Song · Cruel Sea
“The Honeymoon Is Over” by Cruel Sea
From the album The Honeymoon Is Over (1993)
“The Honeymoon Is Over” by Cruel Sea appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1993 and 2018. It was first released in 1993 on the album The Honeymoon Is Over. Its best result is #9 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #84 alternative song of 1993 and #4,871 alternative song of all time.
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"The Honeymoon Is Over" is the title track of the Cruel Sea's third studio album, and it went out as the record's second single in 1993. Tex Perkins, Dan Rumour and James George Watson wrote it, and Perkins has said it grew out of a real bloke's problem: an old girlfriend's name tattooed on him, and a new girlfriend who wanted her own name in its place.
The Australian indie rock band play it like a swaggering pub-rock stomp that has wandered somewhere stranger, with a scat chorus and guitars that curl and snake around it. Junkee called it one of a kind. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 it took home both Best Song and Best Single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1677 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1669 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2018 | 96 | Triple M | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) | 100 |
Also listed as: The Honeymoon is Over.
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