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Planet Perfecto was an 8 for me too, great dance track, Modjo I was less keen on, a decent 7 though, despite being huge (Shh I preferred the follow-up, dont tell anyone). Wifey was also a 7 for me, and all of these remain memorable. But my top marks were for Sonique, Sky is just as brilliant as It Feels So Good, 2 major classics for me 10/10
 It's Gonna Be Me was a chart-topping 10 from me, still into the perfect Florida pop of Martin/Pop, in retrospect maybe a 9 though. Havent heard it in ages as its not a radio staple. Wyclef, it doesn't matter a lot to me, 3/10. Richard Blackwood was on telly last night, but still only a 1 2 3 - 3/10. Unforgiveable Sinner I liked, 8/10, but again havent heard it in 2 decades so no idea how i sounds these days. And the rest I didnt chart so either 1's or 2's or I didn't hear them. Cypress Hill & Slipknot just assume a 1/10 and 0/10 respectively for their entire 21st century chart career from me and I need never mention them again, ta! |
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Saturday, 08:07 PM
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Bullet In The Gun is great indeed. I bought this 2000 mix on single, wonderful track. It was a group comprisng, among others, Paul Oakenfold and JX iirc.
I never massively loved Lady but it sounds better to me these days. I actually preferred Chillin' too. It's Gonna Be May has become more iconic over time, for that very line. It's one of *NSync's better songs I think. I did quite enjoy It Doesn't Matter, quite a quotable song back in the day. Wyclef did have some strong solo hits in the 00s. I was obsessed with that Dear Jessie version, bought it on single on import I think and thought it would be quite a lot bigger than it ended up being. I like Unforgivable Sinner a lot, we were quite late to the party with it, it was No.1 for four weeks in Norway in late 1998, where it's far better known than Sitting Down Here. The other songs in this batch I didn't rate at all unfortunately, but Wifey was ok musically. |
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Saturday, 08:25 PM
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I prefer Sky to It Feels So Good due to the punchier chorus.
Dear Jessie is a proper eurodance gem, it basically sounds like what inspired DJ Antoine's Welcome To St Tropez. |
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Saturday, 09:10 PM
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5 Badly Drawn Boy Disillusion 1st Top 40 after a couple of near misses for this UK singer songwriter: this has a nice sound world but it isn't remarkable
4 Lene Marlin Unforgivable Sinner This has a nice intro but launches into a rather middling pop song that's missing the innocent sparkle of "Sitting Down Here"  These two are great!!! Disillusion is one of my favourite songs from the year, his album was great and it's my stand out from it. Unforgivable Sinner is a really good radio friendly pop song imo |
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Saturday, 10:15 PM
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'Lady (Hear Me Tonight)' and 'Disillusion' are my favourites from the last couple of batches - the former sounded like a fine successor to Stardust. The Badly Drawn Boy album won the Mercury Prize and although I wasn't huge on it as a whole, I agree 'Disillusion' was a standout from it.
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Saturday, 10:23 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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Have long thought the Modjo song has been overplayed on radio and overrated, would have preferred Sonique at #1 that week. The Modjo song does has a good bassline though.
