They Should Have Been Hits! - Invidious

They Should Have Been Hits!

Thanks for visiting this channel. Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when I began collecting records, I aim to use it to promote songs that I personally believe should have been hit singles here in the UK but weren't. Perhaps they lacked radio airplay or sufficient promotion, or that the record company didn't think they were right for UK single release. Some may even have become B sides, or were simply left to languish on an album.
Well now it's time to revisit them, and starting on 1st January 2022 (and every day throughout the year) I'll be uploading a song from my collection and giving you the chance to express your own views. If you agree that it was UK Top 20 singles material then give that song a like, but if you think it sucks then dislike it and there will be no offence taken. Then at the end of the year I'll review your preferences and we'll see which songs got the highest votes.
I'm looking forward to doing this, and hope you'll enjoy the ride!
Johnny Delusional

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"IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HIT" WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS TO APHRODITES CHILD - IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK (1969)

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365/365 SPARKS - PLEASE DON'T FUCK UP MY WORLD (2019)

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364/365 ANTHONY PHILLIPS, ANDREW SKEET & LUCY CROWE - CREDO IN CANTUS (Extended version) (2011)

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363/365 CAPERCAILLE - THE BLOOD IS STRONG (custom medley consisting of 5 Gaelic-folk songs) (1988)

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362/365 MIDGE URE (Rich Kids, Ultravox, Visage) - DEAR GOD (1988)

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361/365 DOUGIE MacLEAN - PERTHSHIRE AMBER (4TH MOVEMENT edit) (2000)

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360/365 SPARKS - THANK GOD IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS (Ron & Russell Mael's alternate view) (1974)

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359/365 SPARKS (Ron & Russell Mael) - CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A PRAYER (the ultimate Xmas song?)(2015)

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358/365 MIKE OLDFIELD - SILENT NIGHT (1992)

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357/365 THE BEE GEES - FALLEN ANGEL (Robin Gibb's finest Bee Gees' lead vocal performance?) (1993)

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356/365 PETER GABRIEL - WALLFLOWER (one of the most moving songs ever - please listen) (1982)

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355/365 THE MOODY BLUES - I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE (12" VERSION) (1988)

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354/365 CHRIS BRAIDE - FUNNY FIVE MINUTES (1992)

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353/365 BADFINGER - COME ON (1981)

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352/365 DONNA SUMMER - HEAVEN'S JUST A WHISPER AWAY (1991)

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351/365 JIMMY RUFFIN & MARCY LEVY (aka Marcell a Detroit) - WHERE DO I GO (B, R, M & A Gibb) (1980)

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350/365 GERRY RAFFERTY - HOME AND DRY (1978)

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349/365 TREVOR HORN, SEAL, WENDY & LISA - THE CLOSING OF THE YEAR (TOYS OST) (long edit) (1992)

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348/365 VANGELIS - TEARS IN RAIN (audio version with complete Rutger Hauer narrative) (1982 / 1994)

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347/365 MIKE & THE MECHANICS (Mike Rutherford of Genesis) - YOU NEVER CHANGE (1995)

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346/365 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (ELO) - ALRIGHT (2001)

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345/365 ROGER HODGSON (Supertramp) - IN JEOPARDY (single version) (1984)

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344/365 ROBIN GIBB (Bee Gees) - ALAN FREEMAN DAYS (Tribute to the late DJ) (2008)

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343/365 ENYA - ON YOUR SHORE (1988) (as seen on part two of Val Doonican's "Homeward Bound" BBC)

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342/365 RADIO JAVA (Johnny Sequins, Steve Price & Tony Hustings-Moore) - FOOL (1984)

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341/365 PAUL McCARTNEY - SOMEDAYS (1997)

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340 GENESIS - THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY (album version) (1974)

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339/365 10CC - DON'T TURN ME AWAY (1981)

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338/365 THE KORGIS / JAMES WARREN - BURNING QUESTIONS (1985)

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337/365 TANGERINE DREAM - WARSAW IN THE SUN (PART ONE) (remix of segment of Barbakane) (1984)

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336/365 ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - THE SAME OLD SUN (13th anniversary tribute to Eric Woolfson (1995)

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335/365 ABBA - ON AND ON AND ON (full length + read the story behind this hidden gem below!) (1980)

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334/365 THE BEE GEES - LOVE NEVER DIES (1997)

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333/365 21ST ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GREAT GEORGE HARRISON (Beatles) - WHAT IS LIFE (1970)

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332/365 PETER GABRIEL (ex Genesis) - FATHER SON (2000)

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331/365 THE MOODY BLUES - GEMINI DREAM (1981)

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330/365 CHRIS BRAIDE - "35" (2010)

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329/365 JOEY MOLLAND (ex-Badfinger) - TOO LATE TO CRY (1983)

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328/365 FREDDIE MERCURY (Queen) - MR. BAD GUY (1985)

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327/365 THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - SEPERATE LIVES (1985)

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326/365 GERRY RAFFERTY - OVER MY HEAD (recording of 1973 Stealers Wheel version) (1994)

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325/365 ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO DAVID CASSIDY - SOMEONE (co-written with producer Alan Tarney 1985)

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324/365 TERI DE SARION - AIN'T NOTHING GONNA KEEP ME FROM YOU (1978)

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323/365 MIKE RUTHERFORD (Genesis / Mike & The Mechanics) - AT THE END OF THE DAY (1980)

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322/365 VISITORS - DO YOU WANNA PLAY (1986)

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321/365 ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE : JIMMY RUFFIN - FOREVER (1980)

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320/365 THE TARNEY SPENCER BAND - CATHY'S CLOWN (1979)

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319/365 PET SHOP BOYS - BUILDING A WALL (2009)

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318/365 ALISTAIR GRIFFIN - BLINDING LIGHTS (2012)

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317/365 JON ANDERSON (with TOTO) - IS IT ME (1988)

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316/365 DAVID ARKENSTONE - RHYTHMS OF VISION (1995)

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315/365 THE BUGGLES (Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes) - AVENTURES IN MODERN RECORDING (1981)

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314/365 SIMON & GARFUNKEL - MY LITTLE TOWN (1975)

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313/365 MAURICE GIBB (Bee Gees) & SAMANTHA GIBB (Maurice's daughter) - ANGEL OF MERCY (1995 / 2010)

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312/365 DAVE STEWART & BARBARA GASKIN - I'M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD (FOUR TOPS COVER) (1984)

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311/365 NEIL SEDAKA (with Elton John on backing vocals) - BAD BLOOD (1975)

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310/365 GOLDFRAPP - HEAD FIRST (2010)

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309/365 NEW MUSIK - WHILE YOU WAIT (1981)

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308/365 STEVIE WONDER - VILLAGE GHETTO LAND (1976)

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307/365 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - DANGER AHEAD (1983)

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