Still Hanging 'Round

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"Still Hanging 'Round"
Single by Hunters & Collectors
from the album What's a Few Men?
Released1 February 1988[1]
GenreRock, pub rock
Length3:17
LabelWhite/Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters
Producer(s)Hunters & Collectors, Greg Edward
Hunters & Collectors singles chronology
"Do You See What I See?"
(1987)
"Still Hanging 'Round"
(1988)
"Back on the Breadline"
(1988)

"Still Hanging 'Round" is the fifteenth single by Australian pub rock band Hunters & Collectors, released on 1 February 1988. It was released as the second single from Hunters & Collectors' fifth studio album What's a Few Men?, which peaked at No. 48 on the Recorded Music NZ.[2] The B-side, “John Riley”, is a remake of a traditional song, the original version is by B. Gibson and R. Neff. "Still Hanging 'Round" was covered by Cloud Control on the tribute album, Crucible – The Songs of Hunters & Collectors (September 2013).[3]

Track listing[edit]

7" version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Hanging 'Round"Mark Seymour, John Archer, Doug Falconer, Robert Miles, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters, John Howard3:17
2."John Riley"Traditional3:25


Reception[edit]

The Canberra Times' reviewer observed, "'Still Hanging 'Round' is not any different from anything else they have done none since they got bored with being boring. A song about a maudlin drunk, while not being anything new it is still enjoyable."[4] While Phil of Tharunka felt, "[it] is one of the weaker tracks from the What's a Few Men? album, its view of love through the bottom of a beer glass still far exceeds ninety-five percent of the crap on radio."[5]

Personnel[edit]

Recording
  • Producer – Hunters & Collectors, Greg Edward
  • Engineer – Greg Edward
    • Assistant engineer – Leanne Vallence
  • Recording/mixing engineer – Robert Miles, Greg Edward
  • Studio – Metropolis Audio, South Melbourne (recording, engineering, mixing)

Charts[edit]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 48

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Australian Music Report No 705 – 1 February 1988 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Hunters & Collectors – 'Still Hanging 'Round'". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ^ Cashmere, Paul (10 August 2013). "The Rubens, Matt Corby, Eddie Vedder Pay Tribute to Hunters & Collectors". Noise11. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Round and Round". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 163. 24 March 1988. p. 27. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Singles". Tharunka. Vol. 34, no. 1. 8 March 1988. p. 31. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

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