Phantom Shuffle

"Phantom Shuffle"
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Single by Austen Tayshus
from the album When the Ticklers Stopped Quivering
A-side"Phantom Shuffle"
B-side"The First Televised Parliament"
ReleasedOctober 1984
GenreComedy
Length5:15
LabelRegular Records
Songwriter(s)Ken Mathews, Steve Johnston
Producer(s)Martin Armiger
Austen Tayshus singles chronology
"Australiana"
(1983) 		"Phantom Shuffle"
(1984) 		"The Pope Down Under"
(1986)

"Phantom Shuffle" is a comedy single by Austen Tayshus. Released in October 1984 as the lead and only single from Austen Tayshus' debut album, When the Ticklers Stopped Quivering. The song peaked at number 16 on the Australian charts.

At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Video.[1][2]

Track listing

Vinyl (RRT 613)

  • Side A "Phantom Shuffle" - 5:15
  • Side B "The First Televised Parliament" - 4:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984/85) Position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] 16

References

  1. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 315. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.