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{{Infobox song
| name       = Trick of the Light
| cover      = TrickofLight.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[The Triffids]]
| album      = '''[[Calenture (album)|Calenture]]'''
| A-side     = Trick of the Light
| B-side     = Love the Fever
| released   = {{Start date|1988|1}}
| recorded   = April–August 1987
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = {{Duration|m=8|s=31}}
| label      = [[Island Records|Island]]
| writer     = [[David McComb]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* [[Gil Norton]]
*  Adam Peters
}}
| prev_title = [[Bury Me Deep in Love]]
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[Holy Water (Triffids single)|Holy Water]]
| next_year  = 1988
}}
"'''Trick of the Light'''" is a single released in January 1988 by Australian group [[The Triffids]] from their album ''[[Calenture (album)|Calenture]]'' (November 1987).<ref name="McFarlane">{{Cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040417003225/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=737 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=737 | access-date = 19 May 2014 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | archive-date = 17 April 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020728092009/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/t/triffids.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/t/triffids.html | title = The Triffids | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Skjefte | first2 = Morten | first3 = Stefan | last3 = Warnqvist | first4 = Vince | last4 = Simonetti | work = Passagen.se | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 28 July 2002 | access-date = 19 May 2014 }}</ref> The single appeared in 7", 10", 12" and CD single versions. It was produced by [[Gil Norton]] ([[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], [[Foo Fighters]]) and written by [[David McComb]]. The B-Side "Love the Fever" was co-written by David McComb and Adam Peters and was produced by Peters (Family of God, [[The Flower Pot Men (band)|The Flowerpot Men]], Neulander, Sunsonic). It was recorded in August 1986.
"Trick of the Light" was the band's second United Kingdom hit reaching No.&nbsp;73 on the UK singles chart in February 1988; and reached No.&nbsp;77 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], NSW |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988.</ref>
McComb said the song was, "Written one morning in the company of [[Bleddyn Butcher]], in the woolshed where ''[[In the Pines (album)|In The Pines]]'' was recorded, while waiting for the band to arrive. I can't for the life of me think what it's about. If anyone wants to know the juicy personal details that inspired these songs, please write to Mr [[Toby Creswell]]. He has a much better memory for these things than I."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Juke | title=David McComb Comments On Ten Songs| date=19 May 1990}}</ref>
==Track listing==
#"Trick of the Light" - 3:50
#"Love the Fever" - 4:41
#"Everything You Touch Turns to Time" (12",CD) - 3:16
#"Bad News Always Reminds Me of You" (10",12",CD) - 3:25
==Personnel==
* [[David McComb]]
* [[Alsy MacDonald]]
* [[Robert McComb]]
* [[Martyn P. Casey]]
* [[Jill Birt]]
* [[Graham Lee (Australian musician)|Graham Lee]]
* Adam Peters
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/818832 Discogs release]
{{The Triffids}}
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[[Category:1987 songs]]
[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:Island Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by David McComb]]
[[Category:The Triffids songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Gil Norton]]