Kayleigh
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| Single by Marillion | ||||||||
| from the album Misplaced Childhood | ||||||||
| B-side | "Lady Nina" | |||||||
| Released | 7 April 1985 | |||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette single | |||||||
| Recorded | Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, March – May 1985 | |||||||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||||||
| Length | 3:33 (7" version) | |||||||
| Label | EMI | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, Fish | |||||||
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"Kayleigh" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released as the first single from the concept album Misplaced Childhood. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position, becoming a number two hit. It was kept from the UK number one spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by the supergroup the Crowd in the summer of 1985. It also made the top 10 in Ireland, Norway and France. "Kayleigh" is the band's sole appearance on the United States's Billboard Hot 100, hitting number 74 in October 1985.
The song received a great deal of media exposure in the UK. 41 Independent Local Radio stations in Britain had the track A-rated on their playlists and it became the most played single on BBC Radio 1. The band also made appearances on television shows such as Wogan and Top of the Pops.
The promotional video for the single was shot in Berlin, where the Misplaced Childhood album was recorded, and featured Tamara Nowy, a German woman who subsequently married lead singer Fish, and Robert Mead, the boy portrayed on the sleeve of the album and the single. The song was performed by Fish at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium, with Midge Ure on guitar and Phil Collins on drums.
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