Side A
1. "He Knows You Know" (album version) – 5:07 Side B
1. "He Knows You Know" (single edit) – 3:33 2. "Charting the Single" – 4:53
Personnel
• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery - guitars
• Mark Kelly - keyboards
• Pete Trewavas - bass
• Mick Pointer - drums
References
[1] marillion.com | MUSIC - Discography - Script for a Jester's Tear | The Official Marillion Website (http://www.marillion.com/music/
albums/script.htm)
External links
• Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJs8qYc6_dc) on YouTube
"Garden Party"
"Garden Party"
Single by Marillion
from the album Script For A Jester's Tear
Released 6 June 1983 (UK)
Format vinyl record (7"), vinyl record (12")
Genre Neo-progressive rock
Length 4:35 (7"); 7:15 (12")
Label EMI
Producer Nick Tauber
Marillion singles chronology
"He Knows You Know"
(1983)
"Garden Party"
(1983)
"Punch and Judy"
(1984)
Music sample Garden Party
"Garden Party (The Great Cucumber Massacre)" was the third single Marillion's debut album Script for a Jester's Tear, reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, the band's biggest singles chart success prior to 1985.[1] The song is a parody of social elitism and snobbery. The B-side is a live version of "Margaret" (recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983). The 12" single includes a live version of "Charting The Single" (recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, 18 April 1983).
Track listing
7" Versions
Side A
1. "Garden Party" [Edited version] – 04:29
Side B
1. "Margaret" [Edited live version, Edinburgh Playhouse, April 7 '83] – 04:09
12" Versions
Side A
1. "Garden Party" [Full version] – 07:11
2. "Charting the Single" [Live version, London Hammersmith Odeon, April 18 '83] – 06:30
Side B
1. "Margaret" [Full live version, Edinburgh Playhouse, April 7 '83] – 12:17
Controversy
After the synth/guitar break in the middle of the song, a verse starts:
I'm punting I'm beagling I'm wining Reclining I'm rucking
I'm miming(So welcome) It's a party!
The original lyrics read "I'm fucking", replaced by "I'm miming" in the shorter radio-friendly 7" single release.[2]
"Rucking" in the previous line is a rugby term; the sport is referred to earlier in the song. Fish appeared on shows such as Top of the Pops, the UK's long running chart show and, at the point where he ought to be singing the broadcastable "miming", he shut his mouth and merely pointed at his lips as the words came over the PA. The album version (which was also included on the 12" release) contained the original lyric.
Personnel
• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery - guitars
• Mark Kelly - keyboards
• Pete Trewavas - bass
• Mick Pointer - drums
References
External links
• Garden Party lyrics explained (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/marillion-faq/part1/section-29.html)
• Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OurjUT67Chk&feature=related) on YouTube
"Punch and Judy"
"Punch and Judy"
Single by Marillion from the album Fugazi
Released 30 January 1984 (UK)
Format 7" vinyl record, 12" vinyl record Genre Pop rock, neo-progressive rock
Length 3:18
Label EMI
Producer Nick Tauber
Marillion singles chronology
"Garden Party"
(1983)
"Punch and Judy"
(1984)
"Assassing"
(1984)
Music sample Punch and Judy
"Punch and Judy" is the first single from Marillion's second studio album Fugazi. The lyrics of the song are about a marriage gone bad.
The single reached no. 29 on the UK singles charts in February 1984.[1] This was the only single during the band's EMI years that no music video was shot for.
B-sides
The B-side on all formats contained new versions of "Market Square Heroes" (originally the A-side of the band's debut single) and "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (the B-side of "Market Square Heroes"). Both versions were re-recorded with drummer John Marter (erroneously credited as 'John Martyr'), the only tracks Marillion ever recorded with him.
The only difference between the 7" and 12" versions is found in "Market Square Heroes", which is 49 seconds longer on the 12" version.
These re-recorded versions would also appear on the B'Sides Themselves compilation in 1988; "Market Square Hereos" is also on the 1997 compilation The Best of Both Worlds.
The originally planned B-side, "Emerald Lies", ended up instead on the Fugazi album.
Track listing
7" versions
Side 1
1. "Punch & Judy" – 3:19
Side 2
1. "Market Square Heroes" [Edited re-recorded version] – 3:56 2. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" [Re-recorded version] – 3:59
12" versions
Side 1
1. "Punch & Judy" – 3:19
Side 2
1. "Market Square Heroes" [Full re-recorded version] – 4:45
2. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" [Re-recorded version] – 3:59
Personnel
• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery - guitars
• Mark Kelly - keyboards
• Pete Trewavas - bass
• Ian Mosley - drums on "Punch and Judy"
• John Marter (credited as 'John Martyr') - drums on "Market Square Heroes", "Three Boats Down From the Candy"
References
[1] http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php
"Kayleigh"
For the alternative spelling of the female given name Kayleigh, see Kaylee. For the country dance, see Céilidh.
