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In a Big Country

Index In a Big Country

"In a Big Country" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country. [1]

54 relations: A-side and B-side, Alternative rock, American Authors, Barn, Big Country, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Binoculars, British Hit Singles & Albums, Bruce Watson (guitarist), Canada, Celtic rock, Chance (Big Country song), Corfe Castle, Corfe Castle railway station, Dance-rock, Daryl Hall, Fields of Fire (song), Go Big or Go Home (song), Irish Singles Chart, Jet Ski, John Oates, Kent Music Report, Luck (song), Mainstream Rock (chart), Mark Brzezicki, Mercury Records, Motorcycle, MTV, Music video, New wave music, Official Charts Company, Phonograph record, Pop rock, Post-punk, Record Store Day, RPM (magazine), Sara Allen, Singing, Single (music), Steve Lillywhite, Stuart Adamson, Swanage, Swanage Pier, Swanage Railway, The Crossing (Big Country album), The Island Def Jam Music Group, The Mowgli's, Three-wheeler, Tony Butler (musician), ..., UK Singles Chart, Underwater diving, Wetsuit, You Make My Dreams. Expand index (4 more) »

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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American Authors

American Authors is an American rock band based in New York City currently signed to Island Records.

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Barn

A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes.

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Big Country

Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Binoculars

Binoculars or field glasses are two telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects.

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British Hit Singles & Albums

British Hit Singles & Albums (originally known as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) was a music reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives.

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Bruce Watson (guitarist)

Bruce William Watson (born 1961) is a Canadian-born Scottish guitarist, best known for being a Big Country member.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context.

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Chance (Big Country song)

"Chance" was the fourth single from Scottish rock band Big Country's debut album, The Crossing.

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Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset.

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Corfe Castle railway station

Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset.

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Dance-rock

Dance-rock is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and post-punk with fewer rhythm and blues influences, originated in the early 1980s, following the mainstream death of punk and disco.

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Daryl Hall

Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), better known by his stage name Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates).

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Fields of Fire (song)

"Fields of Fire" (single version subtitled "400 Miles") is one of the biggest hits by the Scottish rock band Big Country.

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Go Big or Go Home (song)

"Go Big or Go Home" is a song recorded by American pop rock band American Authors as the first single from their second studio album, What We Live For.

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Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart (Irish: Cairt Singil na hÉireann) is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by The Official Charts Company.

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Jet Ski

Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal water craft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki, a Japanese company.

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John Oates

John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates (with Daryl Hall).

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988.

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Luck (song)

"Luck" is a song written by Zachary Barnett, David Rublin, Matthew Sanchez and James Shelley of American indie rock band American Authors, co-written with producers Aaron Accetta and Shep Goodman.

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Mainstream Rock (chart)

Mainstream Rock is a music chart in Billboard magazine which ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that combines the formats of active rock and heritage rock.

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Mark Brzezicki

Mark Michael Brzezicki (born 21 June 1957, Slough, Berkshire, England) is a rock drummer, who is primarily known for his work with Big Country, and was a member of the groups The Cult, Ultravox, From The Jam and Procol Harum.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Music video

A music video is a short film that integrates a song with imagery, and is produced for promotional or artistic purposes.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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Official Charts Company

The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts (previously known as the Chart Information Network (CIN) and The Official UK Charts Company) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is rock music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 and held on one Saturday every April to "celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store".

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RPM (magazine)

RPM (and later) was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada.

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Sara Allen

Sara Allen (born December 9, 1954) is an American songwriter best known for her work with the duo Hall & Oates.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Steve Lillywhite

Stephen Alan Lillywhite, CBE (born 15 March 1955) is an English record producer.

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Stuart Adamson

William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

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Swanage

Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England.

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Swanage Pier

Swanage Pier is a pier in the coastal town of Swanage, built in 1895 for passenger services.

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Swanage Railway

The Swanage Railway is a railway branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage, Dorset, England, opened in 1885 and now operated as a heritage railway.

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The Crossing (Big Country album)

The Crossing is the first studio album released by Scottish band Big Country.

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The Island Def Jam Music Group

The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) was an American record label group formed in 1998 by combining the operations of 14+ record labels including Island Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Mercury Records.

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The Mowgli's

The Mowgli's are an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles County, California.

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Three-wheeler

A three-wheeler is a vehicle with three wheels.

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Tony Butler (musician)

Anthony Earle Peter "Tony" Butler (born 13 February 1957) is an English musician and rock bassist, best known for his work with the Scottish rock band Big Country.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Underwater diving

Underwater diving, as a human activity, is the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment.

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Wetsuit

A wetsuit is a garment, usually made of foamed neoprene, which is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports and other activities in or on water, providing thermal insulation, abrasion resistance and buoyancy.

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You Make My Dreams

"You Make My Dreams", sometimes referred to as "You Make My Dreams Come True", is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates, taken from their ninth studio album, Voices (1980).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Big_Country

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