Posted March 5, 200916 yr Good Evening! Another Friday, and what has been selling, and what`s been popular this week? We will find out with the top films, dvds, top tv, top albums, the flashback, and then back later for the up to minute top song/single news. The top uk films: Compiled by Screen International for UK Box Office w/k ending 11th March 2009 01 03 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 02 11 GRAN TORINO 03 NE THE UNBORN 04 01 BOLT 05 02 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOP-A-HOLIC 06 NE THE INTERNATIONAL 07 04 HOTEL FOR DOGS 08 06 HE`S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU 09 05 CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 10 NE NEW IN TOWN Big climb for GRAN TORINO, sweeping into the top 10. THE UNBORN raised £1,300,543. THE INTERNATIONAL got £7,60,382. NEW IN TOWN got £438,979. The top dvd films: Compiled by DTR 01 NE GHOST TOWN 02 01 HSM3 03 02 GET SMART 04 NE MARY POPPINS (ANNIVERSARY EDITION) 05 03 TAKEN 06 NE PRIDE AND GLORY 07 04 CITY OF EMBER 08 05 RIGHTEOUS KILL 09 NE WARLORDS 10 07 TROPIC THUNDER Hell, we`ve lost MAMMA MIA! Quite enjoyed MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, and MY NAME IS BRUCE this week, but they just squeeze in under MAMMA MIA (which is at number 11). BURN AFTER READING slips out of the top 10 to 13. The top tv related dvds: 01 NE NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL COMEDY 02 01 FUTURAMA: INTO THE... 03 NE SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL 04 02 CSI SEASON 8 05 03 MERLIN SERIES 2 Couldn`t quite work out whether the girls, or the boys would watch the number 3 dvd there! :teresa: The top tv programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of programmes, have been included) 01 01 CORONATION STREET 11.01 02 02 EASTENDERS 9.97 03 03 DANCING ON ICE 9.59 04 04 WHITECHAPEL 8.72 05 05 WILD AT HEART 8.21 06 07 EMMERDALE 7.75 07 NE LET`S DANCE FOR COMIC RELIEF 7.06 08 08 SATURDAY NIGHT TAKE AWAY 6.81 09 13 CASUALTY 6.37 10 11 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.35 11 14 LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD 6.32 12 RE TAGGART 5.97 13 NE LOTTERY DRAWS 5.93 14 15 10 O`CLOCK NEWS BBC 5.69 15 17 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 5.64 16 18 6 O`CLOCK NEWS BBC 5.63 17 21 HOLBY CITY 5.57 18 NE BRITS 09 5.49 19 NE MISTRESSES 5.28 20 RE BBC NEWS ON SUNDAY 5.22 21 NE BILLY CONNOLLY 5.19 22 24 ONE SHOW 4.95 23 22 THE BILL 4.92 24 NE LIFE STORIES 4.92 25 NE NATURE`S GREATEST EVENTS 4.81 26 RE TOTAL WIPEOUT 4.71 27 NE VICTORIANS 4.65 28 27 WATCHDOG 4.58 29 06 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 4.47 30 NE MASTERCHEF 4.30 Slight surprise at the end as HARRY HILL topples down 23 places, and BBC 2 get that top 30 entry with MASTERCHEF. Ooh, how we love watching cookery shows, I don`t think! :lol: Here are the top albums: Compiled by DTR (on a Thurs - Weds basis) w/k ending 11th March 2009 01 NE NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2 02 01 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY 03 02 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON 04 03 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 05 06 THE FAME - LADY GAGA 06 04 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 07 05 SELDOM SEEN KID - ELBOW 08 07 MASH UP EUPHORIA - VARIOUS 09 NE ADDICTED TO BASS 09 - VARIOUS 10 