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"Manchester" | ||||
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Single by The Beautiful South | ||||
from the album Superbi | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
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"Manchester" is a single by the British band The Beautiful South. It reached #41 in the UK charts. [1] The song also appeared on their album Superbi.
"Manchester" is a song about the city of Manchester in North West England, and its apparent notoriety for a rainy climate.
"Manchester" immortalised many towns and settlements in its lyrics:
"From
Northenden to
Partington it's rain
From
Altrincham to
Chadderton it's rain
From
Moss Side to
Swinton hardly
Spain
It's a picture postcard of 'wish they never came"
The video for this song was filmed in Collyhurst and features maisonettes that are no longer there and the famous Billy Green pub which closed in 2011 and was demolished a few years later. A number of the extras in the video were people who lived in the area.