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4 unusual facts about My Boomerang Won't Come Back


My Boomerang Won't Come Back

The tune concerns a young Aboriginal lad (with Drake's signature Cockney accent) cast out by his tribe due to his inability to toss a boomerang.

"Oh, my Gawd," Drake says in horror, "I've hit The Flying Doctor!"

United Artists released the record in America, and, not wanting to deal with complaints like the ones in Britain, issued a 45-only version that not only featured the line "blue in the face" but was considerably shorter than the UK version (which was 3:32), clocking in at 2:44.

After the BBC refused to play the tune (despite its popularity in record shops), a new version was recorded, substituting "blue in the face"; this version (on Parlophone Records) entered the UK charts in October and eventually peaked at #14.


Bullets don't come back

It is the first film directed by Foskolos, a decision he took after his success writing Blood on the Land.


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