Taken from the 10th Edition Of The Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles
The first number after the song title is the highest chart position reached. The WKS figure indicates number of weeks in chart.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ XTC Uk, male vocal / instrumental group 70 Wks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 May 79 Life Begins At The Hop Virgin VS 259 44 4 Wks 22 Sep 79 Making Plans For Nigel Virgin VS 282 17 11 Wks 6 Sep 80 Generals And Majors / Don't Lose Your Temper Virgin VS 365 32 8 Wks 18 Oct 80 Towers Of London Virgin VS 372 31 5 Wks 24 Jan 81 Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) Virgin VS 384 16 9 Wks 23 Jan 82 Senses Working Overtime Virgin VS 462 10 9 Wks 27 Mar 82 Ball And Chain Virgin VS 482 58 4 Wks 15 Oct 83 Love On A Farmboy's Wages Virgin VS 613 50 4 Wks 29 Sep 84 All You Pretty Girls Virgin VS 709 55 5 Wks 28 Jan 89 Mayor Of Simpleton Virgin VS 1158 46 5 Wks 4 Apr 92 The Disappointed Virgin VS 1404 33 5 Wks 13 Jun 92 The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead Virgin VS 1415 71 1 Wk The Colonel and The Three Wise Men are not listed. The book covers only songs that reached No 75 or higher. Period covered by this edition ends 31 December 1994.
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