April 12, 20205 yr Author 21: Stiltskin - Inside 1 week at #1 in 1994 Top 75 run: 5-{1}-2-4-6-8-15-17-28-28-40-42-64->13 VuTVKO0RScI Stepping ahead to 1994 and here's an example of the ubiquitous power of the Levi's jeans adverts at the time, here's a band that apparently came into existence for the original purpose of soundtracking the ad and they got an instant #1 hit with their first single out of it, one of several songs that became #1 hits thanks to the company. Their popularity was mostly just limited to this one song and they didn't manage to build a long-lasting career from it, landing only one more song on the charts at #34 later in the year (and a #17 album) before disappearing. I think this is the final song on the list that I hadn't previously heard, as we approach the turn of the millennium. I wasn't expecting this to have such a heavy grunge sound to it - I know that's not entirely unfitting of the Levi's advert aesthetic given that Babylon Zoo's 'Spaceman' was also used in their ads but this song doesn't even have the fake-out less grungey part at the start of it! I quite like it on first listen, not blowing me away but a solid bit of moody grunge. I award this 7 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 22: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around 15 weeks at #1 in 1994 Top 75 run: 4-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8-16-21-35-39-46-47-52-58-59-54-60-52-37-37-50-63-66->37 h3gEkwhdXUE And we had to get around to it eventually - checking in again for their third and final #1, and by far the longest running of the #1s in this thread (in fact with the joint 3rd most weeks at #1 in the UK out of any song in history), Wet Wet Wet's 'Love Is All Around' lodged itself in the top spot in 1994 and refused to exit for a gruelling 15 weeks, aided by being taken from the soundtrack to 'Four Weddings And A Funeral'. It was a return to form and a half for them, as in the intervening period since 'Goodnight Girl' they hadn't scored a single additional top 10 hit (charting 5 songs further down the chart). They would resume being frequent chart stars for a while after this one though, picking up six more top 10 hits with the last, 2008's 'Weightless', giving them a memorable final hurrah as it debuted at #10 before promptly dropping out of the top 75 entirely in its second week. This is another cover, originally by The Troggs and dating back to 1967. For such an enormous hit single that I believe gets quite a bit of hate (perhaps just because of people getting bored of it monopolising the chart for such an excessive period of time), I don't really have any strong opinions on this. It's a fairly pleasant radio filler track. Not much more to say about it. It's my favourite of the 3 Wet Wet Wet #1s, not that that's saying much. I award this 6 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 23: Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 1 week at #1 in 1996 Top 75 run: {1}-2-3-15-44-69-54-55-61-69-52-54-44-40-67->15 2KQzQVREMbU And for the final Scottish #1 of the 1990s, it's a pretty melancholy note to end the night on - this track was a charity release following the tragic death of one teacher and 16 schoolchildren in the Dunblane massacre. It's a slight re-write of the Bob Dylan song of the same name (also well known for a cover by Guns N' Roses), credited simply to 'Dunblane'. It's the brainchild of Scottish musician Ted Christopher, also including the voices of children from the village of Dunblane and with Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on guitar. Due to the nature of its release 'Dunblane' is of course a one hit wonder. I have pretty much the same opinion on this as Wet Wet Wet's 'With A Little Help From My Friends' - I can't hate on it, it was for a great cause and it's a competent cover, albeit not one I'd ever choose to listen to over the original (well, in this case the Guns N' Roses version as I haven't heard the original), nor do I imagine many people did listen to it that much after purchasing it. I award this 6 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png Into the 21st century tomorrow!
April 12, 20205 yr Stiltskin is the best of those three,certainly. The singer,Ray Wilson,joined Genesis a couple of years later as their lead singer. They only did one album and tour with him before stopping which he was really annoyed about. He's a big Genesis fan and wanted to carry on for a lot longer than that. I believe he still includes Genesis songs as part of his solo live sets.
April 12, 20205 yr ^ Didn't know that about Stiltskin :o Okay so 'Love Is All Around' is actually a Wet Wet Wet song I really like :lol: probably helps that I wasn't even born when it was released so I wasn't exposed to its mammoth run at the top. I have a real soft spot for it. The other two are fine - the Dunblane one is of course for a brilliant cause and not bad at all as a cover.
