"Great Wall" is a song by Australian rock band
Boom Crash Opera.
It was the first
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1987 album,
and reached number five on the Australian music charts.
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Great Wall's lyrics reference the New South Wales Hume Weir (Dam).
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song won Best Debut single.
Track listing
; 7" single (7.258695)
# "Great Wall" (Dale Ryder) - 3:46
# "Caught Between Two Towns" (Peter Farnan) - 3:23
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Personnel
* Drums – Peter Maslen
* Engineer – Chris Corr
* Guitar – Peter Farnan
* Guitar, Bass – Richard Pleasance
Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992. Their hit ...
* Keyboards – Greg O'Connor
* Mastered By – Paul Ibbotson
* Vocals – Dale Ryder
References
External links
Boom Crash Opera - Great Wall (7" single)Boom Crash Opera - Great Wall (12" single)
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1986 debut singles
1986 songs
Boom Crash Opera songs
Songs written by Richard Pleasance