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Your Swaying Arms

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Released
  
May 1991

Genre
  
Pop

Recorded
  
September 1989

B-side
  
"Fourteen Years" "Faifley"

Format
  
7" vinyl, 10" vinyl, 12" vinyl, Cassette, CD

Length
  
4:13 ?:?? (Extended Version) 5:56 (12" Alternative Mix) 4:46 (Drumapella Mix) 4:08 (7" Mix) 4:47 (Dub Mix)

"Your Swaying Arms" was the first single from the album Fellow Hoodlums by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue.

Contents

Released in May 1991, it reached #23 on the UK singles chart, but went as high as #6 in Ireland, the last in the group's run of seven Irish top 10 hits between 1988 and 1991.

The releases contained two B-sides, "Fourteen Years" and "Faifley", both of which are rough, bluesy songs that Ricky Ross speaks and sings in a deep, raspy voice.

The 10" vinyl version, surprisingly, contained techno dance remixes of the otherwise placid track.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross.

7" Single (656893 7)

  1. "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:13
  2. "Fourteen Years" – 2:44

12" Single (656893 6)

  1. "Your Swaying Arms (Extended Version)" – ?:??
  2. "Faifley" – 1:41
  3. "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:13

Cassette Single (656893 4)

  1. "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:13
  2. "Fourteen Years" – 2:44

CD Single (656893 2)

  1. "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:13
  2. "Fourteen Years" – 2:44
  3. "Faifley" – 1:41

References

Your Swaying Arms Wikipedia