Lady Nina
"Lady Nina" | ||||
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Single by Marillion | ||||
from the album Brief Encounter | ||||
B-side | "Heart Of Lothian" | |||
Released | April 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Neo-prog | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Derek Dick, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Kimsey | |||
Marillion singles chronology | ||||
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"Lady Nina" is a song by the British neo-prog band Marillion. First released in 1985 on the B-side to the #2 UK hit single "Kayleigh", it was the only single from the EP Brief Encounter released in the United States by Capitol Records in April 1986. A music video was also shot to promote it. While the EP climbed to #67 on the Billboard 200 album charts, "Lady Nina" did not make the Billboard Hot 100, but did reach #30 on the Mainstream Rock charts.[1]
The song is about a prostitute.[2] "Lady Nina" is the only Marillion song to use a drum machine throughout. The cover was designed by regular Marillion collaborator Mark Wilkinson. The third European single from the Misplaced Childhood album, "Heart of Lothian", featured as the B-side.[3]
The regular 7" single featured an edited version of the title track with a playing time of 03:39; this version was identical to the one found on the b-side of the "Kayleigh" 7" single. No other versions were officially released. However, a 12" promo was sent out to radio stations which featured the extended version (5:45) (originally released on the 12" version of "Kayleigh") on side A and the edited version on side B. The extended version was also the one included on Brief Encounter.[4]
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Being a U.S.-only single, "Lady Nina" was not part of the collectors box-set released in July 2000 and was re-issued as a 3-CD set in 2009 (see The Singles '82–88'); however, both tracks of this single are included as they featured on the singles "Kayleigh" and "Heart of Lothian".
Track list
Side A
- "Lady Nina" 03:39 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley)
Side B
- "Heart of Lothian" 03:47 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley)
Personnel
- Fish – vocals
- Steve Rothery – guitars
- Mark Kelly – keyboards
- Pete Trewavas – bass
- Ian Mosley – drum machine programming
References
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- Steve 'h' Hogarth
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- Doug 'Rastus' Irvine
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- Diz Minnett
- Andy Ward
- John 'Martyr' Marter
- Jonathan Mover
- 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)
- An Hour Before It's Dark
- Brief Encounter
- B'Sides Themselves
- A Singles Collection
- The Best of Both Worlds
- The Best of Marillion
- The Singles '82–88'
- With Friends from the Orchestra
- Real to Reel
- The Thieving Magpie
- Made Again
- Unplugged at the Walls
- Front Row Club Issue 1
- Anorak in the UK
- Early Stages
- Live from Loreley
- Recital of the Script
- "Market Square Heroes"
- "He Knows You Know"
- "Garden Party"
- "Punch and Judy"
- "Assassing"
- "Kayleigh"
- "Lavender"
- "Heart of Lothian"
- "Lady Nina"
- "Welcome to the Garden Party"
- "Incommunicado"
- "Sugar Mice"
- "Warm Wet Circles"
- "Freaks (Live)"
- "Hooks in You"
- "The Uninvited Guest"
- "Easter"
- "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)"
- "Man of a Thousand Faces"
- "You're Gone"
- "Don't Hurt Yourself"
- "The Damage" (live)
- "Thankyou Whoever You Are"/"Most Toys"
- "Carol of the Bells"
- Marillion discography
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- Mark Wilkinson
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