"Like Wow - Wipeout" is a song written by Dave Faulkner

Dave Faulkner (musician)

Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...

 and recorded by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rock

Rock music

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 group Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

 for their album Mars Needs Guitars!

Mars Needs Guitars!

Mars Needs Guitars! was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' second album. The title is a reference to the 1967 science fiction film, Mars Needs Women. Singles from the album were "Bittersweet" , "Like Wow – Wipeout" , "Death Defying" and "Poison Pen" . Mars Needs Guitars! reached No...

. As a single, it was released on Big Time

Big Time Records (label)

Big Time Records was an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. The label was owned by Lance Reynolds and Fred Bestall, who managed Air Supply in their early days among others. From 1979 up until 1981 Big Time was distributed by Wizard Records, who were purchased by EMI Ltd...

 Records in October 1985 and reached #28 on the Melbourne

Melbourne

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 Record Charts.

The B side of the single, "Bring the Hoodoo Down", was also written by Faulkner. It had already been released as a B side on the United Kingdom 12" single for "Bittersweet".

"... was only recorded as a b-side but producer Charles Fisher thought it "had something" and should be included on the album. No-one was more surprised than us when it became the second single and our biggest hit at the time. We just liked it because it was noisy." - Dave Faulkner.

Track listing

1. "Like Wow - Wipeout!" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:09
2. "Bring the Hoodoo Down" (Dave Faulkner) — 3:01

Personnel

Credited to:

• James Baker
  James Baker (musician)
  James Baker is a rock musician from Perth, Western Australia. He has drummed with, and was instrumental in the founding of several influential Australian bands including The Scientists, Le Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon, and The Dubrovniks.-Early days:Baker has named Ronnie Bond of The Troggs as...
  
   — drums
• Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals
• Dave Faulkner
  Dave Faulkner (musician)
  Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...
  
   — lead vocals (track A), guitar
• Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals
• Brad Shepherd
  Brad Shepherd
  Brad Shepherd is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially the Hoodoo Gurus...
  
  — guitar, lead vocals (track B), harmonica

• Producer — Charles Fisher
• Engineer — John Bee
• Mastering — Don Bartley