"Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) ""Bright Eyes"" is a song written by Mike Batt and performed by Art Garfunkel. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 British animated adventure drama film ""Watership Down"" and the later television series of the same name explicitly as its theme song. The track appears on British and European versions of Garfunkel's 1979 ""Fate for Breakfast"" and on the US versions of his 1981 album ""Scissors Cut"". It was the biggest-selling single of 1979 in the UK, remaining at number one for six weeks and selling over a million copies there. The song"
"live show for BBC Radio 1 at the University of London. The song was re-issued in 2013 as part of Record Store Day on a 7 inch rabbit-shaped vinyl in a limited release of 800 copies. Rabbit (song) ""Rabbit"" is a song by Chas & Dave from the album ""Don't Give a Monkey's"", which was released as a single on 23 November 1980 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 66. The song stayed in the charts for 8 weeks and peaked at number 8 on 17 January 1981. The song was used in a series of adverts for"
"was written by Mike Batt for ""Watership Down"", with director Martin Rosen requesting a song about death. It plays when the rabbit Hazel, the lead character in the film, almost dies after being wounded by a farmer's gun. The song was very successful in the United Kingdom, staying at number one in the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in 1979, selling over one million copies, becoming the biggest-selling single of the year. In the United States, it failed to reach the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It reached #27 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) ""Bright"
"and Art Carney. Although many of Rabbitt's successful songs were country-pop material, ""Drivin' My Life Away"" began his peak popularity as a crossover artist. The song peaked at No. 5 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and set the stage for his biggest career hit: ""I Love a Rainy Night,"" which reached the top on the country, Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts in early 1981. Two more crossover hits - ""Step by Step"" and ""You and I"" (the latter a duet with Crystal Gayle) - followed in 1981 and 1982. On ""Billboard's"" Hot Country Singles chart, it was his seventh"
"A-sided single, ""Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring"", which became a massive hit all over Europe, reaching No. 1 in several countries as well as becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time in the UK. It also became their most successful single in the United States, peaking at No. 30 on the U.S. pop singles chart. Following this came their biggest-selling album, ""Nightflight to Venus"", which spawned further hit singles with ""Rasputin"" and ""Painter Man"". Continuing with their success, they released ""Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"", which was the 1978 Christmas number one single"
"Rat Trap ""Rat Trap"" is a single by The Boomtown Rats, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so. It was written by Bob Geldof, and produced by Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange. It replaced ""Summer Nights"", a hit single for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from the soundtrack of ""Grease"", at number one in the UK chart after ""Summer Nights"" seven week reign at the top. It is a rock ballad, telling the tale of a boy called Billy who"
"""Carousel"". Dire Straits It reached the position of only #54 in the UK Singles Chart upon its single release in October 1980, despite being one of the band's most famous and popular songs. Two music videos exist for the song, one depicting Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers performing on a blank set, intercut with imagery and actors relevant to the lyrics, the other featuring a larger band arrangement and telling the story of a couple escaping a group of soldiers who chase them from a funfair. In 1980s concerts, Dire Straits played the central theme of The Animals'"
