Deacon Blue

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Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond.

The band released their debut album, Raintown, on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988. Their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid" which became their first UK top ten single.

Deacon Blue released their fourth album, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing in 1993. Following Vipond's decision to quit the group in favour of a career in television, they split up in 1994. Five years later, the band held a reunion gig, and this led on to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the band now working on a part-time basis. The band released another album, Homesick, in 2001. Though Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, the band has continued and 2006 saw Deacon Blue returning to the studio to record three new tracks for a Singles album - including the track "Bigger than Dynamite".

Deacon Blue's next album was The Hipsters, in 2012.  The band released another album, A New House, in September 2014. The most recent album, Believers was released in September 2016. A concert recording of their return to the Barrowlands, Glasgow, is being released on 31 March 2017.

As of 2012, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at six million,  with twelve UK Top 40 singles, along with two UK number one albums.

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"Dignity" is a song by Deacon Blue, which was the band's first official release. It is one of their most popular songs and it is usually played as the final song at concerts.

It received the most public votes for the 1980s songs in the Scotland's Greatest Album contest run by STV in 2011, and was featured on the 12 track compilation. It was also sung at the closing ceremony at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.

The song tells the story of a litter-collector working for the local council who tells the singer/narrator that he is saving his money to buy a dinghy, which he will call "Dignity". He will take it on travels, proudly telling people that he bought it with money he had saved.

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Dignity