Sleeping Beauty (song)

"Sleeping Beauty"
Single by Divinyls
from the album What a Life!
B-side	"Motion"
Released	December, 1985
Format	7" Single, 12" Single
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:38
Label	Chrysalis Records
Writer(s)	Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee
Producer(s)	Mike Chapman
Divinyls singles chronology
"Pleasure and Pain" (1985) "Sleeping Beauty" (1985) "Heart Telegraph" (1986)

"Sleeping Beauty" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in December 1985 from their second studio album What a Life!. The song proved to be a minor success in Australia when it peaked at number fifty.

Background

"Sleeping Beauty" was written by Mark McEntee and lead singer Christina Amphlett. The song was produced by Mike Chapman, who also went on to produce the final recording stages of What a Life! and Divinyls next album Temperamental.^[1]

Earlier in 1985, Divinyls had garnered great success with the single "Pleasure and Pain", which went to the top twenty in Australia and also charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "Sleeping Beauty" did not meet with the same success as its predecessor, however it did just make the top fifty in Australia, peaking at number fifty.

Track listing

Australian 7" Single^[2]

1. "Sleeping Beauty" - 3:38
2. "Motion" - 3:36

Australian & German 12" Single^[3]

1. "Sleeping Beauty" (Extended Mix) - 5:01
2. "Motion" - 3:36
3. "Sleeping Beauty" (Instrumental) - 3:36

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[4]	50

References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Divinyls-Sleeping-Beauty/master/234728
2. http://notsorted.tripod.com/DIV.discog.html
3. http://www.discogs.com/Divinyls-Sleeping-Beauty/release/2193269
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics