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Hooked on Hooks - Wikipedia

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"Hooked on Hooks"

12" single cover art

Single by Skyhooks

B-side

"Smut"

Released

December 1982

Genre

Glam rock

Length

4:53

Skyhooks singles chronology

"Keep the Junk in America"
(1980)

"Hooked on Hooks"
(1982)

"Jukebox in Siberia"
(1990)

"Hooked on Hooks" is a 1982 medley produced from earlier recordings by the Australian band Skyhooks. It is a megamix of seven of their greatest hits. It peaked at number 21 in Australia.^[1] It is made up of the songs: "Horror Movie", "Ego (Is Not A Dirty Word)", "This Is My City", "Living in the 70's", "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed", "Women in Uniform", and "Million Dollar Riff". It was released on 12", 7" and cassingle formats.

Background

In 1980, Skyhooks had released its fifth and final studio album, Hot for the Orient which became the group's first album to miss the top ten, peaking at number 32. Skyhooks split later that year. The band's songs continued to receive airplay and two years later, their record label Mushroom Records decided to 'test the water' regarding the group's ongoing popularity by releasing a megamix of their songs, titled "Hooked on Hooks". It became a hit which led to additional album compilation releases, and a tour by the 'classic' line-up of the group, the following year.^[2]

Court case

In 1983, Jacqueline Brumley brought an action against Mushroom Records because of the unauthorised use of her face on the back cover of the 12" version of the record. Brumley's image was emblazoned with the title of the b-side of the single, "Smut". Her photograph had been taken in 1976 when she was 16 years old and attending a concert at Waverley High School. Brumley claimed in her affidavit that the use of her picture 'caused me extreme embarrassment as the imputation contained by the word "smut" is that I am a person of extremely loose morals and character'. The case was settled out of court.^[3] There was no revised edition of the sleeve issued (the 7" version had not featured Brumley's photograph).

Track listings

7" single (K-8820)

Side A "Hooked on Hooks" - 4:53
Side B "Smut" - 5:18

12" single (X13100)/ Cassingle

Side A "Hooked on Hooks" (Extended Version) - 6:20
Side B1 "Hooked on Hooks" (Instrumental) - 6:12
Side B2 "Smut" - 5:18

Credits

Engineer, Producer – John French
Original Producers – Eddie Leonetti, Ross Wilson
Producer, Recorded– Trevor Courtney
Recorded At – T.C.S. Studios

Charts

Chart (1982/83)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	21

References

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
^ "Skyhooks: A History". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ Jeff Jenkins Ego is Not a Dirty Word: The Skyhooks Story Kelly and Jenkins, Clifton Hill 1994, p. 155
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

v t e Skyhooks
Greg Macainsh Bob Starkie Graeme "Shirley" Strachan Imants Strauks Red Symons Steve Hill Peter Inglis Peter Starkie Bob Spencer Tony Williams
Studio albums	Living in the 70's (1974) Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975) Straight in a Gay Gay World (1976) Guilty Until Proven Insane (1978) Hot for the Orient (1980) The Lost Album (1999)
Live albums	Live! Be in It (1978) Live in the 80's (1983)
Compilation albums	The Skyhooks Tapes (1977) The Best of Skyhooks (1979) The Latest and Greatest (1990) Singles and B sides (1994) The Collection (1999) Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard (2015) Hits'n'Riffs (2015)
Singles	"Living in the 70's" "Horror Movie" "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" "All My Friends Are Getting Married" "Million Dollar Riff" "Let It Rock (live)" "This Is My City" "Blue Jeans" "Party to End All Parties" "Women in Uniform" "Hooked on Hooks" "Jukebox in Siberia" "Happy Hippy Hut"

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