Waterfront (song)

Infobox Single |
Name = Waterfront


Artist = Simple Minds
from Album = Sparkle in the Rain
Released = 1983 (US) 4 November 1983 (UK)
Format = 12", 7"
Recorded = 1983
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 4:40
Label = Virgin
Writer = Simple Minds
Last single = "I Travel" (1983)
This single = "Waterfront" (1983)
Next single = "Speed Your Love To Me" (1984)

"Waterfront" is a 1983 single from Simple Minds, the first release from the album "Sparkle in the Rain".

Featuring a new, rockier sound, "Waterfront" scaled the charts in various countries around the world, including hitting #1 for two weeks in New Zealand. It could only manage #13 on the UK singles charts.

Today, it is a live favorite and is regarded as a Simple Minds signature song.

7" Single.

# Waterfront (Single Version) (4.40)
# Hunter & The Hunted (6.00) "Recorded Live at the City Hall, Newcastle, 20.11.82."

12" Single.
# Waterfront (Extended Version) (5.50) "Additional Production & Remix By Steve Lillywhite."
# Hunter & The Hunted (6.00) "Recorded Live at the City Hall, Newcastle, 20.11.82."

Produced By Steve Lillywhite. Engineered By Howard Grey. Words & Music By Simple Minds.

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