YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 30, 2020 Guess I'll post the video, ha, because it's a choon! Going to nip out for a ciggie and have a think, I've reconsidered my original follow-up! Back in a few... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 30, 2020 Could be North or South, But when the singer opens his mouth, The song is sung but the title does not appear. Hits, they've had a ton, But with this a week at Number One, And during the mid-2000s was the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 31, 2020 8 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Could be North or South, But when the singer opens his mouth, The song is sung but the title does not appear. Hits, they've had a ton, But with this a week at Number One, And during the mid-2000s was the year. Hello Hello, I'm in a place called Vertigo Or McFly - Obviously But, my money's on U2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted January 31, 2020 8 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Could be North or South, But when the singer opens his mouth, The song is sung but the title does not appear. Hits, they've had a ton, But with this a week at Number One, And during the mid-2000s was the year. Stereophonics - Dakota 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Stereophonics - Dakota Yes North or South Dakota, title isn't in the song, one week at Number One in March 2005! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTUOqO-Hj8E Clorox to go... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted January 31, 2020 Massive 21st century hit. It wasn't seen as a serious song and the artist was forgotten by the general public (cemented when they hosted a charity event which only a few dozen fans attended). In the last 5 years, however, they have reinvented themselves and internet communities/critics worship the ground they walk on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted January 31, 2020 39 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Massive 21st century hit. It wasn't seen as a serious song and the artist was forgotten by the general public (cemented when they hosted a charity event which only a few dozen fans attended). In the last 5 years, however, they have reinvented themselves and internet communities/critics worship the ground they walk on. Tony Christie, Amarillo? (Warning: some viewers may find the content disturbing) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 31, 2020 Sounds like James Blunt and Beautiful to me, but I don't want to go again so soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted January 31, 2020 Nope and nope, keep guessing! Willz is closer though. It's not a full-on joke song ft. Peter Kay, and it was big worldwide. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted January 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said: It's not a full-on joke song ft. Peter Kay In the interests of accuracy, Amarillo was not a joke song at all and Peter Kay didn't feature on it. Peter Kay only mimed to it in the video that accompanied its re-release. It was an old Tony Christie hit from the 1970s and Tony appears in the video as well with Peter giving way to him. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted February 1, 2020 Woke up in a cold sweat going "It's Chico Time by Chico, isn't it?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted February 1, 2020 Crazy by Gnarls Barkley taking reinvented (Celo Green - Forget You) literally? Bit of novelty song that got a hit only for him to come back better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 1, 2020 All the Things She Said by TATU? Not taken seriously at the time (as more focus on it being a lesbian song), massive worldwide smash hit, band disappeared, but have recently had a comeback. No idea about the charity fail though. You'd assume that'd be the easiest bit to find too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted February 1, 2020 Some good guesses. All the answers so far have been from the 02-06 range when it could be any time in the 21st century... try a few years later? I'd imagine not many people know about the recent part but everyone and their gran has heard the song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted February 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: everyone and their gran has heard the song. If it's that recent, there's a distinct possibility that I haven't. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted February 1, 2020 Struggling here...did it get to No.1 in the UK? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 1, 2020 I've only heard 9 UK Number 1s in the last decade that I'm aware of, and none of them seem at all likely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted February 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: Struggling here...did it get to No.1 in the UK? For 4 weeks. It was also their only #1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 1, 2020 1. Adele – Someone like you 2. Rihanna – Diamonds 3. Fun – We Are Young 4. Daft Punk – Get Lucky 5. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines 6. Avicii – Wake Me Up 7. Pharrel – Happy 8. Ronson/Mars – Uptown Funk 9. Rachel Platten – Fight Song 10. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved UK number ones since 2010 I am aware of - not counting covers etc obv. Forgot about Avicii in my last post, and I only listened to that because of all the young folk on here bemoaning his death! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted February 1, 2020 The 'similar to James Blunt' thing got me thinking so I looked up this one song and, lo and behold, it was at No.1 for 4 weeks... Gotye - Somebody I Used To Know? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted February 1, 2020 Getting hotter now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 1, 2020 Ok, here's some attempted Pointless logic. Carly Rae Jepsen. Call Me Maybe? I have never heard of this song. But apparently its her only number one. And I see from Twitter lately she is big with the LGBT folk, so...maybe that was a comedy single and shes now more famous? So it fits 2 of the clues. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,387 Posted February 1, 2020 I can't get James Blunt out of my head, which is something really unfortunate. One that fits in with that is Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls. Without Googling, I think it was later than '06 and it deffo got to No.1 Carly Rae kind of makes sense though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,410 Posted February 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, msc said: Ok, here's some attempted Pointless logic. Carly Rae Jepsen. Call Me Maybe? I have never heard of this song. But apparently its her only number one. And I see from Twitter lately she is big with the LGBT folk, so...maybe that was a comedy single and shes now more famous? So it fits 2 of the clues. Thank God! Embedding not working again. Call Me Maybe sold 18,000,000 copies worldwide. Her management thought she could persuade some of those folks to buy 30,000 cups of tea for charity. They sold 20. Her 2 most recent albums sold roughly that between them, but they both appeared on year-end and decade-end lists. So good for her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted February 1, 2020 Oh fucking hell. I've only heard of her because of camp friends! So when I saw her on the number ones Wiki list, stab in the dark. Giving it a listen on YouTube, can honestly say I've never heard the song before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
