Single:
Get That Jive entered the Australian singles chart* on 21 March 1977 and peaked at #13. It was #83 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Album:
The song is on Sunshine which entered the Australian albums chart* on 7 March 1977 and peaked at #24.
Songwriter:
Paul Hewson
Producer:
Peter Dawkins
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Get That Jive was the second single from Dragon’s third studio album, Sunshine, following This Time. Get That Jive was the first of the group’s singles to feature drummer Kerry Jacobson.
Sunshine was Dragon’s first album after they had relocated to Sydney from New Zealand in May 1975. Dragon had released two progressive rock albums in NZ but in Australia they were moving to a pop rock sound and sent for keyboardist Paul Hewson of rival kiwi group Mammal. Hewson joined Dragon with Marc Hunter on vocals and his older brother Todd Hunter on bass guitar, Neil Storey on drums and Robert M. Taylor on lead guitar.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_That_Jive and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_(Dragon_album)
Personnel:
Paul Hewson – keyboards
Marc Hunter — lead vocals
Todd Hunter — bass guitar
Kerry Jacobson – drums
Robert M. Taylor – electric & acoustic guitars
Lyrics:
She stands inside the mirror
Looking at her brand new face
She don’t hear the phone call
Her head is in another place
She thinks she’d like to party
And you know she will
The night is just a mirror
And I see you standing still
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