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I'll 'Ave Ya

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Released
  
December 1989

Length
  
2:14

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Label
  
Polygram

A-side
  
I Don't Want TISM, I Want a Girlfriend

Recorded
  
Sing Sing Studios, April–June 1989

"I'll 'Ave Ya" is a song by the Australian rock band TISM, released in 1989 as the B-side to the "I Don't Want TISM, I Want a Girlfriend" single, and later on the expanded CD version of Hot Dogma and the Best Off greatest hits album.

Contents

Lyrical content

The song describes the listener as looking like various personalities, then tells them "I'll 'ave ya!". On the CD version, lead singer Ron Hitler-Barassi yells about commercial radio and insults Triple M.

Composition

The song is a fast pop rock/hard rock song in Bb major.

Popularity

Originally released as the B-side to "I Don't Want TISM, I Want a Girlfriend" in 1989, the song became more popular than the A-side and became a live favourite.

The song was written in 1988 and demoed on one of two tapes containing future Hot Dogma songs, Free Nelson Mandela - With Every Record.

Personnel

  • Peter Minack - lead vocals
  • Sean Kelly - guitar, backing vocals
  • John Holt - bass, backing vocals
  • Damian Cowell - drums, backing vocals
  • Eugene Cester - keyboards, backing vocals
  • References

    I'll 'Ave Ya Wikipedia