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26th March 1990, Part 2

Ep. 12

Whilst examining the top 5 selling records and exploring the stories and statistics of these songs at the height of the charts, Andy and James also examine the realities of first pop star crushes, titular inspiration derived from cocktails of class A drugs, and how to introduce a banger by using the Russian tongue.


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