Current Stand

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"Current Stand"
Current Stand by Kids in the Kitchen.jpg
Single by Kids in the Kitchen
from the album Shine
ReleasedAugust 1985
Studio Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Genre New wave, electronic
Length3:58
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Bruce Curnow, Craig Harnath, Claude Carranza, Scott Carne
Producer(s) Mark S. Berry
Kids in the Kitchen singles chronology
"Shine"
(1985)
"Current Stand"
(1985)
"My Life"
(1985)

"Current Stand" is a song by Australian pop/new wave group Kids in the Kitchen. The song was released in August 1985 as the fifth single from their debut album, Shine (1985). The song peaked at number 12 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Contents

Track listing

7" (K9804)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 98

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  2. "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 23 January 2023 via Imgur.