"Little Bit Of Snow" was a 1987 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 taken from British

United Kingdom

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 singer-songwriter

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 Howard Jones

Howard Jones (musician)

Howard Jones is a musician, singer and songwriter. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, "Jones is an accomplished singer-songwriter who was a regular chart visitor in the mid 1980s with his brand of synthpop. Jones, who was equally popular in the U.S., appeared at Live...

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Recording studio

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 album

Album

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, One To One

One to One (Howard Jones album)

One to One is the third album by British pop musician Howard Jones, released in October 1986. The CD release also contains the single version of "No One Is to Blame" with Phil Collins on backing vocals and drums...

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Music video

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 was made to promote the single, which reached #70 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. The song was not released as a single in the U.S.

United States

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Jones donated the song to the 1986 Anti-Heroin Project charity album, It's a Live-In World. The use of the word snow in the lyrics

Lyrics

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 referred to cocaine

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. It was the first of Jones' singles to be released on cassette

Compact Cassette

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Track listing

7"

• "Little Bit Of Snow" – 4:30
• "Let It Flow" – 3:47

12"/cassette

• "Little Bit Of Snow" – 4:30
• "Let It Flow" – 3:47
• "Will You Still Be There" (New Version) – 4:37
• "Hunger For The Flesh" (Orchestral) - 4:58
• "Hide and Seek
  Hide and Seek (Howard Jones song)
  "Hide and Seek" was the third single by musician Howard Jones. It was released in February 1984, and reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. It appears on Jones' album Human's Lib.The B-sides, "Tao Te Ching" and "China Dance", are both instrumentals...
  
  " (Orchestral) – 7:09

External links

• Artist discography at discogs.com
• UK chart history at Chartstats.com
• It's A Live-In World at discogs.com