The British Are Charting Edition Part 1

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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Music, Music History, Music Commentary

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Before 1964, British bands couldn’t get anywhere on the U.S. charts. Then suddenly, after a certain Fab Four broke, they were everywhere. By 1965, they had locked down our Top 10. In 1981, a new generation of U.K. acts armed with synthesizers were largely shut out of the Hot 100 once again. But then a new video channel called MTV changed the game—helped by some very pretty men in dapper suits. By 1983, half of the U.S. Top 40 had a British accent. What did these two movements have in common, besides screaming fans and impressive hair? Join Chris Molanphy as he dissects these two bloodless coups that rebooted our hit parade. These Invasions were about as easy as a nuclear war. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Make an impact this Earth Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to bring more parks to more people across the country. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.5	Hey there, hip-parade listeners. What you're about to hear is part one of this episode.
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1:49.4	one of this hip-parade episode.
2:01.4	Welcome to Hip-parade, a podcast of pop-chart history from Slate magazine about the hits from
2:08.3	Coast to Coast. I'm Chris Malanfee, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of Slate's Why is this
2:14.6	song number one series. On today's show, nearly six decades ago, in April of 1964, this single,
2:24.2	by a band from Tottenham, North London, was just breaking into the top 10 on America's flagship
2:32.1	chart, The Hot 100. The song was glad all over. The band, The Dave Clark Five. And at the time,
2:48.2	believe it or not, they were billed as the main chart rivals to another British band tearing up
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