Tip of My Tongue (Diesel song)

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"Tip of My Tongue"
Tip of My Tongue (AU) by Diesel.jpg
Single by Johnny Diesel
from the album Hepfidelity
B-side "Rear View Mirror"
ReleasedFebruary 1992
Studio Hot Tin Roof (Los Angeles)
Length4:12
Label Chrysalis, EMI
Songwriter(s) Diesel, John Daniel Tate
Producer(s) Don Gehman
Johnny Diesel singles chronology
"Come to Me"
(1991)
"Tip of My Tongue"
(1992)
"Man Alive"
(1992)

"Tip of My Tongue" is a song by Australian rock musician Diesel. It was included on his debut album, Hepfidelity (1992). Released in 1992, the song peaked at number four in Australia and number three in New Zealand. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the song was nominated for ARIA Award for Single of the Year, but lost to "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews. [1]

Contents

Track listings

Australian CD single

  1. "Tip of My Tongue" – 4:12
  2. "Rear View Mirror" – 5:12

European maxi-CD single

  1. "Tip of My Tongue" – 4:12
  2. "Come to Me" – 4:22
  3. "One Thing After Another" – 5:03

Vinyl

  1. "Tip of My Tongue" – 4:12
  2. "Tell the Truth"

Charts

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