| "Up on the Catwalk" | ||||
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| Single by Simple Minds | ||||
| from the album Sparkle in the Rain | ||||
| B-side | "A Brass Band in Africa" | |||
| Released | 12 March 1984 [1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1983 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Mel Gaynor and Mick MacNeil | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Lillywhite | |||
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"Up on the Catwalk" was the third single to be released from Sparkle in the Rain, the sixth studio album by Simple Minds. It was released in March 1984[2] and climbed to number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] It stayed in the charts for five weeks, which was longer than the band's previous single, "Speed Your Love to Me".
Unlike the album's previous two singles, "Waterfront" and "Speed Your Love to Me", "Up on the Catwalk" was not included in the band's 1992 compilation album Glittering Prize 81/92. However, reviewer MacKenzie Wilson of Allmusic considered this single to be the strongest song on Sparkle in the Rain, complimenting its lyrics and 'glossy' verse which "thrives on celebrity and the falling grace that coincides that".[4] The band's lead singer Jim Kerr has retrospectively called "Up on the Catwalk" an example of Simple Minds "at their spikiest and most dramatic".[5]
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- ^ "Simple Minds hits". everyHit.com.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Simple Minds". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ "Allmusic - Sparkle In The Rain". allmusic.com.
- ^ "Sunday Express Simple Minds Live CD". Dream Giver Redux.