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The discography of Simply Red, a British soul band, consists of thirteen studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play, fifty-three singles and a number of other appearances. The band's first single " Money's Too Tight (To Mention) ", was released in 1985 and reached the United Kingdom Top 20.
Released as Simply Red's third single in 1985, the track initially placed outside the UK Top 50. However, upon being re-released in 1986, "Holding Back the Years" became a major hit, peaking at #1 in Ireland, #2 in the UK, #3 in the Netherlands, #20 in Italy and later #1 in the United States.
The single "Go Now", a cover of Bessie Banks, was released from the album, but failed to chart. The album itself was a moderate success, peaking at #9 on the UK Albums Chart . On 9 October 2010 the album returned to the UK Top Ten, again peaking at #9.
"Fairground" is a song by British soul and pop band Simply Red, released on 18 September 1995 by EastWest as the first single from the band's fifth album, Life (1995). Co-written and co-produced by frontman Mick Hucknall , the song makes extensive use of a sample of the Goodmen 's 1993 hit " Give It Up ".
In the album charts Simply Red had continued success with Stars which would prove to be the second best selling album of the 90's and the best of 91 and 92. Although none of its singles reached no.1, title track Stars peaked at no.8 with all others making the top 40.
Stars is the fourth album by British-based pop/soul/jazz band Simply Red, released on 30 September 1991. [1] Five singles were released from the album, including the UK top ten hits "Stars" and "For Your Babies".
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in 1996, which contained material from their first five studio albums (Picture Book, Men and Women, A New Flame, Stars and Life) and included a newer track, a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1973 classic, "Angel".
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".