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125%;">"Choirgirl"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cold_chisel_choirgirl.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Cold_chisel_choirgirl.jpg/220px-Cold_chisel_choirgirl.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/Cold_chisel_choirgirl.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Cold_Chisel" title="Cold Chisel">Cold Chisel</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/East_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="East (Cold Chisel album)">East</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Conversations" (live)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">November 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">3–14 October 1979, Paradise Studios, Sydney</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Pub_rock_(Australia)" title="Pub rock (Australia)">Pub rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td 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<tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"Shipping Steel" <br />(1979) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Choirgirl</b>" <br />(1979) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Cheap_Wine_(song)" title="Cheap Wine (song)">Cheap Wine</a>" <br />(1980) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Choirgirl</b>" (also released as "<b>Choir Girl</b>" on subsequent releases) is a song by <a href="/wiki/Pub_rock_(Australia)" title="Pub rock (Australia)">Australian rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Cold_Chisel" title="Cold Chisel">Cold Chisel</a>, released as the lead single from their third studio album <i><a href="/wiki/East_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="East (Cold Chisel album)">East</a></i> (1980) in November 1979. A ballad written by <a href="/wiki/Don_Walker_(musician)" title="Don Walker (musician)">Don Walker</a> with an <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a>-influenced melody,<sup id="cite_ref-lawrence_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lawrence-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the song marked the first time the band had recorded with producer <a href="/wiki/Mark_Opitz" title="Mark Opitz">Mark Opitz</a>. It peaked at No. 14 in Australia on the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Songwriter <a href="/wiki/Don_Walker_(musician)" title="Don Walker (musician)">Don Walker</a> said of the song: "I made a conscious attempt to write a hit single. It was a matter of pride and craft. And then I thought, 'What'll I write it about...' I wrote it about <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">pregnancy termination</a> and it was a massive hit."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of release, many people seemed unaware of the subject matter, and the song was played on radio stations <a href="/wiki/2SM" title="2SM">2SM</a> and <a href="/wiki/3XY" class="mw-redirect" title="3XY">3XY</a> owned by the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pure_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Barnes" title="Jimmy Barnes">Jimmy Barnes</a> said, "Even though nobody knew what "Choirgirl" was about, everybody felt an emotional connection."<sup id="cite_ref-opitz_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opitz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Producer <a href="/wiki/Mark_Opitz" title="Mark Opitz">Mark Opitz</a> said, "I used all the old <a href="/wiki/Albert_Productions" title="Albert Productions">Alberts</a> Tricks as we built "Choirgirl" - where to bring in the backing vocals, have a half-chorus first...all the things I'd learned from <a href="/wiki/Vanda_%26_Young" title="Vanda & Young">Vanda & Young</a> about keeping the listener interested."<sup id="cite_ref-opitz_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opitz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walker said, "Mark was the first person who came along who took the barriers away, who said, "Yes, doing that is not a problem. In fact, that's the way we should do it."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song is driven by Walker's <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_CP-70" title="Yamaha CP-70">Yamaha CP-70</a> electric grand piano, and, although <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Barnes" title="Jimmy Barnes">Jimmy Barnes</a> sings lead on most of the song, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Moss" title="Ian Moss">Ian Moss</a> provides close harmonies on the second verse and sings lead vocals on the bridge. </p><p>A 12" version was also released, featuring an additional live version of "<a href="/wiki/Khe_Sanh_(song)" title="Khe Sanh (song)">Khe Sanh</a>" on the B-side.<sup id="cite_ref-lawrence_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lawrence-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An appearance on <a href="/wiki/Countdown_(Australian_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Countdown (Australian TV series)">Countdown</a> was made to promote the song, with the band wearing matching white clothes and miming. </p><p>Walker later said of the song, "Things can be intensely personal when you write them, but then that gets graded away as you play it 200 times a year over the subsequent five years and then gets played on the radio fifteen times a day right across the country for the next twenty years. It's like saying the same phrase over and over again, it becomes meaningless."<sup id="cite_ref-kruger_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kruger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original album credits for the album <i><a href="/wiki/East_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="East (Cold Chisel album)">East</a></i> list the song as "Choirgirl", but on some subsequent releases it is written "Choir Girl". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The single reached No. 14 on the Australian <a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a> chart in November 1979<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Cold_Chisel" title="Cold Chisel">Cold Chisel</a>'s first top 20 hit to chart, after chart successes with "<a href="/wiki/Khe_Sanh_(song)" title="Khe Sanh (song)">Khe Sanh</a>" (1978) which reached No. 41, "<a href="/wiki/Goodbye_(Astrid_Goodbye)" title="Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)">Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)</a>" (1978) which reached No. 65 and "<a href="/wiki/Breakfast_at_Sweethearts_(song)" title="Breakfast at Sweethearts (song)">Breakfast at Sweethearts</a>" (1979) which reached No. 63.<sup id="cite_ref-Pure_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Don_Walker_(musician)" title="Don Walker (musician)">Don Walker</a> was nominated for Best Recorded Songwriter at the 1979 TV Week/Countdown Music Awards for the song.<sup id="cite_ref-AusAlm_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AusAlm-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/Rock_Australia_Magazine" title="Rock Australia Magazine">RAM</a></i> in 1980, Greg Taylor said the song contained "a melody of stately, implacable logic, sung by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Barnes" title="Jimmy Barnes">Barnes</a> in a angel voice".