IT'S FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE....WITH GREAT SCOTTISH SINGLES (9)

Back in June 1995, Edwyn Collins enjoyed a huge hit in the UK with A Girl Like You. It climbed as high as #4, but it spent what seemed like the whole summer hanging around in the charts. More importantly, there was similar success in many European countries and further afield, not to mention a judicious use of the track on all sorts of compilation CDs for months and years to come.The money Edwyn made, and indeed continues to make, from the song is more than the rest of his distinguished career ...

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