The Beautiful South were a British pop group formed in 1989, from the ashes of Hull, England group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by Sean Welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton.
In The Beautiful South, Heaton shared the lead singer's role with Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists. Read Full BioThe Beautiful South were a British pop group formed in 1989, from the ashes of Hull, England group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by Sean Welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton.
In The Beautiful South, Heaton shared the lead singer's role with Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists. This set-up helped to characterise the bittersweet kitchen sink dramas played out in Heaton's often-barbed songs.
The band's music might sound like bubbly, catchy, lightweight pop but Heaton's sour, savage and amusing worldview on everything and anything (alcoholism, religion, sex, politics and, mostly, the down side of relationships) is always lurking beneath the surface of the quirky melodies. The tastes and smells of the local pub are never far away either, with the band gaining a reputation for boozing. The band's first album was Welcome to the Beautiful South (1989) and spawned the hits Song For Whoever and You Keep It All In. The release of 1990's Choke album saw the band claim its only Number 1 hit to date, A Little Time. 0898 followed in 1992, with hits including Old Red Eyes Is Back.
In 1994, after Corrigan quit the band when she saw Paul's lyrics for the forthcoming album Miaow, St Helens supermarket shelf-stacker, Jacqui Abbott, was brought on board to fill in. Heaton had heard her sing at an after show party in St Helens and remembered her vocal talents.
Jacqui's first album with the band was Miaow in 1994. Hits included Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud) and a cover of Fred Neil's Everybody's Talking, previously popularised by Harry Nilsson. The end of that year saw the release of Carry on up the Charts, a "best of" compilation consisting of the singles to date plus new track One Last Love Song. The album was massively successful and it is said that 1 in 7 homes in the UK owns a copy.
Blue Is the Colour (1996), Quench (1998) and Painting It Red (2000) followed with varying success. Jacqui also quit the band in 2000. After a second Greatest Hits album Solid Bronze in 2001, they recorded Gaze in 2003 with yet another female vocalist, Alison 'Lady' Wheeler. Wheeler was still in place for 2004's Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs, an album of unusually arranged cover versions including Livin' Thing, You're The One That I Want, Don't Fear The Reaper and I'm Stone In Love With You. In 2006 the band released their tenth studio album, Superbi.
The band broke up in January 2007, releasing the statement: "The Beautiful South have split up due to musical similarities. The band would like to thank everyone for their 19 wonderful years in music."
Former members of the group have since played Beautiful South songs together as 'New Beautiful South' and more recently 'The South'.
In 2007, Mercury Records released Soup: The Best of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, a compilation album containing 7 hit singles by The Housemartins ("The Housemartins Condensed") and 15 tracks The Beautiful South ("Cream of The Beautiful South").
In The Beautiful South, Heaton shared the lead singer's role with Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists. Read Full BioThe Beautiful South were a British pop group formed in 1989, from the ashes of Hull, England group The Housemartins. The band was put together by lead singer, Paul Heaton, and drummer, Dave Hemingway. They were joined by Sean Welch (Bass), Dave Stead (Drums) and Dave Rotheray (Guitar). Rotheray also co-writes the songs with Heaton.
In The Beautiful South, Heaton shared the lead singer's role with Hemingway and female singer Briana Corrigan to create a trio of lead vocalists. This set-up helped to characterise the bittersweet kitchen sink dramas played out in Heaton's often-barbed songs.
The band's music might sound like bubbly, catchy, lightweight pop but Heaton's sour, savage and amusing worldview on everything and anything (alcoholism, religion, sex, politics and, mostly, the down side of relationships) is always lurking beneath the surface of the quirky melodies. The tastes and smells of the local pub are never far away either, with the band gaining a reputation for boozing. The band's first album was Welcome to the Beautiful South (1989) and spawned the hits Song For Whoever and You Keep It All In. The release of 1990's Choke album saw the band claim its only Number 1 hit to date, A Little Time. 0898 followed in 1992, with hits including Old Red Eyes Is Back.
In 1994, after Corrigan quit the band when she saw Paul's lyrics for the forthcoming album Miaow, St Helens supermarket shelf-stacker, Jacqui Abbott, was brought on board to fill in. Heaton had heard her sing at an after show party in St Helens and remembered her vocal talents.
Jacqui's first album with the band was Miaow in 1994. Hits included Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud) and a cover of Fred Neil's Everybody's Talking, previously popularised by Harry Nilsson. The end of that year saw the release of Carry on up the Charts, a "best of" compilation consisting of the singles to date plus new track One Last Love Song. The album was massively successful and it is said that 1 in 7 homes in the UK owns a copy.
Blue Is the Colour (1996), Quench (1998) and Painting It Red (2000) followed with varying success. Jacqui also quit the band in 2000. After a second Greatest Hits album Solid Bronze in 2001, they recorded Gaze in 2003 with yet another female vocalist, Alison 'Lady' Wheeler. Wheeler was still in place for 2004's Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs, an album of unusually arranged cover versions including Livin' Thing, You're The One That I Want, Don't Fear The Reaper and I'm Stone In Love With You. In 2006 the band released their tenth studio album, Superbi.