"singles' chart was compiled entirely from physical sales. In the UK, the biggest-selling non-charity single of all time was a double A-side, Wings' 1977 release ""Mull of Kintyre""/""Girls' School"", which sold over two million copies. It was also the UK Christmas No. 1 that year, one of only two occasions on which a double A-side has topped that chart, the other being Queen's 1991 re-release of ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" with ""These Are the Days of Our Lives"". Nirvana released ""All Apologies"" and ""Rape Me"" as a double A-side in 1993, and both songs are accredited as a hit on both the"
"Tiger Feet ""Tiger Feet"" is a popular song by the English glam rock band Mud, released in January 1974. Written and produced by the songwriting team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, it was the band's first number No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart. ""Tiger Feet"" was a huge success, it was number No. 1 in the UK and Ireland charts for four weeks in 1974 and also topped the charts in the Netherlands. It sold over 700,000 copies in the UK alone and over a million sales globally. It was also the best selling single in Britain"
"had their first No. 1 single in the UK with ""Rat Trap"", the first new wave chart-topper in Britain. In 1979, they gained international attention with their second UK No. 1, ""I Don't Like Mondays"". This was both successful and controversial. Geldof had written it in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school in San Diego, California in 1979. In 1980, The Boomtown Rats released the album ""Mondo Bongo"". Its single ""Up All Night"" was a huge hit in the U.S. and its video was played frequently on MTV. Geldof became known as a colourful"
"Rabbit (song) ""Rabbit"" is a song by Chas & Dave from the album ""Don't Give a Monkey's"", which was released as a single on 23 November 1980 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 66. The song stayed in the charts for 8 weeks and peaked at number 8 on 17 January 1981. The song was used in a series of adverts for Courage Bitter. The title comes from the Cockney rhyming slang ""rabbit and pork"" meaning ""talk"". The song is about a relationship between a man and a woman, in which the man expresses his love for his"
"Roberts' two solo albums, also played bass on several tracks. Chris Birkin became a mathematics teacher in a school in Suffolk. Sniff 'n' the Tears Sniff 'n' the Tears is a British rock band best known for their 1979 song ""Driver's Seat"", a hit in many countries (including No. 15 on the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart). The exception was the UK itself where a problem with EMI's pressing plant meant that the single was not available following the band's appearance on ""Top of the Pops"" and it peaked just outside the Top 40. Sniff 'n' The Tears are led"
"Rob Davis (musician) Rob Davis (born Robert Berkeley Davis, 1 October 1947, Carshalton, Surrey, England) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist of the 1970s glam rock band Mud, who achieved the biggest selling Number One record of 1974 in the United Kingdom, with their song ""Tiger Feet"". After the band's eventual demise in 1977, Davis worked with several other groups, including The Tremeloes and Darts, but his efforts met with little commercial return. He later turned his attention to songwriting, initially writing club tracks for Coco Star with the song ""I Need A Miracle"" and Jan"
"guard in front and a guard behind - that's how you know a death prisoner. They brought Rabbit out...taking him to see the Father...prior to his execution. That was a strong picture that was left in my mind."" The track topped the country singles chart a few weeks into 1968 (his second number one in a row) and he performed it as a duet with Johnny Cash on the latter's network television show in 1969. In his 1999 autobiography ""House of Memories"", Haggard states that the song had been published by Blue Book Music, a company owned by Buck Owens,"
"You Song"" (Faure) (1:43) — from the EP single ""Morning Light"" (1977) Release information: 1992 (as ""The Collection""), ON records, RABCD1<BR> 1996 (as ""The Hits""), Gallo, CDRED 602 Rabbitt Rabbitt were a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration, consisting of members Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud. Their successes included making it to the top of the South African charts with the hit ""Charlie"" in 1976. Rabbitt broke up in 1978. Rabin later became a member of Yes, and Faure went on to join the Bay City Rollers. ""Boys"
