Whaling (song)

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"Whaling"
Single by DD Smash
from the album The Optimist
B-side"I Met a Loser"
Released28 September 1984 (New Zealand)
Recorded1983
GenreRock
Length3:06
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Dave Dobbyn
DD Smash singles chronology
"Actor"
(1983)
"Whaling"
(1984)
"Magic (What She Do)"
(1984)
Dave Dobbyn singles chronology
""Actor" (as DD Smash)"
(1983)
""Whaling" (as DD Smash)"
(1984)
""Magic (What She Do)" (as DD Smash)"
(1984)
Music video
"Whaling" at NZ On Screen

Whaling is a single by New Zealand band DD Smash. It was released in 1984 as the second single from The Optimist. The single charted at No. 8 in New Zealand[1] and number 70 in Australia.[2]

It was voted the 12th-best New Zealand song of the 20th century by members of APRA in 2001.

References

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  1. ^ "Whaling". charts.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 84. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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