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Reissues: Music

  • Question of

    What song was David Bowie’s first Top Ten in 1969, then became his first UK number one when re-released six years later?

    • Jean Genie
    • Space Oddity
    • Starman
  • Question of

    The Righteous Brothers’ version of Unchained Melody was a bigger hit second time round, having featured on which cinematic soundtrack?

    • Ghost
    • Heathers
    • Steel Magnolias
  • Question of

    Which supposedly un-commercial group gained their first number one with a reissue featuring in an advert for a brand of jeans?

    • The Adverts
    • Buzzcocks
    • The Clash
  • Question of

    Another 70s track, The Joker, got a new lease of life when used to market the same denim manufacturers; who performed that song?

    • Average White Band
    • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
    • Steve Miller Band
  • Question of

    And similarly, which Bluebells’ song was more commercial on its second outing in 1993?

    • Brand New Friend
    • Rip it Up
    • Young at Heart
  • Question of

    Which Madonna song was released three times in the UK?

    • Holiday
    • Like a Virgin
    • Material Girl
  • Question of

    Originally an unexpected flop in 1988, what song became the La’s signature tune when it made the charts three years later?

    • Can You Dig It?
    • Hippy Chick
    • There She Goes
  • Question of

    Whose single, Whole of the Moon, reached number three in the UK charts six years after its initial foray into the Top Thirty?

    • Big Country
    • Runrig
    • The Waterboys
  • Question of

    What perennial reissue finally reached number one in the 2022 Christmas charts, and again a year later?

    • Fairytale of New York – The Pogues feat. Kirsty McCall
    • Last Christmas – Wham!
    • Merry Christmas Everyone – Shakin’ Stevens
  • Question of

    Originally failing to break into the charts in 1987, a re-recorded and re-released version of Shine On gave which Indie band their biggest hit?

    • The House of Love
    • Beloved
    • My Bloody Valentine

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