"The Heater" was the first single from Salty, the second album by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds. Released early in 1994, it reached number one in the New Zealand music charts, their only number 1.[1]

"The Heater"
Single by The Mutton Birds
from the album Salty
Released1994
RecordedShortland Street Studios and Revolver Studios, Auckland
GenreRock
Length4:15
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Don McGlashan
Producer(s)The Mutton Birds
The Mutton Birds singles chronology
"Your Window"
(1993)
"The Heater"
(1994)
"In My Room"
(1994)

Music video edit

Its music video starred Elizabeth McRae, well known at the time for playing Marjorie Brasch in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. [citation needed]

Novel mention edit

The song is mentioned in the Christopher Brookmyre novel Be My Enemy.[citation needed]

Track listing edit

  1. "The Heater"
  2. "The Ballad of Kelvin"
  3. "He Turned Around"
  4. "It Happened One Night"

References edit