Toys for Boys

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"Toys for Boys"
Marion Toysforboys cover.jpg
Single by Marion
from the album This World and Body
B-side "Down the Middle with You"
Released1 May 1995
Label London Records
Songwriter(s) Jaime Harding, Anthony Grantham, Phil Cunningham,
Producer(s) Harding, Grantham, Cunningham
Marion singles chronology
"Sleep"
(1995)
"Toys for Boys"
(1995)
"Let's All Go Together"
(1995)

"Toys for Boys" was the third single by Marion, released in May 1995. It reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Harding/Grantham/Cunningham, words by Harding.

7" vinyl and CC
  1. "Toys For Boys"
  2. "Down The Middle With You"
12" vinyl (promo only) and CD
  1. "Toys For Boys"
  2. "Down The Middle With You"
  3. "Changed For The Same"

Personnel

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