"How was that their highest charting single?"

loyatemu · 13-06-2018 10:46am

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Echo and the Bunnymen's highest charting singles are "The Cutter" and "Nothing Lasts Forever", both of which peaked at #8.

"The Cutter" is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. "Nothing Last Forever", meh.

BOSTIK · 13-06-2018 12:55pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

UPDATE: "Lil Devil" is being used in some ad at the moment!

I haven't heard it in years, funny that.

MikeyTaylor · 15-06-2018 7:31pm

Thirteen Senses' Into the Fire, which peaked at #35, is probably recognisable from countless ads, TV shows and films, but it was outpeaked by "Thru the Glass" which went all the way to #18. By the way 13S are the only Cornish band to have a UK top 20 single.

NewbridgeIR · 15-06-2018 10:40pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

By the way 13S are the only Cornish artist to have a UK top 20 single.

Aphex Twin's Windowlicker reached #16 in 1999.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBS4Gi1y_nc

MikeyTaylor · 15-06-2018 11:18pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Aphex Twin's Windowlicker reached #16 in 1999.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBS4Gi1y_nc

Forgot about him. Should have said "band".

MikeyTaylor · 17-06-2018 10:59pm

Iggy Pop's highest charting UK singles are the #9 and #10 tracks "Aisha" (with Death in Vegas) and "Real Wild Child" respectively rather than "The Passenger", "Lust for Life" or "Candy".

loyatemu · 17-06-2018 11:20pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Aphex Twin's Windowlicker reached #16 in 1999.

He's Irish!
(allegedly)

still hard to believe that song went top 20, the 90s were great fun!

loyatemu · 17-06-2018 11:24pm

Saint Etienne - I'd guess You're in a Bad Way (12) or Join our Club (21) would be their best known songs, their biggest hit was a duet with French singer Etienne Daho He's on the Phone (11). Another great band that never quite made the top 10.

MikeyTaylor · 17-06-2018 11:35pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Saint Etienne - I'd guess You're in a Bad Way (12) or Join our Club (21) would be their best known songs, their biggest hit was a duet with French singer Etienne Daho He's on the Phone (11). Another great band that never quite made the top 10.

There was also their cover of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" which peaked at #39 in 1991. That's quite well-known.

MikeyTaylor · 17-06-2018 11:36pm

loyatemu wrote: »

He's Irish!
(allegedly)

still hard to believe that song went top 20, the 90s were great fun!

Born in Limerick, raised in Lanner. Yeah but when it comes to Kernoweks, only him and Thirteen Senses have made the top 20.

MikeyTaylor · 17-06-2018 11:44pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

ELO, Birmingham's finest, had their highest charting domestic single not with 'Don't Bring Me Down' (although it peaked just two places lower), 'Mr Blue Sky', 'Livin' Thing' or 'Sweet Talking Woman'... but the 1980, Olivia Newton-John hookup 'Xanadu'. It went all the way to #1!

More trivia here they had five number 6s: "Mr Blue Sky", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Wild West Hero", "Sweet Talking Woman" and "Shine a Little Love". To think their only #1 in Britain was an ONJ duet that NEVER gets played on the radio anymore.

loyatemu · 17-06-2018 11:46pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Born in Limerick, raised in Lanner. Yeah but when it comes to Kernoweks, only him and Thirteen Senses have made the top 20.

Mick Fleetwood was born in Cornwall, has had a few hits (this is wandering a bit off topic now)

MikeyTaylor · 18-06-2018 1:50am

Roxy Music reached #1 with a cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" in 1981, outpeaking "Love is the Drug", "Let's Stick Together", "Virginia Plain" or "More Than This".

Kool and the Gang reached #2 in 1982 with the double A-side single "Joanna/Tonight".

Many people will be shocked to find out that, despite Phil Collins' massive catalog of #1 and Top 10 hits, "In The Air Tonight" never made it past #19 in the US.

NewbridgeIR · 18-06-2018 8:38pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Many people will be shocked to find out that, despite Phil Collins' massive catalog of #1 and Top 10 hits, "In The Air Tonight" never made it past #19 in the US.

In 2017 he released The Singles, a compilation of 2CDs or 3CDs.

Filled with album versions of his hits. :rolleyes:

Rothko · 18-06-2018 10:32pm

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Catatonia's highest charting UK single is not "Road Rage" (#5) but rather the less often heard "Mulder & Scully" (#3).

I thought Mulder & Scully was their most famous song.

MikeyTaylor · 18-06-2018 11:06pm

Mumford & Sons' highest charting single is "I Will Wait" which reached #12. Quite a well-known song of theirs but "Little Lion Man" only reached #24 and "The Cave" #31.

BOSTIK · 19-06-2018 3:58pm

"Moneytalks" is AC/DC's highest charting single in the US, and the only one to reach the Top 30 on the Hot 100, peaking at no. 23

MikeyTaylor · 23-06-2018 2:24am

In Canada, Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" only reached #7, whilst the much less remembered "Love You Lately" reached #5. This is because the Canadian charts relied solely on physical single sales until Billboard introduced the Canadian Hot 100 in 2007.

