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Waltzing Along (Explicit)
Details
The song was remixed for the single and there are several versions of this video, the main difference being one has rabbits having sex and therefore a clean version was needed for daytime TV.
Waltzing Along (Clean)
Details
The song was remixed for the single and there are several versions of this video, the main difference being one has rabbits having sex and therefore a clean version was needed for daytime TV.
Waltzing Along (VHS)
Summary
One-track VHS video promo
Track List
Waltzing Along (radio edit)
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| Release Name: | Waltzing Along (VHS) |
| Artist Name: | James |
| Release Date: | 23rd June 1997 |
| Format: | Promo VHS |
| Catalogue: |
One-track VHS video promo
- Waltzing Along :1997
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- Waltzing Along Video
Long Live Tibet
Summary
A track donated to an album to raise awareness and funds for the Dala Lama in Tibet. The song was later used as a b-side on Runaground.
Track List
Egoiste
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| Release Name: | Long Live Tibet |
| Artist Name: | James |
| Release Date: | 23rd June 1997 |
| Format: | Compilation (non James) Album |
| Catalogue: | 2438 33140 2 |
A track donated to an album to raise awareness and funds for the Dala Lama in Tibet. The song was later used as a b-side on Runaground.
- Egoiste :1998
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- Compilation Appearance: Long Live Tibet
Where You Gonna Run?
Where You Gonna Run? is a b-side of the 1997 James single Waltzing Along. It also features on the 2001 B-Sides Ultra compilation.
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Instrumental
| Song: | Where You Gonna Run? |
| Released: | 23rd June 1997 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Waltzing Along |
| First Heard Live: | Never performed live |
- Waltzing Along :Studio, Single, 1997
- B-Sides Ultra (CDR promo) :Promo, Album, 2001
- B-Sides Ultra :Compilation, Album, 2001
- B-Sides Ultra (Thailand) :Studio, Album, 2001
- 1997 Singles & B-Sides :Compilation, Album, 2023
- Can't find any records of performances.
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Your Story
Your Story is a b-side of the 1997 James single Waltzing Along.
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I'm in search of a pilgrim twin
Only pilgrims enter in
Looking for some love, too blind
I don't mind
No, I don't mind
Every lover is the grail
I'm no knight, so I won't fail
Every night is just divine
Holy Grails are hard to find
No-one here makes me horny
No-one here makes me horny
Beware, beware
No-one gives their lives up for the highs of the cerebral
No-one makes me horny
No-one here makes me horny
Lover, we've just come through the ceiling
Kiss me then promise you'll stay
Lover, that's your essence I'm needing
I'll pay, I will pay
All these people to endure
I want more, I want it all
Heard about the hooker of the holy man
She was borne by God's right hand
Fuck me til I'm whole again
Fuck, I've lost my contact lens
Lover, will you kiss me forever
Strangers must move on and leave town
Life range from a soap to an opera
One down, one man down
No-one here makes me horny
No-one here makes me horny
Beware, beware, beware (repeat to end)
Only pilgrims enter in
Looking for some love, too blind
I don't mind
No, I don't mind
Every lover is the grail
I'm no knight, so I won't fail
Every night is just divine
Holy Grails are hard to find
No-one here makes me horny
No-one here makes me horny
Beware, beware
No-one gives their lives up for the highs of the cerebral
No-one makes me horny
No-one here makes me horny
Lover, we've just come through the ceiling
Kiss me then promise you'll stay
Lover, that's your essence I'm needing
I'll pay, I will pay
All these people to endure
I want more, I want it all
Heard about the hooker of the holy man
She was borne by God's right hand
Fuck me til I'm whole again
Fuck, I've lost my contact lens
Lover, will you kiss me forever
Strangers must move on and leave town
Life range from a soap to an opera
One down, one man down
No-one here makes me horny
No-one here makes me horny
Beware, beware, beware (repeat to end)
| Song: | Your Story |
| Released: | 23rd June 1997 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Waltzing Along |
| First Heard Live: | Never performed live |
- Waltzing Along :Studio, Single, 1997
- 1997 Singles & B-Sides :Compilation, Album, 2023
- Can't find any records of performances.
James - Your Story
Taken from the single Waltzing Along
Written and performed by James
Riff 1:
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B--8-8--5-----------------------------------------------
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Riff 2:
e--8h10p8-----------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
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D-------------------------------------------------------
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Song Structure:
As far as I can tell there are only two guitar parts in this song. Riff 1 occurs during the verse, Riff 2 occurs during the C and F chord part.
