Big Country - In a Big Country

"In a big country" is the song Scottish New Wave band Big Country has been best remembered for. Pretty unique for a pop song in that the band famously emulated bagpipes and other traditional Scottish sounds with electric guitars and the help of certain effects pedals (specifically the M-129 Pitch Transposer made by MXR). This track came off the album "The Crossing", Big Country's first studio album. The single was released in 1983 and soon became a hit in the UK, crossing the Atlantic later that year and becoming a hit in North America too.

An interesting point about the album "The Crossing" which may be of interest to vinyl hunters is that it came in a range of three colours - Red, Green and Blue. I'm not quite sure what the significance of the colours are but I do know that the track listings for the three different versions are exactly the same.