The Spice Girls name-check themselves individually on their breakthrough number one Wannabe. Which had been the previous band before the Spices to do so on a UK number one?

[TraceyBee]

[ELVIS68]

Adam and the Ants

[crisgal]

i don't know what you mean?!

[Mustardmit]

Ohhh yes! "marco, merrick, terry lee, gary tibbs and yours truleee" LMAO

[Mustardmit]

"...from the naughty north to the sexy south, we're all singing we've got the foot and mouth!"

[crisgal]

oh i see, like that awful 'floaters' song?

Hey there, my name is larry...

[Mustardmit]

Oh yes! the one the Barron Knights took the p!ss out of:
"My name is Larry and -guess what, I don't like gurrrls"!

[jno]

I don't suppose The Intro and the Outro made it to number one?

Say hello to big John Wayne, xylophone
And Robert Morley, guitar.
Billy Butlin, spoons.
And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes.
Nice!

[crisgal]

ha ha - i love the bonzos!

Roy rogers on trigger
j arthur rank on gong
quasimodo on bells

and of course
the royal philharmonic orchestra on triangle!

Hmmm, that's nice!

[Mustardmit]

Yay! We are normal and we want our freedom!

[crisgal]

i'm a wobbly jelly, you're a pink blancmange
I'm a sherry trifle, you're a chocolate sponge!

Ah, songs seemed so innocent in th'old days

[jno]

You're a pink toothbrush, I'm a blue toothbrush...

[lesblue]

I don't think it got to number one, but The Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" started with Brian Connolly asking: "Are you ready, Steve?" "Uh huh",
"Andy?" "Yeah"
Mick?" "OK",
"Well alright fellas, let's go".