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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24 December 2019
Artists: Wolfman feat. Peter Doherty
Song: For Lovers
Released: 12 April 2004 – 15 years ago
Chart: Single peaked at #7 in the UK
Here’s the original video clip…
PETER DOHERTY: 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
