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bigmo
04 Aug 14 23:13
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According to wiki.

Name them. No cheating though.
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Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:19 PM BST
You're ok bob.Laugh
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:20 PM BST
Nope.No Beatles or MJ.
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:22 PM BST
I disagree, the Beatles MUST be in it.

Westlife?
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:22 PM BST
nooooooooooo. that cant be right. nobody on the planet has ever sold more records than the beatles or michael jackson shirley??????????????????
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:24 PM BST
the reynolds girls?
bananarama?
phil collins?

im already losing faith in the accuracy of this tbh! Plain
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:25 PM BST
Black lace.
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:26 PM BST
Ooops sorry I knew the beer would leave me with egg on my face.Whoops

I mean individual singles.

5. Elvis - It's Now Or Never.

Apologies.Laugh
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:26 PM BST
Elton John must be one of them as over 5 million alone were sold of just one single.
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:27 PM BST
lollllllllllllllllllll
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:27 PM BST
that movie one. with kevin costner in it.
Report no moves • August 4, 2014 11:27 PM BST
bandaid.
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:28 PM BST
bohemian rhapsody an all
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:28 PM BST
Queen
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:28 PM BST
2. Elton John - Candle In The Wind
5. Elvis - It's Now Or Never
Report no moves • August 4, 2014 11:28 PM BST
elton john
Report Emden • August 4, 2014 11:29 PM BST
Ooops sorry I knew the beer would leave me with egg on my face.Whoops

I mean individual singles.

5. Elvis - It's Now Or Never.

Apologies.Laugh


ok now....

queen -
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:29 PM BST
meatloaf
Report Crisp77 • August 4, 2014 11:29 PM BST
That dog that sat by the gramaphone
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:30 PM BST
john lennon
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:30 PM BST
No way did any of these singles sell 15 million copies in the UK alone though!!
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:30 PM BST
Wings
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:30 PM BST
russ abbot
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:30 PM BST
mr blobby
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:31 PM BST
Russ Conway
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:31 PM BST
pavarotti
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:32 PM BST
Boney M
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:33 PM BST
The top one is very easy but if nobody cheats it's quite a hard list.
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:33 PM BST
And no Queen arn't there.
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:33 PM BST
john lennon -imagine and queen - bohemian rhapsody are in there or youre drunker than you think!
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:34 PM BST
so just to clarify we are not talking about the 11 best selling singles in the UK ever then??
Report no moves • August 4, 2014 11:34 PM BST
black lace
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:35 PM BST
Back on track.Honest they're not there.
Report no moves • August 4, 2014 11:35 PM BST
Timmy Mallett.
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:36 PM BST
List of best-selling singles according to wiki.
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:36 PM BST
In the world or the UK?

Bing Crosby - White Xmas
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:37 PM BST
i dont get this tbh. Laugh
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:37 PM BST
vera lynn
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:37 PM BST
(if it's just in UK then sorry to disappoint you but Elton was definitely still no. 1 and Queen is in there for sure somewhere)
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:38 PM BST
so is kevin costner not in there??
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:38 PM BST
1. Bing Crosby - White Xmas
2. Elton John - Candle In The Wind
5. Elvis - It's Now Or Never

It's the UK
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:40 PM BST
do they know its christmas isnt in???????
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:40 PM BST
Bryan Adams (is the artist ssb is trying to think of)
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:41 PM BST
Bohemian Rhapsody HAS to be there if it's UK only
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:41 PM BST
yeh thats him! canadian bloke!
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:42 PM BST
interesting fact, Unchained Melody is the only song to reach #1 in four different versions, the only other one to manage it in 3 versions is Do they know it's Christmas

