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N-S View Member Profile	Jul 5 2021, 01:13 PM Post #1
BuzzJack Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 4,487 Member No.: 816 Joined: 23-June 06 No Gallery Pics	On the occasion of the 4th Of July, US youtuber Sean Fay Wolfe, whose channel Diamond Axe Studios analyzes US chart music did a speacial video analyzing some of the most astonishing UK #1 hit singles, most of them unknown to the American public. It includes Bob The Builder, Mr. Blobby, Swagger Jagger, Japanese Boy, Ebeneezer Goode, Mull Of Kintyre, Nutrocker, It's My Birthday, Marmalade's cover of O-bla-di O-bla-da, the Eamonn/Frankee double punch and Rage Against The X-Factor. Zp4CE__i3fQ This post has been edited by N-S: Jul 5 2021, 01:26 PM


lewistgreen View Member Profile	Jul 5 2021, 01:19 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Platinum Member Group: Genre Mod Posts: 18,550 Member No.: 19,585 Joined: 25-July 13 No Gallery Pics	Eamon / Frankee is a surprise considering the former went Top 20 in the US! But we definitely took to the "drama" a lot more I guess


dan::G View Member Profile	Jul 5 2021, 01:46 PM Post #3
◢ ◤ Group: Chart Mod Posts: 64,340 Member No.: 11,746 Joined: 30-August 10 No Gallery Pics	there'd be enough material for a few videos like those considering the sheer amount of UK #1s that never crossed over. I am a fan of the channel and the video although it was very much on the side of 'let's laugh at the UK for their shit taste in music' for the most part, a lot of credible pop and EDM got overlooked in favour of novelty and charity songs. Surprised Eamon was never bigger than #16 in the US though.


Rush View Member Profile	Jul 5 2021, 02:12 PM Post #4
wayback machine gif rescuer Group: Members Posts: 3,333 Member No.: 18,564 Joined: 3-April 13 No Gallery Pics	QUOTE(dan::G @ Jul 5 2021, 11:46 PM) there'd be enough material for a few videos like those considering the sheer amount of UK #1s that never crossed over. I am a fan of the channel and the video although it was very much on the side of 'let's laugh at the UK for their shit taste in music' for the most part, a lot of credible pop and EDM got overlooked in favour of novelty and charity songs. Surprised Eamon was never bigger than #16 in the US though. I think it probably did about as well as it could for a not-very-radio-friendly song, as CD singles were so dead (outside of American Idol singles) at the time that the Hot 100 was practically airplay-only. Eamon was actually the 4th best selling single of 2004 there (behind 3 American Idol artists), but that only made the difference between peaking at #16 on the Hot 100 and peaking at #19 on airplay.


Dot Branning View Member Profile	Jul 5 2021, 04:06 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 837 Member No.: 122,344 Joined: 26-January 21 No Gallery Pics	I enjoyed watching that, it's an interesting topic and definitely scope for another couple of videos, especially if they focus on some of the genuinely great #1s that had zero impact in the US as well as all the bizarre novelty shit.


fiesta View Member Profile	Jul 5 2021, 05:57 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 1,502 Member No.: 232 Joined: 15-March 06 No Gallery Pics	Mr blobby, Cher Lloyd and Bob the builder they aren't missing out on much then!


BillyH View Member Profile	Jul 7 2021, 06:04 PM Post #7
BuzzJack Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 2,113 Member No.: 6,614 Joined: 10-July 08 No Gallery Pics	I don't know if this would work the other way around as US hits that did nothing chartwise in the UK seem to eventually be known here anyway - see 'Baby Got Back' (#1 US, #56 UK) and T-Pain's 'Buy U A Drank' (#1 US, #DNC UK) as two examples of that.


DalekTurret32 View Member Profile	Jul 9 2021, 01:08 PM Post #8
FIVE YEARS OF THE TURRET 15-20 Group: Members Posts: 4,321 Member No.: 21,666 Joined: 12-March 15 No Gallery Pics	This was a very funny video, and I got to know more about these hits. Some of them I already listened to. Been following both Diamond Axe and Mode Reviews since the end of 2018.