Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room Should have been number one

Took the post right out of my keyboard, except I always liked OMD - 'Enola Gay' more due to it being the first OMD song I heard.

Radar Love Golden Earring ?
Feyenoord's finest at the top of their game against British glam rockers

Lost to Terry Jacks on penalties if I remember correctly

Martin,

Regarding Mode - I believe they have managed
to get as high as No.4 - Three times, once in each of the last three decades !!

'81 Just Can't Get Enough - No. 4
'96 Barrel of a Gun - No. 4 again
'05 Precious - No. 4

Barrel of a gun was held off number 3 by
Mark Owen's - Clementine.

This has always stuck in my memory.....

Sarah x

No, it wouldn't??

Giorgio Moroder driven "Number one song all over Heaven " Sparks Didn't quite live up to its boast ,but deserved to get there
I think it just about dented top 30

Too right, Ivan.

I have that on 7", and it's one of my very favourite songs from my early childhood.

Sarah

‘Souvenir’ by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. I remember buying it without having heard it, and when I took it home and played it - I thought it had number 1 written all over it.

Other than that –

‘Blue Monday’ – nixed by the lack of a radio edit and a terrible live version on TOTP

‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ – I’m not a Beatles fan at all, but do have a soft spot for this revolutionary piece of plastic.

‘God Save The Queen’ – That definitely should have been number one…or was it? Guess we’ll never know!

'Love Will Tear Us Apart' - Joy Division; maybe this time eh?

Garry

Soft Cell: Where The Heart Is

A perfect song imho. Been playing The Art Of Falling Apart this week & couldn't remember how W.T.H.I. went. As soon as I heard the opening phrase, everything came flooding back to me & I swam with the memories of my youth, nursing my fragile adolescent heart, once more...

yeah I suppose that was a more obvious no. 1 contender although I remember Maid of Orleans having a wider appeal - it even got played on Radio 2 although they always skipped the 'avantgarde' intro!

Souvenir - good shout too. Fantastic comeback after E.Gay. Not sure what kept it off the top spot.

The first ABC singles got there or thereabouts Pure class Had the pleasure of seeing them at Deeside Leisure Cente
"And my friends tell me Martin one day will you will have a number one hit , I sigh and say not while bloody Haircut 100 and Wet Wet Wet are about I won't !"

10 minutes later So good I want to share it with you Our Martin with his gold lamé suit !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X69xQl-xF1k