Five Live (EP) – George Michael And Queen With Lisa Stansfield

This EP by George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield spent three weeks at the top of the UK singles chart in 1993.

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Five live by George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield replaced Young at heart by the Bluebells at the top of the UK singles chart twenty years ago this week in its first week of release. The EP spent three weeks at number 1 and then made way for All that she wants by Ace Of Base.

After falling from the top spot, the record spent another three weeks in the top 10, two of them in the top 5. It then dropped into the lower top 40 for the final three weeks of its chart life.

Five live was released on the Parlophone record label and was the fifth of seven UK number 1 hits for George Michael, the fifth of six for Queen and the second of two for Lisa Stansfield. Four of the five live tracks on the EP have entered the UK top 40 on other occasions.

The original version of Somebody to love was a hit for Queen in 1976 when it reached number 2. It was also taken to number 26 in 2010 by the Glee Cast.

Killer reached the top of the UK singles chart in 1990 when a version by Adamski stayed there for four weeks. It was also a number 8 hit for Seal in 1991 and a version by ATB peaked at number 4 in 2000.

Three other versions of Papa was a rollin’ stone have entered the UK top 40. The first, by the Temptations, reached number 14 in 1973 but Was (Not Was) peaked two places higher in 1990. In 1987, a remix of the Temptations’ recording peaked at number 31.

Queen took the original version of These are the days of our lives to number 1 in 1991 for five weeks. The song was released as a double A-side with Bohemian rhapsody.

Calling you was written for the film Bagdad cafe in 1987 and was originally recorded by Jevetta Steele. The song did not enter the UK singles chart.

More music from George Michael, Queen and Lisa Stansfield

 

More number ones from 1993

 

UK singles chart for the week ending 1 May 1993

1. Five live (EP) – George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield

2. Young at heart – Bluebells

3. I have nothing – Whitney Houston

4. Ain’t no love (ain’t no use) – Sub Sub featuring Melanie Williams

5. Informer – Snow

6. U got 2 know – Cappella

7. When I’m good and ready – Sybil

8. Regret – New Order

9. Everybody hurts – REM

10. Show me love – Robin S

11. Wind it up (rewound) – Prodigy