Top singles from the past
27 October 2025
Ear-piercing metal big shots MOTÖRHEAD (1975-2015) fronted by
rock maniac Lemmy (1945-2015) released their mammoth classic
ACE OF SPADES on 27 October 1980, 45 years ago today.
It hit the UK charts on 3 different occasions (first release, re-release,
and after the death of Lemmy in 2015, and sold more than 400.000
copies over the years.
On this day AOS gained more than
536 million streams on Spotify.
It featured on their
4th, same-titled, LP.
Lemmy about the lyrics: “I used gambling metaphors, mostly
cards and dice, when it comes to that sort of thing, I’m more into
the one-arm bandits actually, but you can’t really sing about
spinning fruit, and the wheels coming down”.
The pleasure is to play
Makes no difference what you say
I don’t share your greed
The only card I need
Is the Ace of Spades
The Ace of Spades”
Live (with Dave Grohl and Slash)…
