Virginia Plain Virginia Plain "Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with "The Numberer", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four. The song was not included on the band's original UK debut album, "Roxy Music", having not even been recorded when the album was released. After the success of the album in the
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 By One", was released on single and spent three weeks at No.2 in the UK singles chart. Both tracks were then included in the album "We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", together with the last placed song "Songs of Praise". The album was also a No.2 hit in the UK. Roy Wood who had composed the last placed entry released his own version of the track on the B-Side of his 1973 No.18 hit "Dear Elaine". Later in 1972, the remaining three songs from the UK final were released by The New Seekers in the budget LP "What