Science Fiction (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Science Fiction

| cover = Divinyls-Science_Fiction.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 7" vinyl release

| type = single

| artist = Divinyls

| album = Desperate

| A-side = Science Fiction

| B-side = I'll Make You Happy

| released = 6 December 1982{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/Kl51v8G.png|title=Platterlog: Singles – Supplementary Page: 59 > 6 December 1982|publisher=Platterlog|via=Imgur.com|access-date=22 February 2018}}

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = New wave

| length = 3:32

| label = Chrysalis

| writer = {{hlist|Christina Amphlett|Mark McEntee}}

| producer = Mark Opitz

| prev_title = Boys in Town

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Siren

| next_year = 1983

}}

"Science Fiction" is a song by Australian rock/new wave group Divinyls, which was the lead single from their first studio album Desperate.{{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 'Divinyls' |chapter-url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=284

|isbn=1-86448-768-2 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20020908085403/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=284|access-date=19 March 2010|archive-date= 8 September 2002}}{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927191758/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/d/divinyls.html | url = http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/d/divinyls.html | title = Divinyls | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Paul | last2 = Baird | publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 4 March 2014 }}{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010328130000/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/divinyls/divinyls.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en/divinyls/divinyls.htm |title= Divinyls |publisher=HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music |last=Nimmervoll|first=Ed|author-link=Ed Nimmervoll| archive-date = 28 March 2001 | access-date=10 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Released in December 1982, "Science Fiction", peaked at No. 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=91|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988. The B-side, "I'll Make You Happy" is a cover of The Easybeats 1966 hit.

In May 2001, "Science Fiction" was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.{{cite web |url=http://www.debbiekruger.com/pdfs/aprathirty.pdf |last=Kruger |first=Debbie |title=The songs that resonate through the years |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | date = 2 May 2001 | access-date = 19 March 2010 }}