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City Flat

1987 single by Boom Crash Opera

"City Flat"

Single by Boom Crash Opera

from the album Boom Crash Opera

Released

1987

Recorded

January–February 1987

Studio

RAK Studios, London

Genre

Rock

Length

4:02
6:34 (extended mix)

Label

WEA

Songwriter(s)

Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance

Producer(s)

Alex Sadkin

Boom Crash Opera singles chronology

"Hands Up in the Air"
(1986)

"City Flat"
(1987)

"Her Charity"
(1987)

"City Flat" is a song by Australian rock band Boom Crash Opera, released in 1987 as the third single from their self-titled studio album. It was written by the band's two main songwriters: guitarist Peter Farnan and bass player Richard Pleasance. The song peaked at number 42 in Australia.^[1]

Music critic Stuart Coupe called it "one of the more outstanding tracks" from the band's debut album. "It was written at a pretty bleak time," Farnan told Coupe. "We literally were hanging around kitchens drinking coffee saying ‘how are we going to get [the band] going, and what are we doing?’ You really feel like you're not getting anywhere.”^[2]

Track listing

"City Flat" (Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance) – 4:02
"Spirit of Progress" (Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder, Peter Maslen) – 3:51
"City Flat" (Extended Mix) (Peter Farnan, Richard Pleasance) – 6:34

Personnel

Peter Farnan – guitar, vocals
Peter Maslen – drums, vocals
Greg O'Connor – keyboards
Richard Pleasance – guitar, bass, vocals
Dale Ryder – lead vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	42

References

^ Australian Music Database
^ Coupe, Stuart (4 October 1987). "Boom Crash Opera on the way". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 124. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ David Kent's Australian Chart Book Archived 2016-03-05 at archive.today: based on the Kent Music Report