| "The Big Music" | ||||
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| Single by The Waterboys | ||||
| from the album A Pagan Place | ||||
| B-side | "The Earth Only Endures" | |||
| Released | 2 April 1984[1] | |||
| Label | Ensign Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Scott | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Scott | |||
| The Waterboys singles chronology | ||||
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"The Big Music" is a song by British band the Waterboys, released on 2 April 1984 as the lead single from their second studio album A Pagan Place. The song was written and produced by Mike Scott.
The name "Big Music" was adopted by some commentators as a description of the early Waterboys' sound and is still used to refer to the musical style of their first three albums.[2][3]
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 31 March 1984. p. 18. ISSN 0265-1548.
- ^ "The Waterboys | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ McGee, Alan (27 March 2008). "Time to rediscover the Waterboys". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2020.