Idiot Grin

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"Idiot Grin"
IdiotGrinSingle01.jpg
7" single cover
Single by Do-Ré-Mi
from the album Domestic Harmony
A-side "Idiot Grin"
B-side "No Fury"
ReleasedAugust 1985
Recorded London
January/February 1985
Genre New wave, rock
Length2:26
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter, Stephen Philip
Producer(s) Gavin MacKillop
Do-Ré-Mi singles chronology
"Man Overboard"
(1985)
"Idiot Grin"
(1985)
"Warnings Moving Clockwise"
(1985)

"Idiot Grin" is a song by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi released by Virgin Records in August 1985 as the second single from their debut studio album. [1] [2] The song peaked at number 43 in Australia. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks were written by Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip. [3]

  1. "Idiot Grin" - 2:26
  2. "No Fury" - 2:58

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 43

Personnel

Do-Ré-Mi members

Additional musicians

Recording details

Art work

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