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The Best UK Number One Of… 1992

We’re another month down so let’s get another year checked off, shall we? We’re still rapidly approaching my birth year, not long left now, and from then on, it’ll be weird to know that I’m older than the tracks I’ll be talking about (other than some re-releases, of course), but I suppose it was inevitable that it would end up happening at some point. Anyway, let’s get cracking. Continue reading…

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1991

Hello and welcome to the 1991 edition of “Which is the Best UK Number One?”. Fair warning, I’m sick, I’ve been sick all weekend, this is the healthiest I’ve felt for 3 days and frankly, all music can go jump off a cliff, but if I don’t get it done soon I’ll never get it written. So, without further ado, let’s do this stuff. Continue reading The Best UK Number One Of… 1991

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1990

We’ve made it to the 90’s. A lot of things happened in the 90’s. I was born, the Channel Tunnel opened, New Labour, and Princess Di… died. It was a decade of hope for some, misery for others, and marked the beginning of my descent into madness. But was the music any good? Something tells me I’m not going to enjoy this decade as much as I probably should, but we’ll have to see how it pans out by…

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Oh, hey, let's see who performed the Best UK Number One of the 1980's, shall we?

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And here we have it, the last full piece looking at the 1980's UK Number Ones. Which is the best of 1989? Let's find out, shall we?

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1988

It’s that time again, and I’ve just started wondering if that’s how I start all of these but also can’t really be bothered to check and then change it this time if it is. We’re looking at 1988 today, seeing which of its’ UK Number One tracks is the best (in my opinion, which I freely admit is not an entirely scientifically accurate way of doing things) all as part of the quest to discover the…

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1987

Today, we go over the #1987 #UKNumberOnes and find out exactly who's best. Spoiler alert - not #Madonna or the #PetShopBoys! #TGTRS

I’ve been putting this one off a bit while I work on some other stuff, but I’m getting to that point now where I need to actually work on it, so, well, here goes. Continue reading The Best UK Number One Of… 1987

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1986

So, just which song WAS the #BestUKNumberOne of #1986? Read, find out, and then let us know YOU think! #TGTRS

Well, it’s a new month so we’re looking at a new year’s worth of Number One tracks from here in the UK. We’re looking at 1986 today. Twenty tracks in total and, based on my rudimentary maths skills, we’re past the 1/3 mark in terms of actual songs to write about (there’s 1433 number one songs as at the moment of writing THIS sentence, and this piece covers 563 through 582. Well over 1/3 distance.…

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1985

So which track is the best #UKNumberOne of #1985?

We’re back again with another look at the UK Number Ones from a particular year and this time, we’re on 1985. Not a terrible year to end the… to end the year on. It feels weird writing that, it probably feels weird reading it, but it makes sense in context. That’s good enough for me. This’ll probably be written in more than one sitting, as I’ve a bit of a headache coming on while writing this…

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1984

Bit slapdash, this one.

It feels like forever ago since I last wrote one of these. I had planned on sorting it out while I had some time off work, but I ended up really not wanting to, so now I’ve got to find time to fit it in at night, or over the weekends. It won’t be a “go through it all in a morning” job like they are sometimes, that’s for sure, even if there are only fourteen songs on the list this month. Though,…

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George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

TG takes a look at the audiobook version of #1984, having watched the movie earlier this week, and looking at #UKNumberOnes of that very year, later this week. It almost seems planned, doesn't it? #TGTRS

I wrote this over a year ago. Why? Because I realised that this very week, I would be covering the Best UK Number Ones of 1984, so I figured “hey, why not do something else about that year?” While the book is somewhat less about the year that I’d like, I think it’s a reasonable thing to write about. I had plans to do the movie for this week too, but since then I’ve really trimmed back on the…

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1983

This one took 3 hours to write, and apparently it only takes 18 minutes to read. Heck, open the link, scroll to the bottom to read the conclusion and it'll take even less, though you will miss the... hilarious content? #UKNumberOnes #TGTRS

Well, hello there! Good morning, afternoon or evening to you, wherever you are. Today I take a look at the UK Number Ones from 1983. There’s a grand total of 17 of them this time, though I am absolutely certain that I’ve covered some of them already, so hey, let’s all enjoy that little shortcut that I’ll probably be taking! Shall we? Continue reading The Best UK Number One Of… 1983

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1982

This one was painful to get through. Please read it.

We’re steaming through the 1980’s, only feels like yesterday that the last of these was published… But I suppose that’ll happen when I’ve got a bit of unexpected free time and an urge to get ahead again so I can relax. I sure hope someone actually reads these, one day, I have spent an awful lot of time on the series! Continue reading The Best UK Number One Of… 1982

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1981

This month, we’re looking at the 19 UK Number Ones of 1981, and since I’m writing this during some booked time off work, let’s go ahead and crack on with it, shall we? Continue reading The Best UK Number One Of… 1981

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The Best UK Number One Of… 1980

Let's be honest, I could write anything here and you'd still not read this article, so why not prove me wrong and read it, like it, comment on it and share it with your friends?

It feels like forever ago since I last wrote one of these – I guess that’s the consequence of having done the decade round up almost immediately after doing the last year it covered? Either way, we’re continuing this series and I think we’re going to hit the halfway point this decade (1988, if we were only going up to 2024, but by the time we finish it’ll be, like, 2026 I think, so actually it’ll…

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The Best UK Number One Of… The 1970’s

Feel like forever since one of these shorter pieces - but who wins the (probably) coveted spot of "Best Uk Number One of the 1970's

It’s that time again, feels like forever since the last decade-round-up piece, so let’s not waste time and let’s just do it! Continue reading The Best UK Number One Of… The 1970’s

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Gamedec (2021)

This is one of those games that I loved the look of the first time I saw it and knew I had to play it. In retrospect, I could take it or leave it. Perhaps, saying that here means that you don’t need to read the rest of this, and you’re right, you probably don’t, but hey, do it anyway, yeah? Please? Continue reading Gamedec (2021)