Kayleigh
| Kayleigh | |
|---|---|
| Marillion | |
| publication | April 7, 1985 |
| length | 3:33 |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| text | Fish |
| music | Mark Kelly , Ian Mosley , Steve Rothery , Pete Trewavas |
| album | Misplaced Childhood |
Kayleigh is a rock ballad by the British rock band Marillion from 1985. The song reached number two on the British charts.
background
The piece was recorded in the Hansa recording studios in Berlin from March to May 1985. Singer Fish said of Kayleigh it was a way of saying sorry:
'Kayleigh' was a way of saying sorry. I had a lot of relationships that basically I'd wrecked because I was obsessed with the career and where I wanted to go. I was very, very selfish and I just wanted to be the famous singer but I was starting to become aware of the sacrifices that I was making, and I think that Kay was one of those sacrifices.
The song is not about one person, but about three or four different people:
'Kayleigh' was not just about one person; it was about three or four different people. The 'stilettos in the snow' was something that happened in Galashiels , when I can remember we were both really drunk and, you know, dancing under a street light, and 'dawn escapes from moonwashed college halls' was part of the Cambridge thing.
Then there was a lot of pressure because the people wanted Kayleigh, Part II .
The video was also produced in West Berlin and shows, among other things, the Charlottenburg Palace , the Spree with the historic quay on Kreuzberg's Groebenufer as well as the Berlin Wall and the Heinrich-Heine-Straße crossing . Tamara Nowy, who was working in a Berlin nightclub at the time, plays in the video. Fish married Tamara in 1987 and divorced in 2001. Their daughter is Tara Rowena.
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
7th (18 weeks) | 18th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
19th (6 weeks) | 6th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
2 (14 weeks) | 14th |
 United States (Billboard)
|
74 (8 weeks) | 8th |