Primitive Love Rites

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"Primitive Love Rites"
Primitive Love Rites by Mondo Rock.jpg
Single by Mondo Rock
from the album Boom Baby Boom
ReleasedOctober 1986
Format 7" vinyl, 12" Vinyl
Studio Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Genre Pop rock
Length4:50
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Ross Wilson, John James Hackett
Producer(s) Bill Drescher
Mondo Rock singles chronology
"Rule of Threes"
(1986)
"Primitive Love Rites"
(1986)
"Boom Baby Boom"
(1987)
"Rule of Threes"
(1986)
"Primitive Love Rites"
(1986)
"Boom Baby Boom"
(1987)

"Primitive Love Rites" is a song by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in October 1986 [1] as the second single from the band's fifth studio album Boom Baby Boom (1986). The song peaked at number 34 on the Kent Music Report. [2] The song became the band's only song to peak within the Billboard Hot 100, at 71.

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<i>Boom Baby Boom</i> 1986 studio album by Mondo Rock

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Contents

Track listings

Aus 7" Single [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Primitive Love Rites" Ross Wilson, John James Hackett4:50
2."Under Lights"Eric McCusker4:02



Aus 12" Single [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Primitive Love Rites (Extended Mix) " Ross Wilson, John James Hackett6:04
2."Rule Of Threes (Extended Version) "Eric McCusker7:05


International 12" single [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Primitive Love Rites (U.S. Remix) " Ross Wilson, John James Hackett4:54
2."Under Lights"Eric McCusker4:02
3."Primitive Love Rites (Original Australian Extended Mix)"Ross Wilson, John James Hackett6:04


Charts

Chart (1986/87)Position
Australian Kent Music Report [6] 34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 40
Billboard Hot 100 [8] 71
Billboard Mainstream Rock [9] 31

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