#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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"Baby, I Love You" is a song originally recorded by #theRonettes in 1963 and released on their debut album #PresentingTheFabulousRonettes (1964). The song was written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, and #produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, the single reached number 24 on both the US #Billboard #Hot100 and Cashbox Top 100 charts, and peaked at number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"When Can I See You" is a song by American musician #Babyface from his third album, #ForTheCoolInYou (1993). It was written by Babyface and co-produced by him along with #AntonioReid and #DarylSimmons. Released in May 1994 by #EpicRecords, the song became Babyface's highest-charting single on the US #Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4. The song also peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard #HotRAndBSingles chart and at No. 35 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Lovin' You" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter #MinnieRiperton from her second studio album, #PerfectAngel (1974). It was written by Riperton and her husband, #RichardRudolph, produced by Rudolph and #StevieWonder, and released as the album's third single on November 29, 1974 by #EpicRecords. The song peaked at number one on the US #Billboard #Hot100 on April 5, 1975. Additionally, it reached number two 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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"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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"Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Scottish musicians #GerryRafferty and #JoeEgan and performed by their band #StealersWheel. The band performed the song on the BBC's #TopOfThePops in May 1973, and the song charted at No. 8 on the #UKSinglesChart. It also became an international hit, reaching No. 6 on the US #Billboard Hot 100.
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"Father Figure" is a song by the English singer and songwriter #GeorgeMichael from his debut studio album, #Faith (1987). It was released on 28 December 1987 by #ColumbiaRecords and #EpicRecords as the fourth single from the album. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart. Additionally it was a top five hit in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.
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"Orinoco Flow", also released as "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter #Enya from her second studio album, #Watermark (1988). It was released on 3 October 1988 by #WEARecords in the United Kingdom and by #GeffenRecords in the United States the following year. The song topped the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks and received two #GrammyAward nominations for #BestMusicVideo and #BestNewAgePerformance at the #32ndAnnualGrammyAwards.
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"Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Scottish musicians #GerryRafferty and #JoeEgan and performed by their band #StealersWheel. The band performed the song on the BBC's #TopOfThePops in May 1973, and the song charted at No. 8 on the #UKSinglesChart. It also became an international hit, reaching No. 6 on the US #Billboard Hot 100.
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"I Saw Her Again" is a song recorded by the U.S. vocal group #theMamasAndThePapas in 1966. Co-written by band members #JohnPhillips and #DennyDoherty, it was released as a #single in June 1966, and peaked at number one on the #RPM Canadian Singles Chart, number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart, and number five on the #Billboard #Hot100 pop singles chart the week of July 30, 1966. It appeared on their eponymous second album in September 1966.
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"Kiss the Rain" is a song by British singer-songwriter #BillieMyers from her debut album, #GrowingPains (1997). Produced by #DesmondChild, the song was released on 23 September 1997 as the lead single from the album by #UniversalRecords. Myers co-wrote it with Child and #EricBazilian, and also recorded a #Spanish version titled "Besa la lluvia (Piensa en mí)" ("Kiss the Rain (Think of Me)"). The song charted at number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
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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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"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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"Ventura Highway" is a 1972 song by the #American rock band America, released on their second studio album, #Homecoming. Written by #DeweyBunnell, the song reached the #8 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #43 in the #UKSinglesChart. The #song remains one of the band's most popular and well-recognized.
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"I Saw Her Again" is a song recorded by the U.S. vocal group #theMamasAndThePapas in 1966. Co-written by band members #JohnPhillips and #DennyDoherty, it was released as a #single in June 1966, and peaked at number one on the #RPM Canadian Singles Chart, number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart, and number five on the #Billboard #Hot100 pop singles chart the week of July 30, 1966. It appeared on their eponymous second album in September 1966.
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"Father Figure" is a song by the English singer and songwriter #GeorgeMichael from his debut studio album, #Faith (1987). It was released on 28 December 1987 by #ColumbiaRecords and #EpicRecords as the fourth single from the album. The song reached number one on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart. Additionally it was a top five hit in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.
