| Hammerhead | |
| Cover: | Hammerhead by James Reyne single cover.jpg |
| Caption: | CD single cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Reyne |
| Album: | James Reyne |
| A-Side: | Hammerhead |
| B-Side: | "Coin in a Plate” / "Burning Wood" |
| Released: | September 1987 |
| Genre: | Pop/Rock |
| Label: | Capitol Records |
| Producer: | Davitt Sigerson, John Hudson |
| Prev Title: | Fall of Rome |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Rip it Up |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Hammerhead" is the second single from Australian rock musician James Reyne’s debut self-titled solo studio album, released in 1987.The track featured uncredited backing vocals by Olivia Newton-John.[1]
Reyne reflected on the song saying: ""Hammerhead" was not necessarily about me, but let's say I thought I knew what I was talking about. I wrote it with Simon Hussey; the music Simon and I wrote together and I wrote the lyrics. From memory it seemed to come quite easily. I shouldn't make too much about the fact that it's about drugs. It can be taken many ways. It was an exercise in trying to write a song about that subject but to also make it that it could be about a relationship. It's a song about a relationship. And whether that relationship is with a substance or a person, it's an obsessive relationship".[2]
