"Where the Action Is" is a pop song written by

Harry Vanda Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg (born 22 March 1946), better known as his stage name Harry Vanda, is a Dutch Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as lead guitarist of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easy ...

and George Young. It was recorded by Australian pop singer

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. The song was released in October 1977 as the lead single from Young's first compilation album, ''

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'' (1977). The song peaked at number 33 on the

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Track listing

7" (AP 11562) *Side A "Where the Action Is" (H. Vanda and G. Young) - 3:04 *Side B "Down on My Knees" (J. P. Young, Warren Morgan) - 3:28

Charts

References

1977 songs 1977 singles John Paul Young songs Songs written by Harry Vanda Songs written by George Young (rock musician) Song recordings produced by Harry Vanda Song recordings produced by George Young (rock musician) Albert Productions singles {{1970s-pop-song-stub