Western Girls (Dragon song)

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"Western Girls"
Western Girls by Dragon.jpg
Single by Dragon
from the album Dreams of Ordinary Men
B-side "When I'm Gone"
ReleasedNovember 1986
Genre Rock, pop
Length4:10
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Todd Rundgren, Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill, Marc Hunter
Producer(s) Todd Rundgren
Dragon singles chronology
"Dreams of Ordinary Men"
(1986)
"Western Girls"
(1986)
"Nothing to Lose"
(1987)

"Western Girls" is a song by New Zealand-Australian rock band Dragon released in November 1986 as the third single from the group's eighth studio album Dreams of Ordinary Men (1986). The song peaked at number 58 on the Australian Kent Music Report and 37 in New Zealand.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Western Girls" (Alan Mansfield, Doane Perry, Marc Hunter, Sharon O'Neill, Todd Rundgren) - 4:10
  2. "When I'm Gone" (Marc Hunter, Martin Briley) - 3:30

Charts

Chart (1986/87)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [1] 58
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [2] 37

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  2. "Dragon – Western Girls". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 June 2017.