The record company thought it might sell 50,000 copies if they were lucky. It went on to sell 30m. What... more

The team look at some of the other songs in the charts the week of August 18, 1986: Dave Lee... more

Peter Gabriel's chart-busting Sledgehammer was inescapable in August of 1986. But what was it about the ex-Genesis man's single that... more

In August 1996, the charts in the US and the UK were full of songs from the movies: Top Gun,... more

In memory of Meat Loaf, we've reposted this celebration of his classic game-changing album, Bat Out Of Hell. Big, daft... more

Nicky, Sian and Paul discuss Bon Jovi’s hit record ‘Slippery When Wet’, discussing how the band managed to straddle between... more

In which Scott goes on an impassioned but barely comprehensible rant about why certain punk bands mean so much more... more

In the charts, December '76, More Than A Feeling practically invented AOR and was an unlikely influence on grunge. But... more

Tonight's The Night was a US no.1 the week of Hotel California's release. Unbelievably, it's also the 19th biggest US... more

How do you follow the best-selling album of the 20th century? By releasing the 5th best-selling original album, that's how.... more