"Inappropriate Behaviour" is a song by Australian
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock musi ...
duo
Lime Cordiale
Lime Cordiale are an Australian pop rock group formed in 2009. It consists of brothers Oliver and Louis Leimbach, with additional members James Jennings, Felix Bornholt and Luke DiDio. They released their debut studio album '' Permanent Vacatio ...
, released on 17 May 2019 as the fourth single from their second studio album ''
14 Steps to a Better You'' (2020).
The song was polled at number 13 in
Triple J
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's
Hottest 100 of 2019. The song was certified gold in Australia in 2020.
Music video
The video was directed by Aimée-Lee X Curran and Jack Sheppard. The band says: "The music video plays on the 'manipulator' line of the song. We wanted this video to show the whole band in the studio but felt we needed the 'manipulator' in there too. You've often gotta hold on to your vision in the studio, as much as others might try to sway your opinions. We really don't keep it together when this 10-year-old shows up and starts telling us what's what."
Credits and personnel
Song credits
Adapted from the
parent album's
liner notes
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Origin
Liner notes are descended from the prog ...
.
Musicians
Lime Cordiale
* Oliver Leimbach – vocals, guitar, bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute,
clarinet
The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell.
Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
,
kazoo
The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a ''buzzing'' timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of '' mirliton'' (itself a membranophone), one of a class of instruments that modify the player's v ...
* Louis Leimbach – vocals, guitar, bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute, clarinet, kazoo
Other musicians
* David Karam Haddad – writing
* James Jennings – drums
* Felix Bornholdt – keyboards
* Nicholas Polovineo – trombone, trumpet,
flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...
* Karen Leimbach – cello
* Lisa Buchanan – violin
Technical
*
Dave Hammer – production, mixing
* Brian Lucey at Magic Gardens Mastering – mastering
Artwork
Adapted from the band's official website.
* Louis Leimbach – cover design
Certifications
Notes
References
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2019 singles
2019 songs
Lime Cordiale songs
Songs written by Louis Leimbach
Songs written by Oli Leimbach