Number 1 songs, from the 80s & 90s

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  1. Acido Tyke

    Acido Tyke Well-Known Member

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    Ok you Tykes pop pickers lol, here we go all the way back to the mid 80s onwards, and the number 1 songs.
    So let's go, with 1985. :)

     
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    This one's for Leeds....

     
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    I turned 14 that year, so you can imagine what I thought about Madonna, singing like that about virgins.
    Absolutely disgusting!!. :rolleyes:
     
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    Well this is going well. Two songs in and neither were number 1 songs from the 80s or 90s!
     
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    Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?
     
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    How about joe dolces music factory keeping ultravox Vienna off number 1
     
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    Imagine … reached number one just after his death
     
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    Which 2 do you mean then ?.
     
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    Love will tear us apart was no 1 in New Zealand and in the UK Indie charts :):)
     
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    A View To A Kill and Love Will Tear Us Apart. Apologies, I was just being pedantic.

    Until recent films (I presume Adele will have done it) A view To A Kill was the only Bond theme to reach number 1 in America, but I guessed you were talking about the UK, where it only reached number 2.
     
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    Yeah these I believe are number 1's in the US, and some of them I thought were hits from '84, rather than '85. o_O
     
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    Here's three for you - Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax - Two Tribes - Power of Love





     
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    Apart from a few great periods in (musical) time (1963-1966 or 1978-1980), Number Ones tend to be songs with a broad appeal, i.e. *****. Occasionally some songs are just too good not to get to Number One though, so If we’re talking greatest Number One of the 80s, for me it is one of two songs - the aforementioned Two Tribes and this…

     
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    The Specials - Ghost Town
    The Jam - Going Underground
    Michael Jackson - Billy Jean
    The Prodigy - Firestarter
     
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    One from 1984 I hit wonders but a good tune.
     
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    Ok seeing as this is going off topic, here's the next part, 1986. :)

     
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    1992 I think
     
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    1986 - Housemartins - Caravan of Love - Have that!!!!

     
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    One of the highlights for me that year was Queen's concert at Wembley. I've heard from fans who went, that Freddy & co belted it out of the park!.
    And apparently it was more popular than the all Merseyside Fa cup final there that year. :)
     
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    Ghost Town easily wins this for me. Summed up the state of the nation better than any other song before or after. Truly iconic. Beyond music really.
     
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