#uksingleschart — Public Fediverse posts
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"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the English #popRock band #DuranDuran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by #ColinThurston for the group's second studio album, #Rio (1982). The song was released on 4 May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom, and 7 June 1982 in the United States. It reached No. 5 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Rocket Man", also known as "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)", is a song written by British musician #EltonJohn and lyricist #BernieTaupin, and performed by John. It was originally released on 31 March 1972 in the US, as the lead single to John's album #HonkyChâteau. The song first charted in the UK on 22 April, rising to No. 2 in the #UKSinglesChart and No. 6 in the US #Billboard Hot 100, becoming a major hit single for John.
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"Killer Queen" is a song by the British #rock band #Queen. It was written by lead singer #FreddieMercury and recorded for their third album #SheerHeartAttack in 1974. It reached number two in the #UKSinglesChart and became their first US hit, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is about a high-class #callGirl and has been characterised as "Mercury's piano-led paean to a #Moët-quaffing #courtesan".
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"Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English band #SmallFaces, which reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart, number one in #theNetherlands, number five in #Australia and number 42 in #Canada. It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo #SteveMarriott and #RonnieLane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album #OgdensNutGoneFlake. Against the band's wishes, it preceded the album as a single release.
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"Daydream Believer" is a song composed by American songwriter #JohnStewart shortly before he left #theKingstonTrio. It was recorded by #theMonkees, with #DavyJones singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks, and peaked at No. 5 on the #UKSinglesChart. It was the Monkees' third and last No. 1 hit in the U.S. In 1979, "Daydream Believer" was recorded by Canadian singer #AnneMurray.
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"Mama Told Me Not to Come", also written as "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)", is a song by American singer-songwriter #RandyNewman written for #EricBurdon's first solo album in 1966. #ThreeDogNight's 1970 cover topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for #twoWeeksInJuly1970. #TomJones and #Stereophonics' version also reached No. 4 on the #UKSinglesChart in 2000.
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"Gimme All Your Lovin'" is a song by American rock band #ZZTop from their 1983 album #Eliminator. It was released as the album's first single in early 1983. The single reached No. 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached No. 10 on the #UKSinglesChart. It ties with the band's 1992 cover of #ElvisPresley's "Viva Las Vegas" as their highest-charting single in the UK. The song was produced by band manager #BillHam, and recorded and mixed by #TerryManning.
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"I Get Weak" is a song by American singer #BelindaCarlisle from her second studio album, #HeavenOnEarth (1987). Written by #DianeWarren and produced by #RickNowels, the song was released as the second single from Heaven on Earth in January 1988. "I Get Weak" reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number four on Canada's #RPM 100 Singles chart, and number 10 on 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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"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the #ElectricLightOrchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album #OutOfTheBlue (1977). Written and produced by frontman #JeffLynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite on side three of the original double album. "Mr. Blue Sky" was the second single to be taken from Out of the Blue, peaking at number 6 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 35 on the US #Billboard Hot 100.
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"Don't Wanna Fall in Love" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter #JaneChild. It was released in January 1990 as the second single from her first album, #JaneChild. The single peaked at number four in Childs' native Canada and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks in April 1990. Worldwide, the song entered the top 20 in New Zealand and Sweden and peaked at number 22 on the #UKSinglesChart. In April 1990.
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"It's My Life" is a song by the English band #TalkTalk. Written by #MarkHollis and #TimFrieseGreene, it was the title track on the band's second album, #ItsMyLife (1984), and released as its first single on 3 January 1984. It became a moderate hit in many countries, reaching number 46 on the #UKSinglesChart, number 33 in #Germany, number 32 in #NewZealand, number 25 in #France, number nine in Italy, and number 30 in #Canada. In the United States.
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"I Get Weak" is a song by American singer #BelindaCarlisle from her second studio album, #HeavenOnEarth (1987). Written by #DianeWarren and produced by #RickNowels, the song was released as the second single from Heaven on Earth in January 1988. "I Get Weak" reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number four on Canada's #RPM 100 Singles chart, and number 10 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Personal Jesus" is a song by the English #electronic band #DepecheMode. It was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, #Violator (1990), in August 1989 by #MuteRecords. It reached No. 13 on the #UKSinglesChart and No. 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single was their first to enter the US top 40 since 1984's "People Are People" and was their first gold-certified single in the US. In Germany.
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"Shout" is a song by the English #popRock band #TearsForFears, released as the second single from their second studio album, #SongsFromTheBigChair (1985), on 23 November 1984. #RolandOrzabal is the lead singer on the track, and he described it as "a simple song about protest". The single became the group's fourth top 5 hit on the #UKSinglesChart, peaking at No. 4 in January 1985. In the US, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 3 August 1985.
