Manic Street Preachers are the 44th act to have both a number 1 and a number 40 but with the more unusual way of having the number 40 first. This was their debut Top 40 hit which came 3 years after their first non-charting single "Suicide Alley".
The bands sound was a lot heavier back then to what we became used to them being. I also thought that having the lyrics "why don't you just fuck off" in the chorus may not have done the record any favours in getting radio airplay but it turns out the "fuck off" part was originally there but was edited out on the actually version.
It was the beginning of what was an almost 2 decade long Top 40 career with their final Top 40 hit to date coming in 2010.
Several hits followed in the early 90s and they became a well established band, but the disappearance of band member Richey Edwards made them even more famous.
This is reflected in their Top 40 career. Before Richey Edwards disappeared they had 14 Top 40 hits but only 1 had made the Top 10. Afterwards they had a further 20 Top 40 hits and 14 of these reached the Top 10 including 2 number ones.
Their total number number of Top 40 hits is therefore 34, but they haven't had a single Billboard 100 hit. Every other act to have at least 34 UK Top 40 hits has had at least one record in the Billboard 100.
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