Hullabaloo (song)

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"Hullabaloo"
Hullabaloo by Absent Friends.png
Single by Absent Friends
from the album Here's Looking Up Your Address
ReleasedMarch 1990
Recorded1989
Length4:16
Label RooART
Songwriter(s) John Mackay, Sean Kelly
Producer(s) Sean Kelly and Garry Gary Beers
Absent Friends singles chronology
"Hallelujah"
(1989)
"Hullabaloo"
(1990)
"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"
(1990)

"Hullabaloo" is a song by Australian band Absent Friends. It was released in March 1990 as the second single from third debut album Here's Looking Up Your Address . It peaked at number 46 on the Australian Singles Charts.

Contents

Track listing

7" single (876 962-7)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hullabaloo"John Mackay, Sean Kelly [1] 4:16
2."A Short Walk"Andrew Duffield, James Cockington4:00
CD single (876 963-2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hullabaloo"John Mackay, Sean Kelly4:16
2."A Short Walk"Andrew Duffield, James Cockington4:00
3."Bringing Up Edward"Andrew Duffield2:59

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 40

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References

  1. ""Hullabaloo" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. "Australian-charts.com – Absent Friends – Hullabaloo". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 22 April 2021.