"On The Inside" and Prisoner
In 1979 Lynne Hamilton was given the opportunity to sing a song titled - "On the Inside, the theme tune for a new soap opera set at a women's prison: Prisoner. The song, "On the Inside" was written by Allan Caswell and was released as a single in Australia. It reached number one in the singles chart and sold in excess of 80,000 copies.
Ten years after this initial success, the song was issued in the UK for the first time. To coincide with the series' first broadcast on UK television the single was rush-released and reached number 3 instantly in the UK singles charts in 1989. Lynne Hamilton then performed "On the Inside" on Top of the Pops and similar TV programmes throughout the UK. On the Inside was re-released as a digital download and CD Single in March 2012.
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