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"Save Me" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in 1990 as a single from their compilation album Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits. The song was written by Stuart Adamson and produced by Tim Palmer. It reached number 41 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for three weeks. [2]
In a 1990 interview with Melody Maker, Adamson described "Peace in Our Time" as a "very Sixties feel protest song, naive but I did it anyway." [3] He added in an interview with Sounds, "I do feel music can be more than a three-minute adrenaline rush, but there's a great danger in viewing a song with too much weight.
Big Country's first single was "Harvest Home", recorded and released in 1982. [1]It was a modest success, although it did not reach the UK Singles Chart. [3] Their next single was 1983's "Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)", which reached the UK's Top Ten and was followed by the album The Crossing. [3]
"Broken Heart" originated with the track "The Longest Day" which Big Country recorded around 1985 but did not release. Adamson later took the chorus and melody from "The Longest Day" and incorporated it into "Broken Heart". "The Longest Day" was not released until it was included on the 1989 single release of "Peace in Our Time". [3]
He commented, "Here Big Country varies its straight-ahead driving sound with a softer beginning before kicking into overdrive. The lyric is a dark picture about human despair." [ 10 ] Christi Conover of The Daily Herald commented: "...when things slow down for the song 'Ships', the listener discovers a beautiful utilization of piano and keyboards."
"In a Big Country" was covered by American alternative rock band American Authors. The song was recorded by the band for the 2014 single "In a Big Country / You Make My Dreams Come True", with American alternative rock band The Mowgli's. The single was released by Island Def Jam on vinyl on 19 April 2014 as a Record Store Day release.
Where the Rose is Sown is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, [2] which was released in 1984 as the second single from their second studio album Steeltown. It was written by Big Country and produced by Steve Lillywhite. [3] "Where the Rose Is Sown" peaked at No. 29 in the UK and No. 25 in Ireland. [4] [5]
"Fragile Thing" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in August 1999 as the lead single from their eighth studio album Driving to Damascus. It was written by Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, and produced by Rafe McKenna and Big Country.