It's always a number 1 day!

[Benjm]

A Far, Far Away moment?

I'm crying into my faggots and peas.

In truth, being made to eat faggots and peas would probably achieve that by itself.

[3 Colours Red]

Five years ago... may as well be a million years with my memory.

[Sporting]

I'm forgetting whether I've already posted this theory on OTF but you could make a case for Slade being the greatest band of all time, due to the fact that unlike the Beatles, Rolling Stones, whoever else you may care to name, there are no covers of Slade songs that are better than the originals.

https://www.onetouchfootball.com/for...ed#post2044085

[3 Colours Red]

I never said it was a proven theory.

[Sean of the Shed]

You can definitely make a case for Slade being the greatest band of all time if you can conveniently forget about the 1980s.

[3 Colours Red]

That was Slade's first of six number ones.

All richly deserved of course.

I'm forgetting whether I've already posted this theory on OTF but you could make a case for Slade being the greatest band of all time, due to the fact that unlike the Beatles, Rolling Stones, whoever else you may care to name, there are no covers of Slade songs that are better than the originals.

[Jah Womble]

I was thinking about Slade the other day, while reading something about how The Pogues expressed the exile's sense of longing for their homeland.

A Far, Far Away moment?

[Sean of the Shed]

That was Slade's first of six number ones.

[Benjm]

I was thinking about Slade the other day, while reading something about how The Pogues expressed the exile's sense of longing for their homeland.

[Jah Womble]

Pretty good chart. Slade and T Rex with a couple of glam classics and the young and vibrant ONJ with a delightful 19th-century riverside murder ballad.

(I'm sure that fellow-Aussie, young Nicholas Edward Cave, was already taking notes...)

[Benjm]

Happy Mondays covered Tokoloshe Man as well as He's Gonna Step On You Again, but to lesser effect.

Wikipedia suggests that The Newbeats gained a belated popularity boost through the Northern Soul scene.

[Discordant Resonance]

[Discordant Resonance]

It's 1971, and the Newbeats' Run Baby Run rises two to 10, while Springwater's I Will Return slips two to 9. The same befalls Tom Jones' Till at 8, while Olivia Newton-John inches up one to 7 on the Banks Of The Ohio. John Kongos' Tokoloshe Man soars eight to 6, but the Piglets' Johnny Reggae is unmoved at 5. Cher's Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves are similarly still at 4, and T-Rex's Jeepster falls one to 3. Benny Hill's saga about Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) climbs one to 2, but Slade's Coz I Luv You remains at 1.

[Discordant Resonance]

It should have been a Nineties chart today, but as with the Eighties, the six-day turnaround would have led me straight back to '94 again.

[Sean of the Shed]

If it wasn't for Gorillaz I would give this chart show a wide berth.

[Simon G]

I thought that odd about the Arctics as well.

A great song though, it must be said.

[Jah Womble]

Yer Monkeys had of course already been to number one with IBYLGOTDF.

A weak selection given the year. Even the Beatles are off their best.

Definitely not their ‘best’, but I’ve always liked Hello, Goodbye. (Topped the charts here for seven weeks - and three in the USA.)

[Discordant Resonance]

[Discordant Resonance]

In 2005, Tom Novy and Michael Marshall are new at 10, discussing Your Body, while Craig David Don't Love You No More as he rises two to 9. The Arctic Monkeys say I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor, as they inch up one to 8, while Liberty X's cover of A Night To Remember drops the same to 7. Gorillaz' Dirty Harry enters at 6, while Girls Aloud's Biology slips the minimum to 5. Simon Webbe has No Worries, rising three to 4, while The Black Eyed Peas' My Humps is unchanged at 3. There's no move for Westlife's You Raise Me Up at 2, and Madonna is still Hung Up at 1.

[Amor de Cosmos]

A weak selection given the year. Even the Beatles are off their best.

[Benjm]

Gene Pitney is today's winner for me. Like The Carnival Is Over, I first knew the song from Nick Cave's cover version on his Kicking Against The Pricks album.

[Discordant Resonance]

[Discordant Resonance]

In 1967, Des O'Connor's Careless Hands move up five to 10, while 2023 sensations The Beatles' Hello Goodbye is new at 9. Cliff's All My Love jumps eight to 8, but Gene Pitney's original of Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart soars eleven to 7. The Troggs declare Love Is All Around, but drop the minimum to 6, while Englebert Humperdinck's The Last Waltz ascends three to 5. The Foundations exult Baby, Now That I've Found You, even whilst falling two to 4, while Val Doonican's If The Whole World Stopped Loving rises six to 3. Those favourites of Selhurst Park, The Dave Clark Five, know Everybody Knows, as they inch up one to 2, but there's no change for Long John Baldry's Let The Heartaches Begin.

[Discordant Resonance]

The year may receive a third visit when my classic Christmas countdowns are in full swing.

[Jah Womble]

Looks a bit glassy-eyed in a couple of close-ups, so more than likely...