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Oct 18

BLACK LEGEND – “You See The Trouble With Me” (60 comments) I'd like to echo earlier comments that this is one of the more avant number ones. The BOOM BOOM BOOM… Lee Saunders

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Oct 18

Popular ’86 (109 comments) Vintage TV died on Freeview as well, although it's still hogging the Channel 82 slot ("This service is currently unavailable")... Kinitawowi
Ben Crouch’s Tavern (7 comments) I think it was called 'Ben Crouch' after a Victorian 'resurrection man' who dug up corpses for sale to anatomy… John Pole

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Oct 18

STEPS – “Stomp” (42 comments) I think this was the week that I thought that there would be a number 1 battle between Blur's woeful… Duro

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Oct 18

Popular ’89 (59 comments) Almost 8 years ago Billy Smart looked forward to Pere Ubu on Rowland Rat being on YouTube. Seems to be… Stewart Copeland
ROBSON AND JEROME – “I Believe”/”Up On The Roof” (125 comments) It was while this was at #1 that Gallagher-squabbles recording "Wibbling Rivalry" by OAS*S reached number 52. Which brings me… Lee Saunders

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Oct 18

FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION – “Perfect” (122 comments) Lee @121, you'll find no end of Proclaimers discussion (pro and con) in the Belfast Child thread. Rory

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Oct 18

MANIC STREET PREACHERS – “The Masses Against The Classes” (66 comments) I'm excited to mention when they keep popping at #2 or thereabouts. With the exception of Your Love Alone Is… Lee Saunders

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Oct 18

BLAZIN’ SQUAD – “Crossroads” (28 comments) Objectively, it isn't the worst song in the world, but the fact that it's taking one of American hip-hop's true… Joe
Going Back To My Routes: Kanto (38 comments) Amazing post dear. sudoku

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Oct 18

MARK MORRISON – “Return Of The Mack” (86 comments) I note that in the five years since this review, Tom has covered slightly less than six-and-a-half years’ worth of… Paulito

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Oct 18

VAN MORRISON – Like A Jelly Roll (30 comments) I think artists make art ambiguous on purpose so it can "mean" different things to different people. We all… MARK KLAPPERICH

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Oct 18

ABBA – “Dancing Queen” (240 comments) One media site even revealed that she 'waltzed' onto the stage, as opposed to 'walked on doing some weird robotic… Lazarus

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Oct 18

CHARLES AZNAVOUR – “She” (50 comments) A birth year of 1924 may well have made him the third oldest living UK number one hitmaker at the… AMZ1981
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – “Voodoo Chile” (105 comments) My money's on "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick". flahr

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Sep 18

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – “Bad Moon Rising” (23 comments) Wow, binging their discography now, and as a Please Mr Postman-filching banger, Call It Pretending is second only to Feel… The King of Novaya Zemlya

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Sep 18

BADDIEL, SKINNER AND THE LIGHTNING SEEDS – “Three Lions ’98” (70 comments) #59, #61: the BBC commentary on that night was Barry Davies's iconic (to me at least) "Ohhh nooo!" which never… Duro

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Sep 18

HIDDEN LANDSCAPES: THE PODCAST (2 comments) another pod up and public :) mark sinker
A1 – “Same Old Brand New You” (23 comments) 3 and 3 features - though at this point there was also a not-quite-so-young Canadian who’d had one week as… Andrew Farrell
AQUA – “Doctor Jones” (84 comments) I associate this song with Barnsley's just-about-deserved victory over Man Utd in the FA Cup in February 1998, mostly because… Duro

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