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In the UK the single reached No. 2 on its original 1972 release and a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12.
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Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, the group's popularity continued to grow ( although they were always more popular in North America and Continental Europe than in their home country, never achieving a UK Top 40 single or Top 20 album ).
* In 1968 Abergavenny was the title of a UK single by Marty Wilde.
The band's debut single, " Smalltown Boy ", the tale of a boy who was cast away by his family for being homosexual, was a hit, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
A single, " Hit That Perfect Beat ", was released in November 1985, reaching Nº3 in the UK.
A second single, " C ' mon C ' mon ", also charted in the UK Top 20 and an album, Truthdare Doubledare, released in May 1986, peaked at Nº18.
The original UK 45rpm single picture sleeve of Ian Dury and the Blockheads " Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick " designed by Barney Bubbles
The album gained a following in the United Kingdom, charting at 59 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as its lead single, " Teenage Whore " entering the country's Indie chart at number one.
After it proved popular in the clubs, this Coldcut " Seven Minutes of Madness " remix ended up being promoted as the single in the UK.
The single " People Hold On " became another UK Top 20 hit.
Coldcut and Mark Saunders produced her debut solo single " This Is the Right Time " which became another UK Top 20 hit in August as well as reaching # 21 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year.
The third single from Woodface, " Weather With You ", peaked at No. 7 in early 1992 giving the band their highest UK chart placement.
The single was a minor hit in Australia and the UK.
However, following NTL's acquisition of Virgin Mobile, the NTL and Telewest services were rebranded Virgin Media on February 8, 2007, creating a single cable operator covering more than 95 % of the UK cable market.
When " Too Drunk to Fuck " came out in May 1981, the song caused much controversy in the UK as the BBC feared the single would reach the Top 30 ; this would require a mention of the song on Top of the Pops.
Progressive rock group Pink Floyd, when creating their rock opera The Wall, used disco-style components in their song, " Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 " ( 1979 )— which became the group's only # 1 hit single ( in both the US and UK ).
* Comedy Band The Barron Knights ' 1978 UK # 3 hit single A Taste Of Aggro, a medley of parodies, included a version of The Smurf Song featuring, in place of the Smurfs, a group of bank robbers from Catford who have escaped from Dartmoor Prison.
Day's last major hit single came in the UK in 1964 with " Move Over, Darling ", co-written by her son specifically for her.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single " Ashes to Ashes ", its parent album Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ), and " Under Pressure ", a 1981 collaboration with Queen.
" Starman ", issued as an April single ahead of the album, was to cement Bowie's UK breakthrough: both single and album charted rapidly following his July Top of the Pops performance of the song.
At the same time the non-album single " John, I ’ m Only Dancing ", and " All the Young Dudes ", a song he wrote and produced for Mott the Hoople, became UK hits.
Young Americans was a commercial success in both the US and the UK, and a re-issue of the 1969 single " Space Oddity " became Bowie's first number one hit in the UK a few months after " Fame " achieved the same in the US.
Despite these forebodings, Low yielded the UK number three single " Sound and Vision ", and its own performance surpassed that of Station to Station in the UK chart, where it reached number two.
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It also reached the UK Top 20.
" This Is My Song ", performed by Petula Clark for A Countess from Hong Kong ( 1967 ), reached # 1 on the UK Charts.
This remix was itself sampled in the remix of " Pump Up the Volume " by MARRS that reached # 1 in the UK, also in October 1987.
The record reached # 1 in the UK in August.
The album reached the Top 20 in the UK and was certified Silver.
The album reached number one in New Zealand, number two in Australia, number six in the UK and made the top 20 in several European countries.
It topped the New Zealand Album Chart, reached number 2 in Australia and number 4 in the UK.
" Intriguer topped the Australian album chart, reached number 3 in New Zealand and number 12 in the UK.
The album reached number 33 on the UK Albums Chart.
Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974, and reached the lower regions of Billboard's Hot 100 ( it eventually also charted in the UK, reaching No. 7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success ).
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song " Space Oddity " reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart.
The so-called " Berlin Trilogy " albums all reached the UK top five and garnered lasting critical praise.
" Lodger reached number 4 in the UK and number 20 in the US, and yielded the UK hit singles " Boys Keep Swinging " and " DJ ".
The album nevertheless reached number three in the UK.
The recording reached # 1 in the UK Charts, Ireland and several other countries in 1989.
It reached the Top 10 in both the UK and the US, and peaked at number 3 in Germany.
In the beginning of the 1970s, Finland's GDP per capita reached the level of Japan and the UK.
Once officially released there, in 1994, the album reached the top spot on the UK Country chart-albeit a particularly niche chart where few sales are needed to make the top slots – and number two on the UK pop albums chart.
That same year " The Red Strokes " became Brooks's first single to make the pop top 40 in the UK, reaching a high of No. 13 ; it was followed by " Standing Outside The Fire ", which reached No. 23.
In the beginning of the 1970s, Finland's GDP per capita reached the level of Japan and the UK.
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