Travellers Tune

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"Travellers Tune"
Single by Ocean Colour Scene
from the album Marchin' Already
B-side "Song for the Front Row", "On the Way Home", "All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes"
Released25 August 1997 (1997-08-25) [1]
Length3:41
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Ocean Colour Scene
Producer(s) Brendan Lynch, Martyn "Max" Heyes, Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene singles chronology
"Hundred Mile High City"
(1997)
"Travellers Tune"
(1997)
"Better Day"
(1997)

"Travellers Tune" is a song by English rock band Ocean Colour Scene. American soul singer P. P. Arnold provides additional vocals on the track. The song was released on 25 August 1997 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Marchin' Already (1997), and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD single [2]

  1. "Travellers Tune"
  2. "Song for the Front Row"
  3. "On the Way Home"
  4. "All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes"

UK 7-inch and cassette single [3] [4]

  1. "Travellers Tune"
  2. "Song for the Front Row"

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the Marchin' Already album booklet. [2] [5]

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] 63
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 30
Scotland (OCC) [8] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 5

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  3. Travellers Tune (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Ocean Colour Scene. MCA Records. 1997. MCS 40144.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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