BuzzJack
Entertainment Discussion

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register | Help )

Latest Site News
4 Pages V   1 2 3 > »   
Reply to this topicStart new topic
> john's 1995 charts, britpop galore....
Track this topic - Email this topic - Print this topic - Download this topic - Subscribe to this forum
Popchartfreak
post Feb 17 2015, 09:33 PM
Post #1
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


January 1st 1995

A new year a new number one for a new band - Oasis take Whatever to the top in all of it’s All You Need Is Love-ish strings-tastic fab-gear-ish-ness Britpop delight. It’s a great record and deserved to top the UK charts as well, though it did get near.
The Human League, meanwhile go top 5, Tell Me When? Now! The Lightning Seeds add Change to their list of top tenners, and Riverdance hits 8. I don’t remember it doing that well, but there ya are, stomp-a-clomp-a-stomp-a, it did.

Sting shoots his cowboy way into the 20 16 years after first doing it, Siouxsie ditto only 17 years on, while the highest new entry is 1963 in 1994 from a B side in 1987 remixed by Arthur Baker for New Order charting in 1995. Date-Confusion! Also a New Order track...

Some re-entries from Ace Of Base who enjoy Living In Danger at 29, Youssou N’Dour at 37, and again at 64 as chart-topper 7 Seconds comes back in (though not called a re-entry as it’s a new year and been out the chart a while), both helped by Neneh Cherry. At 35 it’s a record from the year I was born, back as a huge UK hit thanks to an advert on TV - Guaglione, Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and horn-hooked old big swing band fun. Both terrific and highly unexpected.

New UK girl duo Scarlet enter at 50, with an Independent Love Song, and it’s good, while Bristol’s Portishead enter at 69 with the fab Glory Box, an influential trip-hoppy track. Which leaves veteran Barry White back at 55 after a few years gap, helped by his Lisa Stansfield and Edie Brickell associations, giving him a span of 22 years of chart entries since I’m Gonna Love You A Little More Baby went top 5 in 1973. Oh, and Jimmy Somerville has 11 years of entries, with Bronski Beat and Communards, and solo hits.




1 ( 17 ) WHATEVER Oasis
2 ( 1 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey
3 ( 2 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
4 ( 7 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
5 ( 6 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
6 ( 3 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
7 ( 14 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
8 ( 11 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
9 ( 8 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
10 ( 10 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone

11 ( 5 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
12 ( 4 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS/ TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea
13 ( 9 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3
14 ( 13 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong
15 ( 29 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting
16 ( 12 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi
17 ( 45 ) OH BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees
18 ( 15 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters
19 ( 16 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan
20 ( NEW ) 1963 ’94 New Order



21 ( 24 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail
22 ( 19 ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer
23 ( 21 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
24 ( 23 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D
25 ( 22 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly
26 ( 25 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure
27 ( 27 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
28 ( 18 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17
29 ( RE ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base
30 ( 20 ) GO GO POWER RANGERS Power Rangers

31 ( 33 ) LET THE HEALING BEGIN Joe Cocker
32 ( 32 ) GALLOWS POLE Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
33 ( 26 ) STARS China Black
34 ( 31 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
35 ( NEW ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra
36 ( 28 ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses
37 ( RE ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry and Deep Forest
38 ( 38 ) DO YOU LOVE ME Duke Baysee
39 ( 42 ) CRAZY Eternal
40 ( 30 ) CHRISTMAS WRAPPING Peaches



41 ( 37 ) WHEN I’M CLEANING WINDOWS 2 In A Tent featuring George Formby
42 ( 34 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
43 ( 35 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones
44 ( 36 ) ANOTHER NIGHT MC Saar and The Real McCoy
45 ( 48 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses
46 ( 39 ) ONE MORE CHANCE EYC
47 ( 40 ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins
48 ( 43 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow
49 ( 41 ) DOLLARS C.J. Lewis
50 ( NEW ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet

51 ( 51 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94
52 ( 46 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur
53 ( 53 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona
54 ( 47 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS
55 ( NEW ) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Barry White
56 ( 56 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
57 ( 50 ) ETERNAL LOVE PJ and Duncan
58 ( 54 ) SENSE Terry Hall
59 ( 59 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba
60 ( 61 ) I’LL FIND YOU Michelle Gayle

61 ( 58 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys
62 ( 65 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
63 ( 63 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People
64 ( NEW ) 7 SECONDS Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry
65 ( 74 ) SEARCHING China Black
66 ( 69 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
67 ( 67 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
68 ( 68 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma
69 ( NEW ) GLORY BOX Portishead
70 ( 73 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal



71 ( 71 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys
72 ( 72 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell
73 ( 52 ) HOW DO YOU STOP Joni Mitchell and Seal
74 ( 60 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South
75 ( NEW ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Feb 17 2015, 10:26 PM
Post #2
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 



8th January 1995


Oasis make it 2 weeks on top for my 37th birthday, hey whatever. Riverdance inexplicably goes top 5. Whatever. Glory Box is a glorious 61 place leap to 8 though, hooray for quality! However the highest new entry at 10 is really dodgy. No, honest, So Let Me Go Far and one I’ve utterly forgotten, but it’s Dodgy and that’s good enough for me if it’s good enough for you. Must have loved it though. Youtube awaits!

At 31, new for Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter, One Cool Remove from being country and folk, but nice anyway. Runrig are in at 30, with This Time Of Year, Scarlet go top 20, and in at 33 it’s the great pop dance delight of Strike...U Sure Do! Jimmy Somerville has a Heartbeat at 39 from 75, The Sounds Of Blackness return with a new track, declaring I’m Going All The Way from 49. Best of all Simple Minds at 55 return with the terrific She’s A River for a cool 14 years of chart entries. This was the tour I finally got to see them in concert, so yay for me! Finally Let Loose are back, twice, once with Seventeen reissued, at 75, and also with the better One Night Stand a bit higher at 65.


1 ( 1 ) WHATEVER Oasis
2 ( 4 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
3 ( 3 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
4 ( 2 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey
5 ( 8 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
6 ( 5 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
7 ( 7 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
8 ( 69 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
9 ( 9 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
10 ( NEW ) SO LET ME GO FAR Dodgy



11 ( 6 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
12 ( 18 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters
13 ( 10 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone
14 ( 20 ) 1963 ’94 New Order
15 ( 15 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting
16 ( 11 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
17 ( 17 ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees
18 ( 50 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
19 ( 14 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong
20 ( 13 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3

21 ( 19 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan
22 ( 12 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS/ TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea
23 ( 27 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
24 ( 42 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
25 ( 21 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail
26 ( 29 ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base
27 ( 23 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
28 ( 31 ) LET THE HEALING BEGIN Joe Cocker
29 ( 38 ) DO YOU LOVE ME Duke Baysee
30 ( NEW ) THIS TIME OF YEAR Runrig

31 ( NEW ) ONE COOL REMOVE Shawn Colvin featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter
32 ( 16 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi
33 ( NEW ) U SURE DO Strike
34 ( 39 ) CRAZY Eternal
35 ( 37 ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry and Deep Forest
36 ( 34 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
37 ( 33 ) STARS China Black
38 ( 24 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D
39 ( 75 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
40 ( 45 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses



41 ( 22 ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer
42 ( 46 ) ONE MORE CHANCE EYC
43 ( 25 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly
44 ( 35 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra
45 ( 26 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure
46 ( 55 ) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Barry White
47 ( 28 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17
48 ( 30 ) GO GO POWER RANGERS Might Morph'n Power Rangers
49 ( NEW ) I’M GOING ALL THE WAY The Sounds Of Blackness
50 ( 32 ) GALLOWS POLE Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

51 ( 40 ) CHRISTMAS WRAPPING Peaches
52 ( 36 ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses
53 ( 60 ) I’LL FIND YOU Michelle Gayle
54 ( 43 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones
55 ( NEW ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
56 ( 53 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona
57 ( 56 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
58 ( 41 ) WHEN I’M CLEANING WINDOWS 2 In A Tent featuring George Formby
59 ( 48 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow
60 ( 59 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

61 ( 44 ) ANOTHER NIGHT MC Saar and The Real McCoy
62 ( 51 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94
63 ( 62 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
64 ( 61 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys
65 ( NEW ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
66 ( 66 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
67 ( 67 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
68 ( 68 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma
69 ( 64 ) 7 SECONDS Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry
70 ( 70 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal



71 ( 71 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys
72 ( 54 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS
73 ( 52 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur
74 ( 72 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell
75 ( NEW ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Feb 18 2015, 10:22 PM
Post #3
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 



15th January 1995

3 weeks at 1 for Oasis, as Riverdance hits 3. I’m shocked! Actual chart peak 3. I mean it’s nice, but let’s be honest, it’s the dancing - watch the video! The Lightning Seeds get a 3rd Top 5 hit, with Change at 4, while an Independent Scarlet hit 8. New Order add to their growing tally of Top 10’s with a track that never should have just been a B Side, 1963.

Highest new entry at 15 is Annie Lennox, now onto a covers album and she covers old friends A Lover Speaks 1986 minor UK hit (and big hit in my charts) No More I Love You’s, improves on it, and hopefully the royalties have helped them out ever since cos it’s fab. An unusual melody, but gorgeous, and it forever now reminds of later in 1995 when I was in an Orange Juice bar on Orchard Road in Singapore gasping for a drink in the heat and humidity, and this came out of the speakers. Pretty sure no-one else has those associations with the song!

In at 19, Massive Attack are back with a bang, with help from Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl, over a decade into her run of big hits in my charts, and what a mellow lovely atmospheric track it is too. Jimmy Somerville goes top 20, Simple Minds 30, Barry White 40, and in at 32 it’s Crush - With Eyeliner: aka REM’s glamrock Velvet Underground-ish rifftastic move away from the mainstream appeal of their more recent stuff, and it’s great.

We’ve also got the original version of the hideous 2014 dance remix of R. Kelly’s Bump ‘n’ Grind at 43 which wasn’t that bad before I went off him a bit. Tanita Tikaram’s back, I Might Be Crying but it’s been 7 years since she arrived with a bang, and then quickly faded out without ever deserving that. At 50, what the Deuce!? Call It Love, or call it pop. M People want to Open Your Heart at 53, but I’m opening my heart to the disco classic from 1977 that the Communards more or less were inspired by, and it’s back at 65 18 years on - Thelma Houston’s version of Don’t Leave Me This Way. The song was originally lined up to be Diana Ross’ follow-up to the still-epic Love Hangover in 1976, but Thelma got the big disco smash out of it instead. Best of all, the original 1975 Philly version of the Gamble & Huff song became a bigger hit in the UK for Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes, still my fave version.


1 ( 1 ) WHATEVER Oasis
2 ( 2 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
3 ( 5 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
4 ( 7 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
5 ( 3 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
6 ( 8 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
7 ( 18 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
8 ( 6 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
9 ( 9 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
10 ( 14 ) 1963 ’94 New Order



11 ( 4 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey
12 ( 17 ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees
13 ( 11 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
14 ( 10 ) SO LET ME GO FAR Dodgy
15 ( NEW ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
16 ( 13 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone
17 ( 12 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters
18 ( 23 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
19 ( NEW ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
20 ( 39 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville



21 ( 16 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
22 ( 19 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong
23 ( 26 ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base
24 ( 15 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting
25 ( 29 ) DO YOU LOVE ME Duke Baysee
26 ( 21 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan
27 ( 55 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
28 ( 34 ) CRAZY Eternal
29 ( 35 ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry and Deep Forest
30 ( 31 ) ONE COOL REMOVE Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter

31 ( 20 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3
32 ( NEW ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM
33 ( 22 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS/ TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea
34 ( 46 ) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Barry White
35 ( 24 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
36 ( 27 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
37 ( 40 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses
38 ( 25 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail
39 ( NEW ) WHERE’S YOUR LOVE BEEN Heliocentric World
40 ( 49 ) I’M GOING ALL THE WAY The Sounds Of Blackness



41 ( 37 ) STARS China Black
42 ( 36 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
43 ( NEW ) BUMP ‘N’ GRIND R. Kelly
44 ( 38 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D
45 ( 65 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
46 ( 30 ) THIS TIME OF YEAR Runrig
47 ( NEW ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram
48 ( 28 ) LET THE HEALING BEGIN Joe Cocker
49 ( 32 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi
50 ( NEW ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce

51 ( 33 ) U SURE DO Strike
52 ( 43 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly
53 ( NEW ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
54 ( 44 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra
55 ( 45 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure
56 ( 41 ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer
57 ( 57 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
58 ( 56 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona
59 ( 47 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17
60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

61 ( 51 ) CHRISTMAS WRAPPING Peaches
62 ( 54 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones
63 ( 48 ) GO GO POWER RANGERS Might Morph'n Power Rangers
64 ( 63 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
65 ( NEW ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY Thelma Houston
66 ( 59 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow
67 ( 66 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
68 ( 67 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
69 ( 50 ) GALLOWS POLE Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
70 ( 68 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma



71 ( 70 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal
72 ( 64 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys
73 ( 71 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys
74 ( 74 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell
75 ( 62 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94



Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
AH Gold
post Feb 19 2015, 12:07 AM
Post #4
BuzzJack Platinum Member
******
Group: Members
Posts: 8,248
Member No.: 3,410
Joined: 16-May 07
 


Hoorah! '95 here a last!

Like you, Riverdance performed much better in my chart than I remember. Then again, the same could be said for many. On the flipside, some faves like Perfection and 1963 completely underperformed for me at the time.

Unlike you, I actually prefer the 'hideous' 2014 dance remix of Bump N Grind to the original laugh.gif

Great to see Human League, Scarlet and Portishead in the top ten - all undeservedly underrated gems.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Feb 19 2015, 08:28 AM
Post #5
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


QUOTE(AH Gold @ Feb 19 2015, 12:07 AM) *
Hoorah! '95 here a last!

Like you, Riverdance performed much better in my chart than I remember. Then again, the same could be said for many. On the flipside, some faves like Perfection and 1963 completely underperformed for me at the time.

Unlike you, I actually prefer the 'hideous' 2014 dance remix of Bump N Grind to the original laugh.gif

Great to see Human League, Scarlet and Portishead in the top ten - all undeservedly underrated gems.


