Songs that were in the UK Top 40 while Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" was at number one

It most certainly is - otherwise it wouldn't be a proper answer song to "Billie Jean", would it?

― Tuomas, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ah, I just read the lyrics. I guess the 'little man' bit wasn't on the 7" radioplay version.

― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

Could be... I'm only familiar with the 12" version, I'm too young to have heard the tune on radio.

― Tuomas, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

Thanks, Tuomas. I thought about voting for this in the recent Jacksons poll, then forgot to.

― Jeff W, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bought on single at the time:
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top) - Monyaka
Blue Monday - New Order
This Is Not a Lovesong - P.I.L.
Body Work - Hot Streak
(Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew
All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Very highly regarded:
Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris
Modern Love - David Bowie
Dear Prudence - Siouxie & The Banshees

Liked well enough, if not exactly loved:
Red Red Wine - UB40
Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
Mama - Genesis
Big Apple - Kajagoogoo
Wings Of a Dove - Madness
The Sun Goes Don (Living It Up) - Level 42
Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry - Heaven 17
Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band
Soul Inside - Soft Cell
They Don't Know - Tracey Ullmann
Please Don't Make Me Cry - UB40
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Neutral:
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Blue Hat For a Blue Day - Nick Heyward

Dislike:
New Song - Howard Jones
68 Guns - The Alarm
Superman - Black Lace

Can't remember:
Walking In The Rain - Modern Romance
Ol' Rag Blues - Status Quo
What Am I Gonna Do - Rod Stewart
Chance - Big Country
Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More) - Cliff Richard
Tahiti - David Essex
In Your Eyes - George Benson
Midnight At The Lost and Found - Meat Loaf
Superstar - Lydia Murdock

Voting for: All Night Long (All Night)

― mike t-diva, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

i only know two of these offhand, and the only one of those i like is "blue monday"

― lex pretend, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

actually i might know "karma chameleon" or at least i know how the chorus goes. i don't like it

― lex pretend, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

Given that Blue Monday will be the boringly inevitable (yet deserving) winner, my vote goes to They Don't Know.

― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

But they do.

― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

As a kid, I thought the Karma chorus was "Every day is like the Bible/You're my lover, not my rival."

― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^totally

― willem, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Voted Blue Monday.

Superstar - Lydia Murdock is the worst song here. I've never been a big fan of "answer" songs and Lydia's is particularly anodyne.

I have never heard the Ryan Paris song before!!! Given it went top 10 I am amazed I have no recollection of it. Maybe he never performed it on TOTP.

― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

I don't think I've ever heard "Midnight At The Lost and Found," but it's funny to think there's a lost-and-found anywhere that stays open 24 hours.

― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

just read the lyrics and as I suspected "lost and found" is being used euphemistically for "singles bar"

― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

Or then again, he doesn't say that the L&F is open.

― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

Loved/bought/heard at the time

Red Red Wine - UB40
Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
Mama - Genesis
Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris
Modern Love - David Bowie
This Is Not a Lovesong - P.I.L.
Dear Prudence - Siouxie & The Banshees
(Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew
All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

Voting for Rocksteady Crew.

― willem, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 17 March 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

How does it feel... to have known this was going to happen.

― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

Hardy a surprising winner. :)

Nice spread though.

― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

Interesting how "Go Deh Yaka" got a lot of positive mentions in the thread, yet no votes.

― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

"interesting" & "unexpected"

― John Nestle Harding (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 18 March 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

(wb Geir btw)

― John Nestle Harding (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 18 March 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink