The Mixtures "In the Summertime" and—as a result of the 1970 radio ban, during which many Australian radio stations refused to play Australian and British music released by major labels—received much more airplay than had initially been expected for a group on a small record label. The single went to #1 in Australia for six weeks. They followed up with "The Pushbike Song" (produced by David Mackay), which went to #1 in Australia for two weeks, hit #2 in the UK Singles Chart, and went to #44 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the U.S. after being released on Sire Records. The
Hit the North of several Fall singles to make the national chart. Interviewed in 1993, however, Smith explained "Those [chart placings] were accidents... Any idiot can get on the pop charts in Britain." The song title was later used by former Fall member Marc Riley and Mark Radcliffe for their 1990 BBC Radio 5 series, primarily a showcase for new bands from the north of England. Hit the North "Hit the North" is a 1987 song by British post-punk band the Fall. The lyrics were composed by band leader Mark E. Smith with the music written by Simon Rogers and Brix Smith. It