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"Am I Ever Gonna Run into Your Face Again"
The Angels - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again.jpg
Single past The Angels
from the album The Angels
B-side "Round We Get"
Released one March 1976 (1976-03-01) [1]
Length 3:12 (single version)
four:03 (album version)[1]
Label Albert, Mushroom
Songwriter(s) John Brewster
Rick Brewster
Doc Neeson
Producer(s) Harry Vanda
George Young
The Angels singles chronology
"Am I Ever Gonna Come across Your Face Again"
(1976) 		"You lot're a Lady Now"
(1977)
ISWC T-901.067.910-4[2]
"Am I Ever Gonna Run across Your Face Over again (live)"
Single by The Angels
from the album Live Line
Released January 1988 (1988-01)
Characterization Albert, Mushroom
The Angels singles chronology
"Tin can't Take Any More"
(1987) 		"Am I E'er Gonna See Your Face Again (alive)"
(1988) 		"Love Takes Care"
(1988)

"Am I Ever Gonna Run into Your Face Once again" is an Australian rock song written past Md Neeson, John Brewster and Rick Brewster,[3] and performed past their group, the Angels.[4] [5] The song was initially recorded as a ballad in March 1976 but subsequently re-released equally a rock song. The song reached number 58 on the Australian charts and stayed on the charts for 19 weeks.

A live single was released in Jan 1988 as the lead single from Live Line. The live version features the expletive-laden audience response, "No Way, Get Fucked, Fuck Off".[half dozen] This dirge has been described by The Guardian 'due south Darryl Stonemason as "i of the most famous in Australian stone history".[7] The single peaked at number 11 on the Kent Music Report.

In Jan 2018, equally office of Triple M'due south "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Am I Always Gonna Run across Your Face Once more" was ranked number 11.[viii]

History [edit]

Neeson said that the vocal was originally written as an acoustic ballad about grief and loss. The girlfriend of Neeson's friend was killed in a motorcycle collision, and the two friends were discussing life after death. The conversation inspired Neeson to write the lyrics. References to subjects like Santa Fe and Renoir came from Neeson's own experiences.[9]

After British band Status Quo discovered numerous similarities between the song and one of their own ("Solitary Night"), the two bands reached an understanding in lieu of a lawsuit that saw Status Quo receive royalties from "Am I Always Gonna Run into Your Face Once again".[10] Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster was friends with members of the Angels at the fourth dimension of the incident, and lived next door to John Brewster. In 2015, Brewster recounted having asked Neeson whether the song could've been based on "Lonely Nighttime" and recalls a non-committal response: "I might take heard it at a disco".

Call and response [edit]

Ring: Am I e'er gonna see your face again?
Audition: No manner! Become fucked! Fuck off!

The famous response to the question posed in the chorus was not developed by the ring.[xi] [6] [12] Neeson recalled that he first heard the response at Mountain Isa in 1983 and was "a bit shocked."[13] Thinking information technology was a criticism of the ring, he asked audience members about it. They responded that the chant had its origins at a disco in Sydney where the DJ would plough downwardly the volume to encourage the audience response.[7] [6]

Although it is a famous audience chant in Australian stone music history, the exact origins of it are lost.[14] In May 2014 Rick Brewster opined, "I don't recall it will ever exist solved considering too many people put their hand up and said 'I started it' and we don't believe any of it. We only think information technology'south funny, it'south the bush telegraph really. The whole land was doing it then nosotros found when nosotros went overseas the people in America were doing it too."[13] Neeson noted that "it'due south go the audience'south vocal, it doesn't belong to the band anymore".[nine]

The song and its response have become an iconic part of Australian culture, such that the song may be played past any band anywhere in Australia with the chant sung past whatever crowds are present.[eleven] [thirteen]

In 1999, Neeson performed the song during a "Tour of Duty concert" for Australian troops in Eastward Timor. The audience responded with the chant while Australia'southward Governor-Full general, then commander of the INTERFET forces in East Timor, Peter Cosgrove, East Timorese spokesman Jose Ramos Horta and Roman Catholic Bishop Belo were in omnipresence. When asked by Bishop Belo what the crowd was singing, Cosgrove responded "Well Lord Bishop I really tin't quite make it out," adding in a retelling of the story, "Then Ramos Horta looked at me and I could tell that he could get in out!"[fifteen]

Track listing [edit]

1976 single (Albert AP-11048)
No. Championship Writer(southward) Length
ane. "Am I Ever Gonna Encounter Your Face Again" Physician Neeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster 3:12
2. "Round We Get" Md Neeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster 5:28
1988 singe (Mushroom K445)
No. Title Length
1. "Am I Ever Gonna Encounter Your Face Again (alive)" iv:14
ii. "Shoot Information technology Up" 3:55

Personnel [edit]

The Angels members

  • Chris Bailey – bass guitar
  • Buzz Bidstrup – drums
  • John Brewster – rhythm guitar, bankroll vocals
  • Rick Brewster – lead guitar
  • Doc Neeson – pb vocals

Charts [edit]

1976 single
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Written report)[xvi] 58
1988 alive unmarried
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[16] 11

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "THE ANGELS - AM I Always GONNA Run into YOUR FACE Again?". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved four June 2014.
  2. ^ "AM I EVER GONNA SEE YOUR Confront AGAIN". iswcnet.cisac.org . Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ The Angels - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again at 45cat
  4. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Angels'". Encyclopedia of Australian Stone and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on iii August 2004.
  5. ^ "'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 January 2017. Note: For additional information user may take to select 'Search once again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
  6. ^ a b c Cashmere, Paul (xxx October 2008). "The Search Is on to Find Who Came Upwardly with the Angels Famous Chant". News. undercover.fm. Archived from the original on 29 Dec 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017. 'I was a bit shocked the outset time. I didn't know why we were being told to fuck off,' Physician said. 'After the prove I jumped downwardly into the audience and asked a guy why he was telling me to fuck off. He said they were singing along to the song with the dirge that started at a Blue Lite disco. The DJ would stop the song and the crowd would sing the chant'.
  7. ^ a b Mason, Darryl (15 Apr 2014). "Australian anthems: the Angels – Am I Ever Gonna Meet Your Face up Again". The Guardian . Retrieved iv June 2014.
  8. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b Davies, Nathan (four June 2014). "Doctor Neeson tells sad tale of an Angels classic from his hospital bed". theaustralian.com.au . Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  10. ^ "The Angels: "What happened was sad and stupid"". 30 May 2015.
  11. ^ a b Knox, David (23 September 2008). "Airdate: No Way, Go F*#ked, F*#k Off!". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Am I E'er Going To See Your Confront Again - Doc Neeson's Angels". YouTube . Retrieved 4 June 2014. [ dead YouTube link ]
  13. ^ a b c Barnes, Candice (xiii May 2014). "The Angels: Am I ever gonna see this rock mystery solved?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved iv Jan 2017.
  14. ^ "Episode 4: Berserk Warriors 1973-1981". Long Way to the Top. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). v September 2001. Archived from the original on ii Apr 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  15. ^ Cheshire, Ben (27 April 2014). "Australian stone legend Doc Neeson's bittersweet personal story". ABC News . Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  16. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Nautical chart Book Ltd. p. 17-xviii. ISBN0-646-11917-half dozen. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their ain charts

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