Song · Skyhooks
“Horror Movie” by Skyhooks
From the album Living in the 70’s (1974)
“Horror Movie” by Skyhooks appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2018. It was first released in 1974 on the album Living in the 70’s. Its best result is #47 on the Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018).
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Skyhooks closed out 1974 with "Horror Movie", the second and last single taken from their debut album Living in the 70's, and by March 1975 it had spent two weeks at number one in Australia. Bassist Greg Macainsh wrote the words and music, a glam-rock wiseacre's view of a society gone so haywire that the nightly TV news plays like a fright flick. Graeme "Shirley" Strachan sings lead, Bob "Bongo" Starkie and Redmond Symons play guitar, Imants Alfred Strauks drums, and the other four all chip in on vocals.
Ross Wilson produced it for Mushroom Records, with John French engineering. A spot on the brand-new ABC pop show Countdown gave it a shove; it was named Australian Record of the Year at the 1975 King of Pop Awards, and it stands beside "Women in Uniform" as one of the band's signature songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 47 | Triple M | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) | 100 |
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