It stretches to six his current run of Top Ten hits that dates back to the release of Scream in June 1995, the best run of his long and distinguished career. Lifted once more from HIStory, it makes a comfortable Top 5 debut, aided somewhat by the collection of dance remixes that accompany the single. Jacko, or "Dad" as we should get used to calling him, notches up his third hit of 1996, following on from They Don't Care About Us and his collaboration with 3T Why. The other is of course Unchained Melody, a chart-topper for Jimmy Young, the Righteous Brothers and er. The song also made Number One in 1985 in a charity recording by The Crowd in aid of the Bradford City Fire Disaster, thus making it only the second song to reach Number One in three different versions. This means that Robson and Jerome share a link with Gerry and the Pacemakers in that both acts set their record of three career-opening chart toppers with a recording of You'll Never Walk Alone, a song now so firmly ingrained into popular culture that it is easy to forget its origins in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Carousel'. Note that this is distinct from the old-fashioned EP billing for a single where the disc has three or four tracks released under a common title, these are three songs on one disc all given equal billing. Although plenty of double a-sides have topped the charts in the past (most notably the pair's previous two hits) this is the first time such a trio of tracks has topped the charts together. All three tracks on the single (which also includes Saturday Night At The Movies and You'll Never Walk Alone) are given equal billing on the chart rundown proper. The single itself is unique in the sense that it is a triple a-side. In stark contrast to their two previous releases, the sales of this single are not soaring into the stratosphere with quite the rapidity that everyone has been expecting, suggesting that many people are waiting for the album which is certain to sell bucketloads in the runup to Christmas. Without too much difficulty Robson and Jerome notch up a second week at Number One. 1 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED (Robson and Jerome)
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