Onion Skin (song)

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"Onion Skin" is a song by Australian band, Boom Crash

Opera. The song was released in June 1989 as the lead single "Onion Skin"
from their second studio album, These Here Are Crazy
Times! (1989). The song reached number 8 on the Billboard
Modern Rock chart.[1]

In the song, the singer tells how he has many layers of skin,
like an onion. This is meant in a metaphorical manner.

Contents
1 Track listing
2 Charts 7 inch single cover
2.1 Weekly charts Single by Boom Crash Opera
2.2 Year-end charts
3 References from the album These Here Are Crazy Times
4 External links Released 5 June 1989
Format Vinyl, 7", 12"
Length 3:26
Track listing
Label WEA
7 inch single Songwriter(s) Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen, Dale
Ryder, Richard Pleasance, Greg
1. "Onion Skin" (Peter Farnan) - 3:26
O'Connor
2. "Rocks Are in My Head" (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen,
Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) - 3:42 Producer(s) Peter Smith
Boom Crash Opera singles chronology
12 inch single
"Love Me to "Onion Skin" "Get Out of the
1. Onion Skin (Extended Mix) (Peter Farnan) - 5:05 Death" (1989) House!"
2. These Here Are Crazy Times (Boom Crash Opera) - (1988) (1989)
4:08
3. Rocks Are in My Head (Peter Farnan, Peter Maslen,
Richard Pleasance, Dale Ryder) - 3:42

Charts
Weekly charts

Peak
Chart (1989)
position

Australia (ARIA)[2] 11

Year-end charts
 Peak
Chart (1989)
position

Australian ARIA Chart 78[3]

References
1. OZBAND Files - Boom Crash Opera (http://www.erickson.on.net/music/ozbands/bco/)
2. "Australian-charts.com Boom Crash Opera Onion Skin" (http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.
asp?interpret=Boom+Crash+Opera&titel=Onion+Skin&cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 16
January 2017.
3. "Top 100 singles of 1989 (ARIA)" (http://top100singles.com.au/2011/05/aria-top-singles-of-1989.html#s
how). Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

External links
Boom Crash Opera website

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