Single:
Downhearted entered the Australian singles chart* on 7 July 1980 and peaked at #12. It was #94 on the Top 100 of 1980.
Album:
The song is on The Boys Light Up which entered the Australian albums chart* on 5 May 1980 and peaked at #4. And on Sons of Beaches which entered the Australian albums chart on 26 July 1982 and peaked at #1.
Songwriters:
Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, Bill McDonough
Producer:
David Briggs
Record label of Australian release:
EMI
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Sons of Beaches album version:
Wikipedia:
Downhearted is the third single released by Australian Crawl from their debut album The Boys Light Up (after Beautiful People and The Boys Light Up).
Downhearted was written by Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough and Bill McDonough. All three songwriters had been bandmates in the Flatheads, but at the time only Bill McDonough was a member of Australian Crawl.
This single and album were produced by David Briggs who, at the time, was Little River Band’s lead guitarist. After leaving LRB in 1981 he continued to work as a recording engineer and producer.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downhearted
Lyrics:
I left my heart back in the Orient
Down on Bali bay
It’s not the way that I should feel
But it’s the way I’m gonna stay
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