Stock/Aitken/Waterman Hit Singles 1984-85

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The first poll is basically consisting of mostly either Peter Waterman or Mike Stock/Matt Aitken productions as they didn't really become a threesome until late 1985.

Only including singles that were actually hits.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD)--Dead Or Alive	13
YOU THINK YOU'RE A MAN--Divine	3
IN TOO DEEP--Dead Or Alive	3
AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE--Princess	1
THE HEAVEN I NEED--The Three Degrees	1
WHATEVER I DO (WHEREVER I GO)--Hazell Dean	1
SAY I'M YOUR NUMBER ONE--Princess	1
IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S WORLD--Brilliant	0
THEY SAY IT'S GONNA RAIN--Hazell Dean	0
GETTING CLOSER--Haywoode	0
MY HEART GOES BANG (GET ME TO THE DOCTOR)--Dead Or Alive	0
LOVER COME BACK TO ME--Dead Or Alive	0
NO FOOL (FOR LOVE)--Hazell Dean	0
I'M SO BEAUTIFUL--Divine	0
BACK IN MY ARMS (ONCE AGAIN)--Hazell Dean	0

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 9 January 2009 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

Pretty sure "You Spin Me Round" will walk this, but personally I like "In Too Deep" and "My Heart Goes Bang" much more. Voted "In Too Deep".

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 9 January 2009 02:34 (seventeen years ago)

Love "Lover Come Back" but "You Spin Me Round" is too perfect to not vote for

― bunniculingus (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 9 January 2009 02:51 (seventeen years ago)

there's a couple of these i don't know, so until i've checked on youtube i'm going for "you think you're a man"

― rio (r1o natsume), Friday, 9 January 2009 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 15 January 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 16 January 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

I was right in my assumption, apparently....

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 16 January 2009 00:43 (seventeen years ago)

How does Brilliant sound these days?

― moley, Friday, 16 January 2009 01:46 (seventeen years ago)

a bit like Soho on that one.

― Mark G, Friday, 16 January 2009 08:03 (seventeen years ago)

The first poll is basically consisting of mostly either Peter Waterman or Mike Stock/Matt Aitken productions as they didn't really become a threesome until late 1985.

But but but... all three names are equally credited on the Divine, Dead Or Alive and Hazell Dean singles, at the very least. And I was certainly aware of them as a production trio by late 1984.

― mike t-diva, Friday, 16 January 2009 10:39 (seventeen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Waterman

Apparently, they were working for Waterman, but still separately. "Whatever I Do" was produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken.

A look at the Wikipedia article for the team btw. tells a fact I wasn't aware of - that the first ever S/A/W production was Cyprus' 1984 entry for Eurovision Song Contest :)

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 16 January 2009 13:51 (seventeen years ago)

It's not like SAW's history isn't somewhat contentious re: who produced what.

― "Two Ears" Laybelle (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 January 2009 13:52 (seventeen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Aitken_Waterman also gives a hit about the importance of Phil Harding on the sound usually associated with the three.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 16 January 2009 13:54 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlLKNxDbsi8

HOW THE FUCK DID THIS ONLY GET ONE VOTE?

― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 21:41 (thirteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

Princess's 'Say I'm Your Number One' is simply one of the most perfect singles ever produced...up there with the best of Jam & Lewis...so beautiful

― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 28 May 2025 15:58 (eleven months ago)

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