The Flying Pickets — “Only You”

If you were in the UK 26 years ago right now, it’s a good bet you’d be hearing this song–“Only You” by the Flying Pickets–on the radio.  The group’s first single was the Christmastime number 1 song that year.  Interesting, the band takes its name from a phrase for people who are mobile picketers who go from location to location in labor strikes, which corresponds with the leftist political perspectives of the group’s founders, yet Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative leader who was Prime Minister at the time of this song’s success, is reported to have declared it favorite record of the time.

The Flying Pickets, who are an a cappella group, have been through many personnel changes throughout the last three decades, but they’re still making music.  You can find out more about them on their website.