"Forever Now" is a song by Australian rock band Cold Chisel. The second single from the album Circus Animals, it was the first Cold Chisel single to be written by Steve Prestwich. The song reached number two in New Zealand and number four in Australia, becoming the band's highest chart placement. In the United States, the song was titled "Forever Now (All My Love)".[1]
Prestwich, who could only play drums at the time of recording, had to hum the melody to the rest of the band.[2] Producer Opitz said, "The first time Chisel played 'Forever Now' on stage, it was a 7 minute version at Parramatta Leagues Club and I was blown away. I rushed to the dressing room and told the band, 'We've got the single!'"[2] At the time it had the working title "Acapulco Piranha". Walker said, "'Forever Now' was a jammy idea that we were doing at gigs and doing at sound-checks and developing. Mark Opitz recognized very early on that this song has the ideas to be a single and be a very important song for us."[3]
Prestwich later commented, "Mark was very happy and so was I. I'd always felt I had the ability. My biggest hurdle was to be unselfconscious about writing." Prestwich further felt that the "very melodic" song balanced out some of the rock songs on Circus Animals.[4]
Main songwriter Don Walker said at the time, "The songs that the other guys are writing are getting so good these days, you know, like Steve has written a couple of excellent songs for radio, while this time none of mine were suitable for singles or anything like that."[5]
After the release of the single, Walker said, "Steve was drunk in the studio one night and was explaining that "Forever Now" is meant to be read on several different levels. But as far as knowing what those levels are and where they're leading, I haven't sat down with him sober and got right into it."[6]
The song was later used in the 2000 Australian movie Chopper.[8]
Promo videoedit
A video clip was made to promote the song, directed by Mark Lewis. It featured the band sitting at a table, with Barnes miming & Prestwich pretending to play drums on various objects on the table. It was actually shot in the Four in Hand bar in Paddington with a few modifications to make it appear like an airport departure lounge.[9]
^Jane Matheson. "Cold Chisel: Risk-taking is Part of the Game". Australian Rolling Stone (17 June 1982). North Sydney, NSW: Silvertongues Pty Ltd: 14–18.
^"Perfect Tripod Australian Songs". Toorak Times. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
^Nikki Tranter. "Chopper (2000)". Pop Matters. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^Jimmy Barnes (2008). Icons of Australian Music: Jimmy Barnes. Springwood, New South Wales: roving eye. p. 57. ISBN978-0-9804495-0-1.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 68. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
^"Cold Chisel – Forever Now". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^"National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report. 3 January 1983. Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via Imgur.
^"End of Year Charts 1982". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
April 11, 2024
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