Things Don't Seem

"Things Don't Seem"
Single by Australian Crawl
from the album Sirocco
A-side	"Things Don't Seem"
B-side	"Big Fish"
Released	July, 1981
Format	7" Vinyl Single
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	3:55
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Guy McDonough, Sean Higgins[1]
Producer(s)	Peter Dawkins
Australian Crawl singles chronology
"Downhearted" (1980) "Things Don't Seem" (1981) "Errol" (1981)

"Things Don't Seem" is the first single by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl from their 1981 album Sirocco.^[2] It was produced by Peter Dawkins^[2] The song features one of the band's most complex pieces of lead guitar work, thanks to the skills of guitarist Simon Binks.

"Things Don't Seem" was released in July, 1981 and reached #11 on the Australian Singles Charts.^[3]

Guy McDonough re-recorded the song for his solo album, My Place, which was released posthumously in 1985, by his brother, Bill McDonough.^[4] It was also included as the 'B' side to the first single, "My Place", taken from the album.^[5] The original Australian Crawl version featured James Reyne on vocals.

Track listing

1. "Things Don't Seem" (Guy McDonough, Sean Higgins) - 3:55
2. "Big Fish" (James Reyne) - 2:42

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak Position[3]
Australian Singles Chart	11

Country	Chart	Ranking
Australia	End of Year Singles	78

Personnel

Credits:^[2]

Band members

• James Reyne — lead vocals, piano
• Simon Binks – lead guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar
• Guy McDonough — co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Bill McDonough — drums, percussion
• Paul Williams — bass guitar
• Brad Robinson — rhythm guitar

Recording process

• Engineer – Dave Marett ("Things Don't Seem"), Ross Cockle ("Big Fish")
• Producer – Peter Dawkins ("Things Don't Seem"), David Briggs ("Big Fish")

References

1. "'Things Don't Seem' at APRA search engine". Australian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 May 2013.
2. Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; Draper, Oliver; McDonough, Bill. "Australian Crawl". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
3. Kent, David (1983). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. Holmgren, Magnus. "Guy McDonough". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
5. McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics