"Travellers Tune" 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 ...

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singer

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provides additional vocals on the track. The song was released on 25 August 1997 as the second single from the band's third studio album, ''

Marchin' Already ''Marchin' Already'' is the third album by Ocean Colour Scene. The album was a follow-up to the successful ''Moseley Shoals'', and is in a similar style. The songs were taken from the band's catalogue that they had built up since forming severa ...

'' (1997), and reached number five on the

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Track listings

UK CD single # "Travellers Tune" # "Song for the Front Row" # "On the Way Home" # "All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes" UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Travellers Tune" # "Song for the Front Row" Japanese mini-album # "Travellers Tune" # "Song for the Front Row" # "On the Way Home" # "All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes" # "The Faces Smiles Back Easily" # "Chicken Bones and Stones"

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the ''

'' album booklet. *

– writing, production, recording, mixing, engineering **

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, guitar **

Steve Cradock Stephen "Steve" Cradock (born 22 August 1969 in Solihull) is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock also plays the guitar in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo reco ...

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

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 *

– additional vocals * Brendan Lynch – production, recording, mixing, engineering * Martyn "Max" Heyes – production, engineering

Charts

Release history

References

* {{Authority control Ocean Colour Scene songs 1997 singles 1997 songs MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Brendan Lynch (music producer) Universal Music Japan singles