The Saints Are Coming

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"The Saints Are Coming"
The Skids - The Saints are Coming.jpg
Wide Open EP cover
Single by Skids
from the album Scared to Dance
A-side "Of One Skin"
B-side
  • "Night and Day"
  • "Contusion"
ReleasedOctober 1978
Recorded1978
Genre Punk rock, post-punk
Length2:37
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson
Producer(s) David Batchelor
Skids singles chronology
"Sweet Suburbia"
(1978)
"The Saints Are Coming"
(1978)
"Into the Valley"
(1979)

"The Saints are Coming" was the third single by the Scottish punk rock band Skids, featured on their 1979 debut album, Scared to Dance . The song became an international hit when it was covered in 2006 by U2 and Green Day. It was covered again in 2008 by Von Thronstahl.

Contents

Skids' original version

The single was released as part of a four-track EP, Wide Open, which also featured an A-side and two B-sides. The song was also released on their 1979 debut album Scared to Dance . The song featured Richard Jobson singing of a man facing inclement weather and personal fears, and reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 11 November 1978. [1] The song's lyrics were written by Richard Jobson with music by Stuart Adamson, who later went on to form Big Country. As with the band's following single, "Into the Valley", it is sung by fans of Dunfermline Athletic F.C. It is also used as the walk-on music by Premiership Rugby Club Northampton Saints, Rugby League Super League club St Helens RFC who enter the field in the second half to it and Premier League club Southampton F.C., who are all known as The Saints. [2]

Wide Open track listing

Track listing for the 1978 EP single, Wide Open, which features "The Saints Are Coming."

A-side
No.TitleLength
1."The Saints Are Coming"2:37
2."Of One Skin"2:28
B-side
No.TitleLength
3."Night and Day"2:35
4."Contusion"2:42

Personnel

With:

U2 and Green Day cover

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"The Saints Are Coming"
U2 and Green Day - The Saints Are Coming cover.jpg
Single by U2 and Green Day
from the album U218 Singles
B-side "The Saints Are Coming" (live from New Orleans)
Released31 October 2006
Recorded Abbey Road Studios, September 2006
Genre Punk rock [3]
Length3:24
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson
Producer(s) Rick Rubin, Jacknife Lee
Green Day singles chronology
"Jesus of Suburbia"
(2005)
"The Saints Are Coming"
(2006)
"The Simpsons Theme"
(2007)