Clare (song)

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"Clare"
Fairground Attraction - Clare.jpg
Single by Fairground Attraction
from the album The First of a Million Kisses
A-side "Clare"
B-side "The Game of Love"
Released16 January 1989
RecordedJanuary 1988
Genre Soft rock, skiffle, folk
Length3:16
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Mark E. Nevin
Producer(s) Fairground Attraction, Kevin Moloney [1]
Fairground Attraction singles chronology
"A Smile in a Whisper"
(1988)		"Clare"
(1989)

"Clare" is a song by British band Fairground Attraction, which was released on 16 January 1989 as the final single from their debut album The First of a Million Kisses . The song peaked in the UK Singles Chart at number 49. It was the last single released by the band before they split up.

Contents

Music video

A music video for the song exists filmed in New Orleans. [2]

Critical reception

On its release as a single, Steve Lamacq of New Musical Express considered "Clare" to be a "jazzier number" than "Perfect" and felt the song was released as a single "with good reason". He added, "It busks away and Eddi Reader's athletic vocals do an exotic dance with an eligible clarinet". [3]

Track listing

Original 12" release

  1. "Clare" 3:14 [4]
  2. "Do You Want To Know A Secret?" 2:33
  3. "The Game Of Love" 3:25
  4. "Jock O' Hazeldean" 3:06

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Italy Airplay ( Music & Media ) [5] 1
UK Singles Chart 49

References

  1. ↑ "Fairground Attraction – A Smile in a Whisper (1988, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  2. ↑ "Fairground Attraction - Clare". YouTube . 18 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Lamacq, Steve (21 January 1989). "45s - Singles". New Musical Express . p. 9.
  4. ↑ "Fairground Attraction – Clare (1989, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  5. ↑ "Playlist Report: RAI - Italy" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 6, no. 4. 28 January 1989. p. 10.


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