I always called this Massage in a Brothel

3 mega classics for me there. Message In A Bottle is the lesser of the 3 but the urgent punk reggae mash up was a big pounding anthem at the time. My two neighbouring mates 3rd year uni also bought the singles so we thought we would test out the accuracy of our record players starting all 3 at once. They didn’t finish in unison so at least 2 were not exactly 45rpm.

Floyd were always snippy about singles so the irony of them getting a million seller was delicious, and with a disco beat. Two young kiddies of my mum and dad’s friends got singles that Xmas. One was I Have A Dream, t’other was this. Neither of them had nightmares though over the video! They have grown up kids of their own now😎

Tragedy arrived like a manic synth disco monster from Satan. Ominously wall of sound and fabulous. Steps version was like those old Top of the Pops budget cover versions by unknowns trying to copy the real hit in the days before ktel and rondo and Now wiped them out. Good but not original. The Bee Gees remain amazing and under appreciated. Falsettos were only used on about half a dozen dance hits 😳

I'm not a big fan of the Bee Gees either but Tragedy is one of their songs I like. Message In A Bottle is better than Walking On The Moon certainly. I would put them both in mid-table positions so I think they are in the right place here.

Apologies for the pause in this... I'm still struggling to rank the top 8 and keep changing my mind, all of them are fantastic imo

I’ll be the same when I do a 70s one, it’s the decade I am least familiar with.