"Thankyou Whoever You Are" and "Most Toys" are songs recorded by British neo-progressive rock band

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, '' Somewhere Else''. They were released on a double A-side single in the

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and in the

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in June

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. "Thankyou" is a slow, slightly orchestral ballad arranged in the band's trademark style. In stark contrast, "Most Toys" is simple, rocky and fast, with an anti- consumerism message. It has a running time of 2:49, one of the band's shortest recordings to date, along with the musically similar "

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) featuring different exclusive tracks each (including two non-album tracks), with the second A-side "Most Toys" only being available on two of them. In addition, live versions of both tracks were included in an

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download. The single spent one week in the

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, reaching number 15 on 23 June 2007. This makes it the band's second biggest success in the two decades since the release of "

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", " Lavender", and "Incommunicado", had not made the top ten there. The DVD format contains an audio version of the

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" recorded live on an evening of

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s during a 2007 fanclub convention in the

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holiday resort of Port Zelande, Ouddorp, Netherlands, in early February 2007. In total, "Thankyou Whoever You Are" marks Marillion's 35th and, as of 2013, last physical or digital single containing original material.In December 2013, the band released a version of the

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For the three studio albums released since then, individual tracks have been used for promotional purposes (

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, radio airplay) but have not been made available for purchase.

Track list

Two-track CD single

# "Thankyou Whoever You Are" (Edit) — 4:06 original version from '' Somewhere Else'' # "Say The Word" — 5:14 non-album track

Four-track CD single

# "Thankyou Whoever You Are" (Edit) — 4:06 # "Most Toys" — 2:49 from ''Somewhere Else'' # "Circular Ride" — 3:54 non-album track # "The Wound (Live)" — 7:14 original version from ''Somewhere Else''

DVD single

# "Thankyou Whoever You Are" (Edit) — 4:06 # "Most Toys" — 2:49 # "Toxic" (Live) — 4:49 # "Thankyou Whoever You Are" (Live Video) — 4:57 # "Most Toys" (Live Video) — 2:57

iTunes download

# "Thankyou Whoever You Are" (Live) # "Most Toys" (Live) All tracks written by Marillion (Hogarth, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas, Mosley), except "Toxic", written by Cathy Dennis,

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, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg.

External links

2007 discography on Marillion.comLive video for "Thankyou Whoever You Are"
on Marillion's official

channel
Live video for "Most Toys"
on Marillion's official

channel

Personnel

* Steve Hogarth – vocals *

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–

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* Ian Mosley –

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* Steve Rothery –

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* Pete Trewavas –

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* Gary Good -

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* Dave Littlejohn -

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Chart positions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thankyou Whoever You Are Marillion songs 2007 singles 2007 songs Songs written by Steve Hogarth Songs written by Steve Rothery Songs written by Mark Kelly (keyboardist) Songs written by Pete Trewavas Songs written by Ian Mosley