April 12, 20205 yr So I know Relight My Fire and Love Is All Around from the most recent songs :magic: Relight My Fire is... just classic Take That really? A decent song but not one I'd ever go and listen to out of choice lmao!
April 12, 20205 yr Good to see 'If I Was' get your highest score so far. It is the best song here. Indeed, for me one of the best #1s of the 80s, the chorus is epic.
April 12, 20205 yr Young At Heart brings back the memories, I remember hearing it on the radio quite a bit as a child. Don't approve of the drug reference of course but in general Ebeneezer Goode is great, our first dance track on this thread. As for Wet x3 Goodnight Girl was my birthday #1 and it is a very nice chilled out song and Love Is All Around is nice and of course iconic but probably shouldn't have been #1 for that long. Edited April 12, 20205 yr by dandruff*
April 13, 20205 yr Author Whoops I was a little preoccupied with BJSC and may have failed to find the time to do this yesterday... (let's be honest, me sticking to my plan for even two days is a bit of a miracle with my track record on countdowns like this). Today is the last day the Scottish Icons forum will exist though and I'm still determined to finish this so let's fire through the last 20 songs now. After these 6 songs the rest of the list is almost totally dominated by one artist (guess who?) so I'm gonna break my plan of going entirely chronologically and devote one post to all the #1s by that artist after this, and then one final post covering the other 4 remaining songs on the list. 24: Darius - Colourblind 2 weeks at #1 in 2002 Top 75 run: {1}-1-2-5-6-8-14-25-28-38-39-50-58-54-46-57->16 fS4jg-Yv1XA The first Scottish #1 of the new millennium, fast forwarding all the way to 2002, and it's legends only now as we of course have the debut single from Pop Idol bronze medallist, Popstar to Operastar winner, subject of a BuzzJack artist forum that lasted a frankly unbelievable amount of time beyond the point where he stopped releasing music or having any notable news to discuss (and a community which lives on via a dedicated thread in the Throwback forum), and just all around icon Darius. This was his only #1 and the only song he's remembered for now (is even this really still remembered by the wider public? I feel like it's more of a meme song on BuzzJack than anything) but he did have sustained singles chart success for a little over two years, racking up 6 top 40 hits, 5 of which made the top 10. I legit have memories of really liking this song when I was a young kid, one of only a handful of early music memories I have as I didn't really listen to music that much when I was younger. That nostalgia combined with it (and Darius in general) being a BuzzMeme and how can I not give this a high score? I do think the song still holds up well enough today, it has some pretty cheesy lyrics but what early 00s pop song doesn't xx I can imagine this song not really sounding great if you didn't know it at the time and were just discovering it now but there's something about this factory line talent show pop song formula that had some charm to it back in the day. I award this 9 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 25: David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie 2 weeks at #1 in 2003 Top 75 run: {1}-1-3-8-10-20-26-30-35-46-54-52-56-48-36-58-68-74->18 MkwJd_gLA-I Continuing with the talent show theme, our next #1 comes from the winner of the first series of Fame Academy (remember that?), David Sneddon with his debut single 'Stop Living The Lie'. Sneddon's entire chart career was confined to the year 2003, with him scoring one more top 3 hit with the follow-up to this and then 2 increasingly minor further top 40 hits before making his exit from relevance. In fairness, the reason for his complete disappearance after 2003 seems to be that he only ever released one album, with his only new music mentioned on Wikipedia since then being a short EP in 2007. Stiltskin was the last song on the list I'd never heard, but this is actually the last song on the list that I have no memory of - it's one I have definitely heard at least once but unlike 'Colourblind' I have no memory of hearing it when it first came out so my belated listen to it has clearly left no impression as it's not sounding remotely familiar. And this one may be the other side of the coin to what I said about Darius - it sounds extremely bland and non-descript. Maybe I'd hold it in higher regard if I had some nostalgia for it but as it is, nah. I award this 3 