"Errol" is the second single by Australian

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band

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taken from their 1981 album ''

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''. The song was written by

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and

Guy McDonough Guy Gillis McDonough (17 October 1955 – 26 June 1984) was an Australian rock musician best known for rhythm guitar and singer-songwriter with the iconic band Australian Crawl. He provided rhythm guitar and lead vocals on two of their well-know ...

and sung by McDonough instead of Reyne, and is a lyrical biography about Australian-born actor

Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...

. It was produced by Peter Dawkins. The music video was filmed in the

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. "Errol" was released in September 1981 and reached #18 on the Australian Singles Charts in October, 1981. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. It was voted their third most popular song by listeners of

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in 2007. B-side "Easy on Your Own" was written by

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and Brad Robinson of The Crawl together with Australian actress

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. Robinson and Armstrong were married; Armstrong was later an

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winner. In December 1982, the then-nascent Australian new wave band This Is Serious Mum parodied the song as "Yassa Ara-Thin-A-Go-Go". The recording would be released on 29 July 2002. In January 2018, as part of

's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Errol" was ranked number 52.

Track listing

#"Errol" (James Reyne, Guy McDonough) - 3:30 #"Easy On Your Own" (Simon Binks, Brad Robinson, Kerry Armstrong) - 3:49

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Errol (Song) 1981 songs 1981 singles Australian Crawl songs Songs about actors Cultural depictions of Errol Flynn Songs written by James Reyne Songs written by Guy McDonough Song recordings produced by Peter Dawkins (musician)