December 17, 201311 yr We will, we will. ROCK YOU. ROCK YOU. I'm not sure if that would be allowed to enter, considering it was a B-side to a #2 hit (We are the Campions) and it hit #1 as a cover version (Five and Queen 'We Will Rock You')
December 17, 201311 yr I was just saying that I thought it was a hit. Edited December 17, 201311 yr by ★ G R I F F ★
December 17, 201311 yr Driver's Seat was a huge fave of Tony's in his Radio 1 days.'Driver's Seat sadly failed to make the top 40 when re-issued in June 1979 (it had originally flopped a few months earlier) due to a strike at the EMI pressing plant in Hayes, Middlesex which limited the amount of stock there was available in the shops. The band appeared on Top Of The Pops but with no more stock available to buy the record soon dropped off the charts. A third release of the song later in 1979 following it reaching the US top 20 flopped too. At least that record made it out of EMI's pressing plant. Kirsty MacColl's debut single, 'They Don't Know' was pressed up but the stock was stuck in the pressing plant due to the strike and by the time the record did make it into the shops the record has peaked on radio and the single sadly flopped. Strangely the strike ended just in time for the release of 'We Don't Talk Anymore' by Cliff Richard. Perhaps the staff in the pressing plant preferred him to the other acts!
December 17, 201311 yr Ooh, Blondie's 'One Way or Another'. Only made the Top 100 after that disastrous 1D cover.
December 17, 201311 yr Ooh, Blondie's 'One Way or Another'. Only made the Top 100 after that disastrous 1D cover. Was it even a single though?
December 17, 201311 yr Not released as a single in the UK I think (I might be wrong)... but a good track to play on Guitar Hero! LOL
December 17, 201311 yr Was it even a single though?Not back in 1979. It was released as a single in the US but in the UK the label went for 'Sunday Girl' as the follow up to 'Heart Of Glass'.
December 17, 201311 yr Rhiannon, Don't Stop, Go You Own Way - Fleetwood Mac Free Fallin' - Tom Petty the Sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel
December 17, 201311 yr Was it even a single though? No, but I'm sure non-chart followers would have thought it was a massive hit so I'd think it was still eligible. Should have been a single though. :wub:
December 17, 201311 yr Driving Home For Christmas never made the top 50 on first release, it has made the top 40 since, but still not really enough to class it as a 'hit' in chart terms despite now being very much a Christmas staple. Similar story with Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses.
December 17, 201311 yr Alphaville - Forever Young Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield Outfield - Your Love Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You Tonight HIM - Join Me In Death
December 17, 201311 yr Some good recent additions would be Ellie Goulding's 'Lights' and Drake's 'The Motto', I think.
December 17, 201311 yr Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine For anyone who saw the "Easy A" movie.
December 17, 201311 yr I don't think a random member of the public would even KNOW what Lights was unless they'd brought the album though. Obviously it would be a different scenario in the US but it was still a hit there...
December 17, 201311 yr I don't think a random member of the public would even KNOW what Lights was unless they'd brought the album though. Obviously it would be a different scenario in the US but it was still a hit there... She always performs that song whenever she does a festival set so it's not completely obscure.
December 17, 201311 yr "That's Entertainment", by "The Jam" I think is one of their best known songs, yet it missed the top 20, even though they had chart toppers before and after it. It's an interesting topic. "Julia", by "The Eurythmics" I think is a classic, that never made the top 40, but not certain if it's generally been perceived to have been a hit though.
December 17, 201311 yr "That's Entertainment" was only originally available as an import and not promoted as a UK Single which is why it didn't make the Top 40.
December 17, 201311 yr I don't think a random member of the public would even KNOW what Lights was unless they'd brought the album though. Obviously it would be a different scenario in the US but it was still a hit there... I've found it's surprisingly well known and it hasn't left the top 1500 on iTunes for well over a year at this stage.
December 17, 201311 yr Rhiannon, Don't Stop, Go You Own Way - Fleetwood Mac Free Fallin' - Tom Petty the Sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence was on the Mrs Robinson EP which made the top ten.
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