Thanks AH, I think we all went down with Riverdance fever! laugh.gif

"Hideous" is praps a bit strong - annoying is more accurate for the 2014 remix of Bump n Grind but I have a tendancy to exaggerate laugh.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
dandy*
post Feb 19 2015, 06:56 PM
Post #6
Mansonette
*******
Group: Global Mod
Posts: 35,149
Member No.: 54
Joined: 7-March 06
   No Gallery Pics
 


I think Riverdance is a perfectly passable track, no need to be ashamed of it! All those pure moods sounding things like Enigma/Deep Forest etc were very on trend and Riverdance kinda fitted that mood.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Feb 19 2015, 09:21 PM
Post #7
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


QUOTE(مدهش* @ Feb 19 2015, 06:56 PM) *
I think Riverdance is a perfectly passable track, no need to be ashamed of it! All those pure moods sounding things like Enigma/Deep Forest etc were very on trend and Riverdance kinda fitted that mood.


thanks Dandy, you're probably right and I just need to reacquaint myself with Riverdance properly - I did buy it at the time but I havent played it in 20 years. Oops! cool.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Feb 20 2015, 09:52 PM
Post #8
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


22nd January 1995


It’s the Human League at 1, at last, some 7 years since the last one, and their 9th in total in 15 years of chart entries. Hoorah, I still love them! Meanwhile my top 10 gets some street cred as Portishead hit 3 and New Order 6, not to mention Massive Attack at 9, their 3rd top 10. Meanwhile Deuce rocket up to 17 with another one of those tracks I haven’t heard in 20 years and have forgotten, and forgotten I liked! Dear oh dear!

Let Loose go top 40 with One Night Stand, I suppose we’ve all done that at one time or another. Let Loose, I mean. One Night Stand maybe, maybe not. Highest new entry is the great soul girl band TLC, jazzy, snazzy, sultry, it’s Creep at 28, a record that still sounds fresh and fabulous. Morrissey is in at 31 with Boxers. I have my tickets for next month for Mozza, hopefully he will be tip top. Donna Allen has another chart entry some years on from her first, this time it’s Real at 33, while in at 38, it’s Sleeper with Inbetweener.

R Kelly and The Sounds Of Blackness join in the 40 action, as does Thelma Houston doing it second time around 18 years on. Cyndi Lauper is back at 53, tackling a classic - I’m Gonna Be Strong is Gene Pitney’s torch song, his finest moment, and a dramatic anthem with a vocal performance that no-one could possibly top, but that doesn’t stop ol Cyn giving it a good go. Another cover brings Aswad back, and a good reggae version of the 1963 Betty Everett song You’re No Good, better known in the UK as a big hit for The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1964 (they were big enough for me to know them as a poptastic fave group age 6) before Linda Ronstadt covered it in 1975 and had a big US hit. I’d stick with the original soulful version though, with Aswad as the second-best choice.

Stevie Wonder’s back again, some 26 years on from For Once In My Life, at 58 it’s For Your Love. At 62, it’s another cover, of instrumental Soul Limbo, a 1969 instrumental hit for Booker T & The MG’s, better known as a TV cricket theme tune. It’s not as good, even with lyrics. Yet another cover version at 65 (of Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye’s hit cover of the Pearls minor hit version of the US 1972 original version from The Stylistics. This time it’s Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts, but I think there’s still room for a definitive version of the great song. At 66 it’s Nicki French and her version of Bonnie Tyler’s 1983 chart-topper, Total Eclipse Of The Heart. It’s not as good. That concludes the covers, leaving only Jim Carrey and Cuban Pete at 71 for one week only. He did The Truman Show, though, so I forgive him.



1 ( 2 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
2 ( 1 ) WHATEVER Oasis
3 ( 6 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
4 ( 7 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
5 ( 3 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
6 ( 10 ) 1963 ’94 New Order
7 ( 4 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
8 ( 5 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
9 ( 19 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
10 ( 8 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex



11 ( 12 ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees
12 ( 20 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
13 ( 15 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
14 ( 13 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
15 ( 9 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
16 ( 27 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
17 ( 50 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
18 ( 18 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
19 ( 23 ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base
20 ( 11 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

21 ( 25 ) DO YOU LOVE ME Duke Baysee
22 ( 45 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
23 ( 21 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
24 ( 24 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting
25 ( 37 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses
26 ( 17 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters
27 ( 14 ) SO LET ME GO FAR Dodgy
28 ( NEW ) CREEP TLC
29 ( 34 ) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Barry White
30 ( 16 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone



31 ( NEW ) BOXERS Morrissey
32 ( 32 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM
33 ( NEW ) REAL Donna Allen
34 ( 22 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong
35 ( 35 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
36 ( 40 ) I’M GOING ALL THE WAY The Sounds Of Blackness
37 ( 43 ) BUMP ‘N’ GRIND R. Kelly
38 ( NEW ) INBETWEENER Sleeper
39 ( 65 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY Thelma Houston
40 ( 26 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan

41 ( 41 ) STARS China Black
42 ( 36 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
43 ( 53 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
44 ( 44 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D
45 ( 42 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
46 ( 38 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail
47 ( 47 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram
48 ( 33 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS/ TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea
49 ( 31 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3
50 ( 30 ) ONE COOL REMOVE Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter

51 ( 28 ) CRAZY Eternal
52 ( 29 ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry and Deep Forest
53 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA BE STRONG Cyndi Lauper
54 ( NEW ) LET IT LAST Carleen Anderson
55 ( 52 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly
56 ( 39 ) WHERE’S YOUR LOVE BEEN Heliocentric World
57 ( 57 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
58 ( NEW ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
59 ( NEW ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad
60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba



61 ( 58 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona
62 ( NEW ) SAVED Mr. Roy
63 ( 64 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
64 ( 55 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure
65 ( NEW ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts
66 ( NEW ) TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Nicki French
67 ( 67 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
68 ( 68 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
69 ( 70 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma
70 ( 66 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

71 ( NEW ) CUBAN PETE Jim Carrey
72 ( 71 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal
73 ( 73 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys
74 ( 59 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17
75 ( 49 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Feb 21 2015, 03:36 PM
Post #9
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


29th January 1995


Another new number one, and it’s Portishead and the fab Glory Box. No video as I’ve already featured it in previous weeks, just to not make it obvious what’s always going to top my chart by praising a record and then not featuring the youtube link! Hah! Scarlet meanwhile get the runners-up spot, as Bob Seger returns to my chart 17 years later, and way out-does the first-time-round as it bangs in at 6, rather surprisingly, as I wasn’t too fussed about it in 1978, and these days, but for a time I really did like it - apparently!

Annie Lennox gets another solo top 10, as Let Loose get a second or third (I forget), and Sting goes to a new peak with his Cowboy Song as Pato Banton turns up and lends some reggae vibes. REM crush some eyeliner at 20, and quite right too. M People go top 40 as Open Your Heart hits 23, and Tanita Tikaram 24, while The Wildhearts return with two delightfully-titled songs: If Life Is Like A Love Bank I Want An Overdraft and B side Georgie In Wonderland as played on Top Of The Pops. Just behind is another cowboy song, Cowboy Dreams, Jimmy Nail’s great version of Paddy McAloon’s donated song, before he released an even better version himself as Prefab Sprout in 2001. 10 years on in 1995, the Sprouts seemed to have been spat out by the music industry quite unfairly.

