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No, you are right, Stray Cat strut should be included, it clearly refers to the artist and not any feline; No 11 in 1981. (Loved the group, especially Runaway Boys). Queen's Good Old Fashioned Loverboy did indeed reach No 17 in 1977 and yes, it was included on the First EP; however, it was also released as a single and both the OCC and my copy of Record Mirror lists the entry as GOFL and not the EP. Interesting one. Thank you.

"S Club" can only refer to S Club 7, just as "Muppet" can only be The Muppets. 'Spice up your Life' has no direct reference to The Spice Girls, in fact, semantically, it does not refer to the group at all, it is telling you to go out and have a good time.

Updated: 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 My name is Prince - Prince, #9 1992 19 Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby, #1 1993 20 Doop - Doop, #1 1994 21 Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous, #7 1994 22 Deep Forest - Deep Forest, #20 1994 23 Love City Groove - Love City Groove, #7 1995 24 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies, #1 1997 25 Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray, #13 1997 26 Age Of Love - Age of Love, #17 1997 27 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra, # 1998 28 S Club Party - S Club 7, #2 1999 29 Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr. Hankey, #4 1999 30 Cassius 1999 - Cassius, #7 1999 31 Gouryella - Gouryella, #15 1999 32 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls, #16 1999 33 Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line, #15 2000 34 Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G., #16 2000 35 Warrior - Warrior, #19 2000 36 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg, #13 2001 37 Romeo Dunn - Romeo, #3 2002 38 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue, #7 2003 39 It's Chico time - Chico, #1 2006 40 Scotts - Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, #11 2020

And, yes, a good one, not sure how we missed it: No 1 in 2006. Thank you.

Thank you, both qualify, Cassius No 7 in 1999, Romeo No 3 in 2002.

I can put in here if it's ok to post a list of 176 lines?

Good Man on both counts! (at 70, the grey, memory cells miss a lot more stuff...) :o Yes: add the Beatles second gap of 27 years and 8 months And add Abba's 3rd 10-year+ gap of 10 years and 8 months - making them unique for having done that 3 times: 1982-1992, 1992-2004 and 2004-2021. If I'm still scribbling in 2031... Many thanks. PS I have also just added 3 first timers in the 10-year+ category - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Natasha Bedingfield and Noel Gallagher. [Full list available].

Yes, thank you! No 9 in 1992.

Missed the Top 20 by a single place sadly.

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

Prompted by the Ronettes... 23 acts have taken at least 25 years to reappear in the Top 20 160 acts have taken at least 10 years to reappear in the Top 20, 11 of them have done that twice. 1 Bobby Helms 63 years . 5 months 1958 - 2022 2 Vera Lynn 62.11 1957 - 2020 3 Ronettes 59.10 1964 - 2024 4 Brenda Lee 53.2 1964 - 2017 5 Gerry and the Pacemakers 47.5 1964 - 2012 6 Neil Diamond 40.6 1981 - 2021 7 Leeds United FC / Team and Supporters 37.11 1972 - 2010 8 Perez Prado 36.7 1958 - 1995 9 Tony Christie 33.2 1972 - 2005 10 Wizzard 32.10 1975 - 2007 ** 11 Lou Reed 31.1 1973 - 2004 12 Mamas and the Papas 29.11 1967 - 1997 13 Donny Osmond 29.10 1974 - 2004 14 Andy Stewart 28.4 1961 - 1989 15 Boney M 28.4 1993 - 2021 ** 16 Bobby Vinton 27.11 1962 - 1990 17 Yes 27.6 1977 - 2005 18 Arsenal Football Club 27.0 1971 - 1998 19 Sham 69 26.9 1979 - 2006 20 Eddie Cochran 26.6 1961 - 1988 21 Louis Armstrong 26.5 1968 - 1994 22 Nat King Cole 25.0 1962 - 1987 23 Andy Williams 25.0 1974 - 1999 ** ** means they are one of the 11 acts who have achieved at least a 10-year gap twice. The others are: Slade Cher Abba John Lennon Shakin' Stevens Jackie Wilson Chubby Checker Liverpool Football Club

