Kayleigh
Sign in to save"Kayleigh" is a song by British neo-prog band Marillion. It was released as the first single from the concept album Misplaced Childhood. It is the band's most successful single in the UK, where it peaked at number two and stayed on the UK singles chart for 14 weeks. It also became the band's most successful single worldwide, reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Norway, and West Germany. In the United States, it gave the band their sole appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching number 74 in October 1985.
Key facts
- Song.length
- 3:33 (7-inch version) 4:04 (album version)
- Song.label
- EMI
- Song.writer
- Mark Kelly Ian Mosley Steve Rothery Pete Trewavas Fish
- Song.producer
- Chris Kimsey
- Song.prev_title
- Assassing
- Song.prev_year
- 1984
- Song.next_title
- Lavender
- Song.next_year
- 1985
- Song.name
- Kayleigh
- Song.cover
- M_kayleigh.jpg
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Marillion
- Song.album
- Misplaced Childhood
- Song.B side
- Lady Nina
- Song.studio
- Hansa Tonstudio (Berlin, Germany)
- Song.genre
- Neo-prog
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Misplaced Childhood
- Genre
- popular music
- Composer
- Fish
- Performer
- Marillion
- Lyrics by
- Fish
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- publication date
- 1985-00-00
- form of creative work
- song
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Kayleigh
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"Kayleigh" is a song by British neo-prog band Marillion. It was released as the first single from the concept album Misplaced Childhood. It is the band's most successful single in the UK, where it peaked at number two and stayed on the UK singles chart for 14 weeks. It also became the band's most successful single worldwide, reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Norway, and West Germany. In the United States, it gave the band their sole appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching number 74 in October 1985.
The song popularised the name Kayleigh in the UK. It was later performed by the band's lead singer, Fish, at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium, with Midge Ure on guitar and Phil Collins on drums.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kayleigh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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