Best a cappella UK top 40 hit

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In a manner of speaking. I think Spider Pig has like two brief string bits at the end but let's ignore those.

Poll Results

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The Housemartins - Caravan of Love (No. 1, 1986) 8
Björk - Triumph of a Heart (No. 33, 2005) 5
The Flying Pickets - Only You (No. 1, 1983) 4
Björk - Who Is It (No. 26, 2004) 3
The Longest Johns - Wellerman (No. 37, 2021) 1
Steeleye Span - Gaudete (No. 14, 1973) 1
Hans Zimmer - Spider Pig (No. 24, 2007) 0
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star & The Wiseman) (No. 33, 1997) 0
Boyz II Men - In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember) (No. 27, 1993) 0
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (No. 2, 1988) 0
The Flying Pickets - When You're Young and in Love (No. 7, 1984) 0
Prelude - After the Gold Rush (No. 21, 1974) 0
Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (No. 5, 1970) 0
The Master Singers - The Highway Code (No. 25, 1966) 0


you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 2 October 2024 12:17 (one month ago) link

triumph of a heart

+subtle (gaudio), Wednesday, 2 October 2024 12:22 (one month ago) link

"Gaudete" appears to have percussion on it though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCBV-VrfxV4

pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2024 12:25 (one month ago) link

Well that was quite something

you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 2 October 2024 12:43 (one month ago) link

Big fan of Caravan of Love and Young And In Love. The b side of the latter 'Monica Engineer' is haunting and worth everyone's time

Sade of the Del Amitri (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 October 2024 13:27 (one month ago) link

Yeah, what even was that Partridge re-dub?! Original audio in this compilation here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm-m4uyGFow

Michael Jones, Wednesday, 2 October 2024 13:29 (one month ago) link

That's more like it.

pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 October 2024 14:34 (one month ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 00:01 (three weeks ago) link

As I mentioned upthread, 'Monica Engineer' was the B-side to 'Young And In Love', and my dad used to play it more than the A-side. It's really good

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

Sade of the Del Amitri (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 10:28 (three weeks ago) link

That's great. Not heard it before.

you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 19:46 (three weeks ago) link

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

System, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 00:01 (three weeks ago) link

two weeks pass...

shai's "if i ever fall in love" reached #36. i guess you could argue it doesn't qualify since the remix version was, i guess, pretty prominent. (i don't *really* know since the song is a bit before my time -- in america, i've heard stations that play it as a throwback generally, but not always, going for the remix version.)

dyl, Friday, 1 November 2024 03:53 (five days ago) link

Yeah that's my reason for not including it, the remix version is track 1 on the single.

you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 1 November 2024 03:55 (five days ago) link


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