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Fairground Attraction were a British folk and soft rock band. They are best known for their hit song "Perfect" and the subsequent single "Find My Love", and for helping to launch the careers of lead vocalist Eddi Reader and songwriter Mark E Nevin.

In 1987, Fairground Attraction were signed to RCA, and released their first single, "Perfect", in April 1988. It was an immediate success, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. Their album The First of a Million Kisses was a blend of folk, jazz, country, and cajun elements (all but one of its songs being written by Nevin). Released in May 1988, it followed the success of "Perfect" by entering the UK Albums Chart at number three, and rising to number two; it was eventually certified platinum. Three other singles were released from the same album: "Find My Love" (which reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart), "A Smile in a Whisper", and "Clare".

At the 1989 Brit Awards, "Perfect" won the award for best single, and The First of a Million Kisses for British Album.

Although they were popular in European countries, and toured the United States, their main success outside the UK was in Japan, where they toured in 1989 (a tour that produced their only live album, Kawasaki Live in Japan 02.07.89).

In September 1989, however, during the recording of their second album, rumours of arguments circulated, and in January 1990 the band split up. An album Ay Fond Kiss was released in 1990, and one of its songs, a cover of Patsy Cline's 1957 country hit "Walkin' After Midnight", became their last single. The album was made up of B-sides and other material recorded alongside the first album (many being collaborations by just two band members). Material for the second album went on to be recorded by Nevin with Brian Kennedy under the name Sweetmouth, although eight tracks have since appeared sung by Reader on the Kawasaki Live in Japan 02.07.89 album.

Eddi Reader embarked on a solo career, while Mark E Nevin worked together with Morrissey, co-writing most of the Kill Uncle album  and Kirsty MacColl, before establishing himself as a solo artist, making 5 solo albums.
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"Perfect" is a song by British band Fairground Attraction, which was released as a single on 28 March 1988. The words and music of the song are written by Mark Nevin.

The single reached number one on 14 May 1988 on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for one week, and stayed in the chart for a total of thirteen weeks. It also reached number one in South Africa 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 copy of the song using another 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.

The song achieved crossover onto the US Hot Country Singles, peaking at number 85 in two weeks. It also reached number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, the song reached number 23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, the song's only Top 40 entry on any Billboard chart.

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

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