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Wikipedia article
'Lady Nina' is a song by the British neo-progressive rock 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.
The song is about a sex worker. "Lady Nina" is the only Marillion song to use a drum machine throughout. The cover was designed by permanent Marillion collaborator Mark Wilkinson. The third European single from the 'Misplaced Childhood' album, "Heart of Lothian", featured as the B-side.
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'.http://marillion.ter-steege.com/pt1.txt
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 '8288'); 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
Category:1986 singles
Category:1985 songs
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Marillion songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Chris Kimsey
Category:Songs about prostitutes
Category:Songs written by Fish (singer)
Category:Songs written by Mark Kelly (keyboardist)
Category:Songs written by Ian Mosley
Category:Songs written by Pete Trewavas
Category:Songs written by Steve Rothery
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