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Icehouse single gets remix treatment

‘Hey Little Girl’ reworked for limited edition single

By Paul Sinclair

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Aussie duo The Antipodeans ((Mark Vick & Danny Muller), who share a self-confessed ‘obsession’ with ’80s synth-rock, have ‘re-imagined’ Australian band Icehouse‘s 1982 hit ‘Hey Little Girl’.

The song was the second single from Icehouse’s 1982 album, Primitive Man, and was a top 20 hits across Europe, hitting the top ten in other territories including Australia.

SDE readers will be pleased to read that The Antipodeans may have reworked the song, but they have remained relatively faithful to the artistry of the original and given it a ‘classic’ eighties sounding remix. The reworking features the original vocal from Iva Davies and this initiative has full support from Icehouse. You can listen to it, below.

Even better, there’s a physical release, in the shape of a coloured vinyl 12-inch single which features four new remixes, including the radio mix, an extended mix and two further mixes.

The physical single is extremely limited (only 250 units) and is only available via Long Distance Recording’s online store in Australia. It’s pressed on 180g translucent violet vinyl and is cut at 45RPM. The shop does ship internationally.

The Antipodeans vs Icehouse’s ‘Hey Little Girl’ is out now, via Long Distance Recordings. When the vinyl sells out, here are the download/streaming options.

Tracklisting

Hey Little Girl The Antipodeans vs Icehouse / Limited edition 12-inch single

      1. Radio Mix
      2. Extended Mix
      3. Mark & Danny’s Disco Mix
      4. Mark & Danny’s Extended Disco Mix

ICEHOUSE.
01 Radio Mix
02 Extended Mix
03 Mark & Danny’s Disco Mix
04 Mark & Danny’s Extended Disco Mix

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  1. From The Antipodeans: We have watched SDE comments and decided to put together a CD single of all the remixes, as requested. This limited edition CD single of 9 tracks is now available to order at: https://tinyurl.com/HeyRMX
    Brand new Festival, Club and Back Room mixes included.
    Thanks for the interest in Icehouse & The Antipodeans from us all, especially to Paul for featuring the release.

  2. TBH this is the only song of theirs I know, I had it on a mix tape compilation back when I still had a cassette player. I actually saw them supporting Bowie at Murryfield, back in 1983 on the Lets Dance tour.

  4. Thanks for posting this Paul. I had no idea about this, and I’m an Icehouse fan in Australia! I’ve ordered it.
    If people only know Icehouse from this track I highly recommend exploring their back catalogue (including under their original name of Flowers), so many great singles: No Promises, We Can Get Together, Love In Motion, Walls, Can’t Help Myself, Great Southern Land, Don’t Believe Anymore and many more.
    Re contemporary remixes of old songs, this can be a dodgy area but a particularly good one is the Pomo remix of I Can’t Go For That by Hall & Oates. The Eric Kupper remixes of September by Earth, Wind & Fire are good to, extending it past its 3 minute duration. These remixes are subtle and don’t butcher the tracks.

    1. Mike Maurro also does some good extended versions, though they’re more extended edits than remixes. His version of The Groove Line by Heatwave is fab. Todd Terje’s mixes of some of the Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music back catalogue are worth checking out, too. In fact, this Icehouse rejig reminds me of his work.

  5. This works better in the extended version (all 4 mixes are on yt) but I’m not convinced this needed doing. I’m probably just too big a fan of the original versions…

  6. Guess I’m a little surprised that this song has been reworked.
    Might have a listen.
    Been a fan of Icehouse since they were called the Flowers, originally.
    Forty plus years ago!

  7. This was always a top tune and I’m delighted to hear a new version of it. The remix is faithful to the original and a respectful reworking.

    1. And I can’t see all 4 tracks available for download, only the extended mixes. Why are artists and labels ignoring CD? It’s as if they want to kill CD, thinking we’d buy vinyl instead, when it was the flaws of vinyl that pushed may of us to CD. To quote Fleetwood Mac, “Never Going Back Again.”

  9. I groaned when I first spotted this article…. God, no, not a new remix of Electric Blue.

    Never heard this track before. Sorry folks, not a fan.

    Lastly, I agree with John below: I hate modern remixes of 80s tracks. Those millennial mixes of New Year’s Day on the War reissue are absolutely horrible, and the padding of Frankie comps with contemporary mixes is extremely frustrating.

  10. This is a good remix. Very well done. One good thing in general; the extended version is making a come back. After 30 plus years of mostly abysmal remixes with tons of unnecessary extra production added in the song, we have come full circle and the extended version seems to be back. So happy about that!!!

    1. A lot of remixes of current pop artists like Years & Years and John Newman barely scrape 3 minutes! Apparently shorter remixes can be streamed more often. Extended versions are better, I agree

  11. A remix album called Street cafe from 2005 is available as well as two cds of remixes marked vol 1 and 2. Street cafe was a bit of hit and miss I remember in quality of remixes.

  13. Nice one Paul. I love the original so I had to order this I’m a sucker for extremely ltd edition copies. $55.66 dollars (£30.37) expensive but collectable.

    1. In Australia this is about $32.95 AUD and standard post within Australia is just over $10.00 AUD, so post would be even more outside of Australia.

  16. I know its all subjective but most modern remixes of 80s tracks are abysmal and depressing. This bounces along quite nicely. Ordered from half way ’round the world in NYC. The original was HUGE during my days at WLIR/WDRE and I’m guessing everywhere else.

  17. This “vs” is found frequently in credits of remixes. I find that a bit strange, what does it mean? What’s the point of a mix that sees the work or its original artist as an opponent? There have been many mixes that indeed sound as if they were done versus the original, expressing contempt or even hate against it, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here.

    1. Thanks for your comments Arnd01. It was agreed upon that the artist credit should be shared to both Antipodeans & Icehouse by the bands, in full respect of each other’s part in the production of it. The Antipodeans respect the artistry of the original version, not intending to better it, but take it in a modern direction synthetically. The vs was a way to link the artists together – don’t worry, we’re not expressing contempt, quite the opposite! Cheers for your interest.

    2. Totally agree, I think it’s marketing in most cases. An Icehouse remix doesn’t sound as contemporary as a “vs” scenario in most peoples ears.

      I dislike the inference that the remixers get bigger billing because they stuck a computer generated drum beat plus effects over an original crafted song.

      But then at least Icehouse get a mention somewhere I suppose.

    3. yes it is a puzzling one, but is simply an industry standard to denote a reworking of an existing song, as opposed to “&”, which would be the the two artists working simultaneously side by side. agree it sounds adversarial, and probably stems from remixers often taking a cut and paste creative approach to the original source material. :)

  18. Oh, this is really, really good. It warms the cockles of my child-of-the-80s heart. I have no earthly idea how you came across this, but thanks for sharing.

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