Mar242014
One of the most enduring and instantly recognisable hits of the decade, and easily the Human League’s best known song, by rights Don’t You Want Me should never even have been a single. In fact, in some ways it’s a wonder it was ever written in the first place. read more
Just how many versions of Relax are there? We don’t really know. Since Relax was first released over thirty years ago, it has been subjected to more remixes than probably any track in history. Indeed, the whole concept of singles … read more
12 – 18 June 1988 · KLF Communications KLF 003 · Writers: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman, Ron Grainer, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander, The Timelords The Timelords were an off-shoot of art terrorism duo The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, consisting … read more
25 May – 7 June 1982 · Stiff BUY 146 · Writers: Mike Barson, Lee Thompson Astonishingly this is still the only time Madness have topped the UK singles chart in a career that spans almost thirty-five years. The band’s … read more
18 March – 7 April 1980 · Polydor POSP 113 · Writer: Paul Weller Formed in Woking as far back as 1972 while Paul Weller was still at school, the classic Jam line-up of Weller on guitar and vocals, Bruce … read more
11 December 1979 – 14 January 1980 · Harvest HAR 5194 · Writer: Roger Waters It’s now widely regarded as a classic single, but the last number one of the 1970s and the first of the 1980s took everyone by … read more
