B-side "Yellowcake UF6" Genre Punk rock, post-punk Label United Artists | Released 3 October 1979 (UK) Length 3:33 Writer(s) The Stranglers | |
"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.
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