Simply Red are back with their new single Better With You, lifted from their forthcoming 13th album ‘Time’.
Due May 26, the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Blue Eyed Soul’ was recorded in London with longstanding producer Andy Wright and sees frontman Mick Hucknall at his best, alongside his close-knit group of touring musicians.
“When we were in lockdown, I went, well, jeez, who am I actually?” he remembers. “What makes me tick? And I realised: you are a songwriter.
“So why don’t you write some songs about who you are? That’s really the essence of this album.”
The project sees Simply Red back with Warner Music – the label that helped launch their career in 1985 – with Mick adding of the lead track: “I’m reminiscing on phase one of the relationship with my wife, when we first met in Milan.
“At that time, I was single and just partying my way around the world. And I thought to myself: well, I didn’t really know what I was doing.
“I was just going along, having a right old time. It just stemmed from there…”
Reflecting the musician as he is now – a happily married father and an ever-inspired singer and songwriter – he continues: “Music is one of those wonderful communicators. Each and every person can have an interpretation of a song that can mean something to them.
“To be able to create something that is then shared with millions of people all over the world – what a joy. How can anything be more rewarding and fulfilling than that?”
‘Time’ is out May 26 on Warner and available to pre-order now.
Tracklist: Simply Red – Time
- Better With You
- Just Like You
- Let Your Hair Down
- Shades 22
- It Wouldn’t Be Me
- Never Be Gone
- Too Long At The Fair
- Slapbang
- Hey Mister
- Just Like You (Pt. 2)
- Butterflies
- Earth In A Lonely Space