"seven weeks respectively, while ""Grease"", ""Hopelessly Devoted to You"" and ""Sandy"" all became top three hits. The soundtrack album hit the top of the charts in the U.S. during the summer of 1978, replacing The Rolling Stones' ""Some Girls"". In the UK, it remained at the top of the charts for 13 consecutive weeks. As of 2011, ""You're the One That I Want"" and ""Summer Nights"" are still among the 20 best-selling singles of all time in the UK (at Nos.6 and 19 respectively). ""Greased Lightnin',"" another carryover from the stage version, was also released as a single, reaching the"
"months after the birth of the McCartneys' son James, and shortly after sessions for ""London Town"" resumed, the Scottish tribute ""Mull of Kintyre"" was released to enormous commercial success. The song became the UK's biggest-selling single, outstripping the Beatles' largest seller ""She Loves You"". Although it would be topped in 1984 by Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"", ""Mull of Kintyre"" still ranks as the UK's fourth biggest-selling single and the largest selling non-charity single. Recording for ""London Town"" was completed with some final overdubbing in January 1978. Its release was preceded by the single ""With a Little Luck"","
"Babylon"", ""Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs"" and ""The Smurf Song"", became the group's biggest hit with sales of over one million, reaching number 3 in the UK chart. They achieved four other UK hit singles in the 1960s and 1970s but their only US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 charted single, ""The Topical Song"", was another comedic parody written by the American poet Robert Spring White. Based upon Supertramp's ""The Logical Song"", White, who also took the 1980 American Song Festival award in the folk category for ""Where Does The River Go"", confined his humorous lyric compositions for the Barron"
"and released in late 1978, it went on to sell nearly half a million copies, peaking at number seven in the UK Singles Chart. In its biggest week, orders were coming in for 20,000 copies a day, which would have put it at number one. The pressing plant only managed to press and distribute 20,000 copies and it dropped down to number 11. The record doomed their career as an act to one-hit wonder status. BBC Radio refused to play the follow-up, ""Headlights"", because of its controversial content (a truck driver menaces lone girl on isolated back road), and because"
"White Rabbit (song) ""White Rabbit"" is a song written by Grace Slick and recorded by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane for their 1967 album ""Surrealistic Pillow"". It was released as a single and became the band's second top-10 success, peaking at number eight on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song was ranked number 478 on ""Rolling Stone""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Number 116 on Rate Your Music's Top Singles of All Time, and appears on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. ""White Rabbit"" was written and"
"work as the first ""purely Indian piece issued under his name since 'The Inner Light'"". Ian Inglis notes the precedents set in the 1960s by Beatle songs such as ""Yellow Submarine"" and ""Cry Baby Cry"", which had reflected the band's ""fascination with the conventions of the children's nursery rhyme"", and comments on ""The Bunbury Tails"" ""eccentric combination"" of rabbits and cricket. Ride Rajbun ""Ride Rajbun"" is a song by English musician George Harrison. It was released in 1992 on the multi-artist charity album ""The Bunbury Tails"", which was the soundtrack to the British animated television series of the same name."
"Rabbitt Rabbitt were a South African rock band formed in 1972, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration, consisting of members Trevor Rabin, Duncan Faure, Ronnie Robot, and Neil Cloud. Their successes included making it to the top of the South African charts with the hit ""Charlie"" in 1976. Rabbitt broke up in 1978. Rabin later became a member of Yes, and Faure went on to join the Bay City Rollers. ""Boys Will Be Boys"" (Jo'Burg Records in South Africa,) (1975) Tracks: A Croak and a Grunt in the Night (1977) Tracks: 1. ""T.C. Rabin in D-Minor"" (Rabin) (0.24)<br> 2."
