Music: traditional Lyrics: Simple Minds (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Mick MacNeil)
Producer(s)
Trevor Horn, Stephen Lipson
Simple Minds singles chronology
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1988)
"Belfast Child [Ballad of the Streets]" (1989)
"This Is Your Land" (1989)
"Belfast Child" is a song by the Scottish band Simple Minds, first released as the lead track on the Ballad of the Streets EP on 6 February 1989.[2] The EP also included "Mandela Day" (originally its B-side). The record reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as well as in Ireland and the Netherlands, and it became a top-ten hit in Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and West Germany.
^McAlphine, Fraser (20 November 2017). "10 British chart-toppers that no one talks about anymore". BBC. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^"Never Mind". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 4. 21 January 1989.
"BelfastChild" is a song by the Scottish band Simple Minds, first released as the lead track on the Ballad of the Streets EP on 6 February 1989. The...
Love" (1991), "See the Lights" (1991), and the UK number one single "BelfastChild" (1989). Simple Minds have achieved 24 top 40 singles on the UK Singles...
Moved Through the Fair", which the band would later refashion into "BelfastChild". Despite Kerr's initial misgivings about potentially producing a "mawkish...
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and "Alive and Kicking" (1985), as well as the UK number one single "BelfastChild" (1989). With Kerr as their lead singer, Simple Minds have achieved...
Llewellyn and S. Thompson (5 July 2017). "BelfastChild (1989)". Alpha History. Retrieved 2 October 2018. BelfastChild opens with an ethereal melody drawn...
21 October 2020. "BelfastChild, Remembering the victims". Autobiography on the internet. Retrieved 21 October 2020. "BelfastChild, Remembering the victims"...
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Robbie (8 August 2016). "Anthony Boyle: Belfast actor enjoying rave reviews in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". BBC News. Retrieved 6 October 2016. "Spotlight:...
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singularly strong post-punk-into-synth-pop bridge but the shadow of 'BelfastChild' looms over their legacy." Trouser Press was more lukewarm, remarking...
list (link) Wasserloos, Yvonne (2012): "'Sunday Bloody Sunday' und 'BelfastChild'. Politischer Terror und musikalische Reflexion im Nordirland-Konflikt...
Spandau Ballet "Be Free With Your Love" Simple Minds "Mandela Day" "BelfastChild" Wang Chung "Praying to a New God" Then Jerico featuring Belinda Carlisle...
"She Moved Through The Fair" and the group recorded it with the name "BelfastChild". The recording reached No. 1 in the UK Charts, Ireland and several...
"Kriss Donald - The Brutal Racist Killing of an Innocent Schoolboy". BelfastChild. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021. "Kriss made tragic pleas for...
Northern Ireland Troubles". BelfastChild. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020. Belfast Telegraph, 5 December 1980...
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Catholic priest and convicted sex offender from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who became notorious as a child molester, using his position in the Catholic Church...
U2's "The Unforgettable Fire" it's embarrassing. By CD4 it's time for "BelfastChild". God no! Miraculously, though, CD5 the band's 1999 'lost' album has...
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