Blair MacKichan

Blair MacKichan is a British musician and songwriter.

He started his musical career playing drums, then later progressed to the piano.[1] As a musician he fronts a band named Blair and Friends.[1]

MacKichan writes a lot of his own material.[1] He won a Brit Award for the 2004 song "Your Game" after it became a hit for Will Young.[1] He also wrote for Lily Allen.[1]

Blair's 1995 single "Have Fun, Go Mad" reached number 37 in the UK Singles Chart,[2] number 81 on The Australian ARIA Charts[3] and number 41 on the New Zealand Charts in 1998.[4] It was included on the soundtracks of the films The Daytrippers, Dunston Checks In (1996), Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997), and Sliding Doors (1998).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Homan, Juanita (March 2008). "April Review The Blair Project". Jazz World. Hastingsjazzclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. ^ "BLAIR - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 33.
  4. ^ "BLAIR - HAVE FUN, GO MAD! (SONG)". Retrieved 18 December 2018.


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