The band broke up in January 2007, releasing the statement: "The Beautiful South have split up due to musical similarities. The band would like to thank everyone for their 19 wonderful years in music."
Former members of the group have since played Beautiful South songs together as 'New Beautiful South' and more recently 'The South'.
In 2007, Mercury Records released Soup: The Best of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, a compilation album containing 7 hit singles by The Housemartins ("The Housemartins Condensed") and 15 tracks The Beautiful South ("Cream of The Beautiful South").
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Song For Whoever
The Beautiful South Lyrics
I love you from the bottom, of my pencil case
I love you in the songs, I write and sing
Love you because, you put me in my rightful place
And I love the PRS cheques, that you bring
Cheap, never cheap
I'll sing you songs till you're asleep
When you've gone upstairs I'll creep
And write it all down, down, down, down
Oh Shirley, oh Deborah, oh Julie, oh Jane
I wrote so many songs about you
I forget your name, I forget your name
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too
I forget your name
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too
I forget your name
I love your from the bottom of my pencil case
I love the way you never ask me why
I love to write about each wrinkle on your face
And I love you 'till my fountain pen runs dry
Deep so deep, the number one I hope to reap
Depends upon the tears you weep, so cry, lovey cry, cry, cry, cry
Oh Cathy, oh Alison, oh Phillipa, oh Sue
You made me so much money, I wrote this song for you
I wrote this song for you
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too
I wrote this song for you
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too
Oh Cathy, oh Alison, oh Phillipa, oh Sue
You made me so much money, I wrote this song for you
I wrote this song for you
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too
I wrote this song for you
Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too
For you, for you
I wrote this song for you
I wrote this song for you
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DAVE ROTHERAY, PAUL HEATON
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Bris789
Just for a laugh, here's some alternative lyrics I wrote to this song, called 'Drink of Whatever.' An exact Parody of 'Song For Whoever'. Enjoy! I love you from the bottom, of my pint glass
I love you in the beers, I slurp and swig,
Love you because, you put me in my merry place
And I love the drunken nights, that you bring
Drink, oh drink
Iโll slurp you till I cannot think
But when I go for a pee it sure will stink
And piddle it all down, down, down, down
Oh cider, oh ale, oh craft, oh lager
I had so many drinks of you
I forget your name, I forget your name
J-D, Adnams, Aspalls, Strongbow, Tribute,
Jagerbombs, too
I forget your name
J-D, Adnams, Aspalls, Strongbow, Tribute,
Jagerbombs, too
I forget your name
I love you from the bottom of my pint glass
I love the way you never make me shy
I love to look at the wrinkles you put on my face
And I love you โtil my hang-over runs dry
Drink oh drink, all the shots I hope to sink
Depends upon the wine you sip, so slurp, lovey, slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp
Oh Adnams, oh Strongbow, oh Aspalls, oh beer
You made me so drunk, I drank this pint
for you
I drank this pint for you
J-D, Adnams, Pheonix, Sunbeams, Dansberg Abbeydale, too
I drank this pint for you
Merrydown, Strongbow, Bulmers, Blackthorn, Scrumpy, Westons too
Oh Curve, Oh Crickerters, oh Issacs, oh Revs
You made me so drunk, I drank this pint for
you
I drank this pint for you
Cider, Lager, Jagerbombs, Bacardi, Rum, Real Ale, too
I drank this pint for you
Cider, Lager, Jagerbombs, Bacardi, Rum, Real Ale, too
For you, for you
I drank this pint for you
I drank this pint for you
Kenza Hj
Could be you(title)
I send you this postcard to tell you where I am (old fashioned way)
Do you wanna join me?
I'm waiting for you to come
So many thoughts just about you
I only think of you.
There's only you on my mind.
Cannot see someone else.
How do you feel about this?
Is there a "you and I"
Or I just have to give up?
I really need to know.
Please answer me( x2)
My heart is in pain and you blow my mind.
Can you feel what I'm feeling or just even try... I
Can you tell me the truth?
Oh got no names to give
I send you this postcard to tell you I'm leaving oohhoo
You didn't answer the first one,
I wonder why I'm sending another one
There may be no reason.
Why always searching a reason for everything?
I just want to write you. Don't need to know more(x2) ooohh
Debbie R
I dedicate this song to my ex who passed away last year. . Two beautiful children I had with such a lovely man. He loved this song
Love and light to everybody
Namaste
Michael McCreery
Music fantastic for memories and comfort keep enjoying
Alan Stevenson-Graham
So sorry for your loss
L W
Who else gets a little smile listening to this
Jon Gibirdi
Me. Are you still smiling. Who are you. I need to know
Alan Stevenson-Graham
Me
Sir TokesAlot
Every time
Planet x surveillance. Dink Williams.
I was smilingly when I read this. Thanks
David Hubbert
I'm there wonderful band.
Kamrul Hassan
Very talented but unfortunately under rated group ! Every song of their is #1 hit in my chart !