Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Simply Red
Performer
Mick Hucknall
Vocals
Dee Johnson
Background Vocals
Fritz McIntyre
Keyboards
Bootsy Collins
Bass Guitar
Robbie Shakespeare
Bass Guitar
Sly Dunbar
Drum Programming
Ritchie Stevens
Drums
Hugh Masekela
Flugelhorn
Heitor T.P.
Guitar
Ian Kirkham
Saxophone
London Metropolitan Orchestra
Orchestra
Danny Cummings
Percussion
Andy Wright
Programming
Caroline Dale
String Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mick Hucknall
Songwriter
Andy Wright
String Arranger
Caroline Dale
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mick Hucknall
Producer
Femi Jiya
Mixing Engineer
Roland Herrington
Mixing Engineer
Bernie Grundman
Mastering Engineer
Stewart Levine
Producer
Lyrics
Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue
Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue
Was the sign I saw when I suddenly thought
Was the sign I saw when I suddenly thought
Your health is your life
Why why why was I thinking that
Who's gonna pay when the children start crying
You'll never never get away
Strange how the air that you're breathing is dying
It's gonna get rough, when I get to...
Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue
Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue
Was the sign I saw when I suddenly thought
Was the sign I saw when I suddenly thought
Your health is your life
Keeps you alive
Why why why was I thinking that
Why why why was I thinking that
When the rich man lies dying in his bed
He'll be thinking of the very words I said
When he's lying there dying in his bed
He'll be thinking of the very words I said
Repeat!
Hillside Avenue, Jamaica Avenue
Was the sign I saw when I suddenly thought
Your health is your life
Keeps you alive
Written by: Mick Hucknall