Single:
Hey, St Peter entered the Australian singles chart* on 1 November 1976 and peaked at #5. The song was #32 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Album:
The song is on Flash and the Pan which entered the Australian albums chart* on 8 January 1979 and peaked at #94.
Songwriters:
Harry Vanda, George Young
Producers:
Harry Vanda, George Young
Record label of Australian release:
Albert Productions
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Flash and the Pan was an Australian new wave musical group (essentially an ongoing studio project) formed in 1976 by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of the Easybeats; they were a production and songwriting team known as Vanda & Young. The group’s first chart success was their 1976 debut single, Hey, St. Peter, which reached #5 in the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The next single, Down Among the Dead Men, peaked at #4 in Australia in 1978. Both songs were on their eponymous debut album which followed in December 1978.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_and_the_Pan
Lyrics:
The morning was cold and lonely
City lights old and gray
The sun arose, and, trying to smile
Gave it all away
The honky-tonk called a stranger
The stranger couldn′t pay the bill
Made a stand, raised his hand
Sang a song, no time to kill
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