Fairground (song)

"Fairground"
"Fairground"
Single by Simply Red
from the album Life
B-side	"Stars" (live); "The Right Thing" (live);
Released	18 September 1995
Genre	Dance
Length	4:23 (single and video version); 5:34 (album version);
Label	EastWest
Songwriter(s)	Mick Hucknall; René ter Horst; Gaston Steenkist; Sérgio Mendes;
Producer(s)	Mick Hucknall; Stewart Levine;
Simply Red singles chronology
Music video
	"Fairground" on YouTube

"Fairground" is a 1995 song by British band Simply Red and is the fifth studio album Life. It went to number 1 in Ireland, Italy, Scotland and the United Kingdom, number 2 in Belgium and Zimbabwe, number 5 in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, number 6 in New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland, number 7 in Australia, number 8 in Iceland, number 16 in Denmark, number 17 in Sweden and number 26 in France.

Track listings

UK CD1 and Japanese CD single^[1]^[2]

"Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
"Fairground" (extended single mix) – 5:32
"Stars" (live) – 4:12
"The Right Thing" (live) – 4:31

UK CD2 and Australasian CD single^[3]

"Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
"Fairground" (extended single mix) – 5:32
"Fairground" (In the Garden mix) – 5:32
"Fairground" (Too Precious remix) – 7:50
"Fairground" (Rollo and Sister Bliss remix) – 9:42

UK and Australasian cassette single^[4]

"Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
"Fairground" (extended single mix) – 5:32

European CD single^[5]

"Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
"Fairground" (In the Garden mix) – 5:32

US CD single^[6]

"Fairground" (single edit)
"Fairground" (Rollo and Sister Bliss remix)
"Fairground" (Too Precious remix)
"Fairground" (Soul Power mix)
Snippets ("Hillside Avenue", "You Make Me Believe", "Never Never Love")

US cassette single^[7]

"Fairground" (single edit)
Snippets ("Hillside Avenue", "You Make Me Believe", "Never Never Love")

References

↑ Fairground (UK CD1 liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. EW 001 CD1, 0630-12272-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Fairground (Japanese CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Japan. 1995. AMCE-881.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Fairground (UK CD2 & Australasian CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. EW 001 CD2, 0630-12273-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Fairground (UK & Australasian cassette single cassette notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. EW 001 C, 0630-12274-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Fairground (European CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. 0630-12275-9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Fairground (US CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records America. 1995. 64356-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Fairground (US cassette single sleeve). Simply Red. EastWest Records America. 1995. 4-64356.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] Fairground (UK CD1 liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. EW 001 CD1, 0630-12272-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[2] Fairground (Japanese CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Japan. 1995. AMCE-881.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[3] Fairground (UK CD2 & Australasian CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. EW 001 CD2, 0630-12273-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[4] Fairground (UK & Australasian cassette single cassette notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. EW 001 C, 0630-12274-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[5] Fairground (European CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records. 1995. 0630-12275-9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[6] Fairground (US CD single liner notes). Simply Red. EastWest Records America. 1995. 64356-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[7] Fairground (US cassette single sleeve). Simply Red. EastWest Records America. 1995. 4-64356.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Simply Red singles
Picture Book	"Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" "Holding Back the Years"
Men and Women	"The Right Thing" "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
A New Flame	"It's Only Love" "If You Don't Know Me by Now" "A New Flame" "You've Got It"
Stars	"Something Got Me Started" "Stars" "For Your Babies" "Thrill Me" "Your Mirror"
Life	"Fairground" "Remembering the First Time" "Never Never Love" "We're in This Together"
Greatest Hits	"Angel"
Blue	"Night Nurse" "Say You Love Me" "The Air That I Breathe"
Love and the Russian Winter	"Ain't That a Lot of Love"
Home	"Sunrise" "Fake" "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
Simplified	"Perfect Love"