"Don't Throw Stones" is a song recorded by Australian
rock
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band
The Sports
The Sports were an Australian Rock music, rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981. Mainstay members were Stephen Cummings on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members such as Paul Hitchins on dru ...
. The song was written by band members
Stephen Cummings
Stephen Donald Cummings (born 13 September 1954) is an Australian rock singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from 1976 to 1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but ha ...
and
Andrew Pendlebury. Released in February 1979 as the second single from the band's second
studio album, ''
Don't Throw Stones'' (1979), the song peaked at number 26 on the Australian
Kent Music Report.
In January 2018, as part of
Triple M
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The network dates back to ...
's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Don't Throw Stones" was ranked number 86.
Reception
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Cash Box magazine
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'' said "Lead singer Steve Cummings' forceful vocals should sell AOR, pop programmers on this track."
Track listing
; Australian 7" single (K 7383)
*Side A "Don't Throw Stones" - 3:23
*Side B "Terror Hits" - 3:41
; North American 7" single (Arista – AS 0482)
*Side A "Don't Throw Stones" - 2:58
*Side B "Mailed It to Your Sister" - 2:47
; United Kingdom 7" single (Sire – SIR 6002)
*Side A "Don't Throw Stones" - 2:58
*Side B "The Worst Kind"
Charts
References
1978 songs
1979 singles
The Sports songs
Mushroom Records singles
Songs written by Stephen Cummings
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