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"How was that their highest charting single?"

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  • #32
    NewbridgeIR
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    Slightly off tangent so apologies but what do these four not-exactly-obscure singles all have in common?

    Will post answer tomorrow evening.

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  • #33
    blastman
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    Gizmo55 wrote: »
    ‘Vienna’ by Ultravox was presumed by most to have reached no.1 but got stuck at no.2 by ‘Shaddap you Face’ by Joe Dolce.

    It stayed at number two for four weeks before dropping down the charts again, which was very unusual in those days.


  • #34
    loyatemu
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    REM's biggest UK hits were The Great Beyond, E-bow the Letter and Leaving New York. All in an era of very low single sales though. Everybody Hurts was probably their biggest seller a few years earlier.


  • #35
    NewbridgeIR
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    The answer being that the single versions of all four are still unavailable on CD.


  • #36
    MikeyTaylor
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    The answer being that the single versions of all four are still unavailable on CD.

    That's interesting.

    Speaking of the Police, Sting's only UK top 10 singles outside of the band were "When We Dance" (#9), "All for Love" with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams (#2) and "Rise and Fall" featuring Craig David (#2).


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  • #37
    NewbridgeIR
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    MikeyTaylor wrote: »
    That's interesting.

    Speaking of the Police, Sting's only UK top 10 singles outside of the band were "When We Dance" (#9), "All for Love" with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams (#2) and "Rise and Fall" featuring Craig David (#2).

    A lot lower profile (to me) than other tracks like If You Love Something Set Them Free, Russians, An Englishman In New York (Ben Liebrand Remix).


  • #38
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Re: the four MIA-on-CD singles.
    All four bands have released numerous compilation albums (Best Ofs, Greatest Hits, Singles collections) over the years - as well as reissues of albums that originally included these songs. In addition there have been thousands of opportunities to include these single edits on Various Artists compilations over the last 35 years. There are new retrospective 1980s compilations released every couple of weeks.

    Double Dutch is on the first Now album but when they issued it on CD for the 25th anniversary, they used the Duck Rock version. Walking On The Moon (and Message In A Bottle) are in the same boat - Police and V/A compilations always use the longer album versions. AntMusic likewise - the mix on Kings Of The Wild Frontier is about 25 seconds longer than the 7" and is invariably included everywhere. Once an error is made, it keeps cropping up over and over again. The version of Once In A Lifetime that we heard on the radio back in 1980 / 81 was more than a minute shorter than the Remain In Light album take.

    These aren't obscure songs. They sold by the truckload. The fact that the versions we heard on the radio still haven't made it to CD at this point in time is staggering.


  • #39
    Declan A Walsh
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    Hot Chocolate had a number of hits in the '70s and '80s (especially the '70s). The song that gets most airplay is You Sexy Thing. Of course, this was helped by its use in the film The Full Monty, thus giving it a new lease of life in the '90s. It reached its highest position of No. 2 on its original release in 1975.

    But who remembers their only U.K. Number 1? Was it Every 1's a Winner or was it It Started With a Kiss. No, they reached No. 12 in 1978 and No. 5 in 1982, respectively. It was in fact one of their many songs that are hardly ever played on the radio - So You Win Again from 1977.
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  • #40
    NewbridgeIR
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    Declan A Walsh wrote: »
    Hot Chocolate had a number of hits in the '70s and '80s (especially the '70s). The song that gets most airplay is You Sexy Thing. Of course, this was helped by its use in the film The Full Monty, thus giving it a new lease of life in the '90s. It reached its highest position of No. 2 on its original release in 1975.

    But who remembers their only U.K. Number 1? Was it Every 1's a Winner or was it It Started With a Kiss. No, they reached No. 12 in 1978 and No. 5 in 1982, respectively. It was in fact one of their many songs that are hardly ever played on the radio - So You Win Again from 1977.

    You Sexy Thing was remixed by Ben Liebrand in early 1987 and used to promote The Very Best Of Hot Chocolate. It also appeared on Now 9 which came out at the end of March 1987. While the original version of the song was used in The Full Monty, a number of compilation albums released in 1997 (Now Dance '97, Now 38) used the inferior 1987 remix.


  • #41
    MikeyTaylor
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    Iron Maiden's only domestic chart topper was "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" in 1990.


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  • #42
    NewbridgeIR
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    MikeyTaylor wrote: »
    Iron Maiden's only domestic chart topper was "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" in 1990.

    Big surprise. Was in the shops for the post-Christmas period and was helped by releasing a CD, cassette, 7", 12" and a 7" flip top brain pack set. At the time I saw one guy buying all five formats in one go. The BBC didn't play it either. It's absent from compilations of 1990 / 1991 - must be a refusal to license.

    Bruce Dickinson originally recorded the track for use in the fifth Nightmare On Elm Street film (1989)


  • #43
    MikeyTaylor
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    Prior to spring 2013, Ant & Dec/PJ & Duncan's highest UK charter was "We're on the Ball", peaking at #3. "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" only made #9 upon its initial release in 1994. WOTB was also their only top 5 single at the time. Can you believe that??


  • #44
    loyatemu
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    MikeyTaylor wrote: »
    AC/DC's highest charting original single in the UK is Heatseeker (#12).

