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'' in July 1980. The song fared disappointingly on the charts, peaking at number 65 in Australia. The single was accompanied by a colourful video that features a puppet newsreader. The B-side, "Media Themes", consisted of three short songs that were later re-used for the album. A "sequel" for "Media Themes" was released as a B-side to the band's later single "

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". Mason later said, "I got really pissed off about "After the News". People were just not accepting what we were doing. I got depressed about that."

Track listing

#"After the News" – 2:46 #"Media Themes" – 3:42

References

The Reels - After the News on discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:After The News 1980 singles The Reels songs 1980 songs Mercury Records singles PolyGram singles