Wide Open Road (The Triffids song)

"Wide Open Road"
"Wide Open Road"
Single by The Triffids
from the album Born Sandy Devotional
B-side	"Time of Weakness"
Released	February 1986
Recorded	August 1985 Mark Angelo Studios, London
Genre	Indie rock, Folk rock
Length	4:08
Label	White Hot / Mushroom; Domino Records;
Songwriter(s)	David McComb
Producer(s)	Gil Norton
The Triffids singles chronology
"Wide Open Road" ; CD Single Cover
	Domino Records cover for 2006 promo CD

"Wide Open Road" is a single released in 1986 by Australian rock band The Triffids from their album Born Sandy Devotional.^[1]^[2] It was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters) and written by David McComb on vocals, keyboards and guitar. The B-side "Time of Weakness" was recorded live at the Graphic Arts Club, Sydney, November 1985 by Mitch Jones, mixed by Rob Muir (in Perth). "Dear Miss Lonely Hearts" was recorded at Planet Sound Studios, Perth and produced by the Triffids. "Wide Open Road" reached No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart in 1986, and No. 64 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "Wide Open Road" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Wide Open Road" was ranked number 64.^[3]

^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 17 April 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
^ Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.