"Avenue" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne (band)

Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...

, from the album So Tough

So Tough

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(1992). The album version is a 7-minute version with lengthy instrumental sequences; it was edited down to around 4 minutes for radio play, though the commercial single contained the full-length version, with the radio edit only released on promotional material. The edit wasn't released commercially until 2005's Travel Edition 1990-2005

Travel Edition 1990-2005

Travel Edition 1990–2005 is a compilation album by the British pop band Saint Etienne. It was released 22 November 2004 in the United States only on the Sub Pop label....

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The song describes a woman nostalgically remembering a love affair from her youth, mostly through impressionistic and surreal imagery, with the refrain: "oh, how many years / is it now Maurice?". The chorus repeats the words "Young heart". The song is recorded with echo effects that make it sound as though it is being performed in a large hall.

The video for the single release depicts the band driving to Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

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A remix single was also released, with two remixes each by Gordon King (from World of Twist

World of Twist

World Of Twist were an English rock band, formed in Sheffield in 1985.-History:The original line-up of the band consisted of James Fry , Andrew Hobson , Gordon King , Tony Ogden , Rory Conolly , Nick Phillips and Andy Robbins...

) and Rudy Tambala of A.R. Kane. King's "Variety Club Mix" was later included on the remix collection Casino Classics

Casino Classics

Casino Classics is a remix compilation album by Saint Etienne.The first CD collects many of the remixes featured as B-sides on singles from 1990 to 1995. The second disc contains rarer remixes and newly commissioned remixes. Disc one was originally a bonus CD released with limited copies of Too...

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12": Heavenly / HVN 23-12 (UK)

1. "Avenue" - 7:35
2. "Some Place Else" - 3:46
3. "Paper" - 4:10
4. "Johnny in the Echo Café" - 3:59

• also available on CD (HVN 23CD)

12": Heavenly / HVN 23-12R (UK)

1. "Avenue" (Variety Club Mix) - 6:21
2. "Avenue" (Butlins Mix) - 5:57
3. "Avenue" (Martial Mix) - 6:27
4. "Avenue" (Venusian Mix) - 5:19

• also available on CD (HVN 23CDR)

CD: Heavenly / HVN 23CDP (UK)

1. "Avenue" - 3:48
2. "Avenue" - 7:35
3. "Some Place Else" - 3:46
4. "Paper" - 4:10
5. "Johnny in the Echo Café" - 3:59

• UK promo. Features radio edit.