This is about the chart and not the music, I am a fan of pretty much all of the following artists. Running through a list of the all time artists: 1. Elvis Presley: his 30 Number One hits appeared for just one week at No 20 in 2023 2. Beatles: their pair of 50 year old greatest hits albums appeared for 5 weeks in the 2023 albums chart, mainly because of a lost 'manufactured' single which reached No 1 and stayed just 3 weeks in the Top 20 in 2023. "1" lurks in the lower reaches 3. Ed Sheeran: to his credit, he has not released a greatest hits package yet 4. Madonna: her Immaculate Collection has not appeared in the Top 20 for 23 years 5. Elton John: his Diamonds was ever-present in the Top 20 in 2023 - for all 52 weeks 6. Queen: their greatest hits and platinum collections have been a constant feature in the chart for many years, although they haven't been seen in the Top 20 since May 2023 7. Rolling Stones: in spite of a No 1 album of excellent new material, and 2 derisory greatest hits packages in 2012 and 2019, their last successful look back Forty Licks was in 2002 and that has not been seen in the Top 20 since 2006. 8. Michael Jackson: his Essential pops occasionally in and out of the Top 20. 9. Abba: their Gold- Greatest Hits is ever-present in the Top 20 to this day 10. Rod Stewart: 2001 was the last time he attempted a serious greatest hits package, lasting just 7 Top weeks and peaking at No 7 11. Cliff Richard and the Shadows: they made No 11 in 2019 with their Pioneers album but have been largely absent for donkey's years 12. Cliff Richard: his last truly successful compilation was in 1988, otherwise he is forgotten by pretty much everybody 13. David Bowie: occasionally seen with his Legacy album in the Top 20 despite a succession of "new" albums since his death 14. Taylor Swift: no greatest hits package yet as she concentrates on re-recording her earlier albums for legal reasons; a current phenomenon 15. Eminem: his Curtain Call retrospective continues to be a massive seller 16. Shadows: they tried their Life Story in 2004 reaching No 7 briefly 17. Fleetwood Mac: their half-century history continues to sell consistently well in the Top 20 18. Paul McCartney: his 4 greatest hits releases between 1978 and 2016 have never done him justice, not one reached No 1 19. Simon and Garfunkel: after their massive selling greatest hits in 1972, they ain't been seen since their Tales of New York album reached No 8 in 2000 20. Robbie Williams: although his XXV album reached No 1 in 2022, it enjoyed only 3 Top 20 weeks following his big selling 2004 Greatest hits in 2004. I guess my point is this: why do Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Abba, Queen, Eminem, Arctic Monkeys and, now, Taylor Swift dominate the Top 20 chart for the past three years and not the other acts mentioned above? Do we not deserve a separate chart for albums released, say, more than 2 years ago, to allow fresh acts and music to have a bigger impact in the current chart? Different questions, I know. Grateful for your observations.

And this was the order in which a song was first covered, as opposed to all cover versions: 100 ¨¨ May you always ¨¨ Joan Regan ¨¨ 1959 200 ¨¨ Sorrow ¨¨ David Bowie ¨¨ 1973 300 ¨¨ I feel love ¨¨ Bronski Beat and Marc Almond ¨¨ 1985 400 ¨¨ God gave rock and roll to you II ¨¨ Kiss ¨¨ 1992 500 ¨¨ Let the music play ¨¨ Mary Kiani ¨¨ 1996 600 ¨¨ Bright eyes ¨¨ Stephen Gately ¨¨ 2000 700 ¨¨ You're the first, the last, my everything ¨¨ Howard Brown ¨¨ 2005 800 ¨¨ Bump 'n' grind ¨¨ R Kelly, Waze and Odyssey ¨¨ 2014

I have added the peak positions in the original post. Point of interest: the average peak position for every title to have ever entered the Top 20 is No 9 and the average 1st week entry position has been No 13. For the 75 EPs listed above, the average peak position is No 11, a significant difference: was it worth it?

