"People"
International art work
Single by Mi-Sex
from the album Space Race
B-side"Pages and Matches"
ReleasedMarch 1980
RecordedJanuary 1980
StudioMusic Farm Studios, Byron Bay, Australia
GenreSynth-pop, electronic
Length3:49
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Murray Burns, Kevin Stanton, Steve Gilpin
Producer(s)Peter Dawkins
Mi-Sex singles chronology
"Computer Games"
(1979)
"People"
(1980)
"Space Race"
(1980)

"People" is a song by New Zealand group Mi-Sex, released in March 1980 as the lead single from their second studio album, Space Race (1980). The song peaked at number 3 in New Zealand and 6 in Australia.

Music video

The video showcases the band’s well honed combination of techno-pop and the more straight ahead rock’n’roll beloved of Australian pub audiences — with some visual special effects reserved for the future shock of the spoken segment.[1]

Track listings

Australia/New Zealand 7" (BA 222652)[2]

  1. "People" - 3:49
  2. "Pages and Matches" - 2:29

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "People"
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3][4] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 3

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "People"
Chart (1980) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 37
New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 26

References

  1. "People Mi-Sex, Music Video – 1980". NZ on Screen. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. "Mi Sex People". discogs. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report. 5 January 1981. Retrieved 17 January 2022 via Imgur.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 202. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  5. "Mi-Sex – People". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. "Official Top 40 Singles of 1980". Recorded Music NZ. 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022.


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