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词条 Fairground (song)
释义

  1. Critical reception

  2. Music video

  3. Chart performance

  4. Track listings

  5. Charts and sales

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications 

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2012}}{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}{{Infobox song
| name = Fairground
| cover = Fairground.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Simply Red
| album = Life
| B-side = Remix, live version of other songs
| released = September 18, 1995
| format =
  • 12" single
  • CD single
  • CD maxi

| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Dance-pop
| length =
  • 4:23 (Single version)
  • 5:34 (Album version)

| label = EastWest
| writer =
  • Mick Hucknall
  • René ter HorstGaston Steenkist
  • Sérgio Mendes

| producer =
  • Mick Hucknall
  • Stewart Levine

| prev_title = Lady Godiva's Room
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Remembering the First Time
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KiRyiVgWj6g|"Fairground"}}}}{{Extra track listing
| album = Life
| type = single
| prev_track = Lives and Loves
| track = Fairground
| track_no = 4
| next_track = Never Never Love
}}
}}

"Fairground" is a 1995 single released by Simply Red from the album Life. The song makes extensive use of a sample of The Goodmen's "Give It Up".

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote about the song: "Totally different from Hucknall's previous singles but still very much him thanks to the one-in-a -million voice and the trademark composition. The "fairground attraction" of the lead-off single from Life is its percussive arrangement and clubiness."[1]

Music video

The music video (which uses the shorter single version) shows Mick Hucknall driving to and singing at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, Lancashire, that had been closed for the day and had been invaded by a group of his friends and opened up again. The majority of the video was shot on the Pepsi Max Big One and around the park, and some scenes are shot on the Promenade showing the Illuminations in 1994. Filming credits go to the single cameraman, Steven Young.

Chart performance

It was the first and only single by the group to reach No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] It spent four weeks at the top,[2] and fourteen weeks in the Top 40. The track also reached No. 1 in Ireland and made the Top 10 in Germany, Austria and The Netherlands. A remix by Soulshock and Karlin was included on the US single release and received moderate success on R&B Radio, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2012, "Fairground" was ranked number 47 in NMEs list of the "50 best-selling tracks of the 90s", adding: "Shamelessly lifting the clattering samba percussion from The Goodmen's 'Give It Up' (but giving due credit), Mick Hucknall greeted his post-'Stars' future with a mid-tempo ballad that sounded like an on-the-money dance track. Everyone got on board the rollercoaster and Hucknall had a new diamond for his gnasher. Sold: 783,000".[3]

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

Charts and sales

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Weekly charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4]7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4]5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4]2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4]10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[5]2
France (SNEP)[4]26
Germany (Media Control Charts)[4]5
Greece (Pop + Rock)1
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[6]8
Ireland (IRMA)[7]1
Italy (Hit Parade Italia)[8]3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9]6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4]5
New Zealand (RIANZ)[4]6
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[10]1
Spain (AFYVE)[11]6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4]17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[4]6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12]1
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 10014
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[13]25
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[14]2
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Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[15]25
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[16]65
Dutch Top 40[9]30
French Singles Chart[17]92
Swiss Singles Chart[18]55

Certifications

CountryCertificationDateSales certified
Germany[19]Gold1995150,000
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References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-09-16.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|publisher=Music & Media (16 September 1995, page 10)|accessdate=27 February 2018}}
2. ^1 {{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 585}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/50-best-selling-tracks-of-the-90s-1437045|title=50 best-selling tracks of the ’90s |publisher=NME (21 May 2012)|accessdate=10 October 2018}}
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Fairground", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 18 February 2008)
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-10-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|publisher=Music & Media|accessdate=17 March 2018}}
6. ^{{cite newspaper|url=http://timarit.is/files/12264503.pdf#navpanes=1&view=FitH|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (7.10.1995 - 13.10.1995)|publisher=Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist|accessdate=3 April 2018|language=is}}
7. ^Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hFf8iFDu?url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=3 June 2009 }} (Retrieved 18 February 2008)
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/as.htm|title=Indice per Interprete: S|publisher=Hit Parade Italia|language=Italian|accessdate=29 September 2018}}
9. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201995.pdf |title=Single top 100 over 1995 |publisher=Top40 |language=Dutch |format=pdf |accessdate=19 April 2010}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950924/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 (24 September 1995-30 September 1995)|publisher=officialcharts.com|accessdate=8 February 2018}}
11. ^{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}
12. ^UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 2 August 2008)
13. ^Billboard [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5435|pure_url=yes}} Billboard.com] (Retrieved 25 July 2009)
14. ^* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
15. ^1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330022958/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995 |date=30 March 2014 }} (Retrieved 3 August 2008)
16. ^1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414112334/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995 |date=14 April 2014 }} (Retrieved 3 August 2008)
17. ^1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214000000/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=1995 |date=14 February 2009 }} (Retrieved 30 January 2009)
18. ^1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323145710/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1995 |date=23 March 2012 }} (Retrieved 3 August 2008)
19. ^{{cite certification|region=Germany|accessdate=3 August 2008|title=Fairground }}

External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|simply-red|fairground}}
{{Simply Red singles}}

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