Water into Wine (song)

"Water into Wine"
Single by Cold Chisel
from the album The Last Wave of Summer
A-side"Water into Wine"
B-side"A Better Time, A Better Place", "This Time Round", "Child of Mine"
ReleasedDecember 1998
RecordedFestival Studios
GenreRock
Length4:54
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Steve Prestwich
Producer(s)Kevin Shirley
Cold Chisel singles chronology
"The Things I Love in You"
(1998) 		"Water into Wine"
(1998) 		"Way Down"
(1999)

"Water into Wine" is a song by Australian rock band Cold Chisel. It was released in December 1998 as the second single from their sixth studio album, The Last Wave of Summer. The song peaked at number 46 in Australia.

Biographer Michael Lawrence said, "From very early on its lifetime, this song was touted as a possible single. A catchy ballad that sees acoustic guitar appearing in a Cold Chisel song for the first time since "Khe Sanh"."[1]

Before its release, industry figures such as Denis Handlin and Michael Gudinski felt the single would be very successful. However, Kevin Shirley, when mixing, said, "It's a straightforward song to mix and it would make a good b-side. It's not a single. It drags."[2]

Track listing

CD single (MUSH01844.2)
  1. "Water into Wine"
  2. "A Better Time, A Better Place"
  3. "This Time Round"
  4. "Child of Mine"

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 46

References

  1. ^ Michael Lawrence (2012). Cold Chisel: Wild Colonial Boys. Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Books. p. 331. ISBN 9781877096174.
  2. ^ O'Grady, Anthony (2001). Cold Chisel: The Pure Stuff. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. p. 203. ISBN 1-86508-196-5.
  3. ^ "Cold Chisel – Water into Wine". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 12 December 2016.