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AllMusic's Stewart Mason said of "Dandy" that "Davies delivers the lyrics, about a neighborhood lothario, with just the right mixture of disgust and admiration; his slyly witty vocals are truly what makes the song. Musically, the tune harks back to the music hall tradition of George Formby; Dave Davies' guitar is so trebly and clean that it ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
It hit #25 on the pop chart and featured Jim Mangrum (who had already been using "Jim Dandy" as a stage name before they covered the song) and female vocalist Ruby Starr trading off vocals. It was the first single from their 1973 album High on the Hog , the band's most commercially successful album.
The song is known for its refrain "I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passé". [4] Because of this, the song has often been erroneously titled "Heroin Is So Passé", and the song was later subtitled with this in some markets.
The discography of The Dandy Warhols, an American alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon, consists of twelve studio albums, five live albums, two compilation albums, six extended plays and twenty-eight singles. Their biggest international hit "Bohemian Like You" was certified silver in the UK while also peaking at number five in Italy.
This is a list of the songs that reached number one in Mexico in 1970, according to Billboard magazine with data provided by Radio Mil. [1] Also included are the number-one songs according to the Record World magazine.
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In 2010, The Dandy Warhols released The Capitol Years 1995–2007, a greatest hits album chronicling the band's years with Capitol Records. In addition to containing popular singles and songs from their Capitol albums, it also included a few alternative mixes as well as a new track, "This Is the Tide".