#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 5. Pineapple Head A UK No 27 in 1994, dreamy House with mellotron in 3/4 time

ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 6. Fall At Your Feet The very radio-friendly tracks get bigger as their number in this Top 15 gets smaller. A 1991 single - No 4 in the UK Airplay chart, No 17 on sales chart. Their Greatest Hits album was a No 1 in the UK, AUS and NZ in 1996.

#LookAndSee 325 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Take on Me - A-Ha Morten's vocal range shown to greatest effect in this song. Some sources say his is a five octave range - Morten doesn't know, not having measured. We can safely say it is more than four, from this song alone.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 7. It's Only Natural Imperial phase for Neil, with Tim, from 1991 - all the way to US No 5 in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Underrated in the UK, a mere No 24 when finally released in 1992.

#JoinIn Five boogie songs.... Blame it on the boogie - Jacksons Boogie nights - Heatwave I love to boogie - T Rex Yes sir I can boogie - Baccara Boogie wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire Number 4 has extra kudos for mentioning Boogie Voogie in the chorus.

This week's #OneThatGotAway, a record that was not a UK hit but should have been.... American country-rockers The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 1970 single Some of Shelly's Blues, a minor US hit in 1971 and a miss in the UK. The song was written by Mike Nesmith.

This week's splendid UK No 2 that didn't make the top of the chart... A 2005 UK No 2 single by Gorillaz called Feel Good Inc. This virtual band was singer Damon Albarn from Blur teaming up with hip-hop group De La Soul.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 8. Instinct A 1996 single which peaked at UK No 12, taken from the Greatest Hits album Recurring Dream

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 9. Locked Out Treherbert, Wales is the main setting for the vid to this UK No 12 hit from 1993. Normally as melodic and gentle, so radio friendly, the House this time channel anxious and frantic unexpectedly here!

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 10. Distant Sun 1993 single reached No 19 in UK, Top 5 in Canada and New Zealand.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 11. Into Temptation A single from the end of 1988 that enjoyed minimal success.

#JoinIn #HumpDay #MoonOrStars 1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad MOON Rising With the misheard lyric in the chorus: "There's a bathroom on the right!" CCR UK No 1, US No 2 1969

#JoinIn #HumpDay #MoonOrStars 2. R.E.M. - Man On The MOON A very well received song from REM's career, although its chart peaks belie how fondly it is remembered and revered. UK No 18, US No 30 1992

#JoinIn #HumpDay #MoonOrStars 3. Savage Garden - To The MOON And Back This song gave the duo their highest placed UK hit - No 3 in 1998

#JoinIn #HumpDay #MoonOrStars 4. STARS - Simply Red UK No 8 1991

#JoinIn #HumpDay #MoonOrStars ......adjacent. Doesn't have MOON or STARS in the title, but it's there in the lyric! Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face US/CAN/AUS No 1, UK No 14 1972

#JoinIn #HumpDay #MoonOrStars 5. King of Cool Phil Lynott fronting Thin Lizzy on Dancing In The MOONlight, a humble UK No 14 in 1977 and No 4 in Ireland.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 12. Not The Girl You Think You Are The last single released before the group split in 1996, following Paul Hester's departure in 1994. Neil said he wrote this as a Beatles homage. The group have only had one UK Top 10 - and it's not this song.

#Earworm Stuck in my head all over the weekend, and still on high rotation now, So Cold The Night by The Communards. UK No 8 1986

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Crowded House 15>1 13. Nails In My Feet From the 1993 album Together Alone, AUS No 2, NZ No 1, UK No 4 LP

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #CrowdedHouse 14. Chocolate Cake This 1991 single has brothers Neil and Tim Finn front and centre on vocals, blending into the familiar sound of the group during the two years or so Tim was in the band. The Woodface album was a No 2 in AUS, and No 1 in NZ. A UK No 6

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #CrowdedHouse 15. World Where You Live Crowded House, my choice for this Artist Fave Top 15 this February. 1986, their first single to be released outside Australia, already showing the polished sound that their later hits would contain, and we would greatly enjoy.

