Special Brew is a strong Danish beer - 7.5% - first brewed in 1950 to celebrate Churchill's visit to Copenhagen. Its cognac notes are a reference to Churchill's favourite drink.
In this song, the London ska band, fronted by Buster Bloodvessel, pays homage to the beer...
Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me") (1985)
Formed in 1977 and named after a David Bowie lyric from his 1972 song "The Jean Genie", the Glasgow band reached No1 in the USA, Canada and the Netherlands and the Top 10 in many other countries - including their native Britain - with this...
Hailing from Clydebank, near Glasgow, the soft rockers had a No3 UK hit with this.
The band took its name from the fact that in the Eighties there were several double-barrelled band names - such as Duran Duran and Talk Talk. They wanted to go one extra and have a triple-barelled name. As it's often raining in Scotland they therefore called themselves Wet Wet Wet...