Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" is a song by English pop rock music group the Beautiful South, taken from their fifth studio album, Blue Is the Colour (1996).

It was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, was produced by Jon Kelly, and features Jacqui Abbott on lead vocals.

"[3] Jennifer Nine from Melody Maker wrote that the song "is prancingly nagging; maybe it's its unprovoked attack on poor old Rotterdam; maybe it's Jacqueline's voice, a less subtle instrument than her predecessor Brianna's, treacling off into Eddie Reader-land.

"[4] The music video for "Rotterdam" features Jacqui Abbott walking along an empty British motorway, carrying a vintage Shell fuel can, followed by a series of miscellaneous costumed extras, including a dance troupe, beekeepers, cowboys, a man with a sandwich board, snorkellers and a pantomime cow, with successive groups changing with each verse of the song.

Abbott told The Guardian: "The Rotterdam video had a circus theme, and it was filmed on a stretch of disused motorway where they road-tested vehicles.