Martha's Harbour

On its creation, Julianne Regan has said, in an interview on BBC radio, "This song happened by accident when we were recording the first album. It was one of those things when we had the day off and we were sat in this very idyllic setting beneath a willow tree besides a stream by this beautiful residential recording studio and it just came out so naturally. It was a miracle of a little song and it's very dear to us because of that, because it was very pure, a really happy accident. Everybody went to the pub and we put it down and by the time they got back Martha's Harbour was committed to tape. Martha's Harbour is a fictitious backdrop for this happening." Although Andy Cousin is credited as a co-writer, he does not perform on the recording nor was he involved in the writing. ==Top of the Pops performance==

The song is well known for an incident on 4 August 1988 during a live edition of the popular BBC UK music show Top of the Pops, when the group, ready to do a mimed (as was BBC policy at the time) performance of their hit, were not played the backing track through their monitors, so they sat motionless while the television audience could hear the song. Due to this error on the part of the BBC, the band were invited back the following week on 11 August, (the song having climbed the chart), and they performed the song live. ==Track listings==

7-inch single :A. "Martha's Harbour" :B. "Another Door" UK 12-inch single :A1. "Martha's Harbour" :A2. "Another Door" :B1. "In the Meadow" (live) UK and European CD single • "Martha's Harbour" – 3:10 • "Another Door" – 3:26 • "Wild Flowers" – 3:51 • "She Moves Through the Fair" – 5:21 UK cassette single • "Martha's Harbour" • "Another Door" • "Never Promise (Anyone Forever)" (live) • "In the Meadow" (live) European 5-inch CD Video single • "Martha's Harbour" – 3:07 • "Like Emily" – 5:16 • "Another Door" – 3:26 • "She Moves Through the Fair" – 5:05 • "Martha's Harbour" (video) – 3:23 ==Credits and personnel==

Credits are lifted from the UK 7-inch single sleeve. • Julianne Regan – writing, vocals • Tim Bricheno – writing, acoustic guitar • Andy Cousin – writing • Paul Samwell-Smith – production • Tony Phillips – engineering • Stylorouge – artwork design • Simon Fowler – photography ==Charts==