Kayleigh

Kayleigh
Marillion
Veröffentlichung	7. April 1985
Länge	3:33 (Single) / 4:03 (Album)
Genre(s)	Rock
Text	Fish
Musik	Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas
Album	Misplaced Childhood

Kayleigh ist eine Rockballade der britischen Rockband Marillion aus dem Jahr 1985. Der Song erreichte Platz zwei der britischen Charts.

Hintergrund

Das Stück wurde in den Hansa-Tonstudios in Berlin von März bis Mai 1985 aufgenommen. Der Sänger Fish sagte über Kayleigh, es sei eine Art gewesen, Entschuldigung zu sagen:

‘Kayleigh’ was a way of saying sorry. I had a lot of relationships that basically I’d wrecked because I was obsessed with the career and where I wanted to go. I was very, very selfish and I just wanted to be the famous singer but I was starting to become aware of the sacrifices that I was making, and I think that Kay was one of those sacrifices.

– Fish

Der Song handele nicht nur von einer Person, sondern von drei oder vier verschiedenen Menschen:

‘Kayleigh’ was not just about one person; it was about three or four different people. The ‘stilettos in the snow’ was something that happened in Galashiels, when I can remember we were both really drunk and, you know, dancing under a street light, and ‘dawn escapes from moonwashed college halls’ was part of the Cambridge thing.

– Fish

Anschließend sei ein großer Druck entstanden, da die Leute Kayleigh, Part II gewollt hätten.

Das Video wurde ebenfalls in West-Berlin produziert und zeigt u. a. das Schloss Charlottenburg, die Spree mit der historischen Kaianlage am Kreuzberger Groebenufer sowie die Berliner Mauer und den Sektorenübergang Heinrich-Heine-Straße. Im Video spielt Tamara Nowy mit, die zur damaligen Zeit in einem Berliner Nachtclub arbeitete. 1987 heiratete Fish Tamara, die Ehe wurde 2001 geschieden. Ihre gemeinsame Tochter ist Tara Rowena.

Chartplatzierungen

ChartsChart­plat­zie­rungen	Höchst­platzie­rung	Wo­chen
Deutschland (GfK)	7 (18 Wo.)	18
Schweiz (IFPI)	19 (6 Wo.)	6
Vereinigtes Königreich (OCC)	2 (14 Wo.)	14
Vereinigte Staaten (Billboard)	74 (8 Wo.)	8

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Marillion

Steve Hogarth Steve Rothery Pete Trewavas Mark Kelly Ian Mosley
Fish Doug Irvine Diz Minnett Brian Jelliman Mick Pointer Jonathan Mover John Marter Andy Ward
Studioalben	Script for a Jester’s Tear Fugazi Misplaced Childhood Clutching at Straws Seasons End Holidays in Eden Brave Afraid of Sunlight This Strange Engine Radiation Marillion.com Anoraknophobia Marbles Somewhere Else Happiness Is the Road Less Is More Sounds That Can’t Be Made Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) With Friends from the Orchestra An Hour Before It’s Dark
Livealben	Real to Reel The Thieving Magpie Made Again Live from Cadogan Hall A Sunday Night Above the Rain Marbles in the Park All One Tonight – Live at the Royal Albert Hall With Friends at St David’s An Hour Before It’s Dark: Live in Port Zélande 2023 Anorak in the UK Marbles Live Recital of the Script Live from Loreley Early Stages: The Highlights Somewhere in London Marbles in the Park Holiday in Eden Live Size Matters Unplugged at The Walls Tumbling Down the Years Smoke Mirrors All One Tonight Happiness is Cologne Popular Music Live in Glasgow Brave Live 2013
Kompilationen	Brief Encounter B’Sides Themselves A Singles Collection The Best of Both Worlds Essential Collection The Best of Marillion Best Sounds The Singles ’82 – ’88 Singles Box – Volume 2 ’89 – ’95 Early Stages (Official Bootleg Box Set) 1982-1987 The Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 2
Remixalben	Tales from the Engine Room
EPs	Market Square Heroes
Videoalben	Live from Cadogan Hall Marbles In The Park: Live 2015 All One Tonight – Live at the Royal Albert Hall The EMI Singles Collection Recital of the Script From Stoke Row to Ipanema Live from Loreley Brave Marbles on the Road Somewhere in London This Strange Convention Live in Montreal Holidays in Zelande Clocks Already Ticking Brave Live 2013
Singles	Script for a Jester’s Tear He Knows You Know Garden Party Fugazi Punch and Judy Assassing Misplaced Childhood Kayleigh Lavender Heart of Lothian Clutching at Straws Incommunicado Sugar Mice Warm Wet Circles The Thieving Magpie Freaks (Live) Seasons End Hooks in You Uninvited Guest Easter Holidays in Eden Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) No One Can Dry Land A Singles Collection – 1982-1992 Sympathy Brave The Hollow Man Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury Afraid of Sunlight Beautiful This Strange Engine Man of a Thousand Faces Radiation These Chains Marbles You’re Gone Don’t Hurt Yourself Somewhere Else See It Like a Baby Thankyou Whoever You Are Weitere Alben Lady Nina Welcome to the Garden Party The Great Escape 80 Days Between You and Me The Damage (Live) Whatever Is Wrong with You Carol of the Bells Living In F E A R Be Hard On Yourself Murder Machines
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