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February '89. The Music Farm. The days were spent jamming in the studio and drinking fresh coffee in the lounge next door. On one such afternoon I was wrestling with the cafetiere plunger when I heard that guitar riff coming through the wall. I was perusing a fax from the ever-creative
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The b-side featured the predominantly acoustic ballad "After Me", which would also appear as a bonus track on the CD version of
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A music video was released for this single, featuring the band performing the song before a crowd at the
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sound. In the liner notes of Marillion's 1992 compilation album
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in the US), Steve Hogarth discussed how the song came about:
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Written as a single, "Hooks in You" is a departure from the
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and the band's twelfth consecutive top 40 hit since 1983.
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7 September 1989 Marillion performed the single at the
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Index


Single
Marillion
Seasons End
UK
Genre
Hard rock
pop rock
Label
EMI
Songwriter(s)
John Helmer
Steve Hogarth
Mark Kelly
Ian Mosley
Steve Rothery
Pete Trewavas
Producer(s)
Nick Davis
Marillion
Freaks (live)
The Uninvited Guest
file
help
Marillion
Seasons End
Steve Hogarth
Fish
UK Singles Chart
Top of the Pops

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