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book of brilliant things
composers
Words And Music: Simple Minds
Written by: Derek Forbes / Mick MacNeil / Charles Burchill / Jim Kerr (Post 2015 Credit)
publisher
© EMI Music Publishing
© BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd, a BMG Chrysalis company. (Post 2015 Credit)
background
The song was first demoed in January-February 1983 where it appered as the first track on the
band's formal demo tape. At this point, it was simply
an instrumental backing track, but enough elements of the song were in place to make it instantly recognisable.
See Also: Old Chapel Song #1.
lyrics
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Thank you for the voice, the eyes and the memories shine.
Thank you for the pictures of living in the beautiful black and the white.
Some say we'll be together for a very long time.
Some say that our first impressions never will lie.
I open up to take a look,
Into the bright and shiny book,
Into the open scheme of things,
Book of brilliant things.
Book of brilliant things.
I open up to take a look,
Into the bright and shiny book,
Into the open scheme of things,
Book of brilliant things.
Oh, book of brilliant things.
I thank you for the shadows,
It takes two or three to make company,
I thank you for the lightning that shoots up,
And sparkles in the rain.
Some say this could be the great divide,
Some day some of them say that our hearts will beat,
Like the wheels of the fast train, all around the world.
I open up to take a look,
Into the bright and shiny book,
Into the open scheme of things,
Book of brilliant things.
Book of brilliant things.
Some say we can be together for a very long time,
Some say our hearts will beat like the wheels of a fast train,
All around the world.
All around the world.
All around the world.
Some say our hearts beat like the wheels of a fast train,
All around the world.
All around, all around, around, around,
All around the world.
Our hearts beat like the wheels of a fast train,
A very long time,
All around and all around and all around and all around the world.
Some say we'll be together.
Some say.
A very long time, some of them will say,
A very long time all around the world.
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discography
Album Version (4:20)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
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Album Version DTS 5.1 Surround Mix (4:22)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
Remixed by: Steve Wilson
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Album Version High Resolution Stereo (4:22)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
Remixed by: Steve Wilson
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Album Version Dolby Digital 5:1 (4:22)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
Remixed by: Steve Wilson
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Album Version 24/96 LPCM Stereo (4:22)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
Remixed by: Steve Wilson
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Album Version 24/96 DTS 5.1 Surround Mix (4:22)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
Remixed by: Steve Wilson
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Album Version 24/96 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Mix (4:22)
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Howard Gray
Remixed by: Steve Wilson
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Live Version (28th February 1984) (8:07)
Recorded: Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
Engineer: Steve Lillywhite
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Live Version (3rd December 1985) (7:27)
Recorded: Ahoy, Rotterdam
Mastered by: Simon Heyworth
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Live Version (12th, 13th August 1986) (4:53)
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 (15th September 1989) (4:53)
Recorded: Verona, Italy
Producer: Stephen Lipson
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Live Version (3rd November 2009) (3:34)
Recorded: Arena, Vienna, Austria
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (5th November 2009) (3:16)
Recorded: Saschall, Florence, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (6th November 2009) (3:12)
Recorded: Neon Concept Club, Ancona, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (8th November 2009) (3:39)
Recorded: Gran Teatro Di Padova, Padova, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (18th November 2009) (3:36)
Recorded: La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (3rd December 2009) (3:14)
Recorded: MEN, Manchester, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (6th December 2009) (3:08)
Recorded: CIA, Cardiff, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (7th December 2009) (3:08)
Recorded: Arena, Wembley, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (9th December 2009) (3:21)
Recorded: 02, Dublin, Ireland
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Electro Version (29th March 2013) (3:42)
Recorded: Sands Centre, Carlisle, UK
Mixed By Concert Live
Remastered By Derrick Carter
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Live Electro Version (6th April 2013) (4:05)
Recorded: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK
Mixed By Concert Live
Remastered By Derrick Carter
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Live Electro Version (15th April 2013) (3:50)
Recorded: O2 Academy, Bournemouth, UK
Mixed By Concert Live
Remastered By Derrick Carter
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Live Electro Version (20th November 2013) (2:51)
Recorded: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mixed By Concert Live
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Live Electro Version (15th February 2014) (3:55)
Recorded: Konzerthalle, Olsberg, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Electro Version (16th February 2014) (3:54)
Recorded: Capitol, Hannover, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Electro Version (18th February 2014) (3:50)
Recorded: Phönixhalle, Mainz, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Electro Version (20th February 2014) (3:53)
Recorded: Werfhalle, Göppingen, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Version (February-May 2015) (6:04)
Recorded: Big Music Tour 2015
Recorded By: Olivier Gerard
Mixed By: Olivier Gerard at Jet Studios
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Live Version (24th October 2018) (7:17)
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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downloads
Live Version (28th Aug 2006) (3:47)
Recorded: Black And White Tour 2006
Mixed By Jez Coad
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Live Version (3rd November 2009) (3:34)
Recorded: Arena, Vienna, Austria
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (5th November 2009) (3:16)
Recorded: Saschall, Florence, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (6th November 2009) (3:12)
Recorded: Neon Concept Club, Ancona, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (8th November 2009) (3:39)
Recorded: Gran Teatro Di Padova, Padova, Italy
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (18th November 2009) (3:36)
Recorded: La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (3rd December 2009) (3:14)
Recorded: MEN, Manchester, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (6th December 2009) (3:08)
Recorded: CIA, Cardiff, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (7th December 2009) (3:08)
Recorded: Arena, Wembley, UK
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Version (9th December 2009) (3:21)
Recorded: 02, Dublin, Ireland
Mixed By Concert Online
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Live Electro Version (15th February 2014) (3:55)
Recorded: Konzerthalle, Olsberg, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Electro Version (16th February 2014) (3:54)
Recorded: Capitol, Hannover, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Electro Version (18th February 2014) (3:50)
Recorded: Phönixhalle, Mainz, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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Live Electro Version (20th February 2014) (3:53)
Recorded: Werfhalle, Göppingen, Germany
Mixed By Bleecker Street
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videography
demo discography
live history
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