Australian singles charts:
Pasadena entered the Kent charts on 31 January 1972 and peaked at #16. The song was #91 on the Top 100 of 1972.
Songwriters:
David Hemmings, Harry Vanda, George Young
Producer:
Simon Napier-Bell
Record label of Australian release:
Albert Productions
John Paul Young’s 50 Years In Music, Studio 10, March 2022:
Wikipedia:
Pasadena is the debut single by John Paul Young, released under the name ‘John Young’. Young’s subsequent releases used ‘John Paul Young’ to avoid confusion with Johnny Young (no relation), the 1960s pop star and Young Talent Time presenter.
Pasadena was re-recorded in 1975 for Young’s debut studio album Hero.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena_(song)
Lyrics:
Ooh it’s such a long, long way to Pasadena
Ooh it’s such a long, long way to Pasadena
Where the dirt track meets the highway
And there ain’t no time at all
Just a world movin’ forward
On a big black motored crawl
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