Bucks Fizz – Heart of Stone
The final (proper) single from Bucks Fizz, and if you ask me they saved the best for last.
Icehouse – Great Southern Land
Australia: REALLY good at pop. We shall be spending more time there...
The Human League – Love is All That Matters
When we last bumped into the Human League, they were on the verge of great things. We now rejoin them on the brink of disaster. Hooray!
E’Voke – I Believe
The 90s dance cover version is often enough to make the blood run cold, but this one gets Stewart's pumpin'...
Bleachers – Rollercoaster
Jack Antonoff, putting the fun. into the pop side project.
Peach – On My Own
Hooked on classics: charting pop music's use of Symphony No.5 by Jean Sibelius. Wait, come back!
The Blue Nile – Headlights on the Parade
Niall on the 'Nile. It had to happen eventually.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Don’t Come Around Here No More
Pop stars: leading more interesting lives than you and I since, well, forever.
Five Star – There’s a Brand New World
1988, and Five Star become a Leather Proposition.
Birdie – Folk Singer
Summer is coming.
Japan – The Art of Parties
1981. There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?
SHeDAISY – Passenger Seat
In any other industry, a knock-off might be considered a bad thing. In pop, as Dan Poliak explains, it's often anything but.
Alphaville – Forever Young
First there was the Power Ballad. And then, thanks to Alphaville, came the NUCLEAR POWER BALLAD.
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Dan Poliak, invoking the memory of the Spice Girls to make a point about AC/DC and the Fist Pump Anthem. Business as usual then.
Mint Juleps – Docklands
Girl Power, a decade early: it's the brilliant Mint Juleps.
The Boomtown Rats – Never in a Million Years
No more champagne and the fireworks are through - the holiday season may be over, but Stewart can still spare a thought for a song that was lost in the Christmas rush 34 years ago.
