År: 2011

Fools Gold Became Stone Roses’s Breakthrough Hit

CHART REWIND. Managing to sell out their comeback concerts in less than two hours, WelcheMusic revisits Stone Roses’s breakthrough. ‘Fools Gold’ was the group’s sixth single, managing to place the group on the US alternative chart. Following ‘She Bangs the Drums.’  ‘Fools Gold’ was a non-album double A-side paired with ‘What the World Is Waiting For.’ Initially released in November 1989, the single peaked at No.8 in the UK – their first top ten hit. It also charted in Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands.

 

It was re-released no less than four times (in 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1999), yet it didn’t match the initial peak. In 1990, Run-D.M.C. samples the bassline and drum beat for the 1990 hit ‘What’s It All About.’ ‘Fools Gold’ has also been used in computer games such as FIFA Football 2004 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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  • Love Spreads Biggest Hit for the Stone Roses

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Take That’s Gary Barlow Helps Westlife with Lighthouse

Westlife splits after 14 years
Lighthouse will be the first new track off Westlife's hit collection

CHART SPOTLIGHT. As previously reported, Westlife will split up. Headlining Westlife’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album in November as one of the new tracks, ‘Lighthouse’ is written by Gary Barlow and John Shanks. The track will become the group’s final single before disbanding.  Barlow/Shanks also wrote Take That’s hit ‘Patience’ and it’s described as a typical Westlife ballad.

It has already been sent to radio for airplay, and #westlifelighthouse became a trending topic on Twitter after it was played on LincsFM with Eddie Shaw. John Shanks has produced all new tracks on the ‘Greatest Hits’ album.

Further reading via WelcheMusic:

  • Westlife Splits After 14 Years
  • Westlife’s Biggest Hit Is Swedish

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Westlife’s Biggest Hit Is Swedish

Westlife's My Love is a Swedish composition
Westlife to split after 14 years

CHART REWIND. On the back of the farewell tour, WelcheMusic reviews Westlife’s career. The group has only managed to place one track atop of the Swedish singles tally. Released in October back in 2000, ‘My Love’ was written by the Swedes Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger and Pelle Nylén. Lifted off the second album Coast to Coast, ‘My Love’ became Westlife’s seventh UK No.1.  Coincidentally, it succeeded another boy band on the top of the charts – Backstreet Boys’s ‘Shape of My Heart.’ That track was also written by Swedes – Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and Lisa Miskovsky.

 

Both tracks were recorded at the Cheiron studios in Stockholm.

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Love Spreads Biggest Hit for the Stone Roses

CHART REWIND. On the back of the Stone Roses reunion, WelcheMusic takes a look back on the group’s career. ‘Love Spreads’ is the biggest hit of The Stone Roses’s career. Released in December 1994, the track peaked at No.2 on the UK singles tally as well as on the US alternative charts. It is also the only entry on the Swedish singles tally to date is the single ‘Love Spreads’ from December 1994. It only spent three weeks on the chart and peaked at No.13.

The Stone Roses’s eponymous debut album spent six weeks on the Swedish album chart, peaking at No.30. Second Coming peaked at No.26 and spent nine weeks. Their debut peaked at No.5 in the UK and No.3 in Ireland. While the group had a giant success in Ireland with the debut, the follow-up set only peaked at No.53 in the country.

In 1995, The Complete Stone Roses set peaked at No.4 in the UK and a 20th anniversary compilation from 2009 peaked at No.9.

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