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Street Fighting Years - MP3 Album

Belfast Child by Simple Minds (1989)

This was the first single from the politically-charged "Street Fighting Years" album released in 1989. It was a six-minute opus based on the traditional celtic folk song "She Moved Through The Fair". It was the band's first and only number-one hit single in the UK.

The song was released as part of the Ballad Of The Streets EP which also featured Mandela Day.

The Street Fighting Years album also reached No.1 in the UK album charts and received glowing praise, including a rare five-star review from Q magazine.