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Summary

1992 was a bleak time for the UK Singles Chart, with sales at a very low level. Due to several long chart runs, only 12 singles topped the chart this year, the lowest amount since 1962, which also saw 12. In addition, none of them only lasted a week - all lasted at least two, the first time this had happened since 1971. The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. on behalf of the British record industry. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

The year was good for ABBA, though, with Erasure grabbing the top spot for five weeks in June with their Abba-esque EP, which featured covers of ABBA songs. This was followed by ABBA tribute band Björn Again releasing Erasure-ish in October, which featured covers of Erasure songs. This reached number 25. ABBA's ABBA Gold Greatest Hits album reached #1 for a week in September. ABBA (clockwise from top: Frida, Benny, Agnetha, Björn) on the cover of their single Summer Night City. ... Vince(L) and Bell Erasure is a British synth pop duo band consisting of keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. ... Erasure finally scored their first #1 on the UK singles chart with the release of the Abba-esque EP in 1992. ... An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... Björn Again are an ABBA tribute band, taking their name from Björn Ulvaeus, a member of ABBA, and a pun on the phrase Born again. ...

September also saw The Shamen attract controversy with the rave song Ebeneezer Goode, which, though apparently a song about a fictional character, contained many jokey allusions to the drug Ecstacy, including the chorus "Eezer Goode, Eezer Goode, he's Ebeneezer Goode" (which sounded like "E's are good, E's are good", 'E' being a slang term for Ecstacy). The controversy ensured the song reached number 1 and stayed there for four weeks. If you are looking for the type of healer, see Shaman. ... Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. ... ecstasy and religious ecstasy MDMA, most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the brain to rapidly secrete large amounts of serotonin, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being. ...

The biggest selling single of the year, and also the only one to sell over a million, was Whitney Houston's cover of I Will Always Love You, taken from the film The Bodyguard. Originally charting in November, the song hit number 1 later that month, and stayed there until February next year. Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American pop, R&B, and soul and gospel singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ... I Will Always Love You was the first single from Whitney Houstons first motion picture film, The Bodyguard. ... DVD cover - The Bodyguard The Bodyguard is a 1992 film directed by Mick Jackson, with a script by Lawrence Kasdan, and starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. ...

Charts

Singles

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Albums

Issue Date	Album Title	Artist
5 January	Stars	Simply Red
12 January	Stars	Simply Red
19 January	Stars	Simply Red
26 January	Stars	Simply Red
2 February	High On The Happy Side	Wet Wet Wet
9 February	High On The Happy Side	Wet Wet Wet
16 February	Stars	Simply Red
23 February	Stars	Simply Red
1 March	Stars	Simply Red
8 March	Divine Madness	Madness
15 March	Divine Madness	Madness
22 March	Divine Madness	Madness
29 March	Human Touch	Bruce Springsteen
5 April	Adrenalize	Def Leppard
12 April	Diva	Annie Lennox
19 April	Up	Right Said Fred
26 April	Wish	The Cure
3 May	Stars	Simply Red
10 May	1992 - The Love Album	Carter USM
17 May	Fear of the Dark	Iron Maiden
24 May	Michael Ball	Michael Ball
31 May	Back to Front	Lionel Richie
7 June	Back to Front	Lionel Richie
14 June	Back to Front	Lionel Richie
21 June	Back to Front	Lionel Richie
28 June	Back to Front	Lionel Richie
5 July	Back to Front	Lionel Richie
12 July	U.F.Orb	The Orb
19 July	The Greatest Hits 1966-1992	Neil Diamond
26 July	The Greatest Hits 1966-1992	Neil Diamond
2 August	The Greatest Hits 1966-1992	Neil Diamond
9 August	Welcome to Wherever You Are	INXS
16 August	We Can't Dance	Genesis
23 August	Best...I	The Smiths
30 August	Kylie: Greatest Hits	Kylie Minogue
6 September	Tubular Bells II	Mike Oldfield
13 September	Tubular Bells II	Mike Oldfield
20 September	The Best of Belinda Volume 1	Belinda Carlisle
27 September	ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA
4 October	Automatic for the People	R.E.M.
11 October	(The Love Symbol Album)	Prince
18 October	Glittering Prize 81/92	Simple Minds
25 October	Glittering Prize 81/92	Simple Minds
1 November	Glittering Prize 81/92	Simple Minds
8 November	Keep the Faith	Bon Jovi
15 November	Greatest Hits 1965 - 1992	Cher
22 November	Pop! - the First 20 Hits	Erasure
29 November	Pop! - the First 20 Hits	Erasure
6 December	Greatest Hits 1965 - 1992	Cher
13 December	Greatest Hits 1965 - 1992	Cher
20 December	Greatest Hits 1965 - 1992	Cher
27 December	Greatest Hits 1965 - 1992	Cher