There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is the first Smiths song to reach the 500 million plays milestone on Spotify, yesterday, making it one of the biggest streaming 80s songs on the platform. Making the mistake to never release it as a single at the time all the more painful.
Top 5 Smiths songs...
Suedehead, Morrissey's first single released 35 years ago this month, has today become the first Morrissey-song to reach the milestone of 100 million plays on Spotify.
The top-5 Morrissey-songs on Spotify now are:
1. Suedehead, 100 million
2. Everyday Is Like Sunday, 71,7 million
3. First of...
At number 36!
From Music Week:
Under the guise of Slow Moving Millie, singer/actress Amelia Warner's cover of The Smiths' Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want is the fourth cover commissioned by high street chain John Lewis to make the Top 40 in two years. Ellie Goulding reached...
At number 36!
From Music Week:
Under the guise of Slow Moving Millie, singer/actress Amelia Warner's cover of The Smiths' Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want is the fourth cover commissioned by high street chain John Lewis to make the Top 40 in two years. Ellie Goulding reached...
The traditional Morrissey/Smiths afterparty will be held at the renowned De Effenaar this year, a couple of minutes away from Muziekgebouw:
http://www.effenaar.nl/agenda/6982
Doors open: 11 pm!
...em By Surprise)
43 28 2 Arctic Monkeys Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
44 33 13 Noah & The Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
45 34 14 Pink F**Kin' Perfect
46 41 27 Katy Perry Firework
47 N 1 Sammy King Penny Arcade
48 35 22 Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
49 39 15 Taio Cruz feat...
...em By Surprise)
43 28 2 Arctic Monkeys Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
44 33 13 Noah & The Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
45 34 14 Pink F**Kin' Perfect
46 41 27 Katy Perry Firework
47 N 1 Sammy King Penny Arcade
48 35 22 Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
49 39 15 Taio Cruz feat...
Singles-wise this has been Morrissey's most succesfull decade, with 5 singles making the UK top 10.
So what are everyone's favourite Morrissey-singles of the decade?
You all have 3 choices.
NME have just published their top 100 albums an singles of the decade. No Moz album made it, but Irish Blood, English Heart made the singles-list at 98.
Morrissey’s truly great ‘comeback’ song, a stirring little nationalistic drama which comes across as impassioned rather than bombastic. It...
Despite fresh b-sides and lack of airplay, Skull is top 30 in the Tuesday midweeks, which means it is likely to debut in the top 40 by Sunday.
Southpaw Grammar is the best-selling of the reissues and is set for a top 40 re-entry by Sunday.
Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
All You Need Is Me
Black Cloud
This Charming Man
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Best Friend Of The Payroll
That's How People Grow Up
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
When...
Not good news I suppose.
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris enters the UK top 40 at number 21.
That's his worst performing lead-off single since Dagenham Dave in 1995...
Or in fact it's fourth...
Apart from the 3 singles already released off it, I don't hear anything truly radio-friendly on there. I suppose they will release another single in April, but I can't see it getting a lot of radio-airplay.
Quite a good list actually, except that they left out a certain somebody...
The list is up to M now, N to Z will be published in the coming days:
http://music.guardian.co.uk/1000albums/0,,2211598,00.html
Moz-gigs just keep getting longer and more varied: 44 different songs in 30 gigs!
1) Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? 30
2) How Soon Is Now 30
3) Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before 29
4) Stretch Out and Wait 29
5) First of the Gang To Die 29
6) I’m Throwing My Arms...
Well, some of us must be old enough to remember the days when Kristeen didn't open for Moz. So what is your favourite opening act of yore?
Or is it Kristeen?
I've only listed the acts that supported Moz on at least 10 dates.
Here we go, quite a few nice songs there:
1 Foggy Dew – Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains
2 Fairytale Of New York – Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues
3 Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie
4 Where The Wild Roses Grow – Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue
5 Walk This Way – Run DMC & Aerosmith
6...
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