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breaking bones in both wrists, an episode chronicled in the song "Indisposed". Although "Beautiful People" only reached No. 22, it remains one of their most popular songs.
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979:"Daughters of the Northern Coast"
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310:The Making of "Beautiful People"
893:More Wharf: Their Greatest Hits
818:Between a Rock and a Hard Place
679:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
553:Australian Chart Book 1970-1992
16:1979 single by Australian Crawl
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595:"Songs of Melbourne"
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1011:"Trouble Spot Rock"
967:Oh No Not You Again
914:Reckless: 1979-1995
631:on 19 February 2008
302:, whilst attending
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474:on 9 February 2008
462:"Australian Crawl"
443:on 24 January 2008
326:(who later hosted
316:(ABC) TV pop show
183:singles chronology
66:"Beautiful People"
22:"Beautiful People"
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953:Things Don't Seem
939:The Boys Light Up
907:The Greatest Hits
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1039:Chantoozies
1029:Discography
997:Louie Louie
946:Downhearted
775:John Watson
750:James Reyne
745:David Reyne
740:Simon Binks
675:Kent, David
548:Kent, David
300:South Yarra
239:James Reyne
168:Producer(s)
159:James Reyne
86:August 1979
78:"Man Crazy"
1093:1979 songs
1082:Categories
1049:Categories
879:Crawl File
781:Harry Brus
778:Mark Greig
660:2008-03-02
635:2008-03-02
606:2008-03-18
533:2008-03-01
478:2008-03-06
447:2008-03-05
413:2008-03-02
395:References
256:Background
974:Shut Down
836:Semantics
376:position
341:Countdown
334:Countdown
324:Geoff Cox
319:Countdown
283:society:
277:Melbourne
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677:(1993).
550:(1993).
500:(1999).
291:—
100:Victoria
91:Recorded
83:Released
1057:Members
924:Singles
854:Phalanx
804:Sirocco
600:The Age
558:St Ives
209:(1980)
200:(1979)
1062:Albums
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578:charts
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364:Charts
281:Toorak
123:Length
73:B-side
61:A-side
37:Single
1067:Songs
960:Errol
527:(doc)
288:1975.
250:Glebe
227:band
140:Label
108:Genre
846:Live
683:ISBN
562:ISBN
512:ISBN
374:Peak
225:rock
117:rock
828:EPs
625:ABC
388:22
279:'s
270:EMI
145:EMI
113:Pop
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