Gymnasium (song) explained

Gymnasium
Cover:	Stephen Cummings - Gymnasium.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Stephen Cummings
Album:	Senso
B-Side:	Much Too Much
Released:	2 July 1984^[1]
Genre:	Rock
Length:	3:36 5:11 (Mega Dance Mix)
Label:	Regular Records, Warner Music Group
Producer:	Martin Armiger
Prev Title:	Backstabbers
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Another Kick in the Head
Next Year:	1984

"Gymnasium" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Stephen Cummings. "Gymnasium" was released in July 1984 as the fourth single from Cummings' debut studio album Senso.^[2] The song reached number 27 on the Australian singles chart.

At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the song earned Cummings a nomination for Best Male Performance in a Video.^[3] ^[4]

Background

After the breakup of The Sports in 1981, Cummings, Armiger and Pendlebury soon found themselves together again, working on Cummings' first solo album Senso with Armiger taking up the role of producer.

Personnel

Arranged by (brass arrangements) – Greg Flood
Joe Creighton - Bass, Additional vocals
Mark Ferry - Bass
Vince Jones - Cornet (solo)
Martin Armiger - Drum programming (Drumulator), Guitar, Keyboards
Peter Luscombe - Drums
Andrew Pendlebury - Guitar
Robert Goodge - Guitar
Duncan Veal - Keyboards
Jantra de Vilda - Keyboards
Stephen Bigger - Keyboards
Ricky Fataar - Percussion
Venetta Fields - Additional vocals
Nick Smith - Additional vocals
Linda Nutter - Additional vocals
Nick Smith - Additional vocals
Stephanie Sproul - Additional vocals

Notes and References

Web site: Kent Music Report No 523 – 2 July 1984 > Singles: New Releases. Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). 5 January 2018.
https://www.last.fm/music/Stephen+Cummings/_/Gymnasium Stephen Cummings - Gymnasium at LastFM
Web site: Australian Music Awards . Ron Jeff . 16 December 2010 . 15 June 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050615094536/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm . dead .
Web site: Final episode of Countdown. 1970scountdown. 23 October 2020.
Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. 1984. 0-646-11917-6. St Ives. 94. David Kent (historian). N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.