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"Cover from the Sky"
Cover of 7" single
Single by Deacon Blue
from the album Fellow Hoodlums
B-side
  • "What Do You Want the Girl to Do"
  • "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
  • "Wild Mountain Thyme"
ReleasedDecember 1991
RecordedOctober 1989
GenrePop rock
Length3:34
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Ricky Ross
Producer(s)Jon Kelly
Deacon Blue singles chronology
"Closing Time"
(1991)
"Cover from the Sky"
(1991)
"Your Town"
(1992)

"Cover from the Sky" is the fourth and final single from Deacon Blue's album Fellow Hoodlums. It was the first single to be released with Lorraine McIntosh on lead vocals.

The various versions of the single introduce three B-sides, all of which are covers. Various live or alternative versions of previously released Deacon Blue songs also span the different single versions.

It was a number 31 hit on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

7" single (657673 7)
Cassette single (657673 4)
  1. "Cover from the Sky" – 3:34
  2. "What Do You Want the Girl to Do (Live)" (_________________) – 5:02
  3. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Live)" (Spector, Greenwich, Barry) – 4:14
File:DBCoverSky1.jpg
12" single (657673 6)
  1. "Cover from the Sky" – 3:34
  2. "Real Gone Kid (Session)" – 4:12
  3. "Loaded (Session)" (Ross, Prime, Kelling) – 4:47
  4. "One Hundred Things (Live)" – 5:44
File:DBCoverSkyCD.jpg
CD single (657673 2)
  1. "Cover from the Sky" – 3:34
  2. "Wild Mountain Thyme" (McPeake) – 3:46
  3. "Silhouette (Live)" – 3:17
  4. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Live)" (Bacharach, David) – 2:40

References

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 145. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.