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 26: Michelle McManus - All This Time 3 weeks at #1 in 2004 Top 75 run: {1}-1-1-3-4-8-11-20-31-44-56->11 R8rtWvWD9co And here she is!!! All this time, we've come a long, long way, I've waited a lifetime for today! Completing this little trio of talent show acts, we have the ultimate BuzzJack icon herself, the Lady Michelle, winner of the second series of Pop Idol, with her timeless, iconic and flawless winner's single 'All This Time'. She wouldn't have a lasting music career either, scoring just one more top 40 single with the #16 peaking 'The Meaning Of Love' before retiring to general icon status, but who needs more hits when you have this one? This is definitely more meme than song, at least on BuzzJack, and in reality it's an extremely formulaic talent show winner's single with no particular standout qualities that shouldn't really deserve in its own right to be memorable. And yet... it's legitimately going to be my wedding song. x All hail the icon Michelle. :michelle: I award this 10 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png and a FISHY BONUS for general iconatry http://i.imgur.com/Rshtvtx.png ~ 27: Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 1 week at #1 in 2006 Top 75 run (2005): {55}->1 Top 75 run (2006): 15-2-{1}-2-2-3-4-6-5-8-11-11-13-22-27-31-34-48-57-63-58-66->22 tLyw7jytykE Stepping forward to 2006 we have this little folk-pop ditty from another one hit wonder Sandi Thom, who notably became an early example of an artist blowing up via the Internet with 'fame' on MySpace and a series of concerts recorded and streamed online from the comfort of her own flat, leading to the interest of major labels. This song was a very minor hit on its original release in 2005 but following the major label push it became a pretty big #1 hit. Alas she wouldn't recapture that magic again as she'd have only one more top 40 hit in 2006, a very muted comeback in 2008 with one further very minor hit and then nothing from that point on. She's most recently been relevant for an expletive-laden rant at radio stations for refusing to play her music in 2015. The lyrics to this one are a little bit boomer-y in retrospect but this is another song I have some memory of actually hearing at the time (I even remember hearing the story about her rise to fame via the Internet) so it gets a bit of a nostalgia bonus. It's certainly a bit of an earworm as well. Kind of a shame that she never had any more notable success after this. I award this 8.5 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Qh88eYq.png ~ 28: The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (feat. Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin) 3 weeks at #1 in 2007 Top 75 run: 3-{1}-1-1-4-9-17-31-55-72->10 QO6lSDL1i7A Forward to 2007 and similarly to Lulu it's another iconic Scottish act who got their first and only #1 long past their original run of chart hits - in this case they originally had five top 40 hits between 1987 and 1994, with the highest peaking being their debut hit 'Letter From America' which reached #3. One of their other hits was the #11 peaking 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' from 1988 - and it was this song that would eventually net them their chart topper, albeit not in its original form. I already mentioned one of Peter Kay's charity singles earlier in the thread under the commentary for 'I Know Him So Well' but this is one of the ones that did actually make it to #1 (supporting Comic Relief 2007), with Kay in character as Brian Potter from the TV series 'Phoenix Nights' featuring on a novelty remake of the song, also aided by Matt Lucas in character as Andy Pipkin from 'Little Britain'. (Matt Lucas is of course back in the top 40 with another charity single as I'm typing this - the relevance!) The release of this version also prompted the original Proclaimers-only version to re-enter as high as #26. They had no further top 40 hits after this but did lodge two more very minor hits in 2007 and 2014. They continue to enjoy some level of albums chart success. The original of this is definitely an iconic and classic song, and unlike the other charity covers in this thread, I think there is actually some unique merit to this particular version, though I may be a bit biased there because 'Little Britain' is one of my favourite TV shows, so I can actually appreciate the comedic context of Andy Pipkin's performance and ad libs. (The Brian Potter contribution is a bit more lost on me, not sure if there's any particular joke there). I can't lie, when I