Single:
5.10 Man entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 July 1969 and peaked at #18.
Songwriters:
Doug Ford, Jim Keays
Producer:
Howard Gable
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
1969 began with The Masters Apprentices settling their new line-up and the Ford/Keays writing team hitting its stride, the band now moved to its best-remembered and most successful phase.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masters_Apprentices
Lyrics:
Who′s that coming round the corner?
Tell me, who’s that coming round the bend?
He doesn′t look like me
But the mum and the dads think he’s gas
Who’s that coming round the corner?
He′s so square and laughs at me
He′s a 5:10 man
It’s kids like us that he cans
He can see that we′re free and we know that it’s just jealousy
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