"Kayleigh"
Single by Marillion from the album Misplaced Childhood B-side "Lady Nina" []
Released 7 May 1985 Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl []
Recorded Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, March — May 1985 Genre Neo-progressive rock
Soft rock Length 3:33 (7" version) []
Label EMI
Writer(s) music: Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas
lyrics: Fish Producer Chris Kimsey
Marillion singles chronology
"Assassing"
(1984)
"Kayleigh"
(1985)
"Lavender"
(1985)
"Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985.[] It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of 1985. It also made the top 10 in Ireland, Norway and France. "Kayleigh" is the band's sole appearance on the USA's Billboard Hot 100, hitting #74 in 1986.[]
The song received a great deal of media exposure in the UK. 41 Independent Local Radio stations in Britain had the track A-rated on their playlists and it became the most played single on BBC Radio 1. The band also made appearances on television shows such as Wogan and Top of the Pops. The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictional in-game station "Vice City FM" and in the movie Late Night Shopping.
The promotional video for the single was shot in Berlin, where the Misplaced Childhood album was recorded, and featured Tamara Nowy, a German woman who subsequently married lead singer Fish, and Robert Mead, the boy portrayed on the sleeve of the album and the single. The song was performed by Fish at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium, with Midge Ure on guitar and Phil Collins on drums.
Composition
Fish has said that his writing the song was 'his way of apologizing to some of the women he had dated in the past.' Although the lead singer and lyricist of the band, Fish, had at one point dated a woman whose forenames were Kay Leigh, the song was more a composite of several different women with whom he had had relationships.Wikipedia:Citation needed
The guitar hook line through the verse came about, according to Steve Rothery, from him demonstrating to his then girlfriend what effects a chorus and a delay pedal could add to a guitar's sound. Rothery recorded the song on a chorused Stratocaster guitar, using the pick and his second and third fingers to play it.[1] The album version features an extended guitar solo by Rothery, 27 seconds of which is edited for the single version.
On 24 October 2012, Marillion announced on Facebook that "Sad news via Fish - Kay - who inspired our song Kayleigh - has sadly died. RIP Kay."[2]
Legacy
The song's popularity in the summer of 1985 was responsible for a significant rise in popularity of the name Kayleigh. In late 2005, 96% of Kayleighs living in the United Kingdom were born after 1985. Studies of girls' first names show that it was not in the top 100 most popular names in Scotland before 1975. By 1997, however, twelve years after the song's release, the name was the 30th most popular girls' name in the country. By 2001, Kayleigh had become the 75th most popular girls' name in England and Wales.
The song's popularity and legacy was addressed by Harry Wallop, writing in The Daily Telegraph in 2011:
Some names just didn’t exist a generation ago, but have taken off in popularity. The most famous of these is Kayleigh, which came into existence thanks to the neo-prog rock band Marillion, who had a number two hit with a single of this name in 1985. It was almost unheard of before the song. But since then it has taken hold, especially with parents who grew up with a love of long-haired bouffant power ballads. A few years ago, the name made it to the 30th most popular girl’s name in Britain, and it remains popular: 267 children were named it last year. Curiously, though, it has spawned a bewildering sub-sect of names, nearly all of which are unrelentingly bizarre. There were 101 Demi-Leighs last year, seven Chelsea-Leighs and four called Lilleigh, which sounds like a sanitary product.[3]
In 2012, it was announced that the Scottish Borders Council was to inscribe extracts from the song's lyrics into the pavement at the newly-developed Market Square in Galashiels. Council engineer David Johnstone said the authority felt it was appropriate to mark the links between Galashiels and the song: "The lyrics from the song Kayleigh included reference to the old textiles college. Some of the lyrics referred to 'dawn escapes from moon-washed college halls' and 'do you remember cherry blossom in the market square?' There was a feeling that these lyrics were really appropriate and because of the connection between the singer and Galashiels that it would be appropriate to engrave some of those lyrics into the paving and make more of a feature of it." Mr Johnstone also said the original cherry trees referred to in the song had been removed due to disease but they would be replaced.[4]
On 8th October 2012, Aberdeen based rappers Shy & DRS released "The Love is Gone", featuring lyrics and vocals from Sandi Thom. The song samples "Kayleigh". It reached no.7 in the iTunes Hip Hop Chart.