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scar


composers
Composers: Kerr / Burchill / MacNeil / Forbes / McGee
Authors: Kerr
(Earlier sleeves simply state:- Lyrics: Kerr: Music: Simple Minds)


Written by: Burchill / Forbes / Kerr / MacNeil / McGee (Post 2012 credit)


publisher
© EMI Music Publishing Limited: (1979 - 2007)
© JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd / Hornall Music / EMI Music Publishing Ltd: (2008 - 2014)
© BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd / EMI Music Publishing Ltd: (2015 -)


background
Scar was one of a batch of new songs premiered during the band's Life In A Day tour, and it became a great opening track for the final part of the tour.

Whilst the melody and arrangement was kept, the lyrics were totally rewritten when the band recorded it for Real To Real Cacophony. (Although it was always known as Scar even when it had different lyrics.)

It became part of the main set for the subsequent tour and then disappeared from the running order.




lyrics
Travelling through,
Flashback to you.
Fire.
I see fire.
Sun in my eyes.
People in love,
Talk far too much.
Cities have lights,
Cities have lights.
Sun in my eyes.
Car passenger,
Fate at the wheel,
Quick kiss of death.
Car passenger,
Fate at the wheel,
Quick kiss of death.

Travelling through.
Cities have lights.
Cities have lights.
Car passenger.
Fire.
I see fire.



discography
Album Version (3:31)
Recorded and mixed: John Leckie
Arrangement: John Leckie and Simple Minds

Real To Real Cacophony LP Real To Real Cacophony MC Real To Real Cacophony LP (Virgin Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony MC (Virgin Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony LP (Virgin Budget Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony MC (Virgin Budget Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony CD Real To Real Cacophony Reissue CD Compact Collection Real To Real Cacophony Reissue CD Real To Real Cacophony Disky CD Original Gold compilation CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster Promo CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster Limited Edition CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster CD X5 Real To Real Cacophony Promo CD X5 The Vinyl Collection (79,84)



Live Version (23rd February 2012) (3:23)
Recorded: Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
Recorded by: Olivier Gerard
Mixed by: Olivier Gerard
Engineered by: Rudy Coclet
ISRC: GB01A1201410

5X5 Live Promo CD #1-1 5X5 Live Promo CD #2-1 5X5 Live 5X5 Live Irish Promo CD 5X5 Live LP 5X5 Live Export LP




live history
Life In A Day Tour: 1979
Real To Real Cacophony Tour: 1979-1980
5X5 Tour: 2012