| "High Wire" | ||||
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| Single by Men at Work | ||||
| from the album Cargo | ||||
| B-side | "I Like To (Live)" | |||
| Released | November 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Colin Hay | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter McLan | |||
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"High Wire" is a song by the Australian group Men at Work.[2] The song was written by Men at Work singer/guitarist Colin Hay[3] and the recording was produced by Peter McIan. It was released in November 1983 as the fourth and final single from their album Cargo.
The song reached No. 89 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and No. 23 on the US Rock Tracks chart.[4][5] AllMusic's Stephen Erlewine described it as a tight pop song.[1]
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Men At Work - Cargo (1983) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Men at Work'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ ""High Wire" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ "Men at Work - Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 29 March 2010.