Wonderful (Runrig song)

"Wonderful"
Single by Runrig
from the album Amazing Things
B-side	"Sraidean Na Roinn Eorpa (Streets Of Europe)"
Released	22 February 1993
Studio	Castlesound Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
Label	Chrysalis – CDCHS 3952
Songwriter(s)	C. Macdonald R. Macdonald
Producer(s)	Chris Harley
Runrig singles chronology
"Flower of the West" (1991) "Wonderful" (1993) "The Greatest Flame" (1993)

"Wonderful" is a 1993 single released by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig, which was released on 22 February 1993 as the lead single from their eighth studio album Amazing Things (1993). The release of "Wonderful" marked the first appearance of Runrig in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart, after the song debuted at number twenty-nine on the UK Singles Chart on 6 March 1993.^[1] It spent a total of three weeks on the UK Singles Chart before falling to number forty-three in its second week and number seventy in its third week.^[2]

Promotion

Runrig appeared on the 4 March 1993 broadcast of Top of the Pops on the BBC to perform "Wonderful". They also performed the song on the BBC television magazine programme Pebble Mill at One.^[3]

Track listing

CD single (UK)

1. "Wonderful" (written by C. Macdonald, R. Macdonald) – 3:57
2. "Sraidean Na Roinn Eorpa (Streets of Europe)" (written by C. Macdonald, R. Macdonald) – 5:11
3. "On the Edge" (written by M. Jones, P. Wishart) – 3:53

CD single (Europe)

1. "Wonderful" (written by C. Macdonald, R. Macdonald) – 3:57
2. "Sraidean Na Roinn Eorpa (Streets of Europe)" (written by C. Macdonald, R. Macdonald) – 5:11
3. "On the Edge" (written by M. Jones, P. Wishart) – 3:53

Vinyl, 7" (UK)

1. "Wonderful" – 3:46 (produced by Chris Harley, written by C. MacDonald, R. MacDonald)
2. "April Come She Will" – 2:24 (mixed by Calum Malcolm, written by Paul Simon)

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	29

References

1. "Billboard - 13 March 1993". Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 March 1993. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
2. "RUNRIG". Official Charts. 8 January 1983. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
3. "1993". runrig.rocks. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.