"Oh No, Not You Again" is the third single by

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n rock band

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from their 1981 studio album ''

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''. The song was written and sung by

Guy McDonough Guy Gillis McDonough (17 October 1955 – 26 June 1984) was an Australian rock musician best known for rhythm guitar and singer-songwriter with the iconic band Australian Crawl. He provided rhythm guitar and lead vocals on two of their well-know ...

, the band's rhythm guitarist, and was about "two young lovers who lived on the coast" whose relationship is disrupted by the man spending his nights " out on the town". It was produced by Peter Dawkins. "Oh No Not You Again" was released in November, 1981 and featured a double A-side with "Lakeside". Despite the song's popularity, it was not featured on either of Australian Crawl's live albums. However,

James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne Order of Australia, OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian musician. He achieved fame as the lead singer of Australian Crawl, and subsequently went on to a successful solo career. Biography Early years Reyne was born ...

did record an acoustic version with a more forlorn tone for his 2005 album '' And the Horse You Rode in On''. The single reached #58 on the Australian Singles Charts in October, 1981. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

Track listing

#"Oh No Not You Again" (Guy McDonough) Australasian Performing Right Association
#"Lakeside" (James Reyne)

Charts

References

1981 songs 1981 singles Australian Crawl songs EMI Records singles Songs written by Guy McDonough Song recordings produced by Peter Dawkins (musician) {{1980s-single-stub