Pressure Sway

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"Pressure Sway"
Pressure Sway by Machinations.jpg
7" sleeve
Single by Machinations
from the album Esteem
B-side "Pushbike"
ReleasedApril 1983
Recorded1983
Studio Albert Studios, Sydney
Genre
Length3:53
Label White Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Fred Loneragan
  • Tony Starr
  • Nick Swan
  • Tim Doyle
Producer(s)
  • Bruce Brown
  • Russell Dunlop
Machinations singles chronology
"Jack"
(1983)
"Pressure Sway"
(1983)
"Jumping the Gap"
(1983)

"Pressure Sway" is a song recorded by the Australian synth-pop band Machinations. It was released in April 1983 as the second and final single from the band's debut studio album, Esteem and peaked at number 21 on the Australian Kent Music Report. [1]

Contents

Track listing

7" single (K 9074)
12" single (X 14030)

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 21

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References

  1. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 185-86. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.