| "Down to Earth" | ||||
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| Single by Curiosity Killed the Cat | ||||
| from the album Keep Your Distance | ||||
| B-side | "Down to Earth" (Instrumental) | |||
| Released | 7 November 1986[1] | |||
| Genre | Sophisti-pop | |||
| Length | 3:48 (7") 6:00 (12") 4:19 (album version) | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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| Producer(s) | Stewart Levine | |||
| Curiosity Killed the Cat singles chronology | ||||
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"Down to Earth" is a song by English band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in November 1986 by Mercury Records as the second single from their debut album Keep Your Distance. It was the band's biggest hit, peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
After the lack of success with "Misfit" when it was first released 4 months earlier, the record company wanted to release another single. However, the record company wanted to release it after the Christmas period as they believed the song wouldn't survive the Christmas rush. Curiosity insisted on releasing "Down to Earth" before and so it was released in November and it slowly moved up the charts until it spent three weeks at number 3 in February 1987.[3]
- ^ "News Digest" (PDF). Record Mirror. 8 November 1986. p. 50. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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