Anyway back to the topic...
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:43 PM BST
how can elvis its now or never possibly have sold more than bohemian rhapsody?? its only an ad for cornettos ffs
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:43 PM BST
1. Bing Crosby - White Xmas
2. Elton John - Candle In The Wind
5. Elvis - It's Now Or Never
10.Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Report no moves • August 4, 2014 11:44 PM BST
Jimmy Young?
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:45 PM BST
celine dion
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:45 PM BST
simon and garfunkel
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:45 PM BST
Will Young
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:46 PM BST
chris waddle and glen hoddle
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:46 PM BST
According to the list "Bohemian Rhapsody" comes in at 6.7 mill
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:46 PM BST
chesney hawkes
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:48 PM BST
1. Bing Crosby - White Xmas
2. Elton John - Candle In The Wind
5. Elvis - It's Now Or Never
10.Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
11.Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:48 PM BST
I'd love to see this list later when the answers are revealed as I find it staggering that any record apart from the Elton John one has sold more than 5m in this country.
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:48 PM BST
robbie williams
Report anubis7 • August 4, 2014 11:48 PM BST
Mull Of Kintyre - Wings
Evergreen - Will Young
The Last Waltz - Englebert
Report The Bhoys • August 4, 2014 11:49 PM BST
Kings of leon r massive in the uk so im going to say sex on fire but cant see it
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:50 PM BST
vera lynn defo aint in there?
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:50 PM BST
Adele
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:50 PM BST
mozart!
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:51 PM BST
george formby
Report anubis7 • August 4, 2014 11:51 PM BST
I agree with cdog. Candle In The Wind is the biggest seller and it sold about 5 million.
Report Crisp77 • August 4, 2014 11:52 PM BST
Lenny Henry
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:52 PM BST
Madonna if she's not already been mentioned
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:52 PM BST
tom jones
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:53 PM BST
men at work
that awimbaway thing. the jungle one.
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:54 PM BST
you mean The Lion Sleeps tonight?
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:55 PM BST
yeh that too
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:56 PM BST
i know its wrong like!
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:56 PM BST
peter kay and that singer bloke
Report bigmo • August 4, 2014 11:57 PM BST
Right I'm slinking off to bed as it's the worlds best selling singles which makes it just a tiny bit different.

Hope you have enjoyed having a go frustration apart.

Note to self Don't post this time of night after drink.

Oh dear.

I won't post the link until tomorrow as you'll probably get them now you actually know the question.

Apologies.
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:57 PM BST
Is this the way to Amarillo - Tony Christie (I see it now falls to me to name the songs that bob can't quite put his finger on!) Laugh
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:57 PM BST
though apparently lions dont sleep in the jungle. thats what stephen fry said on qi anyroad
Report cdog • August 4, 2014 11:58 PM BST
We now know the question bigmo, we're just not convinced of your answers Confused
Report sideshowbob • August 4, 2014 11:59 PM BST
cant remember why lions dont sleep in the jungle though. any ideas cdog??? Laugh
Report no moves • August 5, 2014 12:00 AM BST
lyonne rimes
Report cdog • August 5, 2014 12:00 AM BST
sorry no can do Laugh
Report Crisp77 • August 5, 2014 12:02 AM BST

Aug 4, 2014 -- 6:00PM, no moves wrote:


lyonne rimes


Nylon

Report Crisp77 • August 5, 2014 12:02 AM BST
Pylon
Report no moves • August 5, 2014 12:04 AM BST
abba
Report sideshowbob • August 5, 2014 12:04 AM BST
abbbaaaaa of course!
Report sideshowbob • August 5, 2014 12:05 AM BST
s club 7 - there aint no party like an s club party!

emmas doing her thing annnnn freds up and down like a spring annn yeah all that business
Report anubis7 • August 5, 2014 12:06 AM BST
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Lady Ga Ga
Report cdog • August 5, 2014 12:06 AM BST
Teletubbies
Report sideshowbob • August 5, 2014 12:10 AM BST
dennis waterman and george cole - what are we gonna get for er indoors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1fIubz7tZs

Grin
Report bigmo • August 5, 2014 11:35 AM BST
Me plus beer plus non quiz = carnage.LaughLaugh

Where the trouble came from.
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles
Report i_agree_with_nick • August 5, 2014 12:01 PM BST
Mull Of Kintyre - Wings
Report i_agree_with_nick • August 5, 2014 12:02 PM BST
Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
Report Kev mac • August 5, 2014 1:21 PM BST
Who the hell are The Ink Spots?
Report STUDYFORM • August 5, 2014 1:59 PM BST
Is this just singles?
If albums too then possibly Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac and Beatles.

Ken Dodd sold a lot of singles in the 60's.
Report cdog • August 5, 2014 4:16 PM BST
So basically despite BigMo's insistence that it was UK sales, it was in fact world sales, which explains a lot....

Even if we had known the correct category, I still think The Ink Spots would have been a "pointless" answer Surprised
Report sideshowbob • August 5, 2014 4:18 PM BST
bjork
Report sideshowbob • August 5, 2014 4:18 PM BST
how hang on, have we stopped doing it now?? Cool
Report call me a taxi • August 5, 2014 4:31 PM BST
Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back
Report Burton-Brewers • August 5, 2014 4:31 PM BST
did Mr Humperdinck have one?
Report sideshowbob • August 5, 2014 4:34 PM BST
if its worldwide then dolly parton? shania twain?
Report anubis7 • August 5, 2014 4:51 PM BST
Yes Sir,I Can Boogie at no.7 Shocked
Report FatherMaguire • August 5, 2014 5:54 PM BST
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes, and Relax
Boney M : Rasputin, Brown Girl in the ring, Rivers of Babylon
Madonna : Like a Virgin and Papa Don't Preach
Loaf : Bat out of Hell
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