In at 33 it’s a Perfecto remix and redesign of Pigbag’s 1982 instrumental hit Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag, retitled Reach Up with added vocals and dance, and rather good it is too. I was rather surprised to hear this one in a superstore on Orchard Road in Singapore later in the year, I didn’t think Singapore was that into dance music! Talking of dance N Trance join that annoying obsession with the capital N (Entrance having druggy refs but avoiding everyone calling them an entrance). Oh did I used to laugh at everyone applying this principle in the UK to ‘NSync, radio, TV, DJ’s, everyone got it wrong. En-sink made no sense at all, In synch did. Hey ho. Set You Free was one of those pop dance hits that just kept on coming back when once was more than adequate for a decent dance track.

Madonna has a bedtime story at 57 - how sweet, Dear Jessie kiddie-candy I’m sure. Oh hang on, didn’t she do some big photo books at that time, with a naughty album, ah of course, grown-up bedtime stories. Dear Jessie was much better. Another under-rated 80’s fave returns at 61, The The having seen the 1948 Hank Williams country light and turned it into a rocking light! Hooray! Also back, Del Amitri, Here And Now, and with a few years wait for an actual number one chart-topper in my charts.

Gloria Estefan covers another classic at 66, disco-style, a song that once upon a time was in the charts every few years with yet another cover - Everlasting Love, starting with the original US hit version from Robert Knight, followed by the UK number one hit version by The Love Affair, both of them immaculate. Since then: 1969, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, with 1998 and 2004 still to come, so if anyone wants a chart hit it’s been overdue for about 4 years! Lastly, China Black are back to try for that hat-trick of number ones, I can almost see them (Somewhere) at 71, boy band Ultimate Kaos are at 73, not one of Simon Cowell’s biggest acts that one, and Singapore’s classical Vanessa Mae brings Toccata and Fugue class into the charts. I liked her.

1 ( 3 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
2 ( 4 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
3 ( 1 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
4 ( 2 ) WHATEVER Oasis
5 ( 5 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
6 ( NEW ) WE’VE GOT TONIGHT Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
7 ( 13 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
8 ( 6 ) 1963 ’94 New Order
9 ( 9 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
10 ( 22 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose



11 ( 7 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
12 ( 12 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
13 ( 10 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
14 ( 24 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting featuring Pato Banton
15 ( 16 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
16 ( 8 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
17 ( 17 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
18 ( 14 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
19 ( 28 ) CREEP TLC
20 ( 32 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM



21 ( 15 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
22 ( 18 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
23 ( 43 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
24 ( 47 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram
25 ( NEW ) IF LIFE IS LIKE A LOVE BANK I WANT AN OVERDRAFT/ GEORDIE IN WONDERLAND The Wildhearts
26 ( NEW ) COWBOY DREAMS Jimmy Nail
27 ( 11 ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees
28 ( 29 ) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Barry White
29 ( 23 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
30 ( 38 ) INBETWEENER Sleeper



31 ( 20 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey
32 ( 19 ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base
33 ( NEW ) REACH UP (PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG) Perfecto Allstarz
34 ( 27 ) SO LET ME GO FAR Dodgy
35 ( 37 ) BUMP ‘N’ GRIND R. Kelly
36 ( 31 ) BOXERS Morrissey
37 ( 35 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
38 ( 21 ) DO YOU LOVE ME Duke Baysee
39 ( 26 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters
40 ( 65 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts



41 ( 41 ) STARS China Black
42 ( 25 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses
43 ( 34 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong
44 ( 30 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone
45 ( 39 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY Thelma Houston
46 ( 42 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
47 ( 58 ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
48 ( 45 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
49 ( NEW ) SET YOU FREE N Trance
50 ( 59 ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad

51 ( 33 ) REAL Donna Allen
52 ( 40 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan
53 ( 53 ) I’M GONNA BE STRONG Cyndi Lauper
54 ( 44 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D
55 ( 48 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS/ TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea
56 ( 49 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3
57 ( NEW ) BEDTIME STORIES Madonna
58 ( 57 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
59 ( 36 ) I’M GOING ALL THE WAY The Sounds Of Blackness
60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

61 ( NEW ) I SAW THE LIGHT The The
62 ( 46 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail
63 ( NEW ) HERE AND NOW Del Amitri
64 ( 63 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
65 ( 55 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly
66 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE Gloria Estefan
67 ( 67 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
68 ( 68 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
69 ( 69 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma
70 ( 61 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

71 ( NEW ) ALMOST SEE YOU (SOMEWHERE) China Black
72 ( 72 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal
73 ( NEW ) HOOCHIE BOOTY Ultimate Kaos
74 ( 73 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys
75 ( NEW ) TOCCATA AND FUGUE Vanessa Mae
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
dandy*
post Feb 22 2015, 11:03 PM
Post #10
Mansonette
*******
Group: Global Mod
Posts: 35,149
Member No.: 54
Joined: 7-March 06
   No Gallery Pics
 


QUOTE(popchartfreak @ Feb 19 2015, 09:21 PM) *
thanks Dandy, you're probably right and I just need to reacquaint myself with Riverdance properly - I did buy it at the time but I havent played it in 20 years. Oops! cool.gif

So I've just listened to it and I still quite like it... it hasn't aged a bit!
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Mar 18 2015, 08:49 PM
Post #11
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


5th February 1995

Back up on top for a second week, Tell Me When? Feb. Who? Human League. Annie Lennox’ sublime cover of No More ‘I Love You’s is up to 2, her biggest post-Eurythmics hit, and beating all of their back catalogue bar 2. Not bad. REM meanwhile crush some eyeliner and streak up to 6 to get their biggest hit to date in almost a decade. There’s a couple of cowboys at 10 and 11, Sting and Pato Banton just out-shooting Jimmy Nail as they both go up with a bullet. Arf! (Old US chart chat references for old US chart fans...) Simple Minds are at 9, as the river flows upstream returning them to the higher reaches for the first time in 6 years.

M People and Perfecto go top 20, and The The hit 16 at the speed of light, good thing they saw it coming. Madonna tells herself a bedtime story at 21 and 22, take a bow! Morrissey goes up 10 with Boxers, one of the many many many singles he’s released that he didn’t do in concert this week in Bournemouth. Highest new entry is Lavinia Jones and one of many new entries this week I have utterly forgotten. Any that still sound good will be featured as youtubes. One I DO recall is Adam Ant, wonderfully entering at 36 for a cool 15 years of chart entries.

Climbers into the 40: Vanessa Mae, Cyndi Lauper, China Black, Del Amitri, and two more new hits for Sheryl Crow, who is Strong Enough at 39, and Carter, who are still Unstoppable with a young offender’s mum. Oops! Number 40. Suede just miss out at 41, and a new generation goes doh! as Homer rules in the hottest animated TV show in the world ever makes that a catchphrase with legs. Doh! Best new entry is at 49, the very funktastic Brit boyband pop of MN8, I’ve Got A Little Something For You, a sort of JLS of their day. Second-best new entry are old-faithfuls Sparks, at 57 with a tribute to Charlie Parker giving them 21 years of fab hits.

