I Love No.1's - 1989

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

August saw 'Toxic' walkover the 2004 vote, with 33 ticks, whilst even Band Aid 20 got more ticks than Brian McFadden. Ha! Today we have a curious mix of soap stars, charity singles and... Jive Bunny. It's 1989!


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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

2 things really strike me here:

1) The sheer domindance of SAW this year - responsible for TEN #1s in total

2) The general rubness to downright awfulness of those 10 SAW #1s

they seemed to be really spent at this point and the good productions of Blackbox, Soul II Soul and even Lisa S sound vastly superior.

altho i was almost going to tick 'Hand On Your Heart'. i remember Holly Johnson dissing it in Smash Hits. thought he would be a bit more tolerant of Kylie...er, not because he was gay like, just er seeming like nice pop-loving guy generally...

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember a Record Mirror article from this year (or possibly 1990) celebrating SAW's 100th top 75 single, which was a pretty impressive feat. There can't be many producers to have come close to that kind of record seeing as they must only have started in about 85?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

their first number one was you spin me right round, oh god, hold on THERE IS A WEBSITE that lists them all which is ASTONISHINGLY complete

http://www.stockaitkenwaterman.com/discogs/saw-sing.htm

WARNING: DO NOT CLICK IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO THIS AFTERNOON

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

aha - so I was wrong, they hit the 100 hits mark in April 1990