Big Area

1989 single by Then Jerico

"Big Area"

Single by Then Jerico

from the album The Big Area

Released

16 January 1989

Genre

Pop rock, alternative rock, new wave

Length

4:46

Label

London Records

Songwriter(s)

Mark Shaw
Jasper Stainthorpe
Steve Wren
Scott Taylor
Rob Downes
Alex Mungo

Producer(s)

Gary Langan

Then Jerico singles chronology

"Muscle Deep"
(1987)

"Big Area"
(1989)

"What Does It Take"
(1989)

"Big Area" is a song by English rock band Then Jerico, released on 16 January 1989 as the first single from their second studio album, The Big Area.^[1] The song was their biggest UK hit, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1989.^[2] It featured on the soundtrack to the 1989 film Slipstream.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Jerry Smith of Music Week called it an "anthemic track" that "sounds promising in a blusteringly catchy sort of way".^[3]

Track listing

12" single^[4]

A. "Big Area" (12" Mix)
B1. "The Big Sweep" (Dance Mix)
B2. "The Motive" (USA Mix)

References

^ Robin Smith, ed. (12 January 1985). "News: Big Big Big". Record Mirror. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804.
^ ""Big Area" by Then Jericho". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ Smith, Jerry (21 January 1989). "A&R: Singles". Music Week. p. 37. ISSN 0265-1548.
^ "Then Jerico - Big Area (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 September 2013.