Happy Hippy Hut

"Happy Hippy Hut"
"Happy Hippy Hut"
Single by Skyhooks
from the album The Lost Album
A-side	"The Ballad of Oz"
Released	August 1994
Recorded	May 1994
Studio	Gotham Audio
Length	3:45
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Greg Macainsh
Producer(s)	Ross Fraser
Skyhooks singles chronology

"Happy Hippy Hut" is a song by Australian group, Skyhooks, released in August 1994 as a double-A sided split single with "The Ballad of Oz" by fellow Australian group, Daddy Cool. The single peaked at number 35 on the ARIA Singles Chart, remaining in that position for three consecutive weeks. Daddy Cool's lead singer, Ross Wilson, was Skyhooks' early record producer.

Background and release

Early 1970s band Daddy Cool's lead singer, Ross Wilson, became Skyhooks' first record producer, in 1975. Both groups had performed at the Sunbury Pop Festival in 1974 and in 1975. In 1994, Skyhooks and Daddy Cool, both briefly reformed for a proposed stadium tour. Together they released a double-A sided single, "Happy Hippy Hut" / "The Ballad of Oz". However the tour was downgraded to the pub circuit.^[1]

Track listing

CD single (D 11845)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Happy Hippy Hut" (by Skyhooks)	Greg Macainsh	3:45
2.	"You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" (The Safe Sex Mix) (by Skyhooks)	Macainsh	3:46
3.	"The Ballad of Oz" (by Daddy Cool)	Ross Wilson	3:06
4.	"$64,000 Question" (by Daddy Cool)	C Shears, E Sharpe	2:10

Charts

Chart performance for "Happy Hippy Hut"
Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	35

References

^ Donovan, Patrick (19 February 2005). "Grandaddies of Oz rock are still cool". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
^ "Daddy Cool / The Skyhooks – The Ballad of Oz / Happy Hippy Hut". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[Grandaddies-1] Donovan, Patrick (19 February 2005). "Grandaddies of Oz rock are still cool". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 7 May 2008.

[sc_Australia_Daddy_Cool_/_The_Skyhooks-2] "Daddy Cool / The Skyhooks – The Ballad of Oz / Happy Hippy Hut". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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v t e Skyhooks
Greg Macainsh Bob Starkie Graeme "Shirley" Strachan Imants Strauks Red Symons Steve Hill Peter Inglis Peter Starkie Bob Spencer Tony Williams
Studio albums	Living in the 70's (1974) Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (1975) Straight in a Gay Gay World (1976) Guilty Until Proven Insane (1978) Hot for the Orient (1980) The Lost Album (1999)
Live albums	Live! Be in It (1978) Live in the 80's (1983)
Compilation albums	The Skyhooks Tapes (1977) The Best of Skyhooks (1979) The Latest and Greatest (1990) Singles and B sides (1994) The Collection (1999) Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard (2015) Hits'n'Riffs (2015)
Singles	"Living in the 70's" "Horror Movie" "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" "All My Friends Are Getting Married" "Million Dollar Riff" "Let It Rock (live)" "This Is My City" "Blue Jeans" "Party to End All Parties" "Women in Uniform" "Hooked on Hooks" "Jukebox in Siberia" "Happy Hippy Hut"