13 WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS 11 09 CIRCUS - TAKE THAT 12 16 FLEET FOXES - FLEET FOXES 13 08 R + B SPRING COLLECTION 09 - VARIOUS 14 15 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE 15 NE FINE FASCINATION - RED LIGHT COMPANY 16 12 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS 17 19 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - OST 18 11 BRITS 09 - VARIOUS 19 39 WORKING ON A DREAM - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 20 27 ALESHA SHOW - ALESHA DIXON 21 21 SONGS FOR YOU TRUTHS FOR ME - JAMES MORRISON 22 RE U218 - U2 23 18 ORACULAR SPECTACULAR - MGMT 24 22 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER 25 10 YEARS OF REFUSAL - MORRISEY 26 17 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY 27 34 CHASING LIGHTS - SATURDAYS 28 25 MAMMA MIA - OST 29 44 LET IT GO - WILL YOUNG 30 23 I STARTED WITH NOTHING - SEASICK STEVE U2 blast Prodigy to bits, this week! There`s old Will, at the bottom...where will he finish up, with the single? We might find out soon. First though, the flashback...to March 1984: Charts compiled by MRIB (The Media Research Information Bureau) The top albums in `84 01 01 INTO THE GAP - THOMPSON TWINS 02 10 THE SMITHS - THE SMITHS 03 02 SPARKLE IN THE RAIN - SIMPLE MINDS 04 03 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 04 TOUCH - EURYTHMICS 06 08 CAN`T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE 07 23 KEEP MOVING - MADNESS 08 05 AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL 09 06 THE CROSSING - BIG COUNTRY 10 NE THE WORKS - QUEEN 11 07 DECLARATION - THE ALARM 12 12 NO PARLEZ - PAUL YOUNG 13 13 1984 - VAN HALEN 14 11 UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - U2 15 09 FLAT EARTH - THOMAS DOLBY 16 16 VERY BEST OF MOTOWN LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS 17 NE IN THE HEART - KOOL AND THE GANG 18 20 COLOUR BY NUMBERS - CULTURE CLUB 19 NE AMMONIA AVENUE - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT 20 21 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC - VARIOUS The THOMPSON TWINS scored a hat-trick at number one in 1984. This annoyed Morrisey and co. (THE SMITHS) greatly! SIMPLE MINDS did go all the way, but now they were down. EURYTHMICS (Dave and Annie) went all the way too, and the big hit, and well played single "Here Comes The Rain Again". MICHAEL J was up and down all year long (again). BILLY JOEL kept the singles coming from "An Innocent Man". MADNESS "Kept Moving" and "Michael Caine" was a single. LIONEL RICHIE was happy, as the album reclimbed, and the number one single was on the way for him. QUEEN crashed in that week with"THE WORKS". What a great album, that was. Giving them, many a new single throughout `84. BIG COUNTRY, and THE ALARM scored reasonable top ten albums...as PAUL YOUNG reclimbed. VAN HALEN gave us "1984"...Unfortunately "Jump" was the only major single success from that. U2 were Live, Under A Blood Red Sky, and were number 1 in December 1983 with it. Those VARIOUS ARTISTS had been hanging around since Valentine`s Day, with those "Motown Love Songs", by way of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross etc. THOMAS DOLBY celebrated his album success, and single success too. CULTURE CLUB were up again. ALAN PARSONS couldn`t quite get the single hits. NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC, the first