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"The Boys Light Up" is the second single and title track released by Australian rock band Australian Crawl from their debut album The Boys Light Up (1980). The song was written by lead singer James Reyne.

Australian Crawl's producer David Briggs was the Little River Band’s guitarist, and had helped them to a recording contract with EMI. "The Boys Light Up" peaked at #22 on the Australian Singles Chart.

The song contains the neologism "dorseted", to rhyme with "corseted".

"People aren't used to hearing 'Dorseted', and it's not actually a word - it's from the Dorset Gardens - I'm trying to be as suburban as possible, and it rhymed with 'corseted'." - James Reyne, 2003

Dorset Gardens hotel is a pub in Croydon an eastern suburb of Melbourne.

The single was almost banned from radio play and some TV shows due to its explicit lyrics. Reyne makes observations about cocktail parties that his parents attended and one of his teachers was caught in the garden with someone else's wife. Many listeners believe the chorus lyrics are about smoking marijuana but Reyne has stated that it was about smoking tobacco cigarettes when he was in Form Four at The Peninsula School. It is estimated that the song contains the phrase "... boys light up..." over 40 times.

Track listing

1. "The Boys Light Up" (James Reyne) - 4:41
2. "Boot Hill" (Reyne) - 2:36

Charts

References

1. ^ "[[Australasian Performing Right Association]]". APRA. Retrieved 2008-03-07. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
2. "Australian Rock Database entry on Australian Crawl". Magnus Holmgren. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
3. McFarlane, Ian (1999). [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-03-01. {{cite book}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help)
5. ^ "Love is in the air Episode 5: "National Anthems"; transcript of interview with James Reyne". ABC-TV. 2003-11-09. Retrieved 2008-03-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
6. "Memorable TV Oz Rock: Australian Crawl entry". Memorable TV / Little Acorns Publishing. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

External links

• The Boys Light Up - Lyrics

• 1980 songs
• Australian rock songs
• Australian Crawl songs