Great Wall (Boom Crash Opera song)

"Great Wall" is a song by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera.[1] It was the first single from their self-titled 1987 album,[2] and reached number five on the Australian music charts.[3][4] Great Wall's lyrics reference the New South Wales Hume Weir (Dam).

"Great Wall"
Original 1986 cover
Single by Boom Crash Opera
from the album Boom Crash Opera
Released1986
Recorded1986
GenreRock
Length3:46
4:59 (extended mix)
LabelWEA Records
Songwriter(s)Dale Ryder, Richard Pleasance, Greg O'Connor
Producer(s)Steve Brown
Boom Crash Opera singles chronology
"Great Wall"
(1986)		 "Hands Up in the Air"
(1986)

At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song won Best Debut single.[5][6]

Track listing
7" single (7.258695)
  1. "Great Wall" (Dale Ryder) - 3:46
  2. "Caught Between Two Towns" (Peter Farnan) - 3:23

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7][8] 5

Year-end charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 39

Personnel
  • Drums – Peter Maslen
  • Engineer – Chris Corr
  • Guitar – Peter Farnan
  • Guitar, Bass – Richard Pleasance
  • Keyboards – Greg O'Connor
  • Mastered By – Paul Ibbotson
  • Vocals – Dale Ryder

References
  1. Watt, Andrew (16 May 1986). "Crashing their way to success". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. Stuart Coupe (4 October 1987). "Boom Crash Opera on the way". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. Winstead, Kathleen (19 November 1990). "New band injects energetic musical jolt into pop". Kingman Daily Miner. Western News & Info. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. Australian Music Database
  5. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  6. "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved 24 January 2023 – via Imgur.
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