time round...and KOOL AND THE GANG were "In The Heart"....which became a subtitle on the single hit "When You Say You Love Somebody". The 1984 Singles chart: 01 01 99 BALLOONS - NENA 02 05 JOANNA/TONIGHT - KOOL AND THE GANG 03 02 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 04 04 WOULDN`T IT BE GOOD - NIK KERSHAW 05 06 SOMEBODY`S WATCHING ME - ROCKWELL 06 13 STREET DANCE - BREAK MACHINE 07 09 INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL 08 03 DOCTOR DOCTOR - THONPSON TWINS 09 16 RUN RUNAWAY - SLADE 10 20 JUMP - VAN HALEN 11 08 RADIO GAGA - QUEEN 12 14 HIDE AND SEEK - HOWARD JONES 13 07 MY EVER CHANGING MOODS - STYLE COUNCIL 14 18 GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED - MATT BIANCO 15 21 I GAVE YOU MY HEART - HOT CHOCOLATE 16 15 LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON 17 10 BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER 18 12 MICHAEL CAINE - MADNESS 19 31 THE MUSIC OF TORVILL AND DEAN E.P. (BOLERO) - RICHARD HARTLEY/MICHAEL REED ORCH. 20 11 GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER 21 29 MORE MORE MORE - CARMEL 22 43 BREAKIN`DOWN (SUGAR SAMBA) - JULIA AND COMPANY 23 26 DOWN IN THE SUBWAY - SOFT CELL 24 36 ULLO JOHN GOT A NEW MOTOR - ALEXEI SAYLE 25 17 HOLIDAY - MADONNA 26 19 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE - SMITHS 27 32 POLITICS OF DANCING - RE-FLEX 28 22 THORN BIRDS MAIN THEME - HENRY MANCINI 29 NE HELLO - LIONEL RICHIE 30 NE YOUR LOVE IS KING - SADE 31 NE MY GUY - TRACEY ULLMAN 32 37 DANCE HALL DAYS - WANG CHUNG 33 NE WHAT DO I DO - PHIL FEARON/GALAXY 34 44 TO BE OR NOT TO BE - MEL BROOKS 35 45 FRAGGLE ROCK THEME - FRAGGLES 36 49 IT`S RAINING MEN - WEATHER GIRLS 37 34 CRY AND BE FREE - MARILYN 38 47 HELP - TINA TURNER 39 NE ROBERT DE NIRO`S WAITING - BANANARAMA 40 25 NEW MOON ON MONDAY - DURAN DURAN The 2nd of 3 weeks for NENA. We never heard "TONIGHT" on the radio in 1984, although it was a double A with "JOANNA" for KOOL AND THE GANG. RELAX sang FRANKIE, but were only heard on Independant Radio. Where over on Radio One, SIMON BATES stated "We do not intend playing this record, due to the nature of the lyric". I can think of a million reasons why some of today`s songs should be given that acalade, but no longer do! NIK KERSHAW finally scored, as he flopped with the original release of "I Won`t Let The Sun Go Down On Me". Which was rereleased following the success of "WOULDN`T IT BE GOOD". ROCKWELL was the son of a certain Barry Gordy (producer, and founder of Motown). Here he teamed up with Michael Jackson. BREAK MACHINE smashed up with "Street Dance", as the world went "body popping". SLADE were back, or was it SADE on TOTP? Well SADE did get called "SLADE", remember that?! No doctors needed for THOMPSON TWINS! VAN HALEN having their biggest hit. HOWARD JONES with a slightly forgotten song. MATT BIANCO were not as bad as somebody called them on Saturday morning BBC TV! SHANNON nicked a BARRY WHITE title, but not song! HOT CHOCOLATE made me remember when the brilliant KENNY EVERETT describe the song as "I Gave You My Heart...Liver, Soul, and Onions!" MATTHEW WILDER could not get the follow hit to "Break My Stride", which was suposed to sound like a Euro hit called "Fraction too Much Friction", and one "NEIL FINN" of SPLIT ENZ/CROWDED HOUSE fame. JULIA AND COMPANY couldn`t follow up "Breakin`Down (Sugar Samba)". SOFT CELL