selling exactly the same number of copies. As the rules stated that in the event of this happening, the single which had climbed the highest would be the number 1, "The Joker", re-issued after being featured in a Levi's advert, won out (having climbed five places instead of three). Due to the controversy that followed, with some saying that it was unfair to let a re-issue of an old song overtake the debut single of a new group, the rules were changed so that records would now be allowed to tie. Four of the number ones this year came from films. Kylie Minogue's "Tears on My Pillow", mentioned earlier, Partners In Kryme's "Turtle Power", from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Maria McKee's "Show Me Heaven", from Days of Thunder, and a re-issue of The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" (originally a number 14 hit in 1965) from Ghost, which was the biggest selling single of the year. A re-issue of the 1965 No. 1 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in December was also successful, peaking at #3. Cliff Richard scored the Christmas number one single with "Saviour's Day", his 13th number one, and his 100th top 40 hit. With this he became the only person to have a number one in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Merseyside composer John McCabe produced a flute concerto, written for James Galway and premièred by the London Symphony Orchestra who had commissioned it; it was not recorded until 1999. Another Lancashire composer, John Pickard, produced his best-known work The Flight of Icarus. Simon Rattle became musical director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, of which he had been Principal Conductor since 1980. Events 18 February - Fine Young Cannibals win 2 Brit awards, but they soon return them in protest after a video message from Maggie Thatcher appeared at the ceremony. 12 April - The Stone Roses are fined £6,000 for causing damage and vandalism to the offices of their former label, FM Revolver, after the band took offence to a video their former label made for the re-release of their "Sally Cinnamon" single 27 May - The Stone Roses play an outdoor concert at Spike Island in Widnes, Cheshire. 1 August - UB40 are deported from Seychelles after being arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession. 9 October - Radio stations worldwide play "Imagine" by John Lennon, honouring him on what would have