"Timeless Melody" is a pop song

Pop Song

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 written by Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 singer/guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Lee Mavers

Lee Mavers

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 and recorded by Mavers' band, The La's

The La's

The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group is most famous for their hit single "There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Badger in 1984 and Mavers joined soon after...

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Formats and track listings

• All songs written by L.A. Mavers
  Lee Mavers
  __notoc__Lee Anthony Mavers is an English musician from Liverpool, England. Mavers was the songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist in The La's and is perhaps best-known for the hit "There She Goes" in the late 1980s....
  
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7" single (GOLAS 4)
Cassette single (LASMC 4)

1. "Timeless Melody" – 3:03
2. "Clean Prophet" – 1:48

12" single (GOLAS 412)
CD single (LASCD 4)

1. "Timeless Melody" – 3:03
2. "Clean Prophet" – 1:48
3. "Knock Me Down" – 3:16
4. "Over" – 5:01 (Mavers/Power)

Personnel

The La's

• Lee Mavers
  Lee Mavers
  __notoc__Lee Anthony Mavers is an English musician from Liverpool, England. Mavers was the songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist in The La's and is perhaps best-known for the hit "There She Goes" in the late 1980s....
  
   – guitar, vocals
• John Power – bass, backing vocals
• Peter "Cammy" Camell – guitar (on "Timeless Melody")
• Neil Mavers – drums (on "Timeless Melody")
• Barry Sutton – guitar (on "Clean Prophet")
• Chris Sharrock
  Chris Sharrock
  Chris Sharrock is an English drummer from Bebington, Merseyside, England who has a long history of being an official member of many noted British bands, including The Icicle Works, The La's, The Wild Swans, World Party, The Lightning Seeds, The Robbie Williams Band, Oasis, and Beady...
  
   – drums (on "Clean Prophet")
• Paul Hemmings
  Paul Hemmings
  Paul Hemmings is a Liverpool based musician and photographer. He played with The La's, Mike Badger and The Onset and Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds...
  
   – guitar (on "Knock Me Down" and "Over")
• John "Timmo" Timson – drums (on "Knock Me Down" and "Over")

Production

• Steve Lillywhite
  Steve Lillywhite
  Steve Lillywhite is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited for working on over 500 records and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Peter Gabriel,...
  
   – producer (on "Timeless Melody")
• Mark Wallis – additional producer, engineer (on "Timeless Melody")
• Jeremy Allom – producer (on "Clean Prophet")
• Mike Haas – engineer (on "Clean Prophet")
• Gavin MacKillop – producer, engineer (on "Knock Me Down")

Other personnel

• Ryan Art – design

Chart performance

Charts (1990–1991)	Peak position(s)
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	57
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	12

Cover versions

The Seattle band Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...

 covered Timeless Melody in their Binaural Tour on 6/4/2000 when they played at The Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England. During the concert lead singer Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder

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 incorrectly stated that the band was going to play a song written by a band from "your town". The concert is available as an Official Bootleg

Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs

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. Pearl Jam went on to play the song several more times on the tour, often as a duet with Supergrass

Supergrass

Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....

 frontman Gaz Coombes

Gaz Coombes

Gaz Coombes is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the English alternative rock band, Supergrass. He first entered the music scene aged sixteen as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers which featured Supergrass band mate Danny Goffey...

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