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This week in 1980, the Player [1] single “Space Invaders” debuted on the Australian charts at #76 (February 4)

The novelty song based on the wildly successful, game-changing 1978 video game Space Invaders, was written by Australian songwriters Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown, recording under the band name Player One (commonly stylised as Player [1]).

According to Brown: "We actually went out with a machine before we did the record and recorded all the sound effects of it and had a little fiddle around with it".

The song peaked at #3 in Australia, ending up as the seventh best selling single for 1980, and spending 28 weeks on the charts.
It also went to #20 in New Zealand, and was released internationally.

The single and album were released in the US under the band name Playback, which Brown and Dunlop had used for other projects, to avoid confusion with the US band Player…

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