"The Circle" is a song by English rock band

Ocean Colour Scene Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Solihull in 1989. They have had five top 10 albums including a number one in 1997. They have also achieved seventeen top 40 singles and six top 10 sin ...

, released on 16 September 1996 as the fourth single form their second studio album, ''

Moseley Shoals ''Moseley Shoals'' is the second album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene which was released during the Britpop era. The album reached #2 in the UK charts, and amassed 92 weeks on chart, making it the band's most successful album in t ...

'' (1996). The song reached number six on the

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the same month. Like the previous single, this single was also released as an acoustic alternative on a second CD with additional

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Track listings

UK CD1 # "The Circle" # "Mrs Jones" # "Cool Cool Water" # "Top of the World" UK CD2 # "The Circle" (acoustic) # "Chelsea Walk" # "Alibis" # "

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" (featuring

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and

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) UK cassette single # "The Circle" # "Day Tripper"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''

'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded and mixed at Moseley Shoals (Birmingham, England) * Mastered at the Powerplant (London, England) Personnel *

– writing, production **

Simon Fowler Simon Geoffrey Fowler (born 25 May 1965 in Meriden, Warwickshire) is an English singer and acoustic guitarist, best known as the frontman of Ocean Colour Scene. The Fanatics Simon Fowler commenced his music career as the lead singer and songwr ...

– vocals, acoustic guitar ** Steve Cradock – guitar, piano, vocals **

Oscar Harrison Oscar Lloyd Harrison (born 18 April 1965 in Birmingham) is a British musician who currently plays drums with Birmingham-based Ocean Colour Scene and the British ska band The Beat. He also plays piano and bass guitar, and occasionally sings le ...

– drums, piano, vocals ** Damon Minchella – bass guitar *

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– guitar * Brendan Lynch – production * Martin Heyes – engineering * Tony Keach – assistant engineering * Tim Young – mastering

Charts

References

External links

* 1996 ''

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magazine review of ''Moseley Shoals''
* Ocean Colour Scen
official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Circle, The Ocean Colour Scene songs 1996 singles 1996 songs MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer) Songs written by Damon Minchella Songs written by Oscar Harrison Songs written by Simon Fowler Songs written by Steve Cradock