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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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"I Saw Her Again" is a song recorded by the U.S. vocal group #theMamasAndThePapas in 1966. Co-written by band members #JohnPhillips and #DennyDoherty, it was released as a single in June 1966, and peaked at number one on the #RPM Canadian Singles Chart, number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart, and number five on the #Billboard #Hot100 pop singles chart the week of July 30, 1966. It appeared on their eponymous second album in September 1966.
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"Say You Won't Let Go" is a song by English singer and songwriter #JamesArthur. The song was released as a #digitalDownload on 9 September 2016 in the #UnitedKingdom by #ColumbiaRecords as the lead single from his second studio album #BackFromTheEdge (2016). The single peaked at the top of the #UKSinglesChart, a position it maintained for three weeks. Outside the United Kingdom, the single has topped the charts in #Australia, #NewZealand, #Sweden.
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"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by #BobbyBloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the #UKSinglesChart, No. 5 on the Canadian #RPM100 Singles Chart, No. 7 on the Australian #GoSet Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US #BillboardHot100. The song was co-written and produced by #JeffBarry. In the master tape of the song.
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"Say You Won't Let Go" is a song by English singer and songwriter #JamesArthur. The song was released as a #digitalDownload on 9 September 2016 in the #UnitedKingdom by #ColumbiaRecords as the lead single from his second studio album #BackFromTheEdge (2016). The single peaked at the top of the #UKSinglesChart, a position it maintained for three weeks. Outside the United Kingdom, the single has topped the charts in #Australia, #NewZealand, #Sweden.
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"Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Scottish musicians #GerryRafferty and #JoeEgan and performed by their band #StealersWheel. The band performed the song on the BBC's #TopOfThePops in May 1973, and the song charted at No. 8 on the #UKSinglesChart. It also became an international hit, reaching No. 6 on the US #Billboard Hot 100.
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"Every Little Step" is a song by American singer #BobbyBrown, written by #LAReid and #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds and released by #MCARecords. Released as the fourth single on his second album #DontBeCruel it reached number three on the US #Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Cash Box Top 100 chart, number one on the Billboard #HotBlackSingles chart, and number six on the #UKSinglesChart. The song also appears on Brown's remix album Dance!... Ya Know It!.
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"Kiss the Rain" is a song by British singer-songwriter #BillieMyers from her debut album, #GrowingPains (1997). Produced by #DesmondChild, the song was released on 23 September 1997 as the lead single from the album by #UniversalRecords. Myers co-wrote it with Child and #EricBazilian, and also recorded a #Spanish version titled "Besa la lluvia (Piensa en mí)" ("Kiss the Rain (Think of Me)"). The song charted at number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Creeque Alley" is an autobiographical hit single written by #JohnPhillips and #MichellePhillips of #theMamasAndThePapas in late 1966, narrating the story of how the group was formed, and its early years. The third song on the album #Deliver, it peaked at number 5 on the US #Billboard pop singles chart the week of #MemorialDay 1967, becoming their last Top 10 hit. It made number 9 on the #UKSinglesChart, and number 4 on the Australian.
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"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
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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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"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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"Vincent" (also known as "Vincent (#StarryStarryNight)") is a song by #DonMcLean, written as a tribute to #VincentVanGogh. Its commonly known opening lyric, "Starry, Starry Night", is a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting #TheStarryNight. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 #AmericanPie album; the following year, the song topped the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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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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"Orinoco Flow", also released as "#OrinocoFlow (Sail Away)", is a song by Irish singer-songwriter #Enya from her second studio album, #Watermark (1988). It was released on 3 October 1988 by #WEARecords in the United Kingdom and by #GeffenRecords in the United States the following year. The song topped the #UKSinglesChart for three weeks and received two Grammy Award nominations for #BestMusicVideo and #BestNewAgePerformance at the #32ndAnnualGrammyAwards.
