paulgilb

Had no idea Martha Wash sang on Gonna Make You Sweat.

Bon Jovi - Always is another example of this, as is Def Leppard - When Love And Hate Collide (although the latter had already had a #2 with Let's Get Rocked). Other examples from several decades ago: East Of Eden Fiddler's Dram Styx

Indeed!

Got 2 wrong: the Lily Allen-Bastille sales gap, and the first #1 of 2000 (ambiguously worded IMO).

Assuming I have not missed any out, I believe we are still awaiting the biggest-selling acts of the following years: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014

Slight nitpick - she was 16 when the song was recorded.

Band Aid sandwiched between the singer of its first line and the performer of its B-side...

She certainly wasn't the only artist to manage 3 #1 hits in the 1990s - do you mean 'only female solo artist'?

Boy George's version was in 1987, only 13 years after Ken Boothe's version, so not exactly '20-odd years'. Great info, though!

Can't say I'd ever heard of the 'Cheiron' sound before (although obviously I have heard many of its hits)!

The Monkees' final top 10 hit (Daydream Believer) reached the top 10 at the end of 1967, the band having only made their debut at the start of that year. They did have 2 more top 20 hit in 1968, though. Falco hit #1 with his (UK) debut in 1986, but was a chart has-been by the end of that year. The Enemy had 4 top 21 hits in 2007, but only 1 top 40 hit (which didn't hang around long) after that.

It was Stan that knocked NHADCT off #1, not Lose It (which isn't even the title of an Eminem hit!).

I think you mean 2011 :) Great stuff, though!

Interesting - I'd have thought that Robin Thicke's other 2013 hit (Give It 2 U) would have sold more than Change Your Life. Looking forward to the rest of the list!

Amazed how many there were that didn't get played (obviously they didn't have time for them all). However, I believe there were at least 5 that should not have been played (due to the artists having other top 20 hits).

Interesting list (quite a few songs bring back memories!), however Kira - I'll Be Your Angel is missing from 2003, and if Ida Corr is included then Camille Jones should also be included - her hit with Fedde Le Grand was called The Creeps, but was different to The Freaks' hit.

According to this week's Music Week, OMI has received some sales, although it received 0 last week.

One reason that has been quoted for the Baha Men's 14-2 climb was that Woolworths did not stock the single until its 3rd week (normally if they did not stock a song in its release week they would not stock it at all, but this song was so popular they had to admit they were wrong not to stock it originally).

Will Young - Don't Let Me Down / You And I failing to reach #1 was a shock at the time (given that he was #1 in the midweeks and that he seemed to have the 'Midas touch'). Although it shouldn't have been a shock as Jo Whiley (who presented the Chart Show that week) had mentioned earlier that there were 2 non-movers in the chart that week (I assumed that I had missed one lower down)! There are of course other occasions that would have been pleasant shocks if it hadn't been for the midweeks e.g. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy and Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire both getting to #1 in their first weeks.

Smokie's gap went from 1978 (Oh Carol) to 1995 (Living Next Door To Alice (Who The F**k Is Alice)), but the length seems about right! Thanks for the list, though!

"Songwriter" misspelt in M's biog. Lutricia McNeal's 4th hit was The Greatest Love You'll Never Know. Tom McRae's hit was Karaoke Soul. Michelle McManus's hits were credited to Michelle (there was a different artist with this name who also charted). Chas Smash's real name is Cathal Smyth. Trinidadian is misspelt in Magic Numbers' biog. Magnetic Man's biog should mention Skream's solo hit. Manic Street Preachers' June 2001 hit was Ocean Spray. Should not be a comma in Manfred Lubowitz (in both biogs). Also there should be a reference to Paul Jones' solo hits. Should be Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James. "become" in Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch's biog should be 1 word. Peter Tosh's d.o.d. (11/9/87) should perhaps be included. Damian JR Gong Marley's hit Beautiful is mis-spelt. M/A/R/R/S's listed B-side was Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance). Inertiatic ESP is mis-spelt. Lena Martell should be listed as British for consistency. Marvin & Tamara are male/female. Great stuff as usual, though!

Lay With Me?

The original version of I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by Proclaimers and the re-recording featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin (confusingly with the brackets in a different place) were in the chart simultaneously in 2007. 26/7/86 had 2 versions of Lulu - Shout at #41 and #51. 12/6/76 had 2 versions of Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack at #47 and #43. In August 1990 Janet Kay featured on 2 versions of Silly Games - a re-issue of her 1979 original, and a re-recording with Lindy Layton.

Other artists who 'got away with it' (assuming there were no secret out-of-court settlements): Jam - Start rips off Beatles - Taxman Barndance Boys - Yippie-I-Oh rips off Tell Me Ma (hit version was by Sham Rock, although the song is much older) Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' rips off Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' E'Voke - Runaway rips off N-Trance - Set You Free September - Cry For You (re-mix) rips off Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy Beyonce - Crazy In Love rips off Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) Lady Gaga - Born This Way rips off Madonna - Express Yourself Flo Rida - Right Round rips off Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Flo Rida - Sugar rips off Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Be Dee) Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold rips off Oasis - Wonderwall And some who weren't so lucky: George Harrison - My Sweet Lord plagiarised Chiffons - He's So Fine Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love plagiarised Muddy Waters - You Need Love Paul Hardcastle - 19 plagiarised part of Tubular Bells, leading to Mike Oldfield receiving a writing credit