The Hit Parade

XTC had three consecutive albums named after a lyric from the previous one. They said the first two were accidental so they did another one on purpose.

I'm not sure whether to go in now or wait and see if I recognise any more of them.

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Some interesting questions here - I think I've got an answer for all of them but as one of the older people here I worry I'm not going to think of the same ones as the rest of you... Can I assume that in questions like 1, 4 & 9, "song" means "charting single"?

Yeah, I'm glad I didn't bother entering this one, I hardly recognise any of them even when I can see the whole pictures.

Sadly it's not Geddy Lee doing the explaining, so we don't get to find out whether he speaks like an ordinary guy... I actually thought that was OK, in a very Canadian way.

Nat "King" Cole, Robert Downey Jr and Michael Jackson all recorded the same 'Smile'. I don't remember the Katherine Crowe version at all but as it seems to have a picture of Charlie Chaplin on the cover I'm guessing that's the same song too.

(double post)

t0n4BsN8KlkWell this has reminded me to listen to (and vote for) the Nut song for the first time in years.

I remember 'Star' by Primal Scream - it's from Vanishing Point, which is their best album (don't @ me) I also remember the controversy over the lyric which implied that Rosa Parks was dead, even though she wasn't. She lived another 8 years. ps - 'Girls' by the Beastie Boys was part of a double A-side.

I think the point is that 'Believe' wasn't a charity single, wasn't associated with an outside sporting event, wasn't even an old recording revived or reworked, it was just a normal single by a popular act, selling on its own merits (and to her existing fans of course).

I presume It's Not The End Of the World? by Super Furry Animals is excluded for the same reasons as Jay Sean. I had to vote for R.E.M. even though it was originally released in the 80s (not a Top 40 hit until 91 though of course)

i wouldn't, but if you did you'd have to count 'Tonight Tonight' by the Smashing Pumpkins as well. Did you include the Westlife one?

I would have voted for the original of 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart' but that obviously isn't eligible.

I've seen a lot of copies of that Corrine BR album in charity shops over the years, so I could easily recognise it. Maybe I should have bought one. EDIT: maybe I should learnt how to spell her name too.

I'm not very familiar with the Meat Loaf cover, but I am a member of the Bat Conservation Trust. And I recognised the style.

Well, I've remembered a couple of the titles since the other day... Ah, I'm going to send in what I've got anyway.

On first pass I've got 38 artists and about 32 titles, so I'll have another look/think in a day or two.

Noting that 'Dancing In The Moonlight' was produced by a different person from the rest of the album fits with it being last-minute addition, so my guess is that the label originally intended to release the album in 1999 but decided it needed one more hit. I definitely remember it coming out after Dancing In The Moonlight, (which I hated) and I do remember the first two singles coming out so I'm sure I'd have noticed if there was an early release of the album at that point. I also recall it was re-released later in 2000 to add yet another single 'Just Hold On'.

Unless someone invents a way to refund time, that's true.

I know it's off-topic but that Hooray And The Henrys record is quite something, a medley of parodies of popular songs with the lyrics rewritten to be about posh people.

Some of us are old enough to do a whole Top 40... 1. (1979) The Bee Gees - Tragedy 2. (1980) Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful 3. (1981) Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddup You Face 4. (1982) Fun Boy 3 & Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It 5. (1983) Toto - Africa 6. (1984) Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 7. (1985) Prince - Let's Go Crazy/Take Me With U 8. (1986) The Damned - Eloise 9. (1987) Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish - Male Stripper 10.(1988) Mel & Kim - That's the Way it Is 11.(1989) Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real 12.(1990) Erasure - Blue Savannah 13.(1991) Kenny Thomas - Outstanding 14.(1992) The Wedding Present - Three 15.(1993) Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die 16.(1994) The Cranberries - Linger 17.(1995) Radiohead - High & Dry / Planet Telex 18.(1996) Queen - Too Much Love Will Kill You 19.(1997) Artist formerly known as Prince - The Holy River 20.(1998) Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock 21.(1999) Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor 22.(2000) Daphne & Celeste - Ooh Stick You! 23.(2001) Papa Roach - Last Resort 24.(2002) Bubba Sparxx - Lovely 25.(2003) Big Brovaz - OK 26.(2004) Raghav - Can't Get Enough 27.(2005) U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 28.(2006) Jack Johnson - Better Together 29.(2007) Amy Winehouse - Rehab 30.(2008) Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 31.(2009) Lemar - Weight of The World 32.(2010) Lemar - The Way Love Goes 33.(2011) Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Moment 4 Life 34.(2012) Lana Del Rey - Video Games 35.(2013) Bingo Players ft Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle) 36.(2014) OneRepublic - Counting Stars 37.(2015) Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This 38.(2016) WSTRN - In2 39.(2017) Martin Jensen - Solo Dance 40.(2018) Steel Banglez ft Yungen & Mostack - Bad :puke2: I like most of the 90s ones to be fair

I've got Dub Be Good To Me by Beats International. Which is a great record obviously, but I'm struggling to find any relevance in it TBH. Number 12 was Blue Savannah by Erasure.

The Four Tops track was a new track - they returned to Motown for a couple of albums in the 80s (this one was called Back Where I Belong). I actually bought that Haircut 100 single on 12" recently, it's from the post Nick Heyward era but it's not a bad song.

Two ex-Buzzcocks in the recent bunch there.