You could argue Why Can’t I Wake Up With You was the final (and eighth) single - it got to #2.
FIVE STAR UK SINGLES RATE 1983-1991 TOUCH HAS LANDED No 1 REVEALED.
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You could argue Why Can’t I Wake Up With You was the final (and eighth) single - it got to #2.
Ha! Maybe the album should have been called Leather & Weaves.
Oh good call! I should have remembered this as I'm currently digitising my early 1993 charts and So Close is a new entry on the album chart.
Maybe You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart and Exposé's Seasons Change (in the US of course) qualify.
I was also going to suggest (We Want) The Same Thing from Belinda but I'm thinking Leave a Light On may have been a higher seller/peak. Plus I couldn't recall if Vision of You got a reissue after it. Either way, I love later-in-campaign hits that outperform several preceding singles.
I was also going to suggest (We Want) The Same Thing from Belinda but I'm thinking Leave a Light On may have been a higher seller/peak. Plus I couldn't recall if Vision of You got a reissue after it. Either way, I love later-in-campaign hits that outperform several preceding singles.
You Have Placed A Chill...is a good one.
Yes, even after We Want The Same Thing, the UK label went and issued at least two more singles. Summer Rain and then Vision Of You (slightly remixed, I think).
UK campaign was...Leave A Light [#4 peak), La Luna, Runaway Horses, Vision #1, We Want The Same Thing (#6), Summer Rain, Vision #2.
Shades of Michaelangelo was the B-side on all of them...haha.
Vision...reached #1 and then also #2?
Ha, no version 1 and then 2...
The record label wishes.
I knew, I was just being...me.
Would 'Club tropicana' count? Or did the club fantastic megamix negate it?
Leave A Light On (#50 year end 1989) likely sold more than The Same Thing (#74 year end 1990).
Club Tropicana made #4, but Bad Boys was #2 I think? Or #3.
Bad Boys was #2 and although they both sold well I’m pretty certain it sold more than Club Tropicana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_British_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_British_music
For some reason (or possibly because Andrew Ridgely seems to claim it was the biggest hit in his book) I thought it was their biggest hit to date.
I could well believe it has since overtaken it with downloads/streams as Bad Boys is horribly dated while Club Tropicana is seen as a summer classic.
Also, Club Tropicana is co-written by Ridgeley so he probably has a (subconscious) interest in it being seen as more successful?
Also, Club Tropicana is co-written by Ridgeley so he probably has a (subconscious) interest in it being seen as more successful?
Club Tropicana felt like the album's smash hit but that UK top 5 at the time was so strong...all classics.
Back in 1983:
"Bad Boys" peaked at 2 behind "Every breath you take" and was 24 in the YE Best sellers chart.
"Club Tropicana" peaked at 4 behind "Give it up", "Gold" and "Long hot summer" respectively. It was 39 in the YE Best sellers chart!
"Bad Boys" peaked at 2 behind "Every breath you take" and was 24 in the YE Best sellers chart.
"Club Tropicana" peaked at 4 behind "Give it up", "Gold" and "Long hot summer" respectively. It was 39 in the YE Best sellers chart!
I always associate Bad Boys with earlier in 1983 than that, strange how the memory works. Was sure I was enjoying that on the radio in the Easter holidays.