#243

Havent had dock of the bay yet. That must be top 10.

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#244

Yep- somewhere in the 60s. Didnt realise it was Heather small singing on that.

#245

Anything to be said for a bit of Bonkers by Dizzee?

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#246

I thought it was a sample? Maybe there’s some vocals between the main refrain? Can’t remember

#247

What about YMCA?!

#248

I would love it to be in there.

#249

WEAR SUNSCREEN

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#250

Changes and suffragette city also didn’t make the top 40

#251

The Jean Genie - kept off the number 1 spot by Long Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little Donnie Osmond.

#252

Similarly no Ultravox due to Joe Dolce.

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#253

Really good shout this plus the added 20 year symmetry makes it kind of, um, something.

#254

So it took all weekend but here is a playlist of all the UK number 1s that I believe to be good and/or significant. I have removed the problematic ones (Gary Glitter, MJ, R Kelly, Robin Thicke) and had a couple creative flourishes (God save the queen, original Perfect Day). I may have have missed a couple bangers because I wasn’t going to go through every single one, so feel free to let me know if you feel I have missed something good/important (note KLF aren’t on spotify), but my overall point was to create a chronological playlist of how pop music has changed over the last 65 years.

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#255

It was a sample originally, Love Sensation by Loleatta Holloway, but they couldn’t get it cleared so they got in Heather Small, who was a session singer to re-record it.

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#256

I did not know that.

Heather Small must have been really young.

#257

Don’t think that’s right - Loleatta Holloway successfully sued them for using her vocal without permission

It maybe that they re-did it later with a session vocal but the version that was a hit had Holloway’s vocal I think.

#258

https://www.electricsoulshow.com/component/tags/tag/heather-small

A re-recording of the song with uncredited vocals by Heather Small was released in the second week of September 1989, and the original Holloway version was discontinued from distribution. This version was released as the “UK Remix” and contained the same three mixes as the original, but with Heather Small’s vocals in place of Loleatta Holloway. The Original Mix, Garage Trip Mix, and Pianopella Mix became Massive Mix, Epsom Mix, and Ascot Mix respectively.

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#259

OK. I had it in my head that it had been released in two different versions but thought the switch came later.

If your times are correct it had already been in the U.K. charts for 5 weeks and got to number 1 (on 9/9/89) before the re-recording though. It entered the U.K. charts on 12/8/89.

#260

I thought this also when I read the post earlier.

#261

And a John Lennon song. It was number 2 for 4 weeks and JL kept it off for one week. I found that on Wikipedia. Ain’t it great.

#262

Good research here, thanks.

I can confirm, being 10 at the time Ultravox - Vienna did sound incredible… BUT as soon as my pocket money hit, I was off to Woolworths to buy Shaddup A Ya Face. Good music is good music but sometimes Novelty is totally direct.

So with late night hindsight here. Had John Lennon not been killed, Vienna would have gotten to Number 1 and Joe Dolce would be just a very distant Chart memory.