Friday Night is Music Night: How Was That Not a Top Twenty Hit?

[GM]

Only No23...

 

[Cycleops]

I like some of Jim's stuff, but he didn't have the versatility and musical nounce displayed by Van over the years.

Fair enough, but he didn’t have that many years to develop that.

 

[clid61]

Zodiac Mindwarp , oops sorry they did go top 20

 

[DRM]

A favourite of many Dire Straits fans. It only got to No. 52!

View: https://youtu.be/gAirINwjaxE

The lyrics have been set into the promenade where the Spanish City used to be in Whitley Bay

 

[Brains]

" ....The greatest single ever written ...."
Sold over 3,000,000 copies
Number 3 on the 100 greatest rock songs of all time
36 years after it was first released, it finally peaked at number 37 in the UK charts

 

[MartinQ]

Made 51 and 24

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0S8RNkL5Wg&app=desktop

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX9RUnRYDVs

 

[slowfen]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Rather prophetic
It was a single, but never hit the top40
Part of one of the lines is..................… Nowhere On The Charts

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAkfmIrWp-8

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Again. not a top 20 (34 highest place), with this cover of the cleverly written George Jones song
Dave also produced their 1st & 3rd LPs

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7HiqrTlF94

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Only reached number 45

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvaEJzoaYZk

 

[clid61]

Anything by the cure that didnt get in top 20

 

[freiston]

Reached No 71 in 1983

View: https://youtu.be/7ZYgKCbFbWY