RACEY (UK)

The band formed in1976 in a place called Weston-Super-Mare, a coastal town not too far from Bristol in England. They garnered a following by playing the local pub circuit and came to the attention of Mickie Most who signed them to his RAK record label. Their first single, ‘Baby It’s You’ (written by Smokie’s Chris Norman and Chris Spencer) failed to do anything, but their second, ‘Lay Your Love On Me’, went to number 3 in the UK and would top the charts in Australia and New Zealand. They would only see 4 UK chart hits, getting to a best peak of 2 with ‘Some Girls’. They would prove popular in Germany and Denmark where they managed 7 and 6 hits respectively. They would split up in 1985 but reform in 1990 for a bit. In 2021 they released a new single called ‘It’s A Glorious Day’.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
22-Jun-1979	Some Girls	1 (7)	19
28-Aug-1979	Boy Oh Boy	2	19
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	38

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	1
Weeks with oldest in the charts	12
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	33
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	5
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	0
Top 30 points ranking	138
Top 20 points ranking	106
Top 30 points	949
Top 20 points	569

Racey had the 3^rd highest top 20 points total for any act only seeing 2 hits. They managed 569 points and were beaten by Climie Fisher (607 points) and Men Without Hats (616) points.