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Midge Ure

Solo artist Cambuslang United Kingdom

Midge Ure is an artist from Cambuslang. Midge Ure has 17 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dear God”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #46. The station that charted Midge Ure most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1989.

17appearances

13countdowns

4songs charted

5stations

0#1 finishes

1988–2005years

Midge Ure, born Jim in Cambuslang in 1953 (flip the name around phonetically and you get the stage name), spent the late '70s as British rock's most useful journeyman: Slik, Rich Kids, a stint in Thin Lizzy, and Visage, where he wrote and produced "Fade to Grey". Then he stepped in as Ultravox's second frontman after John Foxx left, and the band's chilly, grand synth-pop hit its stride with "Vienna", "Hymn" and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes".

In 1984 he organised Band Aid with Bob Geldof and co-wrote and produced "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the two of them went on to put together Live Aid. A solo career was the obvious next step, and The Gift, in 1985, went to number two in Britain and produced a number-one single in "If I Was".

Answers to Nothing, in 1988, is the one rock radio latched onto. "Dear God" is a big, gleaming, slow-building track with synths and guitars pulling in the same direction, and the title track keeps the same brooding mood. He kept going into the '90s with Pure, and "Cold, Cold, Heart" kept his name on the countdowns a little longer. Along the way he picked up an OBE and a clutch of honorary doctorates from the universities of Bath, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Midge Ure on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Dear God	473	12	#46	–	1989
2	Answers to Nothing	51	1	#53	–	1988
3	If I Was	11	1	#891	–	–
4	Cold, Cold, Heart	7	3	#1952	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

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Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2005	1372	Dear God	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1373	Dear God	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1373	Dear God	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	549	Dear God	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	1387	Dear God	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1584	Dear God	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	1388	Dear God	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1957	Cold, Cold, Heart	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	1387	Dear God	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1952	Cold, Cold, Heart	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	1387	Dear God	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1955	Cold, Cold, Heart	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	489	Dear God	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	891	If I Was	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1989	46	Dear God	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989
1989	52	Dear God	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989
1988	53	Answers to Nothing	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988

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