As for the chords, by James standards there's an entire plethora of them. Just look:
Lyrics/Chords:
A5
I'm in search of a pilgrim twin
Only pilgrims enter in
Looking for some love, too blind
I don't mind
No, I don't mind
Every lover is the grail
I'm no knight, so I won't fail
Every night is just divine
Holy grails are hard to find
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
You will
C
You will
Em C
No one gives their lives up for the highs of the cerebral
Em
No one makes me horny
F G
No one here makes me horny
C F
Lover, we've just come through the ceiling
C F
Kiss me then promise you'll stay
Am F
Lover, that's your esssence I'm needing
C F
I'll pay, I will pay
A5
All these people to endure
I want more, I want it all
Heard about the hooker of the holy man
She was borne by God's right hand
F*** me til I'm whole again
F***, I've lost my contact lens
C F
Lover, will you kiss me forever
C F
Strangers must move on and leave town
Am F
Life range from a soap to an opera
C F Em
One down, one man down
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
You will
C Em
You will
Transcribed by Alex Carter 2001.
alex@shandy3000.fsnet.co.uk
Taken from the single Waltzing Along
Written and performed by James
Riff 1:
e-------------------------------------------------------
B--8-8--5-----------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Riff 2:
e--8h10p8-----------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Song Structure:
As far as I can tell there are only two guitar parts in this song. Riff 1 occurs during the verse, Riff 2 occurs during the C and F chord part.
As for the chords, by James standards there's an entire plethora of them. Just look:
Lyrics/Chords:
A5
I'm in search of a pilgrim twin
Only pilgrims enter in
Looking for some love, too blind
I don't mind
No, I don't mind
Every lover is the grail
I'm no knight, so I won't fail
Every night is just divine
Holy grails are hard to find
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
You will
C
You will
Em C
No one gives their lives up for the highs of the cerebral
Em
No one makes me horny
F G
No one here makes me horny
C F
Lover, we've just come through the ceiling
C F
Kiss me then promise you'll stay
Am F
Lover, that's your esssence I'm needing
C F
I'll pay, I will pay
A5
All these people to endure
I want more, I want it all
Heard about the hooker of the holy man
She was borne by God's right hand
F*** me til I'm whole again
F***, I've lost my contact lens
C F
Lover, will you kiss me forever
C F
Strangers must move on and leave town
Am F
Life range from a soap to an opera
C F Em
One down, one man down
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
No one here makes me horny
C Em
You will
C Em
You will
Transcribed by Alex Carter 2001.
alex@shandy3000.fsnet.co.uk
Waltzing Along
Summary
Waltzing Along was the third single released from the Whiplash album. It reached 23 in the UK Singles Charts.
Track List
CD JIMDD 18 – Waltzing Along / Homeboy (live) / How Was It For You? (live) / Greenpeace (live)
CD JIMCD 18 – Waltzing Along / Your Story / Where You Gonna Run? / Long To Be Right
CD JIMED 18 – Waltzing Along / Waltzing Along (Disco Socks Mix) / Waltzing Along (Flytronix Mix)
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| Release Name: | Waltzing Along |
| Artist Name: | James |
| Release Date: | 23rd June 1997 |
| Format: | Studio Single |
| Catalogue: | CD JIMDD 18; CD JIMCD 18; CD JIMED 18 |
The release of Waltzing Along was originally timed to coincide with the end of the band’s US tour and their Glastonbury appearance. Tim’s injury which meant the curtailment of the US tour and the band joining the Lollapolooza travelling festival meant that the band would be out of the country for the single’s release.
The single was rerecorded to give the song a much harder and more commercial edge than the album version. As with the previous two singles there were 3 CDs released. The first featured live tracks recorded by the BBC at the band’s Shepherds Bush Empire in March including a rousing version of Homeboy with its extended opening section. The second CD featured three new tracks, the strident rude-lyriced Your Story, an instrumental Where You Gonna Run? and a falsetto-driven Long To Be Right. The third single once again featured remixes, this time a little more successful, by Flytronix and Midfield General. Artwork was once again designed by Blue Source with photography by Davies and Davies.
The video featured James in the Spanish desert, one by one hitchhiking and being picked up by a woman in an open top car. Mark plays an escaped convict chained to another prisoner who is the long lost brother of the policeman trying to recapture them.
With absolutely no promotion at all, the single, again given a £1.99 release, exceeded most expectations by entering the charts at number 23 and the song became a live favourite in James sets with crowds chanting along to the intro.
Reviews
NME
Time was when these merry Mancunian misfits could lay claim to being one of the most forward-looking groups in this country, with their weird take on rock music and an ascetic outlook that stuck out a while in times of much frippery. These days, James are more like Simple Minds than the Scottish stadium rockers themselves, if the hackneyed and plodding backing track here is to be taken seriously. Which is a pity as Tim Booth still sings like he’s got something of importance to impart – in the case a prayer for the dying. Oh well, there’s always the solo career.
