Tojo (song)

"Tojo Never Made it to Darwin" is a song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus.

[2] Tojo in the title refers to the World War II Japanese General and Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō.

'"Tojo" was an answer song to an Australian hit of a few years earlier, "Santa Never Made it Into Darwin" which had been released to raise money for the victims of Cyclone Tracy which had almost destroyed Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1975 (sic).

During World War II the Japanese army invaded New Guinea but failed to reach Australia thanks to the heroic resistance however Darwin was bombed heavily and often.'

[3]"Santa Never Made It into Darwin" had been recorded by New Zealanders Bill (Cate) & Boyd (Robinson) which reached No.