Paul Young Version
| "Love of the Common People" | |||||||||||
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| Single by Paul Young | |||||||||||
| from the album No Parlez | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Behind Your Smile" "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" "It's Better to Have (And Don't Need)" |
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| Released | 1982 (Rerelease) 7 November 1983 | ||||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:33 5:50 |
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| Label | CBS | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins | ||||||||||
| Producer | Laurie Latham | ||||||||||
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In 1982 Paul Young released his interpretation of "Love of the Common People" as a single, but it, initially, failed to chart. It was only when Young had his first hit in 1983 with "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" and the single was re-released that it became a big hit. The single peaked at #2 in the UK, and reached the number one spot in Ireland and the Netherlands. This version also contained a solo by influential ska and reggae trombonist Rico Rodriguez.
On Stiff Little Fingers's re-mastered Now Then... album, there is an interview with Jake Burns where he re-calls Paul Young met Stiff Little Fingers at one of their concerts in Dunstable in support of the album in which Young asked Burns whether Stiff Little Fingers were planning to release the song as a single. When Burns told them they weren't, Young asked if they minded him releasing it as a single. They said he could, not thinking the single would do well. Burns then says jokingly in the interview, "Pfft! Go ahead. You'll never get anywhere with that, mate. Yeah, number 2, that'll teach me!"
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