The “Original Club Mix” was released in December 1990 as a 250-only single-sided gray 12" promo featuring Pete Wylie from Wah! as vocals.
From a lyrical perspective, the song doesn’t have many differences compared to the re-recorded version, all the cities/towns (and the M62) are still there but in...
[Intro]
It's grim up north
It's grim up north
[Verse 1]
Ossett
Otley
Ilkley Moor
Sheffield
Manchester
Castleford
Crewe
Doncaster
Dewsbury
Halifax
Bingley
Bramhall
Are all in the north
[Verse 2]
Bolton
Barnsley
Nelson
Colne
Burnley
Bradford
Buxton
Crewe
Warrington
Widnes
Wigan
Leeds
Northwich
Nantwich
Knutsford
Hull
[Verse 3]
Sale
Salford
Southport
Leigh
Kirkby
Kearsley
Keighley
Maghull
Harrogate
Huddersfield
Oldham
Lancs
Grimsby
Glossop
Hebden Bridge
[Verse 4]
Brighouse
Bootle
Featherstone
Speke
Runcorn
Rotherham
Rochdale
Barrow
Morecambe
Macclesfield
Lytham St. Annes
Clitheroe
Cleethorpes
The M62
[Outro]
It's grim up north
It's grim up north
It’s Grim Up North (Original Club Mix) was produced by KLF Communications.
The-justified-ancients-of-mu-mu released It’s Grim Up North (Original Club Mix) on Mon Dec 17 1990.