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2 unusual facts about End of the Road


KMJM-FM

At 12 PM local time on October 30, 2009, after playing Boyz II Men's End of the Road, KATZ-FM began stunting with Halloween music as "Halloween 100.3".

WQSR

After playing songs at CBS Radio's Baltimore studios such as "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men, R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" and "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp at roughly 11:57PM, the station went to dead air as Clear Channel officially took control over the station.


Midlake

The band first gained popularity in Europe, signing to Bella Union Records and later playing at festivals such as Les Inrockuptibles, Wintercase, End of the Road and South by Southwest.

People Everyday

"People Everyday" also becoming their biggest hit in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1992, behind End Of The Road by Boyz II Men.

WMGC-FM

Boyz II Men's "End Of The Road" was the last song played on "The Groove"; this was then followed by a retrospective on The Groove's 2-year history in a montage themed to Donna Summer's Last Dance, one last jingle for "The Groove", and a conversation leading to the new format being "turned on".


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Alex Govan

He is credited with being responsible for Birmingham's fans adopting Harry Lauder's song "Keep right on to the end of the road" as their anthem.

Benjamin Vaughan

Indirectly Vaughan Road is linked to him as the northern end of the road headed into then Township of Vaughan.

Malone Road

At the northern end of the road, Number 1 Malone Road is Methodist College Belfast, while further south lies Victoria College, Belfast.

Maryland Route 265

Mackall Road continues south as a county highway through Wallville and Mackall to the end of the road at St. Leonard Creek near the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum.

Newington Causeway

Metro Central Heights (originally known as Alexander Fleming House), an early 1960s series of multi-storey blocks designed by Ernő Goldfinger as office buildings, subsequently converted into flats, stands at the southern end of the road.

Parliamentary Road

The final remains of Parliamentary Road were removed in the 1990s when the construction of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall over the western end of the road took place, and an eastern stub disappeared under a five-a-side football complex.

St James's Street

The main gatehouse of the palace is at the southern end of the road, and in the 17th century Clarendon House faced down the street across Piccadilly, located where Albemarle Street is now situated.

The Idle Race

"End of the Road", "I Like My Toys", "The Skeleton and the Roundabout" and "Sitting in My Tree" were covered by Norwegian pop group The Tables on their 7" EP "The Tables play The Idle Race" (Kippers Records, 2000)