Dignity (Deacon Blue song)
"Dignity" is a song by Deacon Blue, which was the band's first official release. It is one of their most popular songs and it is usually played as the final song at concerts. It received the most public votes for the 1980s songs in the Scotland's Greatest Album contest run by STV in 2011, and was featured on the 12 track compilation. It was also sung at the closing ceremony at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.
| "Dignity" | ||||
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Original 7-inch single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Deacon Blue | ||||
| from the album Raintown | ||||
| B-side | "Riches" | |||
| Released | March 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ricky Ross | |||
| Producer(s) | Jon Kelly | |||
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In an interview given to the Daily Record in 2012, songwriter Ricky Ross stated, "I have no idea why I started writing a song like that in Greece, but that's why there's a reference to raki in it, the local firewater. I was sitting messing around with lyrics, bored on holiday, in a far away scene. There were men from the Glasgow cleansing department depot who walked up and down the street with brushes outside my flat in Pollokshields."