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BuzzJack Music Forum _ 20th Century Retro _ The Final | 1991 End of Year Survivor

Posted by: dandy* Feb 19 2021, 11:51 AM





UK Chart Run: 58-23-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-9-18-38-61 (15 weeks)

Just missing out on a spot in the final is Cher with her 1991 #1 The Shoop Shoop Song. It's done pretty well to get this far though as the song is definitely of its time and isn't one you hear too often these days, aside from of course when Dragon performed it recently on the Masked Singer! I wasn't a huge fan of this at the time but I can definitely see the appeal in retrospect, a fun song that just about stays on the right side of the cheese line and a worthy top 3 finish.

Review by PCF:

"Cher is fabulous. This track though isn't as fabulous as most of her back-catalogue, and came from the film "Mermaids" and the catchy video introduced this song to another generation of kids and reminded older music fans of a song that didn't get a lot of oldies airplay in the UK. Originally released as a flop by Merry Clayton in 1963 under the sensible title It's In His Kiss, it was covered in 1964 by Betty Everett in an identikit clone version, and went to the top of the US charts using the gimmicky title Shoop Shoop Song. The Merry Clayton version is better, and Cher's version is also a carbon copy of it, albeit speeded-up a bit with Cher in full foghorn mode. In between, British folk/soul singer-songwriter Linda Lewis, the first black female British singer-songwriter artist to have well-deserved success, had a brief one-off diversion into disco during The Year Of Disco, 1975, when she covered the song under it's original title, a frantic, amazingly high-pitched romp that deserves to be remembered more than it is for a top 10 hit. For most of the UK public in 1991 this was the 'original' version. Cher, however, is the one everyone remembers, being as it was a retro monster smash. I reached saturation-point about two months into it's run and haven't really gone back to it. You want classic 90's Cher, go to Believe, One By One or many others...."


Soooooooooo that leaves us with just the two songs left! ohmy.gif Yes, it's the final round! ohmy.gif Some, including myself, thought we'd never actually reach this point! ohmy.gif laugh.gif But here we finally are, time for Buzzjack to choose it's favourite from 1991...

Remember to vote for your FAVOURITE track in the final... go go go go go!

Posted by: dandy* Feb 19 2021, 11:54 AM

It's Chesney for me... a real guilty pleasure of mine. laugh.gif wub.gif

Plus I don't really associate that Queen track with 1991 so I can't vote for it.

Posted by: Dobbo. Feb 19 2021, 11:56 AM

161* days later and we've made it tongue.gif

Big fan of Shoop Shoop Song, it's one of those super cheesy oldies but extremely catchy.

This is an absolute no contest in this finale, Queen every day of every week (although The One And Only >>> TATDOOL)

Posted by: Jade Feb 19 2021, 11:59 AM

Queen to win! But a bit tragic that a song that wasn't actually released in 1991 for the first time is so much better than the rest of the list for me oops kink.gif

Posted by: Bjork Feb 19 2021, 12:22 PM

come on Chesney last this year!!!!
I loved the Chesney song back in the day, might be a bit cheesy but it's good pop

Bohemian Rhapsody is of course amazing but it's a re-release so voting for Chesney!

Posted by: Chez Wombat Feb 19 2021, 12:57 PM

Not really fussed with the year it came out, Queen still easily have the best song(s) here! (have a lot of love for The One & Only as well though)

Posted by: CJK Feb 19 2021, 01:00 PM

It's Queen for me.

I did have a little ponder before voting as the song was not released in 1991 but... come on... it's Bohemian Rhapsody!!

Posted by: dandy* Feb 19 2021, 02:37 PM

Well it's not the anticipated landslide... yet!

Posted by: King Rollo Feb 19 2021, 03:08 PM

I love both Queen songs but as I seem to be the biggest Nik Kershaw fan on Buzzjack, I'm voting for the song he wrote for Chesney.

Posted by: Bjork Feb 19 2021, 03:28 PM

Stop the voting now biggrin.gif

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Feb 19 2021, 03:29 PM

Urgh, I want to kick both of them out.

