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Post by Panda on Nov 30, 2004 21:23:40 GMT 1
6 DAYS TO GO: 6 is the most top 10 entries by one act. Radiohead are the band who have accomplished this feat, having reached the top 10 in 5 different years.
Just (#2 in 1995) Fake Plastic Trees (#9 in 1995) Street Spirit (Fade Out) (#4 in 1996) Paranoid Android (#1 in 1997) Pyramid Song (#3 in 2001) There There (#1 in 2003)
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 2, 2004 12:05:04 GMT 1
8 DAYS TO GO:8 is the number of times a British act has been #1. The only non-British act to top the chart is Australian band The Living End, who were #1 in 1999 with 'Prisoner Of Society'. Living End - great punk band though I think their only hit in my chart was "Roll On" in 2001.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 2, 2004 12:09:23 GMT 1
21 DAYS TO GO:'Keep Close' by South, which was #21 in 2001 was featured on ITV's coverage of the Premiership. I don't recall that. I do remember when "There's A Star" by Ash (also from 2001) was used for some highlight action, and I was screaming for ages because I recognised the bit of music but couldn't work out what it was. That remained unresolved until "There's A Star" came up on REP when I was in "random" mode. I'll have to listen to "Keep Close" again and see if I recognise where it was used.
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Post by Panda on Dec 2, 2004 17:29:37 GMT 1
I don't recall that. I do remember when "There's A Star" by Ash (also from 2001) was used for some highlight action, and I was screaming for ages because I recognised the bit of music but couldn't work out what it was. That remained unresolved until "There's A Star" came up on REP when I was in "random" mode. I'll have to listen to "Keep Close" again and see if I recognise where it was used. If you can't remember, I'll tell you. They used quite a few indie-type tunes on the Saturday and Monday programmes during the 3 seasons they had the coverage. 'Roll On' by The Living End made my end-of-year chart in 2001, reaching #24.
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Post by Panda on Dec 2, 2004 17:31:54 GMT 1
4 DAYS TO GO: 4 is the most entries in the chart by one act in a single year. It has been achieved several times, most recently by The Coral, last year.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 3, 2004 11:50:52 GMT 1
If you can't remember, I'll tell you. They used quite a few indie-type tunes on the Saturday and Monday programmes during the 3 seasons they had the coverage. Do you recall when "She's A Star" by Ash was used? And have you ever suffered the same problem - it comes from a song you know but you can't work out which...
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Post by Panda on Dec 3, 2004 13:35:05 GMT 1
Do you recall when "She's A Star" by Ash was used? And have you ever suffered the same problem - it comes from a song you know but you can't work out which... Do you mean "There's A Star"? Or "She's A Star" by James? I think I vaguely remember them using the Ash one. The season after they used South, they used "Bigboy" by Minuteman. The Monday show used to have "12 Reasons Why I Love Her" by My Life Story. They also used "You Can't Go Home Again" by DJ Shadow on the Goal Of The Month competition one season. And yeah, it happens quite a bit with hearing songs in TV programmes. It's not so bad for adverts because we have www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk/.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 3, 2004 14:32:34 GMT 1
I mean "There's A Star" by Ash.
There's a service you can use on mobile phones that tells you what the song is. I can't remember the number now but I never managed to catch it in time when that one came on. Fortunately, it's been resolved now.
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Post by Panda on Dec 4, 2004 21:08:02 GMT 1
3 DAYS TO GO: (yesterday) 3 is the highest position achieved by a UK #1 single. The song was 'Breathe' by the Prodigy, which was #3 in 1996.
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Post by Panda on Dec 4, 2004 21:10:06 GMT 1
2 DAYS TO GO: Blur are the only act to have reached #2 twice. They missed out on the #1 spot in 1997 when 'Song 2' was #2 and they were 2nd again 2 years later with 'Coffee & TV'.
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Post by Panda on Dec 7, 2004 15:25:12 GMT 1
Started last night and I've whittled it down to 200...
You can see what the final 200 are in the little game I've posted in the quiz forum (except don't look yet because I haven't posted it yet).
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Post by Panda on Dec 10, 2004 15:59:29 GMT 1
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