I've experienced this three times: 1. Stay - Shakespear's Sister 2. Beetlebum - Blur 3. Mercy - Duffy (last night, in fact).
And you?
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 8 March 2008 16:48 (eighteen years ago)
"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour, although I have no recollection if it actually was a "number one," but it was certainly inescapable at the time.
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 8 March 2008 17:35 (eighteen years ago)
Not sure if it was No 1 at the time or if it was shortly to get there, but I saw the Black Eyed Peas do Where Is the Love on TOTP. First time I'd heard it, too.
― ledge, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:08 (eighteen years ago)
Bob The Builder: Can We Fix It? Mr. Blobby: Mr. Blobby The Firm: Star Trekkin' The Archies: Sugar Sugar
;)
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:13 (eighteen years ago)
I tend to avoid concerts in huge venues where the ticket price is over $50, so the answer is zero.
― jaymc, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:19 (eighteen years ago)
wow what a briliant question. hmm. man there must be one... i don't think i've seen any!
― pisces, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:20 (eighteen years ago)
3. Mercy - Duffy (last night, in fact).
I have no idea who or what Duffy is. This is how much attention I pay to the charts now.
― Bodrick III, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:48 (eighteen years ago)
"What's It Gonna Be" is great, though.
― Bodrick III, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:50 (eighteen years ago)
Do the indie charts count? (Do they still exist?)
― Matt #2, Saturday, 8 March 2008 19:43 (eighteen years ago)
The Jam, twice.
"Town Called Malice" (and "Precious") - Hammersmith Odeon, 27 Feb '82. "Beat Surrender" - Brighton Conference Centre, 11 Dec '82.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 10 March 2008 10:14 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, I was at Wembley for "Beat Surrender", thinkin' 'bout it.
― Mark G, Monday, 10 March 2008 10:20 (eighteen years ago)
I'm pretty sure I saw Cornershop in Liverpool the same week Brimful of Asha was number 1, but can't find any evidence online to back it up.
(it was number 1 on the 28th of Feb according to theofficialcharts.com, and they played in Manchester on the 20th, so it's more likely that I didn't, after all.) useful post.
― Bocken Social Scene, Monday, 10 March 2008 10:32 (eighteen years ago)
Smells Like Teen Spirit, November 1991
― StanM, Monday, 10 March 2008 10:45 (eighteen years ago)
Wasn't a number one.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 10 March 2008 11:01 (eighteen years ago)
So many I keep thinking OH what about, but then I think:
1) No it had *just* been or was going to be, or
2) No, I was watching the TV actually.
― Mark G, Monday, 10 March 2008 11:04 (eighteen years ago)
It was over here (xpost)
― StanM, Monday, 10 March 2008 11:10 (eighteen years ago)
oh wait - maybe it wasn't (this archive I just found says it was LA Style - James Brown Is Dead) :-/
― StanM, Monday, 10 March 2008 11:12 (eighteen years ago)
I thought I had a fourth in "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" - but alas, I was couple of weeks too early.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 10 March 2008 11:21 (eighteen years ago)