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"Martha's Harbour" is the 1988 hit single by British rock group, All About Eve. It has become known as the group's signature song, reaching #10 in the UK Singles Chart and helping the group's self-titled debut album reach #7 in the UK albums chart.
The song is also well-known for an incident on the popular BBC UK music show Top of the Pops, when the group, ready to do a mimed (as was BBC policy at the time) performance of their hit, were not played the backing track through their monitors, and so sat motionless while the television and studio audience could hear the song. Due to this error on the part of the BBC, the band were invited back the following week and insisted on playing the song live.
On its creation, Julianne Reagan has said, in an interview on BBC radio, "This song happened by accident when we were recording the first album. It was one of those things when we had the day off and we were sat in this very idyllic setting beneath a willow tree besides a stream by this beautiful residential recording studio and it just came out so naturally. It was a miracle of a little song and its very dear to us because of that, because it was very pure, a really happy accident. Everybody went to the pub and we put it down and by the time they got back Martha's Harbour was committed to tape. Martha's Harbour is a fictitious backdrop for this happening."[1]
The song has also been covered other by artists including Victoria Newton, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and Celtic Spirit.
References
All About Eve Tim Bricheno · Andy Cousin · Toni Haimi · Mark Price · Julianne Regan · Marty Willson-Piper
Warne Livesey · Rik Carter · Robin Guy · James Richard Jackson · Ben Savigear · Manuela ZwingmannStudio albums Live albums & videos All About Eve - BBC Radio One Live in Concert · Fairy Light Nights · Fairy Light Nights 2 · Live and Electric at the Union Chapel · Cinemasonic (CD and DVD) · Live In Bonn 1991 (DVD)Compilations Mice studio albums ...Because I Can · New and ImprovedAssociated acts The Church · Harmony Ambulance · Jules et Jim · The Lucy Nation · The Mission · The Sisters of Mercy · Seeing StarsCategories:- 1988 singles
- 1980s single stubs
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