Goodbye Blinky Bill
| "Goodbye Blinky Bill" | ||||
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| Single by John Williamson | ||||
| from the album All the Best | ||||
| Released | March 1986 | |||
| Studio | Trafalgar Studios, Sydney Australia | |||
| Label | GumLeaf Records, Festival Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Williamson | |||
| Producer(s) | John Williamson | |||
| John Williamson singles chronology | ||||
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"Goodbye Blinky Bill" is a song written and recorded by John Williamson with Bullamakanka and John’s daughters Ami and Georgie. The song was released in a limited edition in March 1986 as the only single from Williamson's 1986 compilation album All the Best.
The song is a conservation song, raising awareness of the decline in numbers of the Australian koala due to deforestation of eucalypts trees; with reference to an anthropomorphic koala named Blinky Bill. A$1 from each sale was donated to the Koala Preservation Society in Port Macquarie.[1][2][3]
The song has been covered by The Wayfarers.[4]
Track listing[]
- 7" [1]
Side A: "Goodbye Blinky Bill" (with Ami & Georgie Williamson and Bullamakanka)
Side B: "Koala Koala"
Release history[]
| Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | March 1986 |
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Limited Edition | GumLeaf Records, Festival Records | K-9977 |
References[]
- ^ a b Goodbye Blinky Bill (LP). John Williamson and Bullamakanka. GumLeaf Records. 1986.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
- ^ "John Williamson – Goodbye Blinky Bill". Koala Land. 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Paroles de GOODBYE BLINKY BILL John Williamson". Great Song. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "The Unicorn by The Wayfarers". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
Categories:
- John Williamson (singer) songs
- 1986 songs
- 1986 singles
- Australian patriotic songs
- Environmental songs
- Songs about Earth
- Songs about mammals
- Songs about fictional male characters
- 1980s single stubs