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"Vincent" (also known as "Vincent (#StarryStarryNight)") is a song by #DonMcLean, written as a tribute to #VincentVanGogh. Its commonly known opening lyric, "Starry, Starry Night", is a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting #TheStarryNight. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 #AmericanPie album; the following year, the song topped the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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"Vincent" (also known as "Vincent (#StarryStarryNight)") is a song by #DonMcLean, written as a tribute to #VincentVanGogh. Its commonly known opening lyric, "Starry, Starry Night", is a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting #TheStarryNight. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 #AmericanPie album; the following year, the song topped the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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"Vincent" (also known as "Vincent (#StarryStarryNight)") is a song by #DonMcLean, written as a tribute to #VincentVanGogh. Its commonly known opening lyric, "Starry, Starry Night", is a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting #TheStarryNight. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 #AmericanPie album; the following year, the song topped the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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"Vincent" (also known as "Vincent (#StarryStarryNight)") is a song by #DonMcLean, written as a tribute to #VincentVanGogh. Its commonly known opening lyric, "Starry, Starry Night", is a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting #TheStarryNight. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 #AmericanPie album; the following year, the song topped the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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"Vincent" (also known as "Vincent (#StarryStarryNight)") is a song by #DonMcLean, written as a tribute to #VincentVanGogh. Its commonly known opening lyric, "Starry, Starry Night", is a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting #TheStarryNight. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1970 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 #AmericanPie album; the following year, the song topped the #UKSinglesChart for two weeks.
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"Heart of Glass" is a song by the American #newWave band #Blondie, written by singer #DebbieHarry and guitarist #ChrisStein, and produced by #MikeChapman. It was featured on the band's third studio album, #ParallelLines (1978), and was released as the album's third single in January 1979 by #ChrysalisRecords, reaching number one on the charts in several countries, including the US #Billboard #Hot100 and the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead single by Welsh singer #BonnieTyler from her fifth studio album, #FasterThanTheSpeedOfNight (1983) written and produced by #JimSteinman and recorded in 1982, released as a single by #CBS/#Columbia in 1983. The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the #UKSinglesChart, and becoming the #fifthbestsellingSingleIn1983 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts.
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"Midnight at the Oasis" is a song by the American singer #MariaMuldaur from her 1973 debut album, Maria Muldaur. Written by #DavidNichtern, it is her best-known recording. It peaked at #6 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 1, 1974, and #21 in 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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"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
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"Baby, I Love You" is a song originally recorded by #theRonettes in 1963 and released on their debut album #PresentingTheFabulousRonettes (1964). The song was written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, and #produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, the single reached number 24 on both the US #Billboard #Hot100 and #Cashbox Top 100 charts, and peaked at number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a #soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by #DianaRossAndTheSupremes and #theTemptations for the #Motown label. This version peaked for two weeks at No. 2 on the #Hot100 in the United States, selling 900,000 copies in its first two weeks, and at No. 3 on the #UKSinglesChart in January 1969. Written by #GambleAndHuff and #JerryRoss, it was originally a top 20 R&B hit for #DeeDeeWarwick in 1966 (U.S. No. 88 Pop).
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"Every Little Step" is a song by American singer #BobbyBrown, written by #LAReid and #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds and released by #MCARecords. Released as the fourth single on his second album #DontBeCruel it reached number three on the US #Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Cash Box Top 100 chart, number one on the Billboard #HotBlackSingles chart, and number six on the #UKSinglesChart. The song also appears on Brown's remix album Dance!... Ya Know It!.
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"Kiss the Rain" is a song by British singer-songwriter #BillieMyers, from her debut album, #GrowingPains (1997). Produced by #DesmondChild, the song was released on 23 September 1997 as the lead single from the album by #UniversalRecords. Myers co-wrote it with Child and #EricBazilian, and also recorded a #Spanish version titled "Besa la lluvia (Piensa en mí)" ("Kiss the Rain (Think of Me)"). The song charted at number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlwW2J_MA4