Theme for Great Cities

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds)
composer:Charlie Burchill
is the basis for:The Real Life

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
2009-11-07Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐07: Atlantico Live, Rome, Italy)liveSimple Minds3:19
2009-11-30Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐30: Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)liveSimple Minds3:04
Intro (live, 2013‐11‐27: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK)partialSimple Minds2:08
Life in a Day (Setting Up the Show) (behind the scenes setting up the stage)Simple Minds14:08
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2013‐11‐27: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK)liveSimple Minds4:28
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2013‐11‐30: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)liveSimple Minds6:00
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐12‐05: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, UK)liveSimple Minds3:05
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2018‐10‐24: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveSimple Minds5:05
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐08: Gran Teatro Geox, Padua, Italy)Simple Minds3:16
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2012: Europe)liveSimple Minds4:32
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐24: Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway)liveSimple Minds2:59
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐26: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveSimple Minds3:13
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐27: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany)liveSimple Minds3:04
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐28: Vorst Nationaal, Vorst, Belgium)liveSimple Minds3:24
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐12‐02: LG Arena, Birmingham, UK)liveSimple Minds3:08
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐12‐03: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK)liveSimple Minds3:03
Theme for Great CitiesSimple Minds5:52
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐12‐06: Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, UK)liveSimple Minds3:03
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐12‐10: Odyssey Arena, Belfast, UK)liveSimple Minds1:46
Theme for Great Cities (part of “Pacha Ibiza Chillout Classics” DJ-mix)Simple Minds5:38
Theme for Great Cities (part of “Two Hours to Jupiter” DJ‐mix)Simple Minds5:21
Theme for Great Cities (part of a “Generations: Three Decades Of Dance” DJ‐mix)Simple Minds3:27
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐12‐07: OVO Arena Wembley, London, UK)Simple Minds1:47
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2013‐11‐27: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, UK)liveSimple Minds4:29
Theme for Great Citiescover and partialRundfunk-Tanzorchester Ehrenfeld1:09
Theme for Great CitiesSimple Minds5:35
Theme for Great CitiesSimple Minds4:32
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐06: Neon Club, Ancona, Italy)liveSimple Minds1:59
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐18: La Riviera, Madrid, Spain)liveSimple Minds1:49
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐19: Teatro Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain)liveSimple Minds1:32
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐22: Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark)liveSimple Minds3:04
Theme for Great Cities (live, 2009‐11‐23: Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden)liveSimple Minds3:16
Theme for Great Cities ’90 (live, 1989‐09‐15: Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy)Simple Minds3:07
Theme for Great Cities ’91 (edit)Simple Minds4:43
Theme for Great Cities ’91 (extended version)Simple Minds6:33
Theme for Great Cities ’98 (Fluke’s Atlantis mix)Simple Minds5:37
Theme for Great Cities (’90 remix) (played over crowd footage at the Verona concert)Simple Minds5:12
Theme for Great Cities (Fila Brazilia remix edit)Simple Minds3:42
Theme for Great Cities (Fila Brazillia mix) (part of “Mix Up, One” DJ-mix)Simple Minds4:54
Theme for Great Cities (Fila Brazillia remix)Simple Minds5:01
Theme for Great Cities (Fila Brazillia remix)Simple Minds4:49
Theme for Great Cities (Moby remix)Simple Minds6:03
Theme for Great Cities (Nissn remix)Simple Minds3:15
Theme for Great Cities (remix)Simple Minds6:23