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Did they come up with any original work during this time?
The first was "Surrender" which registered on the lower end of the UK Singles Chart at number 81, some 30 years after it was written in 1976.

Question: Was there anything that came in higher on the UK Singles Chart?
Self-contained rewrite: Was there anything that came in higher on the UK Singles Chart than "Surrender" by Electric Light Orchestra during 2001-2013?  ?