Finger on the Trigger (song)

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"Finger On The Trigger"
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Single by The Angels
ReleasedNovember 1988
Studio Festival Records
Genre Hard rock
Length3:46
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Bob Spencer
The Angels singles chronology
"Love Takes Care (live)"
(1988)
"Finger On The Trigger"
(1988)
"Let the Night Roll On"
(1990)

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

Contents

Track listing

7-inch single (Mushroom K640)

  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 (1988–1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 34

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "The Angels – Finger on the Trigger". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 15 July 2014.