Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)"
Single by the Beautiful South
from the album Blue Is the Colour
B-side
  • "A Minute's Silence"
  • "Pollard"
Released23 September 1996 (1996-09-23)[1][2]
Length3:40
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jon Kelly
The Beautiful South singles chronology
"Pretenders to the Throne"
(1995)
"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)"
(1996)
"Don't Marry Her"
(1996)
Official video
"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" on YouTube

"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" is a song by English pop rock music group the Beautiful South, taken from their fifth studio album, Blue Is the Colour (1996). It was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, was produced by Jon Kelly, and features Jacqui Abbott on lead vocals. Released in September 1996 by Go! Discs, the song reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the UK top 40 for nine weeks.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 21 September 1996. p. 43. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Rotterdam". Amazon. Retrieved 2 July 2021.