Warm Wet Circles is a song by the British

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. It was the third single from their fourth

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'', released on 26 October 1987. "Warm Wet Circles" peaked at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's 9th top-thirty hit in a row, and remained on the chart for four weeks. The

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featured footage of the band's concert at

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on 18 July 1987. The b-side is a live recording of "White Russian", another track from ''Clutching at Straws'' also made during the Loreley concert (see ''

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''). The 12" version additionally contains a version of "Incommunicado" from this concert. In

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, the single was published under the Spanish title "Círculos Húmedos y Cálidos". A CD replica of the single was also part of a collectors box-set released in July 2000 which contained Marillion's first twelve singles and was re-issued as a 3-CD set in 2009 (see ''

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'').

Track listing

7" single

Side A

#"Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30

Side B

#"White Russian" (Live)—06:14

7" Picture disc

#"Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30

Side B

#"White Russian" (Live)—06:14

12" Single/picture disc

Side A

#"Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30

Side B

#"White Russian" (Live)—06:14 #"Incommunicado" (Live)—05:23

5" CD Single

#"Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30 #"White Russian" (Live)—06:14 #"Incommunicado" (Live)—05:23 Total Time 15:57 All tracks written by Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley.

Personnel

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– vocals *

Steve Rothery Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician. He is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the British rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo the Wishing ...

- guitars *

Mark Kelly Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was electe ...

- keyboards *

Pete Trewavas Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959) is an English musician, known as the bassist of Marillion. He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist. Trewavas was born in Middlesbroug ...

- bass *

Ian Mosley Ian F. Mosley (born 16 June 1953, Paddington, London, England) is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, ''Fugazi'', released in 19 ...

- drums *

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- backing vocals on "Warm Wet Circles" * Cori Josias - backing vocals on "White Russian" and "Incommunicado"

References

{{Authority control Marillion songs 1987 singles Song recordings produced by Chris Kimsey 1987 songs EMI Records singles Songs written by Fish (singer) Songs written by Mark Kelly (keyboardist) Songs written by Ian Mosley Songs written by Pete Trewavas