The Whole Of The Moon by the Waterboys

#161: The Whole Of The Moon by the Waterboys

City: Ottawa, ON
Radio Station: CFRA
Peak Month: April 1986
Peak Position in Ottawa ~ #10
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Australian Singles chart ~ #12
Peak Position on Dutch Singles chart ~ #19
Peak Position on New Zealand Singles chart ~ #19
YouTube: “The Whole Of The Moon
Lyrics: “The Whole Of The Moon

The Waterboys were formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. He was born in 1958 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott was interested in music from an early age. At the age of ten, he was turned onto pop music from hearing hits in the UK by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. At age 12, after the family had moved to Ayr, he began a serious interest in learning guitar. He later studied the poetry of Irish poet William Butler Yeats, and Scottish poets Robert Burns and George MacDonald in university. Lines from their poetry was worked into arrangements in some of the songs Mike Scott later composed on albums for The Waterboys. In 1978, Scott formed a punk band called The Bootlegs. By 1979, the band morphed into Another Pretty Face and released an album and four singles. New Musical Express (NME) reviewed their single All the Boys Love Carrie”. Mike Scott was also with DNV who in 1979 released the single “Death In Venice”. Meanwhile, Another Pretty Face changed their name to Fun House in 1981. But by the end of the year, Scott was underwhelmed by Fun House and began writing songs that would become tracks for The Waterboys self-titled album release in 1983.
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