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bobbyb5
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Location: New York 
- #1
- Posted: 10/03/2017 20:26
- Post subject: Double-sided hits
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This topic is probably only of Interest to people well over thirty but I always found it interesting. In today's age where people buy their music digitally, there's no such thing as a double sided hit. It was only in the age of the vinyl single that there was such a thing. A double sided hit was a hit single where both the A- side and the B-side became chart hits. And sometimes they're known as a double- A sides. I think the Beatles were most famous for this. Sometimes even both the A- side and the B-side were both number one hits. But that was rare.
Anyway, here's a couple of the most amazing ones.
Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever......The Beatles
Wouldn't It Be Nice / God Only Knows....Beach Boys
It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move.....Carole King
We Are the Champions/ We Will Rock You.....Queen
What other ones do you know?
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- Posted: 10/03/2017 20:40
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William, It Was Really Nothing/How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
I still don't know which side I like better! lol
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Jimmy Dread
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- Posted: 10/03/2017 20:47
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Wouldn't ever say either were a 'hit' but my absolute favourite double-A side is Blue Boy / Love Sick by Orange Juice.
Compiter Love / The Model by Kraftwerk is an interesting one - only ended up being a double A after British DJs spun the latter by mistake.
Then there's the split double A - can only think of Puss / Oh, The Guilt by The Jesus Lizard / Nirvana. Sure there must be others...
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
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- Posted: 10/03/2017 21:13
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| Jimmy Dread wrote: | Wouldn't ever say either were a 'hit' but my absolute favourite double-A side is Blue Boy / Love Sick by Orange Juice.
Compiter Love / The Model by Kraftwerk is an interesting one - only ended up being a double A after British DJs spun the latter by mistake.
Then there's the split double A - can only think of Puss / Oh, The Guilt by The Jesus Lizard / Nirvana. Sure there must be others... |
Split A's were something that they only had in the UK, I think. They never had them in the states. The only place I ever saw one was in an import record store once in a while. I wonder if other countries had them too.
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- #5
- Posted: 10/03/2017 21:27
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Wham! Last Christmas / Everything She Wants
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CharlieBarley
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Location: Down To Earth
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- Posted: 10/06/2017 04:36
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Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe/Maggie May
Originally Maggie May was the B-side till DJ's flipped it and turned it into a double a-side. Then Maggie May took off and made him into a star.
Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane by The Beatles is a good one although Hey Jude/Revolution was good too.
Another one I like is Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet of Crisps Please/ Simon Templar. Classic new wave single.
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Liedzeit
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- Posted: 10/06/2017 07:34
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How about the glorious
Rock'n'Roll (pt. 1 & 2) by Gary Glitter? The much more popular pt. 2 was the b-side of the single.
Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams had Songbird as the "flip-side". That should count as a double-A.
I do not own that many singles. But the best example of a single with equally good songs would be this little gem:
Chelsea: Right To Work/The Loner
The great John Peel was fond of playing Elvis B-sides, always claiming he preferred them to the A-side.
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
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- Posted: 10/06/2017 07:52
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| Stover75 wrote: | Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe/Maggie May
Originally Maggie May was the B-side till DJ's flipped it and turned it into a double a-side. Then Maggie May took off and made him into a star.
Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane by The Beatles is a good one although Hey Jude/Revolution was good too.
Another one I like is Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet of Crisps Please/ Simon Templar. Classic new wave single. |
Beatles had more great ones like Paperback Writer/Rain. And Come Together /Something. I think.
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CharlieBarley
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Location: Down To Earth
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- Posted: 10/06/2017 10:14
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| bobbyb5 wrote: | | Stover75 wrote: | Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe/Maggie May
Originally Maggie May was the B-side till DJ's flipped it and turned it into a double a-side. Then Maggie May took off and made him into a star.
Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane by The Beatles is a good one although Hey Jude/Revolution was good too.
Another one I like is Splodgenessabounds - Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet of Crisps Please/ Simon Templar. Classic new wave single. |
Beatles had more great ones like Paperback Writer/Rain. And Come Together /Something. I think. |
You're right.
I also like the excellent I Want To Hold Your Hand /This Boy and Day Tripper /We Can Work It Out. Beatles had loads of good singles. Oh yeah also Yellow Submarine /Eleanor Rigby
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
- #10
- Posted: 10/06/2017 20:47
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Here's some more awesome ones
Let's Spend the Night Together /Ruby Tuesday..... Rolling Stones
Down on the Corner/ Fortunate Son.... Creedence Clearwater Revival
Don't Worry Baby / I Get Around.... Beach Boys
I'm a Believer /Stepping Stone .....The Monkees
My Sweet Lord /Isn't it a Pity ...George Harrison
So Far Away / Smackwater Jack... Carole King
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