1 ( 3 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
2 ( 7 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
3 ( 4 ) WHATEVER Oasis
4 ( 1 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
5 ( 6 ) WE’VE GOT TONIGHT Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
6 ( 20 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM
7 ( 2 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
8 ( 10 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
9 ( 15 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
10 ( 14 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting featuring Pato Banton



11 ( 26 ) COWBOY DREAMS Jimmy Nail
12 ( 23 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
13 ( 33 ) REACH UP (PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG) Perfecto Allstarz
14 ( 5 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
15 ( 12 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
16 ( 61 ) I SAW THE LIGHT The The
17 ( 13 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
18 ( 9 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
19 ( 8 ) 1963 ’94 New Order
20 ( 11 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds



21 ( 57 ) BEDTIME STORIES Madonna
22 ( 16 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
23 ( 18 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
24 ( 24 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram
25 ( 17 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
26 ( 36 ) BOXERS Morrissey
27 ( 19 ) CREEP TLC
28 ( 63 ) HERE AND NOW Del Amitri
29 ( 25 ) IF LIFE IS LIKE A LOVE BANK I WANT AN OVERDRAFT/ GEORDIE IN WONDERLAND The Wildhearts
30 ( 21 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion



31 ( 53 ) I’M GONNA BE STRONG Cyndi Lauper
32 ( NEW ) SING IT TO YOU (DEE DOOB DEE DO) Lavinia Jones
33 ( 71 ) ALMOST SEE YOU (SOMEWHERE) China Black
34 ( 29 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
35 ( 40 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts
36 ( NEW ) WONDERFUL Adam Ant
37 ( 75 ) TOCCATA AND FUGUE Vanessa Mae
38 ( 22 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
39 ( NEW ) STRONG ENOUGH Sheryl Crow
40 ( NEW ) YOUNG OFFENDER’S MUM Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

41 ( NEW ) NEW GENERATION Suede
42 ( 37 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
43 ( 49 ) SET YOU FREE N Trance
44 ( 41 ) STARS China Black
45 ( 44 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone
46 ( 31 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey
47 ( 47 ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
48 ( 50 ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad
49 ( NEW ) I’VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU MN8
50 ( 39 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters

51 ( 35 ) BUMP ‘N’ GRIND R. Kelly
52 ( 28 ) PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH Barry White
53 ( 46 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
54 ( 48 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
55 ( 30 ) INBETWEENER Sleeper
56 ( NEW ) U WILL KNOW BMU
57 ( NEW ) WHEN I KISS YOU (I HEAR CHARLIE PARKER PLAYING) Sparks
58 ( 34 ) SO LET ME GO FAR Dodgy
59 ( 43 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong
60 ( 58 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins



61 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba
62 ( NEW ) RUN AWAY MC Saar and The Real McCoy
63 ( 27 ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees
64 ( 64 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
65 ( NEW ) MENTAL PICTURE Jon Secada
66 ( 66 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Gloria Estefan
67 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Junior Reid
68 ( 67 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
69 ( 68 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
70 ( NEW ) AGOLO Angelique Kidgjo

71 ( 69 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma
72 ( NEW ) CAN’T GET BY Slamm
73 ( NEW ) NOW THEY’LL SLEEP Belly
74 ( 32 ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base
75 ( 72 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

In the world, Space Shuttle Discovery launched with Briton Michael Foale on board and spacewalk bound. On a sad note, Richie from the Manic Street Preachers went missing, presumed dead. On TV Star Trek Voyager was running in the USA, and soon in the UK as Sky TV hogged the best US shows before terrestrial TV got them - and there were loads of great ones, the mid-90’s was a golden age for sci-fi/fantasy TV and sitcoms, at least a golden age in the States. The UK lagged far far behind, but there were still gems starting shortly (the brilliant father Ted) and ending (The High Life with future star Alan Cumming, set on board an airline; Bottom with the late great Rik Mayall, and the great Ade Edmondson), not to mention the successful (Mr. Bean).
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Mar 21 2015, 03:59 PM
Post #12
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


12th February 1995


Annie Lennox gets her first solo number one, and third in total, doing what The Lover Speaks couldn’t quite do in 1986, taking it all the way to the top. They supported Eurythmics on tour but still couldn’t break through, sadly, as I loved the original version. Annie didn’t forget how good the song was though, thank goodness. Meanwhile rock gets a look-in as REM hit 3, and Simple Minds 4, both under-rated singles. The Pigbag Perfecto reworking hits 7, and also beats the original 1982 version, as Jimmy Nail grabs a 3rd top 10 with the great Paddy McAloon smooth country song (check out the definitive Prefab Sprout version attached), and M People hit 10.

MN8 rocket to 15, leap-frogging all and sundry, proving they do in fact have a little something for me. Jade return, Every Day Of The Week apparently, or at least one day at 16, with a bit of smooth 90’s r’n’b, as Adam Ant goes top 20 ahead of Sheryl Crow. Wonderful! Or at least, pretty good balladry, nothing like his 80’s hits, and not bad at all. At 26, Blackstreet enter, U Blow My Mind very much that SoulIIsoul shuffle beat mucho popular in the 90’s, as Aswad’s cover version belies the title, You’re No Good is in fact pretty good at 27. BoyzIImen and R Kelly enter the top 40 under a pseudonym (BMU Black Men United) along with a host of lesser stars, on a Band Aid-type superstar line-up r’n’b stylee, as Suede scrape in to the 40.

From 41 to 75, Elton John is at 41, can you Believe it? Dramatic balladry, and one of his better latter-day singles, as his voice was getting deeper with the years I wasn’t quite as enthusiastic as I used to be, but it suits this one. At 52, a doo-wop version, BoyzIImen styled, of childhood fave Sukiyaki, now with English lyrics and the second cover version to chart, after A Taste Of Honey. None of them is a patch on the original Japanese US Number one from 1963, which finally topped my chart in 2014 50 years late, for Kyu Sakamoto. PJ & Duncan, not yet Ant & Dec, get another hit with Our Radio Rocks, a half decent pop ditty, The Gogo’s reunite, and are welcomed by me at 74, has the whole world lost it’s head? Just me, it seemed. Finally Green day start a long run of hits at 75, a pure Basket Case...




1 ( 2 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
2 ( 1 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
3 ( 6 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM
4 ( 9 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
5 ( 8 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
6 ( 5 ) WE’VE GOT TONIGHT Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
7 ( 13 ) REACH UP (PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG) Perfecto Allstarz
8 ( 10 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting featuring Pato Banton
9 ( 11 ) COWBOY DREAMS Jimmy Nail
10 ( 12 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People




11 ( 4 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
12 ( 3 ) WHATEVER Oasis
13 ( 16 ) I SAW THE LIGHT The The
14 ( 7 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
15 ( 49 ) I’VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU MN8
16 ( NEW ) EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Jade
17 ( 17 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
18 ( 30 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
19 ( 36 ) WONDERFUL Adam Ant
20 ( 39 ) STRONG ENOUGH Sheryl Crow



21 ( 21 ) BEDTIME STORIES Madonna
22 ( 32 ) SING IT TO YOU (DEE DOOB DEE DO) Lavinia Jones
23 ( 15 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
24 ( 14 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
25 ( 28 ) HERE AND NOW Del Amitri
26 ( NEW ) U BLOW MY MIND Blackstreet
27 ( 48 ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad
28 ( 18 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
29 ( 22 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
30 ( 23 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

31 ( 31 ) I’M GONNA BE STRONG Cyndi Lauper
32 ( 20 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
33 ( 35 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts
34 ( 19 ) 1963 ’94 New Order
35 ( 25 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
36 ( 56 ) U WILL KNOW BMU featuring R Kelly, BoyzIImen
37 ( 27 ) CREEP TLC
38 ( 62 ) RUN AWAY MC Saar and The Real McCoy
39 ( 43 ) SET YOU FREE N Trance
40 ( 41 ) NEW GENERATION Suede



