Death Defying

"Death Defying"
Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Mars Needs Guitars!
A-side	"Death Defying"
B-side	"Turkey Dinner"
Released	February, 1986
Format	7" vinyl
Genre	Rock
Length	3:19
Label	Big Time
Writer(s)	Dave Faulkner
Producer	Charles Fisher
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"Like Wow - Wipeout!" (1985) "Death Defying" (1986) "Poison Pen" (1986)

"Death Defying" was a single by iconic^[1][2] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on Big Time Records in February, 1986; and was written by Dave Faulkner.^[3] "Turkey Dinner" (B side), was also written by Faulkner.^[3]

"One of my favourite songs I've written... I have vivid memories of shooting the video in Kakadu National Park after having awoken to see the news footage of the Challenger Space Shuttle exploding during take-off." - Dave Faulkner.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Death Defying" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:19
2. "Turkey Dinner" (Faulkner) — 4:14

Personnel

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• James Baker — drums
• Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals
• Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar
• Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals
• Brad Shepherd — guitar, backing vocals, harmonica

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

References

1. ^ "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA Awards. http://www.ariaawards.com.au/about-hall-of-fame.php. Retrieved 2007-11-20. 
2. ^ Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). (PDF) "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame". http://www.amcos.com.au/news/industry/news/070507_ARIA-HallofFame.pdf (PDF). Retrieved 2008-01-22. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y. Retrieved 2008-01-26. 
4. ^ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20070808085453/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html. Retrieved 2008-01-26.