The track features an unusual sliding bassline, and although played live by the band bassist Gary Johnson on many occasions, the bass in the original recording was played on a fretless bass by Landscape bassist Andy Pask, who also co-wrote the theme from The Bill.[1]
The lyrics of the song was inspired by images from World War I that lead vocalist and keyboardist Gary Daly had seen, while the title "Christian" was added when recording the song:
"The actual ‘Christian’ of the title was the name of a little boy, who was friends with a nephew of mine… I’d never heard of anyone having that name. And when recording the track in Strawberry South, Dorking with Pete Walsh producing, we had nothing happening in the middle eight. Pete asked if we had any ideas and I would have just sang “Christian” at the point where the music changes and it worked beautifully."
christian, song, christian, song, english, wave, band, china, crisis, released, single, from, their, debut, studio, album, difficult, shapes, passive, rhythms, some, people, think, entertain, 1982, band, first, major, success, singles, chart, peaking, number, . Christian is a song by English new wave band China Crisis It was released as a single from their debut studio album Difficult Shapes amp Passive Rhythms Some People Think It s Fun to Entertain 1982 and was the band s first major success on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number 12 in February 1983 Christian Single by China Crisisfrom the album Difficult Shapes amp Passive Rhythms Some People Think It s Fun to EntertainReleased3 January 1983 1983 01 03 StudioStrawberry South Dorking GenreNew waveLength5 37LabelVirginSongwriter s Gary Daly Eddie Lundon David ReillyProducer s Peter WalshChina Crisis singles chronology No More Blue Horizons Fool Fool Fool 1982 Christian 1983 Tragedy and Mystery 1983 The track features an unusual sliding bassline and although played live by the band bassist Gary Johnson on many occasions the bass in the original recording was played on a fretless bass by Landscape bassist Andy Pask who also co wrote the theme from The Bill 1 The lyrics of the song was inspired by images from World War I that lead vocalist and keyboardist Gary Daly had seen while the title Christian was added when recording the song The actual Christian of the title was the name of a little boy who was friends with a nephew of mine I d never heard of anyone having that name And when recording the track in Strawberry South Dorking with Pete Walsh producing we had nothing happening in the middle eight Pete asked if we had any ideas and I would have just sang Christian at the point where the music changes and it worked beautifully Gary Daly 2020 2 Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 7 Virgin VS 562 UK 1 2 12 Virgin VS 562 12 UK 2 References 3 External linksTrack listing edit7 Virgin VS 562 UK edit Side one Christian 4 10 Side two Greenacre Bay 3 51 Performing Seals 2 45 12 Virgin VS 562 12 UK edit Side one Christian 5 55 Side two Greenacre Bay 4 17 Performing Seals 2 45References edit CHINA CRISIS full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Officialcharts com 2016 01 04 Retrieved 2016 04 06 China Cris Interview The Electricity Club February 22 2020External links edit Christian at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christian song amp oldid 1161628836, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
