Fairground (Simply Red song)
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“Fairground” | |||||
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Single by Simply Red from the album Life |
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Released | 1995 | ||||
Format | CD single CD maxi |
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Genre | Pop rock | ||||
Length | 4:23 | ||||
Label | EastWest | ||||
Writer(s) | Mick Hucknall | ||||
Producer | Mick Hucknall Stewart Levine |
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Simply Red singles chronology | |||||
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"Fairground" is a 1995 single released by Simply Red.
The song contains a sample of The Goodmen's "Give It Up".
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[edit] Video
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The video shows Mick Hucknall driving to and singing at a fairground that had been closed for the day but had been invaded by a group of his friends and opened up again.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Formats and track listings
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[edit] Charts
Chart (1995)[1][2] [3] [4][5] | Peak position |
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Australian Singles Chart | 7 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 5 |
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 2 |
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 10 |
Dutch Singles Chart | 5 |
French Singles Chart | 26 |
Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
Italian Singles Chart | 3 |
Latvian Airplay Top | 1 |
New Zealand Singles Chart | 6 |
Swedish Singles Chart | 17 |
Swiss Singles Chart | 6 |
UK Singles Chart | 1 |
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles | 3 |
US Hot Dance Club Play | 25 |
Preceded by "Boombastic" by Shaggy |
UK Singles Chart Number 1 single September 24, 1995 for 5 weeks |
Succeeded by "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio |
[edit] References
- ^ "Fairground", in various Singles Chart [ Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
- ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 18, 2008)