Idiot Grin
{{Infobox song
| name = Idiot Grin
| cover = IdiotGrinSingle01.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 7" single cover
| type = single
| artist = Do-Ré-Mi
| album = Domestic Harmony
| A-side = Idiot Grin
| B-side = No Fury
| released = August 1985
| recorded = London
January/February 1985
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:26
| label = Virgin Records
| writer = Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter, Stephen Philip
| producer = Gavin MacKillop
| prev_title = Man Overboard
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Warnings Moving Clockwise
| next_year = 1985
}}
"Idiot Grin" is a song by Australian rock/pop group Do-Re-Mi released by Virgin Records in August 1985 as the second single from their debut studio album.{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link= Ian McFarlane |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=1999 |chapter= Encyclopedia entry for 'Do-Ré-Mi' |chapter-url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=286|isbn=1-86448-768-2 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040930231503/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=286|access-date=2008-10-15 |archive-date= 2004-09-30}}{{cite web | title=Do-Ré-Mi | last=Nimmervoll | first=Ed | author-link=Ed Nimmervoll | publisher=HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll) |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/doremi/doremi.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en2/doremi/doremi.htm | archive-date=26 July 2012 |access-date=10 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The song peaked at number 43 in Australia.
Track listing
All tracks were written by Deborah Conway, Dorland Bray, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip.{{ cite web|title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |access-date=2008-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |archive-date=2007-12-05 }} Note: requires user to input song title e.g. IDIOT GRIN
- "Idiot Grin" - 2:26
- "No Fury" - 2:58
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1985)
!Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=91}}
| style="text-align:center;"|43 |
Personnel
Do-Ré-Mi members
- Dorland Bray — drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Helen Carter — bass guitar, backing vocals
- Deborah Conway — lead vocalist
- Steve Hogarth — keyboards
- Stephen Philip — guitar
Additional musicians
- Roger Freeman — trombone
Recording details
- Producer, engineer — Gavin MacKillop
- Assistant engineer — Chris Potter, Mike Bigwood, Steve Chase
- Studio — Townhouse III Studios, London
Art work
- Cover — Greg Hollister (front cover illustration), Shelley Conway (lino cuts)