One song to the tune of another

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One song to the tune of another

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(Apologies to any of our readers who have never heard "I'm sorry I havent' a clue")

Inspired by Slinger's one hit wonder post, how about the greatest number of times in the chart with the same song.

Asynchronously (one after the other), this must be bing Crosby and 'White Christmas' in the singles charts and 'The Sound of Music' soundtrack in the album charts.

Synchronously (all at the same time), I think it must be 'Ob La Di Ob La Da' which The Beatles, Marmalade and the Bedrocks all charted with (top 30 at least) at the same time.

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I can remember that around 1985 there were three singles all called 'The Power of Love' pretty well simultaneously in the charts.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Jennifer Rush and Huey Lewis and the News. Wasn't the same song though.

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Re: One song to the tune of another

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Fretless wrote:I can remember that around 1985 there were three singles all called 'The Power of Love' pretty well simultaneously in the charts.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Jennifer Rush and Huey Lewis and the News. Wasn't the same song though.
Jennifer Rush and Huey' were both in '85 but it was Huey's '86 reissue that reached the highest chart position for him, #11 in '85 and #9 in '86. Frankie's Power of Love was #1 in December '84. It's also been reissued a few times with the 1993 reissue peaking at #10, and the 2000 remix version reached #6.

Just for laughs I had a look at a UK charts site and found that someone called Gabrielle Aplin reached #1 with the same song title in 2012, Celine Dion charted with the same song as Jennifer Rush in '93. Everybody's favourites Fits Of Gloom feat. Lizzy Mack (who?) charted with The Power of Love in '94, Christina Marie's Power of Love hit the charts in 2014 and last but by all means least Wagon Christ had a #91 "hit" with The Power Of Love in 2006.

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The Power of Malt ! :guiness;

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