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To Her Door

"To Her Door"
7" single cover
Single by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
from the album Under the Sun
A-side"To Her Door"
B-side"Bicentennial"
Released28 September 1987[1]
Recorded1987
StudioAlberts Studios, Sydney
GenreRock
Length3:19
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Paul Kelly
Producer(s)Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls singles chronology
"Look So Fine, Feel So Low"
(1987)
"To Her Door"
(1987)
"Forty Miles to Saturday Night"
(1988)

"To Her Door" is a song by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, released as a single ahead of their second album, Under the Sun (released in North America and Europe as by Paul Kelly and the Messengers). The single was released in September 1987[1] and reached No. 14 on the Australian singles charts.[2][3]

"To Her Door" won an ARIA Music Award in 1988 for Best Video, directed by Claudia Castle.[4][5] In 2001, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) listed "To Her Door" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time,[6] as one of two songs written by Kelly (alongside "Treaty").[7]

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "To Her Door" was ranked number 26.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Australian Music Report No 688 ― 28 September 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via Imgur.com.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Discography Paul Kelly". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  4. ^ "ARIA Awards 2008: History: Winners by Artist search result". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  5. ^ Garcia, Alex S. (2008). "Paul Kelly - artist videography". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  6. ^ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF). Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  7. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Retrieved 12 October 2008. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. TO HER DOOR
  8. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.