When Big Country released Wonderland in 1984, for most territories around the world, it was backed by an instrumental track, 'Giant.'
This was a completely new instrumental recorded at the same time as Wonderland and as with that song, it was also produced by Steve Lillywhite.

The interesting thing is, however, that there are three different versions of it!
There is what I would call the original version you find in this clip (making its YouTube debut) which has a run time of 5.19. This is the version with the percussive intro. A version of the song was also released without the percussive intro perhaps in an effort to trim total running time of what it was released with, and that has a run time of 5.06. A third, and slightly different version also was mixed with a run time of 3.56, making it the shortest of the three and the main one that has been uploaded to YouTube.

The mystery of it all is where which particular version of the b-side ended up on the original releases:
Full length version (5.19) - 7" single & 12" ltd edtn clear vinyl (later on the Singles Collection Volume 1 (blue box))
Non percussive intro version (5.06) - 12" singles worldwide except France, Germany and The Netherlands
Short remix version (3.56) - Germany and Netherlands 7" and 12" singles (and subsequently added to various compilation albums and the 2014 Steeltown Deluxe)
The smallest sized records received the longest version!

What is also of interest is that the short remix version was seemingly the version used for the foundation of All Fall Together when it was recorded in early to mid 1984. Its sonic properties are an almost identical match with that song.

So there you have it! One b-side - three versions - and depending on where in the world you bought it and on what formats, you may be far more familiar with one version of it over another.

A wonder(land)fully detailed piece on Big Country's fifth single has just been published by my good friend and 'The Great Divide - The Big Country Podcast' co-host Svein B Hjorthaug on his Rocking in the Norselands page - check it out here:
https://norselandsrock.com/wonderland...

And, as always, Stay Alive!