All My Friends Are Getting Married

"All My Friends Are Getting Married"
Single by Skyhooks
from the album Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
B-side"Saturday Night"
ReleasedJune 1975
StudioTCS Studios, Melbourne
GenreGlam rock
Length4:50
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Greg Macainsh
Producer(s)Ross Wilson (as Duke Wilson)
Skyhooks singles chronology
"Ego is Not a Dirty Word"
(1975) 		"All My Friends Are Getting Married"
(1975) 		"Million Dollar Riff"
(1975)

"All My Friends Are Getting Married" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in June 1975 as the second and final single from the band's second studio album, Ego Is Not a Dirty Word. It is written by the group's bass guitarist, Greg Macainsh and was produced by Ross Wilson. The song peaked at number two in Australia.

Background

Australian rock band Skyhooks issued "All My Friends Are Getting Married" in June 1975 as the second single from their second studio album, Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (July 1975).[1] The line-up was Greg Macainsh on bass guitar and backing vocals, Bob "Bongo" Starkie on guitar and backing vocals, Shirley Strachan on lead vocals, Imants "Freddie" Strauks on drums, percussion and backing vocals and Red Symons on guitar and backing vocals.[1][2]

Skyhooks' most recent tour had ended in April 1975 whereupon Strachan took two weeks off and considered leaving the band, however he returned – newly married – as the group continued recording the album.[3][4] "All My Friends Are Getting Married" was written by Macainsh.[5] Along with the rest of the album it was produced by Ross Wilson (as Duke Wilson), who had also produced their debut album Living in the 70's (October 1974).[1][2] In Tony Catterall's review of the album for The Canberra Times he rated "All My Friends Are Getting Married" as one of its two best tracks.[6] He described it as "bitter-sweet" and behind its "seemingly simplistic view" of the subject it is enhanced by Strachan's "wistful" delivery.[6] The single peaked at No. 2 on the Kent Music Report.[7]

Track listing

7" single (K-6021)

  • Side A "All My Friends Are Getting Married" (Greg Macainsh) – 4:50
  • Side B "Saturday Night" (Macainish) – 2:45

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7][8] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 22

References

  1. ^ a b c McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Ross Wilson'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004.
  2. ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus; Notling, Fredrik; Brown, Jenny. "Skyhooks". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. pp. 84, 89, 90, 104–128, 145, 266–267. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. ^ Brown, Jen Jewel (31 August 2001). Duncan Kimball (ed.). "We just liked him 'cos he was Shirl". MilesAgo. ICE Productions. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'All My Friends Are Getting Married'". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b Catterall, Tony (28 July 1975). "Rock Music More of the Same from Skyhooks". The Canberra Times. Vol. 49, no. 14, 129. p. 13. Retrieved 3 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.