"Reminiscing" | ||||
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Single by Little River Band | ||||
from the album Sleeper Catcher | ||||
B-side | "Take Me Home"/"So Many Paths" | |||
Released | June 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Genre | Soft rock [1] | |||
Length | 4:11 (album version) 3:29 (7" version) | |||
Label | EMI Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | Graeham Goble | |||
Producer(s) | John Boylan, Little River Band | |||
Little River Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Reminiscing" is a song by Australian soft rock music group Little River Band, released in June 1978 as the second single from their fourth studio album Sleeper Catcher . The song was written by the band's rhythm guitarist Graeham Goble, and sung by their lead singer Glenn Shorrock. "Reminiscing" peaked at number 35 on the Australian Kent Music Report [2] and at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]
In 2005, Goble spoke of his inspiration and recording of the song, saying "I loved watching old black and white movies, and I always also loved the music of Glenn Miller and Cole Porter, that whole era of writing, and it was my attempt to write a song to depict the romantic era. It came out very quickly, I wrote it in about half an hour. Even though a lot of people think it sounds complicated, on the guitar it's very simple to play. It nearly never got recorded – when the time came to record it, the keyboard player I wanted to use, Peter Jones, was out of town, so we cut the band track with a different keyboard player. It didn't work. A few days later when we tried it again with a different keyboard player, again it didn't work, and the band was losing interest in the song. Just before the album was finished, Peter Jones came back into town, the band and I had an argument because I wanted to give Reminiscing a third chance. Peter played on it, we cut it, and finished it, and sent the album to Capitol. Capitol said that they couldn't hear any singles on the album, and didn't know what to release. Five weeks later, someone at Capitol's New York office said 'You're all crazy, Reminiscing is a smash.' Capitol put it out, and it just immediately caught on fire, and became our highest chart hit." [4] Goble added "It's quite staggering; you don't realise you've written something like that until it happens, until it's history." [5]
Record World called it "a highly danceable ballad" and praised the lead vocal performance. [6]
At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards, the song won Australian Record of the Year. [7]
"Reminiscing" was given a BMI Five Million-Air award for five million plays on US radio—the highest achievement ever for any Australian popular song. [8]
According to Albert Goldman's biography, John Lennon named "Reminiscing" as one of his favourite songs. May Pang, erstwhile girlfriend of Lennon, said "Oddly, with all the fantastic music he wrote, "our song" was 'Reminiscing' by the Little River Band." [9]
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"Reminiscing" | ||||
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Single by Madison Avenue | ||||
from the album The Polyester Embassy | ||||
Released | 5 March 2001 [17] | |||
Genre | Dance, house | |||
Length | 3:35 | |||
Label | EMI International | |||
Songwriter(s) | Graeham Goble | |||
Producer(s) | Andy Van Dorsselaer | |||
Madison Avenue singles chronology | ||||
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Australian group Madison Avenue covered the song and released it as a single in March 2001. Their version was certified gold by the ARIA.
Australian CD single
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [18] | 9 |
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australia (Australian Artist) [19] | 9 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [20] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Biz Markie sampled the song for his song "Throwback" on the album Weekend Warrior .
Little River Band (LRB) are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in March 1975. The band achieved commercial success in both Australia and the United States. They have sold more than 30 million records; six studio albums reached the top 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart including Diamantina Cocktail and First Under the Wire, which both peaked at No. 2. Nine singles appeared in the top 20 on the related singles chart, with "Help Is on Its Way" (1977) as their only number-one hit. Ten singles reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Reminiscing" their highest, peaking at No. 3.
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Beeb Birtles is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been a member of various Australian groups including Zoot (1967–71), Mississippi (1972–74), Little River Band (1975–83) and Birtles Shorrock Goble (2002–07). He has also worked as a solo artist, including releasing an album, Driven by Dreams (2000). In 2004, Birtles and other members of the classic line-up of Little River Band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
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We Two Pty Ltd v Shorrock (2002) was presided by Justice Raymond Finkelstein of the Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne to determine the ownership of the name, Little River Band, its trademarks, logos and associated assets. We Two Pty Ltd, the applicant, was established in 1987 and had been solely owned by Stephen Housden of the music group, Little River Band since 1998. The respondents, Glenn Shorrock, Gerard Bertelkamp and Graeham Goble, were all founding members of the same group, in 1975. Housden had joined them in 1981.
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