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Love Is All Around

I have removed the assertion that 'only Pellow's insistence on its deletion prevented it from equalling and breaking Bryan Adams' record'. It is impossible to be certain of that. For a start, existing copies were not recalled; otherwise the song would have dropped out of the charts completely. In fact there were enough still in shops to keep the song in the charts for another three months. Also Whigfield released 'Saturday Night' that week and it went straight in at number one because it had built up a following in holiday resorts throughout the summer - that may have made a tiny contribution to Wet Wet Wet not breaking the record! 195.188.40.144 (talk) 11:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you are right. Recently I read in a book (A Sweet Little Mystery, Wet Wet Wet, The Inside Story by Brian Beacom, 1995, p. 175) that their manager spread the rumour that they would take the single out of the shops. He obviously wanted to boost sales that way and thus help them break Bryan Adams' record. So I think it would be better to take the whole passage about this out of the article. - Sylvia Anna (talk) 20:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone added that the song would not have broken the record, which was quickly removed by another editor. The fact that the song "remained in the top 40 for the remainder of the year" due to copies that were "still in the shops" is evidence of this. There were still plenty of copies left, meaning the song would have remained at #1 if it was going to anyway. The deletion had nothing to do with it falling off the top and any hint that it did is false. 74.65.39.59 (talk) 23:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can only repeat myself: there is evidence - see above - that the whole deletion thing was just a rumour. I would delete the whole section about this alleged deletion. Or I might add something about this evidence.--Sylvia Anna (talk) 19:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Angus Cameron

Angus Cameron is not a former member of Wet Wet Wet.

Genre

I think it is a pity that this band is only categorised in pop music. They should also be in soul music. If there is no category like soul pop or pop soul, couldn't they just be put into two categories? -- Sylvia

Little Help From My Friends

Are you guys sure that they did a cover? None of their albums have it listed and the 80's version I am familiar with is by the Canadian band Kick Axe. cdscottie

None of their albums? Even End of Part One: Their Greatest Hits? - Dudesleeper · Talk 09:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was a UK number one for heaven's sake - are you suggesting everyone else imagined it because you don't remember? 195.188.40.144 (talk) 11:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They certainly did a cover version of the song by The Beatles, as a charity record. It was number one for four weeks in May or June 1988. I can let you know when I find the website with the chart listings. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:40, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was actually a hit with Billy Bragg, and became number one May 15, 1988. See:

http://www.number-ones.co.uk/1988-number-ones.html

ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:43, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Change of title

Isn't the band called WetWetWet instead of Wet Wet Wet? Should probably change name of page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.170.197.189 (talk) 11:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are called "Wet Wet Wet". -- 84.164.157.49 21:45, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 12:37, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are Wet Wet Wet Scotland's most successful band?

As this group had the longest ever a group has had a number one in the U.K Singles charts, I would think that that would make them Scotland's most successful band. Perhaps that could go in the article, if any one can find sources for this. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 23:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Duffin's name same size as others

As already explained in the article, Duffin may have avoided visibility, but he's a band member nonetheless, so his name should be as big as the others. Folks my age will appreciate being able to read Wikipedia (with the aid of reading glasses, of course). 76.116.98.116 (talk) 17:54, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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