Top 10 at 10

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

It was indeed!

 

Dancing In The Dark - very much a 1984 song mate, so you may want to let yer man at Virgin know.

 

However, I do believe it was re-released in 1985, so they get off on a technicality!!

[gertcha EFM]

I'll pass on your comments.

 

Same time tomorrow then.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Indeed.

 

For future reference, a young teenaged Courteney Cox was in the video for Dancing In The Dark!!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

For your info ... Dancing in the Dark charted on 26th May 1984 at number 34 rising a week later to number 28 where it peaked in 1984, 3 more weeks in the Top 40 and a further 3 in the Top 100, over the next 15 weeks it recharted 3 times for a total of 5 weeks reaching number 80 as it's peak. Then a gap of 16 weeks where, without being re-released, it suddendly sprung back in at number 62 for a week before vanishing again for 17 weeks, then once again without being re-released, it suddendly re-entered at number 36 climbing to number 20 the following week before finally breaking the Top 10 the week after (59 weeks after charting) it then spent 5 weeks encamped in the Top 10 peaking at number 4 (one would imagine it would of spent longer had Virgin Radio been around) 5 more weeks in the Top 40 then number 47 and finally number 71 and it finally vanished for good.

How much better were the charts in them days!

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

The charts back in the 80s were great. Records like Relax by Frankie and Power Of Love by that bint Jennifer Rush took almost 6 months to climb to the top spot!

[gertcha EFM]

Here we go again:

 

Year 1:

 

Easy start as I can't think of any decent clues so I'll just give you some lyrics.

 

"Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right"

 

 

Year 2:

 

sharp visioned fruit. only song I've ever heard by them.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Year 1. Steeler's Wheel. Stuck In The Middle With You. Shot in the dark for the year... 1978?

 

Year 2. Hmmm....

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

I'm thinking Blind Melon, but that would be the opposite of a sharp-visioned fruit!

[gertcha EFM]

Next two:

 

Year 1:

 

They were to the right in the first song. Band could have worked in a dark and satanic place.

 

 

Year 2:

 

Taff band, with one member missing. Who will be next if we put up with this ?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Blimey mate, these are tough!

 

Taff band? Hmm, I haven't even worked out what Year 2 is yet!

 

Ahhh! Just got it. Manics after Richie left. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. Again, not sure of the year - 1998?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Okay.

 

I'm working on 1978 and 1998 now, although I'm not convinced I've got either spot on.

 

Sharp-visioned fruit.

 

Melon

Orange

Apple

Satsuma

Apricot

Grapefruit

Grape

Banana

Errr...

 

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[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Black Grape?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Well, I thought that, but again, not sharp-visioned.

 

Not sure Black Grape had any singles out in 1998 anyway.

[gertcha EFM]

Year 1:

 

Get the song and you'll get the band. The clue for the song is:

 

Us St.Albanians have loads of it.

 

Year 2:

 

U2 - The sweetest thing. Such a crap song / band I can't be bothered to think of a clue.

 

 

Year 1:

 

All time classic. Think "Soft Material & The Tube" You should get the song.

 

 

Year 2: Sticky girls toy. Lyrics include "and I don't want the world to see me"

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Year 1: Abba - Money Money Money. Which makes it 1976, I think.

 

Year 2: U2 confirms it is 1998.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Sticky Girls Toy could be Goo Goo Dolls, but I don't know any of their records.

 

So... to re-cap.

 

 

Year 1 - 1976?

Abba - Money Money Money

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

"Soft Material & The Tube"

"Dark & Satanic Place. To The Right"

 

 

Year 2 - 1998

Manics - Tolerate This

U2 - The Sweetest Thing

Goo Goo Dolls - ?

Sharp-visioned fruit"

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Velvet Underground!!

[gertcha EFM]

We'll have a quick summary at the end. Manics is correct. Fruit not yet mentioned but I think you'll kick yourself.

 

last two are:

 

Year 1:

(the band and song in one clue)

Young male Dinosaur from last century.

 

Year 2:

 

Singer has the same name as Thornsy's ex. What a pissed off driver may suffer from.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Well, they'd split up by 1976, but I'm thinking Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

T Rex - 20th Century Boy

 

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