"Shut Down" is the first single released by

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n rock band

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from their third studio album ''

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''. The song was written by

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Bill McDonough and features lead vocals by James Reyne. The B-side was the non-album track "Creating Monsters". It was produced by Mike Chapman. "Shut Down" was released in June 1982 and reached #17 on the Australian Singles Chart in 1982. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988.

Track listing

#"Shut Down" (Bill McDonough) - 4:11 #"Creating Monsters" (James Reyne)

Charts

References

{{Australian Crawl 1982 songs Australian Crawl songs Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman