Never Gonna Die (song)

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"Never Gonna Die"
Single by The Choirboys
from the album Choirboys
B-side "Bullshit"
ReleasedJuly 1983
RecordedAlbert Studios, Sydney, Australia [1]
Length3:50
Label Albert Productions
Songwriter(s) Mark Gable, Brad Carr
Producer(s) Jim Menzie, Vanda & Young
The Choirboys singles chronology
"Never Gonna Die"
(1983)
"Talk Big"
(1983)

"Never Gonna Die" is a song by Australian hard rock group The Choirboys, released in July 1983 as their debut and lead single from their self-titled debut studio album. The song peaked at number 30 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Contents

The band said the song was originally called "I Like Your Eyes" and was recorded in the same studio used by AC/DC, The Angels and Rose Tattoo [1]

American group Rough Cutt covered the song in 1985 [2]

Track listing

Australian 7" vinyl (AP-1009)

Charts

Weekly chart performance of "Never Gonna Die"
Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 30

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References

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  2. "Top 10 Songs From The Choirboys". Classic Rock History. 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.