No Second Prize (song) explained

No Second Prize
Cover:No_Second_Prize.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Jimmy Barnes
Album:Bodyswerve
B-Side:I've Got News for You
Released:August 1984
Studio:Rhinoceros Studios
Length:4:20
Label:Mushroom Records
Producer:Jimmy Barnes, Mark Opitz
Next Title:Promise Me You'll Call
Next Year:1984

"No Second Prize" is the debut single by Scottish-born Australian rock musician Jimmy Barnes, released in August 1984 as the lead single from his debut studio album, Bodyswerve. It peaked at number 12 on the Australian Kent Music Report. The song was originally demoed by Cold Chisel but never recorded by them. It was written in 1980 as a tribute to Chisel roadies Alan Dallow and Billy Rowe, who died in a truck crash.

At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, Barnes won Best Male Performance in a Video.[1] [2]

Track listing

7" Single (K 9468)

12" /Maxi (X14109)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Music Awards . Ron Jeff . 16 December 2010 .
  2. Web site: Final episode of Countdown. 1970scountdown. 23 October 2020.
  3. 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. 27. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.