"Gymnasium" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter

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 ...

. "Gymnasium" was released in July 1984 as the fourth single from Cummings' debut studio album '' Senso''.Stephen Cummings - Gymnasium at LastFM
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Australian singles chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

. At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the song earned Cummings a nomination for Best Male Performance in a Video.

Background

After the breakup of The Sports in 1981, Cummings, Armiger and Pendlebury soon found themselves together again, working on Cummings' first solo album ''Senso'' with Armiger taking up the role of producer.

Track listing

Personnel

* Arranged by (brass arrangements) – Greg Flood * Joe Creighton - Bass, Additional vocals * Mark Ferry - Bass *

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- Cornet (solo) *

Martin Armiger John Martin Armiger (10 June 1949 – 27 November 2019) was an Australian musician, record producer and composer. He was one of the singer-songwriters and guitarists with Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from August 1978 to late 1981, which ...

- Drum programming (Drumulator), Guitar, Keyboards *

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- Drums *

Andrew Pendlebury Andrew Scott Pendlebury (born 1952) is an Australian guitarist-songwriter. From 1977 to 1981 was a member of The Sports and from 1986 to 1988 he joined Slaughtermen. He has undertaken other projects and issued four solo albums. At the ARIA Mus ...

- Guitar * Robert Goodge - Guitar * Duncan Veal - Keyboards * Jantra de Vilda - Keyboards * Stephen Bigger - Keyboards *

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- Percussion *

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- Additional vocals * Nick Smith - Additional vocals * Linda Nutter - Additional vocals * Nick Smith - Additional vocals * Stephanie Sproul - Additional vocals

Charts

References

1984 songs 1984 singles Stephen Cummings songs Songs written by Stephen Cummings Songs written by Martin Armiger Song recordings produced by Martin Armiger Warner Music Group singles Regular Records singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub