Reminiscing


"Reminiscing" is a 1978 song by Australian soft rock music group Little River Band, from their album Sleeper Catcher. The song was written by the band's guitarist, Graeham Goble, and sung by their lead singer, Glenn Shorrock. "Reminiscing" remains the band's greatest success in the United States, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #10 on the Easy Listening chart. The song is about a couple reminiscing about the past, with certain music reminding them of certain memories.
"Reminiscing" was given a BMI Five Million-Air award for five million plays on US radio—the highest achievement ever for any Australian popular song.
According to Albert Goldman's biography, John Lennon named "Reminiscing" as one of his favourite songs. May Pang, erstwhile girlfriend of Lennon, said "Oddly, with all the fantastic music he wrote, "our song" was Reminiscing by the Little River Band."

Additional recordings

Shorrock was a guest vocalist on guitarist Tommy Emmanuel's cover of the song on the 1998 album Collaboration.
Goble, Shorrock and Beeb Birtles, three of the original members of Little River Band, who reformed under the name Birtles Shorrock Goble, recorded "Reminiscing" under that name for their 2003 CD Full Circle, as well as on several subsequent live recordings.
Little River Band, now with lead singer Wayne Nelson, recorded the song for their 2016 album The Hits - Revisited.

Cover versions

covered the song for his 1996 album Summer of '78.
Australian band Madison Avenue covered the song. The single was released during 2001 and certified Gold by ARIA.
k.d. lang recorded the song for the Australian version of her 2011 album Sing It Loud.
Thumbs Carllile made a jazz cover on his 1979 album Guitar Wizard.
Carl Riseley included a jazz cover of the song on his 2008 album The Rise.

Samples

sampled the song for his song "Throwback" on the album Weekend Warrior.

In popular culture

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Madison Avenue version

Australian band Madison Avenue covered the song during 2001. Their version became a top ten success in their home country.

Formats and track listings

;Australian CD Single
  1. "Reminiscing " – 3:31
  2. "Reminiscing " – 3:24
  3. "Everything You Need " – 7:32
  4. "Reminiscing " – 5:06
  5. "It's Alright " – 5:12

    Charts

Year-end charts