"Hard Act to Follow" is a song by Australian rock band

Grinspoon Grinspoon are an Australian Rock music, rock band from Lismore, New South Wales, formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, G ...

and was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album ''

Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills ''Thrills, Kills + Sunday Pills'' is the fourth studio album by Australian alternative rock band, Grinspoon. It was released on 20 September 2004 by record label, Universal Music, with Howard Benson producing. On the ARIA Albums Chart it peaked ...

''. It reached No. 24 on the

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and was ranked #16 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. The song was written by

Phil Jamieson Philip Jamieson (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales. He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon. Early life and education Philip William H. Jamieson was born on 18 April 19 ...

and

Pat Davern Pat Davern is an Australian musician and the guitarist for Grinspoon. His solo album ''Alexander the Elephant in Zanzibar'' was nominated for the 2016 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album. During a hiatus for Grinspoon Davern wrote a book "Alex ...

. The song was performed by Grinspoon at the

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of the

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Track listing

# "Hard Act to Follow" - 3:28 # "Nasty" - 3:17 # "Find Your Own Way Home" - 2:45 # "Hurricane" - 5:13 # "Hard Act to Follow" (Video)

Charts

References

{{authority control 2004 singles Grinspoon songs 2004 songs Universal Records singles Song recordings produced by Howard Benson Songs written by Phil Jamieson Songs written by Pat Davern