October 29, 2024Oct 29 So many fantastic songs of them in the top 10 Ship of Fools is my ultimate Erasure #1, fav song, their best lyrics, love the baby of the class part and the 1+1 part too also love Always, was convinced it had been a #1 oops, also Love to Hate You also love Oh L'Amour, not sure I've ever heard the Dollar cover Stop and Chorus I like a lot but not love...
October 29, 2024Oct 29 Author YEAR: 1988 PEAK POSITION: 4 VOTER: Dandy*- 30pts, Jester- 30pts, Jimwatts- 30pts, King Rollo- 29pts, Popchartfreak- 29pts, Bjork- 28pts, Padamic Tension- 28pts, JulianT- 27pts, Chartjack2- 25pts, Mango- 19pts, Gezza- 13pts, AHGold- 13pts Their most famous hit? Well certainly streaming suggests so, current sales of the track are now a whopping 1.4 million sales making it, at least, their best seller! The song was of course covered by a few acts including Bjorn Again in 1992 (#25) and Wheatus in 2001 when it improved on the original’s chart position by 1 place. Fun fact: It was released at the same time as the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea and the rumour was at the time that this song was released as the unofficial UK theme: “Seoul, I hear you calling Oh, baby, please Give a little respect to me” It won the first Erasure rate and pre voting I suspected this would be the winner so I'm pleasantly surprised! x34icYC8zA0 FS9OQbgmlIU
October 29, 2024Oct 29 Fingers crossed for Blue Savannah now that my favourite is out... I know it's an obvious choice for a 30 pointer but there is a very good reason why it has become their best seller over time.
October 29, 2024Oct 29 'A Little Respect' is obviously a classic but still not in my Erasure top 10. I guess it's just been that bit too overplayed over the years. 'Blue Savannah' FTW!!
October 29, 2024Oct 29 Totally thought that would walk it! 'Sometimes' ftw, although both majestic tracks.
October 30, 2024Oct 30 I can see why 'A Little Respect' might have been an underwhelming winner for some (even before seeing Mango's comment above, I was going to suggest it must be verging on ~overplay~ territory now which always damages chances in these rates), but I couldn't justify putting anything ahead of it in my votes.
October 30, 2024Oct 30 Author YEAR: 1990 PEAK POSITION : 3 VOTER: Popchartfreak- 30pts, Mango- 30pts, King Rollo- 30pts, JulianT- 30pts, Dandy*- 25pts, Padamic Tension- 24pts, Jester- 24pts, Chartjack2- 23pts, Bjork- 23pts, AHGold- 23pts, Gezza- 21pts, Jimwatts- 21pts Third release from “Wild!” ended up becoming the biggest single from it! The promo was directed Kevin Godley. We all put this in our top 10's and it gathered the most maximum points from voters in the entire rate! HZPQtb6NWKM 3QEyBO3KcDs
October 30, 2024Oct 30 Author YEAR: 1986 PEAK POSITION: 2 VOTER: Padamic Tension- 29pts, Bjork- 29pts, Chartjack2- 29pts, Jimwatts- 29pts, JulianT- 29pts, King Rollo- 28pts, Popchartfreak- 28pts, Jester- 26pts, AHGold- 26pts, Gezza- 23pts, Mango- 18pts, Dandy*- 17pts The record that started it all and put them on the pop map! It peaked at No 2 behind Europe’s “Final Countdown” in late 1986. Its lyrics were changed at the last minute (as you can see in the clip below) which obviously didn’t affect its prospects. It became the first of 17 top 10 hits in a 19 year span. Bell: “We were writing for the second album upstairs from the rough trade office and suddenly this song came out “Sometimes”. As the song developed and we got this hook we knew it was going to be a hit”. It wins the rate DESPITE not getting a single maximum points from anyone and being outside the top 10 for two voters though it was in 7 voters top 3. S1a8QABKNo0 S-LquTgY2m0
October 30, 2024Oct 30 Author Full results NO 1- Sometimes- 311 pts NO 2- Blue Savannah- 304 pts NO 3- A Little Respect- 304 pts NO 4- Love To Hate You- 284 pts NO 5- Always- 283 pts NO 6- Stop!- 235 pts NO 7- Chorus- 214 pts NO 8- Ship Of Fools- 210 pts NO 9- Oh L'Amour- 194 pts NO 10- Drama- 163 pts NO 11- The Circus- 153 pts NO 12- Who Needs Love Like That- 153 pts NO 13- Chains Of Love- 149 pts NO 14- Victim Of Love- 142 pts NO 15- Breathe- 141 pts NO 16- Lay All Your Love On Me- 140 pts NO 17- I Love Saturday- 139 pts NO 18- You Surround Me- 138 pts NO 19- Stay With Me- 137 pts NO 20- Breath Of Life- 134 pts NO 21- Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day)- 133pts NO 22- In My Arms- 120 pts NO 23- Am I Right?- 112 pts NO 24- Run To The Sun- 111 pts NO 25- Take A Chance On Me- 109 pts NO 26- Star- 109 pts NO 27- It Doesn't Have To Be- 106 pts NO 28- Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me- 99pts NO 29- Voulez-Vous- 88 pts NO 30- Make It Wonderful- 74 pts NO 31- Heavenly Action- 72pts NO 32- Don't Say You Love Me- 62 pts NO 33- I Could Fall In Love With You- 58 pts NO 34- Solsbury Hill- 50pts NO 35- SOS- 47 pts NO 36- Here I Go Impossible Again- 43 pts NO 37- Storm In A Teacup- 31 pts NO 38- Moon & Sky- 27 pts NO 39- Reason- 26 pts NO 40- Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)- 25pts NO 41- When I Start To (Break It All Down)- 25 pts NO 42- Nerves Of Steel- 25pts NO 43- Freedom- 23 pts NO 44- Fill Us With Fire- 22 pts NO 45- Gaudete- 14pts NO 46- Elevation- 13pts NO 47- Sacred- 13pts NO 48- Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)- 10pts NO 49- All Of This Still Falling Out Of Love- 7 pts NO 50- Be With You- 5pts NO 51- World Be Gone- 4 pts NO 52- 2 POINTS Boy Love You To The Sky NO 54- 0 POINTS Rain Sunday Girl Just A Little Love Fallen Angel Secrets
October 30, 2024Oct 30 Wow at “Sometimes” winning without a single 30! My top 2 were the top 2 reversed so I really can’t complain. Thanks Gezza!
October 30, 2024Oct 30 Andy is a much better singer than dancer isn’t he haha. Thanks Gezza, really enjoyed it - 2 days until I play Gaudete on loop :)
October 30, 2024Oct 30 'Blue Savannah' is such a unique song! And of course 'Sometimes' is just the best of the best, happy with that!
October 30, 2024Oct 30 Oh that's a disappointing winner from my perspective, but I see I gave it the fewest points out of anyone so I guess I would think that. It's still a good single and a deserved hit, but there's many more ahead of it for me. It's particularly awwww for me as they're absolutely not a band that peaked on their first hit. Blue Savannah is a brilliant song, I love the sweeping piano lines and the drive behind the percussion. Plus it's just such an unusual song, both in terms of lyrics and structure that it really stands out. The singles from Wild were really good, I remember being a little disappointed when the rest of the album wasn't really as strong. Thanks for running this Gezza, it's been lovely reflecting back on their singles
October 30, 2024Oct 30 I was hoping Blue Savannah would win this but 2nd place is still a good finish and I did give 28 points to the winner. Thanks Gezza for all your efforts.
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