Fairground (song)

"Fairground" is a 1995 song by British band Simply Red and is the fifth studio album Life. It went to number 1 in Ireland, Italy, Scotland and the United Kingdom, number 2 in Belgium and Zimbabwe, number 5 in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, number 6 in New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland, number 7 in Australia, number 8 in Iceland, number 16 in Denmark, number 17 in Sweden and number 26 in France.

"Fairground"
Single by Simply Red
from the album Life
B-side	"Stars" (live) "The Right Thing" (live)
Released	18 September 1995 (1995-09-18)
Genre	Dance
Length	4:23 (single and video version) 5:34 (album version)
Label	EastWest
Songwriter(s)	Mick Hucknall René ter Horst Gaston Steenkist Sérgio Mendes
Producer(s)	Mick Hucknall Stewart Levine
Simply Red singles chronology
"Your Mirror" (1992) "Fairground" (1995) "Remembering the First Time" (1995)
Music video
"Fairground" on YouTube

Track listings

• UK CD1 and Japanese CD single

1. "Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
2. "Fairground" (extended single mix) – 5:32
3. "Stars" (live) – 4:12
4. "The Right Thing" (live) – 4:31

• UK CD2 and Australasian CD single

1. "Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
2. "Fairground" (extended single mix) – 5:32
3. "Fairground" (In the Garden mix) – 5:32
4. "Fairground" (Too Precious remix) – 7:50
5. "Fairground" (Rollo and Sister Bliss remix) – 9:42

• UK and Australasian cassette single

1. "Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
2. "Fairground" (extended single mix) – 5:32

• European CD single

1. "Fairground" (single edit) – 4:23
2. "Fairground" (In the Garden mix) – 5:32

• US CD single

1. "Fairground" (single edit)
2. "Fairground" (Rollo and Sister Bliss remix)
3. "Fairground" (Too Precious remix)
4. "Fairground" (Soul Power mix)
5. Snippets ("Hillside Avenue", "You Make Me Believe", "Never Never Love")

• US cassette single

1. "Fairground" (single edit)
2. Snippets ("Hillside Avenue", "You Make Me Believe", "Never Never Love")