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"Promised You A Miracle" is a 1982 song by Simple Minds and was released as the first single from their fifth studio album ''New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)''. It is most notable for being the band's first successful chart hit in the UK,〔''Glittering Prize 81/92'' Cassette Sleeve Notes by Brian Hogg, 1992〕 reaching #13 in the UK Singles Chart and charting for 11 weeks.〔 Their previous 9 UK singles yielded no Top 40 hits in that country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Glittering Prize )〕 It was the only song on the album that included Kenny Hyslop as the studio session drummer.〔''New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)'' Sleeve Credits, 1982〕 Mike Ogletree and Mel Gaynor contributed for the other eight tracks. The song triggered a prolonged period of commercial success for the band, during which they yielded 21 original UK hit singles in a row, up to and including 1998's "Glitterball" from the album ''Neapolis''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Simple Minds Singles )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Simple Minds Hits )〕 It also enabled them to make their debut on the British music television show Top of the Pops.〔''The Best of Simple Minds'' CD Sleeve Notes by Billy Sloan, 2001〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Promised You A Miracle )〕 A live version from the album ''Live in the City of Light'' was released in 1987. == Style == "Promised You A Miracle" is a dance track which is driven by a combination of "deep electronic beats"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Allmusic - New Gold Dream )〕 from the keyboards of Mick MacNeil and a "deft hook line and riff"〔 courtesy of Charlie Burchill's guitar play. It was considered by Jim Kerr to be the first "pure pop" song written by the band, as their first attempt to craft a song specifically for radio listeners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Quotes )〕 The song is considered to be a bridging point between the atmospheric and "echo-laden"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Allmusic - Early Gold )〕 New wave sound of ''Sons and Fascination'' and the stadium pop-rock of the band's later years, due to the clean, crisp production of the band's new producer Peter Walsh, which Allmusic notes gives it a "brash pop edge".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Allmusic - Promised You A Miracle )〕 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「Promised You a Miracle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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