Press Release
James: Waltzing Along Single Press Release June 1997
Following their chart-topping single ‘Tomorrow’ and a sell-out UK tour, James release a new single on 23rd June – ‘Waltzing Along’. It is a completely re-recorded version of the song from the band’s gold album ‘Whiplash’.
‘Waltzing Along’ is released on 3 CDs – CD1 contains 3 brand-new songs, ‘Your Story’, ‘Where You Gonna Run’ and ‘Long To Be Right’ as b-sides, whilst CD2 has live versions of ‘Homeboy’, ‘How Was It For You?’ and ‘Greenpeace’ recorded at the band’s sell-out show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in March this year. CD3 is the remix CD with Skint’s Midfield General chopping out the big beats and Flytronix smoothing the edges with mellow drum n bass.
‘Waltzing Along’ is produced by Stephen Hague with additional production and interference from Brian Eno and drummer, David Baynton-Power.
The full details of ‘Waltzing Along’ are:
- CD1 (JIMCD18)
- Waltzing Along (Single Version)
- Your Story
- Where You Gonna Run?
- Long To Be Right
- CD2 (JIMDD18)
- Waltzing Along (Single Version)
- Homeboy (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)
- How Was It For You? (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)
- Greenpeace (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)
- CD3 (JIMED 18)
- Waltzing Along (Single Version)
- Waltzing Along (Disco Socks Remix)
- Waltzing Along (Flytronix Remix)
‘Waltzing Along’ is released on 23rd June through Fontana. The top ten album ‘Whiplash’ is out now.
James tour America as part of the notorious Lollapolooza and return to the UK to play Reading Festival.
- Greenpeace :1997
- Homeboy :1997
- How Was It For You? :1990
- Long To Be Right :1997
- Waltzing Along :1997
- Where You Gonna Run? :1997
- Your Story :1997
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- Waltzing Along Artwork
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- Waltzing Along Outer Slipcase Front
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- Waltzing Along Outer Slipcase Sleeve Back
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- Waltzing Along CD1 Front Sleeve
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- Waltzing Along CD1 Back Sleeve
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- Waltzing Along CD1
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- Waltzing Along CD2 Front Sleeve
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- Waltzing Along CD2 Back Sleeve
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- Waltzing Along CD2
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- Waltzing Along CD3 Front Sleeve
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- Waltzing Along CD3 Back Sleeve
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- Waltzing Along CD3
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- Waltzing Along 12″ Promo
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- Waltzing Along Video
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- Waltzing Along Melody Maker Review
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- Advert: Waltzing Along
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- Waltzing Along Postcard
Long To Be Right
Long To Be Right is a b-side from the 1997 James single Waltzing Along.
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Hear my, my cry
Hear love go by
Don't cry, don't sigh
I long to be right
I long to be right
Hear love, I hear love
Come back dear, don't go
Don't go
I long to be right
I long to be right
I long to be right
True love
Don't fight your love
Hear sounds
Hear sounds
I long to be right
I long to be right
Hear love go by
Don't cry, don't sigh
I long to be right
I long to be right
Hear love, I hear love
Come back dear, don't go
Don't go
I long to be right
I long to be right
I long to be right
True love
Don't fight your love
Hear sounds
Hear sounds
I long to be right
I long to be right
| Song: | Long To Be Right |
| Released: | 23rd June 1997 |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | Waltzing Along |
| First Heard Live: | Never performed live |
- Waltzing Along :Studio, Single, 1997
- 1997 Singles & B-Sides :Compilation, Album, 2023
- Can't find any records of performances.
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Launch.com Biography
James are the Rodney Dangerfields of Brit-pop, er, make that British pop. They get no respect in America, even though they’ve been around longer than that catchy little nickname for popular music hailing from England. In fact, when the band’s stunning debut, the Village Fire EP, was issued in 1985, they were hailed by Morrissey of the Smiths, who were still together at the time. Since then, the Smiths have broken up; along came Pulp, Blur, and Oasis. Now the Chemical Brothers and Prodigy are all the rave, and most Americans still don’t know James from any other group of Limeys. That’s too bad, because for more than a decade James has been one of the most consistent British bands around, no matter what the fashion of the day.
Although the band’s recordings for Sire Records, Stutter and Strip-Mine, failed to live up to the promise of such early tracks as “Hymn From A Village,” James regained its footing on its 1990 effort, Gold Mother, which featured a new, expanded line-up that was seven members strong. Although the album was a hit in the UK, a U.S. version, simply titled James, merely spawned the modern rock semi-hit “Sit Down.”