    AC/DC were the act with the most top 40 hits without ever making the top 10, but I see Highway to Hell got to no. 4 in 2012 (presumably it was used in a film?). Super Furry Animals now hold that ignominious record - they just missed out when Northern Lights got to no. 11.

    Depeche Mode have had 43 top 40 hits without having a no. 1 - never higher than no. 4. Their original songwriter Vince Clarke went on to have shedloads of hits with Yazoo and Erasure, including several no. 2s before eventually resorting to an EP of Abba covers to finally get his no. 1.


  • #45
    MikeyTaylor
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    AC/DC were the act with the most top 40 hits without ever making the top 10, but I see Highway to Hell got to no. 4 in 2012 (presumably it was used in a film?). Super Furry Animals now hold that ignominious record - they just missed out when Northern Lights got to no. 11.

    Depeche Mode have had 43 top 40 hits without having a no. 1 - never higher than no. 4. Their original songwriter Vince Clarke went on to have shedloads of hits with Yazoo and Erasure, including several no. 2s before eventually resorting to an EP of Abba covers to finally get his no. 1.

    Super Furry Animals have had the most top 20s, 40s AND 75s without a top 10. "The Man Don't Give a F*ck" only reached #22. Fellow Welsh band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci are the only act to have eight top 75s without any top 40s.


  • #46
    MikeyTaylor
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    Maroon 5's only UK number #1 is not Moves Like Jagger, This Love, Sugar, She Will Be Loved - but 'Payphone' in 2012.


  • #47
    loyatemu
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    Primal Scream's biggest hit was the forgettable "Country Girl" from 2006. "Loaded" only reached no. 16.


  • #48
    MikeyTaylor
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    Primal Scream's biggest hit was the forgettable "Country Girl" from 2006. "Loaded" only reached no. 16.

    As for Rocks, that reached #7. Movin' on Up wasn't released in the UK but was in the US but didn't chart. It reached #93 in Germany


  • #49
    loyatemu
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    MikeyTaylor wrote: »
    As for Rocks, that reached #7. Movin' on Up wasn't released in the UK but was in the US but didn't chart. It reached #93 in Germany

    Movin on Up     was on the Dixie-Narco EP.


  • #50
    MikeyTaylor
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    loyatemu wrote: »

    Movin on Up     was on the Dixie-Narco EP.

    My mistake, EP reached #11 in the UK


  • #51
    NewbridgeIR
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    Metallica and AC/DC are two long-running acts that have never released a Best Of, Greatest Hits or Singles collection.


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  • #52
    blastman
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    Metallica and AC/DC are two long-running acts that have never released a Best Of, Greatest Hits or Singles collection.

    Officially...


  • #53
    blastman
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    AC/DC were the act with the most top 40 hits without ever making the top 10, but I see Highway to Hell got to no. 4 in 2012 (presumably it was used in a film?). Super Furry Animals now hold that ignominious record - they just missed out when Northern Lights got to no. 11.

    Think there was a campaign to try and get them to number 1 for Christmas that year, Highway to Hell was the song picked to use for it.


  • #54
    NewbridgeIR
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    blastman wrote: »
    Officially...

    That's what counts.


  • #55
    MikeyTaylor
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    Until 2012 Elbow's highest charting UK singles were 'Asleep in the Back/Coming Second', 'Fallen Angel' and 'Grounds for Divorce', all of which reached #19. 'One Day Like This' only reached #35 on two separate occasions, prior to the London Olympics.


  • #56
    MikeyTaylor
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    I'm sure "Living in America" is quite a well known song but that was James Brown's only UK top 10 single, reaching #5 in 1986. I Feel Good, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Sex Machine and It's a Man's Man's Man's World all peaked between #13 and #32!


  • #57
    Weepsie
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    AC/DC were the act with the most top 40 hits without ever making the top 10, but I see Highway to Hell got to no. 4 in 2012 (presumably it was used in a film?). Super Furry Animals now hold that ignominious record - they just missed out when Northern Lights got to no. 11.

    As an SFA fan I'm pleasantly surprised that's their highest, great song


  • #58
    MikeyTaylor
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    Scouting for Girls' only UK #1 wasn't "She's So Lovely" or "Elvis Ain't Dead"... but "This Ain't a Love Song" in 2010.


  • #59
    Balmed Out
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    I'm amazed last kiss wasn't number one in the USA, seemed to be on the radio permanently that summer. Had to look up what beat it and was Jennifer lopezs debut single


  • #60
    loyatemu
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    Beastie Boys biggest hit was "Intergalactic" which is pretty well known, but it's surprising that neither "Fight for your right to party" nor "Sabotage" made the top 10.

    Portishead's only top 10 was "All Mine" rather than "Sour Times" or "Glory Box" which were both ubiquitous in films and TV in the late 90s.


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  • #61
    MikeyTaylor
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    Beastie Boys biggest hit was "Intergalactic" which is pretty well known, but it's surprising that neither "Fight for your right to party" nor "Sabotage" made the top 10.

    Portishead's only top 10 was "All Mine" rather than "Sour Times" or "Glory Box" which were both ubiquitous in films and TV in the late 90s.

    "She's On It" and "Ch-ch-check it Out" reached the top 10.

    Glory Box and Sour Times BOTH peaked at #13. How unlucky.


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