gave us "Down In The Subway". Rather forgotten! MADONNA had a hit, after flopping with the original release of "Borderline". ALEXEI SAYLE, maybe one of the better "Alternative" comedians...well when compared to "French And Saunders!" CARMEL had "More More More", following up "Bad Day". RE-FLEX couldn`t follow up "Politics Of Dancing". The Thorn Birds was the tv series, and Henry Mancini gave us the proper theme. Although there was another by JUAN MARTIN. MEL BROOKS was supposed to be giving us a comedy song? TRACEY ULLMAN took MADNESS` "MY GIRL", and turned it into "MY GUY". FRAGGLE ROCK was the ITV Sunday series, of Muppet like stuff, and there was the theme. Was this the reason, that MICHAEL GRADE spent millions of our money on EASTENDERS, so he could shelve DR WHO, to repeat The MUPPET SHOW, and ruin BBC TV...Then 20 years on, do the same to ITV?! :o MARILYN followed up "Calling Your Name", but I can`t even remember "CRY AND BE FREE"...which was exactly what happened to him! WANG CHUNG were the first artists, to feature on TOTP when they were outside the top 40 at 42, for a long while...this pushed them in the next week. TINA TURNER got a number 38, on the MRIB chart, but stayed at 40 for 3 weeks on the GALLUP chart. The WEATHER GIRLS flopped in 1983, but rereleased in 1984...which was also the year when LES DAWSON took over "BLANKETY BLANK" from TERRY WOGAN...coincidence there! Think about it! :lol: Let`s take a look at the pre-orders, while awaiting the singles chart: Pre-order Singles 01 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - COMIC RELIEF 9th Mar 02 LOVE ETC - PET SHOP BOYS 16th Mar 03 FALLIN` DOWN - OASIS 9th Mar 04 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION 23rd Mar 05 THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY 9th Mar 06 LAST OF THE ENGLISH ROSES - PETE DOHERTY 9th Mar 07 SHINE - LAURA IZIBOR 9th Mar 08 IN FOR THE KILL - LA ROUX 16th Mar 09 WON`T GET OVER - SEPTEMBER 9th Mar 10 MYSTERY - BLK JKS 10th Mar From this week onwards, I have decided to not include those pre-orders, that are all ready charting in the top ten on downloads alone. It will give us a better idea of those up and coming releases. From this it look`s like the top 40 on Sunday 15th March, will at have at least 5 new entries, with September`s newie having an outside chance. The Pre-order Albums: 01 ALL I EVER WANTED - KELLY CLARKSON 9th Mar 02 RELAPSE - EMINEM 13th Apr 03 FEARLESS - TAYLOR SWIFT 9th Mar 04 YES - PET SHOP BOYS 23rd Mar 05 SELDOM SEEN KID LIVE AT ABBEY ROAD - ELBOW 30th Mar 06 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 11th May 07 SONGS FOR MY MOTHER - RONAN KEATING 16th Mar 08 NOW 72 - VARIOUS 6th Apr 09 GRACE/WASTELANDS - PETE DOHERTY 16th Mar 10 ALL THE PLANS - STARSAILOR 9th Mar Kelly for number one album on the 15th March. Ronan trying to cash in, on Mother`s Day! 22nd March, could be his week...or Pete Doherty. Has Pete still got fans? Or do we all think he is a messed up unfortunate, that needs help? Looking at the entertainment world news in general this week, we have the ITV cuts, the Jade Goody "sad" news. Was it not so sad with her shenanigans of reality tv, a couple of years back? Michael Jackson`s final performance...something we`ve waited for...for years. Oh ho, a bit of politics creeping in there, and topical! :P Hang on for the up to minute singles charts, coming soon....
