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The Jacksons' Can You Feel It? from 1981 was covered and taken to ultimate glory by Tamperer in 1998 with a week at No 1; in 2004, the boy band V had a No 5 Double-A side hit with Hip to Hip / Can You Feel it? So, not a new Cover but an extra one: 830 / 1,011.

Stop was a 1989 No 17 hit for Sam Brown. In 2004, Jamelia had a Double-A side No 9 hit with DJ / Stop - with 6 letters, surely the shortest titled of all 313 Double-A side hits between 1954 and 2010? Stop was a cover of the Sam Brown song. 830 / 1,010.

OK. I won't post anything more where the dates cause controversy, my apologies to all.

In 1968, Otis Redding and Carla Thomas enjoyed 1 week in the Top 20 with Tramp; the song was a cover of the original by Lowell Fulson issued the previous year. In 1988, Salt-n-Pepa had a Double-A side hit with Push It and Tramp, the latter heavily sampling Otis and Carla's rendition; the titles spent 3 weeks at No 2. Another Double-A side I missed, there are probably one or two more to come... 829 / 1009.

No, you are not wrong but neither am I. I don't mean to be controversial but my system works since chart time began, whereas the chart authorities have changed the dates for the charts more than once, most recently in July 2015 when the week-ending moved from a Saturday to a Thursday - and then they add 7 days... I know that I am massively outnumbered!

Glenn Miller's In The Mood, recorded in 1939, is the world's best-selling swing instrumental track. The original under a different name dates back to 1930. In 1960, the Ernie Fields Orchestra, under the name of B Bumble and the Stingers, entered their version of In The Mood into the UK Top 20 Singles chart. Sixteen years later, the classic Glenn Miller rendition charted as the Triple-A side Moonlight Serenade / Little Brown Jug / In The Mood on 7th February 1976, effectively covering his own original song. 828 / 1,008.

You are correct: I use the date when the public actually bought the music, not the OC / BBC "week-ending" definition. Paramore's sales lead pretty much guarantees Friday's No 1 album for purchases made during the week which has included Valentine's Day - same for Easter, Christmas or anyone's birthday for that matter. (I've used the same system since 1968...).

Chuck Berry had a Double-A side hit in 1963 with Let It Rock / Memphis Tennessee. In 1971, the Rolling Stones issued the Triple-A side Brown Sugar / Bitch / Let It Rock, entering the Top 20 on 1st May. Their version of Let It Rock was a live version. 827 / 1,007.

Another Double-A side missed... Nina Simone's 1968 Ain't Got No...I Got Life / Do What You Gotta Do: the second title was covered by the Four Tops a year later entering the charts on 11th October 1969. The song was written by Jimmy Webb and was recorded by at least 2 non-charting acts before Nina Simone's success. 826 / 1,006.

And here are the Valentine's Day No 1 Albums 1959 South Pacific * Soundtrack 1960 South Pacific * Soundtrack 1961 G.I. blues * Elvis Presley 1962 Blue Hawaii * Elvis Presley 1963 Summer holiday * Cliff Richard and the Shadows 1964 With the Beatles * Beatles 1965 Rolling Stones Volume 2 * Rolling Stones 1966 Sound of Music * Soundtrack 1967 Monkees * Monkees 1968 Diana Ross and the Supremes greatest hits * Supremes 1969 Diana Ross and the Supremes join the Temptations * Suprenes and the Temptations 1970 Bridge over troubled water * Simon and Garfunkel 1971 All things must pass * George Harrison 1972 Neil Reid * Neil Reid 1973 Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player * Elton John 1974 Singles 1969-1973 * Carpenters 1975 His greatest hits * Engelbert Humperdinck 1976 Very best of Slim Whitman * Slim Whitman 1977 20 golden greats * Shadows 1978 Album * Abba 1979 Parallel lines * Blondie 1980 Last dance * Various Artists 1981 Face value * Phil Collins 1982 Love songs * Barbra Streisand 1983 Business as usual * Men at Work 1984 Into the gap * Thompson Twins 1985 Meat is murder * Smiths 1986 Brothers in arms * Dire Straits 1987 Phantom of the Opera * Soundtrack 1988 Introducing the hardline according to… * Terence Trent d'Arby 1989 New flame * Simply Red 1990 …But seriously * Phil Collins 1991 Innuendo * Queen 1992 Stars * Simply Red 1993 Walthamstow * East 17 1994 Music box * Mariah Carey 1995 Colour of my love * Céline Dion 1996 Expecting to fly * Bluetones 1997 Blur * Blur 1998 Urban hymns * Verve 1999 Talk on corners * Corrs 2000 Rise * Gabrielle 2001 No angel * Dido 2002 Escape * Enrique Iglesias 2003 100th window * Massive Attack 2004 Feels like home * Norah Jones 2005 Scissor Sisters * Scissor Sisters 2006 Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not * Arctic Monkeys 2007 Life in cartoon motion * Mika 2008 Sleep through the static * Jack Johnson 2009 It's not me, it's you * Lily Allen 2010 Glee - the music season one - Vol 1 * Glee Cast 2011 21 * Adele 2012 Our version of events * Emeli Sandé 2013 Les Misérables * Soundtrack 2014 Little red * Katy B 2015 In the lonely hour * Sam Smith 2016 25 * Adele 2017 Human * Rag'n'Bone Man 2018 Greatest Showman * Soundtrack 2019 Thank u, next * Ariana Grande 2020 Changes * Justin Bieber 2021 Tyron * Slowtai 2022 FTHC * Frank Turner 2023 This is why * Paramore Elvis Presley, Simply Red, Phil Collins and Adele have two titles each. Elvis Presley, George Harrison, Abba, Blondie, Mariah Carey, Céline Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Mika, Lily Allen, Adele and Ariana Grande had both the No 1 Single and the No 1 Album on Valentine's Day. Six soundtracks (five different) and one Compilation title are featured. The 1985 Album title is unfortunate for the Day...

