"The Living Kind" is a song by Australian pop group Ups and Down. The song was released in August 1986 as the lead single from their debut studio album Sleepless. The song peaked at number 75 on the Australian singles chart.[1]

"The Living Kind"
Single by Ups and Down
from the album Sleepless
ReleasedAugust 1986
StudioTrafalgar Studios, Sydney
Length3:49
LabelTruetone Records
Songwriter(s)Darren Atkinson, Greg Atkinson
Producer(s)Alan Thorne, Ups and Downs
Ups and Down singles chronology
"In the Shadows"
(1986)
"The Living Kind"
(1986)
"Lit by the Fuse"
(1988)

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1987 the song earned the band a nomination for ARIA Award for Best New Talent.[2]

Track listing edit

7" (884915-7)

  • Side A "The Living Kind"
  • Side B "Painted Sad"

Charts edit

Chart (1986–1988) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 75

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 318. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  2. ^ "Best New Talent". ARIA. Retrieved 1 August 2020.