"Stainsby Girls" | ||||
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Single by Chris Rea | ||||
from the album Shamrock Diaries | ||||
B-side | "And When She Smiles" | |||
Released | March 1985 | |||
Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Magnet | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Rea | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Rea, Dave Richards | |||
Chris Rea singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Stainsby Girls (Official Music Video)" on YouTube |
"Stainsby Girls" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1985 as the lead single from his seventh studio album Shamrock Diaries.[1] It was written by Rea, and produced by Rea and Dave Richards.[2] "Stainsby Girls" reached No. 26 in the UK and remained in the charts for twelve weeks.[3]
"Stainsby Girls" was written by Rea as a tribute for his wife Joan, a former student of the Stainsby Secondary Modern School.[1] The single's B-side, "And When She Smiles", is listed on the back sleeve as having been "recorded on eight track on a yacht in Ibiza harbour".[2] Rea later re-recorded "Stainsby Girls" for his 1988 album New Light Through Old Windows.[4]