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"Ballerina (Prima Donna)" is a single by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released as a non-album single in 1983. ==Background== "Ballerina (Prima Donna)" was written and produced by British songwriter/musician/producer Mike Batt, a friend of Harley, who then recorded the song as a non-album single. Although the single's sleeve lists Harley's name alone, the vinyl itself credits the song to Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. The song peaked at #51 in the UK for a total of six weeks, after originally debuting at #91 in early August 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Charts Company - Ballerina (Prima Donna) by Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel Search )〕 The song was recorded in the spring of 1983 at Lansdowne & Abbey Road Studios. Around the time of the single's release, Harley appeared for an interview on the TV show Scotland Today, where the interviewer asked ''"What is "Ballerina (Prima Donna)", what made you come back to the music scene?" ''Harley replied ''"Well, there's probably a lot of reasons. I never really left it. I've been very busy, I just haven't toured much, or released many records, because I don't want to be known for putting out a string of flops."'' The interviewed continued ''"Well, you have written quite a few you haven't released, why was that?"'' Harley stated ''"You have to wait for the right time. I'd like to think that I have some degree of integrity, I don't need to jump on bandwagons and release lots of them, just to try and get success for successes' sake. I have to wait for the right song."'' During the appearance on the show, the interview noted ''"I'm interested to see that you used to write and produce your own songs. This one is written by Mike Batt of Wombles fame, doesn't sound like your usual style?" ''Harley replied ''"No, I still obviously write nearly everything I record, but Mike wrote this song, came to me and my record company and said 'I've got this for Steve, I've known him a few years, never working with him though', and he sang it. And when he sang it to me on the piano, he's a very talented boy Mike Batt, and he sang it like me, and I fell for it. I couldn't help it, and so we recorded it yeah." ''Finally, Harley was asked ''"Will you be coming back with a tour?"'' Harley replied ''"Well we're doing the Reading Festival at the end of August, and when "Ballerina" is in the Top 10 then I can get all around the country again."'' The interviewer concluded ''"Well we'll hope that's not too long."''〔 On Harley's official website, a diary entry dating 31 January 2013 spoke of the song being rehearsed for possible live performances by the Harley and his current touring band. In the entry, Harley also described the song, stating ''"We're rehearsing "Ballerina (Prima Donna)" – I actually agree that it's a bit cheesey, but we've had lots of requests for it, all from women, to be honest. It has a bitter, accusing air, written by my good mate Mike Batt at a time of low self-esteem (wouldn't have lasted long!), but maybe we can give it a one-off night out at Buxton, then shelve it again."'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ballerina (Prima Donna)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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