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big sleep
composers
Composers: Kerr / Burchill / MacNeil / Forbes
Authors: Kerr
(Earlier sleeves simply state:- Written By: Simple Minds)
publisher
© EMI Music Publishing (1985 - 2007)
© Bucks Music/Hornall Brothers/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (Post 2012 credit)
background
"Some of the songs on New Gold Dream were less influenced by the music we were listening to at the time and were more
influenced by cinema. Especially one of our favourite directors was a guy called Herzog and he'd come up with
two or three movies especially Fitzcarraldo. Which is about someone who goes out looking for his own New Gold Dream. And I think there was
always an element of Simple Minds - Burchill and
MacNeil - where I felt they were coming up with music that
would've been equally suited to movie soundtracks." - Jim, Sunday Herald interview, 2008.
lyrics
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So where did you go?
Where do you go in the big sleep?
Going out in the deep sleep.
Is where you're wandering now?
So where did you go?
When you're in the big sleep?
Drifting in wildlife,
And still you're wandering now.
We were on the top and the world was spinning,
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning.
Communication lost in the thundering rain style,
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning,
Going out in the big sleep, out in the big sleep,
Could have been years, you know it could have been years,
Or only seconds ago.
Big Sleep, deep sleep.
Where are you now?
Now that you're up in big sleep. Valuable friend,
They saw you leaving this way.
We were on the top and the world was spinning,
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning.
Communication lost in the thundering rain style,
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning.
Where did you go?
Immaculate friend.
For a lifetime I'm grateful,
And it's only seconds away.
Big Sleep, deep sleep.
For evermore.
If only you could see me,
If only you could see me,
If only you could see,
Forever.
Coming home in the big sleep,
Coming home.
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discography
Album Version (5:03)
Producer: Pete Walsh
Arrangement: Pete Walsh
Engineer: Pete Walsh
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Live Version (28th February 1984) (7:38)
Recorded: Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
Engineer: Steve Lillywhite
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Live Version (12th, 13th August 1986) (4:27)
Recorded: Le Zenith, Paris, France
Producer: Bruce Lampcov
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig
Head Engineer: Steve Riddle
Additional mixing: Callum Malcolm and Tom Cadley
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Live Version (April 1989) (6:39)
Recorded: The Point, Dublin, Ireland
Recorded and mixed by: Stephen Lipson
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Live Version (13th Aug 1991) (5:18)
Recorded: Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK
Producer: Stephen Lipson
Mastered by: Simon Heyworth
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DVD-Audio Extended Mix (5:20)
Producer: Pete Walsh
DVD-Audio Producer: Ronald Prent
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Live Version (8th November 2009) (5:16)
Recorded: Gran Teatro Di Padova, Padova, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (18th November 2009) (5:04)
Recorded: La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (19th November 2009) (5:03)
Recorded: Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (22nd November 2009) (5:04)
Recorded: Falconer Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (23rd November 2009) (4:03)
Recorded: Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (24th November 2009) (4:02)
Recorded: Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (26th November 2009) (3:39)
Recorded: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (27th November 2009) (3:46)
Recorded: Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (28th November 2009) (3:43)
Recorded: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (30th November 2009) (3:42)
Recorded: Metro Arena, Newcastle, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (6th December 2009) (3:38)
Recorded: CIA, Cardiff, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (7th December 2009) (3:40)
Recorded: Arena, Wembley, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (10th December 2009) (3:38)
Recorded: Odyssey, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (11th December 2009) (3:36)
Recorded: SECC, Glasgow, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (17th December 2009) (3:36)
Recorded: Popcentrum, Tilburg, Netherlands
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (31st July 2012) (4:03)
Recorded: Villa Bellini, Catania, Sicily
Recorded by: Olivier Gerard
Mixed by: Olivier Gerard
Engineered by: Rudy Coclet
ISRC: GB01A1201470
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Live Version (4th December 2012) (4:02)
Recorded: Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, Australia
Produced by: Zach Bair
Recorded and Mixed by: Matt Dever
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Live Version (24th October 2018) (5:18)
Recorded: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Recorded by: Olivier Gerard
Produced by: Andy Wright
Mixed by: Gavin Goldberg
Assisted by: Lewis Chapman
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videography
downloads
Live Version (16th Feb 2006) (4:38)
Recorded: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Recording Engineer: Patrick Demoustier
Mixed By Jez Coad, Charlie Burchill and Andy Gillespie
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Live Version (8th November 2009) (5:16)
Recorded: Gran Teatro Di Padova, Padova, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (18th November 2009) (5:04)
Recorded: La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (19th November 2009) (5:03)
Recorded: Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (22nd November 2009) (5:04)
Recorded: Falconer Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (23rd November 2009) (4:03)
Recorded: Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (24th November 2009) (4:02)
Recorded: Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (26th November 2009) (3:39)
Recorded: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (27th November 2009) (3:46)
Recorded: Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (28th November 2009) (3:43)
Recorded: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (30th November 2009) (3:42)
Recorded: Metro Arena, Newcastle, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (6th December 2009) (3:38)
Recorded: CIA, Cardiff, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (7th December 2009) (3:40)
Recorded: Arena, Wembley, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (10th December 2009) (3:38)
Recorded: Odyssey, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (11th December 2009) (3:36)
Recorded: SECC, Glasgow, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (17th December 2009) (3:36)
Recorded: Popcentrum, Tilburg, Netherlands
Mixed By Concert Online
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live history
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