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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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"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song by British musician #EltonJohn and lyricist #BernieTaupin. It was originally recorded by John for his eighth studio album, #Caribou (1974), and was released as a single that peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached number 16 on the #UKSinglesChart. A version of the song recorded live as a duet between John and #GeorgeMichael reached number one in the UK in 1991 and in the US in 1992.
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"Miss You" is a song by the English rock band #theRollingStones, released on #RollingStonesRecords in May 1978. It was released as the first #single one month in advance of their album #SomeGirls. "Miss You" was written by #MickJaggerAndKeithRichards. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the #UKSinglesChart. An extended version, called the "Special Disco Version", was released as the band's first dance #remix on a #12inchSingle. In 2010.
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"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American #rock band #GunsNRoses, released on their debut studio album, #AppetiteForDestruction (1987). In the United States, the song was released in June 1988, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the band's only US number-one single. In the United Kingdom, the song was released in August 1988, reaching number 24 on the #UKSinglesChart the same month. In May 1989, it was re-released there in a slightly remixed form.
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"The #TearsOfAClown" is a song written by #HankCosby, #SmokeyRobinson, and #StevieWonder and originally recorded by #SmokeyRobinsonAndTheMiracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of #Motown, first appearing on the 1967 album #MakeItHappen. The track was re-released in the United Kingdom as a single in July 1970, and it became a number-one hit on the #UKSinglesChart for the week ending September 12, 1970. Subsequently, Motown released a partially re-recorded.
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"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" is a song written by Artie Zwirn and Harry Giosasi and produced and arranged by #LeRoyHolmes. The single was performed by New York-based doo-wop group #TheImpalas. It reached #2 on the #USPopChart, behind both #TheHappyOrgan by #DaveBabyCortez and #KansasCity by #WilbertHarrison. It also went to #14 on the #USRAndBChart. Overseas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" went to #28 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1959.
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"Running Scared" is a song written by #RoyOrbison and #JoeMelson and sung by Orbison. An #operatic rock ballad, the recording of the song was overseen by audio engineer #BillPorter and released as a #45RpmSingle by #MonumentRecords in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 in the #UKSinglesChart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone.
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"Smooth Operator" is a song by English band #Sade from their debut studio album, #DiamondLife (1984); it was co-written by #SadeAdu and #RayStJohn and was released as the album's third #single in the United Kingdom as a #7inchSingle with "Spirit" as its #Bside, and as a #12inchMaxiSingle with "Smooth Operator" and "Red Eye" on side A and "Spirit" on side B. Released on 28 August 1984, it reached number 19 on the #UKSinglesChart. In the United States.
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"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English #rock band #thePolice from their fifth and final studio album #Synchronicity (1983). Written by #Sting, the single was the biggest American and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian #RPM chart for two weeks. Their fifth UK No. 1, "Every Breath You Take" topped the #UKSinglesChart for four weeks.
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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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"Feelin' Alright?", also known as "Feeling Alright", is a song written by #DaveMason of the English #rock band #Traffic for their eponymous 1968 album #Traffic. It was also released as a single, and failed to chart on both the #UKSinglesChart and the US Billboard Hot 100, but it did reach a bubbling under position of No. 123 on the #BubblingUnderHot100. #JoeCocker performed a more popular rendition of the song on his 1969 album #WithALittleHelpFromMyFriends.
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"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is a song by Irish #rock band #U2. It is the second track from their 1987 album #TheJoshuaTree and was released as the album's second #single in May 1987. The song was a hit, becoming the band's second consecutive number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number six on the #UKSinglesChart. The song originated from a #demo the band recorded on which drummer #LarryMullenJr played a unique rhythm pattern.
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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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"Be My Guest" is a song written by #FatsDomino, #JohnMarascalco and #TommyBoyce. Arranged and produced by #DaveBartholomew and recorded by Domino on September 26, 1959, it was released as a single by #ImperialRecords the following month and reached number 8 on the #Billboard #popChart, number 2 on the #RAndBChart, and number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was Boyce's first hit as a writer.
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"Paradise City" is a song by the American #rock band #GunsNRoses, featured on their debut album, #AppetiteForDestruction (1987). Released as a single in November 1988, it is the only song on the album to feature a #synthesizer. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100—becoming the band's third single to reach the top 10—and number six on the #UKSinglesChart. It also topped the #IrishSinglesChart, their first of three singles to do so.
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