FAIRGROUND
SIMPLY RED
SONGWRITER: MICK HUCKNALL
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: LIFE
LABEL: EASTWEST
GENRE: DANCE-POP
YEAR: 1995
"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".
It was
the first and only single by the group to reach No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.
It spent four weeks at the top, and fourteen weeks in the Top 40. The track
also reached No. 1 in Ireland and made the Top 10 in Italy,
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.
Simply Red é uma banda
inglesa, de Manchester, liderada pelo cantor e compositor Mick
Hucknall. Após 30 anos de carreira, com um interregno de 5 (2010-2015),o
grupo de soul-[Música
pop|pop] britânico lançou sucessos como "Holding Back the
Years", regravando o sucesso dos anos 70,"If You Don't Know Me By
Now", "Stars", "Come to My Aid" , "For Your
Babies", "Fairground", "You make me feel brand new",
vendendo mais de sessenta e cinco milhões de cópias.
Driving down an endless road
Taking friends or moving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
Walk around, be free and roam
There's always someone leaving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through
Love can bend and breathe alone
Until the end it finds you a home
Don't care what the people may say
It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way
And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through