Who wrote the song that Candy Flip covered which was a #3 hit in the UK Singles Chart?
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Candy Flip Candy Flip were a British electronic dance band associated with the Madchester music scene in the early 1990s. They are best remembered for their cover version of The Beatles hit "Strawberry Fields Forever", which was a #3 hit in the UK Singles Chart.
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Strawberry Fields Forever "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. The song was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children's home near where he grew up in Liverpool.
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Melody Fair "Melody Fair" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb in 1968 and released in 1969 on their album "Odessa". It was not released as a single, but this song was played on many radio stations, and was a hit in Japan. Andy Gibb's 1974 group, named Melody Fayre was named after this song. It also featured as the theme to "Melody", a British film featuring a number of Bee Gees songs in its soundtrack.
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Ringo Beat Ringo Beat is a 1965 novelty single written and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. It was inspired by the popularity of Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles. Fitzgerald had described the rock drumming style of her 16-year-old son, Ray Brown, Jr. as the "Ringo beat...cause that's where it all started". The guitarist Barney Kessel also appears on the song.
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Something in the Air "Something in the Air" is a song recorded by Thunderclap Newman, written by Speedy Keen who also sang the song. It was a number 1 single for three weeks in the UK Singles Chart in July 1969. The song has been used for films, television and adverts, and has been covered by several artists. The track was also included on Thunderclap Newman's only album release "Hollywood Dream" over a year later.
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Fool No. 1 "Fool #1" is a song written by Kathryn R. Fulton and performed by Brenda Lee. The song reached No.3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and No.38 in the UK (where it was entitled "Fool No.1", because the # symbol was not synonymous with the word 'number' for British audiences) in 1961. The song also reached No.23 in Australia. The song was featured on Lee's 1962 album, "Brenda, That's All".
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School Love "School Love" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue, which was recorded by Blue and released as his third single on Bell Records in 1974. It reached No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 3 on the Danish charts, No. 9 on the Rhodesian charts and No. 31 in the Australian Kent Music Report charts. A cover version of the song was released by vocal group The Hiltonaires on their album "Made In England 9". It was also released as a single by Italian group Moto Perpetuo, and as an album track by another Italian group, La Quinta Faccia, on their self-tilted album.
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List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones In the United Kingdom, Christmas number ones are singles that are top of the UK Singles Chart in the week in which Christmas Day falls. Novelty songs, charity songs or songs with a Christmas theme have regularly been at the top of Christmas charts. Traditionally the volume of record sales in the UK peaks at Christmas, with the Christmas number one being considered especially prestigious, more so than any other time of year. Many of the Christmas number ones were also the best-selling song of the year. Due to the common practice of dating a chart by the date on which the week ends, the Christmas chart is dated the end of the week containing 25 December, but comprises sales for the week before that. The most recent Christmas number one single is "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie.
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Pickettywitch Pickettywitch was a British pop group. Fronted by singer Polly Brown (also billed as Polly Browne), the group became best known for its hit single, "That Same Old Feeling", which was written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod. It reached number five in the UK Singles Chart in 1970.
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Ear Candy (Helen Reddy album) Ear Candy is the title of the tenth album release by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy: released May 1977 by Capitol Records, the album included a modern take on the doo-wop genre ("Long Distance Love"), a Cajun number that gave the Melbourne native her first and only appearance on "Billboard" magazine's Country chart ("Laissez les Bontemps Rouler"), and a dark self-parody on which Reddy proclaims: "I don't take no shit from nobody" ("Baby, I'm a Star" - not to be confused with the Prince song of the same name). Unprecedented for a Helen Reddy album, half of the songs recorded for "Ear Candy" were co-written by Reddy herself, including the second single: "The Happy Girls", Reddy's first self-penned A-side single since "I am Woman": however it was the first single: a remake of the 1964 Cilla Black hit "You're My World", which would afford Reddy a final Top 40 hit.
