Belfast Child
| "Belfast Child" | ||||
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| Single by Simple Minds | ||||
| from the album Street Fighting Years | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 6 February 1989 | |||
| Genre | Progressive folk | |||
| Length | 6:39 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Composer(s) | Traditional | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Simple Minds (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mick MacNeil) | |||
| Producer(s) | Trevor Horn, Stephen Lipson | |||
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"Belfast Child" is a song by the Scottish band Simple Minds, first released as the lead track on the Ballad of the Streets EP on 6 February 1989. The EP also included "Mandela Day". The record reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as well as in Ireland and the Netherlands, and it became a top-ten hit in Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and West Germany.