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Stuck for something to do? Have a go at this. These are lines plucked from UK Number 1s in the years listed, 1960-1999 covering just the years I lived there (and to be honest after 2000 is a pile of crap anyway). Some are easy, some more challenging.
Here's the rules, no Googling please or you'll answer all 40 in 5 minutes. Feel free to use Google to satisfy your own curiosity but don't then post the answer on here. Once you've had a stab at 5 of them then give it a rest for 24 hours before posting again to give others a chance. Reply with year, song title and artist to get a point, remembering the year the song is listed under as it might be referring to a (godawful in some cases) cover version.
1960 Oi, where's me tiger's head?
1961 Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
1962 No such number, no such zone
1963 Though your dreams be tossed and blown
1964 And my father was a gamblin' man
1965 No phone, no pool, no pets
1966 Love was just a glance away
1967 Love is just like a merry-go-round
1968 Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
1969 He sent you a race horse for Christmas
1970 And we'll give all we've got to give
1971 You made a first-class fool out of me
1972 Frameless heads on nameless walls
1973 Well every one you meet coming down the street
1974 Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
1975 Sick and tired you've been hanging on me
1976 Having the time of your life
1977 You try me once, you'll beg for more
1978 And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow
1979 And then the bullhorn crackles
1980 You've made your bed, you better lie in it
1981 Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
1982 Just a man and his will to survive
1983 I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
1984 I sometimes see you pass outside my door
1985 They say our love won't pay the rent
1986 I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance
1987 You wouldn't get this from any other guy
1988 His welfare is of my concern
1989 'Cause this land's the place I love
1990 I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
1991 It's always tease, tease, tease
1992 In the darkness of your dreams
1993 I'd never lie to you and that's a fact
1994 You know I love you, I always will
1995 Time goes by so slowly
1996 And Nobby Dancing
1997 Imagination, life is your creation
1998 Near, far, wherever you are
1999 Darlin', I'll climb any mountain
Hall Of Fame
1971 Maggie May - Rod Stewart
1980 Going Underground - The Jam
1986 Lady in Red - Chris De Burgh
1996 Three Lions - Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds
1997 Barbie Girl - Aqua
Hall Of Fame
1965 King of the Road Roger Miller + Various
1974 Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks
1982 Eye of the Tiger Survivor
1990 Nothing Compares to you Sinead O'Conner
1993 I'd do anything for Love Meatloaf
Moderator
Nice 10/10 so far!
Hall Of Fame
1979 I don’t like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
1995 Love is all around - wet wet wet
1962 Return to sender - Elvis P
1969 Where do you go to my lovely - Peter Sarstedt
1972 Vincent - Don McLean
Last edited by Grist_To_The_Mill; 12-10-2020 at 11:05 PM.
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I'll give you 5/5 Grist although you've mistakenly put 1995 for 1994.
Hall Of Fame
1968 - With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker
1981 - Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
1983 - Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
1985 - I Got You Babe - UB40 and Chrissie Hynde
1991 - Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
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To quote another song that didn't quite make it to number one "Woah, we're half way there" 20/20 correct so far.
Hall Of Fame
1964 -House of the Rising Sun -The Animals
1983-Total eclipse of the heart- Bonnie Tyler
1989- Ferry cross the mersey- Gerry and the Pacemakers (with others?)
1995-Unchained Melody-Robson and Jerome
Time for work I'll have to leave it at 4
I've a feeling the maximum score so far is going to come crashing down lol
Hall Of Fame
81 Adam ant
82 survivor
83 bonny t
84 I can see his face. Can't remember the name. Video he had a potter's wheel with a black woman (afro hair) he's a blind Black man. Fek, Ray Charles in my head
85 ub40
86,. Chris de burgh
87 Rick ashley
89 Gerry and the p
Last edited by caytonmiller; 13-10-2020 at 07:53 AM.
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