41 ( NEW ) BELIEVE Elton John
42 ( 34 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
43 ( 38 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze
44 ( 37 ) TOCCATA AND FUGUE Vanessa Mae
45 ( 33 ) ALMOST SEE YOU (SOMEWHERE) China Black
46 ( 44 ) STARS China Black
47 ( 47 ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
48 ( NEW ) WALK THIS WORLD Heather Nova
49 ( 42 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
50 ( 24 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram

51 ( 26 ) BOXERS Morrissey
52 ( NEW ) SUKIYAKI 4PM
53 ( 29 ) IF LIFE IS LIKE A LOVE BANK I WANT AN OVERDRAFT/ GEORDIE IN WONDERLAND The Wildhearts
54 ( 66 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Gloria Estefan
55 ( 40 ) YOUNG OFFENDER’S MUM Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
56 ( 53 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
57 ( 46 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey
58 ( 54 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
59 ( 51 ) BUMP ‘N’ GRIND R. Kelly
60 ( 45 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone

61 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba
62 ( 60 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
63 ( 67 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Junior Reid
64 ( NEW ) THE ONLY ONE Gun
65 ( 64 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
66 ( 50 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters
67 ( 57 ) WHEN I KISS YOU (I HEAR CHARLIE PARKER PLAYING) Sparks
68 ( 68 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
69 ( 69 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
70 ( 59 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

71 ( 58 ) SO LET ME GO FAR Dodgy
72 ( 71 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma
73 ( NEW ) OUR RADIO ROCKS PJ & Duncan
74 ( NEW ) WHOLE WORLD LOST IT’S HEAD The Gogo’s
75 ( NEW ) BASKET CASE Green Day

American TV 1995: was brilliant, to be honest. Going on holiday to the States was wonderful, as I got to see the latest episodes of fab shows ahead of their UK showings. Just look at this list of shows: Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Star Trek: Voyager, X-Files and its writers forgotten (but fab) sci-fi show Space: Above And Beyond, Strange Luck (also forgotten, but a great unusual show based around co-incidences), Seinfeld, Married..With Children (brilliantly low-brow white-collar), Frasier (brilliantly high-brow intellectual), Third Rock From The Sun (brilliantly slapstick and OTT sci-fi comedy), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman, The Simpsons at it’s peak, The Drew Carey Show, Friends at it’s peak, the quirky charming Due South, Roseanne, Sliders (cross-dimensions sci-fi), Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, and the fantastically-written, classy Batman: The Animated Series. Quite possibly the best year for US TV ever.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
AH Gold
post Mar 22 2015, 03:29 PM
Post #13
BuzzJack Platinum Member
******
Group: Members
Posts: 8,248
Member No.: 3,410
Joined: 16-May 07
 


As always, great reading. I always thought No More I Love You's topped my chart, just one of many surprises when I unearthed my '95 charts, it stalled at No.2. Great to see Tell Me When was a chart topper.

Fantastic stuff biggrin.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Mar 22 2015, 09:38 PM
Post #14
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


QUOTE(AH Gold @ Mar 22 2015, 03:29 PM) *
As always, great reading. I always thought No More I Love You's topped my chart, just one of many surprises when I unearthed my '95 charts, it stalled at No.2. Great to see Tell Me When was a chart topper.

Fantastic stuff biggrin.gif


Thanks AH, I've also seen some chart surprises in my 1995 charts - and a bunch I dont remember too laugh.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Mar 25 2015, 05:04 PM
Post #15
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


19th February 1995


2 weeks for Annie on top, as Bob Seger’s oldie peaks at 2 much to my surprise. We’ve Got Tonight obviously resonated with me, even more than boyband MN8 at 3! Look at GUN though, up 60 places to 4, far and away their biggest record in my charts, and one I’d forgotten, but it’s pretty fine. Another band called Gun made my top 10 in 1969 with the awesome Race With The Devil. Sting hits 6, and grabs his 2nd-biggest solo hit (after Russians in 1985), while highest new entry is at 15, a cover of Brotherhood Of Man’s 1970 hit United We Stand. Actually it was one of those cheap knock-off identi-kit cover versions by a jobbing musician called Reg Dwight, and it was a pretty good version all in all considering. 25 years on a whole album of Reg’s covers was released, and whaddya know it outperforms his current single Believe. Yes, Elton John!

Paul Young, like everyone else, was also covering classic oldies at the time, this time the Hugh Masekela 60’s song Grazing In The Grass. More to the point he covers the definitive version as done by The Friends Of Distinction, and enters at 24 for 12 years of solo hits. Let’s just not mention Streetband. At 37, the fabulous Sophie B. Hawkins returns with her gorgeous As I Lay Me Down. She’s great. 10CC do an “unplugged” version of their 1975 number one classic, and hit 43 - it’s just not the same without the intricate harmony layering, though! At 48, fantastic, well-remembered, and upbeat - yes it’s The Boo Radleys. Wake up Boo! Mike + The Mechanics return with Over My Shoulder, at 53, and 9 years since they went top 10 with their best single Silent Running, and 21 years since Mike, and Paul Carrack, both charted in Genesis and Ace respectively. At 55, John Lee Hooker shows age is no barrier, as the terrific Chill Out bluesy track enters at 55. He was 78 at the time, and still had it. Which leaves The Smiths re-issue, a good Kirsty macColl newie, Caroline, Garth Brooks, Bon Jovi and Luther vandross. Phew! Busy chart!

1 ( 1 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
2 ( 6 ) WE’VE GOT TONIGHT Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
3 ( 15 ) I’VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU MN8
4 ( 64 ) THE ONLY ONE Gun
5 ( 2 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
6 ( 8 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting featuring Pato Banton
7 ( 7 ) REACH UP (PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG) Perfecto Allstarz
8 ( 5 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
9 ( 9 ) COWBOY DREAMS Jimmy Nail
10 ( 3 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM




11 ( 4 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
12 ( 16 ) EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Jade
13 ( 11 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
14 ( 14 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
15 ( NEW ) UNITED WE STAND Reg Dwight aka Elton John
16 ( 10 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
17 ( 36 ) U WILL KNOW BMU featuring R Kelly, BoyzIImen
18 ( 21 ) BEDTIME STORIES Madonna
19 ( 12 ) WHATEVER Oasis
20 ( 27 ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad




21 ( 13 ) I SAW THE LIGHT The The
22 ( 17 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
23 ( 26 ) U BLOW MY MIND Blackstreet
24 ( NEW ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS Paul Young
25 ( 19 ) WONDERFUL Adam Ant
26 ( 41 ) BELIEVE Elton John
27 ( 20 ) STRONG ENOUGH Sheryl Crow
28 ( 18 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
29 ( 35 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
30 ( 40 ) NEW GENERATION Suede



31 ( 22 ) SING IT TO YOU (DEE DOOB DEE DO) Lavinia Jones
32 ( 33 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts
33 ( 24 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
34 ( 23 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
35 ( 25 ) HERE AND NOW Del Amitri
36 ( 47 ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
37 ( NEW ) AS I LAY ME DOWN Sophie B. Hawkins
38 ( 38 ) RUN AWAY MC Saar and The Real McCoy
39 ( 73 ) OUR RADIO ROCKS PJ & Duncan
40 ( 63 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Junior Reid




41 ( 29 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
42 ( 30 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
43 ( NEW ) I’M NOT IN LOVE (1995) 10CC
44 ( 48 ) WALK THIS WORLD Heather Nova
45 ( 54 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Gloria Estefan
46 ( 42 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
47 ( 37 ) CREEP TLC
48 ( NEW ) WAKE UP BOO The Boo Radleys
49 ( 28 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
50 ( 50 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram

