Juice (Headless Chickens song)

"Juice"
Single by Headless Chickens
from the album Body Blow (re-issue)
A-side	"Choppers"
B-side	"Play It Again, Kiri"
Released	1992
Recorded	September 1992
Studio	Platinum (Melbourne, Australia)
Length	4:02
Label	Flying Nun Mushroom
Songwriter(s)	Fiona McDonald Mark Tierney Paul Casserly
Producer(s)	Michael Koppelman
Headless Chickens singles chronology
"Cruise Control" (1991) "Juice" (1992) "Mr. Moon" (1993)

"Juice" is a song by New Zealand rock band Headless Chickens, released as a single in 1992. The track was originally titled "Dreamchild", having been written and performed by Fiona McDonald for Strawpeople. When McDonald later joined the Headless Chickens, the song was reworked and renamed "Juice". It was released as a double A-side with "Choppers" and peaked at number seven on the New Zealand Singles Chart, staying on the chart for 15 weeks. In Australia, the track was voted in at number 44 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993.[1] In 1994, a 12-inch vinyl disc was issued in the United Kingdom featuring two remixes by Ollie J.

Track listings

Australasian CD and cassette single[2][3]

1. "Juice"
2. "Choppers"
3. "Choppers" (Heli-Bator mix)
4. "Play It Again, Kiri"

UK 12-inch single[4]

A. "Juice" (Ollie J 12-inch mix)

B. "Juice" (Ollie J 12-inch dub original mix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Body Blow album booklet.[5]

Studios

• Recorded at mixed in September 1992 at Platinum Studios (Melbourne, Australia)
• Mastered at Precision Mastering (Los Angeles)

Personnel

• Fiona McDonald – writing, vocals, keyboards
• Mark Tierney – writing
• Paul Casserly – writing
• Chris Matthews – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programs
• Bevan Sweeney – drums, programs
• Michael Lawry – keyboards, programs
• Anthony Nevison – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programs
• Grant Fell – bass, keyboards
• Rex Visible – keyboards, programs
• Angus McNaughton – programs
• Russell "Jimmy" McGregor – strings
• Cate Gray – strings
• Graeme McKean – strings
• Tanya Hardy-Smith – strings
• Michael Koppelman – production, engineering
• Phil "Feel" Jones – assistant engineering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1993) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[6] 104 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 7

Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 45

References

1. "Hottest 100 History 1993". Triple J. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
2. Juice (Australasian CD single liner notes). Headless Chickens. Flying Nun Records, Mushroom Records. 1992. FNCD255, D 11331.
3. Juice (Australasian cassette single sleeve). Headless Chickens. Flying Nun Records, Mushroom Records. 1992. FNMC 255, C 11331.
4. Juice (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). Headless Chickens. Mushroom Records. 1994. T14651.
5. Body Blow (Australian CD album booklet). Headless Chickens. Flying Nun Records, Festival Records. 1993. D30939.
6. "Headless Chicken's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
7. "Headless Chickens – Juice". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
8. "End of Year Charts 1993". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 15 June 2019.