Mandela Day (song)

"Mandela Day"
"Mandela Day"
Irish folk, World music
Length	5:42
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Mick MacNeil
Simple Minds singles chronology

"Mandela Day" is a song by the rock band

British charts in February 1989 and in their album Street Fighting Years. The single highlights the songs "Mandela Day", "Belfast Child", originally its A-side in the full length version, and "Biko

".

"Mandela Day" was written for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (also known as Mandela Day),^[1] a concert held at Wembley Stadium, London, on 11 June 1988, as an expression of solidarity with the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and was played live on that day (alongside cover versions of "Sun City" with Little Steven and a cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Biko" on which Gabriel himself took on lead vocals).

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.^[2]

Track listings

7" vinyl

UK, Germany: Virgin / SMX 3
France: Virgin / 90496

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Belfast Child"	Traditional music, lyrics by Simple Minds	6:39

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Mandela Day"	Simple Minds	5:42

12" vinyl

UK: Virgin / SMXT 3
UK: Virgin / SMX BS (limited edition box set, including 4 black-and-white photographs from the music video)
France: Virgin / 80432
Germany: Virgin / 611 998
Yugoslavia: Jugoton /MXSVIRG 18016

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Belfast Child"	Traditional music, lyrics by Simple Minds	6:39

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Mandela Day"	Simple Minds	5:42
3.	"Biko"	Peter Gabriel	7:31

CD

UK: Virgin / SMXCD3 (3")
UK: Virgin / SMXCDT3 (5")

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Belfast Child"	Traditional music, lyrics by Simple Minds	6:39
2.	"Mandela Day"	Simple Minds	5:42
3.	"Biko"	Peter Gabriel	7:31

References

^ Mandela Day – Allmusic
^ "Simple Minds - 'Mandela Day'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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Track listings

7" vinyl

12" vinyl

CD

References

See also