51 ( 46 ) STARS China Black
52 ( 52 ) SUKIYAKI 4PM
53 ( NEW ) OVER MY SHOULDER Mike + The Mechanics
54 ( 31 ) I’M GONNA BE STRONG Cyndi Lauper
55 ( NEW ) CHILL OUT (THING’S GONNA CHANGE) John Lee Hooker
56 ( NEW ) DELICIOUS Shampoo
57 ( NEW ) CAROLINE Kirsty MacColl
58 ( 44 ) TOCCATA AND FUGUE Vanessa Mae
59 ( 74 ) WHOLE WORLD LOST IT’S HEAD The Gogo’s
60 ( 49 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

61 ( 39 ) SET YOU FREE N Trance
62 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba
63 ( 32 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds
64 ( 34 ) 1963 ’94 New Order
65 ( NEW ) ASK The Smiths
66 ( 62 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
67 ( 65 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
68 ( 56 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
69 ( 58 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba
70 ( 69 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

71 ( NEW ) ALL I WANT Those 2 Girls
72 ( NEW ) THE DANCE Garth Brooks
73 ( 68 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
74 ( NEW ) SOMEDAY I’LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT Bon Jovi
75 ( NEW ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Luther Vandross


What was hot at the cinema this week? The Brady Bunch Movie was! A great piece of fluff, taking the michael out of the 1970 fashions and attitudes of the sitcom of the period, but with Shelley Long from Cheers, and rather surprisingly directed by Betty Thomas, the tough but soft inside Lucy Bates from the great Hill Street Blues. It really IS very funny! In sports Linford Christie grabbed a new 200m World Record.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Mar 27 2015, 07:35 PM
Post #16
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


26th February 1995

A new number one, and it’s pure boyband pop as MN8 take their rather catchy I’ve Got A Little Something For You (such modesty, not like the current braggers!) all the way. Perfecto also try to Reach Up, but stall at 3, still not bad for a grand dance track cover reworking. Highest new entry is Janet Jackson at 7, for a sweet and pleasant 9 years of top 10 hits. Whoops Now! Leaving The Boo Radleys delicious Wake Up Boo up 39 to 9, and yes wake up it’s a beautiful morning feelgood vibes!

At 19, up 20, it’s another surprise top 20 hit for PJ & Duncan, future TV superstars Ant n Dec of course - Our radio Rocks was fun enough, as was another track by a future TV presenter Denise Van Outen, Those 2 Girls shooting up to 28, that’s all I want! In at 20, following up a chart-topper, Human League return with One Man In My Heart, though it’s not Phil singing that line, it’s over to the girls this time for a slight change of sound. At 31, it’s a blockbuster classic announcing it’s arrival, Take That’s Gary Barlow proving for the second time that he really can write a bloody brilliant ballad as well a s a bloody brilliant pop song (Pray), and he’s Back For Good.

At 34, The Tabernacle give us a rousing I Know The Lord, a fab dance toon. The great John Lee Hooker, and Mike and The Mechanics, both make the 40, as another great record I Know enters at 44 for Dionne Farris. At 53, Ye Ke Ye Ke is remixed 7 years on to lesser effect, the original Mory Kante version remains the best version, while at 56 it’s a superstar diva charity collaboration (plus Eric Clapton) as Love Can Build A Bridge for Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry. Others: Springsteen, EMF, Elastica, Alex Party.



1 ( 3 ) I’VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU MN8
2 ( 1 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
3 ( 7 ) REACH UP (PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG) Perfecto Allstarz
4 ( 4 ) THE ONLY ONE Gun
5 ( 2 ) WE’VE GOT TONIGHT Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
6 ( 6 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting featuring Pato Banton
7 ( NEW ) WHOOPS NOW! Janet Jackson
8 ( 8 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
9 ( 48 ) WAKE UP BOO The Boo Radleys
10 ( 9 ) COWBOY DREAMS Jimmy Nail



11 ( 5 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
12 ( 11 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
13 ( 13 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
14 ( 10 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM
15 ( 15 ) UNITED WE STAND Reg Dwight aka Elton John
16 ( 18 ) BEDTIME STORIES Madonna
17 ( 16 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
18 ( 14 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet
19 ( 39 ) OUR RADIO ROCKS PJ & Duncan
20 ( NEW ) ONE MAN IN MY HEART Human League



21 ( 12 ) EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Jade
22 ( 26 ) BELIEVE Elton John
23 ( 29 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
24 ( 37 ) AS I LAY ME DOWN Sophie B. Hawkins
25 ( 19 ) WHATEVER Oasis
26 ( 22 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
27 ( 25 ) WONDERFUL Adam Ant
28 ( 71 ) ALL I WANT Those 2 Girls
29 ( 17 ) U WILL KNOW BMU featuring R Kelly, BoyzIImen
30 ( 20 ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad



31 ( NEW ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That
32 ( 55 ) CHILL OUT (THING’S GONNA CHANGE) John Lee Hooker
33 ( 28 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
34 ( NEW ) I KNOW THE LORD The Tabernacle
35 ( 33 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
36 ( 53 ) OVER MY SHOULDER Mike + The Mechanics
37 ( 38 ) RUN AWAY MC Saar and The Real McCoy
38 ( 24 ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS Paul Young
39 ( 44 ) WALK THIS WORLD Heather Nova
40 ( 21 ) I SAW THE LIGHT The The

41 ( 36 ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
42 ( 41 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
43 ( 42 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
44 ( NEW ) I KNOW Dionne Farris
45 ( 57 ) CAROLINE Kirsty MacColl
46 ( 23 ) U BLOW MY MIND Blackstreet
47 ( 46 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
48 ( 27 ) STRONG ENOUGH Sheryl Crow
49 ( 56 ) DELICIOUS Shampoo
50 ( 34 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville

51 ( 40 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Junior Reid
52 ( 32 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts
53 ( NEW ) YE KE YE KE (REMIX) Mory Kante
54 ( 47 ) CREEP TLC
55 ( 51 ) STARS China Black
56 ( NEW ) LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton
57 ( 35 ) HERE AND NOW Del Amitri
58 ( 50 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram
59 ( 74 ) SOMEDAY I’LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT Bon Jovi
60 ( NEW ) WAKING UP Elastica

61 ( 43 ) I’M NOT IN LOVE (1995) 10CC
62 ( 31 ) SING IT TO YOU (DEE DOOB DEE DO) Lavinia Jones
63 ( 62 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba
64 ( NEW ) DON’T GIVE ME YOUR LIFE Alex Party
65 ( 60 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
66 ( 30 ) NEW GENERATION Suede
67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
68 ( 66 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
69 ( 49 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
70 ( 70 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

71 ( 68 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
72 ( NEW ) ALL NIGHT LONG Mary Jane Girls
73 ( 73 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
74 ( NEW ) PERFECT DAY EMF
75 ( NEW ) MURDER INCORPORATED Bruce Springsteen
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
AH Gold
post Apr 4 2015, 08:41 PM
Post #17
BuzzJack Platinum Member
******
Group: Members
Posts: 8,248
Member No.: 3,410
Joined: 16-May 07
 


Ah, Those 2 Girls shooting up to No.28, it'll be interesting to see how high it gets.

