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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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22. New Order - Temptation (Factory)
Six weeks at number one from 29th May 1982Nearly twenty years ago now, I subscribed to Last.fm, an application which measures the music you stream or listen to on devices, and produces facts and stats …
On , by 23 Daves, 2,166 words
21. Yazoo - Only You (Mute)
One week at number one on 22nd May 1982In the eyes of the music critics, Vince Clarke was always going to be the winner for leaving Depeche Mode. It probably wasn’t intended as a cynical …
On , by 23 Daves, 1,337 words
20. Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag (Y Records)
Number one for five weeks from 17 April 1982 Any keen student of the indie chart in the eighties will know that there were records which seemed to hang around forever, yo-yoing around the bottom …
On , by 23 Daves, 2,213 words