Simply Red - Fairground (Official Video) "Fairground" is a 1995 single released by Simply Red from the album Life. Upgraded to HD in celebration of Life's 25th anniversary in 2020 on the 24th October! The new Simply Red album ‘Time’ is released on 26th May 2023. First single ‘Better With You’ out NOW! Pre-order the album here: https://simplyred.lnk.to/Time Tickets for the Simply Red Summer ’23 European Tour are available now! Get yours at http://www.simplyred.com/ Subscribe to Simply Red: null Watch Simply Red Official Music Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w Follow Simply Red: https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ https://www.facebook.com/simplyred/ https://instagram.com/simplyredofficial https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyredofficial Lyrics Driving down an endless road Taking friends or moving alone Pleasure at the fairground on the way It's always friends that feel so good Let's make amends like all good men should Pleasure at the fairground on the way Walk around, be free and roam There's always someone leaving alone Pleasure at the fairground on the way And I love the thought of coming home to you Even if I know we can't make it Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you Just a little ray of light shining through Love can bend and breathe alone Until the end it finds you a home Don't care what the people may say It's always friends that feel so good Let's make amends like all good men should Pleasure at the fairground on the way And I love the thought of coming home to you Even if I know we can't make it Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you Just a little ray of light shining through And I love the thought of coming home to you Even if I know we can't make it Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you Just a little ray of light shining through Pleasure at the fairground on the way And I love the thought of coming home to you Even if I know we can't make it Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you Just a little ray of light shining through And I love the thought of coming home to you Even if I know we can't make it Yes, I love the thought of giving hope to you Just a little ray of light shining through Love the thought Even if I know we can't make it Love the thought The song makes extensive use of a sample of The Goodmen's "Give It Up". "Fairground" became Simply Red's first and only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, staying at the top for four weeks in September and October 1995. Life is the fifth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 1995. Due to this success, the album also made #1 on the UK album chart. It also included "We're in This Together", the official theme song for Euro '96. Simply Red have over a billion hits on YouTube, have sold over 60 million albums worldwide, 5 going to number one in the UK. Their 1991 classic Stars was the best-selling album for two years running in Britain and Europe. They have had two US Billboard chart toppers with classic singles Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now. Every Simply Red studio album has been a UK top ten (with previous release Big Love reaching number 4 in 2015). Hucknall has been the songwriter and bandleader since the beginning in 1985. #SimplyRed #Fairground #Life