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everybody's number one to someone

All the singles to top the NME Indie Charts since its launch in 1981.

  • By Dave Bryant
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly one post per week
  • First post on

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25. Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence (Mute)
Two weeks at number one from 18th September 1982“We’ve been running round in circles all year/ doing this and that and getting nowhere...”Both 1982 and 1983 saw music critics thunderously dismiss two major synthpop bands …
On , by 23 Daves, 2,433 words
24. Yazoo - Don't Go (Mute)
Eight weeks at number one from 24th July 1982When we bumped into Yazoo’s last single “Only You”, there was a sense the new duo were just settling into their working relationship. For whatever its strengths …
On , by 23 Daves, 3,459 words
23. Anti-Nowhere League - Woman (WXYZ)
Two weeks at number one from 10th July 1982In January 1981, during the long period of mourning that followed John Lennon’s assassination, Geffen scored another number one single from his “Double Fantasy” album. Beginning with …
On , by 23 Daves, 1,801 words