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unusual facts about UK top 40



Superstar – The Hits

The album contains ten out of eleven of Jamelia's UK Top 40 singles to date and omits her debut single, "So High", her first top forty hit "I Do", Drama single "Boy Next Door" and her collaboration with Tiziano Ferro, "Universal Prayer", which remains unreleased in the UK.

The Edge of Heaven

"Where Did Your Heart Go?" was later given an equal billing and reached a lowly position in the UK Top 40 as a result.

The Generation Game

In the 1993 UK top 40 single "You're in a Bad Way" by Saint Etienne, a reference is made to someone who gets their "kicks watching Bruce on the old Generation Game".


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Bruce Aisher

Brancaccio & Aisher’ are known for 'It's Gonna Be... (A Lovely Day)' which reached No.1 in the US Billboard Club Chart and became a UK Top 40 hit.

From the Choirgirl Hotel

The lead single "Spark" became a hit after its release in June 1998 (becoming her last UK Top 40 hit to date, as well as her highest charting US single, reaching #49), and was followed by "Jackie's Strength" (September 1998) and "Cruel/Raspberry Swirl" (November 1998).

Hit Song Science

Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc., is using Hit Song Science as a basis for several contests done in partnership with organizations such as AllHipHop.com, Urban Latino and American Songwriter magazine, and claims to have predicted the commercial success of Norah Jones debut album, Come Away With Me, (which won a Grammy for Best Album) and Ben Novak's debut single, Turn Your Car Around, which reached the number 12 spot in the UK Top 40 charts.

Inspiral Carpets

After a handful of singles on their own label, the last of which, "Move", came close to the UK top 40, they signed a deal with Mute Records, and immediately had their first top 40 chart success in the UK with "This Is How It Feels", which is a song about unemployment and touches on themes of domestic violence.

Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man

The song was seen to be offensive due to its sexualized themes and was banned by RTE and the BBC resulting in the song falling out of the UK top 40 peaking at No.43, this would be The Dubliners last hit single for over 20 years in the UK.

Paint the Town Red

This was their lowest hit ever, and the first not to reach the UK Top 40 since "White Ribbon Day".

The Maisonettes

"Heartache Avenue" was later sampled by UK rap group Roll Deep, for the chorus on their UK Top 40 hit, "The Avenue".