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The Style Council
Band Woking United Kingdom Active 1983–1989
The Style Council formed in 1983 in Woking, United Kingdom and was active until 1989. The Style Council has 59 chart appearances on 45 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 1983–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My Ever Changing Moods”, which appears on 34 lists with a best position of #57. The station that charted The Style Council most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1984.
When Paul Weller broke up the Jam, he didn't just change bands, he changed his whole musical language. The Style Council, which he started with keyboardist Mick Talbot, was his chance to chase pop, soul and even hip-hop. Drummer Steve White and singer Dee C. Lee, then Weller's girlfriend, soon filled out the permanent lineup, with Tracie Young, Tracey Thorn and percussionist Steve Sidelnyk dropping in.
Introducing The Style Council in 1983 set the tone with "Long Hot Summer", a lazy, sultry groove that sounds like an afternoon that won't end, and the bouncy "Speak Like a Child". My Ever Changing Moods, in 1984, was even more ambitious, with its restless title track, "You're the Best Thing", a smooth blue-eyed soul ballad, and the jazzy "The Whole Point of No Return". "The Lodgers" turned up in 1985, and Confessions of a Pop Group in 1988, with "How She Threw It All Away", was the last album before the end.
The hits mostly stayed at home, where they piled up 7 top-10 singles, though Australia and New Zealand bought in too. They split in 1989.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Style Council on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Ever Changing Moods | 34 | #57 | – | 1984 | |
| 2 | Long Hot Summer | 7 | #51 | – | 1983 | |
| 3 | You're the Best Thing | 9 | #104 | – | – | |
| 4 | Walls Come Tumbling Down | 2 | #333 | – | – | |
| 5 | Speak Like a Child | 3 | #414 | – | – | |
| 6 | The Whole Point of No Return. | 1 | #1631 | – | – | |
| 7 | How she threw it all away | 1 | #1713 | – | – | |
| 8 | The Lodgers | 1 | #1769 | – | – |
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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