Casual Encounter Explained

Casual Encounter
Cover:Divinylscasualencounter.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Divinyls
Album:Desperate
B-Side:Gonna Get You
Released:August 1983
Genre:Rock, new wave
Length:3:05 (single and What a Life! versions)
3:17 (original Desperate version)
Label:Chrysalis Records
Producer:Mark Opitz
Prev Title:Siren (Never Let You Go)
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Good Die Young
Next Year:1984

"Casual Encounter" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in August 1983. The song was released as the third and final single 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.

Track listing

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Divinyls Discography.
  2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 91. 0-646-11917-6. <