Karma County's Brendan Gallagher penned this song and recorded an original version with spoken-word lyrics but felt his own voice wasn't quite right. It needed something more Australian, more gravelly. He knew someone who knew someone who worked for Bryan Brown, Australian actor of past Hollywood fame.

Brendan worked up the courage to write to Brownie and ask if he'd consider recording the track with the band and appearing in a music video. The actor said yes, because his kids thought it was a hilarious idea that their dad might appear in a pop song.

TV gardener Costa Georgiadis was a long-time friend and supporter of the band, and his mum's pristine 1950s Sydney home was used as the location, with original furnishings in place. Costa's unmissable face plays an essential role in the last few frames of the clip. Bryan Brown's own classic brown Holden Kingswood stars in the opening shot and other friends of the band and director Sean Kennedy play the support roles.

Littoral Records covered the extremely minimal production budget. We don't usually assist with music videos but this was a one-in-a-million opportunity and the result speaks for itself. 

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