#uksingleschart — Public Fediverse posts
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"Babylon" is a song by British singer-songwriter #DavidGray. Originally released on 12 July 1999 as the second single from his fourth album, #WhiteLadder (1998), it was re-released as the album's fourth single on 19 June 2000. Described as Gray's signature song, "Babylon" is "about a love that is lost and found again". "Babylon" peaked at number five on the #UKSinglesChart on re-release in June 2000 and, eventually.
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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys from their debut studio album, #Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. After the song was featured in a Super Bowl ad in February 2021.
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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys from their debut studio album, #Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. After the song was featured in a Super Bowl ad in February 2021.
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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is a song by English #synthpop duo #PetShopBoys from their debut studio album, #Please (1986). It was released as a single in 1985 and re-recorded and reissued in 1986, gaining greater popularity in both the United Kingdom and United States with its second release, reaching number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100. After the song was featured in a Super Bowl ad in February 2021.
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"Midnight at the Oasis" is a song by the American singer #MariaMuldaur from her 1973 debut album, #MariaMuldaur. Written by #DavidNichtern, it is her best-known recording. The song peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1974. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1974. It was also nominated for both #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear at the #17thAnnualGrammyAwards, held in 1975. In Canada.
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"Living in America" is a song written by #DanHartman and #CharlieMidnight and performed by #JamesBrown. It was released as a #single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song entered the Billboard top 40 on January 11, 1986, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks. It also became a top five hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 5 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"School's Out" is a song first recorded as the title track of #AliceCooper's fifth studio album. It was released as the album's only single on April 26, 1972. "School's Out" was Alice Cooper's biggest international hit and it has been regarded as their signature song and reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, number three in the Canadian #RPM 100 Singles chart, number two on the #IrishSinglesChart and number one on the #UKSinglesChart. In 2015.
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"Good Times" is a #disco #soul song by American R&B band #Chic, released in June 1979 by #AtlanticRecords as the first single from their third album, #Risqué (1979). It was both written and produced by #BernardEdwards and #NileRodgers, and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on August 18, 1979. In Europe, the song peaked at number five on the #UKSinglesChart and was a top-20 hit in Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden.
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"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" is a song written and produced by American music duo #OllieAndJerry. The song was released on June 21, 1984 by #PolydorRecords, as the first single from the soundtrack to the 1984 film #Breakin. The song reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the #UKSinglesChart. It topped the US #danceCharts for one week. It is the #themeSong to the film Breakin'.
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"Paranoid" is a song by the English #heavyMetal band #BlackSabbath, released in 1970 on the band's second studio album, #Paranoid (1970). It is the first single from the album, while the B-side is the song "The Wizard". The song is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. It reached number 4 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 61 on the US Billboard #Hot100, becoming Black Sabbath's first song to place on both of those charts.
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"Hang On in There Baby" is a song written by American musician #JohnnyBristol and arranged by #HBBarnum as the title track from his first album, Hang on in There Baby (1974). It was released as his debut solo single in 1974 by #MGMRecords, reaching No. 8 on the US #Hot100 and No. 2 on the US #Billboard R&B chart. On the #UKSinglesChart, it reached No. 3.
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"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band #ProcolHarum that was issued as their debut single on 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the #UKSinglesChart on 8 June and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the US #Billboard Hot 100. One of the anthems of the 1967 #SummerOfLove, it is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having #soldMoreThan10Million copies worldwide. In the years since.
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"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a song recorded by #Meco, taken from the album #StarWarsAndOtherGalacticFunk. It hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks and peaked at no. 7 on the #UKSinglesChart, remaining in the charts for nine weeks. The single was certified Platinum by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica, having sold two million units.
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"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a song recorded by #Meco, taken from the album #StarWarsAndOtherGalacticFunk. It hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks and peaked at no. 7 on the #UKSinglesChart, remaining in the charts for nine weeks. The single was certified Platinum by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica, having sold two million units.
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"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a song recorded by #Meco, taken from the album #StarWarsAndOtherGalacticFunk. It hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks and peaked at no. 7 on the #UKSinglesChart, remaining in the charts for nine weeks. The single was certified Platinum by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica, having sold two million units.
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"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a song recorded by #Meco, taken from the album #StarWarsAndOtherGalacticFunk. It hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks and peaked at no. 7 on the #UKSinglesChart, remaining in the charts for nine weeks. The single was certified Platinum by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica, having sold two million units.
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"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a song recorded by #Meco, taken from the album #StarWarsAndOtherGalacticFunk. It hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks and peaked at no. 7 on the #UKSinglesChart, remaining in the charts for nine weeks. The single was certified Platinum by the #RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica, having sold two million units.
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"Frankenstein" is an #instrumental track by the American rock band #EdgarWinterGroup that was featured in the 1972 album #TheyOnlyComeOutAtNight and additionally released as a single. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973. Frankenstein sold over one million copies. It fared equally well in Canada reaching number 1 on the #RPM100 Top Singles Chart the following month. That same month, the song peaked at number 18 in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Frankenstein" is an #instrumental track by the American rock band #EdgarWinterGroup that was featured in the 1972 album #TheyOnlyComeOutAtNight and additionally released as a single. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973. Frankenstein sold over one million copies. It fared equally well in Canada reaching number 1 on the #RPM100 Top Singles Chart the following month. That same month, the song peaked at number 18 in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Hang On in There Baby" is a song written by American musician #JohnnyBristol and arranged by #HBBarnum as the title track from his first album, Hang on in There Baby (1974). It was released as his debut solo single in 1974 by #MGMRecords, reaching No. 8 on the US #Hot100 and No. 2 on the US #Billboard R&B chart. On the #UKSinglesChart, it reached No. 3.
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"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" is a song written and produced by American music duo #OllieAndJerry. The song was released on June 21, 1984 by #PolydorRecords, as the first single from the soundtrack to the 1984 film #Breakin. The song reached number nine on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the #UKSinglesChart. It topped the US #danceCharts for one week. It is the #themeSong to the film Breakin'.
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"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" is a song written and produced by American music duo #OllieAndJerry. The song was released on June 21, 1984 by #PolydorRecords, as the first single from the soundtrack to the 1984 film #Breakin. The song reached number nine on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the #UKSinglesChart. It topped the US #danceCharts for one week. It is the #themeSong to the film Breakin'.
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"Frankenstein" is an #instrumental by the #EdgarWinterGroup from their 1972 album #TheyOnlyComeOutAtNight. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973, being replaced by #PaulMcCartney's "#MyLove". It sold over one million copies. In Canada it fared equally well, reaching number 1 on the #RPM100 Top Singles Chart the following month. That same month the song peaked at number 18 in the #UKSinglesChart. The following month.
https://youtu.be/65XSHM3jlAY