"Still Hanging 'Round"
Single by Hunters & Collectors
from the album What's a Few Men?
Released1 February 1988[1]
GenreRock, pub rock
Length3:17
LabelWhite/Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters
Producer(s)Hunters & Collectors, Greg Edward
Hunters & Collectors singles chronology
"Do You See What I See?"
(1987)
"Still Hanging 'Round"
(1988)
"Back on the Breadline"
(1988)

"Still Hanging 'Round" is the fifteenth single by Australian pub rock band Hunters & Collectors, released on 1 February 1988. It was released as the second single from Hunters & Collectors' fifth studio album What's a Few Men?, which peaked at No. 48 on the Recorded Music NZ.[2] The B-side, “John Riley”, is a remake of a traditional song, the original version is by B. Gibson and R. Neff. "Still Hanging 'Round" was covered by Cloud Control on the tribute album, Crucible – The Songs of Hunters & Collectors (September 2013).[3]

Track listing

7" version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Hanging 'Round"Mark Seymour, John Archer, Doug Falconer, Robert Miles, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters, John Howard3:17
2."John Riley"Traditional3:25


Reception

The Canberra Times' reviewer observed, "'Still Hanging 'Round' is not any different from anything else they have done none since they got bored with being boring. A song about a maudlin drunk, while not being anything new it is still enjoyable."[4] While Phil of Tharunka felt, "[it] is one of the weaker tracks from the What's a Few Men? album, its view of love through the bottom of a beer glass still far exceeds ninety-five percent of the crap on radio."[5]

Personnel

Recording
  • Producer – Hunters & Collectors, Greg Edward
  • Engineer – Greg Edward
    • Assistant engineer – Leanne Vallence
  • Recording/mixing engineer – Robert Miles, Greg Edward
  • Studio – Metropolis Audio, South Melbourne (recording, engineering, mixing)

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 48

References

  1. "Australian Music Report No 705 – 1 February 1988 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Hunters & Collectors – 'Still Hanging 'Round'". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. Cashmere, Paul (10 August 2013). "The Rubens, Matt Corby, Eddie Vedder Pay Tribute to Hunters & Collectors". Noise11. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. "Round and Round". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 163. 24 March 1988. p. 27. Retrieved 15 August 2019 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Singles". Tharunka. Vol. 34, no. 1. 8 March 1988. p. 31. Retrieved 15 August 2019 via National Library of Australia.
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