Show Notes
It's Matt's/my 41st birthday! To close out the weekly run, long-time friend of the show Colin Jackson-Brown takes over the host's chair to count down the UK number one single on 13 October for every year of Matt's/my life, from Jennifer Rush in 1985 to Taylor Swift in 2025!
In this episode: How a number one took 15 weeks to climb in 1985, and minutes in 2025 Bryan Adams' 16 weeks at the top, and Colin's Robin Hood bow-and-arrow summer Why Sleeping Satellite is really about the end of the space race Take That, Robbie Williams and the songwriters behind the curtain Colin finally having to talk about Simply Red Candle in the Wind 97 and the end of Cool Britannia Billie Piper versus Britney Spears The Sugababes, Cathy Dennis and some of the best pop singles the UK has produced The wilderness years: siloed algorithms and how you can miss a decade of number ones Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift and more! Host: Colin Jackson-Brown Guest: Matt Latham
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More from Pick A Disc
Since Kurt North was the very first guest of Pick A Disc, he and Matt have joint hosted a few different podcasts over the nearly 8 years since. It was about ruddy time Kurt returned to pick another disc! So this time, Kurt has picked George Michael's Older. How Older soundtracked Kurt's teenage years, including picking up the bass guitar for the first time and using the album as a stepping stone for his own playing How Fastlove hooked Kurt, the Forget Me Nots sample, and the dramatic change in George Michael's look The lengthy Sony legal battle behind the five-and-a-half-year gap, and how it compares with other artist vs label fights The album as a story, from grief on Jesus to a Child to moving on with Move On, and how it reads in hindsight Spinning the Wheel, You Have Been Loved and Star People, plus a run through the UK number ones of 1996 that kept George off the top The MTV Unplugged session, the golden age of CD single B-sides and reworked single versions, and Robbie Williams' cover of Freedom Host: Matt Latham Guests: Kurt North ------------ Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame Playlist Email: Pick A Disc Follow us on: Bluesky | Instagram | Facebook Pick A Disc(Ord) Discord Server Listen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | Linktree Logo designed by: Dan Owen
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