"Science Fiction" is a song by Australian

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Divinyls Divinyls () were an Australian rock band that were formed in Sydney in 1980. The band primarily consisted of vocalist Chrissy Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. Amphlett garnered widespread attention for performing on stage in a school uni ...

, which was the lead single from their first studio album '' Desperate''. Released in December 1982, "Science Fiction", peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by

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between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988. The B-side, "I'll Make You Happy" is a

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1966 hit. In May 2001, "Science Fiction" was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.

Background

Christina Amphlett Christine Joy Amphlett (; 25 October 1959 – 21 April 2013) was an Australian singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the frontwoman of the rock band Divinyls. She was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive hum ...

and

Mark McEntee Mark McEntee ( ; born 16 July 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the Australian rock band, Divinyls. Early life McEntee was born in Perth, Western Australia, and went to Christ Church Grammar Sc ...

(ex-

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) met at the Sydney Opera House where Amphlett was singing in a choral concert in 1980. They recruited Jeremy Paul (ex-

), Bjarne Ohlin and Richard Harvey, and they provided the soundtrack for the film '' Monkey Grip'' (1982). The group released two singles from the soundtrack, '' Music from Monkey Grip'' EP, "Boys in Town", which reached No. 8 on the national singles chart, and "Only Lonely". Original bassist Jeremy Paul left before the movie or first single were released. He was replaced on bass, eventually by

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(ex

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). After releasing ''Music from Monkey Grip'' EP on

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in 1982, Divinyls released their first studio album '' Desperate'' on Chrysalis Records in 1983. The album included the No. 13 hit on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart, "Science Fiction" . Their early manager

Vince Lovegrove Vincent James Lovegrove (19 March 194724 March 2012) was an Australian musician, journalist, music manager, television producer and AIDS awareness pioneer. He was a member of 1960s rock 'n' roll band The Valentines, sharing vocals with Bon ...

was former co-lead vocalist of 1960s pop band The Valentines with

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(later in AC/DC); Lovegrove had organised Divinyls' transfer from WEA to Chrysalis and their first tours of United States. The B-side of this single is their cover version of The Easybeats' 1966 hit "I'll Make You Happy".

Track listing

# "Science Fiction" (Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee) – 3:32 # "I'll Make You Happy" (

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, George Young) – 3:21

Personnel

Divinyls members *

– vocals *

– guitar * Bjarne Ohlin – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals * Richard Harvey – drums *

– bass guitar Additional musicians Production details * Producer –

Mark Opitz Mark Opitz (born 1952) is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. He started his career with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1971. He has produced AC/DC, the Angels, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Divinyls and INXS. He ...

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

References

{{Authority control 1982 singles APRA Award winners Divinyls songs Songs written by Chrissy Amphlett Songs written by Mark McEntee 1982 songs Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz