The Mike Flowers Pops

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The Mike Flowers Pops are a British pop band . It was founded in 1993 by the musician Mike Flowers.

history

The band had their biggest hit at Christmas 1995 when they entered the UK charts at number 2 with an easy-listening version of the Oasis classic Wonderwall and were awarded a silver record . So far, this single has sold more than half a million times worldwide. In 1996 the band released a cover version of the Prince song on their 1999 album A Groovy Place .

Discography

Albums

  • 1996: A Groovy Place

Compilations

  • 1995: Get Easy! The Future Collection Volume 2
  • 1996: The Freebase Connection: The Mike Flowers Pops meets Aphex Twin
  • 1997: The Cocktail Shaker-New Groove Kitsch and Space-Age Pop
  • 1999: Mike Flowers meets Cylob
  • 2002: Constant Friction - Collaboration 2

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1995 Wonderwall
A Groovy Place 		UK2
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK
1996 Light My Fire / Please Release Me
A Groovy Place 		UK39 (2 weeks)
UK
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
 UK30 (3 weeks)
UK

More singles

  • 2005: Talk
  • 2016: Hold The Corner EP (with Cornershop )

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

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