Britain`s Top 100 bestselling singles

[Magill]

Who is this Boney M when he/she is at home?

Sorry, never heard of them..

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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[bitagirl]

Me either....I'm like Bony Moronie thats the only thing I know, and thats a song!
But AQUA! MY GAWDDDDDDDDDDDD! Thats traumatizing!

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"Be kind, be real, or get out of my face." - Pete Townshend

[taxgirl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Who is this Boney M when he/she is at home?

Sorry, never heard of them..

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Good for you that you never heard of them!!

It is/was a group from Germany and they had a few big hits in Europe (specially Germany, Holland and the UK). One of the girls doing the backing vocals was Liz Mitchell, she was the only one who could sing.

A couple of girls and one guy who could not sing, just dance...


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Little things that will change you forever
May appear from way out of the blue

[Wolf]

As broadcast on Channel 4 and based on official sales:

1 Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John [1] 4,864,611
2 Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid [1] 3,550,000
3 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen [1] 2,130,000
4 Mull Of Kintyre - Wings [1] 2,050,000
5 Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring - Boney M [1] 1,995,000
6 You're The One That I Want - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John [1] 1,975,000
7 Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood [1] 1,910,000
8 She Loves You - Beatles [1] 1,890,000
9 Unchained Melody / (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover - Robson Green and Jerome Flynn [1] 1,843,201
10 Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord - Boney M [1] 1,790,000
11 Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet [1] 1,783,827
12 Anything Is Possible / Evergreen - Will Young [1] 1,779,938
13 I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder [1] 1,775,000
14 I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles [1] 1,750,000
15 Barbie Girl - Aqua [1] 1,722,418
16 Believe - Cher [1] 1,672,108
17 Perfect Day - Various Artists [1] 1,548,538
18 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams [1] 1,527,824
19 Tears - Ken Dodd [1] 1,521,000
20 Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles [1] 1,520,000
21 Summer Nights - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John [1] 1,515,000
22 Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood [1] 1,510,000
23 Imagine - John Lennon [1] 1,486,581
24 Baby One More Time - Britney Spears [1] 1,450,154
25 Don't You Want Me - Human League [1] 1,430,000
26 Last Christmas - Wham! [2] 1,420,000
27 I Feel Fine - Beatles [1] 1,410,000
28 I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans [1] 1,409,688
29 Karma Chameleon - Culture Club [1] 1,405,000
30 The Carnival is Over - Seekers [1] 1,400,000
31 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and his Comets [1] 1,392,000
32 Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out - Beatles [1] 1,385,000
33 Y.M.C.A. - Village People [1] 1,380,000
34 Careless Whisper - George Michael [1] 1,365,995
35 Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck [1] 1,365,000
36 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston [1] 1,355,055
37 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush [1] 1,321,530
38 Unchained Melody - Gareth Gates [1] 1,318,714
39 My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion [1] 1,312,551
40 Wannabe - Spice Girls [1] 1,269,841
41 Killing Me Softly - Fugees [1] 1,268,157
42 Never Ever - All Saints [1] 1,254,604
43 Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio featuring LV [1] 1,246,306
44 Diana - Paul Anka [1] 1,240,000
45 Think Twice - Celine Dion [1] 1,234,982
46 It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley [1] 1,210,000
47 Green Green Grass Of Home - Tom Jones [1] 1,205,000
48 Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners with the Emerald Express [1] 1,201,000
49 It Wasn't Me - Shaggy featuring RikRok [1] 1,180,708
50 Heart Of Glass - Blondie [1] 1,180,000
51 Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte [1] 1,175,000
52 The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck [1] 1,160,000
53 Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel [1] 1,155,000
54 Heartbeat / Tragedy - Steps [1] 1,149,000
55 Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul [1] 1,145,000
56 I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter [1] 1,140,000
57 Tainted Love - Soft Cell [1] 1,135,000
58 Stranger On the Shore - Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale [2] 1,130,000
59 It's Like That - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins [1] 1,119,905
60 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! - Teletubbies [1] 1,107,235
61 Spaceman - Babylon Zoo [1] 1,098,860
62 I Remember You - Frank Ifield [1] 1,096,000
63 I Believe / Up On The Roof - Robson and Jerome [1] 1,093,972
64 Saturday Night - Whigfield [1] 1,092,250
65 Pure and Simple - Hear'Say [1] 1,078,434
66 No Matter What - Boyzone [1] 1,074,192
67 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls 1,072,073
68 The Young Ones - Cliff Richard & the Shadows [1] 1,052,000
69 Earth Song - Michael Jackson [1] 1,036,821
70 Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue [1] 1,037,235
71 Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65 [1] 1,023,526
72 Can We Fix It - Bob the Builder [1] 1,008,777
73 Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade [1] 1,006,500
74 Save Your Kisses For Me - Brotherhood Of Man [1] 1,006,200
75 Eye Level - Simon Park [1] 1,005,500
76 Blue Monday - New Order [3] 1,001,400
77 Long Haired Lover From Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond [1] 998,000
78 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd [1] 995,000
79 Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington [1] 993,000
80 Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor [1] 990,000
81 I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing - New Seekers [1] 990,000
82 Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando [1] 988,000
83 Stand And Deliver - Adam and the Ants [1] 985,000
84 Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy [1] 985,000
85 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia [2] 982,324
86 Especially For You - Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan [1] 982,000
87 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian and the Blockheads [1] 979,100
88 Sugar Sugar - Archies [1] 979,000
89 The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tight Fit [1] 978,000
90 The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard & the Shadows [1] 976,000
91 Fame - Irene Cara [1] 975,000
92 Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr [2] 974,001
93 Uptown Girl - Billy Joel [1] 974,000
94 Ride On Time - Black Box [1] 973,000
95 Telstar - Tornados [1] 967,000
96 Wonderwall - Oasis [2] 966,940
97 Amazing Grace - The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards [1] 962,000
98 Back For Good - Take That [1] 959,000
99 Sailing - Rod Stewart [1] 955,000
100 Mississippi - Pussycat [1] 947,000

The Beatles are in there 5 times!


Source:
http://spice.dotmusic.com/forums/Messages.asp?ThrdID=274222&Id=69

[taxgirl]

Can't believe that She loves you is #8 and Boney M http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf2.gif is on #5 and on # 10 as well http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/barf1.gif

This is from the Boney M website:
Whose voices could be heared besides that of Liz Mitchell will be remaining Farian's (a German record producer) little secret.

Well at least Wings is on #4



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Little things that will change you forever
May appear from way out of the blue

[FPSHOT]

Frank Farian was the producer of Boney M music, he did the male vocals.

He is also the producer of Millie Vanilli and more of you will know that story.

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Talking to myself
Crying as we part
Knowing as you leave me
I also lose my heart

[Rellevart]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Wolf:

60 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! - Teletubbies [1] 1,107,235
023,526
72 Can We Fix It - Bob the Builder [1] 1,008,777
77 Long Haired Lover From Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond [1] 998,000
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Ooooooo-kay..... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif And people think the British are so sophisticated.... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif


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I go back so far, I'm in front of me...

[Clark Kent]

It's farcical isn't it? Very little substance to many of those recordings like numbers 12, 15, 24, 38, 40, 60, 67, 72, 77 for example. Telstar is a classic though!

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[This Message Has Been Edited By Clark Kent On November 22, 2002 09:25 AM]