| "Age of Reason" | ||||
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| Single byJohn Farnham | ||||
| from the albumAge of Reason | ||||
| Released | 4 July 1988 (1988-07-04)[1] | |||
| Length | 5:08 | |||
| Label | Sony BMG,RCA,Wheatley | |||
| Songwriters | Todd Hunter,Johanna Pigott | |||
| Producer | Ross Fraser | |||
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"Age of Reason" is a song by Australianpop rock singerJohn Farnham. Written byTodd Hunter and Johanna Pigott, it was released as the first single from Farnham's1988 album of the same name. The song topped Australia'sARIA Singles Chart for four weeks and became a hit in New Zealand, where it peaked at number four. At theAPRA Music Awards of 1990, the song won the Most Performed Australasian Popular Work award.[2]
"Age of Reason" was composed byTodd Hunter and partnerJohanna Pigott, who had previously written the song "Rain" for Dragon and played together in theXL Capris. Pigott said, "You write songs and you're surprised at what you wrote sometimes, and you think, goodness, is that me, did I do that? It's not something you consider of perfect taste or anything, and someone records them and you think that's fantastic. It's a really exciting and thrilling thing."[3]
The music video for "Age of Reason" was filmed in 1988 and included six key scenes, with the Victorian Children's Choir in three of the sequences: running through a scrap metal yard, running down a hill behind Farnham, and standing in a warehouse as Farnham walks between them.
In the "making of" feature included on theOne Voice: The Greatest Clips DVD, Farnham can be seen singing with the children after the film clip wraps shooting in the warehouse. They each received a copy of the track on vinyl.
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