Sad Affair

~ Recording by Simple Minds

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Sad Affair2:45Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
  • GB1979-05-05
Zoom Records (Scottish label)ZUTC 1
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
  • GB1979-05-05
Zoom Records (Scottish label)ZULP 1
1.3Sad Affair2:47Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VMC 6
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VM 6
1.3Sad Affair2:47Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)OVEDC 95
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)OVED 95
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VMCD 6
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDVM 2243
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a Day / Real to Real Cacophony / Empires and DanceSimple MindsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)TPAK 2
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife In a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0777 7 86030 2 3, V2 86030
1.3Sad Affair2:45Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
DiskyVI 646432
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 13007 2 5, 7243 813007 25, PM502, SIMCDX1
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbum
  • GB2003-01-06
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)SIMCD 1
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsX5Simple MindsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-02-20
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)SMBOX2
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsThe Vinyl Collection (79, 84) (remastered vinyl box set)Simple MindsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-10-30
Universal UMC
1.3Sad Affair2:46Simple MindsLife in a DaySimple MindsAlbumVirgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)

Relationships

engineer and producer:John Leckie
bass guitar:Derek Forbes
drums (drum set) and percussion:Brian McGee (UK drummer)
guitar:Charlie Burchill
keyboard:Michael MacNeil
lead vocals:Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds)
vocals:Charlie Burchill
Derek Forbes
Michael MacNeil
Brian McGee (UK drummer)
arranger:John Leckie
Simple Minds (Scottish rock band)
recorded at:Farmyard Studios in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1979-01)
mixed at:The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1979-03-01)
recording of:Sad Affair

Sad Affair

lyricist and composer:Charlie Burchill
Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds)
publisher:EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (from 1979 until 2007)
Hornall Music (limited company) (from 2008 until 2014)
JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd (Bucks Music Group) (from 2008 until 2014)
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation) (from 2015 to present)