A podcast where we talk about pop music. Specifically by deep-diving a randomly selected UK Top 10 singles chart from the past.
Hosted by comedians James Cook and Andy Robinson it is packed with facts, analysis, anecdotes and unasked-for-opinions as we unflinchingly confront the songs you love and hate, and those you've completely forgotten.
Bop bop shoo-wop.
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A podcast where we talk about pop music. Specifically by deep-diving a randomly selected UK Top 10 singles chart from the past.
Hosted by comedians James Cook and Andy Robinson it is packed with facts, analysis, anecdotes and unasked-for-opinions as we unflinchingly confront the songs you love and hate, and those you've completely forgotten.
Bop bop shoo-wop.
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Finders Keepers, Reggaeton Lento, Lonely Together, Dusk Till Dawn, Perfect
As they dig into the truths and tales around the lower half of this relatively recent UK Top 10, Andy and James are drawn into discussing (in a mainly minor key) messages of love arriving by pizza delivery, police interrogations and is nine really a crowd these days?
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Give Me A Little More Time, Return Of The Mack, Children, X-Files Theme, Firestarter
Enthusiastically exploring the upper echelon of this UK Top 10 specially selected by one of our Patreon backers, Andy and James sort the truth from the conspiracy theories whilst also discussing ripostes to detractors, taking inspiration from wars and hanging around a 24-hour garage.
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Something Changed, How Deep Is You Love, X-Files, You've Got It Bad, Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit
As they discover the fascinating facts and fallacies behind this UK Top 10 singles chart specially selected by one of our beloved Patreon backers, James and Andy get drawn in to fickle fate, crass cash-ins, Debbie downers and... elusive ellipses.
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Reach For The Stars, Well I Ask You, Romeo, Johnny Remember Me, You Don't Know
It's the pinnacle of this particular week's UK Top 10, so apart from the relevancies and bit of rhetoric behind these great singles, James and Andy find themselves ruminating on the influence of Renaissance poets, the influence of the Bible on the charts and, let's face facts, the influence of the Muppets again probably.
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You Always Hurt The One You Love, Time, Hello Mary Lou, Temptation, Halfway To Paradise
As they explore the stories, statistics and stupidities of the lower half of this early 60's UK Top 10, Andy and James also get drawn into the subjects of the presence of amphibians in the pop universe, the nature of temptation and where you can get hold of a copy of the great American songbook.
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Come Live With Me, Double Dutch, Who's That Girl? IOU, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
It's still raining! But that won't stop us getting into the upper echelons of this 80s UK Top 10 singles chart. James and Andy uncover the actual truth and what is merely the tittle AND the tattle about these classic songs, as well as finding time to talk of acceptable age differences in relationships, the apparent importance of vowel sounds in pop and the inspiration that can come from a skipping rope. The weather might be awful but there's a kind of vibe to it yeah?
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Cruel Summer, Baby Jane, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Moonlight Shadow, The Crown
As they delve into what is genuine and what is rumoured of the bottom half of this top ten, Andy and James cannot help but contemplate combining a day at work with your first drug experience, cultural artefacts of the 80s leading to illegal bootlegging and whether you can become a victim of song-inflicted Stockholm syndrome. Spoiler alert... they do all that in the rain!
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Angie, The Monster Mash, Rock On, Ballroom Blitz, Angel Fingers
It's the top half of this chart from just over half a century ago, so Andy and James talk about the everlasting influence of the 50s, tales of tragedy in a televised household and footballers inventing musical instruments.
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For The Good Times, Spanish Eyes, Dancing On A Saturday Night, Young Love, Oh No Not My Baby
As they explore the stories behind numbers 10 to 6 of this chart, James and Andy discuss which voices go right through you, the location of Judith Dando from Blackwell and whether it's a good idea to have one last go on your ex.
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Beautiful Liar, (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles, Girlfriend, Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, Give It To Me
We reach the pinnacle of this week's top ten and as well as discovering the stories behind the songs, Andy and James in front of a live audience show no shame in discussing belly dancing lessons, problematic funeral songs and conspiracy theories about which way is up.
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Ruby, Destination Calabria, Glamorous, How To Save A Life, The Sweet Escape
Live with James and Andy, discussing the facts and fictions of numbers 10 through 6, finding inspiration from the canine world, learning how to spell by a pop song's instructions and acting like sour milk all on the floor whilst apportioning blame for who may or may not have shut the fridge door....
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You Got The Love, Crazy For You, Do The Bartman, The Stonk, Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
As they consider the stories and suppositions about the height of this early 90's top ten James and Andy also find reasons to hypothesise on why old records get back in the charts, charity, the cor anglais, and which advertising campaigns from this era the new fangled pop star could exploit.
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Devotion, It's Too Late, Joyride, Move Your Body, The Postman Song
It's the middle of March in the early 90s. As well as delving into the delights and skirting around the disappointments of the first half of this week's UK Top Ten singles chart Andy and James also discuss the noise of a crowd, notes left in Swedish, the nonsense of nostalgia and, because it's the early 90s, ice cream and the Chippendales.
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Jumpin' Jack Flash, Yesterday Has Gone, I Pretend, The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, Baby Come Back
Andy and James discuss 80s movies, living in the now, unlikely comedy heroes and underplayed bangers as they explore the top half of the UK Top 10 singles chart of 13th July 1968.
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Blue Eyes, Yummy Yummy Yummy, My Name Is Jack, Loving Things, Hurdy Gurdy Man
Andy and James discuss one-man bands, bands that don't really exist, Californian drug-dens and obscure musical instruments as they explore the UK Top 10 singles chart from 13th July 1968.
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As they reveal the legends and libel behind the pinnacle of this week's top 10, James and Andy find themselves inspired to ruminate on the benefits of recycling, how old is too old to hang around in nightclubs and the joy of destroying children's sandcastles.
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In the process of exploring the truths and rumours behind numbers 10 to 6 of this UK singles chart Andy and James can't help but also be drawn into discussing the musical opportunities provided by game shows, how some people celebrate a 30th birthday and the unexpected danger of infuriating a gang of ducks.
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Whilst exploring the matter of the myths and mistaken beliefs about the top half of this summer chart, Andy and James reveal how to get a number one single, whether a charity record can be detrimental to itself, and what on earth we can do about boys, boys, boys.
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As they discuss the truths and testimonies around the lower half of this late 80's chart James and Andy cannot help but find themselves also discussing the benefits and pitfalls of pronoun swaps, the nature of what Sunday means changing over the years and the cop out of saying that really you were talking about your own shortcomings when slagging off someone else.
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James and Andy explore the legend and the libel behind the toppermost of the poppermost of this 70s UK chart addressing the dark underbelly of success, difficulties in making sleeping arrangements, the Mexican Civil war and what constitutes a surprise ending.
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