Thursday 23 December 2021

Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop group consisting of Graeme Clark, Tommy Cunningham, Neil Mitchell and Marti Pellow. Their name was derived from the Scritti Politti song, "Gettin, havin' and holdin'". In the 90s, they are best known for the Trogg's "Love is all around" from the movie, '4 Weddings and a Funeral'. This spent 15 weeks at #1 in the UK in 1994. "Goodnight girl" was also UK #1 for 4 weeks in 1992. They'd have a total of 18 top 40 hits with 7 top 7s in the UK.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1990   31	Hold Back The River
Aug 1990   30	Stay With Me Heartache / I Feel Fine
Sep 1991   37	Make It Tonight
Jan 1992    1	Goodnight Girl
Mar 1992   19	More Than Love
Jul 1992   15	Lip Service (EP)
May 1993   38	Blue For You / This Time (live)
Nov 1993   22	Shed A Tear
Jan 1994   23	Cold Cold Heart
May 1994    1	Love Is All Around
May 1995    3	Julia Says
Jun 1995    7	Don't Want To Forgive Me Now
Sep 1995    7	Somewhere Somehow
Dec 1995   17	She's All My Mind
Mar 1996   16	Morning
Mar 1997    3	If I Never See You Again
Jun 1997   13	Strange
Aug 1997    4	Yesterday

What happened next?
When Wet Wet Wet were reformed in 2018, Kevin Simm was announced as Marti Pellow's replacement.

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