Good point and information, thank you. All part of the ever changing chart rules, albeit some necessary ones.

Why not? I'll try and do it later tonight...

Not my definition (this time!) it's what I have assumed for the last 55 years: the list above is what the record companies have defined as EPs with their releases. I agree, it's not consistent and that aggravates my compulsively ordered mind.

Messy OCC, totally agree. They don't even correct obvious mistakes when you tell them. Buzzjack is much better, not least because of helpful corrections, additions, etc. Re your comments and others above: it comes down to the definition of an EP - is it three songs, fours songs, more, the limit? I always thought an EP was 4 songs but record companies used their own definitions and, if it's advertised as "EP", those are the ones I've included, Leona Lewis for example. I suppose Robson & Jerome's 3-song efforts would then be classed in the same category but they were sold as "Singles". I'm happy to add some more to the list if that's the general opinion.

And 1 LP actually made the Singles chart: Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers in 1956 - unique!

With the date that the EP entered the chart: 1 ¨ 30/Jun/56 ¨ All Star Hit Parade [EP] ¨ **Various Artists** ¨ 2 2 ¨ 7/Jul/56 ¨ Skiffle sessions [EP] ¨ Lonnie Donegan ¨ 20 3 ¨ 10/Aug/57 ¨ All Star Hit Parade No 2 [EP] ¨ **Various Artists** ¨ 15 4 ¨ 1/Feb/58 ¨ Jailhouse rock [EP] ¨ Elvis Presley ¨ 18 5 ¨ 9/May/59 ¨ Idle on parade [EP] ¨ Anthony Newley ¨ 13 6 ¨ 23/Jan/60 ¨ Expresso bongo [EP] ¨ Cliff Richard and the Shadows ¨ 14 7 ¨ 16/Dec/67 ¨ Magical mystery tour [EP] ¨ Beatles ¨ 2 8 ¨ 8/Feb/69 ¨ Mrs Robinson [EP] ¨ Simon And Garfunkel ¨ 9 9 ¨ 3/Jul/76 ¨ Roussos phenomenon [EP] ¨ Demis Roussos ¨ 1 10 ¨ 14/Aug/76 ¨ Extended play [EP] ¨ Bryan Ferry ¨ 7 11 ¨ 5/Nov/77 ¨ Hot tracks [EP] ¨ Nazareth ¨ 15 12 ¨ 14/Jan/78 ¨ Muppet Show music hall [EP] ¨ Muppets ¨ 19 13 ¨ 6/Oct/79 ¨ Kate Bush on stage EP ¨ Kate Bush ¨ 10 14 ¨ 26/Jan/80 ¨ Special A.K.A. live! [EP] ¨ Specials ¨ 1 15 ¨ 5/Apr/80 ¨ Work rest and play [EP] ¨ Madness ¨ 6 16 ¨ 10/May/80 ¨ Golden years [EP] ¨ Motorhead ¨ 8 17 ¨ 21/Feb/81 ¨ St Valentine's Day massacre [EP] ¨ Motorhead / (Girlschool) ¨ 5 18 ¨ 7/Mar/81 ¨ Four from Toyah [EP] ¨ Toyah ¨ 4 19 ¨ 23/May/81 ¨ Killers live [EP] ¨ Thin Lizzy ¨ 2 20 ¨ 5/Dec/81 ¨ Four more from Toyah [EP] ¨ Toyah ¨ 14 21 ¨ 5/Jun/82 ¨ 3 x 3 {EP] ¨ Genesis ¨ 10 22 ¨ 18/Dec/82 ¨ Shakin' Stevens [EP] ¨ Shakin' Stevens ¨ 2 23 ¨ 10/Mar/84 ¨ Music of Torvill and Dean [EP] ¨ Richard Hartley and the Michael Reed Orchestra ¨ 9 24 ¨ 23/Mar/85 ¨ Between the wars [EP] ¨ Billy Bragg ¨ 15 25 ¨ 10/Dec/88 ¨ Crackers international [EP] ¨ Erasure ¨ 2 26 ¨ 2/Dec/89 ¨ Madchester rave on [EP] ¨ Happy Mondays ¨ 19 27 ¨ 