Gymnasium (song)

"Gymnasium"
Single by Stephen Cummings
from the 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
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Cummings, Martin Armiger
Producer(s)	Martin Armiger
Stephen Cummings singles chronology
"Backstabbers" (1983) "Gymnasium" (1984) "Another Kick in the Head" (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.^[3]

At the 1984 Countdown Music Awards, the song earned Cummings a nomination for Best Male Performance in a Video.^[4][5]

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.

Track listing

7"

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gymnasium"	Stephen Cummings, Martin Armiger	3:36
2.	"Much Too Much"	Stephen Cummings	3:22

12"

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gymnasium (Mega Dance Mix)"	Stephen Cummings, Martin Armiger	5:11
2.	"Much Too Much"	Cummings	3:22
3.	"When In Rome"	Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman	2:46

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

Charts

Chart (1984-1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	27

References

1. "Kent Music Report No 523 – 2 July 1984 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. Stephen Cummings - Gymnasium at LastFM
3. Kent, David (1984). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
4. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
5. "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.