Dear Jessie by Rollergirl is very catchy, the production is very Vengaboys. This post has been edited by TheSnake: Saturday, 10:25 PM |
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Yesterday, 08:17 AM
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Batch 26
Good #371 09/09/2000 Agnelli And Nelson Hudson Street 29 {29}-57->2 [nothing great in this section so a lucky best of the batch for this pick which isn't one of my absolute fave trance hits but got a good progression to it] #362 02/09/2000 Yomanda On The Level 28 {28}-46->2 [not that familiar with this but certainly picked up the pace within the section] #366 09/09/2000 Element Four Big Brother UK TV Theme 4 {4}-8-9-15-26-38-55-73-74-63R(39)-75->11 [don't give a shit about actual Big Brother though] #368 09/09/2000 Tru Faith And Dub Conspiracy Freak Like Me 12 {12}-20-30-43-65->5 [Sugababes outsold but this is a solid take] #354 02/09/2000 Madonna Music 1 {1}-2-5-11-14-13-23-33-36-28-31-29-33-49-50-50-55-56-48-33-36-47-63->23 [quite good but I feel it would get annoying if I listen to it any more than once in a while, she's certainly had better] Okay #357 02/09/2000 The Bloodhound Gang The Ballad Of Chasey Lain 15 {15}-20-34-54-62-75->6 [Lol] #361 02/09/2000 Underworld Cowgirl 24 {24}-45->2 #356 02/09/2000 Robbie Rivera Presents Rhythm Bangers Bang 13 {13}-22-46-59-64-71-47->7 #363 02/09/2000 Madasun Feel Good 29 {29}-50-72->3 Meh #372 09/09/2000 En-Core Featuring Stephen Emmanuel And Eska Coochy Coo 32 {32}-56->2 #365 09/09/2000 A1 Take On Me 1 {1}-4-13-21-27-32-49-52-60-72-69R(3)->11 [why ruin an 80s classic like this] #364 02/09/2000 Lil' Kim No Matter What They Say 35 {35}-52->2 #358 02/09/2000 Baby D Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Remix) 16 {16}-19-32-48-73->5 [this just doesn't work as a UK garage track, pass me the original back] #367 09/09/2000 Bon Jovi Say It Isn't So 10 {10}-29-44-48-60-67-73R(5)->7 #359 02/09/2000 Glamma Kid Bills 2 Pay 17 {17}-30-49-66-65-69R(2)->6 #360 02/09/2000 Toploader Just Hold On 20 {20}-40-53-67->4 Crap #369 09/09/2000 Lolly Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 14 {14}-25-38-50-63-74->6 [utterly pointless] #370 09/09/2000 Kid Rock American Bad Ass 25 {25}-38-50-75->4 [hard to take this seriously given who he's shown himself to be recently but this isn't a good example of nu metal anyway] Trash #355 02/09/2000 Daphne And Celeste School's Out 12 {12}-21-42-68->4 |
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Yesterday, 08:28 AM
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Batch 27
Great #373 16/09/2000 Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 1 {1}-1-3-5-10-17-19-19-26-36-40-45-57-61-65-54-53-57-69-74->20 [absolute classy, has aged very well] #376 16/09/2000 Planet Perfecto Bullet In The Gun 2000 7 {7}-15-24-40-50-67->6 [great to have another proper trance top 10 hit here, very anthemic sound to it] Good #374 16/09/2000 Sonique Sky 2 {2}-4-8-10-18-24-29-36-44-55->10 #384 16/09/2000 Slipknot Spit It Out 28 {28}-57->2 #377 16/09/2000 *NSync It's Gonna Be Me 9 {9}-18-28-41-54-62-64-69->8 #380 16/09/2000 A.T.F.C. Presents OnePhatDeeva Featuring Lisa Millett Bad Habit 17 {17}-40-58->3 #386 16/09/2000 Cypress Hill Can't Get The Best Of Me/Highlife 35 {35}-60->2 [for CGTBOM - Highlife is meh] Okay #375 16/09/2000 Wyclef Jean It Doesn't Matter 3 {3}-8-16-21-30-45-59-63->8 #379 16/09/2000 Lene Marlin Unforgivable Sinner 13 {13}-25-32-45-62-73->6 #382 16/09/2000 Rollergirl Dear Jessie 22 {22}-37-52->3 #381 16/09/2000 Next Wifey 19 {19}-28-34-47-71->5 Meh #378 16/09/2000 Richard Blackwood 1-2-3-4 Get With The Wicked 10 {10}-17-23-30-44-63->6 #383 16/09/2000 Badly Drawn Boy Disillusion 26 {26}-55->2 Crap #385 16/09/2000 Aaron Carter I Want Candy 31 {31}-49-61->3 |
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“Spiritualized” is a unique and interesting track and certainly deserves to be better known.