9/Dec/89 ¨ Amsterdam [EP] ¨ Simple Minds ¨ 18 28 ¨ 25/Aug/90 ¨ Four Bacharach and David songs [EP] ¨ Deacon Blue ¨ 2 29 ¨ 24/Nov/90 ¨ King of the road EP (only the title track) ¨ Proclaimers ¨ 9 30 ¨ 16/Mar/91 ¨ Today forever EP ¨ Ride ¨ 14 31 ¨ 11/May/91 ¨ Future love [EP] ¨ Seal ¨ 12 32 ¨ 16/Nov/91 ¨ Killer EP (only the title track) ¨ Seal ¨ 8 33 ¨ 11/Jan/92 ¨ Everybody in the place [EP] ¨ Prodigy ¨ 2 34 ¨ 25/Jan/92 ¨ Welcome to the cheap seats [EP] ¨ Wonder Stuff ¨ 8 35 ¨ 8/Feb/92 ¨ Dixie-narco [EP] ¨ Primal Scream ¨ 11 36 ¨ 29/Feb/92 ¨ Covers [EP] ¨ Everything but the Girl ¨ 13 37 ¨ 21/Mar/92 ¨ Sweet harmony [EP] ¨ Liquid ¨ 15 38 ¨ 25/Apr/92 ¨ Ultimate trunk funk [EP] ¨ Brand New Heavies ¨ 19 39 ¨ 2/May/92 ¨ Unexplained [EP] ¨ EMF ¨ 18 40 ¨ 23/May/92 ¨ 15 years [EP] ¨ Levellers ¨ 11 41 ¨ 13/Jun/92 ¨ Abba-esque [EP] ¨ Erasure ¨ 1 42 ¨ 17/Oct/92 ¨ Million love songs [EP] ¨ Take That ¨ 7 43 ¨ 21/Nov/92 ¨ Montreux [EP] ¨ Simply Red ¨ 11 44 ¨ 20/Mar/93 ¨ Shortsharpshock [EP] ¨ Therapy? ¨ 9 45 ¨ 1/May/93 ¨ Five live [EP] ¨ George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield ¨ 1 46 ¨ 29/May/93 ¨ Civil war [EP] ¨ Guns n' Roses ¨ 11 47 ¨ 12/Jun/93 ¨ Face the strange [EP] ¨ Therapy? ¨ 18 48 ¨ 19/Jun/93 ¨ Power zone [EP] ¨ Time Frequency ¨ 17 49 ¨ 14/Aug/93 ¨ Nuff vibes [EP] ¨ Apache Indian ¨ 5 50 ¨ 25/Sep/93 ¨ Condemnation [EP] ¨ Depeche Mode ¨ 9 51 ¨ 25/Sep/93 ¨ On the ropes [EP] ¨ Wonder Stuff ¨ 10 52 ¨ 6/Nov/93 ¨ S.O.S. [EP] ¨ Shamen ¨ 14 53 ¨ 13/Nov/93 ¨ Weaver [EP] ¨ Paul Weller ¨ 18 54 ¨ 15/Jan/94 ¨ Dis-infected [EP] ¨ The ¨ 17 55 ¨ 30/Apr/94 ¨ Money [EP] ¨ Skin ¨ 18 56 ¨ 14/May/94 ¨ Julie [EP] ¨ Levellers ¨ 17 57 ¨ 4/Jun/94 ¨ Sisters [EP] ¨ Pulp ¨ 19 58 ¨ 5/Aug/95 ¨ Hell [EP] ¨ Tricky vs Gravediggaz ¨ 12 59 ¨ 5/Aug/95 ¨ Weird [EP] ¨ Reef ¨ 19 60 ¨ 27/Jan/96 ¨ Loops of fury [EP] ¨ Chemical Brothers ¨ 13 61 ¨ 30/Mar/96 ¨ Nakasaki [EP] ¨ Ken Doh ¨ 7 62 ¨ 21/Sep/96 ¨ Three - stripper vicar [EP] ¨ Mansun ¨ 15 63 ¨ 7/Dec/96 ¨ Four - wide open space [EP] ¨ Mansun ¨ 19 64 ¨ 15/Feb/97 ¨ Five - she makes my nose bleed [EP] ¨ Mansun ¨ 9 65 ¨ 10/May/97 ¨ Six - taxloss EP ¨ Mansun ¨ 15 66 ¨ 18/Oct/97 ¨ Seven [EP] ¨ Mansun ¨ 10 67 ¨ 8/Nov/97 ¨ All you good good people [EP] ¨ Embrace ¨ 8 68 ¨ 11/Apr/98 ¨ More than us [EP] ¨ Travis ¨ 16 69 ¨ 11/Jul/98 ¨ Eight - legacy [EP] ¨ Mansun ¨ 7 70 ¨ 5/Sep/98 ¨ Nine - being a girl (part one) EP ¨ Mansun ¨ 13 71 ¨ 5/Dec/98 ¨ Bad days [EP] ¨ Space [uK] ¨ 20 72 ¨ 13/Feb/99 ¨ Eleven - six [EP] ¨ Mansun ¨ 16 73 ¨ 22/Dec/01 ¨ Just a day [EP] ¨ Feeder ¨ 12 74 ¨ 14/Nov/09 ¨ Don't stop believin' [EP] ¨ Journey ¨ 6 75 ¨ 24/Dec/11 ¨ Hurt [EP] ¨ Leona Lewis ¨ 8 And unless the chart rules are changed again, I guess there won't be any more for a while. Mansun had 8 of these entries, no other act had more than 2.

