Howzat (song)
| "Howzat" | ||||
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Side A of the Australian single | ||||
| Single by Sherbet | ||||
| from the album Howzat | ||||
| B-side | "Motor of Love" | |||
| Released | May 1976 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Infinity (Festival sublabel), Epic, MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Lush, Sherbet | |||
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| "Howzat" on YouTube | ||||
"Howzat" is a song by Australian band Sherbet, released in May 1976. The song reached number 1 in Australia on the Kent Music Report and it also reached number 1 in New Zealand on the Recorded Music NZ. It was released from Sherbet's album of the same name, Howzat. The song was written by band members Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell. The title track was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also entering the lower end of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
At the Australian 1976 King of Pop Awards the song won Most Popular Australian Single.
In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Howzat" was ranked number 42.