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Paul Heaton Paul David Heaton (born 9 May 1962) is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and main lyricist of the Housemartins, who had commercial success in the UK and other European countries between 1985 and 1988, releasing several singl ...

and

Dave Rotheray David Rotheray (born 9 February 1963) is an English rock and pop musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for The Beautiful South. Rotheray was born the last of five children. His parents were both intellectuals and had met through th ...

and performed by

The Beautiful South The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Kingston upon Hull, Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members stayin ...

. The song was originally found on the album ''

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'' and later appeared on two greatest hits compilations - 1994's '' Carry on up the Charts'' and 2007's ''

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''. As a single it reached no. 46 in the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks in the Top 75 in 1992. The album version ran for 5 minutes 15 seconds. The overtly sexual content of the song may be a reason why it did not chart highly as a single, as opposed to many of their other

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songs like "

Song for Whoever "Song for Whoever" is a song by English music group the Beautiful South, written by band members Paul Heaton and David Rotheray. The first and highest-charting single from their debut album, ''Welcome to the Beautiful South'', it peaked at number ...

" and "

Don't Marry Her "Don't Marry Her" is a song by English pop rock group the Beautiful South and the opening track on their fifth studio album, '' Blue Is the Colour'' (1996). It was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, and produced by Jon Kelly. Vocalist Jac ...

". The song was one of the catalysts for

Briana Corrigan Briana Corrigan (born 30 May 1965) is a Northern Irish singer. She was a member of The Beautiful South from 1988 to 1992. Early life Corrigan was born in Northern Ireland. When she was 11 years old, her family moved from Belfast to Portstewart, ...

leaving as she thought it painted

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, especially

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, in a bad light when the media who put them there should be blamed instead.

References

1992 songs 1992 singles The Beautiful South songs Songs written by Paul Heaton Songs written by David Rotheray Go! Discs singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub