| "Flowers in the Rain" | ||||
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| Single by The Move | ||||
| from the album Move | ||||
| B-side | (Here We Go Round) the Lemon Tree | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 6 July 1967, at Advision Sound Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 2:29 (original version) 2:41 (2007 remastered version) |
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| Label | UK Regal Zonophone US A&M |
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| Writer(s) | Roy Wood | |||
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"Flowers in the Rain" is a song by the sixties Rock band The Move. The song was released as a single and reached number two in 1967 on the UK Singles Chart.
It achieved its own place in pop history by being the first record[1] to be played on Radio 1 when the station was launched in 1967 (though technically Johnny Dankworth's Beefeaters was the first track to be heard, since Tony Blackburn chose it as the theme tune for his Daily Disc Delivery[1],and so it was heard before Flowers in the Rain[2]).
In a promotional stunt, for the record - typical of the band's manager Tony Secunda - a postcard was released with a cartoon of a naked Harold Wilson, linking him to his secretary, Marcia Williams. Wilson sued, and the High Court ordered that all royalties from this song were donated to a charity of Wilson's choice. This legal arrangement remains in force to this day and is thought to have cost the group millions of pounds in royalties over the years.
The song has been covered by Nancy Sinatra. The Kaiser Chiefs also covered this for the Radio 1 Established 1967[1] CD.
On 25 September 2007, BBC Radio 4 featured a programme called "The Story of Flowers in the Rain", hosted by Tony Blackburn on the court action and its related history, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song. In the programme, the band said that although they still play the song regularly, they are beginning to get fed up with it.
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