Surlaw - Ireland's Guilty Pleasure Number Ones

ShaneU · 17-01-2021 03:40AM #1

Hello There! Welcome to Ireland's Greatest Number One of all time competition! I am your host Fred Rickwood and I have personally chosen what I believe to be Ireland's twenty best number ones ever! They got to the top of the charts so they must all be great right????

To play along SEND A PM with your top ten songs in order to ever popular Boards.ie layabout ShaneU! If you would like your votes to remain anonymous let him know! :pac:

Here we go in chronological order

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The Archies - Sugar Sugar hit number one for six weeks in 1969

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) was top of the Irish chart for four weeks in 1970

Dana - All Kinds of Everything topped the Irish chart for nine weeks in 1970

Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was number one for three weeks in 1971

The New Seekers - I'd Like Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) was at the top spot for two weeks in 1972

Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree was number one for six weeks in 1973

Mud - Tiger Feet was number one for two weeks in 1974

Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby topped the Irish chart for four weeks in 1975

Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me was number one for just one week in 1976

Chicago - If You Leave Me Now was top spot for six weeks in 1976

ShaneU · 17-01-2021 03:40AM

Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe topped the Irish chart for two weeks in 1982

Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight was top spot for five weeks in 1982

Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears knocked Tight Fit off the top and stayed there for three weeks

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl was top for three weeks in 1983

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go was number one for two weeks in 1984

Chris De Burgh - The Lady In Red was number one for seven weeks in 1987

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now topped the Irish chart for two weeks in 1987 only to be knocked off by our next song on the list

Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now was number one for four weeks in 1987

Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You topped the Irish chart for three weeks in 1988

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby was number one for only one week in 1990

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-01-2021 04:00AM

ShaneU · 17-01-2021 04:06AM

Well I did warn you...

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-01-2021 04:09AM

ShaneU wrote: »

Well I did warn you...

At a glance, there are some songs in there that I really like, and there are more than a few that I really don't... There'll definitely be 10 I like though... I think... Hopefully...

Anyway, not gonna start listening right before I go to sleep... Cheese before bed leads to nightmares...

17-01-2021 08:06AM

If that's what you think the best 20 are, I would hate to have to listen to the worst..........

Electric Nitwit · 17-01-2021 08:49AM

ShaneU wrote: »

Well I did warn you...

I was expecting much worse from the title

Also, there's one song there that's a bone fide classic!

lassykk · 17-01-2021 08:54AM

Oh wow, there's some "classics" in there. Two songs I absolutely hate but plenty I like so looking forward to a good old listen tomorrow

Thanks for firing one up!

Kolido · 17-01-2021 09:18AM

There are certainly 10 there I would consider good and one stand out winning for me.

the purple tin · 17-01-2021 09:26AM

Guilty pleasures my Aunt Fanny. There are some absolute bangers there. I've used one in a walrus.

the purple tin · 17-01-2021 09:38AM

Great selection for a karaoke night too :cool:

Necro · 17-01-2021 09:38AM

the purple tin wrote: »

Guilty pleasures my Aunt Fanny. There are some absolute bangers there. I've used one in a walrus.

^^^^ what this guy said. Entries submitted - was very tough seperating a few of them!!

Green&Red · 17-01-2021 10:45AM

ShaneU wrote: »

Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was number one for three weeks in 1971

Nothing like a song about child abandonment to brighten up a Sunday morning

Zaph · 17-01-2021 11:13AM

Jesus Christ, there's more cheese there than in a branch of Sheridan's.

Zaph · 17-01-2021 01:28PM

ShaneU wrote: »

Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight was top spot for five weeks in 1982

The Lion Sleeps Tonight originated as a 1930s South African isicathamiya (a style of a capella music, Ladysmith Black Mambazo are the best known exponents) song called "Mbube" by a guy named Solomon Linda. As often is the case with artists, and especially so as a black one in South Africa, he got stiffed on the royalties and died penniless. More recently a Zimbabwean producer has been trying to get royalties restored to Linda's family, with some success. There was an article on BBC News a couple of weeks ago about his efforts, and there's also a Netflix documentary about it, although I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

And for anyone interested in hearing the original, this is it. The sound quality is a bit ropey, but it was recorded in a small studio in Johannesburg in 1939. However at the time it was one of the biggest selling records in the country and is considered to be of major cultural significance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrQT4WkbNE

Rikand · 17-01-2021 01:34PM

Green&Red wrote: »

Nothing like a song about child abandonment to brighten up a Sunday morning

Thank you for ruining that song for me forever

the purple tin · 17-01-2021 02:07PM

Zaph wrote: »

Jesus Christ, there's more cheese there than in a branch of Sheridan's.

