"Tinseltown in the Rain" is a song by Scottish pop band The Blue Nile.[1] It was released as the second single from their 1984 debut album A Walk Across the Rooftops.[2] The song was written and produced by lead singer Paul Buchanan and bassist Robert Bell. It has been described as an "ode to the city" of Glasgow.[3]
The song reached No. 87 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] It was a bigger hit in the Netherlands, peaking at No. 28 on the Dutch Top 40.[5]
The song, or more specifically, its rhythm section, was also used as the theme to the TV series, Tinsel Town, set in Glasgow, and aired, firstly, on BBC Choice in 2000, and was then repeated on BBC 2 the following year. An abridged second and final series aired in 2002. Also prominently used in the opening theme was the line, "ah-oh Tinsel Town", taken from the end of the middle 8 section of the original song.
"Tinseltown in the Rain" remains a beloved staple in the Netherlands, regularly appearing on NPO Radio 2's annual Top 2000 songs of all time countdown. It reached its highest position at No. 445 in 2003.[6]
^"Back to the source of The Blue Nile". The Herald (Glasgow). 10 November 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^"Tinseltown In The Rain". NPO Radio 2. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^"The sounds of the open road". The Guardian. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^"Official Charts Company - Tinseltown in the Rain". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "The Blue Nile - Tinsel Town In The Rain". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Tinseltown In The Rain van Blue Nile uit 1984 in Top 2000 - Top 2000" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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