Single:
Computer Games entered the Australian singles chart* on 15 October 1979 and peaked at #1. It was #13 on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on Graffiti Crimes which entered the Australian albums chart* on 6 August 1979 and peaked at #16.
Songwriters:
Murray Burns, Steve Gilpin, Kevin Stanton
Producer:
Peter Dawkins
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Performance on Countdown in November 1979:
Wikipedia – Mi-Sex:
Mi-Sex is a New Zealand new wave band originally active from 1978 to 1986, and led for much of its existence by Steve Gilpin as vocalist, Kevin Stanton as guitarist and songwriter, Murray Burns as keyboardist and songwriter, and Don Martin as bassist. In August 1978 the band relocated to Sydney, where they became the city’s “fourth biggest drawcard” within six months. Their debut album, Graffiti Crimes, was issued in July 1979 to coincide with their national tour supporting Talking Heads.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-Sex
Wikipedia – Computer Games:
Computer Games was the second single from their debut studio album Graffiti Crimes. The song peaked at #1 in Australia and #5 in New Zealand. The music video was filmed on location at what was at the time Control Data Corporation’s North Sydney centre and included gameplay from the 1979 arcade games Speed Freak, Basketball and Star Fire. The single won the award for Best Australian Single at the 1979 TV Week/Countdown Music Awards.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Games_(song)
Lyrics:
I fidget with the digit dots and cry an anxious tear
As the XU-1 connects the spot
But the matrix grid don’t care
Get a message to my mother
What number would she be
There’s a million angry citizens
Looking down their tubes at me
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