March 6, 200916 yr Ronan trying to cash in, on Mother`s Day! 22nd March, could be his week...or Pete Doherty. ! :P Its a bit like a fight betwwen saint and sinner - should be interesting In Ronan's favour a lot of the proceeds are going towards Cancer Research so not a bad thing, good luck to him Edited March 6, 200916 yr by Time out
March 6, 200916 yr Lol Nena :lol: 99 Red Balloons :wub: love the #1, I still remember her TOTP performance, hairy pits ;)
March 6, 200916 yr Author Here`s the finish then. This week`s top singles (Based on a rota of info, from Sun - Fri 5pm) The top physicals, this week: w/k ending 13th March 2009 01 NE SATURDAYS 02 NE KELLY CLARKSON 03 NE TAKE THAT 04 NE TAYLOR SWIFT 05 01 PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT 06 NE WILL YOUNG 07 06 ALESHA DIXON - BREATHE SLOW 08 02 SHONTELLE 09 05 PRODIGY 10 04 BEYONCE - SINGLE LADIES No surprise for THE SATURDAYS, or KELLY CLARKSON...Maybe some for TAKE THAT, beating TAYLOR SWIFT there. There I was discussing TAKE THAT in the betting shop the other day, and someone decided that "Greatest Day" (the previous single) sounded like a KEANE song...was it "CRYSTAL BALL", I wondered? Not going to bother with the top downloads, as it is basically the same as the combined physical/download top ten...except Shontelle is reversed with Lady GaGa and "Just Dance". The top 50 physical/download chart: 50 NE SHAKE IT - METRO STATION - 49 NE MY CIRCUITBOARD CITY - WOMBATS 38) 48 NE ARTS AND CRAFT - RED LIGHT COMPANY - 47 53 LET YOUR LOVE FLOW - BELLAMY BROTHERS - 46 NE BEGGIN`- FRANKIE VALLI/FOUR SEASONS - 45 39 UP - SATURDAYS 37) =41 44 NE HALO - BEYONCE - 43 51 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON 36) =37 42 38 KIDS - MGMT 35) 41 29 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY - =40 40 31 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 34) =38 39 44 THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY - =39 38 33 SOBER - PINK 33) =38 37 32 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 32) =33 36 41 TIME TO PRETEND - MGMT 31) =35 35 27 PAPER PLANES - MIA 30) =32 34 37 BEGGIN`- MADCON 29) =34 33 24 FLY ON THE WALL - MILEY CYRUS 28) =29 32 28 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 27) =28 31 NE REVELRY - KINGS OF LEON 26) =31 30 48 WEIGHT OF THE WORLD - LEMAR 25) =30 29 23 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS 24) =26 28 22 HUMAN - KILLERS 23) =27 27 21 GET ON YOUR BOOTS - U2 22) =25 26 20 LET IT ROCK - KEVIN RUDOLF 21) =24 25 19 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 20) = 24 26 STRONG AGAIN - N-DUBZ - =23 23 20 GIVES YOU HELL - ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 19) =21 22 16 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 18) =19 21 NE CHIP DIDDY CHIP - CHIPMUNK 17) =22 20 18 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI 16) =20 19 14 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON 15) =17 18 15 TAKE ME BACK - TINCHY STRYDER 14) =18 17 13 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 13) =15 16 10 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON 12) =14 15 36 BEAUTIFUL - AKON 11) =16 14 12 CRACK A BOTTLE - EMINEM AND CO. - 13 17 UP ALL NIGHT - TAKE THAT 10) =12 12 11 OMEN - PRODIGY 9) =13 11 09 WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT - PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT 8) =11 10 06 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 7) =10 09 08 T-SHIRT - SHONTELLE 6) =9 08 07 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 5) =8 07 04 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 4) =7 06 03 DEAD AND GONE - T.I. - =6 05 02 LOVE STORY - TAYLOR SWIFT 3) =5 04 05 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA - =4 03 01 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU - KELLY CLARKSON 2) =3 02 NE JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH - SATURDAYS 1) =2 01 NE RIGHT ROUND - FLO RIDA - =1 ) Position without downloads alone. Also without downloads alone are 39 Killers - Spaceman, and 40 Will Young. = Position on Chart Show tv FLO RIDA beats the SATURDAYS...some unjustice there! We were hoping on Weekend physicals to push the Saturdays, but we can forget that. It won`t happen. Outside the 50, we find LEONA - RUN, ANNIE LENNOX, KILLERS - SPACEMAN, ENRIQUE, NE-YO - MAD, WILL YOUNG, LADYHAWKE, JENNIFER HUDSON, KANYE, GARY GO, RUDENKO...that`s the top 61. ..Gary with the biggest fall of the week. FRIENDLY FIRES are in the top 70. NOTE: These are not the Official charts. They are based on Chart Show tv`s chart, but with added sales (minus airplay), to make it the most up to date chart, at this point. The chart show top 20 video chart, can been see on Saturdays between 9am & 10.30, and Sundays between 11am & 12.30pm (Sky Channel 365).
March 6, 200916 yr KC selling more physicals than take that! :o Shame on the TT fans! Well I'm not buying more than one! And I wouldn't have bought that one if I'd known how 'orrible the 'b' side was! Norma
March 6, 200916 yr Thanks Dave Sorry, been at work... Loving the pre-orders for Love Etc. Any idea where it's likely to enter on release week? I really hope top 10. Beggin by Frankie Valli should be RE by the way.
March 6, 200916 yr Author Thanks Dave Sorry, been at work... Loving the pre-orders for Love Etc. Any idea where it's likely to enter on release week? I really hope top 10. Beggin by Frankie Valli should be RE by the way. Looking at it...it will probably miss the top ten because again the downloads, may let them down. Frankie Valli, a re-entry? Did it make the top 50 before now, Tom? Never a hit in 1968.
March 6, 200916 yr It charted (in the OCC chart) at #32 in 2007 Dave Thanks for checking eightiespopkid. I have the original 7" by the way - worth £25 now :D As a bit of an 80s pop kid myself it's a great retro, thanks Dave. Always found it weird that Nina's German version, 99 Luftballons, was the hit version in America...
March 6, 200916 yr Has Pete still got fans? Or do we all think he is a messed up unfortunate, that needs help? YES he still has his fans (well, only Chris, Nicky, Cass and me on the whole forum it seems :() Bit of a legend tbf! I'll definitely be buying Grace/Wastelands :wub: Thanks for the info as ever, Dave!
March 6, 200916 yr if take that are 13 for the single then why on here are they number 3? That's just for the physicals ;) #13 is downloads/ physicals combined, which is what counts in the end, as it will be the official chart position.
March 6, 200916 yr thanks :) but what does physicals meen? Well, CDs, vinyl memory sticks... That sort of thing. Actual copies of the song you can hold in your hands :) In Up All Night's case, just CD singles I think. (God I feel old... :cry:)
March 6, 200916 yr Author It charted (in the OCC chart) at #32 in 2007 Dave Cheers! I must have been out that week! Still think that the brilliant UK version, by Timebox is best though.
March 7, 200916 yr ...Radio One, SIMON BATES stated "We do not intend playing this record, due to the nature of the lyric". MADONNA had a hit, after flopping with the original release of "Borderline". didn't realise SB refused to play the Frankie single....thought it was Mike Read? 'Holiday' was first hit for Madonna, following the non hits 'Everybody' and 'Lucky Star'; which was then re-released after the success of 'Holiday' 'Borderline' was considered a "flop" in 84 (#56) but was actually released after the re-issued 'LS' Edited March 7, 200916 yr by seanyboy
March 7, 200916 yr Author didn't realise SB refused to play the Frankie single....thought it was Mike Read? 'Holiday' was first hit for Madonna, following the non hits 'Everybody' and 'Lucky Star'; which was then re-released after the success of 'Holiday' 'Borderline' was considered a "flop" in 84 (#56) but was actually released after the re-issued 'LS' It was Mike Read that started the ball rolling. SB played the record when it entered the top 40 at 35. Then after the Mike Read thing, the BBC then refused to play it. The single then smashed up from 35 to 6. The statement SB gave was the usual one, that the BBC gave. Which was first stated with Max Romeo`s "Wet Dream" in 1969. Closely followed by Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin`s "Je`taime Moi Non Plus"...which were both in the chart together for a few weeks in 1969. Meaning that only 18 records were played in "Pick Of The Pops", for a few weeks! "Relax" on it`s own was not played again, until a New Year "Top Of The Pops" special. Subsequently, the record did then get played on Jimmy Savile`s "Old Record Club`s Triple Top Ten Show" in 1986. Which was strange at the time, because usually if a record had been banned, Jimmy still would not play it. As he still did with Serge and Jane, and the Sex Pistols banned couple of records! Not forgetting Judge Dread, of course! Though he did play Donna Summer`s "Love To Love You Baby", which was always missed out on the Top Twenty Show with Tom Browne.
March 7, 200916 yr I can't believe they banned Love To Love You Baby! It was very tame compared to Je T'aime or Relax (though I never saw the problem with that one so much, I think it was the gay connotation more than anything).
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