Big Area

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"Big Area"
Single by Then Jerico
from the album The Big Area
Released16 January 1989
GenrePop rock, alternative rock, new wave
Length4:46
LabelLondon Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Mark Shaw
  • Jasper Stainthorpe
  • Steve Wren
  • Scott Taylor
  • Rob Downes
  • Alex Mungo
Producer(s)Gary Langan
Then Jerico singles chronology
"Muscle Deep"
(1987)
"Big Area"
(1989)
"What Does It Take"
(1989)

"Big Area" is a song by English rock band Then Jerico, released on 16 January 1989 as the first single from their second studio album, The Big Area.[1] The song was their biggest UK hit, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1989.[2] It featured on the soundtrack to the 1989 film Slipstream.

Critical reception

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Upon its release, Jerry Smith of Music Week called it an "anthemic track" that "sounds promising in a blusteringly catchy sort of way".[3]

Track listing

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12" single[4]

A. "Big Area" (12" Mix)
B1. "The Big Sweep" (Dance Mix)
B2. "The Motive" (USA Mix)

References

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  1. ^ Robin Smith, ed. (12 January 1985). "News: Big Big Big". Record Mirror. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ ""Big Area" by Then Jericho". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ^ Smith, Jerry (21 January 1989). "A&R: Singles". Music Week. p. 37. ISSN 0265-1548.
  4. ^ "Then Jerico - Big Area (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 September 2013.



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