8 Finley Quaye Spiritualized Last Top 40 for this award winning Scotsman: a great quirky slightly folky and soulful track done with his lovely rich voice 8 Sugababes Overload Debut hit for this long running much evolving girl group: an excellent and unusual sounding song with special production 7 Sasha And Darren Emerson Scorchio A really strong track here from this DJ combination: it's very sunny sounding but also has some grittier orogresdive sections 7 Sash! With My Own Eyes This will be the last hit for Sash! for 8 years, featuring a Finnish vocalist: it's a lovely track with an awe-struck feeling to it 7 Kylie Minogue On A Night Like This The strength of these return singles set her up for a lengthy 00s career: a lovely uplifting dance flavoured pop song here 6 Ideal US Featuring Lil' Mo Whatever Only hit here for this US RnB quintet: this is a really pleasant listen and an effortless sounding track with a catchy rhythm 6 Vanessa Amorosi Absolutely Everybody Performed at the Sydney Olympics by this Australian singer: good track with a very infectious tune and a universal theme 5 S Club 7 Natural I like the oboe part on this interpolating Fauré's "Pavanne": it's a more RnB flavoured track from them and works quite well 5 Dumdums You Do Something To Me A 3rd hit for this pre Busted style group: it's another unremarkable but perfectly decent tune performed quite convincingly 4 Primal Scream Accelerator Quite a heavy one with a big sound from multiple frantically played guitars and urgent sounding vocals: not too keen on it 3 Richard Ashcroft C'mon People (We're Making It Now) The 3rd single from his debut album and it sounds very much like Richard Ashcroft, but it's boring and not distinctive to me 3 Aurora Featuring Naimee Coleman Ordinary World An electronic version of this: it's not a bad concept but I find the track quite flat and one note, lacking the original's sparkle 2000 Week 39: #399 30/09/2000 Mariah Carey Featuring Westlife Against All Odds 1 {1}-1-2-5-13-17-27-40-46-55-73-68R(5)->12 #400 30/09/2000 Zombie Nation Kernkraft 400 2 {2}-2-5-7-12-15-23-30-39-47-64-69-72-71-71->15 #401 30/09/2000 Billie Piper Something Deep Inside 4 {4}-12-22-35-47-48-63-62-67R(8)->9 #402 30/09/2000 Pink Most Girls 5 {5}-7-14-22-27-25-40-51->8 #403 30/09/2000 Sisqo Unleash The Dragon 6 {6}-11-21-31-40-44-71->7 #404 30/09/2000 Anastacia I'm Outta Love 6 7-{6}-9-11-14-12-12-15-19-23-27-36-42-47-51-61-72->17 #405 30/09/2000 Green Day Minority 18 {18}-31-49->3 #406 30/09/2000 Scott And Leon You Used To Hold Me 19 {19}-28-46-70-> #407 30/09/2000 Foo Fighters Breakout 29 {29}-48-65->3 #408 30/09/2000 Timo Maas/Martin Bettinghaus Ubik 33 {33}-58->2 #409 30/09/2000 Soulwax Too Many DJs 40 {40}-74->2 |
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4 hours ago
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Scorchio is my favourite this week, loved Sasha <3 Of course Darren was in Underworld, and as you point out brings some harder edges to the track.
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2 hours ago
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Finley Quaye is fine Spiritualised 7/10 from me, but Overload is a big 9 debut. Still sounds good. Kylie's back and On A Night Like This I feel like giving an 9 - there were more 9's and 10's on the album though. Vanessa Amarosi just about grabbed a 5 from me but 4 might be more like it these days.