MikeyTaylor · 23-06-2018 6:22pm

Ja Rule scored a UK #1 in the Autumn of 2004 with "Wonderful" (which featured Ashanti and R. Kelly). His only single to top the charts, I think I read somewhere that it was the lowest selling ever UK number one! "Livin' it Up" and "Always on Time" (the latter interpolated by RAYE on her recent single "The Decline") only reached #5 and #6 respectively.

MikeyTaylor · 24-06-2018 9:04am

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

As far as I can make out, Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy also got to #4.

Correction: it was actually the duet with Bobbie Gentry, "All I Have to Do is Dream", from 1969, which reached #3!

"It's Only Make Believe" was #4 as well.

MikeyTaylor · 27-06-2018 12:12am

Two Door Cinema Club's only UK top 40 single was the rather forgettable imo "Changing of the Seasons" in 2013, reaching #33. "Something Good Can Work" and "What You Know", which I consider their signature songs, only reached their respective peaks of #56 and #64. Seriously, SGCH and WYK are far better and more memorable.

MikeyTaylor · 03-07-2018 1:29am

Des'Ree's "You Gotta Be" (you'll know it when you hear it) only peaked at #14 in 1995. In 1998, the hardly-ever-heard-on-the-radio-anymore "Life" peaked at #8.
"I don't want to see a ghost,
It's the sight that I fear most,
I'd rather have a piece of toast,
And watch the evening news...."

MikeyTaylor · 06-07-2018 10:11pm

What was Billy Idol's only US #1 hit? "Rebel Yell"? "White Wedding"? "Dancing With Myself"? Nope, it's his version of Tommy James' "Mony Mony". Not the studio recording that's now more commonly used, but a live version.

He had three other top 10 hits none of which were "Rebel Yell" (#46), "White Wedding" (#36) or "Dancing With Myself" (didn't chart), but instead "Cradle Of Love" (#2), "Eyes Without A Face" (#4), and To Be A Lover (#6). The former two are still remembered positively, but are not considered Billy's signature songs, while the latter has almost totally been forgotten.

MikeyTaylor · 07-08-2018 9:40pm

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, aka OMD. Best known songs would be "Electricity" (didn't chart despite THREE releases), "Enola Gay" and "If You Leave", possibly even "Forever Live and Die". Highest charting UK singles? "Souvenir" and "Sailing on the Seven Seas", both of which peaked at #3.

loyatemu · 08-08-2018 9:56am

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, aka OMD. Best known songs would be "Electricity", "Enola Gay" and "If You Leave". Highest charting UK singles? "Souvenir" and "Sailing on the Seven Seas", both of which peaked at #3.

it might not be their best known song, but it's possibly their best single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDIYOiQUi2s

Welsh Megaman · 08-08-2018 10:34pm

Teenage Fanclub!

Fans would assume that ‘The Concept’, ‘What You Do To Me’ or one of the single releases from ‘Grand Prix’ would be their highest charting.

But no, it’s ‘Ain’t That Enough’, #17 in 1997.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdeqYx-9-AQ

MikeyTaylor · 15-08-2018 12:04pm

In the UK, Taio Cruz hit #1 with both 'Dynamite' and the slightly less well-known 'Break Your Heart' but, across the Atlantic, only the latter made #1, and the former only #2.

Nelly has had 4 #1s in the UK, but none of them were "Hot in Herre" or "Ride wit Me" - they only reached #4 and #3 respectively. Of his actual chart toppers, I'd say "Dilemma" (with Kelly Rowland) is the best known.

2Pac's "Ghetto Gospel" (which samples Elton John's Indian Sunset) was the late rapper's only UK number one, outcharting Changes and California Love, although Changes, which reached #3, has sold more copies according to the Official Chart Company.

MikeyTaylor · 19-08-2018 2:42pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

She's On It did well when it was reissued in 1987. Included on The Hits Album 7 between Spagna's Call Me and I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor.

Adeva's three 1989 singles - Respect, Warning!, I Thank You - all peaked at #17.

I have only realised that 'Respect' is a reworking of the Aretha Franklin classic.

NewbridgeIR · 19-08-2018 2:48pm

The Michael Jackson album with the most UK number #1 singles taken from it is not Thriller, Bad or Dangerous.

It's HIStory* which had two chart-toppers - You Are Not Alone, Earth Song.
The other three I mentioned only had one each - Billie Jean, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Black Or White.

*The HIStory Continues disc.

MikeyTaylor · 19-08-2018 9:04pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

The Michael Jackson album with the most UK number #1 singles taken from it is not Thriller, Bad or Dangerous.

It's HIStory* which had two chart-toppers - You Are Not Alone, Earth Song.
The other three I mentioned only had one each - Billie Jean, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Black Or White.

*The HIStory Continues disc.

What album was "Blood on the Dance Floor" on? I believe it was the HIStory remix album. Separate album, correct?

"How was that their highest charting single?"

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