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"The Whole of the Moon" is a song by Scottish band the Waterboys, released as a single from their album This Is the Sea in October 1985. It is a classic of the band's repertoire and has been consistently played at live shows ever since its release. Written and produced by Mike Scott, the subject of the song has inspired some speculation.
The single was not a big success when initially released in 1985, only making the lower ends of the chart, although it reached No. 12 on the Australian chart. Subsequently, it became one of the Waterboys' best-known songs and their most commercially successful. It was the Ivor Novello Award winner "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" in 1992. Upon its re-release in March 1991, it reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom.
"The Whole of the Moon" remains one of the Waterboys' most famous and most financially successful songs. Scott said of the song's durability, "I guess it has timelessness in its sound and I know the lyrics mean a lot to people. If a lyric was true when it was written, it'll be true today. 'The Whole of the Moon' still means a lot to me and it's one of my old songs that I never tire of hearing or performing."
On its release in 1985, Roger Morton of Record Mirror noted how the four tracks on the 12-inch single "draw out the drama in Scott's barnstorming pop poetry to raging effect" and "should bring water to both your eyes and your mouth". He considered Scott to sound "like a cross between" Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens. Jerry Smith of Music Week praised "The Whole of the Moon" as a "memorable number" which "should give them their first big hit". Richard Bryson of the Suffolk & Essex Free Press described the song as "curiously appealing". He noted its commercial potential, but added "there is also something a little elusive at the core of this record". In a review of the 1991 re-issue, Paul Lester, writing for Melody Maker, praised it as "the greatest single of October 1985".
The song's music video was directed by Meiert Avis for Midnight Films. It was shot at the Lyceum Theatre, London in November 1985. Scott sings live over an amended version of the record, on which fiddle and acoustic guitar were added at Wessex Studios, London. Lu Edmonds of Public Image Ltd. mimes the bass in the video. Steve Wickham, who joined the Waterboys shortly after the release of This Is the Sea, recorded his fiddle part in order to have a "genuine part" in the music video. The video achieved heavy action on Music Box and breakout rotation on MTV.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_of_the_Moon

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