A-side "Errol" Released September, 1981 Genre Pop/Rock | B-side "Easy On Your Own" Format 7" Vinyl Single | |
Recorded Studio 301 (Sydney, New South Wales) | ||
"Errol" is the second single by iconic Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl taken from their 1981 album Sirocco. The song was written by James Reyne and Guy McDonough, and is a lyrical biography about Australian-born actor Errol Flynn. It was produced by Peter Dawkins.
"Errol" was released in September, 1981 and reached #18 on the Australian Singles Charts in October, 1981. It was voted their third most popular song by listeners of Triple M in 2007.
B-side, "Easy on Your Own" was written by Simon Binks and Brad Robinson of The Crawl together with Australian actress Kerry Armstrong. Robinson and Armstrong were married; Armstrong was later an Australian Film Institute Award winner.
In December 1982, the then-nascent Australian new wave band This Is Serious Mum parodied the song as "Yassa Ara-Thin-A-Go-Go". The recording would be released on 29 July 2002.
Track listing
- "Errol" (James Reyne, Guy McDonough) - 3:30
- "Easy On Your Own" (Simon Binks, Brad Robinson, Kerry Armstrong) - 3:49