have this song stuck in my head I often remember the chorus as saying 'roll' instead of 'walk', and them yelling 'Bobby Davro'. It's a shame the Comic Relief single has died a death in recent years as there were some bangers back in the day. I award this 9 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 29: Leon Jackson - When You Believe 3 weeks at #1 in 2007 Top 75 run: {1}-1-1-5-15-27-42-67-71->9 edqjiQdscpc We end this section as we started, with another talent show contestant, in this case Leon Jackson who won the 2007 series of the X Factor, and nabbed the Christmas #1 back in the pre-Rage Against The Machine days when winning the X Factor came hand in hand with that achievement. This is in fact the only Christmas #1 by a Scottish artist. How does that make us feel? x This is of course another cover (thankfully the final one of those in this thread!), originally recorded by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Leon Jackson became... not one of the more successful or memorable X Factor winners, he got a #3 hit with his debut 'proper' single 'Don't Call This Love' the following year but would then never grace the singles chart again after that. X Factor winner's singles were basically all attempts to recreate the magic of 'All This Time' and in the process nearly all of them were really pretty naff, and this is probably the worst of them all. Leon Jackson just has no star power at all and this wasn't a good song to start with. Zzzz. It's probably marginally better than that Billy Connolly thing to avoid being the absolute worst song on the list but it's pretty close. I award this 1 Irn Bru out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png
April 13, 20205 yr Oh I thought 'All This Time' would get the coveted 11 Irn Brus out of 10 :o I'm proud to have been a fan prior to its meme status on Buzzjack, thanks in part to the iconic hand motions in the music video *.*
April 13, 20205 yr Colourblind is a banger and easily the best song from that section for me, also Radio 1 do still play it quite a bit in their throwback shows, including earlier today as it turns out! :magic: Some very uninspiring talent show winners in that section too but glad the Comic Relief version of I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) received a high rating!
April 13, 20205 yr Author I considered Michelle for the 11 rating too but 10 + the fishy bonus is arguably even better tbh! Onto the true identity of the 11 though :o 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41: Calvin Harris' 10 UK #1 hits By far the Scottish artist with the most UK #1s is of course superstar DJ Calvin Harris, who has racked up an astonishing 10 of them (and even more when considering songs on which he was an uncredited producer, as well as Florence + The Machine's 'Spectrum (Say My Name)' which hit #1 courtesy of a Calvin Harris remix, though it doesn't officially count to his tally as he was billed only as the remixer) between 2008 and 2018. He has the clear potential to add to the tally in the future, though he's currently on an uncommercial tangent with his Love Regenerator side project so it may be a bit of a wait before he likely eventually returns to chart domination. In all he's had 26 UK top 10 hits as a named artist to date. His first album produced two top 10 hits but no #1s, leaving his first trip to the top spot to be as a feature on Dizzee Rascal's 'Dance Wiv Me' (also featuring Chrom3), which he both produced and sang the chorus for. Following this success the lead single from his second album, 'I'm Not Alone', became his first chart topper as the lead artist. One more top 10 hit followed from that album, then his third album had a string of four straight unlucky #2 peaks before its fourth single 'Sweet Nothing' (featuring Florence Welch on vocal duty) finally yielded a #1 from the era. (In the gap between 'I'm Not Alone' and 'Sweet Nothing' he had his third #1 as the producer and credited featured artist on 'We Found Love' by Rihanna, spending 6 non-consecutive weeks at the top spot). 