Single:
Way Out West entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 November 1973 and peaked at #40.
Album:
The song is on The Dingoes which entered the Australian albums chart* on 10 June 1974 and peaked at #24.
Songwriters:
The Dingoes
Producers:
The Dingoes, John French
Record label of Australian release:
Mushroom
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Way Out West explains the fly-in fly-out life of mining in Australia, telling the story of a man who has left his job and wife in the city to work for a company drilling for oil and enjoys “living and a working on the land”.
The Dingoes were initially active from 1973 to 1979, and reformed in 2009. Initially based in Melbourne, the band relocated to the United States from 1976. The most stable line-up comprised John Bois on bass guitar, John Lee on drums, Broderick Smith on vocals and harmonica, Chris Stockley on guitar, and Kerryn Tolhurst on guitar. Mal Logan joined them at times on keyboards.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Out_West_(song)
Lyrics:
Way out west where the rain don′t fall
Got a job with the company drilling for oil
Just to make some change
Living and a’working on the land
I quit my job and I left my wife
I headed out west for a brand new life
Just to get away
Living and a′working on the land
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