Highway Corroboree

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"Highway Corroboree"
Single by Austen Tayshus
from the album Whispering Joke
A-side"Highway Corroboree"
B-side"Rolling Stones Reunion"
ReleasedJanuary 17, 1988
Recorded1987
LabelEMI Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Austen Tayshus, Michelle Bleicher, Trevor Farrant
Producer(s)Michelle Bleicher, Spencer Lee
Austen Tayshus singles chronology
"The Pope Down Under"
(1986)
"Highway Corroboree"
(1988)
"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha"
(1988)

"Highway Corroboree" is a comedy single by Austen Tayshus. Released in January 1988 as the lead single from Austen Tayshus' second studio album, Whispering Joke. The song peaked at number 43 on the Australian charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, the song was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release.[1]

Track listing[edit]

Vinyl/CD Single (EMI Music)

  • Side A "Highway Corroboree"
  • Side B "Rolling Stones Reunion"

Charts[edit]

Chart (1988) Position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[2] 43

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 315. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.