# Death Defying

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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Death Defying
| cover      = DeathDefyingHG.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Hoodoo Gurus](/source/Hoodoo_Gurus)
| album      = [Mars Needs Guitars!](/source/Mars_Needs_Guitars!)
| B-side     = Turkey Dinner
| released   = February 1986
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| length     = 3:19
| label      = [Big Time](/source/Big_Time_Records_(label))
| writer     = [Dave Faulkner](/source/Dave_Faulkner_(musician))
| producer   = Charles Fisher
| prev_title = [Like Wow - Wipeout!](/source/Like_Wow_-_Wipeout!)
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [Poison Pen](/source/Poison_Pen_(song))
| next_year  = 1986
}}

"'''Death Defying'''" is a song by Australian [rock](/source/Rock_music) group [Hoodoo Gurus](/source/Hoodoo_Gurus). It was written by [Dave Faulkner](/source/Dave_Faulkner_(musician)).<ref name="APRA">{{cite web|url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=[APRA](/source/Australasian_Performing_Right_Association) |accessdate=2008-01-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505235657/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |archivedate=2008-05-05 }}</ref> and released in February 1986 as the third single from the group's second studio album, ''[Mars Needs Guitars!](/source/Mars_Needs_Guitars!)'' The song peaked at No.&nbsp;43 on the Australian charts.

Faulkner has said the song was written to address the [HIV/AIDS](/source/HIV%2FAIDS) crisis that was robbing him of friends in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/fist-full-of-rock-hoodoo-gurus-you-am-i-enmore-theatre-ross-clelland/U2lER0ZJSEs/01-09-17/|title=Fist Full of Rock|website=themusic.com.au|date=1 September 2017|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>

In June 2000, Dave Faulkner said "One of my favourite songs I've written... I have vivid memories of shooting the video in [Kakadu National Park](/source/Kakadu_National_Park) after having awoken to see the news footage of the [Challenger Space Shuttle exploding](/source/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster) during take-off."<ref>{{cite web|date=June 2000 |last=Faulkner |first=Dave |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |publisher=juliat |title=Pop and punishment |accessdate=2008-01-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808085453/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |archivedate=2007-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Track listing==
; 7" single (BTS 1692)
# "Death Defying" — 3:19
# "Turkey Dinner" — 4:14

==Personnel==
* [James Baker](/source/James_Baker_(musician)) — drums
* Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals  
* [Dave Faulkner](/source/Dave_Faulkner_(musician)) — lead vocals, guitar
* [Mark Kingsmill](/source/Mark_Kingsmill) — drums, cymbals
* [Brad Shepherd](/source/Brad_Shepherd) — guitar, backing vocals, harmonica
* Producer — Charles Fisher
* Engineer — John Bee
* Mastering — Don Bartley

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1986)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|Australian ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=141}}</ref>
|align="center"|43
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hoodoo Gurus}}

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Category:1986 singles
Category:Hoodoo Gurus songs
Category:1985 songs
Category:Songs written by Dave Faulkner (musician)

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