This Mourning

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"This Mourning"
Single by Chalk Circle
from the album Mending Wall
Released1987
Recorded1986–1987
Genre Rock
Length3:33
Label Duke Street
Songwriter(s) Chalk Circle, Chris Tait
Producer(s) Chris Wardman
Chalk Circle singles chronology
"Me, Myself and I"
(1986)
"This Mourning"
(1987)
"20th Century Boy"
(1987)

"This Mourning" is the lead single from Canadian band Chalk Circle's first full-length album, Mending Wall . It was released on Duke Street Records in 1987.

Contents

The song itself deals with the nuclear threat of annihilation that was very much part of everyday life in the 1980s.

The 12" features two non-album b-sides that were later re-released on the CD issue of The Great Lake EP in 1988.

Track listings

7": Duke Street (Canada)

  1. "This Mourning"
  2. "Village"

12": Duke Street (Canada)

  1. "This Mourning" (Extended Mix)
  2. "Come with Me"
  3. "Believe in Something"

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