January 20, 20241 yr S'express - Theme From S'express Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Theme Radio Heart ft Gary Numan - Radio Heart Northern Line - Love On The Northern Line
January 20, 20241 yr On that basis you could possibly count Spice up your life That’s only got part of the name of the act.
January 20, 20241 yr A sadly flushed away, never played Christmas classic: :( Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo (No. 4 1999)
January 20, 20241 yr I made quite an exhaustive list of these for a project a while ago, and apart from those already mentioned above, there's: Love City Groove (1995, #7) Jilted John (1978, #4) Liberation (1992, #28) The Age Of Love (1997, #17) The Colourfield (1984, #43) Bel Amour (2001, #23) Hi Tension (1978, #13) 21st Century Girls (1999, #16) I'd be very surprised/impressed if anyone can find any more! Even if we're talking exact matches I was expecting lots more obscure tracks mainly instrumental dance tunes. I had a very cursory look at some 1999 charts - massive year for trance and found one on the 5th chart. A no.94 by Nojahoda - Nojahoda which sounded very odd. I'm sure there's many more. Just a case of trawling through the hideous to use Official charts website when there's time!
January 21, 20241 yr There were a couple dance hits in the early 90s I can think of LFO - LFO and Tricky Disco - Tricky DiscoThey were released on the same label too (Warp Records) and were in the top 20 at the same time.
January 21, 20241 yr Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino And according to OCC: Sueno Latino ft Carolina Damas - Sueno Latino ft Carolina Damas …but I assume the latter is a database error.
January 21, 20241 yr They were released on the same label too (Warp Records) and were in the top 20 at the same time. And both LFO and Tricky Disco were awesome. LFO was so different to anything else in the chart - that bass was so deep and the atmosphere was great. Tricky Disco with the alien voices and bird robots in the video was definitely the product of a very ahem, active mind. Of course LFO got used for a far less unique American boyband several years later but much prefer the Leeds act. LFO's Mark Bell later worked closely with Bjork for several years but sadly died tragically at the age of 43 in 2014. :(
January 21, 20241 yr Chronological list of UK Top 20 eponymous song titles - hoping it's complete but please add if not. It must have the artist's full name in the song title. The only ones missing from the thread above were 6 EPs - I trust that's allowed - from the days when EPs were welcomed in the Top 20. 1 Killer Queen - Queen, #2 1974 2 Jilted John - Jilted John, #4 1978 3 Hi Tension - Hi Tension, #13 1978 4 Muppet Show music hall EP - Muppets, #19 1978 5 Kate Bush on stage EP - Kate Bush, #10 1979 6 Special A.K.A. live! EP - Specials, #1 1980 7 Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead, #6,1981 8 Four from Toyah EP - Toyah, #4 1981 9 Four more from Toyah EP - Toyah, #14 1981 10 Shakin' Stevens EP - Shakin' Stevens, #2 1982 11 (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew, #6 1983 12 In A Big Country - Big Country, #17 1983 13 Living In A Box - Living In A Box, #5 1987 14 Theme From S'express - S'Express, #1 1988 15 LFO - LFO, #12 1990 16 Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco, #14 1990 17 Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia, #14 1991 18 Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby, #1 1993 19 Doop - Doop, #1 1994 20 Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous, #7 1994 21 Deep Forest - Deep Forest, #20 1994 22 Love City Groove - Love City Groove, #7 1995 23 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies, #1 1997 24 Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray, #13 1997 25 Age Of Love - Age of Love, #17 1997 26 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra, # 1998 27 S Club Party - S Club 7, #2 1999 28 Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr. Hankey, #4 1999 29 Gouryella - Gouryella, #15 1999 30 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls, #16 1999 31 Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line, #15 2000 32 Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G., #16 2000 33 Warrior - Warrior, #19 2000 34 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg, #13 2001 35 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue, #7 2003 36 Scotts - Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, #11 2020
January 21, 20241 yr Wow this was extremely common in the 90s yet we've only seen it happen once in the last 20 years :o
January 21, 20241 yr Chronological list of UK Top 20 eponymous song titles - hoping it's complete but please add if not. It must have the artist's full name in the song title. The only ones missing from the thread above were 6 EPs - I trust that's allowed - from the days when EPs were welcomed in the Top 20. 1 Killer Queen - Queen, #2 1974 2 Jilted John - Jilted John, #4 1978 3 Hi Tension - Hi Tension, #13 1978 4 Muppet Show music hall EP - Muppets, #19 1978 5 Kate Bush on stage EP - Kate Bush, #10 1979 6 Special A.K.A. live! EP - Specials, #1 1980 7 Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead, #6,1981 8 Four from Toyah EP - Toyah, #4 1981 9 Four more from Toyah EP - Toyah, #14 1981 10 Shakin' Stevens EP - Shakin' Stevens, #2 1982 11 (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew, #6 1983 12 In A Big Country - Big Country, #17 1983 13 Living In A Box - Living In A Box, #5 1987 14 Theme From S'express - S'Express, #1 1988 15 LFO - LFO, #12 1990 16 Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco, #14 1990 17 Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia, #14 1991 18 Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby, #1 1993 19 Doop - Doop, #1 1994 20 Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous, #7 1994 21 Deep Forest - Deep Forest, #20 1994 22 Love City Groove - Love City Groove, #7 1995 23 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies, #1 1997 24 Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray, #13 1997 25 Age Of Love - Age of Love, #17 1997 26 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra, # 1998 27 S Club Party - S Club 7, #2 1999 28 Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr. Hankey, #4 1999 29 Gouryella - Gouryella, #15 1999 30 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls, #16 1999 31 Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line, #15 2000 32 Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G., #16 2000 33 Warrior - Warrior, #19 2000 34 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg, #13 2001 35 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue, #7 2003 36 Scotts - Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, #11 2020 If you're accepting S Club Party then can definitely include Spice up your life, both of them use part of the bands names.
January 21, 20241 yr Cassius - Cassius Romeo - Romeo Dunn Thank you, both qualify, Cassius No 7 in 1999, Romeo No 3 in 2002.
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