Natural was a 7 for S Club, and Richard Ashcroft I always rate, in this case a 9/10. And the rest were all big fat 1's or 2's based on one play or less. Or more. Who can tell! The only one I remember is the Ordinary World cover, which wasn't up to Duran standards. |
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1 hour ago
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 I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister
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Friday's batch
'Sitting Down Here' was the only Lene Marlin song I'd ever come across until today. I agree that 'Unforgivable Sinner' isn't as good as that, but I am still liking the sound of it. Interesting to read from Rich's post that it was actually bigger than 'Sitting Down Here' in Norway. I'd say both singles are tailored for radio, but as I mentioned when 'Sitting Down Here' did make an appearance in this thread, it is one of the ultimate radio-friendly songs that comes to mind for me, so that fact was surprising. It was always going to be difficult for Sonique to scale the heights of the magnificent 'It Feels So Good', but 'Sky' still soars and is a worthy follow-up  Oh 'Wifey' is another one that I originally discovered from Kisstory. Interesting that it was their highest peaking hit here when 'Too Close' was the bigger of the two for them in the U.S., going all the way to #1 there. I suppose it did the same here albeit with different vocalists  I can understand why 'Lady (Hear Me Tonight)' will have soured on some due to overexposure, as it really does still get played a lot, but I do love it - my favourite of this batch. Those French house grooves and the lyrics are so warm, stretching out the summer a little longer with that September release. |
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1 hour ago
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Overload was SUCH a bold sound for a new girlband in amongst all the bubblegum pop at the time, it has aged very well indeed.
Sasha and Sash! entering the same week lol. One of my fave ever Kylie songs there, this was at the start of her imperial phase for me. Natural is one of the best S Club 7 songs, again it's aged better than most of their other big hits. Ordinary World would be my fave of that bunch! One of the better 90s dance covers. |
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57 minutes ago
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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Ordinary World is just like similar vibes to DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer a few years early. I really like it anyway.
Absolutely love the Vanessa Amorosi track. Overload is very indie pop actually. |
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16 minutes ago
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Catching up as quite behind
 Week 25 & 26 Best to least best David Gray - Babylon Moby Porcelain - Shame this only had 5 weeks top 40 tbh. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around Richard Ashcroft - Money To Burn Darude - Sandstorm - good dance track but I don't love it like others do. Girl Thing - Last One Standing - rather cheesy pop but a fun bop. Backstreet Boys - The One DJ Sandy Vs Housetrap - Overdrive Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (Remixes) - the remix whilst nothing too special actually gives it some oomph for me. Damage Ghetto Romance - Not a massive fan of this style overall but it's at least quite accessible. Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me BT Featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw - Dreaming - Should've enjoyed this more as the production is rather slick but dunno feels a bit lacklustre in parts although a sprinkle of some decent bits too I guess. Idlewild - These Wooden Ideas - has some bits I like but overall falls a bit flat for me. En Vogue - Riddle - has potential be pretty good but unfortunately ends up being rather mid oops. Amber- Sexual - same as above Jamelia - Call Me Jay-Z - Big Pimpin' - pretty one note for me oops. England Supporters' - Band The Great Escape 2000 - another unnecessary crap football song. Week 27 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You Coldplay - Yellow Eminem - The Real Slim Shady Vengaboys - Uncle John From Jamaica - couldn't quite recall this one, a bop nonetheless but admittedly a little less so than the majority of their songs. Dumdums - Can't Get You Out Of My Thoughts - sounds like McFly in 2000 haha. Catchy though. Ol' Dirty bast*rd Featuring Kelis - Got Your Money - this was pretty good, forgot this was just Kelis featuring mind. Ocean Colour Scene - July/I Am The News - Prefer 'July' too. The vocals on 'I Am The News' weren't doing it for me. Lonyo - Summer Of Love - good sample but the rest lacks for me. Detroit Grand Pu Bahs - Sandwiches - rubbish Sid Owen - Good Thing Going - *face palm*.. oh RICKKKKYY.. why did he bother lol. |
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