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Reckless (Australian Crawl song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Reckless'" (aka "'Reckless (Don't Be So)'", "'Reckless (Don't You Be So)'", "'She Don't Like That'") is a 1983 song from the EP 'Semantics' by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. The song showed a change in the line up of the band as drummer Bill McDonough was temporarily replaced by Graham Bidstrup (also on keyboards). After the EP was released, Bidstrup was replaced by John Watson (drums).
The EP 'Semantics' charted on the Australian Singles Charts to reach #1 and consequently some sources list "Reckless" as a #1 single. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. It was written by lead singer and guitarist James Reyne. Listeners of Triple M voted "Reckless" the 39th best song of all time in 2007; it was the highest placed Australian Crawl song.
The song's lyrics refer to locations in Sydney such as Manly and Circular Quay.
In Europe (including the United Kingdom) "Reckless" was released by Geffen Records as a single backed with "White Limbo"; it was also a track on the 1984 expanded LP version of 'Semantics'.
Australian Crawl performed "Reckless" as one of their three songs for the 'Oz for Africa' concert (1985). This was the Australian leg of the global 'Live Aid' show organised by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. The "Oz for Africa" concert was broadcast on MTV, but only performances by Australian band INXS were placed on the 20th Anniversary DVD collection.
Cover versions
Fellow Australian artists Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls performed "Reckless" for their 1988 double single EP release of 'Dumb Things', it was later credited to Paul Kelly and the Messengers for the 1992 CD 'Hidden Things'.
During his solo career, Reyne recorded a different version of "Reckless" for 'Electric Digger Dandy' (aka 'Any Day Above Ground') in 1991. He still performs the song during live concerts.
John Farnham covered the song for his 2005 covers album 'I Remember When I Was Young', he also covered the Crawl's song "Downhearted".
Melbourne-based DJs / producers, Smash N Grab, released "She Don't Like That" in 2005 with re-recorded vocals by James Reyne. The CD single had three versions: a radio edit, an extended edit and a club mix.
The Butterfly Effect has covered the song on their Final Conversation Tour 2009.
Children Collide did a cover of this song in the final Like A Version for 2010 on Tom and Alex's Triple j morning breakfast show.
Angie Hart recorded a cover version for her 2009 album, Eat My Shadow.
Misheard lyric
Readers of lyrics websites have suggested the line in the song about "A Russian sub beneath the Arctic" is a mondegreen in which "sub" has often been transcribed wrongly as "sun".
Track listing
'European Single'
# "Reckless (Don't You Be So)" (James Reyne) - 5:23
# "White Limbo" (Simon Binks) - 4:03
Personnel
Australian Crawl
* James Reyne lead vocals, keyboards, guitar* Simon Binks lead guitar
* Paul "Tubbs" Williams bass guitar
* Guy McDonough backing vocals, rhythm guitar
* Brad Robinson rhythm guitar
* Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup drums, keyboards
Additional credits
* Andrew Thompson saxophone* Rosemary Westbrook double bass on "Reckless"
* Engineer David Nicholas
* Producer Mark Opitz
Charts
Certifications
References
Category:Australian Crawl songs
Category:1983 songs
Category:APRA Award winners
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:Songs about Australia
Category:Songs written by James Reyne
Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Opitz
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