Winter (Love and Money song)

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"Winter"
Love and Money Winter 1991 single cover.jpg
Single by Love and Money
from the album Dogs in the Traffic
Released18 November 1991 (1991-11-18) [1]
Length4:09
Label
Songwriter(s) James Grant
Producer(s) Steve Nye
Love and Money singles chronology
"Looking for Angeline"
(1991)		"Winter"
(1991)		"The Last Ship on the River"
(1994)

"Winter" is a song by Scottish band Love and Money, which was released in 1991 as the third and final single from their third studio album Dogs in the Traffic . The song was written by James Grant and produced by Steve Nye. "Winter" reached No. 52 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for two weeks. [2]

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Release

"Winter" was originally to be released as the first single from Dogs in the Traffic, with a scheduled release date of 28 May 1991. [3] However, shortly before its release date, Fontana chose to release "My Love Lives in a Dead House" in favour of "Winter" as they felt the song's title would hinder its success during the spring season. [4]

"Winter" was later released as the album's third and final single on 18 November 1991. [1] As a publicity stunt to generate airplay on BBC Radio 1, Fontana organised the dumping of three tons of snow outside the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House. [5] "Winter" was the band's last UK chart entry, reaching No. 52 in the UK Singles Chart. [2] The song also reached No. 10 on the Music Week Top 50 Airplay Chart. [6]

Critical reception

On its release as a single, Peter Kinghorn of the Evening Chronicle described "Winter" as a "reflective song" which is "strong on melody". [7] In a review of the intended May 1991 release, Steve Stewart of The Press and Journal gave "Winter" three stars and wrote, "This is a bit of a departure for Love and Money, after the slick production of Strange Kind of Love . But the rough guitar and wandering lyrics have a strange appeal." [8]

Track listing

7-inch single [9]

  1. "Winter" – 4:09
  2. "Blue Eyed World" – 4:38

12-inch and CD single [10] [11]

  1. "Winter" – 4:09
  2. "Blue Eyed World" – 4:38
  3. "Dreamscape Angel" – 4:22
  4. "Winter '89" – 3:54

CD single (UK limited edition) [12]

  1. "Winter" – 4:09
  2. "Wanderlust II" – 3:53
  3. "Halleluiah Man" – 4:36
  4. "Candybar Express" – 3:28

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes and the Dogs in the Traffic booklet. [10] [12] [13]

Love and Money

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 52

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 16 November 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "LOVE & MONEY; full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "RockTalk: Bad Men make good - and The Fat Lady Sings". The Courier and Advertiser . 5 November 1991. p. 12.
  4. ↑ Lawn, Jim (1 November 1991). "The start of Winter". The Lennox Herald . p. 27.
  5. ↑ Hamilton, David (30 January 1994). "Winter of Discontent". Sunday Express .
  6. ↑ "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . 30 November 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 18 September 2021– via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ Kinghorn, Peter (5 November 1991). "Albums/Singles". Evening Chronicle .
  8. ↑ Stewart, Steve (2 May 1991). "Record Round-Up - Singles". The Press and Journal . p. 7.
  9. ↑ Winter (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1991. 868 390-7, MONEY9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. 1 2 Winter (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1991. 868 391-1, MONEY 912.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Winter (UK CD single liner notes). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1991. 868 391-2, MONCD 9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. 1 2 Winter (UK limited edition CD single liner notes). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1991. 866 301-2, MONCS 9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Dogs in the Traffic (UK album CD booklet). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1991. 848 993-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ "Love & Money: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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