Black Tattoo

2007 single by Grinspoon
"Black Tattoo"
Single by Grinspoon
from the album Alibis & Other Lies
Released30 June 2007 (2007-06-30)
Recorded2006
Genre
  • Alternative metal
  • post-grunge
Length2:48
LabelGrudge (Universal)
Songwriter(s)Pat Davern, Phil Jamieson
Producer(s)Ramesh Sathiah, Grinspoon
Grinspoon singles chronology
"'Sweet As Sugar'"
(2005)
"Black Tattoo"
(2007)
"'What You Got'"
(2007)

"Black Tattoo" is the first single by Australian rock band Grinspoon from their fifth studio album, Alibis & Other Lies. It was released on 30 June 2007 on the Grudge label (the Australian imprint of Universal Records), debuting at No. 45 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[1] The song also polled at No. 72 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007.[2] The video shows the band being dragged along a prairie while one of the members drives the car that's dragging them.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phil Jamieson and Pat Davern,[3] except as shown

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Black Tattoo"2:50
2."Fire & Fire" (Phil Jamieson, M. Strong)4:15
3."Black Tattoo" (Live)2:51

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 45

References

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Grinspoon". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Hottest 100 - 2007". Triple J. 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ "'Black Tattoo' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 10 April 2015. Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Black Tattoo; or at 'Performer:' Grinspoon.
  4. ^ "Grinspoon – Black Tattoo". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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