Shooting Stars (Dragon song) explained

Shooting Stars
Cover:	Dragon - Shooting Stars.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Dragon
Album:	Running Free
Released:	January 1978
Genre:	Rock
Length:	3:30
Label:	Portrait Records
Producer:	Peter Dawkins
Prev Title:	April Sun in Cuba
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Konkaroo
Next Year:	1978

"Shooting Stars" is a song by New Zealand band Dragon, released in January 1978 as the second and final single to be released from Dragon's fourth studio album, Running Free (1977).^[1]

Composition

Songwriter Hewson said, "Everybody went out for lunch so I sat at the piano and came up with it. On the original demo tape Marc Hunter plays drums, Robert Taylor is on bass, and I sang - dreadfully but with feeling."^[2]

Track listing

1. Shooting Stars (Paul Hewson) - 3:30
2. Some Strange Dream (Todd Hunter) - 3:15

Personnel

• Bass – Todd Hunter
• Guitar – Robert Taylor
• Keyboards – Paul Hewson
• Lead Vocals – Marc Hunter
• Percussion – Kerry Jacobson
• Vocals – Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter

External links

• Dragon - Shooting Stars

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Dragon Collection . Nzonscreen.com. 24 February 2022.
2. Web site: . Skyhooks on a comeback trail.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

   . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 94. 0-646-11917-6.