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unusual facts about UK Chart



Can U Dig It?

"Can U Dig It?" is a popular single by British Grebo band Pop Will Eat Itself, released in 1989 from the bands second album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! and it peaked at #38 in the UK Charts.

U-MYX

Digital U-MYX Sales are UK Chart eligible and count towards the artists chart position.


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A Little Bit More

It was Dr. Hook's joint second-best UK chart placing, matching "Sylvia's Mother" and surpassed only by "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman".

A Red Letter Day

At the time, this was a record as the biggest such fall to ever occur in UK chart history, but it was then beaten five months later by Embrace with their single "My Weakness is None of Your Business" (which fell from #9 to #44 the following week).

Bunny Lewis

Lewis' UK chart-topping effort of four production credits exceeds those notables such as Phil Spector, Mickie Most, Denny Cordell, Phil Coulter and Albhy Galuten, all of whom only managed three such Number Ones.

Dawn of the Dickies

It included the UK hits "Nights in White Satin" (a high-speed cover of a Moody Blues song) which reached No. 39 in the UK chart in September 1979 and "Fan Mail" which made No. 57 in February 1980.

Infinity Recordings

Originally owned by the UK chart artist DJ Breeze (of Styles & Breeze) it has been taken over since 2004 by DJ Silver of HappyHardcore.com and MasterWax Records.

Ironik

His début album No Point in Wasting Tears was released on Warner Music UK on September 29, 2008 and charted at 21 in the UK Chart.

Jovanotti

Even though Jovanotti has never had a UK chart hit under his own name, he was briefly known in the United Kingdom as the presenter of the DEF II programme Gimme 5.

Juan-les-Pins

Peter Sarstedt famously mentions Juan-les-Pins in his 1969 UK number one hit, "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"; a portrait of a girl who becomes a member of the Euro jet-set.

Kelly Llorenna

In 2004, she reached number 15 in the UK chart with a cover of Donna Summer's, "This Time I Know It's for Real".

Paul Reeve

He also produced Muse's debut EPs Muse and Muscle Museum EP, of which three tracks, "Uno", "Muscle Museum", and "Unintended" have been released as singles, the last entering the UK chart at number 20.

Reverend Black Grape

It was the first single to be taken from their debut album It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah and peaked at #9 in the UK chart.

Still Remains

They released two studio albums, Of Love and Lunacy and The Serpent, both to positive reviews, and had minor UK chart success with the single "Dancing with the Enemy".

Tell Me When

It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart in early 1995, their highest UK chart position since 1983, spending a total of nine weeks in the chart.

The Big Country

A theme from Moross' score of The Big Country (as performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) was sampled by MC Tunes versus 808 State in a top 10 UK chart hit, The Only Rhyme That Bites, in 1990.

The Space Brothers

Despite having signed to Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto imprint for the release of "Someone" - Ascension and WEA for the release of their Chakra material, the Space Brothers elected to make Manifesto Records their home, and their first Space Brothers single "Shine", appeared into the UK chart having been Pete Tong's 'essential new tune'.

Tony Michaelides

This was also one of Islands Records' most successful periods ever with releases from artists such as U2, Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Welcome to the Pleasuredome) and Bob Marley’s album, Legend, which topped the UK album chart for 12 weeks remaining on the UK chart for a total of 265 weeks.

Vincent de Moor

"Carte Blanche" by Veracocha, a collaboration between de Moor and Ferry Corsten, reached #22 in the UK chart.

Walk Hand in Hand

A later recording by Gerry & The Pacemakers reached No.29 on the UK chart, No. 10 in Canada, and "bubbled under" at No.103 on the Billboard chart at the end of 1965.

We're Going to Ibiza

While "Boom Boom Boom Boom" was still on the UK chart, "We're Going to Ibiza" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, as the previous single had also done.

Yell!

Follow-up releases "One Thing Leads to Another" and a cover of "Let's Go Round Again" (produced by Nigel Wright) later that year, both missed the UK chart.