Nothing wrong with a bit of cheese :P
I bet Billy Joel romps home with this.
He is a sort of cult figure to many on Boards.ie; they even wanted to let him into the greatest black musician ever contest

Kolido · 17-01-2021 02:11PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a bit of cheese :P
I bet Billy Joel romps home with this.
He is a sort of cult figure to many on Boards.ie; they even wanted to let him into the greatest black musician ever contest

Haha

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-01-2021 03:14PM

Green&Red wrote: »

Nothing like a song about child abandonment to brighten up a Sunday morning

Rikand wrote: »

Thank you for ruining that song for me forever

If anything, the song has gone up in my estimation, after being put so bluntly by GnR... :pac:

Zaph · 17-01-2021 03:21PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

If anything, the song has gone up in my estimation, after being put so bluntly by GnR... :pac:

I was about 4 when that song was released, and for a year or two afterwards it was my "party piece", frequently encouraged by my parents. Either they were blissfully unaware of what the lyrics were about, or there was some sort of subliminal message as to what would happen me if I was bold that they were hoping I'd pick up on. Joke's on them though, it never occurred to me what the song was about until GnR mentioned it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-01-2021 05:53PM

Entry in. Was harder to separate some of them than I thought it would be.

SineadSpears · 17-01-2021 07:06PM

Ok so another game that I'm a noob to.

Do you need to give reasons or just put them in order of preference ??

JP Liz V1 · 17-01-2021 07:07PM

Zaph wrote: »

The Lion Sleeps Tonight originated as a 1930s South African isicathamiya (a style of a capella music, Ladysmith Black Mambazo are the best known exponents) song called "Mbube" by a guy named Solomon Linda. As often is the case with artists, and especially so as a black one in South Africa, he got stiffed on the royalties and died penniless. More recently a Zimbabwean producer has been trying to get royalties restored to Linda's family, with some success. There was an article on BBC News a couple of weeks ago about his efforts, and there's also a Netflix documentary about it, although I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

And for anyone interested in hearing the original, this is it. The sound quality is a bit ropey, but it was recorded in a small studio in Johannesburg in 1939. However at the time it was one of the biggest selling records in the country and is considered to be of major cultural significance

I'm thinking of Ross and Marcel from Friends

SineadSpears · 17-01-2021 07:11PM

Zaph wrote: »

I was about 4 when that song was released, and for a year or two afterwards it was my "party piece", frequently encouraged by my parents. Either they were blissfully unaware of what the lyrics were about, or there was some sort of subliminal message as to what would happen me if I was bold that they were hoping I'd pick up on.

I'm lethal for not knowing the meaning of songs. I just go by how I feel when I hear it.

Even if I'm singing along & seemingly 'know the words', I still couldn't tell you the meaning of what many songs are about lol

Necro · 17-01-2021 07:13PM

SineadSpears wrote: »

Ok so another game that I'm a noob to.

Do you need to give reasons or just put them in order of preference ??

You can give reasons if you like but it's not needed, just order of preference

SineadSpears · 17-01-2021 07:15PM

Necro wrote: »

You can give reasons if you like but it's not needed, just order of preference

Cool thanks

JP Liz V1 · 17-01-2021 07:32PM

I feel a Eurovision vibe

I like cheesy catchy tunes

SineadSpears · 17-01-2021 09:39PM

Done and dusted.

Also I don't give a shoite who slags Chris De Burgh, THAT IS ONE SEXY MF SONG!!

ShaneU · 17-01-2021 09:59PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I feel a Eurovision vibe I like cheesy catchy tunes

Probably because four of these artists won it :pac:

Gru · 17-01-2021 10:04PM

entry in!

not hard to pick 10, hard to order them

Electric Nitwit · 17-01-2021 10:05PM

SineadSpears wrote: »

Also I don't give a shoite who slags Chris De Burgh, THAT IS ONE SEXY MF SONG!!

Surlaw - Ireland's Guilty Pleasure Number Ones

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