Jesse Rae

Jesse Rae is a Scottish singer from St Boswells.^[1] His single "Over the Sea", reached number 65 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985.^[2][3] The video for the single – which features a kilted, helmeted, claymore-brandishing Rae in both New York City and the Scottish Highlands – won a Vira award.^[4] An album entitled The Thistle was released in 1987 on WEA but failed to chart.

As a songwriter, he is best known for the 1982 Odyssey hit single, "Inside Out".^[5][6]

In 2007, he stood for the Scottish Parliament as an independent in the Scottish Borders electoral constituency of Roxburgh and Berwickshire.^[7] He gained 318 votes for a 1.2% share of the vote.^[8] He stood again in 2011 as an independent candidate in the expanded seat of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire this time polling 308 votes for a 1.1% share.

On 21 February 2009, a debate opened up on the Tartan Army (followers of Scotland's football team) message board, regarding "Over The Sea" being picked as the new Tartan Army national anthem.

On 21 October 2010, Rae opened for Adam Ant at The Union Chapel in London, playing a half hour set. Also earlier in the year, The Thistle album saw a digital reissue on Savage Hospitality Records.^[9]

On 23 May 2011, he was one of the support acts for Adam Ant at the O2 Academy in Glasgow.

Discography

Singles

• "D.E.S.I.R.E." / "Skydiver" (1979 U.S. 12" single / 1981 UK 7" & 12" single)
• "Rusha" / "Desire" (1982 12" single)
• "(It's Just) The Dog In Me" / "Be Yourself" (1984 12" single)
• "Over The Sea" / "Party Crackers" (edit) / "Over The Sea" (Instrumental Version)* (1985 7", 7" picture disc & 12" single*)
• "Hou-di-ni" (edit / full version*) / "Idio-syn-crazy" (1987 7" & 12" single*)
• "That Kind O' Girl" (Scottish Additional Mix*) / "Friend-Ship" (1987 7" & 12" single*)
• "Body Blastin" / "Life's A Killer Dog" / "Jacob's Pillow" (1993 10" single - 1000 copies only)

Albums

• The Thistle (1987 LP & Cassette) - limited LP copies included free 7" single of "Over The Sea" (Video Soundtrack Mix) / "Party Crackers" (edit)
• Compression (1996 CD)
• Greatest Funk Hits (with the Space Cadets) (2000 CD-R)
• Greatest Hits (2001 CD-R)
• No Surrender (2003 CD-R)
• The Thistle (2004 CD reissue with bonus DVD)

References

1. ^ "Candidates and Constituency Assessments: Roxburgh & Berwickshire". Scottish Politics. Alba Publishing. http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07constit/s08.html. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
2. ^ "Jesse Rae – Over The Sea". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=12476. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
3. ^ Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts. Omnibus Press. pp. 888. ISBN 978-1-84449-058-5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ib4MyAIpe3MC&pg=PA888&dq=%22jesse+rae%22&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U3JpwyQEPozrxt8IGgc07ljtxNfzg. 
4. ^ Fairburn, Robert (2004-09-19). "The chop for Rae's claymore". Sunday Mirror (Mirror Group Newspapers). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040919/ai_n12906436. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
5. ^ "Townsend eyes Borders return". BBC Sport (BBC). 2002-01-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/celtic/1754844.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
6. ^ "Sword taken from singer at court". BBC News (BBC). 2004-09-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3672706.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
7. ^ Rinaldi, Giancarlo (2007-04-12). "Tartan rocker seeks election role". BBC News (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6549377.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
8. ^ "Scottish elections 2007: Roxburgh & Berwickshire.". BBC News (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/scottish_parliment/html/490.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
9. ^ http://www.savage-hospitality.com/jesse-rae/

External links

• Official website
• Jesse Rae discusses his 1996 Compression album with link to partial discography. On-U Sound Records tribute site
• The Thistle at Savage Hospitality Records

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