wow - Wipeout!

Infobox Single
Name = Like Wow - Wipeout!


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Hoodoo Gurus
Album = Mars Needs Guitars!
A-side = "Like Wow - Wipeout!"
B-side = "Bring the Hoodoo Down"
Released = flagicon|Australia October, 1985
Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:09
Label = flagicon|Australia Big Time
Writer = Dave Faulkner
Producer = Charles Fisher
Certification =
Last single = "Bittersweet"
(1985)
This single = "Like Wow - Wipeout!"
(1985)
Next single = "Death Defying"
(1986)
Misc =

"Like Wow - Wipeout!" was a single by iconiccite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/about-hall-of-fame.php |title=ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame |publisher=ARIA Awards |accessdate=2007-11-20 ] cite web |title="ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" |last=Pope |first=Mark |url=http://www.amcos.com.au/news/industry/news/070507_ARIA-HallofFame.pdf (PDF) |date=2007-05-07 |accessdate=2008-01-22 ] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #28 on the Melbourne Record Charts.cite book |last=Guest |first=Thomas J. |title=Thirty Years of Hits |publisher=M. J. Maloney |year=1991 |location=Collingwood, Melbourne |isbn=0-646-04633-0 ] It was released on Big Time Records in October, 1985; and was written by Dave Faulkner.cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2007-12-18 ]

"Bring the Hoodoo Down" (B side), was also written by Faulkner. ] It had already been released as a B side on the United Kingdom 12" single for "Bittersweet".

"... was only recorded as a b-side but producer Charles Fisher thought it "had something" and should be included on the album. No-one was more surprised than us when it became the second single and our biggest hit at the time. We just liked it because it was noisy." - Dave Faulkner. [cite web |year=2000 |month=June |last=Faulkner |first=Dave |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |publisher=juliat |title="Pop and punishment" |accessdate=2007-12-18 ]

Track listing

# "Like Wow - Wipeout!" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:09
# "Bring the Hoodoo Down" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:01

Personnel

Credited [cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/381500 |title=Discogs entry on "Mars Needs Guitars!" |accessdate=2007-12-18 ] to:
* James Baker — drums
* Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals
* Dave Faulkner — lead vocals (track A), guitar
* Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals
* Brad Shepherd — guitar, lead vocals (track B), harmonica

* Producer — Charles Fisher
* Engineer — John Bee
* Mastering — Don Bartley

References