Posted by: steve201 Feb 19 2021, 06:07 PM

Queen for me TOAO is iconic but love ‘Bohemian Rap’ and adore the B-Side too even more in fact!

Posted by: Jester Feb 19 2021, 07:45 PM

I’ve been trying to vote Chesney out for months sad.gif not a stellar final is it?

Posted by: Popchartfreak Feb 19 2021, 08:05 PM

Bo Rap is one of the greatest records of all-time, but it's on the radio week-in week-out and 45 years is enough! Don't want to hear it anymore.....!

So, judging this on the track that WAS 1991, These Are The Days Of Our Lives, a heartbreaking, touching goodbye from Freddie, and the fun Nik Kershaw record with a Chesney vocal on top. It's got to be Freddie......


Posted by: steve201 Feb 19 2021, 09:05 PM

‘These Are The Days’ video still brings tears to my eyes all these years later!

Posted by: Colm Feb 19 2021, 11:23 PM

The Days of Our Lives is a remarkably touching song.

Posted by: Scene Feb 19 2021, 11:36 PM

It has to be Queen. No contest!

Posted by: Dot Branning Feb 20 2021, 01:58 AM

I'm in no real position to judge since I haven't voted in previous rounds but very surprised that these are the top 2 for 1991!

Queen get my vote anyway!

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Feb 20 2021, 02:04 AM

Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only

Posted by: Jason Feb 21 2021, 07:01 PM

Chesney Hawkes to win. wub.gif

Posted by: dandy* Feb 21 2021, 07:19 PM

This is closer than I thought it would be ohmy.gif

Which isn't saying much as I expected Queen to win with about 95%

Posted by: Bré Feb 22 2021, 02:57 AM

I voted for Queen to win because obviously but I do really like the Chesney song too so pleased that it's made the final 2 and been fairly competitive.

Posted by: Scene Feb 23 2021, 10:38 AM

This is too close for my liking. drama.gif

Posted by: dandy* Feb 23 2021, 11:24 AM

I'm not closing this yet... it's on a wire ohmy.gif

Posted by: dandy* Mar 3 2021, 09:23 AM

Well it was a more closely run battle than I had expected but I think it's time to declare Queen our winner for 1991 with 52.94% of the vote. cheer.gif

But who would have guessed that Chesney would put up such a strong fight! ohmy.gif

Posted by: Dobbo. Mar 3 2021, 09:28 AM

Yeah pretty much every round was very conclusive apart from the final which I thought would have been the biggest landslide! Literally one vote in it.

Posted by: steve201 Mar 3 2021, 09:31 AM

I do like the Chesney song it just so sounds like a mid-80s Nik Kershaw track with the way its produced and structured.

But Queen win for me because both sides of the record are perfection.

Posted by: Popchartfreak Mar 3 2021, 05:24 PM

Oops, do we need a final blurb?

"Second is Nik Kershaw, I mean Young Chesney Hawkes following in his dad Chip's footsteps (who last topped the charts in 1967 with Silence Is Golden), and the very commercial and fondly-remembered The One And Only, still guaranteed to give folk of a certain vintage a smile. It's a catchy, very decent pop song with no pretensions, just feel-good. In a very weak year for top-selling singles it stood out as engaging. Me, I rather liked the minor-hit follow-up too, but nobody remembers that one... Hey ho!


So, Queen win. Was there any doubt? Bo Rap alone usually wins Greatest Record Ever votes in the UK, because, y'know, it sounded like nothing else, is a classic and has passed down the generations as an anthem. I'm still sick of hearing it, though, even though it also features high (spoiler alert!) in my all-time list of top Popchartfreak chart "sales", and I'd much rather hear their other UK number one from 1991, Innuendo, hugely under-rated, or the final goodbye from Freddie Mercury, the hugely sad These Are The Days Of Our Lives. What a trooper, doing some of his best work right up to the end! Queen had the last laugh on their many Rock Muso detractors, as did Abba, cos the public don't give a flying monkey about being cool, they just know timeless class when they hear it. "

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