'Sweet Nothing' was followed by three further top 10 hits from the same packed album. The next album was similarly packed with four more top 10 hits, the first three of which all hit #1 in succession - 'Under Control' (with Alesso and featuring Hurts on vocals), 'Summer' (his last #1 which he performed the vocals for himself) amd 'Blame' (featuring John Newman). Next he had a mini era of songs which never made it onto an album, giving him three more top 10s including two more #2s but no #1s. His next (and most recent) studio album which saw him drastically change his sound to a retro funk style did not quite have the same level of consistent big hits but did give him two more top 10s including his eighth #1 'Feels' (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean). Returning to more of his dance sound his most recent batch of hits came from another mini era of three singles which haven't yet been (and may never be) on an album - the first two, 'One Kiss' (with Dua Lipa) and 'Promises' (with Sam Smith) completed his set of UK #1s to date, with 'One Kiss' being his longest running #1 with 8 weeks at the summit, while the last, 'Giant' (featuring Rag'n'Bone Man), was yet another #2 for good measure and remains his most recent top 10 hit. I'm conscious of time and have another quiz to be partaking in so not going to go into detail on my opinions here but here are the songs, chart runs and my Irn Bru ratings: 30: Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrom3) 4 weeks at #1 in 2008 Top 75 run: {1}-1-1-1-2-3-5-6-8-9-13-19-24-28-31-34-37-43-49-46-57-65-50R(4)-31-38-49-48-59-65-66-75R(9)-68-62-48-42-62-67-70R(12)-68-> c2MiyZx8MTY I award this 9 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 31: Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 2 weeks at #1 in 2009 Top 75 run: {1}-1-3-4-4-8-12-14-17-28-29-34-48-54-46-34-39-38-42-40-40-57-67-69R(131)-67->25 JeTE5cnkhGc I award this 11 Irn Brus out of 10 - one of my favourite songs of 2009 / the entire decade, what an absolute banger and a half :wub: http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 32: Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 6 weeks at #1 in 2011 Top 75 run: {1}-1-1-3-2-1-1-1-3-4-5-10-5-9-11-17-24-28-32-34-22-24-26-34-34-41-49-55-52-39-49-62-64-66-65-72-74-75-54-52-53-57-71-62R(7)-69-68-74-66R(10)-72R(3)->49 tg00YEETFzg I award this 8.5 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Qh88eYq.png ~ 34: Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) 1 week at #1 in 2012 Top 75 run: {1}-3-6-11-14-18-20-23-26-27-25-18-24-37-45-46-59-64-71->19 17ozSeGw-fY I award this 9.5 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Qh88eYq.png ~ 36: Calvin Harris and Alesso - Under Control (feat. Hurts) 1 week at #1 in 2013 Top 75 run: {1}-4-11-17-20-26-26-28-37-43-59->11 yZqmarGShxg I award this 8 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 37: Calvin Harris - Summer 1 week at #1 in 2014 Top 75 run: {1}-2-4-7-10-11-15-17-16-16-15-17-23-23-24-28-33-35-42-44-51-55-58-61-66-72-64-52-63-73->30 ebXbLfLACGM I award this 8.5 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Qh88eYq.png ~ 38: Calvin Harris - Blame (feat. John Newman) 1 week at #1 in 2014 Top 75 run: {1}-2-4-5-6-8-7-9-11-15-20-20-31-33-36-32-29-31-36-37-40-42-48-51-59-60-63-60-67-67-69->31 6ACl8s_tBzE I award this 6 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 39: Calvin Harris - Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean) 1 week at #1 in 2017 Top 75 run: 21-21-6-4-4-4-3-{1}-2-3-4-18-26-27-33-36-44-50-54-56-62-74-75R(7)->23 ozv4q2ov3Mk I award this 5 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 40: Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa - One Kiss 8 weeks at #1 in 2018 Top 75 run: 3-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-10-10-16-17-18-14-20-24-22-28-28-31-35-39-45-48-52-53-63-70-75-37R(8)-22-26-32-35-38-69R(2)-56-65R(8)->40 DkeiKbqa02g I award this 8 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 41: Calvin Harris and Sam Smith - Promises 6 weeks at #1 in 2018 Top 75 run: 4-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-3-4-18-23-22-38-46-45-68-21-27-30-38-42-50-50-50-37-45-49-53-52-57-63-72-61->36 kkLk2XWMBf8 I award this 9 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png Generally mostly really like Calvin's discography though 'Blame' and 'Feels' are clearly weaker than the rest! One more post which I'll hopefully squeeze in before midnight ;o
April 13, 20205 yr 'I'm Not Alone' is so deserving of the 11 Irn Brus :wub: my favourite of Calvin's #1s too!
April 13, 20205 yr That section including Colourblind, All This Time and I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker is truly ICONIC :wub: three amazing songs!! Calvin on the other hand is really hit and miss for me :ph34r:
April 13, 20205 yr Omg, I remember in primary school David Sneddon was on all the bin posters encouraging us to pick up litter. *.*
April 13, 20205 yr Omg, I remember in primary school David Sneddon was on all the bin posters encouraging us to pick up litter. *.* Screaming!
