Idiot Grin Explained

Idiot Grin
Cover:	IdiotGrinSingle01.jpg
Caption:	7" single cover
Type:	single
Artist:	Do-Ré-Mi
Album:	Domestic Harmony
A-Side:	Idiot Grin
B-Side:	No Fury
Released:	August 1985
Recorded:	London January/February 1985
Genre:	New wave, rock
Length:	2:26
Label:	Virgin Records
Producer:	Gavin MacKillop
Prev Title:	Man Overboard
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Warnings Moving Clockwise
Next Year:	1985

"Idiot Grin" is a song by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi released by Virgin Records in August 1985 as the second single from their debut studio album.^{[1] [2]} The song peaked at number 43 in Australia.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks were written by Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip.^[3]

1. "Idiot Grin" - 2:26
2. "No Fury" - 2:58

Personnel

Do-Ré-Mi members

• Dorland Bray - drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Helen Carter - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Deborah Conway - lead vocalist
• Steve Hogarth - keyboards
• Stephen Philip - guitar

Additional musicians

• Roger Freeman - trombone

Recording details

• Producer, engineer - Gavin MacKillop
  • Assistant engineer - Chris Potter, Mike Bigwood, Steve Chase
• Studio - Townhouse III Studios, London

Art work

• Cover - Greg Hollister (front cover illustration), Shelley Conway (lino cuts)

References

1. Book: McFarlane, Ian . . Ian McFarlane . . 1999 . Encyclopedia entry for 'Do-Ré-Mi' . http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=286. 1-86448-768-2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040930231503/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=286. 2008-10-15 . 2004-09-30.
2. Web site: Do-Ré-Mi . Nimmervoll . Ed . Ed Nimmervoll . HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll) . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/doremi/doremi.htm . 26 July 2012 . 10 February 2014 .
3. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association . . 2008-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch . 2007-12-05 . Note: requires user to input song title e.g. IDIOT GRIN
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 91.