The Skids

The Skids Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and Richard Jobson (vocals, guitar and keyboards). Their biggest successes were the 1979 single "Into the Valley" and the 1980 album The Absolute Game. In 2016, the band announced a 40th-anniversary tour of the UK with their original singer Richard Jobson. == History == === Early... [more on Wikipedia]

The Skids began charting in 1978 with Sweet Suburbia.The artist scored 10 UK Top‑75 entries, including a single Top‑10 placement.

Top songs: #1: Into the Valley - #2: Masquerade - #3: Working for the Yankee Dollar - #4: Charade - #5: Circus Games
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  1978
1.
09/1978

Sweet Suburbia
The Skids greentick

from Scared to Dance [2005 re-release]   
9 pts
70
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
The Saints Are Coming
2.
11/1978

The Saints Are Coming
The Skids greentick

from Scared to Dance   
15 pts
48
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
  1979
3.
02/1979

#1  Into the Valley
The Skids greentick

from Scared to Dance   
77 pts
10
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
4.
05/1979

#2  Masquerade
The Skids greentick

from Days in Europa [1980 re-release]   
63 pts
14
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
5.
09/1979

#4  Charade
The Skids greentick

from Days in Europa   
27 pts
31
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
Working for the Yankee Dollar
6.
11/1979

#3  Working for the Yankee Dollar
The Skids greentick

from Days in Europa   
47 pts
20
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
  1980
7.
03/1980

Animation
The Skids greentick

from Days in Europa   
13 pts
56
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson
8.
08/1980

#5  Circus Games
The Skids greentick

from The Absolute Game   The Absolute Game
27 pts
32
UK
written by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie
9.
10/1980

Goodbye Civilian
The Skids greentick

from The Absolute Game   The Absolute Game
14 pts
52
UK
written by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie
10.
12/1980

Women in Winter
The Skids greentick

from The Absolute Game   The Absolute Game
15 pts
49
UK
written by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie
  1981
11.
11/1981

Iona
The Skids greentick

from Joy   
9 pts
76
UK
written by Richard Jobson & Russell Webb
  2012
12.
06/2012

Into the Valley
The Skids greentick

3 pts
124
UK
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written by Richard Jobson & Stuart Adamson


See also...

Bill Nelson • J J Johnson • Mike Baillie • Paul Wishart • Richard Jobson • Russell Webb • Rusty Egan • Stuart Adamson • Tom Kellichan • William Simpson


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