Reckless (Australian Crawl song)
| "Reckless (Don't Be So)" | ||||
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| Single by Australian Crawl | ||||
| from the album Semantics | ||||
| Released | 19 September 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Rhinoceros Studios (Sydney) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 5:23 | |||
| Label | EMI, Geffen | |||
| Songwriter | James Reyne | |||
| Producer | Mark Opitz | |||
| Australian Crawl singles chronology | ||||
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"Reckless" (also known as "Reckless (Don't Be So)" or "Reckless (Don't You Be So)") is a 1983 song from the EP Semantics by Australian band Australian Crawl. The song showed a change in the line-up of the band, with drummer Bill McDonough temporarily replaced by Graham Bidstrup (also on keyboards). After the EP was released, Bidstrup was replaced by John Watson (drums).
The EP Semantics charted on the Australian Singles Charts to reach No. 1, and consequently some sources list "Reckless" as a No. 1 single. It was written by lead singer and guitarist James Reyne. Listeners of Triple M voted "Reckless" the 39th best song of all time in 2007; it was the highest-placed Australian Crawl song. In 2025, it placed 39 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.
The song's lyrics refer to locations in Sydney such as Manly and Circular Quay.
In Europe (including the United Kingdom) "Reckless" was released by Geffen Records as a single backed with "White Limbo"; it was also a track on the 1984 expanded LP version of Semantics.
Australian Crawl performed "Reckless" as one of their three songs for the Oz for Africa concert (1985). This was the Australian leg of the global Live Aid show organised by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. The "Oz for Africa" concert was broadcast on MTV, but only performances by Australian band INXS were placed on the 20th Anniversary DVD collection.