The Generation Gap (song)

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"The Generation Gap"
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Single by Hoodoo Gurus
A-side"The Generation Gap"
B-side"Jungle Bells"
Released1988
GenreRock
Length3:40
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner
Producer(s)The Gurus
(credit as per label)
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"In the Middle of the Land"
(1987) 		"The Generation Gap"
(1988) 		"Come Anytime"
(1989)

"The Generation Gap" was a single by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on RCA Records in 1988 as a single-only release. It was written by Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner[1][2] and was a cover of Jeannie C. Riley's 1970 country song. The B-side, "Jungle Bells" was written by Dave Faulkner.[1]

Riley's original version charted at number 62 on Hot Country Songs in 1970. The song was the B-side to her single "My Man", which charted at number 60 on the same chart in the same timespan.[3]

"... we persuaded Rick Grossman to join, contributing his tremendous bass skills ... Almost immediately we were in the studio recording a single-only release "The Generation Gap", a song originally recorded by Jeannie C. Riley (of "Harper Valley PTA" fame). I changed a couple of lines to suit myself but the ones about grown-ups getting stoned were from the original." - Dave Faulkner.[4]

The single represents the earliest recorded performance by the most stable version of Hoodoo Gurus.

Track listing[]

  1. "The Generation Gap" (Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner) — 3:40
  2. "Jungle Bells" (Faulkner) — 3:36[5]

Personnel[]

Credited to:

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  2. ^ "Music Collections SJLibrary.org". San José Public Library and San José State University Library. Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. ^ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  5. ^ "Rate Your Music entry on "The Generation Gap"". Retrieved 2008-02-18.
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