In 2002, Mis-Teeq had a No 7 hit with the double-A side Roll On / This Is How We Do it. The latter title was a cover of the Montell Jordan Top 20 entry in 1995. In 2015, Joe Stone also covered the song as Party (This Is How We Do It) which I knew but I missed the Mis-Teeq earlier cover because of the second title of the double-A side - excuses... So another cover of a song already acknowledged as a cover by someone else, bringing the totals to 825 / 1,005.

I cannot find the Slipknot version. Their only Top 20 hit Duality was in 2004. Vanessa Carlton's version is a cover of the Rolling Stones 1966 classic hit - the only version to reach the Top 20 - but she never released it as a single. (Loved her A Thousand Miles).

And another: Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence, a Top 20 hit twice in 1990 and 2004 was covered by the German Mike Koglin as Silence for one week at No 20 in November 1998. 825 / 1,004.

Don't gamble my friend (!) : 1950's: 137 - an average of 15 per annum / 833 Top 20 hits - 16% Covers 1960's: 68 - 7 per annum / 1,450 hits - 5% Covers 1970's: 113 - 11 per annum / 1,769 hits - 6% Covers 1980's: 119 - 12 per annum / 2,187 hits - 5% Covers 1990's: 274 - 27 per annum / 3,006 hits - 9% Covers 2000's: 214 - 21 per annum / 2,883 hits - 7% Covers 2010's: 70 - 7 per annum / 1,634 hits - 4% Covers 2020's: 18 - 6 per annum / 400 hits (to end of 2022) - 5% Covers TOTAL: 1,014 - 14 per annum - 14,161 hits (to end of 2022) - 7% Covers The 1950's were skewed by a plethora of USA songs being covered by UK artists with both / multiple versions reaching the charts. This leaves the 1990's as the decade of the most covers by numbers and percentage. Thank you for your interest, it makes it worthwhile...

"S" calling: Another one that got away - Girls Aloud's cover on 31st December 2005 of Dee C Lee's 1985 See the Day. 1,003 / 824.

I am up to "P" and I missed Shaggy's 1997 cover of Erma Franklin's classic Piece of my Heart, which Beverley Knight also covered in 2006 (I did have that one). So we have reached 1,002 total covers now, 823 different songs out of 14,176 total Top 20 entries.

