Karen Boddington and Mark Williams formed the Australian vocal duet that sang the original theme tune for the TV soap ''

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''. Mark Williams has performed with several other groups, while Karen Boddington was a vocalist for Almighty Records'

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ABBA covers project Abbacadabra, alongside other singers such as

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, Belle Lawrence and Martin Jenkins.

Charts

The theme tune is entitled "

", and it was released on the First Night label. It entered the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

on 2 September 1989, and remained in the charts for only one week, reaching position 79.
(Note: misprinted as "Baddington")

Usage

It was used as the theme tune to the show ''Home and Away'' from 1988 until 1995. There have been seven different full versions of the theme song used, including two by

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References

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