#uksingleschart — Public Fediverse posts
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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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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of #ZagerAndEvans. A "one-hit wonder", it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks starting July 12, 1969. It peaked at No. 1 in the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks in August and September that year. The song was written and composed by Rick Evans in 1964 and released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records. Their follow-up single on #RCAVictor.
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"You've Got a Friend" is a 1971 song and single by American singer-songwriter #CaroleKing. It was first recorded by King and included on her second studio album, #Tapestry (1971). Another notable version, by #JamesTaylor, appears on his album #MudSlideSlimAndTheBlueHorizon (1971). His version, which features backing vocals by #JoniMitchell, was released as a single in 1971, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
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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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"Separate Lives" is a 1985 song recorded by #PhilCollins and #MarilynMartin and featured on the #soundtrack to the motion picture #WhiteNights. It reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #AdultContemporary charts as well as in Canada and Ireland. It reached No. 4 on the #UKSinglesChart, and was certified silver by the #BritishPhonographicIndustry. Songwriter #StephenBishop recorded his own version for his album Sleeping with Girls for Polydor Records.
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"The Tide Is High" is a 1967 #rocksteady song originally written and performed by Jamaican singer #JohnHolt and his group #theParagons for their album On the Beach. The track was produced by #DukeReid for his #TreasureIsle label. The song gained international attention in 1980, when a cover version by the American band #Blondie became a US and UK number one hit. The song topped the #UKSinglesChart again in 2002 with a version by the British #girlGroup #AtomicKitten.
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"The Ballroom Blitz" is a song by British #glamRock band #TheSweet, written by #NickyChinn and #MikeChapman. The song reached number one in Canada, number two in the #UKSinglesChart and the Australian Chart, and number five on the US #Billboard Hot 100.
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"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (initially "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?") is a debut single by American #rockAndRoll band #FrankieLymon & #theTeenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, No. 6 on #Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart in July. Many renditions of the song by other artists have also been hit records in the U.S., including versions by #theDiamonds (in 1956), #theBeachBoys (in 1964).
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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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"Twistin' the Night Away" is a #song written and recorded by #SamCooke. It was recorded on 18 December 1961 and released as a single in 1962. It became very popular, charting in the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 ( #9) and Billboard's R&B chart ( #1). "Twistin' the Night Away" was successful overseas as well, peaking at #6 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was recorded with #TheWreckingCrew as session musicians, including #ReneHall as band leader.
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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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"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by the English rock band #theRollingStones released as a non-album single in 1968, which reached the number 1 position in the #UKSinglesChart and US #CashBox Top Singles. Called "supernatural #DeltaBlues by way of #SwingingLondon" by Rolling Stone magazine, the song was seen as the band's return to their #bluesRock roots after the #baroquePop and #psychedelia heard on their preceding albums #Aftermath (1966), #BetweenTheButtons (1967).
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"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (initially "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?") is a debut single by American #rockAndRoll band #FrankieLymon & #theTeenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, No. 6 on #Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart in July. Many renditions of the song by other artists have also been hit records in the U.S., including versions by #theDiamonds (in 1956), #theBeachBoys (in 1964).
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"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (initially "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?") is a debut single by American #rockAndRoll band #FrankieLymon & #theTeenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, No. 6 on #Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart in July. Many renditions of the song by other artists have also been hit records in the U.S., including versions by #theDiamonds (in 1956), #theBeachBoys (in 1964).
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"Separate Lives" is a 1985 song recorded by #PhilCollins and #MarilynMartin and featured on the #soundtrack to the motion picture #WhiteNights. It reached No. 1 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and #AdultContemporary charts as well as in Canada and Ireland. It reached No. 4 on the #UKSinglesChart, and was certified silver by the #BritishPhonographicIndustry. Songwriter #StephenBishop recorded his own version for his album Sleeping with Girls for Polydor Records.
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"You're My Best Friend" is a song by the British #rock band Queen, written by the band's #bassPlayer, #JohnDeacon, who wrote it for and about his wife. It was first included on the 1975 album #ANightAtTheOpera, and later released as a single. The #ballad also appeared on the #LiveKillers (1979) live album, and on the compilation albums #GreatestHits (1981), #AbsoluteGreatest (2009) and #QueenForever (2014). The song reached number seven in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (initially "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?") is a debut single by American #rockAndRoll band #FrankieLymon & #theTeenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, No. 6 on #Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and No. 1 on the #UKSinglesChart in July. Many renditions of the song by other artists have also been hit records in the U.S., including versions by #theDiamonds (in 1956), #theBeachBoys (in 1964).
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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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"Oh Babe, What Would You Say" is a #song by UK #recordProducer #HurricaneSmith, written by his wife Eileen Sylvia Smith, and released in the UK by EMI on its Columbia label in March 1972 and in the US by #CapitolRecords, also in March 1972. It was a transatlantic hit, becoming a US No. 1 #CashBox and a #Billboard Pop No. 3 hit, No. 3 in the Canadian #RPMMagazine chart, and No. 4 in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Separate Lives" is a 1985 song recorded by #PhilCollins and #MarilynMartin and featured on the #soundtrack to the motion picture #WhiteNights. It reached No. 1 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and #AdultContemporary charts as well as in Canada and Ireland. It reached No. 4 on the #UKSinglesChart, and was certified silver by the #BritishPhonographicIndustry. Songwriter #StephenBishop recorded his own version for his album Sleeping with Girls for Polydor Records.
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"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is a song by the British #newWaveMusic duo #Eurythmics. It was released as the fourth and final single from their second album, #SweetDreamsAreMadeOfThis, in January 1983. It was their breakthrough hit, establishing the duo worldwide. It reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart in March 1983, and number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 six months later.
https://youtu.be/yfeL4PnwDGc