Naturally, love the Human League entry. Also like Kirsty and the Tabernacle, yet neither made my chart at all in '95 (although I think the latter did in '96, I'll have to check). Didn't hear Caroline until many years later.

Fascinating reading as ever
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Apr 6 2015, 07:03 AM
Post #18
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


QUOTE(AH Gold @ Apr 4 2015, 09:41 PM) *
Ah, Those 2 Girls shooting up to No.28, it'll be interesting to see how high it gets.

Naturally, love the Human League entry. Also like Kirsty and the Tabernacle, yet neither made my chart at all in '95 (although I think the latter did in '96, I'll have to check). Didn't hear Caroline until many years later.

Fascinating reading as ever


Thanks AH, Those2girls did quite well for a track I'd totally forgotten!

The Tabernacle was remixed in 96 so I guess it will make my charts again then, too cool.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Coral5
post Apr 16 2015, 06:48 PM
Post #19
PTTP
*****
Group: Banned
Posts: 4,806
Member No.: 16,865
Joined: 30-April 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


Shampoo is very underrated here and in the real life too. True number one girl group of decade, not those Spices or Saints. Predictably didn't find two number ones from my charts.

Those 2 Girls were # 2 in my chart, Denise's # 1 will come a little later. Don't remember this Kirsty's song. sad.gif

The one from my all-time least favourite songs wasn't successful in this chart.

THANKS, John. yahoo.gif


This post has been edited by Sword of Justice: Apr 16 2015, 06:50 PM
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Popchartfreak
post Apr 27 2015, 07:34 PM
Post #20
BuzzJack Legend
*******
Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,695
Member No.: 17,376
Joined: 18-July 12
   No Gallery Pics
 


5th March 1995

2 weeks on top for MN8 as Human League leap to 2 with a man in their heart, and The Boo Radleys wake up to the news that they have hit 3. Hooray! Dionne Farris, ex-Arrested Development singer returns solo to the top 10 in one fell swoop where Arrested Development needed a few weeks longer with Tennessee in 1992. Elton John Believes he can still grab a top 10 hit 24 years into his career, and so indeed he can, at 9, and comfortably more than 20+ to date. Which of course leaves PJ & Duncan making number 10 with Our Radio Rocks. No, I’m not quite sure why either!

Sophie B. and The Tabernacle both get deserved top 20 climbs, as does a little obscure ditty by a band called Take That. Back For Good? You can bet on it! The charity collaboration wiv da girls builds a quick chart bridge to 28, and Des’ree enters at 30 with her best record You Gotta Be - it was all diminishing returns from hereon. Mory Kante takes an inferior remix of his 1988 top 3 Ye Ke Ye Ke back into the 40, and the much-missed Kirsty MacColl brings Caroline in just behind at 38. At 40, it’s a debut entry for a massive act. They were huge in the USA, the album sold and sold and sold, and they even had an episode of Friends based around tickets for one of their concerts. Hootie And The Blowfish. Yes, who? They never made it in the UK but had a couple of good singles, Hold My Hand being one, and then pretty much that was that. Hey ho.

Lower down, it’s new entries from Brand New Heavies and Rozalla, both still on a streak of hits, and East 17’s goodie Let It Rain is in at 51.

1 ( 1 ) I’VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU MN8
2 ( 20 ) ONE MAN IN MY HEART Human League
3 ( 9 ) WAKE UP BOO The Boo Radleys
4 ( 3 ) REACH UP (PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG) Perfecto Allstarz
5 ( 2 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox
6 ( 7 ) WHOOPS NOW! Janet Jackson
7 ( 44 ) I KNOW Dionne Farris
8 ( 5 ) WE’VE GOT TONIGHT Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
9 ( 22 ) BELIEVE Elton John
10 ( 19 ) OUR RADIO ROCKS PJ & Duncan



11 ( 4 ) THE ONLY ONE Gun
12 ( 12 ) SHE’S A RIVER Simple Minds
13 ( 6 ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting featuring Pato Banton
14 ( 10 ) COWBOY DREAMS Jimmy Nail
15 ( 24 ) AS I LAY ME DOWN Sophie B. Hawkins
16 ( 34 ) I KNOW THE LORD The Tabernacle
17 ( 8 ) ONE NIGHT STAND Let Loose
18 ( 31 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That
19 ( 11 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League
20 ( 18 ) INDEPENDENT LOVE SONG Scarlet



21 ( 16 ) BEDTIME STORY Madonna
22 ( 37 ) RUN AWAY MC Saar and The Real McCoy
23 ( 14 ) CRUSH WITH EYELINER REM
24 ( 13 ) GLORY BOX Portishead
25 ( 36 ) OVER MY SHOULDER Mike + The Mechanics
26 ( 32 ) CHILL OUT (THING’S GONNA CHANGE) John Lee Hooker
27 ( 28 ) ALL I WANT Those 2 Girls
28 ( 56 ) LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton
29 ( 17 ) OPEN YOUR HEART M People
30 ( NEW ) YOU GOTTA BE Des’ree



31 ( 33 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion
32 ( 23 ) CALL IT LOVE Deuce
33 ( 15 ) UNITED WE STAND Reg Dwight aka Elton John
34 ( 25 ) WHATEVER Oasis
35 ( 26 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
36 ( 29 ) U WILL KNOW BMU featuring R Kelly, BoyzIImen
37 ( 53 ) YE KE YE KE (REMIX) Mory Kante
38 ( 45 ) CAROLINE Kirsty MacColl
39 ( 21 ) EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Jade
40 ( NEW ) HOLD MY HAND Hootie And The Blowfish



41 ( 39 ) WALK THIS WORLD Heather Nova
42 ( 35 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan
43 ( 27 ) WONDERFUL Adam Ant
44 ( 42 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna
45 ( 43 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue
46 ( NEW ) CLOSE TO YOU Brand New Heavies
47 ( 64 ) DON’T GIVE ME YOUR LIFE Alex Party
48 ( 47 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley
49 ( NEW ) (I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF I SHOULD CALL YOU) BABY Rozalla
50 ( 30 ) YOU’RE NO GOOD Aswad

51 ( NEW ) LET IT RAIN East 17
52 ( 41 ) FOR YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder
53 ( 59 ) SOMEDAY I’LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT Bon Jovi
54 ( 54 ) CREEP TLC
55 ( 40 ) I SAW THE LIGHT The The
56 ( 50 ) HEARTBEAT Jimmy Somerville
57 ( 55 ) STARS China Black
58 ( RE ) ASK The Smiths
59 ( 38 ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS Paul Young
60 ( 60 ) WAKING UP Elastica

61 ( 58 ) I MIGHT BE CRYING Tanita Tikaram
62 ( 46 ) U BLOW MY MIND Blackstreet
63 ( 63 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba
64 ( RE ) WHEN I KISS YOU (I HEAR CHARLIE PARKER PLAYING)/ THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US (BBC VERSION) Sparks
65 ( 65 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins
66 ( 74 ) PERFECT DAY EMF
67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers
68 ( 68 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins
69 ( 49 ) DELICIOUS Shampoo
70 ( 70 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

71 ( 71 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order
72 ( 69 ) PROTECTION Massive Attack featuring Tracey Thorn
73 ( 73 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex
74 ( 48 ) STRONG ENOUGH Sheryl Crow
75 ( 75 ) MURDER INCORPORATED Bruce Springsteen
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post


4 Pages V   1 2 3 > » 
Reply to this topicStart new topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:


 

Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 28th March 2024 - 12:17 PM