Shape I'm In (Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons song)

"Shape I'm In"
Single by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
from the album Screaming Targets
Released	October 1979
Studio	Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Rock, Reggae-Pop
Length	3:32
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse
Producer(s)	Peter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons singles chronology
"Hit and Run" (1979) "Shape I'm In" (1979) "All I Wanna Do" (1980)

"Shape I'm In" is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in October 1979 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album Screaming Targets (1979).

The song peaked at number 22 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.

Track listing

7" (K 7665)

• Side A1 "Shape I'm In" - 3:32
• Side B1 "So Young" (new version) - 3:31
• Side B2 "Shape I'm In" (Dub Version) - 3:01

7" (UK) (WEA – K 79122)

• Side A1 "Shape I'm In" - 3:32
• Side B1 "Only The Lonely Heart"
• Side B1 "Nosey Parker"

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report [1]	22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [2]	41

Cover versions

• Elekrik Force covered the song on the album, Craig Obey (2006) ^[3]
• The Resignators covered the song on the album See You in Hell (2010) ^[4]

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
2. "Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons – Shape I'm In". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
3. "Craig Obey". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2017.^{[ dead link ‍]}
4. "See you in hell". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2017.