This week's splendid UK No 2 that didn't make the top of the chart The Moody Blues enjoyed sustained success with their album releases, singles not so much. This complex gem was held off the number one in 1970 by Back Home, and we will never forgive football for this injustice. UK No 2, US No 21

This week's #OneThatGotAway, a record that was not a UK hit but should have been.... If you thought Lovin Things was the first recording by Marmalade, here's a 1967 single that came before it. I See The Rain, sounding like how Jimi Hendrix would have covered Black Veils of Melancholy by Status Quo

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 1. Trouble No one can rock the four day beard growth like Chris Martin!

#ArtistFave15 #February Crowded House Fave 15 - starts Feb 1st

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 2. In My Place

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 3. Yellow

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#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 4. Viva La Vida

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 5. The Scientist

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 6. Clocks

This week's splendid UK No 2 that didn't make the top of the chart Cry me a river by Justin Timberlake, UK No 2 in 2002, US No 3. His solo career in the UK opened with 3 number 2s, Like I love you, this, and Rock Your Body. The video has Justin stalking a Britney look-a-like. She was not amused

This week's #OneThatGotAway, a record that was not a UK hit but should have been.... Black Water, the B side in the US to the Doobie Brothers' single Another Park, Another Sunday a US No 32 1974. Radio interest prompted the re-release of this song, and it became a US No 1 in 1975 as an A side.

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 7. Violet Hill

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 8. Fix You - Coldplay

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 9. Speed of Sound

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #Coldplay 10. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #ComingSoon Coldplay - 21.01.26-30.01.26 Starts tomorrow

20FaveVideos #MusicChallenge 20>1 1. In The End - Linkin Park Throwing everything including the kitchen sink into the recording of this track, and the CGI laden video too. Linkin Park's finest moment - from 2001. UK No 8, US No 2

#ArtistFave00s #MusicChallenge #ComingSoon Coldplay

#20FaveVideos #MusicChallenge 20>1 2. Radio Ga Ga - Queen The first Queen A side of a single credited just to Roger Taylor. This magnificent video blends footage from the 1927 silent film Metropolis with scenes of the group in that city. Totally unforgettable. 1984 UK No 2, US No 16

5 songs… Any genre, just join in 😉 #music Sheena is a punk rocker - Ramones Brother Louie - Hot Chocolate Rosalie - Thin Lizzy Eloise - Barry Ryan Alison - Elvis Costello

#20FaveVideos #MusicChallenge 20>1 3. Black or White - Michael Jackson This 1991 Jacko single video opens with Kevin McAllister as the son of Norm from Cheers. (Not John Goodman, as some thought.) MJ plus morphing dancers created by ground breaking tech burning their way through the $4m budget!

This week's splendid UK No 2 that didn't make the top of the chart 1988 was the year for this bright and breezy hit from Kylie. UK No 2 and a No 1 in her native Australia. Next year, she celebrates 40 years of success as a singer, still going strong in 2025 with the Christmas UK No 1 "Xmas"

This week's #OneThatGotAway, a record that was not a UK hit but should have been..... Look Away - Chicago This track went all the way to No 1 in the US in 1988, one of 21 singles that reached the Top 10 there. Not a hit in the UK, Chicago's success was sporadic at best, just 5 Top 10 hits here.

#20FaveVideos #MusicChallenge 20>1 4. Rio - Duran Duran Sri Lanka was the setting for the Hungry Like The Wolf and Save a Prayer videos, establishing the exotic colourful style that MTV lapped up. Rio has the iconic yacht video filmed around Antigua, the Caribbean island. UK No 9, US No 14

#20FaveVideos #MusicChallenge 20>1 5. All The Things She Said - Simple Minds Robin Clark was the name of the female vocalist who featured on this song and in the video. Simple Minds clever yet simple idea lingers in my memory forty years later. 1986 UK No 9, US No 28.

This list idea needs expanding imo. Yesterday, I had many more names than slots for the Ten. So...Today, 10 all time fave vocalists ....from the 1960s 👍☺️ not in order Steve Ellis Paul Jones Dusty Springfield Allan Clarke Eric Burdon Sam Cooke Levi Stubbs Roy Orbison Del Shannon Diana Ross