The band continued to move in the right direction with 1992’s Seven, which contained another minor modern rock hit, “Born Of Frustration.” However, it wasn’t until its ranks were slimmed to six members and that it teamed with producer Brian Eno that James fully hit its stride. The collaboration with Eno resulted in two albums, 1993’s acoustic-leaning Laid and 1994’s improvisational Wah Wah. After singer Tim Booth’s collaboration with Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti, “Booth And The Bad Angel,” James resurfaced with Whiplash, another worthy effort.
Waltzing Along – Press Release
Following their chart-topping single ‘Tomorrow’ and a sell-out UK tour, James release a new single on 23rd June – ‘Waltzing Along’. It is a completely re-recorded version of the song from the band’s gold album ‘Whiplash’.
‘Waltzing Along’ is released on 3 CDs – CD1 contains 3 brand-new songs, ‘Your Story’, ‘Where You Gonna Run’ and ‘Long To Be Right’ as b-sides, whilst CD2 has live versions of ‘Homeboy’, ‘How Was It For You?’ and ‘Greenpeace’ recorded at the band’s sell-out show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in March this year. CD3 is the remix CD with Skint’s Midfield General chopping out the big beats and Flytronix smoothing the edges with mellow drum n bass.
‘Waltzing Along’ is produced by Stephen Hague with additional production and interference from Brian Eno and drummer, David Baynton-Power.
The full details of ‘Waltzing Along’ are :
CD1 (JIMCD18) – Waltzing Along (Single Version)
Your Story
Where You Gonna Run?
Long To Be Right
CD2 (JIMDD18) – Waltzing Along (Single Version)
Homeboy (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)
How Was It For You? (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)
Greenpeace (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)
CD3 (JIMED 18) – Waltzing Along (Single Version)
Waltzing Along (Disco Socks Remix)
Waltzing Along (Flytronix Remix)
‘Waltzing Along’ is released on 23rd June through Fontana. The top ten album ‘Whiplash’ is out now.
James tour America as part of the notorious Lollapolooza and return to the UK to play Reading Festival.
FHM Interview
Q. Would you lie on the ground if a bank robber told you to?
TB. Instantly. If he was just taking money, i would have no problem complying with his demands. If he was injuring somebody, it would be different, although I wouldn’t do anything that would be like committing suicide.
Q. Have you ever come a cropper while showing off in a car?
TB. I don’t know if I was showing off, but when I was 18 I was driving along with two passengers when we skidded on some black ice and ended up in a ditch. My mum’s car was a write-off. I think I’d had a drink beforehand.
Q. Have you ever fired a gun indoors?
TB. Yes. I fired a 2.2 air rifle at some birds outside when i was about eleven. But when i went out and saw the results i was so devastated that i threw them over the wall and hoped next door’s Alsatian would dispose of the evidence.
Q. Could you eat a raw egg?
TB. Yes I’ve had them in drinks. Thats a bit of a spit or swallow question. I don’t have that many odd foods in my diet. I ate crocodile a couple of years ago in America. It was like very chewy chicken – not very pleasant.
Q. Have you ever set yourself on fire when lighting a barbecue?
TB. No, but I have been set on fire. It was a Tibetan purification ritual. I was covered in alcohol and, then set alight for about ten seconds. I got burned, but the shock was the hardest part to deal with.
Q. Have you ever ended up in bed with someone whose name you didn’t know?
TB. No, but sometimes I’ve forgotten names of people I’ve slept with then been phoned up and reminded of the fact. Although I tend to be very conscious when I go to bed with someone, I do have a very bad memory.
Q. Have you ever been bitten by anything poisonous?
TB. About a month ago I was bitten by a spider in Glasgow. I’ve no idea what type it was but I found the spider on my bed in the morning and I had these five bites on my head. One of them still hasn’t gone down.
Q. Would you climb an 80 ft tree to rescue a kitten?
TB. No. I’d call the fire brigade – they get paid for it. I’d probably manage if it was 30 ft but I would get a bit shaky after that and start thinking that my life was more valuable than the kitten’s.
Q. Have you ever been out in the snow wearing just a T-shirt?
TB. No, but I’d do it if I was coming straight out of a sauna, like they do in Sweden. I like those extremes of heat and cold.
Q. Can you remember the last time you were rude to a policeman?
TB. I resisted arrest in Greece once. We’d gone naked on one of the beaches and the locals didn’t like it. The policemen said they were going to take us to prison, then deport us. So we legged it and jumped on a bus out of town.