Onion Skin (song) explained

Onion Skin
Cover:	Onion Skin by Boom Crash Opera.jpg
Caption:	7 inch single cover
Type:	single
Artist:	Boom Crash Opera
Album:	These Here Are Crazy Times
Released:	5 June 1989
Length:	3:26
Label:	WEA
Producer:	Peter Smith
Prev Title:	Love Me to Death
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Get Out of the House!
Next Year:	1989

"Onion Skin" is a song by Australian band Boom Crash Opera. The song was released in June 1989 as the lead single from their second studio album, These Here Are Crazy Times! (1989), and reached number 11 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The following year, the song was released in the United States and reached number eight on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart that July.

Track listings

7 inch single

1. "Onion Skin" (Peter Farnan) – 3:26
2. "Rocks Are in My Head" (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) – 3:42

12 inch single

1. Onion Skin (extended mix) (Peter Farnan) – 5:05
2. These Here Are Crazy Times (Boom Crash Opera) – 4:08
3. Rocks Are in My Head (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) – 3:42

Charts

Year-end charts

External links

• Boom Crash Opera website

Notes and References

1. Alternative Airplay. Billboard. 28 July 1990. subscription. 15 August 2023.
2. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.