{"product_id":"its-only-love-1-cd-simply-red-artist","title":"Simply Red – It’s Only Love CD | Holding Back the Years | If You Don’t Know Me by Now | Fairground | Stars | Mick Hucknall | Greatest Hits | New \u0026 Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eHolding Back the Years. \u003cstrong\u003eSimply Red — It’s Only Love\u003c\/strong\u003e CD. \u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive greatest hits collection from Simply Red and Mick Hucknall — gathering the biggest and most enduring singles from one of Britain’s most successful soul and pop acts including Holding Back the Years, If You Don’t Know Me by Now, Fairground, Stars, Something Got Me Started and Money’s Too Tight to Mention\u003c\/strong\u003e. Soul \/ blue-eyed soul \/ pop \/ R\u0026amp;B. EastWest \/ Warner. New \u0026amp; sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMost Searched Simply Red It’s Only Love Tracks\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHolding Back the Years\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most searched track on Simply Red It’s Only Love — UK number two and US number one in 1986 — the most searched Holding Back the Years chart fact — Simply Red’s first major hit and the song that established Mick Hucknall as one of the most distinctive soul vocalists of his generation — the most searched Holding Back the Years Simply Red breakthrough fact — written by Mick Hucknall and Neil Moss when Hucknall was a teenager — the most searched Holding Back the Years who wrote it question — the song reflects Hucknall’s difficult childhood and his feelings about his mother who left the family when he was three years old — the most searched Holding Back the Years meaning question — one of the most emotionally resonant British soul ballads of the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf You Don’t Know Me by Now\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most searched Simply Red cover on It’s Only Love — UK number two in March 1989 — the most searched If You Don’t Know Me by Now chart fact — a cover of the 1972 original by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass — the most searched If You Don’t Know Me by Now original artist question — Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ original reached US number three in 1972 — Mick Hucknall’s soul vocal gives the song a new emotional weight and warmth — one of the most celebrated cover versions of the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFairground\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most searched 1990s Simply Red hit on It’s Only Love — UK number one for four weeks in October 1995 — the most searched Fairground chart fact — Simply Red’s only UK number one single — the most searched Fairground Simply Red UK number one fact — built around a sample of Boney M’s 1978 track Painter Man — the most searched Fairground sample question — the combination of Mick Hucknall’s soulful vocal with a pulsing dance production made Fairground one of the most unexpected and celebrated crossover hits of the mid-1990s — it dominated the UK charts throughout October and November 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStars\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most searched Simply Red album track elevated to anthem status on It’s Only Love — UK number eight in November 1991 — the most searched Stars Simply Red chart fact — the title track of Simply Red’s best-selling album Stars (1991) which spent over a year in the UK Albums Chart — the most searched Stars Simply Red album connection fact — one of the most uplifting and instantly recognisable Simply Red recordings — the Stars album sold over four million copies in the UK alone — the most searched Stars Simply Red sales fact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSomething Got Me Started\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most searched early 1990s Simply Red hit on It’s Only Love — UK number eleven in September 1991 — the most searched Something Got Me Started chart fact — a funk-infused soul pop track that opened the Stars album campaign and showcased Simply Red’s harder dance-oriented edge — one of Mick Hucknall’s most energetic and rhythmically driven vocal performances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMoney’s Too Tight to Mention\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most searched debut era Simply Red track on It’s Only Love — UK number thirteen in June 1985 — the most searched Money’s Too Tight to Mention chart fact — Simply Red’s debut single — the most searched Money’s Too Tight to Mention Simply Red debut single fact — a cover of the 1982 original by Valentine Brothers — the most searched Money’s Too Tight to Mention original artist question — an explicitly political song about the economic policies of the Reagan and Thatcher era — the most searched Money’s Too Tight to Mention meaning question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMost Searched Simply Red and Mick Hucknall Facts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFairground is Simply Red’s only UK number one single — UK number one for four weeks in October 1995 — built around a sample of Boney M’s Painter Man (1978) — the most searched Fairground fact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHolding Back the Years was written by Mick Hucknall as a teenager reflecting on his mother who left the family when he was three years old — the most searched Holding Back the Years meaning fact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf You Don’t Know Me by Now is a cover of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ 1972 original featuring Teddy Pendergrass — the most searched If You Don’t Know Me by Now original artist fact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stars album (1991) spent over a year in the UK Albums Chart and sold over four million copies in the UK alone — the most searched Stars Simply Red sales fact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoney’s Too Tight to Mention is a cover of the Valentine Brothers’ 1982 original and was Simply Red’s debut single in 1985 — the most searched Money’s Too Tight to Mention fact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMick Hucknall was born in Denton, Greater Manchester in 1960 and formed Simply Red in Manchester in 1985 — the most searched Mick Hucknall background fact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is Simply Red’s only UK number one?\u003c\/strong\u003e — Fairground — four weeks at number one in October 1995 — built on a sample of Boney M’s Painter Man — the most searched question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is Holding Back the Years about?\u003c\/strong\u003e — Written by Mick Hucknall as a teenager about his mother who left the family when he was three — the most searched question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWho originally recorded If You Don’t Know Me by Now?\u003c\/strong\u003e — Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass — US number three in 1972 — the most searched question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does Fairground sample?\u003c\/strong\u003e — Boney M’s Painter Man (1978) — the most searched question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWho originally recorded Money’s Too Tight to Mention?\u003c\/strong\u003e — The Valentine Brothers — in 1982 — an explicitly political song about Reagan and Thatcher era economics — the most searched question\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere is Mick Hucknall 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