"Casual Encounter" is a song by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in August 1983. The song was released as the third and final single on the Australian release of the band's debut album Desperate, but first appeared on the international release of their second album What a Life!. "Casual Encounter" did not meet with success when it was released as a single, only peaking at number ninety-one on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.

"Casual Encounter"
Single by Divinyls
from the album Desperate
B-side"Gonna Get You"
ReleasedAugust 1983
GenreRock, new wave
Length3:05 (single and What a Life! versions)
3:17 (original Desperate version)
LabelChrysalis Records
Songwriter(s)Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee
Producer(s)Mark Opitz
Divinyls singles chronology
"Siren (Never Let You Go)"
(1983)
"Casual Encounter"
(1983)
"Good Die Young"
(1984)

Track listing

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Australian 7" Single[1]
  1. "Casual Encounter" - 3:05
  2. "Gonna Get You" (Re-recorded)
  3. "Only Lonely" (Live)

Charts

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 91

References

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  1. ^ "Divinyls Discography".
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.