People (Mi-Sex song)

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"People"
People by Mi-Sex single.jpg
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Single by Mi-Sex
from the album Space Race
B-side "Pages and Matches"
ReleasedMarch 1980
RecordedJanuary 1980
Studio Music Farm Studios, Byron Bay, Australia
Genre Synth-pop, electronic
Length3:49
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Murray Burns, Kevin Stanton, Steve Gilpin
Producer(s) Peter Dawkins
Mi-Sex singles chronology
"Computer Games"
(1979)
"People"
(1980)
"Space Race"
(1980)

"People" is a song by New Zealand group Mi-Sex, released in March 1980 as the lead single from their second studio album, Space Race (1980). The song peaked at number 3 in New Zealand and 6 in Australia.

Contents

Music video

The video showcases the band’s well honed combination of techno-pop and the more straight ahead rock’n’roll beloved of Australian pub audiences — with some visual special effects reserved for the future shock of the spoken segment. [1]

Track listings

Australia/New Zealand 7" (BA 222652) [2]

  1. "People" - 3:49
  2. "Pages and Matches" - 2:29

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "People"
Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] [4] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [5] 3

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "People"
Chart (1980)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 37
New Zealand (RIANZ) [6] 26

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References

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  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 202. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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