1986 in British music cover of the disco song "Don't Leave Me This Way". The band included singer Jimmy Somerville who had previously enjoyed success with Bronski Beat, and later started a solo career. The Christmas number one single was something of a surprise, a re-issue of Jackie Wilson's 1957 single "Reet Petite". Wilson had died in 1984, but the song been re-issued after being used in a television advert for Levi's, with a new video made of a Claymation version of Wilson. Having first been released 29 years earlier, it broke the record for the longest time between a single being released and
Wild One (Johnny O'Keefe song) never issued in Australia... at the time, [but] it did finally appear on a local compilation LP in the 70's and is now commonly available on various JOK CDs."<br> The song was the first Australian rock recording to reach the national charts, peaking at No. 20. Iggy Pop included a cover of the song on his 1986 album "Blah-Blah-Blah". Titled "Real Wild Child (Wild One)", this became a No. 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart in January 1987. It also charted on "Billboard"'s Album Rock Tracks chart, peaking at No. 27. The Iggy Pop version was featured in the