Year § Album Title § Artist § Weeks in Top 20 1958 § South Pacific § Soundtrack § 252 / 220 Top 10 / 20 1959 § West Side Story § Soundtrack § 194 1960 § Black and White Minstrel Show § George Mitchell Minstrels § 142 1961 § Sound of Music § Soundtrack § 361 1962 § Out of the Shadows § Shadows § 38 1963 § Please Please Me § Beatles § 69 1964 § Rolling Stones § Rolling Stones § 50 1965 § Mary Poppins § Soundtrack § 73 1966 § Going Places § Herb Alpert § 98 1967 § Tom Jones Live at the Talk of the Town § Tom Jones § 84 1968 § Best of the Seekers § Seekers § 73 1969 § Led Zeppelin 2 § Led Zeppelin § 78 1970 § Bridge over Troubled Water § Simon and Garfunkel § 196 1971 § Every Picture Tells a Story § Rod Stewart § 47 1972 § Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits § Simon and Garfunkel § 150 1973 § Dark Side of the Moon § Pink Floyd § 122 1974 § Singles 1969-1973 § Carpenters § 91 1975 § Best of § Stylistics § 43 1976 § Greatest Hits § Abba § 84 1977 § Rumours § Fleetwood Mac § 115 1978 § Bat out of Hell § Meat Loaf § 61 1979 § Manilow Magic § Barry Manilow § 64 1980 § Kings of the Wild Frontier § Adam and the Ants § 41 1981 § Greatest Hits § Queen § 179 1982 § Thriller § Michael Jackson § 104 1983 § Can't Slow Down § Lionel Richie § 63 1984 § Legend § Bob Marley and the Wailers § 92 1985 § Brothers in Arms § Dire Straits § 95 1986 § True Blue § Madonna § 57 1987 § Bad § Michael Jackson § 67 1988 § Kylie § Kylie Minogue § 36 1989 § …But Seriously § Phil Collins § 47 1990 § Immaculate Collection § Madonna § 43 1991 § Stars § Simply Red § 65 1992 § Gold - Greatest Hits § Abba § 190 ** 1993 § Music Box § Mariah Carey § 58 1994 § Definitely Maybe § Oasis § 77 1995 § (What's the Story) Morning Glory § Oasis § 66 1996 § Ocean Drive § Lighthouse Family § 67 1997 § Talk on Corners § Corrs § 80 1998 § Come on Over § Shania Twain § 59 1999 § The Man Who § Travis § 62 2000 § White Ladder § David Gray § 75 2001 § No Angel § Dido § 73 2002 § Come Away with Me § Norah Jones § 61 2003 § Life for Rent / Busted § Dido / Busted § 33 2004 § Scissor Sisters § Scissor Sisters § 62 2005 § Curtain Call - the Hits § Eminem § 92 ** 2006 § Back to Black § Amy Winehouse § 106 2007 § Life in Cartoon Motion § Mika § 60 2008 § 19 § Adele § 74 2009 § Fame § Lady Gaga § 99 2010 § Time Flies 1994 2009 § Oasis § 68 2011 § 21 § Adele § 102 2012 § Our Version of Events § Emeli Sandé § 80 2013 § AM § Arctic Monkeys § 65 ** 2014 § X § Ed Sheeran § 175 2015 § 25 § Adele § 75 2016 § Glory Days § Little Mix § 65 2017 § '/. § Ed Sheeran § 256 2018 § 50 Years - Don't Stop § Fleetwood Mac § 167 ** 2019 § Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent § Lewis Capaldi § 124 ** 2020 § Future Nostalgia § Dua Lipa § 73 2021 § Highlights § Weeknd § 94 ** 2022 § Harry's House § Harry Styles § 35 ** Correct as of the chart week ending 26th January 2023. ** Indicates the Album is still in the Top 20 Because the Top 20 was only a Top 10 until April 1960, South Pacific had more weeks in the latter than the former. In 2003, there was a tie between Dido and Busted.

The Album which has spent the most weeks in the UK Top 20 each year, totalled in the year of the album's release:

