Soul Train - Swansway
Are You Mine? -- Bros


Swansway's album The Fugitive Kind (first released in 1984 - Balgier Records) was re-issued in 2012 with a different set of bonus tracks on the Cherry Pop Label. The Cherry Pop label is dedicated to interesting poptastic catalogue releases from records that originally came out in the 1980's & 90's. One of their latest releases is Changing Faces album from which the track Are You Mine? is taken....phew that was hard work!

Are You Mine? -- Bros
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

Both acts were managed by Tom Watkins

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Girls - Beastie Boys


Boths songs have girls in title & band names have boys in their name

Girls ~ Beastie Boys
Magic Moments ~ Perry Como

Another song Girls was a hit for Moments & Whatnauts

Magic Moments ~ Perry Como
Dust Devil - Madness

both are 'adult' toys, apparently

Dust Devil - Madness
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse


Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, Amy Winehouse lived in Camden Town

Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
Coo Coo - Janis Joplin

both members of the infamous 27 club sadly

Coo Coo - Janis Joplin
Me and Bobby McGee - Roger Miller

Me and Bobby McGee was written by Kris Kristofferson, a good friend of Janis Joplin...Janis Joplin's cover of the aforementioned, was her only 45 single to reach number 1 on the Billboard chart

Me and Bobby McGee - Roger Miller
Debbie - B52's

Paul Daniels wife is Debbie McGee, and they live in a love shack

Debbie - B52's
Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.

Kate Pierson of the B52's has guest vocals on two REM songs "Me and Honey" and "Shiny Happy People"

Shiny Happy People - R.E.M
I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash

So unkonwn were REM when they released their debut album 'Murmur', the printers accidentally published the lead singer as Michael Stripe on the album sleeve

I Got Stripes ~ Johnny Cash
Suburban Knights ~ Hard-Fi

An earlier hit from Hard-Fi was Cash Machine

Suburban Knights ~ Hard-Fi
If I Can't Change Your Mind - Sugar

Both bands have won NME album of the year

If I Can't Change Your Mind - Sugar
What'll You Do About Me - Randy Travis

Travis is also the surname of Sugar's drummer..... and the song titles, when read together, link together nicely

What'll You Do About Me - Randy Travis
Terry - Twinkle

Randy Travis shares the same birthday as me!

May 4th, and same year? TC


Terry - Twinkle
No Arms Can Ever Hold You - The Bachelors


Twinkle owed her rapid entry into the recording studio at the age of 16 to her then-boyfriend, Dec Cluskey, of The Bachelors

No Arms Can Ever Hold You - The Bachelors
Pop goes the Workers - Barron Knights

The Bachelors were mentioned in this Barron Knights number.

Pop Goes The Workers - Barron Knights
Peanuts - The Police

Peanut is the nickname of Barron Knight member Peter Langford. (No, Im
not quite that old Genie!)

Peanuts - The Police
Peanuts - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Same song title...different songs

Peanuts ~ Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Alternate Title ~ the Monkees

It is said that If you pay Peanuts you get Monkees!

Alternate Title - Monkees
Going Down To Liverpool - Bangles

The proper title of the former was 'Randy Scouse Git', but it was changed in the UK so as not to offend Liverpudlians

Going Down To Liverpool - Bangles
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves


Both "Going Down To Liverpool", and "Walking on Sunshine" were written by Kimberley Rew of Katrina and The Waves

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves
Ace Of Spades - Motörhead

Both bands have been on the Canadian record label Attic

Ace Of Spades - Motörhead
Silver Machine - Hawkwind



Ian Fraser Kilmister, is founding and sole constant member of the rock band Motörhead as well as a former member of Hawkwind

Silver Machine - Hawkwind
Rosie -Don Partridge

Hawkwind's Dave Brock used to busk this on the Underground