Top Of The Pops Facts@TOTPFacts
Unofficial fan account, tweeting commentary to the Top Of The Pops repeats on @BBCFour since June 2011. Tweets researched by @ianberriman. ko-fi.com/totpfacts Joined June 2011-
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Very interesting, though it’s making me wonder why I bother with the 7.00pm edition.
Top Of The Pops returns next week with a double-bill of the 16 and 23 November 1995 editions, featuring Happy Clappers, Sean Maguire, Enya, The Beautiful South, Tina Turner, M-People, Bon Jovi, Boyzone and Björk. See you then? #TOTP
It takes five to six hours to prep each week's #TOTP facts. If you'd like to bung me a tip, you can do so via this Ko-fi link: ko-fi.com/totpfacts (It’s set at £2 minimum because PayPal swipe the first 33p) Thanks! #youcanmutethishashtag
The first of 27 UK top 40 hits (including three number ones) for Wet Wet Wet, "Wishing I Was Lucky" peaked at six in May 1987. Marti Pellow also had two UK top 40 hits as a solo artist during 2001. #TOTP
Robson & Jerome’s pop career came about after their Soldier Soldier characters Dave Tucker and Paddy Garvey performed "Unchained Melody" in an episode aired in Nov 1994, in which the entertainment for a friend's wedding failed to appear. youtube.com/watch?v=iSJXc1… #TOTP
"I Believe" was also a hit in 1964 when a cover by The Bachelors peaked at two. youtube.com/watch?v=XNdiJB… #TOTP
"I Believe" was originally a number one for Frankie Laine – for 18 non-consecutive weeks – between April and September 1953 (becoming the best-selling UK single of 1953). youtube.com/watch?v=EJg3hO… #TOTP
After achieving their third number one in November 1996, Robson and Jerome released no further singles – a 100% hit rate. LadBaby equalled this feat in December 2020, surpassing it in December 2021 and December 2022 with their fourth and fifth number ones. #TOTP
The second of three UK top 40 hits – all number ones – for Soldier Soldier stars Robson Green & Jerome Flynn, "I Believe" (a double a-side with "Up On The Roof") stayed at the top for four weeks. #TOTP
Bowie: “I liked… the idea that the Bowie knife was sharpened on both sides so it cuts both ways – I felt there was something terribly ambiguous about the name.” #TOTP
David Jones took his stagename from the 19th century American pioneer James Bowie; whose brother created the fighting knife of the same name. #TOTP
Incidentally, Hanif Kureishi’s 1999 anthology Midnight All Day includes a short story called “Strangers When We Meet”. #TOTP
"Strangers When We Meet" was previously recorded for David Bowie’s 1993 LP The Buddha of Suburbia. Here’s that version: youtube.com/watch?v=n0_iLi… #TOTP
The 51st of 61 UK top 40 hits (including five number ones) credited to David Bowie, "Strangers When We Meet" (a double a-side with a “live” version of "The Man Who Sold The World") peaked at 39. He also had a top 40 hit as a member of Tin Machine in August 1991. #TOTP
“Wonderwall” was a hit again in December when a cover by Mike Flowers Pops peaked at two, behind Michael Jackson's "Earth Song". youtube.com/watch?v=NTfZsh… #TOTP
Wonderwall is a 1968 film about a scientist who becomes obsessed with watching his neighbours – a photographer and a model. George Harrison’s soundtrack was the first solo LP by a Beatle. youtube.com/watch?v=c7rafd… #TOTP
“It was called ‘Wishing Stone’ for ages until we were listening to Wonderwall Music by George Harrison and it was like, ‘Brilliant, I’ve got a Beatles connection!'” #TOTP
“You meet these kinds of divvy birds all over the place. I thought it was a great title and the song came out of that.“ #TOTP
The working title of “Wonderwall” was “Wishing Stone”. Noel Gallagher: “[After a gig in Glasgow] I met some girl and we went back to my hotel room and she had this stone in her pocket that she insisted I had.” #TOTP
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@TOTPFacts *1992 and 1995 - what is wrong with me this week? 😫
@TOTPFacts Why he's never endorsed a Ginster's paradise advert for pasties, I'll never know.
@TOTPFacts That is a top fact right there.
@TOTPFacts 16, just finished school, driving a tractor, radio one on all summer. Glory days!
TLC apparently part of the great link in the Gamma Quadrant (about as geeky and 2995 reference) #TOTP
@TOTPFacts Blimey - explains a lot! Top factoid Ian 👏👏👏 #TOTP
@TOTPFacts which was king ludwig's palace , and also one of the settings in chitty chitty bang bang
@TOTPFacts Merry Christmas to you sir and thank you for your good work!
@TOTPFacts Bunged u a tenner the other week. Thanks 4 all your research and effort! Love it! 👌👍🍻😊
@TOTPFacts Did not know! Also, “method” was local hood slang for weed (which he absolutely loves)
@TOTPFacts Ha. Was just working out the time difference. Not a month after. Well done on getting to a t-shirt printers on tour.
@TOTPFacts I think that’s Chris Sharrock of The Icicle Works and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds on drums.
"Played with Liam Gallagher's beady eye..."
"Played with Liam Gallagher's beady eye..." https://t.co/qnpDlSEcqu
PJ Harvey reminds me of the lad from the Yellow Pages French polishers ad #totp
@TOTPFacts I’m trying to get my head around a period when the carers of The Ramones and The Foo Fighters overlapped !
@TOTPFacts His parents named him after legendary footballer Denis Law. To comply with Dutch given name customs, an extra "n" was inserted in hus first name by his father, after it was not accepted by the registrar.