Released February 99

Tracks:

1. Back Together (Remix) (3.56)
2. If You’ll Be Mine (acoustic version) (4.09) (#)
3. Sunshine (3.05) (*)
4. Hatesong (4.48) (*)
5. Like Before (3.50) (+)
6. C.F.C. (3.45) (+)

Catalogue Numbers:

Echocd1: ecscd73 (+)
Echocd2: ecscx73 (*)
Echo7”: ecs73 (#) (Transparent Vinyl)
Echo Promo Video: Echo
Echo Promo: 1 Track CDR in Printed inlay Sleeve)

Selected tracks

Babybird - If You'll Be Mine (acoustic version) [ 4:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Babybird - Like Before [ 3:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Babybird - Sunshine [ 3:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Press release:

This is probably the best babybird single yet…true.
Stephen Jones aka babybird has never released one of his many astonishingly beautiful ballads as a single, despite them being “bigger” than the steady stream of guitar pop singles. Perhaps it was the fear of rejection by radio with a “slowie” or more likely, the production and arrangement suggested more of an indie band release than an international hit. Enter Steve Lironi who has remixed and re-recorded most of Back Together, with a new vocal by Stephen. Without question this is the way forward for a songwriter and vocalist of Stephen’s cabibre. This can be a hit purely on the basis of airplay alone so the ball is in our court and we’re hitting it right back to you. Check the video, it is the longest xxxx ever seen on a promo vid. True. -SP.

Note:

One can regret that this version never made it to the album because it is no less than the greatest and most grievous balled Jones have ever penned – no less. Far away from any bedroom-recording amateurism, this is Babybird on the largest symphonic scale imaginable.

Back Together is a tale of lost love and separation with grandiose stings arrangement and a final that will leave you breathless – it’s that beautiful, really!. Probably the best single so far, how I would have loved a 5 track version.

CD1 includes a pretty disappointing version of ‘Hatesong’ (sounds like a live take in the studio – that doesn’t come close to the same energy this has in front of an audience) and CD2 covers I was Born a man’s ‘CFC’ – the same version found on the US version of Ugly Beautiful.

Lyrics

Put the car in reverse and come back to me.
Without you this house is a hearse without wheels.
You can’t work out which cringing, which cringing feels worse,
when I touch you like this,
on the place that it hurts,
on the place that it hurts,
on the place that it hurts,
on the place that it hurts,
on the place that it hurts.
Give me all that you have,
if you don’t I’ll steal it.
All the things that you’ve lost,
I can reel them in.
Now I’m falling apart every minute of every hour.
But you’re here, now put me back together again,
together again, together again.

When I don’t know where you are I feel lost.
You’re trail feels so warm,
but I’m covered in frost.
When I left in the morning she smelt so good.
The I whispered quite nicely, quite rightly
I can make you feel good
You can make me feel bad
I’ll never get you back
so you’ll never feel sad.

Give me all that you have,
if you don’t I will find it.
All the things that you’ve lost,
I can reel them in.
Now you’re falling apart every moment of every day.
You’re not here, don’t put me back together again, again, again, again, again.

Give me all that you have,
if you don’t I will steal it.
All the things that you’ve lost,
I can reel them in.
I’m falling apart every minute of every day.
But you’re here, now put me back together again, again, again.

All singles:

■ Cokeholes (2008) | ■ Lighter ‘n’ Spoon (2008) | ■ Too/Much/Dive (2006) | ■ Friend (2002) | ■ Double A EP (2000)  | ■ Out of Sight (2000) | ■ The F-Word (2000) | ■ Back Together (remix) (1999) | ■ If You’ll Be Mine (1998) | ■ Bad Old Man (1998) | ■ Cornershop (1997) | ■ Candy Girl (1997) | ■ You’re Gorgeous (1996) | ■ Goodnight (1996) | ■ Snake Caves / Lemonade Baby (1995) | ■ Larry Bright (Mortal Wombat) (1995)