Song On "undercover" On Bbc1 On Sunday April 10Th

[SurreyGuy]

Does anyone know the song that was playing on Adrian Lester's character's (Nick) iPod when he got in from his jogging session?

It sounded like Elton John, but I wouldn't put money on it.

T.I.A

[Lie-in King]

Do you mean after he sits down & starts the i-Thingy up again? The lyrics are from Manfred Mann's Earth Band's "Visionary Mountains" but the version he has is a stripped-down one & I don't know the singer, sorry...

"(Visionary mountains,) - (not heard on his version)
Above and afar,
Like answers to questions,
Of life,
Love and the longing to survive."

[Lie-in King]

Try that again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_lwVj1QtSs

[Lie-in King]

Ah, the i-Player link was the one that failed, I think -

[Lie-in King]

Oh good grief! Head to i-Player, it's available for another 29 days...

[Lie-in King]

Sorry, forgot to try this - if it works, it's at approx 12:15 - if it doesn't work, apologies for making the thread even messier!...

http://bbc.in/1qhran4

[ABerrant]

It sounds like the original version by the song's (co-) writer Joan Armatrading.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-mzxXNYZ4g

[Lie-in King]

Nicely done ABerrant, serves me right for not looking up the song details :-)

[SurreyGuy]

Thanks Lie-in King and Aberrant - great work!

So much for my thinking it was Elton John! :o)

[SurreyGuy]

Joan Armatrading's version is much better!

[SurreyGuy]

Bum! I can't find the song on iTunes! :o(

[Lie-in King]

Not sure how i-Tunes works, but is this any good? -

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/visionary-mountains/id1054367350?i=1054368034

Can you buy individual tracks?

[ABerrant]

There are Elton John 'links' to this track & album...

Producer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Dudgeon
Percussion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cooper
Sitar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Johnstone

[SurreyGuy]

Thanks again folks - all sorted now :o)