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| UK Top 40 biggest selling singles by Irish acts, of the last 20 years (St. Paddy's Day) |
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 17th March 2017, 08:51 AM
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http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...0-years__18498/
1 NO MATTER WHAT BOYZONE 1998 1 1,150,000 2 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 6 3 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 2014 2 4 C'EST LA VIE B'WITCHED 1998 1 925,000 5 HALL OF FAME SCRIPT FT WILL I AM 2012 1 6 UPTOWN GIRL WESTLIFE 2001 1 797,000 7 THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED SCRIPT 2008 2 8 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL RONAN KEATING 1999 1 9 I HAVE A DREAM/SEASONS IN THE SUN WESTLIFE 1999 1 10 IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES RONAN KEATING 2002 1 11 YOU RAISE ME UP WESTLIFE 2005 1 12 ROLLERCOASTER B'WITCHED 1998 1 510,000 13 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS WESTLIFE 1999 1 14 BREAKEVEN SCRIPT 2008 21 15 RUN SNOW PATROL 2004 5 16 LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RONAN KEATING 2000 1 17 FOR THE FIRST TIME SCRIPT 2010 4 18 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME BOYZONE 1998 2 19 WHAT MAKES A MAN WESTLIFE 2000 2 20 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 1987 4 418,000 (since 1997) 21 BEAUTIFUL DAY U2 2000 1 408,000 22 SWEAR IT AGAIN WESTLIFE 1999 1 23 BREATHLESS CORRS 2000 1 365,000 24 YOU NEEDED ME BOYZONE 1999 1 25 QUEEN OF MY HEART WESTLIFE 2001 1 26 RUNAWAY CORRS 1999 2 351,000 27 WHAT ABOUT NOW WESTLIFE 2009 2 28 IF I LET YOU GO WESTLIFE 1999 1 29 SUPERHEROES SCRIPT 2014 3 30 MY LOVE WESTLIFE 2000 1 31 SWEETEST THING U2 1998 3 32 CANNONBALL DAMIEN RICE 2003 9 33 WHAT CAN I DO CORRS 1998 3 274,000 34 SING IT BACK MOLOKO 1999 4 35 ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE SAMANTHA MUMBA 2001 3 36 GOTTA TELL YOU SAMANTHA MUMBA 2000 2 37 WORLD OF OUR OWN WESTLIFE 2002 1 38 BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN B'WITCHED 1999 1 254,000 39 VERTIGO U2 2004 1 40 DISCOTHEQUE U2 1997 1 (41 ZOMBIE THE CRANBERRIES 1994 14) |
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17th March 2017, 09:29 AM
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'With or Without You' sold an estimated 280k in 1987, so its total is just over 700k (with streams, I think this could comfortably be passed 800k).
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17th March 2017, 09:32 AM
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Ireland has a lot to answer for: Boyzone, Ronan, Bewitched and the chart abominations that were Westlife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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17th March 2017, 09:50 AM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Unless I'm missing something, Boyzone's Platinum selling 'When the Going Gets Tough' should appear here.
-x- My attempt at filling in the sales: 1 NO MATTER WHAT BOYZONE 1998 1 1,150,000 2 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 6 1,100,000+ 3 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 2014 2 ~950,000 4 C'EST LA VIE B'WITCHED 1998 1 925,000 5 HALL OF FAME SCRIPT FT WILL I AM 2012 1 800,000+ 6 UPTOWN GIRL WESTLIFE 2001 1 797,000 7 THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED SCRIPT 2008 2 700,000+ 8 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL RONAN KEATING 1999 1 680,000 9 I HAVE A DREAM/SEASONS IN THE SUN WESTLIFE 1999 1 665,000 10 IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES RONAN KEATING 2002 1 600,000+ 11 YOU RAISE ME UP WESTLIFE 2005 1 534,000 12 ROLLERCOASTER B'WITCHED 1998 1 510,000 13 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS WESTLIFE 1999 1 460,000 14 BREAKEVEN SCRIPT 2008 21 450,000 15 RUN SNOW PATROL 2004 5 450,000 16 LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RONAN KEATING 2000 1 440,000 17 FOR THE FIRST TIME SCRIPT 2010 4 430,000 18 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME BOYZONE 1998 2 420,000 19 WHAT MAKES A MAN WESTLIFE 2000 2 420,000 20 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 1987 4 418,000 (since 1997) 21 BEAUTIFUL DAY U2 2000 1 408,000 22 SWEAR IT AGAIN WESTLIFE 1999 1 380,000 23 BREATHLESS CORRS 2000 1 365,000 24 YOU NEEDED ME BOYZONE 1999 1 355,000 25 QUEEN OF MY HEART WESTLIFE 2001 1 355,000 26 RUNAWAY CORRS 1999 2 351,000 27 WHAT ABOUT NOW WESTLIFE 2009 2 330,000 28 IF I LET YOU GO WESTLIFE 1999 1 325,000 29 SUPERHEROES SCRIPT 2014 3 320,000 30 MY LOVE WESTLIFE 2000 1 315,000 31 SWEETEST THING U2 1998 3 285,000 32 CANNONBALL DAMIEN RICE 2003 9 280,000 33 WHAT CAN I DO CORRS 1998 3 274,000 34 SING IT BACK MOLOKO 1999 4 270,000 35 ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE SAMANTHA MUMBA 2001 3 270,000 36 GOTTA TELL YOU SAMANTHA MUMBA 2000 2 260,000 37 WORLD OF OUR OWN WESTLIFE 2002 1 255,000 38 BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN B'WITCHED 1999 1 254,000 39 VERTIGO U2 2004 1 240,000 40 DISCOTHEQUE U2 1997 1 240,000 |
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17th March 2017, 12:23 PM
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p.s Moloko were only half Irish - the other half are English, so shouldn't really count....
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17th March 2017, 12:27 PM
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Snow Patrol aren't Irish tho.
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17th March 2017, 12:28 PM
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The OCC compiled this list, go harass them!!1
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17th March 2017, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(liamk97 @ Mar 17 2017, 09:50 AM)  Unless I'm missing something, Boyzone's Platinum selling 'When the Going Gets Tough' should appear here. And Picture Of You/Baby Can I Hold You, seeing as a U2 song from 1997 is included. Also, B*Witched's To You I Belong is missing, pretty sure that outsold Blame It On The Weatherman. |
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17th March 2017, 12:43 PM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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'Fairytale of New York' not on here?
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17th March 2017, 12:45 PM
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The Pogues surprisingly are actually English.
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17th March 2017, 12:46 PM
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Take out U2 and that's a horrific list, bar a handful!
they should have included older sales, like errr Dana, The Bacholers, Val Doonican and so on... errr maybe not! I suspect the great Irish acts wouldnt appear on a sales basis... 
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17th March 2017, 01:57 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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QUOTE(howiet1971 @ Mar 17 2017, 12:23 PM) p.s Moloko were only half Irish - the other half are English, so shouldn't really count.... The Time Is Now is a better Moloko song than Sing It Back for me, wish it would have made the list instead of the overrated Sing it Back, also it definitely sounds like Clean Bandit were influenced by The Time Is Now with its whole orchestral influenced dance sound so it was ahead of its time! |
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