Biggest Hits Of : SIRE

**remicks** · December 14th, 2005, 02:24 AM

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Let's try SIRE !! :D

One of these songs is SIRE's all-time best chart performer ( Billboard Hot 100)

order drawn from a hat :

EXPRESS YOURSELF --- Madonna
BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG --- The Pretenders
PAPA DON'T PREACH --- Madonna
I'LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING --- Timothy Page
OPEN YOUR HEART --- Madonna
POP MUZIK --- M
VOGUE --- Madonna
TAINTED LOVE --- Soft Cell
HOCUS POCUS --- Focus
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE--- Talking Heads
LIKE A VIRGIN --- Madonna
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE --- Depeche Mode
I LOVE YOU --- Climax Blues Band

All were big ...... but only one was THE biggest ! :-?

???

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**shenkin2001** · December 14th, 2005, 02:00 PM

:roll:
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, baby
Can't you hear my heart beat
For the very first time?
:o

**BrunoRepublic** · December 14th, 2005, 02:30 PM

I know Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" is one of the best-selling singles of all time, but I don't know if it was the best chart performer.

**markydefad** · December 14th, 2005, 02:56 PM

just a guess...but I'd have to go with a MADONNA record... so from the ones listed, I'd pick VOGUE as being the biggest chart hit (second choice: PAPA DON'T PREACH)

:-? :o

**remicks** · December 14th, 2005, 04:08 PM

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Now how do you know I didn't intentionally throw all those Madonna tunes in there as a smoke screen !?

( 'remicks, you sly puss! ') :lol: :lol:

Correct answer revealed soon . :) ....... Other guesses?

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**markydefad** · December 14th, 2005, 04:40 PM

Yikes!!! If Madonna isn't the best-selling artist on SIRE RECORDS --I'll do penance by listening to "COCOMOTION" repeatedly for an hour!!! :lol: :P :roll: :x

Madonna recently tied Elvis Presley for the most Top 10 singles...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - As Madonna's "Hung Up" jumps seven places to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the pop icon matches Elvis Presley's tally for top-10 hits -- 36, the most for any artist in the rock era.

Madonna already held the record for the most top 40 hits by a solo female artist; she continues in first place as "Hung Up" becomes her 45th top 40 hit, out of 51 chart entries. Aretha Franklin is in second place with 43.

**BrunoRepublic** · December 14th, 2005, 06:17 PM

Madonna's definitely sold more albums... but wasn't the single already in decline by the time she came around? Tainted Love was massive, and I think it was one of those songs that a lot of folks bought only the single of, both because the 12" version kicked ass, and because it was nothing like any of the other songs on the album. Soft Cell did not have any other significant hits in North America (and they were only on Sire in the US anyway).

**discokicks** · December 14th, 2005, 09:04 PM

"Hey! Like A Virgin..touched (#1) for a very long time!"

Actually for six weeks in 1984! (Who'da thought she'd last this long? :roll: ) Although Graham might be right....Tainted Love did chart for a whopping 43 weeks!!!

**remicks** · December 15th, 2005, 02:18 AM

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Well ..... if this helps ....Madonna does occupy SIX of SIRE's Top Ten spots !!!

But then again .... at the Number Two spot .... is amazingly ...... POP MUZIK by M !! .... so all bets off

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**markydefad** · December 15th, 2005, 12:07 PM

Actually I think discokicks has the right answer...I shoulda picked "Like A Virgin"...it was #1 for 6 weeks--Madonna's most weeks at #1....so....... :-? :o :-? :o

**remicks** · December 16th, 2005, 10:17 PM

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YEP !!! :D

CHIC ( Nile Rodgers) provided SIRE with their most successful charting single .......... " LIKE A VIRGIN " by Madonna ............

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" TAINTED LOVE " by Soft Cell is Sire's # 8 charter .

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**buckaroo** · December 19th, 2005, 04:36 AM

Sire had some pretty successful rappers on their roster, like Ice T

**TheLordOfFlatbush** · December 25th, 2005, 11:35 AM

Originally Written by remicks

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Let's try SIRE !! :D

One of these songs is SIRE's all-time best chart performer ( Billboard Hot 100)

order drawn from a hat :

EXPRESS YOURSELF --- Madonna
BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG --- The Pretenders
PAPA DON'T PREACH --- Madonna
I'LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING --- Timothy Page
OPEN YOUR HEART --- Madonna
POP MUZIK --- M
VOGUE --- Madonna
TAINTED LOVE --- Soft Cell
HOCUS POCUS --- Focus
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE--- Talking Heads
LIKE A VIRGIN --- Madonna
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE --- Depeche Mode
I LOVE YOU --- Climax Blues Band

All were big ...... but only one was THE biggest ! :-?

???

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Interesting choices, but what happened to an honorable mention such as:

YAZ - SITUATION

**remicks** · December 27th, 2005, 03:01 PM

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Sorry Lord , but the choices were culmed from songs that actually made SIRE's Top 30 of all time ........hence nay to Yaz who weren't in that situation

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Madonna btw ... can boast eighteen of SIRE's TOP 30 songs ( as of 1991)

These are those found within the Top Ten :

1) LIKE A VIRGIN
3) VOGUE
4) OPEN YOUR HEART
5) LIKE A PRAYER
6) LIVE TO TELL
10) PAPA DON'T PREACH

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**TheLordOfFlatbush** · December 30th, 2005, 02:45 PM

Originally Written by remicks

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Sorry Lord , but the choices were culmed from songs that actually made SIRE's Top 30 of all time ........hence nay to Yaz who weren't in that situation

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Madonna btw ... can boast eighteen of SIRE's TOP 30 songs ( as of 1991)

These are those found within the Top Ten :

1) LIKE A VIRGIN
3) VOGUE
4) OPEN YOUR HEART
5) LIKE A PRAYER
6) LIVE TO TELL
10) PAPA DON'T PREACH

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Actually, I didn't know of that list!

I'll say that Madonna songs took up at least a quarter of those, listings anyway!