Finger on the Trigger (song)

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"Finger On The Trigger"
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Single by The Angels
Released14 Nov 1988
Studio Festival Records
Genre Hard rock
Length3:46
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Bob Spencer
The Angels singles chronology
"'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (live)'"
(1988)
"Finger On The Trigger"
(1988)
"'Let the Night Roll On'"
(1990)

"Finger on the Trigger" is the thirty-second single by Australian hard rock band The Angels. Released as a non-album single in 1988, it peaked at number 34 on the ARIA Charts. [1]

Contents

Track listing

7-inch single

  1. "Finger on the Trigger" (Bob Spencer) – 3:46
  2. "Straight Aces" (Doc Neeson, Rick Brewster, Jim Hilbun, Brent Eccles) – 3:56

12-inch single

  1. "Finger on the Trigger (Spencer) – 3:46
  2. "Straight Aces" (Neeson, Brewster, Hilbun, Eccles) – 3:56
  3. "Living in the Bodyguard of Luxury" - 3:56

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts [2] 34

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References

  1. The Angels – Finger On The Trigger at Australian-Charts
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.