100 ¨¨ Around the world ¨¨ Bing Crosby ¨¨ 1957 200 ¨¨ With a little help from my friends ¨¨ Joe Cocker ¨¨ 1968 300 ¨¨ I will ¨¨ Ruby Winters ¨¨ 1977 400 ¨¨ Never can say goodbye ¨¨ Communards ¨¨ 1987 500 ¨¨ Crying ¨¨ Roy Orbison with kd Lang ¨¨ 1992 600 ¨¨ Killing me softly ¨¨ Fugees ¨¨ 1996 700 ¨¨ We're going to Ibiza ¨¨ Vengaboys ¨¨ 1999 800 ¨¨ Let the sunshine in ¨¨ Milk and Sugar ¨¨ 2003 900 ¨¨ Oh my God ¨¨ Mark Ronson ¨¨ 2007 1,000 ¨¨ Dancing in the moonlight ¨¨ Jubel ¨¨ 2020

This may still not be definitive but I have finished checking all the Top 20 Singles and I cannot find any other Covers.

Cameo had a hit in 1986 with Word Up!. This was covered by Gun in 1994 and Mel B in 1996, both known at the time by this scribbler. But I missed Little Mix's version in 2014, which now makes a total of 1,014 covers from 832 different songs out of 14,179 Top 20 entries to date.

The Faces 1972 hit Stay With Me was covered by McFly's double-A side in 2008 as Do Ya / Stay With Me. 832 / 1,013. Incidentally, the most used title of Top 20 songs since 1952 is "Stay" with 14 different instances and 12 different songs.

Pharrell Williams' Frontin' from 2003 was covered a year later by Jamie Cullum's Double-A side These Are the Days / Frontin'. 831 / 1,012.