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"Perfect" is the debut single by Fairground Attraction, released on 28 March 1988. It was written by Mark Nevin. The single reached number one on 14 May 1988[1] on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for one week,[2] and stayed in the chart for a total of thirteen weeks. It also reached number one in South Africa for 10 weeks as well as in Australia for three weeks in August and September 1988. In the UK, it was released as a 7" single, 12" single, cassette single and CD single. The song was included on the band's first album, The First of a Million Kisses, released later the same year. A version of the song with a different singer was used in television advertising for Asda in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was re-released as a single in 1993 after it had reappeared on the compilation album Celtic Heart.

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"Perfect"
Single by Fairground Attraction
from the album The First of a Million Kisses
Released	28 March 1988
Recorded	January 1988
Genre	Jazz pop blues rock pop rock skiffle
Length	3:36
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Mark E. Nevin
Producer(s)	Fairground Attraction and Kevin Moloney
Fairground Attraction singles chronology
"Perfect" (1988) "Find My Love" (1988)

In the United States, the song peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] It also peaked at number 85 on the Hot Country Singles chart and number 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, which was the song's only Top 40 entry on any Billboard chart.[4]

"Perfect" won the award for British Single of the Year at the 1989 Brit Awards.

It was the last number-one single on the NME singles chart, on 14 May 1988.

Track listing

Original release

1. "Perfect"
2. "Falling Backwards"
3. "Mythology"
4. "Mystery Train"

Celtic Heart release

1. "Perfect"
2. "Walking after Midnight"
3. "You Send Me"
4. "Captured" (Brian Kennedy solo track)

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[5]	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6]	19
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7]	4
Denmark (Hitlisten)[8]	2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	22
France (SNEP)[10]	50
Ireland (IRMA)[11]	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]	5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	4
Norway (VG-lista)[13]	10
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14]	6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	5
UK Singles (OCC)	1
US Billboard Hot 100	80
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)	23
West Germany (Official German Charts)[17]	5

Baillie & the Boys rendition

"Perfect"
Single by Baillie & the Boys
from the album The Lights of Home
B-side	"Lovin' by Numbers"
Released	14 April 1990
Genre	Country
Length	2:57
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Mark E. Nevin
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
Baillie & the Boys singles chronology
"I Can't Turn the Tide" (1989) "Perfect" (1990) "Fool Such as I" (1990)

American country music group Baillie & the Boys released their version in April 1990 as the first single from the album The Lights of Home. The song reached #23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[18]

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[19]	16
US Country Songs (Billboard)	23

References

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