"Black Tattoo" is the first single by Australian rock band Grinspoon from their fifth studio album, Alibis & Other Lies. It was released on 30 June 2007 on the Grudge label (the Australian imprint of Universal Records), debuting at No. 45 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[1] The song also polled at No. 72 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007.[2] The video shows the band being dragged along a prairie while one of the members drives the car that's dragging them.

"Black Tattoo"
Single by Grinspoon
from the album Alibis & Other Lies
Released30 June 2007 (2007-06-30)
Recorded2006
Genre
Length2:48
LabelGrudge (Universal)
Songwriter(s)Pat Davern, Phil Jamieson
Producer(s)Ramesh Sathiah, Grinspoon
Grinspoon singles chronology
"'Sweet As Sugar'"
(2005)
"Black Tattoo"
(2007)
"'What You Got'"
(2007)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Phil Jamieson and Pat Davern,[3] except as shown

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Black Tattoo"2:50
2."Fire & Fire" (Phil Jamieson, M. Strong)4:15
3."Black Tattoo" (Live)2:51

Charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 45

References

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  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Grinspoon". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Hottest 100 - 2007". Triple J. 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ "'Black Tattoo' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 10 April 2015. Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Black Tattoo; or at 'Performer:' Grinspoon.
  4. ^ "Grinspoon – Black Tattoo". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 14 October 2019.