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Hollaback Girl "Hollaback Girl" is a song recorded by American singer Gwen Stefani for her debut solo studio album, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." (2004). As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance record", "Hollaback Girl" is a hip hop song that draws influence from 1980s hip hop and dance music. The song was written by Stefani, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, supposedly as a response to Courtney Love's statement that Stefani was a "cheerleader" in an interview with "Seventeen" magazine. The song was released as the album's third single on March 15, 2005, and was one of the year's most popular songs, peaking inside the top 10 on the majority of the charts it entered. It reached number one in Australia and the United States, where it became the first digital download to sell one million copies.
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Spirit in the Sky "Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970 and reached number three on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart (April 18, 1970), where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. "Billboard" ranked the record the No. 22 song of 1970. It also climbed to number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. "Rolling Stone" ranked "Spirit in the Sky" No. 333 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was featured on the 1969 album of the same name. Cover versions by Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates have also made the number 1 spot in the UK.
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Me and My Imagination "Me and My Imagination" is a song by British recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her third studio album, "Trip the Light Fantastic" (2007). It was written by Ellis-Bextor, Hannah Robinson and co-written and produced by Matt Prime. It is a dance-pop, disco song and its lyrics advise an overeager suitor to play harder to get. Some critics noted that it recalls the songs from her first studio album, "Read My Lips" (2001).
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Barry Biggs Barry Biggs (born 1947, although some accounts list 1953; St. Andrew, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer, best known in the UK for his cover of the Blue Magic song, "Sideshow", which got to number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.
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Sweet Life (Paul Davis song) "Sweet Life" is a song written, composed, and recorded by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. It was the third single he released from his 1977 album "Singer of Songs: Teller of Tales", and his fourth-highest peaking pop hit, peaking at #17 on the "Billboard" chart in late 1978. On the "Cash Box" chart, the song spent three weeks at #15. The song also reached #15 in Canada.
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It's a Sin "It's a Sin" is a song recorded by English synthpop duo the Pet Shop Boys which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in 1987, and was their third top ten in the US when it reached number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
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Popcorn Love "Popcorn Love" is a single by New Edition, released on August 14, 1983. It was released as the third and final single from their debut album, "Candy Girl" on the Streetwise label. The single read #25 on the R&B chart.
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Sex and Candy "Sex and Candy" is a song released by American alternative rock group Marcy Playground. It was released in November 1997 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. The band's breakthrough single, it is the best-known song by the group.
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The Flip Is Another Honey "The Flip Is Another Honey" is a studio album by Mike Doughty composed of covers of songs by John Denver, Cheap Trick, Stephen Sondheim, Thin Lizzy, Camille, and others intermingled with his own original music.
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Once You've Tasted Love "Once You've Tasted Love" pop–dance song by boy band Take That. It was written by Gary Barlow and released in 1992, becoming the third release from Take That's debut album, "Take That & Party".
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I Got You Babe "I Got You Babe" is a song written by Sonny Bono. It was the first single taken from the debut studio album "Look at Us", of the American pop music duo Sonny & Cher. In August 1965, their single spent three weeks at number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States where it sold more than 1 million copies and was certified Gold. It also reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 1985, a cover version of "I Got You Babe" by British reggae/pop band UB40 featuring American singer Chrissie Hynde, peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart and reached number 28 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. A 1993 version by Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head bubbled under the Hot 100 chart.
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Sugar Me (Lynsey de Paul song) "Sugar Me" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Green. The first version of this song to be released was recorded by de Paul as her first single on MAM Records in 1972. It was produced by Gordon Mills and the B-side was de Paul's version of "Storm in a Teacup", a song she co-wrote and had been a hit for The Fortunes earlier that year. The single was a hit in many countries, notably reaching the top of the singles charts in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain as well as the top 20 in the UK, Australia, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Japan. It also reached the no. 1 position on the Bangkok HSA charts in October 1972, and was play listed on some (WERS-FM, KCRW, KFAI, WPKN etc) US radio stations. It also received favourable reviews in the US. "Sugar Me" was ranked the 14th best selling single of 1972 in the Netherlands. The version on de Paul's debut album, "Surprise", was a slightly extended version and was produced by de Paul.