Warm Wet Circles

"Warm Wet Circles"
Single by Marillion
from the album Clutching at Straws
B-side	"White Russian (Live)"
Released	26 October 1987[1]
Recorded	1987
Genre	Neo-prog
Length	4:30
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Derek Dick, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Pete Trewavas
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey
Marillion singles chronology
"Sugar Mice" (1987) "Warm Wet Circles" (1987) "Freaks (Live)" (1988)
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"Warm Wet Circles" is a song by the British neo-prog band Marillion. It was the third single from their fourth studio album Clutching at Straws, released on 26 October 1987.[2]

"Warm Wet Circles" peaked at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's 9th top-thirty hit in a row, and remained on the chart for four weeks. The music video featured footage of the band's concert at Lorelei in West Germany on 18 July 1987. The B-side is a live recording of "White Russian", another track from Clutching at Straws also made during the Loreley concert. The 12" version additionally contains a version of "Incommunicado" from this concert.

In Argentina, the single was published under the Spanish title "Círculos Húmedos y Cálidos".

A CD replica of the single was also part of a collector's box-set released in July 2000 which contained Marillion's first twelve singles and was re-issued as a 3-CD set in 2009.

Track listing

7" single

Side A

1. "Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30

Side B

1. "White Russian" (Live)—06:14

7" Picture disc

1. "Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30

Side B

1. "White Russian" (Live)—06:14

12" Single/picture disc

Side A

1. "Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30

Side B

1. "White Russian" (Live)—06:14
2. "Incommunicado" (Live)—05:23

5" CD Single

1. "Wet Warm Circles" (Remix)—04:30
2. "White Russian" (Live)—06:14
3. "Incommunicado" (Live)—05:23

Total Time 15:57

All tracks written by Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley.

Personnel

• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery - guitars
• Mark Kelly - keyboards
• Pete Trewavas - bass
• Ian Mosley - drums
• Tessa Niles - backing vocals on "Warm Wet Circles"
• Cori Josias - backing vocals on "White Russian" and "Incommunicado"

References

1. "Index". Record Mirror. 24 October 1987. p. 2. ISSN 0144-5804.
2. Rob Hendriks. "Interview June 2002". The Web magazine. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010.