Fairground (Simply Red song)

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“Fairground”
“Fairground” cover
Single by Simply Red
from the album Life
Released 1995
Format CD single
CD maxi
Genre Pop rock
Length 4:23
Label EastWest
Writer(s) Mick Hucknall
Producer Mick Hucknall
Stewart Levine
Simply Red singles chronology
The Montreux"
(1992)		 Fairground"
(1995)		 Remembering the first time"
(1995)

"Fairground" is a 1995 single released by Simply Red.

The song contains a sample of The Goodmen's "Give It Up".

Contents

[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

CD-Maxi
  1. "Fairground" (Single Edit) (4:23)
  2. "Fairground" (Extended Single Mix) (5:32)
  3. "Stars" (Live) (4:12)
  4. "The Right Thing" (Live) (4:31)
12"-Maxi
  1. "Fairground" (Extended Single Mix) (5:32)
  2. "Fairground" (Too Precious Remix) (7:50)
  3. "Fairground" (Rollo And Sister Bliss Remix) (9:42)
CD-Maxi - Remixes
  1. "Fairground" (Single Edit)
  2. "Fairground" (Extended Single Mix)
  3. "Fairground" (In The Garden Mix)
  4. "Fairground" (Too Precious Remix)
  5. "Fairground" (Rollo And Sister Bliss Remix)
CD-Single
  1. "Fairground" (Single Edit) (4:23)
  2. "Fairground" (In The Garden Mix) (5:32)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995)[1][2] [3] [4][5] Peak
position
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

  1. ^ "Fairground", in various Singles Chart [ Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
  2. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
  3. ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 18, 2008)
  5. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 18, 2008)