Your Town
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"Your Town" is the first single from Deacon Blue
's album Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
. The song's release revealed a musical change in direction for the band, moving well into dance territory.
The B-sides continue to show the band's diverse range. "Almost Beautiful" is a classic, bluesy rock track, and "I've Been Making Such a Fool" is a simple, but lush, track in the style of a singer-songwriter confessional.
Additional versions of the single release contain various dance remixes of "Your Town".
Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985. Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". The band consists of vocalist Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond....
's album Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing is the fourth studio album from Deacon Blue. Changing from producer Jon Kelly to the team of Steve Osborne and Paul Oakenfold, this album presented a change in musical style for Deacon Blue...
. The song's release revealed a musical change in direction for the band, moving well into dance territory.
The B-sides continue to show the band's diverse range. "Almost Beautiful" is a classic, bluesy rock track, and "I've Been Making Such a Fool" is a simple, but lush, track in the style of a singer-songwriter confessional.
Additional versions of the single release contain various dance remixes of "Your Town".
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Chart performance
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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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 ... |
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Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
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Chart (1993) | Peak position |
Dutch GfK GfK The GfK Group, established in 1934 as Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung is Germany's largest market research institute, and the fourth largest market research organisation in the world, after Nielsen Company, Kantar Group, and IMS Health... chart |
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Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
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US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 27 |
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
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US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
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