"Rehab" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter #AmyWinehouse, from her second and final studio album #BackToBlack (2006). Produced by #MarkRonson, the lyrics are autobiographical and address Winehouse's refusal to enter a #rehabilitationClinic for #alcohol. "Rehab" was released as the #leadSingle from Back to Black in 2006, and it peaked at number 7 in the United Kingdom on its #SinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdxH9DkUIjM

"Listen to What the Man Said" is a hit single from #Wings' 1975 album #VenusAndMars. The song featured new member #JoeEnglish on drums, with guest musicians #DaveMason on guitar and #TomScott on #sopranoSaxophone. It was a number 1 single on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the US the week of July 19, 1975 and reached number 1 in Canada on the #RPM National Top #SinglesChart. It also reached number 6 in the UK, and reached the top ten in Ireland, Norway and #NewZealand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxslbXDBmaY

"Simon Says" is a #bubblegumPop song written by Elliot Chiprut and originally recorded in 1967 by the #1910FruitgumCompany, becoming their most successful chart hit. The song was based on the children's game "#SimonSays". Produced by #JerryKasenetz, #JeffryKatz, and Chiprut, the single was issued by #BuddahRecords and entered the #USHot100 in January 1968, rising to No.4 on the chart. It was also a hit in the UK, where it reached No.2 on the #singlesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaxSamtbnsg

"Just to See Her" is a 1987 song written by #JimmyGeorge and #LouPardini and recorded by American R&B recording artist #SmokeyRobinson from his studio album #OneHeartbeat (1987). #JustToSeeHer peaked at No. 7 in #CashBox and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1987. It also reached No. 2 on the #RAndBChart and hit No. 1 on the #AdultContemporaryChart. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at No. 52 on the #SinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBUxEoO62DI

"Coming Up" is a song written and performed by the English rock musician #PaulMcCartney, released as the opening track on his second solo studio album #McCartneyII (1980). Like other songs on the album, the song has a synthesised sound, featuring sped-up vocals created by using a #varispeed tape machine. McCartney played all instruments. The single was a hit in the #UK, peaking at number 2 on the #SinglesChart. In the United States and Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1kpfniGlxs

"Listen to What the Man Said" is a hit single from #Wings' 1975 album #VenusAndMars. The song featured new member #JoeEnglish on drums, with guest musicians #DaveMason on guitar and #TomScott on #sopranoSaxophone. It was a number 1 single on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the US the week of July 19, 1975 and reached number 1 in Canada on the #RPM National Top #SinglesChart. It also reached number 6 in the UK, and reached the top ten in Norway and #NewZealand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXa6SZkSnrM

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I don’t remember this, but the Instagram and Threads account for the band Genesis posted this today.

On this day in 1986 Genesis and four of it’s five “classic period” members were all in the US Billboard top 40 at the same time.

Genesis was at 37 with Invisible Touch. Not the worst piece of shit in their 80’s pop period, but definitely on the short list.

Steve Hackett’s band GTR, which also included Yes guitarist Steve Howe, was at 35 with When the Heart Rules the Mind.

Peter Gabriel was at 32 with Sledgehammer.

Phil Collins was at 26 with Take Me Home which is a song I completely forgot existed but I guess was a thing.

Mike Rutherford’s mostly awful pop side project Mike and the Mechanics was at number five with pretty awful All I Need is a Miracle.

Five Genesis and Genesis adjacent songs on the top 40 at the same time. It’s not like that week where The Beatles had something like six songs on the top 10 at the same time, but it’s pretty cool.

If only the five songs were… you know… better songs. Why couldn’t the Genesis song been Tonight Tonight Tonight, and the GTR song been Imagining, and the Peter Gabriel song been In Your Eyes (or This is the Picture, or Don’t Give Up, or Red Rain, or Mercy Street), and the Mike and the Mechanics song been… ummm… that one song that I didn’t hate… Silent Running, or something like that… and the Phil Collins song been something that wasn’t awful and completely forgettable which I am not sure was possible in 1986. When did I Don’t Care No More come out? That was long before ’86, wasn’t it?

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/07/pop-genesis/

#BillboardTop40 #BillboardTop40SinglesChart #genesis #GTR #hitSingle #mikeAndTheMechanics #Music #peterGabriel #philCollins #progressiveRock #Rock #singlesChart

"Relax" is the debut single by English #synthpop band #FrankieGoesToHollywood, released in the United Kingdom by #ZTTRecords in 1983. The hit version, produced by #TrevorHorn and featuring the band along with other musicians, entered the UK Top 75 #singlesChart in November 1983 but did not crack the Top 40 until early January 1984. Three weeks later it reached number one, in the chart dated 28 January 1984, replacing #PaulMcCartney's "#PipesOfPeace".
https://youtu.be/AKBbMlp0nEA

"Relax" is a song by English #synthpop band #FrankieGoesToHollywood, released in the United Kingdom by #ZTTRecords in 1983. It was the band's debut single. The hit version, produced by #TrevorHorn and featuring the band along with other musicians, entered the UK Top 75 #singlesChart in November 1983 but did not crack the Top 40 until early January 1984. Three weeks later it reached number one, in the chart dated 28 January 1984.
https://youtu.be/ObyRQ3RCm-E

"Just to See Her" is a 1987 song written by #JimmyGeorge and #LouPardini and recorded by American R&B recording artist #SmokeyRobinson from his studio album #OneHeartbeat (1987). #JustToSeeHer peaked at No. 7 in #CashBox and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1987. It also reached No. 2 on the #R_BChart and hit No. 1 on the #AdultContemporaryChart. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at No. 52 on the #SinglesChart.
https://youtu.be/cBUxEoO62DI

@thecatladygamer A more intriguing question is why "Fuck it! It's Christmas!" has never been the title of a #Chistmas number one song. (-:

#SinglesChart