Best UK Indie Chart number-one single of 1980

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UK Indie chart number ones according to the OCC. Vote for your favourite RECORD.

(First in a series, sorry if we've done this before)

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Atmosphere - Joy Division	12
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division	10
Paranoid - Black Sabbath	5
Where's Captain Kirk? - Spizzenergi	3
Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys	3
Requiem - Killing Joke	3
Bloody Revolutions - Crass	3
Can't Cheat Karma - Zounds	2
Food for Thought / King - UB40	2
The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream a Lie - UB40	2
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers - Motörhead	0
Cartrouble - Adam and the Ants	0

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 09:08 (fourteen years ago)

Everyone will vote for Joy Division, so I went for "The Earth Dies Screaming" instead. :)

― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 29 September 2011 09:23 (fourteen years ago)

Spotify playlist here (but Crass and Motorhead are missing):

http://open.spotify.com/user/lumpygravy/playlist/42hDhRGhWcInVNtgjBZjqD

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 09:27 (fourteen years ago)

(lord knows if that links will work)

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 09:28 (fourteen years ago)

Not even one US hit on this list. Cool!

― Lee452 (Lee626), Thursday, 29 September 2011 09:32 (fourteen years ago)

Predictably enough Atmosphere but always nice to be reminded that UB40 were brilliant for a year or two.

― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:02 (fourteen years ago)

OH IT'S SO TRUE !!!

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:03 (fourteen years ago)

Their songs here are definitely as gloomy as anything else on the list.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:07 (fourteen years ago)

True. "The Earth Dies Screaming", thanks for that guys. Requiem vs. Atmosphere for me.

― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:12 (fourteen years ago)

I love the shift in tone in the titles of the last four songs. Kill the Poor! The Earth Dies Screaming! Then switch to beer and cars.

― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:39 (fourteen years ago)

Paranoid.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:40 (fourteen years ago)

Although what was Paranoid doing there in 1980?

― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:42 (fourteen years ago)

KILLING JOKE!

― ethanol crops (not to mention arugula) for the green aristocracy (crüt), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:43 (fourteen years ago)

Although what was Paranoid doing there in 1980?

Got re-released, dunno why. Was this song popular with punk types (like perhaps Motorhead were?) or was it strictly NWOBHM types buying it?

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:51 (fourteen years ago)

Song's pretty punky

― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:53 (fourteen years ago)

... so much so that Slaughter + the Dogs rewrote it as "Cranked Up Really High"

― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:55 (fourteen years ago)

Food For Thought! Love that song.

― Yo wait a minute man, you better think about the world (dog latin), Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:56 (fourteen years ago)

This DK's song is garbage. Have always thought of Jello Biafra as a pretty good bloke, but jeez his music can be hard to listen to.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:00 (fourteen years ago)

Was their next single a case of "We're off this label after this one" ?

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:01 (fourteen years ago)

"Can't Cheat Karma" is the only sensible choice here people.

― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:10 (fourteen years ago)

^ only heard that for the first time today and it's great!

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:12 (fourteen years ago)

Never heard of it. I know anarcho-punk was big at the time but I'm surprised Zounds ever had a No. 1 single in any chart. Not that I've ever heard them!

― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:19 (fourteen years ago)

It's good. Was expecting it to be a bit like UK Decay or someone, but it's more of a forerunner to Ron Johnson-style indie, kind of like the Ex.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:32 (fourteen years ago)

12" version of Earth Dies Screaming is A+, nice and dubby.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:35 (fourteen years ago)

I bought four of these at the time: Where's Captain Kirk, Bloody Revolutions, Atmosphere and Cartrouble. Still love 'em all dearly, but today I feel compelled to vote for Bloody Revolutions, which is probably my favourite Crass track ever.

― mike t-diva, Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:38 (fourteen years ago)

This DK's song is garbage. Have always thought of Jello Biafra as a pretty good bloke, but jeez his music can be hard to listen to.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:00 (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

JB's music >>> JB, frankly

I voted for it cos it's one of the best songs on a great album fuiud

― the wrong terry to fuckwit (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 29 September 2011 11:56 (fourteen years ago)

Man, your ears are made of much stronger stuff than mine.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:02 (fourteen years ago)

Like wood or something.

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:02 (fourteen years ago)

I'm almost with Geir here but imo "Food for Thought" plus "King" is unfuckingdeniable and tho it pains me not to vote Crass or Spizz it's not a contest for me.

Now gonna listen to Signing Off for a couple of hours and anticipate Bastard Joy Division© walking this on the imaginationless gothlurk vote.

― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:07 (fourteen years ago)

wtf Kill The Poor is great, is it his vocal "style" that puts you off or something?

Voted Zounds tho.

― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:13 (fourteen years ago)

Enjoying the YouTube comments underneath "Bloody Revolution", which are all GO BACK AND READ YOUR KROPOTKIN etc etc etc... the debate rages on!

― mike t-diva, Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:18 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 3 October 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae91Nr-fUpI

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Monday, 3 October 2011 23:14 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lEko6kMfng

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Monday, 3 October 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGgLwD8wdc

― master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Monday, 3 October 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)

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

― System, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

http://stylealchemy.com/ruminations/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/simoncowell.gif

― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 06:15 (fourteen years ago)

Don't look at me, I voted Spizz!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 06:42 (fourteen years ago)

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