New retro certifications:

The Temptations - My Girl (3x Platinum)

225,000 pre February 1994 units + 1,800,000 post February 1994 units = 2,025,000 total chart units!

UB40 - Red Red Wine (3x Platinum)

728,790 pre February 1994 units + 1,800,000 post February 1994 units = 2,528,790 total chart units!

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (2x Platinum)

80,000 pre February 1994 units + 1,200,000 post February 1994 units = 1,280,000 total chart units

Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (Platinum)

17,629 pre February 1994 units + 600,000 post February 1994 units = 617,629 total chart units

Chic - Good Times/I Want Your Love (Gold)

Good Times:

252,200 pre February 1994 units + 400,000 post February 1994 units = 652,200 total chart units

I Want Your Love:

352,625 pre February 1994 units + 400,000 post February 1994 units = 752,625 total chart units

Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line (Silver)

231,285 pre February 1994 units + 200,000 post February 1994 units = 431,285 total chart units

The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) [Silver]

30,000 pre February 1994 units + 200,000 post February 1994 units = 230,000 total chart units

Metallica - Wherever I May Roam (Silver)

31,140 1992 units + 2,160 1993 units + 200,000 pre February 1994 units = 233,300 total chart units

Player - Baby Come Back (Silver)

81,662 pre February 1994 units + 200,000 post February 1994 units = 281,662 total chart units

Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger (Silver)

32,563 pre February 1994 units + 200,000 post February 1994 units = 232,563 total chart units

Glad to see Seven Wonders going platinum when it flopped on release. The singles from Tango In The Night had a weird pattern of successs alternating between big hit and big flop:

9 - 56 - 5 - 54 - 4 - 60

The failure of ‘Seven Wonders’, the second single from the album, was bizarre - as it’s a great track. The 4th single ‘Family Man’ was a dud. But ‘Isn’t It Midnight’ - the last single – was also a brilliant song, but being the 6th release it was no surprise that it flopped.

Of course ‘Everywhere’ was destined to be a massive success, hence being the highest peak of all of the singles, despite being the 5th release - and as we now know, it is now one of the biggest selling singles of all time.

Yay for 'Oxytocin' being certified! My appreciation for it was reignited when seeing Billie live recently, glad it was still on the setlist for this tour.

'You Might Need Somebdoy' by Shola Ama had already been certified Silver back in 1997 so this is a duplicate certification by the BPI.

Sales back in 1997 were 343,860 (it was the 36th best selling single of the year) and I'm assuming the 200,000 sales needed for the duplicate certification are in addition to any sales from back then. In which case, the track will have passed Gold a while ago.

7 hours ago, GreyAsh said:

Glad to see Seven Wonders going platinum when it flopped on release. The singles from Tango In The Night had a weird pattern of successs alternating between big hit and big flop:

Fleetwood Mac, in my opinion, are more popular now than they were back then.

13 hours ago, DanielCarey said:

Fleetwood Mac, in my opinion, are more popular now than they were back then.

Most Definitely. I think it is partly the broader understanding of the dynamics of the band and people finally reaching out and exploring more than just "Rumours".

I think people can see now how songs like Silversprings, Seven wonders etc are a further exploration of the band as a whole and it's members as individuals. Concert footage from things like "the dance" show the interaction, especially between Stevie and Lindsay, is in complete attunement with the lyrics of many of the songs.

Its funny cos in the US the pattern was a bit different:

5 Big time

19 Seven wonders

4 Little Lies

14 Everywhere

90 Family man

Singles 4 and 5 were switched and Everywhere didnt do as well. Highest peaking was Little lies, imo the jewel of the album, never liked Everywhere

39 minutes ago, Bjork said:

Its funny cos in the US the pattern was a bit different:

5 Big time

19 Seven wonders

4 Little Lies

14 Everywhere

90 Family man

Singles 4 and 5 were switched and Everywhere didnt do as well. Highest peaking was Little lies, imo the jewel of the album, never liked Everywhere

I heard that 7 wonders alluded to the 5 members of the band and 2 particular behind the scenes people who kept the band alive. I think they even alluded to it in the film clip, but it was more real then the fun they were making of it in the clip.

But they, Along with later years ABBA, were/are two bands that were never shy of laying it all on the line in their lyrics about what is going on internally

for what I recall, Seven wonders has nothing to do with the band

was written by this Stewart woman about a friend or son called Aaron that died, thats why the song was originally called Aaron

then Stevie Nicks kinda stole it and change some words

22 minutes ago, Bjork said:

for what I recall, Seven wonders has nothing to do with the band

was written by this Stewart woman about a friend or son called Aaron that died, thats why the song was originally called Aaron

then Stevie Nicks kinda stole it and change some words

Sorry, no. Sandy Stewart was a co-writer, nothing was stolen and it is disgusting you would post that. Another post up to your normal standard

It was a song Stewart sent to the band but Nicks accidentally sang a few words wrong hence getting a cowriting credit, nothing stolen at all

Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by 777666jason

Lets leave it at. This got derailed enough and I apolgise for my part. I will go as far as saying "Tango in the night" actually stands equally next to "Rumours"

3 hours ago, Bleedin Heck said:

I will go as far as saying "Tango in the night" actually stands equally next to "Rumours"

‘Tango…’ is my favourite Fleetwood Mac album and in fact one of my favourite albums of all time.

And even though some of the tracks weren’t successful as singles - it was still one of the biggest selling albums of the 1980s - in fact the 7th biggest seller - more, for example, than True Blue.

I do agree that love for FM has continued to grow - and crossed generations.