The Circus (song) Essentially a synthpop track, the music is accentuated by acoustic guitar and a continuous circus-like accordion. The lyrics touch on social issues, rare for the duo, and centre on the lament of "working men", whose bright futures and job securities are left shattered in the modern world of greedy corporations and technology. The song's distinctive and unusual sound is said to have been inspired by Bell hearing a record being played backwards. Despite its haunting quality and dark lyrical content, "The Circus" became Erasure's third UK Top 10 hit, peaking at number six. The Circus (song) "The Circus" is a
Big (Dead Letter Circus song) Channel V's new music countdown later that day. Big (Dead Letter Circus song) "Big" is the first single by Australian rock band Dead Letter Circus from their debut studio album "This Is the Warning". It is the band's fifth single overall, following "The Space on the Wall", "Next in Line", "Reaction", and "Disconnect and Apply". Two of the aforementioned singles, "Next in Line" and "Reaction", are to be featured on "This Is the Warning", but "Big" is the first official single from the album. On Day #33 of the band's site, The Dead Letter Circus Project, the band put up