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cover_versions">Cover versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cover versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2007, Australian singer <a href="/wiki/Katie_Noonan" title="Katie Noonan">Katie Noonan</a> recorded the song for the Cold Chisel tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/Standing_on_the_Outside" title="Standing on the Outside">Standing on the Outside</a></i>. It was also included as a bonus track on her album <i><a href="/wiki/Skin_(Katie_Noonan_album)" title="Skin (Katie Noonan album)">Skin</a></i>, released in the same year.</li> <li>In 2013, Australian singer <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Henderson_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taylor Henderson (singer)">Taylor Henderson</a> recorded a version for his <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Henderson_(album)" title="Taylor Henderson (album)">eponymous debut studio album</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Barnes" title="Jimmy Barnes">Jimmy Barnes</a> – lead vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Moss" title="Ian Moss">Ian Moss</a> – lead vocals (bridge), harmony and backing vocals, <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Walker_(musician)" title="Don Walker (musician)">Don Walker</a> – <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_CP-70" title="Yamaha CP-70">Yamaha CP-70</a> <a href="/wiki/Electric_grand_piano" title="Electric grand piano">electric grand piano</a>, backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Small" title="Phil Small">Phil Small</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass</a>, backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Prestwich" title="Steve Prestwich">Steve Prestwich</a> – <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "Choirgirl" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1979–1980) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>14 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choirgirl_(song)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Year-end chart performance for "Choirgirl" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1980) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-aus80_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus80-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>100 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Chisel_(album)" title="Cold Chisel (album)">Cold Chisel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_at_Sweethearts" title="Breakfast at Sweethearts">Breakfast at Sweethearts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/East_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="East (Cold Chisel album)">East</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Circus_Animals" title="Circus Animals">Circus Animals</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Century_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="Twentieth Century (Cold Chisel album)">Twentieth Century</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Wave_of_Summer" title="The Last Wave of Summer">The Last Wave of Summer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Plans" title="No Plans">No Plans</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Perfect_Crime_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="The Perfect Crime (Cold Chisel album)">The Perfect Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Moon_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="Blood Moon (Cold Chisel album)">Blood Moon</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Swingshift" title="Swingshift">Swingshift</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Barking_Spiders_Live:_1983" title="The Barking Spiders Live: 1983">The Barking Spiders Live: 1983</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Stand_(1984_film)" title="The Last Stand (1984 film)">Last Stand</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ringside_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="Ringside (Cold Chisel album)">Ringside</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Tapes_Vol._1" title="The Live Tapes Vol. 1">The Live Tapes Vol. 1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Tapes_Vol._2" title="The Live Tapes Vol. 2">The Live Tapes Vol. 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Tapes_Vol._3" title="The Live Tapes Vol. 3">The Live Tapes Vol. 3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Tapes_Vol._4" title="The Live Tapes Vol. 4">The Live Tapes Vol. 4</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Tapes_Vol._5" title="The Live Tapes Vol. 5">The Live Tapes Vol. 5</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_Thirteen,_You%27re_Beautiful,_and_You%27re_Mine" title="You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine">You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Northbound" title="Northbound">Northbound</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Songs:_A_Best_of_Cold_Chisel" title="Radio Songs: A Best of Cold Chisel">Radio Songs: A Best of Cold Chisel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Razor_Songs" title="Razor Songs">Razor Songs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chisel_(album)" title="Chisel (album)">Chisel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Love_(album)" title="Teenage Love (album)">Teenage Love</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Studio_Sessions_1978%E2%80%931984" title="The Studio Sessions 1978–1984">The Studio Sessions 1978–1984</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Standing_on_the_Outside" title="Standing on the Outside">Standing on the Outside: The Songs of Cold Chisel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Before_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="Never Before (Cold Chisel album)">Never Before</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Besides_(Cold_Chisel_album)" title="Besides (Cold Chisel album)">Besides</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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Over</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_Me_Tight_(Cold_Chisel_song)" title="Hold Me Tight (Cold Chisel song)">Hold Me Tight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Sense" title="No Sense">No Sense</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_(Cold_Chisel_song)" title="Saturday Night (Cold Chisel song)">Saturday Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flame_Trees" title="Flame Trees">Flame Trees</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Misfits_(Cold_Chisel_song)" title="Misfits (Cold Chisel song)">Misfits</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hands_Out_of_My_Pocket" title="Hands Out of My Pocket">Hands Out of My Pocket</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Things_I_Love_in_You" title="The Things I Love in You">The Things I Love in You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Water_into_Wine_(song)" title="Water into Wine (song)">Water into Wine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lost_(Cold_Chisel_song)" title="Lost (Cold Chisel song)">Lost</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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