Bittersweet (Hoodoo Gurus song)

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"Bittersweet"
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Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Mars Needs Guitars!
A-side "Bittersweet"
B-side "Mars Needs Guitars"
ReleasedJune 1985
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:46
Label Big Time
Songwriter(s) Dave Faulkner
Producer(s) Charles Fisher
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"I Want You Back"
(1984)		"Bittersweet"
(1985)		"Like Wow - Wipeout!"
(1985)

"Bittersweet" is a song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was written by Dave Faulkner, [1] released in June 1985 as the lead single from the group's second studio album, Mars Needs Guitars! . It peaked at number 16 on the Australian charts

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In 2000, Dave Faulkner said "... I vowed to myself that I would write less comic narratives and try to express my sentiments in a more forthright way. I feel I succeeded with 'Bittersweet' though at the time I didn't think that a) the band would want to play it and b) our audience would want to hear it. I was happily wrong on both counts.". [2]

Track listings

7" single (BTS1503)
  1. "Bittersweet" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:46
  2. "Mars Needs Guitars" (James Baker, Clyde Bramley, Faulkner, Mark Kingsmill and Brad Shepherd) [1] — 2:51

Personnel

Credited to:

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [3] 16

Cover versions & others

Courtney Love provided lead vocals for her band Hole's version of "Bittersweet" with Brad Shepard playing guitar and contributing backing vocals at Hole's 1999 Big Day Out performance. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  2. ↑ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "Discogs entry on Bittersweet (unofficial Hole album)". discogs.com. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
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