Knockouts from the past
31 December 2019
Band: Mercury Rev
Song: Goddess On A Hiway
Released: November 1998 – re-issued in August 1999
Album: From the magnificent Deserter’s Songs LP
Here’s the original clip…
MERCURY REV: Facebook
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30 December 2019
Band: The Chemical Brothers
Song: Hey Boy Hey Girl
Released: 31 May 1999 – 20 years ago
Album: Surrender
Score: The single peaked at number three on the UK Singles
Chart and was a hit almost all over Europe and in Canada
Here’s the original, spectacular video clip…
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: Facebook
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29 December 2019
Band: Primal Scream
Song: Jailbird
Released: June 1994 – 25 yeras ago
Album: Give Out But Don’t Give Up – their 4th LP
Here’s the original video clip…
PRIMAL SCREAM: Facebook
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28 December 2019
Band: De La Soul
Song: Me, Myself And I
Released: April 1989 – 30 years ago
Album: from their debut 3 Feet High and Rising
Score: The single peaked at #1 on the US R&B Chart
Here’s the original video clip…
DE LA SOUL: Facebook
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27 December 2019
Band: Happy Mondays
Song: WFL (Wrote For luck)
Released: May 1989 – 30 years ago
Album: Bummed
Here’s the original rave clip…
HAPPY MONDAYS: Facebook
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26 December 2019
Band: Franz Ferdinand
Song: Take Me Out
Released: 12 January 2004 – 15 years ago
Album: Franz Ferdinand
Chart: #3 in the UK – #66 in the US – #7 in Canada
Here’s the original clip…
FRANZ FERDINAND: Facebook
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25 December 2019
Band: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Song: In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley cover)
Released: 18 June 1984
Album: Added on a re-issue of From Her To Eternity album
Here’s the original clip…
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Facebook
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23 December 2019
Band: The Specials AKA
Song: Nelson Mandela (produced by Elvis Costello)
Released: 5 March 1984 – 35 years ago – stand-alone single
Chart: peaked at #9 in the UK
Here’s the original clip…
THE SPECIALS: Facebook
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21 December 2019
Band: The Stone Roses
Song: She Bangs The Drums
B-sides: Standing Here, Simone and Mersey Paradise
Released: July 1989 – 30 years ago
Album: from their self-titled debut LP
Score: it peaked at #34 in the UK
THE STONE ROSES: Facebook
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19 December 2019
Dance-pop duo PET SHOP BOYS topped the UK singles chart 32 years ago, on 19 December 1987 with ‘ALWAYS ON MIND‘. The song has a long history. It was written
by a trio of professional songwriters: Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson.
and was first recorded by B.J. Thomas in 1970. Over the years countless artists covered
the song resulting in a total of 300 registered versions. The most famous interpretation was the one by The King, by Elvis Presley in 1972.
It was in 1987 that Pet Shop Boys picked ‘Always On My Mind‘ to perform on a TV special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Elvis‘s death. Their version had such an impact that the duo decided to record and issue it. And the rest is number one history.
Here’s the original clip…
PET SHOP BOYS: Facebook
