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SWOOP : Apple Eyes

What an ace track this was. Blending funk, disco, pop and a smattering of rock, Swoop rocketed into the Aussie top ten with this back in early 1996. ‘Apple Eyes’ was the band’s biggest hit by a country mile, because it was fun, friendly and commercially accessible, despite strange lyrics like “you and I and a blueberry sky forever”. The psychedelia of it all carried over into the clip too, with the band playing atop a checkered floor in a CGI orchard with pictures of fish and fruit flashing across the screen.

* We’ve given it a heck of a lot of thought, but have decided that it would be ace to throw the ‘Lookback’ segment over to you, our awesome readers – to give you a little more input and involve you more in the site. Have you got a favourite Lookback pop clip that you’ve just been dying to share? A certain pop clip that means something to you? Send us about 100 words talking about your favourite Lookback clip with a link to said video and we’ll start featuring it on the site each Sunday at 3pm (AEDT)! We’ll publish your first name and suburb/state under the clip. Our email address is up top in the sidebar! Over to you, auspOppers!

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