DD Smash was a New Zealand band fronted by Dave Dobbyn after his band Th' Dudes folded in 1980. By mid-1981, Dobbyn forged his coup de grace - Dave Dobbyn's Divers. Thankfully a name change eventuated to DD Smash, which were a guitar-driven four-piece that had a lot of NZ success which next spilled over into OZ.
DD Smash had a number of hit singles during the 1980s, including "Outlook for Thursday", and "Whaling". When DD Smash folded, Dobbyn began a successful solo career, his biggest success was writing the music for the Footrot Flats film in 1985, which contained two hit singles: "Oughta Be in Love" and "Slice of Heaven".
| Year | Title | NZ
| AU
|
| 1978 | "Be Mine Tonight"
| #36 |
|
| 1979 | "That Look in Your Eyes"
| - |
|
| 1979 | "Right First Time"
| #34 |
|
| 1979 | "Walking in Light"
| #50 |
|
| 1980 | "Tonight Again"
| - |
|
| 1980 | "Bliss"
| #25 |
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| 1980 | "On the Rox"
| - |
|
| 1981 | "Repitition"
| #25 |
|
| 1982 | "Devil You Know"
| #35 |
|
| 1983 | "Outlook for Thursday"
| #3 |
|
| 1984 | "Whaling"
| #8 | #27 |
| 1985 | "Magic (What She Do)"
| #4 |
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| 1985 | "She Loves Me Back"
| #38 |
|
| 1986 | "Slice of Heaven"
| #1 | #1 |
| 1986 | "Oughta Be In Love"
| #2 | #24 |
| 1988 | "Love You Like I Should"
| #7 | #35 |
| 1988 | "Loyal"
| #19 | #21 |
| 1989 | "Space Junk"
| #32 |
|
| 1991 | "Shakey Isles"
| #26 |
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| 1993 | "Maybe the Rain"
| #40 |
|
| 1994 | "Language"
| #4 |
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| 1995 | "Lap of the Gods"
| #13 |
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| 1995 | "Naked Flame"
| #20 |
|
| 1996 | "Poor Boy"
| #29 |
|
| 1999 | "Beside You"
| #28 |
|
| 2005 | "Welcome Home"
| #10 |
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For download is the extended Tom Mix version of "Whaling":
http://rapidshare.com/files/220688457/d_d_smash_-_whaling__extended_tom_mix_.mp3
Two _wonderful_ singles you missed: the first post-Dudes solos (1981)
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