Casual Encounter

"Casual Encounter" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in August 1983. The song originally appeared on the Australian release of the band's debut album Desperate, but first appeared on the international release of their second album What a Life!. "Casual Encounter" did not meet with success when it was released as a single, only peaking at number ninety-one on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.

"Casual Encounter"
Single by Divinyls
from the album What a Life!
B-side"Gonna Get You"
ReleasedAugust, 1983
GenreRock, new wave
Length3:05 (single and What a Life! versions)
3:17 (original Desperate version)
LabelChrysalis Records
Songwriter(s)Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
Divinyls singles chronology
"Siren (Never Let You Go)"
(1983)
"Casual Encounter"
(1983)
"Good Die Young"
(1984)

On the original Australian version of Desperate, "Casual Encounter" ran 3:17 and had a proper ending, but the single and What a Life versions just faded it out at the 3:05 mark, which was carried over to Greatest Hits in 2006.

Track listing

Australian 7" Single[1]
  1. "Casual Encounter" - 3:05
  2. "Gonna Get You" (Re-recorded)
  3. "Only Lonely" (Live)

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[2] 91

References

  1. http://notsorted.tripod.com/DIV.discog.html
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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