Fairground (Simply Red song)
- Fairground (Simply Red song)
Infobox Single
Name = Fairground
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Simply Red
Album = Life
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1995
Format = CD single
CD maxi
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 4:23
Label = EastWest
Writer = Mick Hucknall
Producer = Mick Hucknall
Stewart Levine
Certification =
Last single = "The Montreux"
(1992)
This single = "Fairground"
(1995)
Next single = "Remembering the First Time"
(1995)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Life
Type = studio
prev_track = "Lives and Loves"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Fairground"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Never Never Love"
next_no = 5
"Fairground" is a 1995 single released by Simply Red from the album "Life". The song contains a sample of The Goodmen's "Give It Up".
Video
The video shows Mick Hucknall driving to and singing at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, that had been closed for the day and had been invaded by a group of his friends and opened up again.
Chart performance
It was the first (and hitherto only) single by the group to reach #1 in the UK Singles Chart. It spent five weeks at the top and fourteen weeks in the Top 40. The track also reached #1 in Ireland and made the Top 10 in Italy, Austria and The Netherlands amongst other places.
Track listings
References
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