"the single was a phenomenal success in the UK, immediately entering at the number one position on 10 June 1984 and staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single ""Relax"" climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012. Songwriters Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2015 the song was voted by"
"became a hit, reaching No. 5 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Play chart, and No. 45 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1979. Despite their success in the US, however, they never toured there. At home, their next single was ""Mr. Groovy"", which did not chart; it was quickly followed with ""Dance Yourself Dizzy"", which became their biggest UK hit, peaking at No. 2 on the UK chart in 1980. The song also reached No. 26 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. Their next single, ""Substitute"", peaked at No. 8 in the UK in the summer"
"the most successful single in the UK that year. Simultaneously, Meat Loaf released ""Bat Out of Hell"" as a single, which also made the top ten in the United Kingdom. Meat Loaf remained the last artist to have two top-ten UK singles at the same time until the Manic Street Preachers in 2001. ""Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"" reached #13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and #11 on the UK Singles Chart. The third single from the album, ""Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are"", did less well when it was released in 1994,"
"selling, having been certified platinum status in the UK for 300,000 sales, in June 1979. Sales of the album during the first few months after its release were modest, and the album's only single, ""Sweet Gene Vincent"", failed to chart. However, the following three Ian Dury and the Blockheads singles, ""What a Waste"", ""Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"" and ""Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3"", all reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, and their success kept the album in the spotlight and ensured consistent sales over the next two years. ""New Boots and Panties!!"" was among"
"Rabbit (band) Rabbit (originally, The Cherries) were an Australian glam rock band from Newcastle, which formed in 1973 by Jim Porteus on bass guitar, Phil Screen on drums and Mark Tinson on guitar and vocals. In October 1974 they were joined by Dave Evans (ex-AC/DC) on lead vocals. The group relocated to Sydney and released two albums, ""Rabbit"" (1975) and ""Too Much Rock n Roll"" (1976), before disbanding in late 1977. Porteus, Screen and Tinson returned to Newcastle where they formed a hard rock band, Heroes, with Peter De Jong on guitar and vocals. They issued a self-titled album in"
"DVD. In 1996 Geldof recorded a self-mocking cover version of the song with Dustin The Turkey which reached number one in Ireland. Rat Trap ""Rat Trap"" is a single by The Boomtown Rats, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so. It was written by Bob Geldof, and produced by Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange. It replaced ""Summer Nights"", a hit single for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from the soundtrack of ""Grease"", at number one in the UK chart after"
"in the UK. The song appeared on an advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet in 2011 and, in the 2013 comedy film, ""The Harry Hill Movie"" when Hill saves Abu the Hamster from being killed by a crazy vet. Kirsty MacColl covered ""Days"" on her 1989 album ""Kite"". It was released as a single and reached No. 12 on the UK singles chart, the same position achieved by The Kinks in 1968. It was re-released in 1995, charting much lower, only reaching No. 42 in the UK. It was one of MacColl's most popular singles. The video features MacColl in"
"UK Singles Chart in December 1979, having been released the previous month, and is now available via iTunes. A version of the song, with altered lyrics, was used the following year in a TV commercial for Anchor butter. The band received no royalties for this, and the story was featured on the BBC TV series ""That's Life!"". Also in 1980, a spoof version, ""Daytrip To Barnhurst"" by Jackie & The Commuters, was released on a single and much played on Capital Radio though without any chart success. Songwriter Cook subsequently went on to write scripts for ""The Archers"" and ""EastEnders""."
"Roger Rabbit"" by the animated character Jessica Rabbit. Although Kathleen Turner (who was uncredited for her role) provided the talking voice for the character, the vocal performance of the song is by actress Amy Irving, then the wife of executive producer Steven Spielberg. Hugh Laurie included the song, under the original title and with original lyrics (vocals by Gaby Moreno), on his second album in 2013. Gramophonedzie sampled and remixed Peggy Lee's 1947 version from """" for his 2010 single ""Why Don't You?"" It reached number one in the UK Dance Chart. Peggy Lee's 1947 Capitol recording is used throughout"
"1965, becoming the biggest hit single in Britain that year and selling over a million copies in the UK alone. The recording is the third best selling song of the 1960s in Britain; at the time it was the UK's biggest selling single by a solo artist, and remains one of the biggest selling singles of all time. Dodd was selected to perform the song on ""A Jubilee of Music"" on BBC One on 31 December 1976, a celebration of the key pop successes of the Queen's first 25 years as Britain's monarch. Dodd had two further UK top ten"
"million-selling singles in the United Kingdom) The group achieved a second UK million-seller with their version of the calypso classic ""Mary's Boy Child"", released as a medley ""Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"", which was previously a million-seller for Harry Belafonte. The single sold over 1.8 million copies, 1.6 million of which were in the four weeks the song was at No.1 in December 1978. Boney M. are the only artists to appear twice in the top 11 best selling singles of all time in the UK, with ""Rivers of Babylon"" in 7th place and ""Mary's Boy Child/Oh My"