The Nips Are Getting Bigger

"The Nips Are Getting Bigger"
Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Get Wet
B-side"Instrumental As Anything"
ReleasedJuly 1979 (Australia)
November 1979 (UK)
GenreRock
Length3:23
LabelRegular Records (AUS), Virgin Records (UK)
Songwriter(s)Martin Plaza
Producer(s)Cameron Allan
Mental As Anything singles chronology
"The Nips Are Getting Bigger"
(1979)
"Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series"
(1979)

"The Nips Are Getting Bigger" is the debut single by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in July 1979.[1] It was released as the first single from the album Get Wet and the song reached at number 16 on the Kent Music Report.[2] The song was written by Mental As Anything lead vocalist Martin Plaza.[3]

Track listing

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Regular Records (K 7548)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Nips Are Getting Bigger"Martin Plaza3:23
2."Instrumental As Anything"Martin Plaza2:29

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "The Nips Are Getting Bigger"
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[4][5] 16

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "The Nips Are Getting Bigger"
Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 73

References

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  1. ^ Australian Charts - Mental As Anything - The Nips Are Getting Better
  2. ^ Australian Music Database - Mental As Anything - The Nips Are Getting Better
  3. ^ 45cat - Mental As Anything - The Nips Are Getting Better
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 10 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.