Like Wow – Wipeout

"Like Wow – Wipeout"
Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Mars Needs Guitars!
A-side	"Like Wow – Wipeout!"
B-side	"Bring the Hoodoo Down"
Released	October, 1985 (Australia)
Format	7" vinyl
Genre	Rock
Length	3:09
Label	Big Time (Australia)
Writer(s)	Dave Faulkner
Producer(s)	Charles Fisher
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"Bittersweet" (1985) "Like Wow – Wipeout!" (1985) "Death Defying" (1986)

"Like Wow – Wipeout" is a song written by Dave Faulkner^[1] and recorded by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus for their album Mars Needs Guitars!. As a single, it was released on Big Time Records in October 1985 and reached #28 on the Melbourne record chart.^[2]

The B side of the single, "Bring the Hoodoo Down", was also written by Faulkner.^[1] It had already been released as a B side on the United Kingdom 12" single for "Bittersweet".

"... was only recorded as a b-side but producer Charles Fisher thought it "had something" and should be included on the album. No-one was more surprised than us when it became the second single and our biggest hit at the time. We just liked it because it was noisy." - Dave Faulkner.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Like Wow – Wipeout!" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:09
2. "Bring the Hoodoo Down" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:01

Personnel

Credited^[4] to:

• James Baker — drums
• Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals
• Dave Faulkner — lead vocals (track A), guitar
• Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals
• Brad Shepherd — guitar, lead vocals (track B), harmonica
• Producer — Charles Fisher
• Engineer — John Bee
• Mastering — Don Bartley

References

1. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
2. Guest, Thomas J. (1991). Thirty Years of Hits. Collingwood, Melbourne: M. J. Maloney. ISBN 0-646-04633-0.
3. Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
4. "Discogs entry on Mars Needs Guitars!". Retrieved 2007-12-18.