Songs Performed or Written by B. A. RobertsonTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Brian Alexander Robertson is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter. He had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Kool in the Kaftan", "Knocked It Off", "To Be or Not to Be" and "Bang Bang", a tongue-in-cheek commentary on famous historical and fictional couples. With Mike Rutherford of Genesis, he wrote the Grammy-nominated and Ivor Novello Award-winning song "The Living Years", which was a number one hit in the US, Canada, Australia and Ireland, and... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: The Living Years - #2: Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - #3: Bang Bang - #4: Carrie - #5: Wired for Sound
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  B. A. Robertson
Bang Bang
1.
07/1979

#3  Bang Bang
B. A. Robertson greentick

from Initial Success   
170 pts








2
UK
written by Brian Alexander Robertson greentick & Terry Britten
2.
10/1979

Knocked It Off
B. A. Robertson greentick

from Initial Success   
91 pts








8
UK
written by Brian Alexander Robertson greentick & Terry Britten
  Cliff Richard
Hot Shot
3.
11/1979

Hot Shot
Cliff Richard

from Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile   
16 pts








46
UK
written by Terry Britten & B. A. Robertson greentick
Carrie
4.
02/1980

#4  Carrie
Cliff Richard

from Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile   
163 pts
34
US






4
UK
[EMI America 8035]
written by Terry Britten & B. A. Robertson greentick
  B. A. Robertson
5.
03/1980

Kool in the Kaftan
B. A. Robertson greentick

from Initial Success   
55 pts








17
UK
written by Brian Alexander Robertson greentick & Terry Britten
6.
05/1980

To Be or Not to Be
B. A. Robertson greentick

from Initial Success   
86 pts








9
UK
written by Brian Alexander Robertson greentick & Terry Britten
  Cliff Richard
Wired for Sound
7.
08/1981

#5  Wired for Sound
Cliff Richard

from Wired for Sound   Wired for Sound
156 pts
71
US






4
UK
[EMI America 8095]
written by B. A. Robertson greentick & Alan Tarney
  The Barron Knights
8.
12/1981

Blackboard Jumble
The Barron Knights

15 pts








52
UK
written by Peter Langford, Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Alan Tarney, B. A. Robertson greentick, Stuart Hamblen, Harry Carlton & Joseph Tunbridge
  Brown Sauce
9.
12/1981

I Wanna Be a Winner
Brown Sauce

66 pts








15
UK
written by Noel Edmonds & B. A. Robertson greentick
  Scotland World Cup Squad
10.
05/1982

We Have a Dream
Scotland World Cup Squad

126 pts








5
UK
written by B. A. Robertson greentick
  B. A. Robertson
11.
04/1983

Now and Then
B. A. Robertson greentick

7 pts








82
UK
from the movie Living Apart Together
written by Brian Alexander Robertson greentick
  Mike + the Mechanics
Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
12.
11/1985

#2  Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
Mike + the Mechanics

from Mike + the Mechanics   Mike + the Mechanics
199 pts
6
US
7
AC


1
rock
21
UK
[Atlantic 7-89488]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
  Chaka Khan
13.
03/1986

The Other Side of the World
Chaka Khan

from Destiny   Destiny
1 pts




81
R&B




[Atlantic 89449]
written by B. A. Robertson greentick & Mike Rutherford
  Mike + the Mechanics
14.
11/1988

Nobody's Perfect
Mike + the Mechanics

from The Living Years   The Living Years
42 pts
63
US




3
rock
80
UK
[Atlantic 7-88990]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
The Living Years
15.
01/1989

#1  The Living Years
Mike + the Mechanics

from The Living Years   The Living Years
409 pts
1
US
1
AC


5
rock
2
UK
[Atlantic 7-88964]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
16.
04/1989

Seeing Is Believing
Mike + the Mechanics

from The Living Years   The Living Years
19 pts
62
US




18
rock


[Atlantic 7-88921]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
17.
06/1991

A Time and a Place
Mike + the Mechanics

from Word of Mouth   Word of Mouth
13 pts








58
UK
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
18.
06/1991

Everybody Gets a Second Chance
Mike + the Mechanics

from Word of Mouth   Word of Mouth
19 pts


24
AC




56
UK
[Atlantic 87679]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
19.
06/1995

A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
Mike + the Mechanics

from Beggar on a Beach of Gold   Beggar on a Beach of Gold
27 pts








33
UK
written by B. A. Robertson greentick & Mike Rutherford
Silent Running
20.
06/1996

Silent Running
Mike + the Mechanics

from Hits   Hits
12 pts








61
UK
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written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick
  Pudsey's Beautiful Dreamers with The Tartan Army
21.
11/2008

We Have a Dream
Pudsey's Beautiful Dreamers with The Tartan Army

19 pts








40
UK
charity record for Children in Need 2008
written by B. A. Robertson greentick
  The Glee Cast
The Living Years
22.
12/2010

The Living Years
The Glee Cast

3 pts
116
US








written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson greentick


See also...

B. A. Robertson & Maggie Bell


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