Physical Favours

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"Physical Favours"
Physical Favours by Sharon O'Neill.jpg
Single by Sharon O'Neill
from the album Danced in the Fire
Released7 September 1987
Recorded Studios 301, Sydney, Australia [1]
Genre Pop, Pop rock
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Sharon O'Neill, Alan Mansfield
Producer(s) Alan Mansfield
Sharon O'Neill singles chronology
"Power"
(1984)
"Physical Favours"
(1987)
"Danced in the Fire"
(1987)

"Physical Favours" is a song by New Zealand singer and songwriter Sharon O'Neill. The song was released in September 1987 as the first single from her fifth studio album, Danced in the Fire (1987). It was O'Neill's first release on the Polydor Records label.

Contents

Background and release

O'Neill signed with CBS records in 1978 and between 1979 and 1983, released four top twenty albums in New Zealand. A number of disputes followed, leading to an almost 5-year break between releasing music. O'Neill continued to write music however and in 1987 once the CBS contract had expired,O'Neill promptly signed a two-album deal with Polydor Records. "Physical Favours" was the first release. [2] [3]

Track listing

7" (Polydor – 887 032-7)

Charts

Chart (1987/88)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [4] 39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [5] 25

Personnel

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References

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  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  5. "Sharon O'Neill – Physical Favours". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 8 March 2017.