| "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" | ||||
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| Single by The Stranglers | ||||
| from the album The Raven | ||||
| B-side | "Yellowcake UF6" | |||
| Released | 5 October 1979 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, post-punk | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Stranglers | |||
| Producer(s) | Alan Winstanley The Stranglers | |||
| The Stranglers singles chronology | ||||
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"Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)" is a 1979 single by British band The Stranglers. The second single from their album The Raven, it peaked at No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart.
Hugh Cornwell stated in Song by Song that the song was written about the then Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It also makes references to gerrymandering, and genetic mutation in animals.
It was later released on the compilation Singles (The UA Years), with a live recordings on Live at the Apollo 2010, All Live and All of the Night and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.
References
- "Music Week" (PDF). p. 32.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- Cornwell, Hugh; Drury, Jim (2001). The Stranglers Song By Song. Sanctuary Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-86074-362-5.