Good evening all and welcome to the show. Les, once again, scores the trivia question earning himself his second bronze oak leaf cluster. Well done Les.
You rascule!
I can almost taste a gilded emu omelette.
Each song made the charts in 1981, including “Imagine,” re-released after Lennon’s murder.
Nearly every song was #1 on UK singles, except, I think, Ultravox’s Vienna and Adam & the Ants, Stand & Deliver? Both peaked at #2.
At first, I thought you might be looking for the charts on the emu’s native turf, as all of the songs also did well down under.
What do you think, sirs?
Les, stop guessing so well. You are right that they we UK #1’s from 1981. THe exceptions you mention may, or may not, be ones. I was working off of Wikipedia and you know it is possible they are wrong. Anyway here is what Wiki says.
The UK Singles Chart is the official record chart in the United Kingdom. Until 1983, it was compiled weekly by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) on behalf of the British record industry with a two-week break each Christmas.[1] The BMRB used motorcycle couriers to collect the sales figures taken up to the close of trade on Saturday. This data was compiled on Monday and given to the BBC on Tuesday to be announced on BBC Radio 1 at lunchtime and later published in Music Week.[1] On 4 January 1983, the chart was taken over by Gallup who expanded the chart from the Top 75 to the Top 100[2] and began the introduction of computerised tills which automated the data collection process.[1][2] The chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets and announced on Tuesday until October 1987, when the Top 40 was revealed each Sunday, due to the new automated process.[3]
Adam and the Ants “Stand and Deliver” CBS 9 May 1981 5#
The artist, song name, week-ending date of number-one and consecutive number of weeks at the top are those given by The Official Charts Company. The dates are those for the Saturday after publication. The actual sales week represented is that up to and including the previous Saturday (i.e. from 13 to 7 days prior to the chart date).
As you can see from the list Stand and deliver is on it and I swear by all is holy so was Vienna. Perhaps some one is editing it on me.
What? Wriki was wrong about something?
In the Wiki article on “Stand & Deliver,” the first two paragraphs under “Release” seem to contradict each other. I must have skimmed over the second paragraph.
I gathered that both it and “Vienna” were kept from #1 by John Lennon songs.
I have to side with Les in this: Let’s blame the emu.
My guesses are always terrible, as routinely as Les’s are accurate. I was working on some hokey theory like “Hey, all these music videos were created in a single session!”
The cluster I’ll be involved with, traditionally, does not have to do with an award.
Every song title contains at least one noun, verb, or adjective.
Nice try. You get a cookie for effort.
No Hootenanny can be complete without these guys…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iYKGIhXU-o
You rascule!
I can almost taste a gilded emu omelette.
Each song made the charts in 1981, including “Imagine,” re-released after Lennon’s murder.
Nearly every song was #1 on UK singles, except, I think, Ultravox’s Vienna and Adam & the Ants, Stand & Deliver? Both peaked at #2.
At first, I thought you might be looking for the charts on the emu’s native turf, as all of the songs also did well down under.
What do you think, sirs?
Les, stop guessing so well. You are right that they we UK #1’s from 1981. THe exceptions you mention may, or may not, be ones. I was working off of Wikipedia and you know it is possible they are wrong. Anyway here is what Wiki says.
link to article
The artist, song name, week-ending date of number-one and consecutive number of weeks at the top are those given by The Official Charts Company. The dates are those for the Saturday after publication. The actual sales week represented is that up to and including the previous Saturday (i.e. from 13 to 7 days prior to the chart date).
As you can see from the list Stand and deliver is on it and I swear by all is holy so was Vienna. Perhaps some one is editing it on me.
What? Wriki was wrong about something?
In the Wiki article on “Stand & Deliver,” the first two paragraphs under “Release” seem to contradict each other. I must have skimmed over the second paragraph.
I gathered that both it and “Vienna” were kept from #1 by John Lennon songs.
I have to side with Les in this: Let’s blame the emu.
My guesses are always terrible, as routinely as Les’s are accurate. I was working on some hokey theory like “Hey, all these music videos were created in a single session!”
The cluster I’ll be involved with, traditionally, does not have to do with an award.
I’m leaning toward placing the blame on those meddling motorcycle couriers…and their dog.
Plus the UK had multiple sources on sales figures and what not. Some overlapping, some merging. It’s confusing at times.