1 Gold - greatest hits ~ 1992-95, 98-2000, 04, 08, 16, 18, 20-23 ~ 15 years ~ Abba 2 Legend ~ 1984, 91-92, 94, 2003, 12, 14-18, 20-22 ~ 14 ~ Bob Marley and the Wailers 3 Christmas ~ 2011-23 ~ 13 ~ Michael Bublé 4 Sound of Music ~ 1961-63, 65-72 ~ 11 ~ Stage / Soundtrack 5 Rumours ~ 1977-78, 97, 2011, 13-14, 19-23 ~ 11 ~ Fleetwood Mac 6 Queen greatest hits ~ 1981-82, 85-86, 91-92, 94, 2020-23 ~ 11 ~ Queen 7 Bat out of hell ~ 1978-82, 91, 93-94, 2013-14, 22 ~ 11 ~ Meat Loaf 8 Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band ~ 1967-68, 70-72, 87, 92, 2009, 17 ~ 9 ~ Beatles 9 South Pacific ~ 1958-65, 86 ~ 9 ~ Soundtrack 10 Time flies - 1994-2009 ~ 2010, 14, 17-18, 20-23 ~ 8 ~ Oasis 11 Greatest hits ~ 2009, 11-12, 14-15, 17, 20, 22 ~ 8 ~ Foo Fighters 12 My Fair Lady ~ 1958-62, 64-66 ~ 8 ~ Soundtrack 13 Curtain call - the hits ~ 2005-06, 17-18, 21-23 ~ 7 ~ Eminem 14 Diamonds ~ 2017-23 ~ 7 ~ Elton John 15 '/. ~ 2017-23 ~ 7 ~ Ed Sheeran 16 Thriller ~ 1982-84, 88, 92, 2009, 22 ~ 7 ~ Michael Jackson 17 Bad ~ 1987-89, 92, 2009, 12, 14 ~ 7 ~ Michael Jackson 18 West Side Story ~ 1959-60, 62-65, 85 ~ 7 ~ Stage / Soundtrack 19 Twelve songs of Christmas ~ 1964-66, 69-72 ~ 7 ~ Jim Reeves 20 50 years - don't stop ~ 2018-23 ~ 6 ~ Fleetwood Mac 21 Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars ~ 1972-74, 2004, 16, 22 ~ 6 ~ David Bowie 22 Nevermind ~ 1992-94, 2005, 11, 21 ~ 6 ~ Nirvana 23 1 ~ 2000, 01, 11, 15, 16, 20 ~ 6 ~ Beatles 24 X ~ 2014-2019 ~ 6 ~ Ed Sheeran 25 + ~ 2011-15, 17 ~ 6 ~ Ed Sheeran 26 All over the world - the very best of ~ 2005, 11, 12, 14, 16-17 ~ 6 ~ Electric Light Orchestra 27 Purple Rain ~ 1984-85, 95, 2014, 16-17 ~ 6 ~ Prince 28 Back to black ~ 2006-08, 11, 15, 16 ~ 6 ~ Amy Winehouse 29 Brothers in arms ~ 1985-88, 96, 2015 ~ 6 ~ Dire Straits 30 Dark side of the moon ~ 1973-75, 93, 2003, 11 ~ 6 ~ Pink Floyd 31 Simon and Garfunkel's greatest hits ~ 1972-76, 2011 ~ 6 ~ Simon and Garfunkel 32 Bridge over troubled water ~ 1970-75 ~ 6 ~ Simon and Garfunkel 33 Buddy Holly story ~ 1959-64 ~ 6 ~ Buddy Holly 34 King and I ~ 1958-63 ~ 6 ~ Soundtrack 35 Legacy ~ 2016-17, 20-22 ~ 5 ~ David Bowie 36 Direct hits ~ 2013-15, 19, 22 ~ 5 ~ Killers 37 (What's the story) Morning glory ~ 1995-97, 2014, 20 ~ 5 ~ Oasis 38 Definitively maybe ~ 1994-96, 2014, 19 ~ 5 ~ Oasis 39 Abbey road ~ 1969-71, 2009, 19 ~ 5 ~ Beatles 40 Imagine ~ 1971-73, 81, 2018 ~ 5 ~ John Lennon 41 In the lonely hour ~ 2014-2018 ~ 5 ~ Sam Smith 42 Joshua tree ~ 1987-88, 92, 2001, 17 ~ 5 ~ U2 43 Definitive collection ~ 2003-05, 09, 15 ~ 5 ~ Lionel Richie and the Commodores 44 Sigh no more ~ 2009-13 ~ 5 ~ Mumford and Sons 45 Off the wall ~ 1979-80, 84, 2004, 09 ~ 5 ~ Michael Jackson 46 History - past, present and future, book 1 ~ 1995-97, 2003, 09 ~ 5 ~ Michael Jackson 47 Automatic for the people ~ 1992-95, 2000 ~ 5 ~ REM 48 Oliver! ~ 1960-62, 69-70 ~ 5 ~ Stage / Soundtrack 49 Going places ~ 1966-70 ~ 5 ~ Herb Alpert 50 Elvis' golden records ~ 1958-60, 63-64 ~ 5 ~ Elvis Presley 51 Black and white minstrel show ~ 1960-64 ~ 5 ~ George Mitchell Minstrels 52 Oklahoma! ~ 1958-62 ~ 5 ~ Soundtrack

Got it: Mario Winans is too far removed from the Fugees to be a cover only a sample. So we've got 2 covers here?

Thank you. Enya yes, but it wasn't a single and it didn't make the Top 20 Singles, so the first track to reach the Top 20 was the Fugees' Ready or Not: The Course, Mario Winans and Metro Boomin' - covers or samples of the Fugees?

Hold on! Are not both songs based on the Fugees' Ready or Not from 1996, covered by Course the following year before Mario Winans changed the name? Comments please...

Absolutely, thank you. I was listening to the Top 40 yesterday and I thought I'd heard it before without properly taking it in. The "Yesterday" syndrome where McCartney woke up with the song in his head and was convinced for weeks that he'd heard it before until Lennon told him to go and record it - the working title was "Scrambled Eggs".

Added: Let Her Go / Passenger / 2013 covered as Let Go by Central Cee on 29th December 2022 - 823rd different Top 20 song to reach the Top 20 again by a different act and the 999th cover in all versions - provisionally. I have checked "A" to "M" so far, just over 8,000 songs out of 14,170 to date.

Easy to be fooled by changes in the song title: Canned Heat's Let's Work Together in 1970 was covered by Bryan Ferry in 1976 as Let's Stick Together, re-issued in 1988 and again made the Top 20. First entered on 19th June 1976. Now up to 822 different Top 20 covers and 998 total covers in all versions to make the Top 20. Still checking alphabetically by title...