A new countdown: THE TOP 50 SONGS that were REVIVED, Today: #50-41. More > Friday next week.

Caffè Lattè looks back on: 

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50 ALL STAR Smash Mouth

Its use in the film ‘Shrek’ exposed the song to a wider audience.

 

49 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash

Originally released in 1982, this song reached #1 in Britain after it helped sell Levi’s. 

48 SOMETHING IN THE WAY Nirvana

Originally a hidden track on ‘Nevermind’, the song finally charted in 2022 after being featured in the film ‘The Batman’. 

47 COMPUTER LOVE Kraftwerk

It cracked the UK Top 40 in 1981.  The following year, it was re-issued as a double A-sided single with “The Model” and reached #1. 

46 MY SHARONA The Knack

A worldwide #1 hit in 1979, the song charted again in 1994 after being heard in the film ‘Reality Bites’. 

45 INTO THE NIGHT Benny Mardones

First a chart hit in 1980 when it peaked at #11 in the US, it returned in 1989 and climbed back up to #20. 

44 KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

First heard on Seal’s second album which came out in 1994, the song became a worldwide smash once featured in the film ‘Batman Forever’. 

43 YOU SEXY THING Hot Chocolate

An early disco hit in 1975, the song peaked in the Top 5 in America, Britain and Australia. A new audience discovered it while watching ‘The Full Monty’ in 1997, catapulting it back to #6 in the UK. 

42 SOLITARY MAN Neil Diamond

First issued as a single in 1966, the song was a bigger hit in 1970 when Diamond had made a name for himself with his first chart hits. 

41 THINKING OF YOU Sister Sledge

First heard on the Sledge sisters’ ‘We Are Family’ album in 1979, then as the B-side for the single “Lost In Music”, this was re-issued in 1984. This time, the track peaked at #11 in Britain.