112b. Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm (Reception)

One more week at number one on 16th April 1988You can't keep a brilliant track down it seems, and The Wedding Present returned to the number one slot for a further week once Erasure's sales weakened.As ever, we will use this as an excuse to look at what was happening lower down the charts.17. Danielle Dax - Cat House (Awesome)Peak position: 2"Baby baby you're my heart's desire/ got my engine going and my pants on fire".Seldom did a track in 1988 burst out of your stereo with a sexual statement of intent as direct as that. This phase of Danielle Dax's career is truly fascinating, because while you can reference its gothic edge as well as the glam and faintly psychedelic elements, the simple truth is that it's old fashioned rock and roll sass on a low budget as well. The honking one-note sax riff here hints to that, but so too does - and I almost dare not say this - the almost Meatloafian tail end to the verses just before the chorus kicks in. And if you don't think that kind of camp,…