February 16, 20223 yr Author 46. T'Pau - Heart And Soul 165pts Writers - Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers Top points - marcinjaro 24, StoneDragon 22, Dante77 22 This was the last song to get off 0 points but it made up some ground later on. The same thing happened with the single when it was released in April 1987. It failed to chart until it became a big hit in the US in August of the same year after being used in a Pepe jeans advertisement over there. SwrYMWoqg5w
February 16, 20223 yr Author 45. Wham! - Club Tropicana 170pts Writers - George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley Top points - marcinjaro 21, Jester 19, StoneDragon 17 This was the fourth top 10 single from Wham!'s debut album 'Fantastic'. It was the second song they wrote for their demo tape in 1981 before they had a record contract. WYX0sjP6Za8
February 16, 20223 yr Author 44. ABC - The Look Of Love 172pts Writers - Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, David Palmer, Mark Lickley Top points - King Rollo 23, AH Gold 23, Dante77 19, Uls2000 19 Produced by Trevor Horn, this was the third single from ABC's pop masterpiece 'The Lexicon Of Love'. It is still their highest charting single. cNEdxZURTaI
February 16, 20223 yr Author 43. Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love 183pts Writers - Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Cory Rooney, Jennifer Lopez, Fred Jerkins III Top points - garyfeld 23, West 21, Nick F1 20 From 1999, this was Jennifer Lopez's debut single. It spent five weeks at number 1 in her own country. It was one of the two songs that finished one point ahead of the cut off point in the first round. lYfkl-HXfuU
February 17, 20223 yr 'Club Tropicana' snuck into my votes, it's good fun *.* 'The Look Of Love' wasn't far off, I do prefer 'Poison Arrow' (an easy inclusion if we ever get to #6s I'm sure :P), but a good song nevertheless
February 17, 20223 yr From 1996, this was the Hounslow band's only top 10 single. It was also the last of a run of eight singles where each one peaked higher than the one that preceded it. A bit off topic but I've always wondered who has the longest run of singles where each one peaked higher than the last. I know Travis also had a run of eight such singles but there must be someone who's done better than that!
February 17, 20223 yr 'If You Had My Love' & 'The Look of Love' both good tracks falling out there. I do prefer 'Waiting For Tonight' in terms of J Lo's 1999 songs though but both are enjoyable.
February 17, 20223 yr A bit off topic but I've always wondered who has the longest run of singles where each one peaked higher than the last. I know Travis also had a run of eight such singles but there must be someone who's done better than that! That's a really good question, I think Travis had 7, they slipped from Tied to the 90s to Happy but did it x7 from More than us to Sing: U96 girls/40 All I want to do is rock/39 Tied to the 90s/30 Happy/38 More than us/16 Writing to reach you/14 Driftwood/13 Why does it always rain on me/10 Turn/8 Coming around/5 Sing/3 All About Eve had 6: Our Summer/87 Flowers in Our Hair/81 In the Clouds/47 Wild Hearted Woman/33 Every Angel/30 Martha’s Harbour/10 but cannot think of anyone else?
February 17, 20223 yr R.E.M. had 8 if you count them by date of original release and their peaks within the album campaigns (therefore Stand's eventual peak of #48 slots in between the #50 of Finest Worksong and the #28 of Orange Crush, but the original peaks of It's The End... and The One I Love are retained since their re-releases came many years later and by which time the run had already been broken).
February 17, 20223 yr That's a really good question, I think Travis had 7, they slipped from Tied to the 90s to Happy but did it x7 from More than us to Sing: 'Happy' to 'Sing' is 8, not 7 (you have to count both songs, similar to how we get 8 for Dodgy and how you got 6 for All About Eve). R.E.M. had 8 if you count them by date of original release and their peaks within the album campaigns (therefore Stand's eventual peak of #48 slots in between the #50 of Finest Worksong and the #28 of Orange Crush, but the original peaks of It's The End... and The One I Love are retained since their re-releases came many years later and by which time the run had already been broken). That's a little tenuous but I guess :lol: Oasis also had 6 (their first 6 singles) but that run ended with a #1 so they couldn't really go any further! Edited February 17, 20223 yr by Mangø
February 17, 20223 yr for me Travis is 7, but I mean new peaks in a row cos before Happy at 38, they peaked at 30 with Tied to the 90s... but I guess everybody can interpret it how they want... REM sure doesn't count lol :D Wendell Gee/91 It’s the end of the world as we know it/87 The one I love/51 Finest songwork/50 Stand/51 Orange crush/28 Stand/48 (re-issue) Losing my Religion/19 Shiny Happy People/6 but sure Oasis does: Supersonic/31 Shakermaker/11 Live forever/10 Cigarettes and alcohol/7 Whatever/3 Some might say/1
February 17, 20223 yr Author 42. Kylie Minogue - Step Back In Time 186pts Writers - Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman Top points - Mango 25, Jester 24, Mark223 24 From 1990, this was the last of a run of eleven consecutive top 5 singles for Kylie. 6ykq-E_7TZA
February 17, 20223 yr Author 41. Erasure - Always 189pts Writers - Vince Clarke, Andy Bell Top points - AH Gold 25, Mango 21, West 20 From 1994, this was Erasure's fourteenth top 10 single. It was produced by Martyn Ware, one of the founding members of the Human League and Heaven 17. Erasure still have two songs left. lWqJTKdznaM
February 17, 20223 yr Author 40. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 200pts Writers - Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino Top points - West 25, jimwatts 20, marcinjaro 20 A one hit wonder from 1984 for the American singer who has gone on to be a record producer. He also wrote all of the songs for the 1998 Disney film 'Mulan'. hHZWTAC_oLA
February 17, 20223 yr Author 39. Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Light 204pts Writer - Nelly Furtado Top points - Bjork 23, West 22, Dante77 20 From 2001, this was Nelly Furtado's second single, peaking one place higher than her debut, 'I'm Like A Bird'. kOL7aeIDruA Edited February 17, 20223 yr by King Rollo
February 17, 20223 yr Author 38. Melanie C - Northern Star 208pts Writers - Melanie Chisholm, Rick Nowels Top points - vibe 24, Roba 21, Alex! 21 From 1999, Northern Star was Mel C's third top 5 single. i6OLkIF3Up4
February 17, 20223 yr Mostly lost small pointers so far - 1, 2 and 4 now out! Erasure the latest of those.
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