Single:
Beautiful People entered the Australian singles chart* on 10 September 1979 and peaked at #22.
Album:
The song is on The Boys Light Up which entered the Australian albums chart* on 5 May 1980 and peaked at #4.
Songwriters:
James Reyne, Mark Hudson
Producer:
David Briggs
Record label of Australian release:
EMI
Video:
The music video for Beautiful People was filmed in 1979 at the then dilapidated and graffitied (but now renovated and heritage listed) Bellevue House, Glebe.
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Australian Crawl caught the attention of Little River Band’s guitarist David Briggs, who helped them to a recording contract with EMI and produced their first single, Beautiful People. It was released in August, 1979 and peaked at #22 on the Australian Singles Chart. In 1980, the song appeared on their debut album The Boys Light Up.
The song satirised the vacuous elite of mid-1970s Melbourne’s Toorak society. In 1975, Reyne was living in South Yarra, whilst attending Monash University and playing drums for Archie Slammit and the Doors.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_People_(Australian_Crawl_song)
Lyrics:
I said beautiful people
They′ve got a Robert Palmer T-shirt in their travel bag
Beautiful people
They’ve got a price upon their head
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