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Murray Head
Solo artist London United Kingdom
Murray Head is an artist from London. Murray Head has 13 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “One Night in Bangkok”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #24. The station that charted Murray Head most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1985.
Murray Head had two big moments in the pop spotlight, and both came out of musical theatre. The London actor and singer first hit with "Superstar", from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, then kept one foot in films, playing Bob Elkin in Sunday Bloody Sunday in 1971.
Then came 1984 and "One Night in Bangkok", the single from the musical Chess, and it was a strange, glorious thing: Head half-speaking, half-sneering his way through the verses over a cold, clattering synth-pop beat, the chorus swooping in like an air-conditioned blast. It topped the charts in several countries.
He has kept at it ever since, recording, touring and turning up on television as himself or in character, with releases through Island and A&M along the way. On the countdowns, "One Night in Bangkok" still gets its night out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Murray Head on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Night in Bangkok | 13 | #24 | – | 1985 |
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