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top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - SteveO - 21-02-2014
An army brat like myself from Canada...surprised to see him listed!!!!
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:17. Bryan Adams â â(Everything I Do) I Do It For Youâ. ***
the guy started out as a rocker, then turned balladeer extraordinaire with this one...
then he recorded with a Spice Girl and went downhill from there!
Year: 1991
Sold: 1.72m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;ZGoWtY_h4xo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoWtY_h4xo[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 24-02-2014
15. The Beatles â âI Want To Hold Your Handâ. ***
The one that broke the Fab Four in America. Just as crucially, it was one of the true collaborative efforts by Lennon and McCartney, written âeyeball to eyeballâ in Jane Asherâs cellar.
Year: 1963.
Sold: 1.77m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;ipADNlW7yBM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipADNlW7yBM[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 24-02-2014
14. Will Young â âAnything Is Possibleâ/âEvergreenâ. *
Still the biggest reality show winner, consigning attempts by HearâSay, Leona Lewis, Girls Aloud and, um, Steve Brookstein to the dustbin of history.
Year: 2002
Sold: 1.79m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;6cP1OKI4SdQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cP1OKI4SdQ[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 24-02-2014
13. Aqua â âBarbie Girlâ. *
ONE AND THREE QUARTER MILLION OF YOU ARE IDIOTS!...
but its catchy as hell, i'll be humming this crap for the next couple of days now!!!!
Amazingly, Mattel launched a lawsuit against the best advert they ever had.
Year: 1997
Sold: 1.79m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;-_pTeDz4Zpk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_pTeDz4Zpk[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 24-02-2014
12. Stevie Wonder â âI Just Called To Say I Love Youâ. ***
Grown men weep salt tears that this schmaltzy stroll is the biggest selling Stevie Wonder single, but in the UK it was the only song of his we sent to No.1.
Great wordplay happening here,its my favourite Stevie single ever.
Year: 1984
Sold: 1.83m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;QwOU3bnuU0k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwOU3bnuU0k[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 24-02-2014
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top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - SteveO - 24-02-2014
First time I have listened to the infamous band Aqua..loved so much here on MD !...lol..ya right! Sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks!!!...Just goes to show you that there are at least 1,79 million people who buy muzak crap!!!..
mile:CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:13. Aqua â âBarbie Girlâ. *
ONE AND THREE QUARTER MILLION OF YOU ARE IDIOTS!...
but its catchy as hell, i'll be humming this crap for the next couple of days now!!!!
Amazingly, Mattel launched a lawsuit against the best advert they ever had.
Year: 1997
Sold: 1.79m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;-_pTeDz4Zpk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_pTeDz4Zpk[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-02-2014
11. Boney M â âMaryâs Boy Childâ/âOh My Lordâ.***
Harry Belafonte hit #1 with "mary's boy child" a couple of decades prior to this version...
love the calypso/reggae feel to ALL german group Boney M's material, love their harmonies and arrangements.
totally deserves to be where it is on this list!
Year: 1978
Sold: 1.85m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;hxm1FlLSfe4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxm1FlLSfe4[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-02-2014
10. Wet Wet Wet â âLove Is All Aroundâ. ***
this single spent 15wks on top of the UK chart with this cover song(it was originally a Troggs song wasnt it???).
love their version of it...
Scottish band Wet Wet Wet got so sick of it that after a few months of it continually on the radio and tv in the UK that they dropped it from their live set for several years!
Year: 1994
Sold: 1.85m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;fP0JpmquU0A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP0JpmquU0A[/video]
top 50 "alltime" selling singles in UK - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-02-2014
9. Robson & Jerome â âUnchained Melodyâ/â(Thereâll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Doverâ. **
Collective lunacy swamped the UK for a year or so as every wet fish Soldier, Soldier duo Robson & Jerome slopped out was belted towards the top of the charts.
the Robson of this duo is Robson Green who incidently has a very successful tv show called "extreme fishing"...
im not sure who the Jerome is, but im pretty sure he is not 'our' Jerome...LOL!
Year: 1995
Sold: 1.86m
Chart High: #1
[video=youtube;UIY18wSO_pw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIY18wSO_pw[/video]