Come to Milton Keynes

"Come to Milton Keynes"
Single by The Style Council
from the album Our Favourite Shop
Released	1985
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Paul Weller

Come to Milton Keynes is a single released by The Style Council in 1985. It appeared on the album Our Favourite Shop and charted at number 23 in the UK singles chart.

Meaning

In an interview given at the time of the songs release Paul Weller states that the song was inspired by the "Red Baloon" Milton Keynes advert which was produced on behalf of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation.

Paul Weller biographer John Reed argues in 'Paul Weller: My Ever Changing Moods' that:

The song’s lyrics suggested a reality of drugs, violence, and ‘losing our way’ behind a façade of ‘luscious houses ‘ where the ‘curtains are drawn’, the idea being to create a musical pastiche which matched the supposed artificiality of Milton Keynes itself.”^[1]

References

↑ http://www.mkweb.co.uk/PAUL-WELLER-true-story-Style-Council-s-Come/story-26039737-detail/story.html

The Style Council

Paul Weller Mick Talbot Dee C. Lee Steve White

Studio albums	Introducing The Style Council Café Bleu Our Favourite Shop The Cost of Loving Confessions of a Pop Group Modernism: A New Decade

Live albums	Home and Abroad

Compilations	The Singular Adventures of The Style Council Here's Some That Got Away The Complete Adventures of The Style Council Greatest Hits

Singles	"Speak Like a Child" "Long Hot Summer" "A Solid Bond in Your Heart "You're the Best Thing" "My Ever Changing Moods" "Shout to the Top!" "Walls Come Tumbling Down!" "Come to Milton Keynes" "The Lodgers" "Boy Who Cried Wolf" "It Didn't Matter"

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