Slipstream (song)

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"Slipstream"
Single by Sherbet
from the album Slipstream
B-side"Jungle Jiver"
ReleasedMay 1974
RecordedArmstrong Studios
GenreRock
Length2:58
LabelInfinity Records
Songwriter(s)Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare
Producer(s)Sherbet, Tweed Harris
Sherbet singles chronology
"So Glad You're Mine"
(1974)
"Slipstream"
(1974)
"Silvery Moon"
(1974)

"Slipstream" is a song by Australian band Sherbet, released in May 1974 as the second single from Sherbet's third studio album, Slipstream. The song peaked at number 5 on the Kent Music Report.[1]

The song was written by Garth Porter and Clive Shakespeare.[2]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slipstream"Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare2:58
2."Jungle Jiver"Porter, Shakespeare4:41

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 5

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1974) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 59

Personnel[edit]

  • Lead vocals – Daryl Braithwaite
  • Bass, vocals – Tony Mitchell
  • Keyboards, vocals – Garth Porter
  • Drums – Alan Sandow
  • Guitar, vocals – Clive Shakespeare

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sherbet - Slipstream at Australian Music Database
  2. ^ Sherbet - Slipstream at 45cat
  3. ^ Kent, David (1974). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. 30 December 1974. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.