April 13, 20205 yr In David Sneddon's defence,it's worth mentioning he's now a successful songwriter,writing for many well known singers. I liked that first series of Fame Academy. If you pressed the BBC red button,you could see live coverage from the house that they were living and working in at whatever time you wanted. I can still remember about ten of them now. Lemar had the most success after the show even though he didn't win. I think about five of them had hit singles.
April 13, 20205 yr Author and just barely managing to finish this thread before our forum is locked at midnight! 33 & 35: Emeli Sandé's 2 UK #1 hits Calum's favourite Emeli Sandé never managed to hit #1 in her own right, but she makes it onto the list not once but twice thanks to featuring on other people's songs. First up there was her singing the chorus on Professor Green's 'Read All About It' - which she would also record a solo version of, confusingly tagged as 'Part III' (iirc Part II was an obscure collab with some Italian or maybe French singer), which charted as high as #3 itself after being used at the Olympics - and then she also featured on Labrinth's #1 hit 'Beneath Your Beautiful' (wince-worthy title and questionable grammatical structure and all) which blasted to the top spot after a performance on the X Factor. She had a total of 11 top 10 hits (including features) during her career, spanning 2009 to 2014, with her highest charting songs as lead artist being her best song 'Heaven' as well as 'Next To Me' which both topped out at #2. She's still musically active but has had a shockingly quick decline into irrelevance after her debut album broke a record for most consecutive weeks in the top 10 (for a debut release). 42 & 43: Lewis Capaldi's 2 UK #1 hits And to complete the thread, the two most recent #1s by Scottish artists are both by the same man, the one the only Lewis Capaldi. We all know him, we're all slightly sick of him x but he's here to stay as both of these songs are still in the UK top 40 as we speak, despite the fact that the first of the two, 'Someone You Loved', hit #1 over a year ago. He's had 5 UK hits so far, all taken from his first and only album to date (with his second #1 and the most recent song in this thread, 'Before You Go', being added to a deluxe re-release of the album) and all 5 have notched up top 10 peaks. Time will tell if he will remain a chart force for the long term - he certainly looks like likeliest candidate for the next Scottish act to get at least 3 UK #1s. And for the last time, here are the songs, chart runs and my Irn Bru ratings: 33: Professor Green - Read All About It (feat. Emeli Sandé) 2 weeks at #1 in 2011 Top 75 run: {1}-1-4-9-13-19-32-41-44-23-32-35-36-43-49-53-63-65-71R(25)-65->20 -_oLfC5Z_Ys I award this 7 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 35: Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sandé) 1 week at #1 in 2012 Top 75 run: 71-{1}R(2)-2-2-4-4-4-4-8-11-10-10-15-20-27-32-32-30-35-40-42-45-58-71-69R(8)->25 bqIxCtEveG8 I award this 6 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 42: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 7 weeks at #1 in 2019 Top 75 run: 66-29-13-10-9-3-3-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-3-4-3-3-3-3-11-14-10-13-14-19-22-25-23-19-23-21-27-28-24-19-23-18-20-23-25-31-28-26-34-27-38-58-15-7-7-10-9-6-7-6-6-8-10-28-30-36-36->66 I can't find the video for this one :unsure: oh wait here it is bCuhuePlP8o I award this 5 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png ~ 43: Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 1 week at #1 in 2020 Top 75 run: 19-2-2-4-3-12-2-2-2-5-{1}-3-3-4-18-21-23-21-25-27-31->21 Jtauh8GcxBY I award this 8 Irn Brus out of 10 http://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/e96UuhJ.png Thank you everyone who has contributed to this thread, it's been fun going back through all of these! :wub: (apart from Calvin/Emeli/Lewis' ones which I didn't really have time to relisten to and type up proper opinions on but I knew them all well enough to rate them anyway x)
April 13, 20205 yr Excellent effort, thank you! Although wow this really wasn't the most high quality bunch of songs lmao
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