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"Howzat " is a song by Australian band Sherbet , released in May 1976.[1] Kent Music Report [2] Recorded Music NZ . It was released from Sherbet's album of the same name, Howzat Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell . The title track was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also entering the lower end of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]
At the Australian 1976 King of Pop Awards the song won Most Popular Australian Single.[4]
In January 2018, as part of Triple M 's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Howzat" was ranked number 42.[5]
Title track
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It is often used as a cricket anthem and is sometimes loudly played by ground organisers at limited-overs matches. Howzat is a cry used by cricketers when appealing to the umpire for a wicket.
Song origin
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In 1976, someone suggested to Tony Mitchell and keyboardist Garth Porter that Howzat might make a good title for a song because some of the members of Sherbet loved cricket . Despite Mitchell not being a good cricketer, he sat down with Garth Porter at Porter's Rose Bay home to work on the idea. Mitchell soon came up with the "doo-doo, doo-doo" bass riff , after which the first thing that came into Porter's mind was the phrase "I caught you out."[6]
Reception and legacy
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Cash Box magazine [7]
In November 2023, the National Film and Sound Archive Howzat to the Sounds of Australia [8] [9]
Track listing
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Personnel
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Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine
Harvey James – guitar, vocals
Tony Mitchell – bass, vocals
Alan Sandow – drums
Garth Porter – keyboards, vocals
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
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References
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^ Sherbet - Howzat at Music Vf
^ "Australian Music Awards" . Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010 .
^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100' . Musicfeeds . 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020 .
^ "I write the songs" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2007-08-27 .
^ "Single Reviews" (PDF) . Cash Box 16 . Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ "HOWZAT, THE LOVED ONE AND SLIP! SLOP! SLAP!" . National Film and Sound Archive . November 14, 2023.
^ Travers, Penny (November 14, 2023). "Slip! Slop! Slap! jingle, I am Australian, Sherbet's Howzat, Robyn Archer's Menstruation Blues among new Sounds of Australia" . ABC.net.au .
^ Kent, David (1976). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
^ "Sherbet – Howzat" . Top 40 Singles . Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 1 September 2018 .
^ Official Charts - Sherbet - Howzat
^ Sherbet - Howzat at Music vf
^ Sherbert Howzat charts
^ It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
^ Dutch Charts - Sherbet - Howzat
^ Norwegian Charts - Sherbet - Howzat
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 428. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976" . Kent Music Report . 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur .
^ "ABBA and Sherbet Score Gold in the UK" (PDF) . Cash Box 45 . Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
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