Single:
Living on an Island entered the Australian singles chart* on 4 February 1980 and peaked at #62.
Album:
The song is on Whatever You Want which entered the Australian albums chart* on 19 November 1979 and peaked at #22.
Songwriters:
Rick Parfitt, Bob Young
Producer:
Pip Williams
Record label of Australian release:
Vertigo
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Rick Parfitt sings lead vocals on this song that he wrote with Status Quo’s “unofficial fifth member”, Bob Young. It’s about Parfitt having to take a “tax year” outside of the United Kingdom and the boredom and isolation he felt living on the Isle of Jersey. However, he is also excited about a pending visit from a friend named “Cruxie”.
Living on an Island was the second single released from Quo’s album Whatever You Want, following the title track. Despite its very obvious drug references, the single wasn’t banned by the BBC and became a top 20 hit single in the UK. It also charted in Australia, Germany and Ireland.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_on_an_Island
Lyrics:
Easy when you’re number one
Everybody say you’re having fun
Smiling for the public eye
When your body say you wanna die
Living on an island
Looking at another line
Waiting for my friend to come
And we’ll get high
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