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 10th May 2024, 07:51 PM
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Rock DJ is a bit of a novelty song but Robbie was doing so well on the chart by this point that he could have fun and release something different.
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12th May 2024, 02:05 PM
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Batch 23 Rank:
Great: #305 22/07/2000 Chicane No Ordinary Morning/Halcyon 28 {28}-47-66->3 [for No Ordinary Morning, beautiful song. Halcyon is quite good too] Good: #300 22/07/2000 Aaliyah Try Again 5 {5}-10-12-18-24-28-38-39-50-61-63-75R(3)->12 [her best effort for me] #301 22/07/2000 Marc Et Claude I Need Your Lovin' (Like The Sunshine) 12 {12}-20-27-39-50-63-73->7 [not an ultimate trance classic but a good reworking] #314 29/07/2000 Placebo Taste In Men 16 {16}-39-45-60-71-74->6 [first time listen for this and Bleachin sounded good] #307 22/07/2000 Bleachin' Peakin' 32 {32}-53-73-70R(4)->4 Okay: #299 22/07/2000 Ronan Keating Life Is A Rollercoaster 1 {1}-2-4-5-7-11-14-18-27-35-39-46-60-65->14 [tbf an Okay score is great by Ronan Keating standards...] #311 29/07/2000 Destiny's Child Jumpin', Jumpin' 5 {5}-7-11-13-16-23-28-40-41-51-67->11 #304 22/07/2000 Jonah Sssst (Listen) 25 {25}-37-47-60->4 [a bit disappointing for a trance hit] #308 22/07/2000 Ultra Nate Desire 40 {40}-68->2 #316 29/07/2000 David Bowie Seven 32 {32}-57->2 Meh: #310 29/07/2000 Louise 2 Faced 3 {3}-8-9-14-24-34-43-58->8 #302 22/07/2000 *NSync I'll Never Stop 13 {13}-24-29-41-57-67->6 #312 29/07/2000 Savage Garden Affirmation 8 {8}-18-20-22-26-31-36-45-62-71->10 #315 29/07/2000 Cleopatra Come And Get Me 29 {29}-50-59->3 #309 29/07/2000 Five And Queen We Will Rock You 1 {1}-3-6-10-13-18-24-37-51-49-64-75-72R(3)->13 #306 22/07/2000 De La Soul Featuring Redman Oooh 29 {29}-48->2 #313 29/07/2000 Shanks And Bigfoot Sing A Long 12 {12}-16-21-30-43-58-64-52R(2)->8 #317 29/07/2000 Lucy Pearl Dance Tonight 36 {36}-53->2 #303 22/07/2000 Christina Aguilera I Turn To You 19 {19}-30-35-40-48-61->6 |
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12th May 2024, 10:22 PM
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I've always liked the catchy lighthearted element of Rock DJ, but I suppose childhood disco nostalgia helps it's cause for me.
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12th May 2024, 11:52 PM
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A really strong 2 week group here with lots of great tracks and no stinkers at all. The Chilies just take the win from Spiller as it’s one of their greatest tracks (with an amazing nearly 1.4 billion Spotify streams). The other two 9s, Spiller and Mel C, are both wonderful unique pop dance chart toppers.
9 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication Considered by many their greatest song, like "Otherside" this gently transports the listener to a world of wistful melancholy 9 Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 871st #1: only big hit for him with Sophie's help, and a brilliant dance record with a hypnotic chorus and instrumental quirks 9 Melanie C I Turn To You 870th #1: the radio mix makes this and it's her finest moment; a brilliant, intense, powerful and uplifting pop dance song 8 Hi-Gate I Can Hear Voices/Caned And Unable A great double A: the first side is a beautiful vocal dance track and the second a frantic and percussive club instrumental 8 True Steppers And Dane Bowers Featuring Victoria Beckham Out Of Your Mind Famously lost the #1 to Spiller but another excellent track: a bold and exciting duet with very compelling garage production 8 JJ72 Oxygen 1st Top 40 for this Irish indie band with a really distinctive vocal sound, and this builds well to a soaring heartfelt chorus 7 Janet Jackson Doesn't Really Matter She's had nearly 40 Top 40s but her first for a couple of years: a lovely warm RmB pop song here with a punchy little chorus 7 Queens Of The Stone Age The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret Debut hit for this US rock band: a great track that builds into a frenzy as he menacingly says don't tell anyone the secret 7 Christian Falk Featuring Demetreus Make It Right This Swedish DJ had 2 hits 8 years apart: this is a good pop dance track with a pleading chorus that has an effective echo 6 The Shrink Are You Ready To Party Only Top 40 for this DJ act and a simple but effective club track that builds into a frantic and relentless very danceable hook 6 Britney Spears Lucky It's very much re-using the song structure formula from "Oops…", but I do think this is a well done and rather sad song 6 Ruff Endz No More Only hit for this US duo that's still together: nothing amazing but a really effective, smooth and well performed RnB song 5 Lit Over My Head 2nd and last Top 40 for this US rock band who are still going: a very strong hook here though not sure it develops enough 5 Spin City Landslide Only hit for this UK boy band who were dropped very swiftly after this: a shame as it's a rather enjoyable and catchy song 4 Mandy Moore I Wanna Be With You Her 2nd and final hit: this is quite a soulful ballad and I prefer it to "Candy", but it's certainly not setting the world alight 4 Electrique Boutique Revelation Only hit for this DJ group; it's a really rousing club tune but I'm not so keen on the Bible reading part from "Revelation" 3 Bob Sinclar I Feel For You 1st Top 40 for this French DJ with quite a disco style: I'm not too keen on the punchy tune and feel it doesn't go anywhere 3 Embrace I Wouldn't Wanna Happen To You Has the usual Embrace sound but I find this one slightly dreary and less distinctive than their other 2 hits from this year 2000 weeks 35 and 36: #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 #355 02/09/2000 Daphne And Celeste School's Out 12 {12}-21-42-68->4 #356 02/09/2000 Robbie Rivera Presents Rhythm Bangers Bang 13 {13}-22-46-59-64-71-47->7 #357 02/09/2000 The Bloodhound Gang The Ballad Of Chasey Lain 15 {15}-20-34-54-62-75->6 #358 02/09/2000 Baby D Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Remix) 16 {16}-19-32-48-73->5 #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 #361 02/09/2000 Underworld Cowgirl 24 {24}-45->2 #362 02/09/2000 Yomanda On The Level 28 {28}-46->2 #363 02/09/2000 Madasun Feel Good 29 {29}-50-72->3 #364 02/09/2000 Lil' Kim No Matter What They Say 35 {35}-52->2 #365 09/09/2000 A1 Take On Me 1 {1}-4-13-21-27-32-49-52-60-72-69R(3)->11 #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 #367 09/09/2000 Bon Jovi Say It Isn't So 10 {10}-29-44-48-60-67-73R(5)->7 #368 09/09/2000 Tru Faith And Dub Conspiracy Freak Like Me 12 {12}-20-30-43-65->5 #369 09/09/2000 Lolly Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 14 {14}-25-38-50-63-74->6 #370 09/09/2000 Kid Rock American Bad Ass 25 {25}-38-50-75->4 #371 09/09/2000 Agnelli And Nelson Hudson Street 29 {29}-57->2 #372 09/09/2000 En-Core Featuring Stephen Emmanuel And Eska Coochy Coo 32 {32}-56->2 |
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13th May 2024, 12:28 AM
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Agree with your top 3 there Julian, each utterly fantastic in there own way.
Out Of Your Mind and Janet's Doesn't Really Matter are decent too. |
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13th May 2024, 09:02 AM
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You are streamrolling through this Julian!
Californication I always remember for the bold, GTA style music video more than the song itself but it's an enjoyable listen. I Turn To You is by far the best solo spice single ever, Mel C was a cut above the others. |
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13th May 2024, 09:54 AM
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Californication oddly not one I rated much - I got more into the band with By The Way, bought the album and all. 3/10 from me. Groovejet though is a 10, bit of a tune! I Turn To You a great pop dance track and a 9/10. Mel on a roll at this point.I also liked the Truesteppers track (and the expensive video) an 8/10.
Oxygen was under-rated I felt, unusual and a good 8/10 while Janet J was back on form for a 9/10 pop tune. The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret a decent 6, and Christian Falk a good dance 7. Lucky was a 10 from me, big record, among her best. Ruff Endz also one I rated - 8/10. Mandy Moore a 7, and the rest "mean nowt to me"....think I might copyright that as a catch-phrase. |
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13th May 2024, 10:05 AM
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'Lucky' isn't a Britney song I go back to particularly often, but it is quite sad that the darker side of fame detailed in the lyrics was quite prophetic for her.
'Out Of Your Mind' sounds incredibly dated now but I do have a soft spot for the garage production as well. On the flip side, the triumphant party in this famous chart battle 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)' is ageing like a fine wine and is my favourite in this batch  love the blissful, funky instrumental and the euphoric charms of Sophie's vocal performance. It was originally serviced as an instrumental, but similar to 'Toca's Miracle', the added vocals marry together just perfectly.Crazy that 'I Turn To You' was as late as single #4 in the campaign for Melanie! I agree that the Hex Hector remix is wonderful and gave the album version that extra oomph to become the late summer smash that it was. Love the hopeful lyrics, plus the squelchy synths and strings present in the production. |
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13th May 2024, 12:26 PM
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'Californication' is fantastic - I thought I'd rated it my favourite chart hit of 2000, though I actually had 'Otherside' a few places higher last time I did a top 100 of the decade - one of RHCP's very best songs anyway and it convinced me to get the album and see them live. 'Oxygen' also made my top 10 of the year with its build to the magnificent chorus.
I bought 'Groovejet...' on the Saturday after 'Out Of Your Mind' had been announced as the midweek #1 - then on the following day came one of the best chart reveal moments I've experienced. I still like the former although I don't revisit it too much these days, while the latter always felt overhyped but I appreciate the effort True Steppers put in to make it as dramatic and urgent as possible. |
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13th May 2024, 03:42 PM
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Turn To You and Out Of Your Mind best there imo becuase of their energy as you say. I Turn To You is the only one I liked at the time though! Great lyrics and vocal and Trance production mixed with strings fab too.
Groovejet is a bit boring and overrated imo probably because its been overplayed on radio and the Carlsberg ad in the 00s etc. The Bob Sinclar track is way more interesting imo big sounding funky house production. This post has been edited by TheSnake: 13th May 2024, 03:49 PM |
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15th May 2024, 10:18 PM
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Batch 24
Great #328 12/08/2000 Storm {DE} Time To Burn 3 {3}-6-8-9-13-21-32-37-49-66->10 [quite amazed this got as high as #3, top quality dark trance banger here] #319 05/08/2000 Bomfunk MC's Freestyler 2 {2}-4-4-6-7-9-16-20-26-29-33-54->12 [such a unique hit and very fun to listen to] #320 05/08/2000 Santana Featuring The Product G&B Maria Maria 6 {6}-12-12-14-21-27-33-42-56->9 [very well sung and the Santana riff is great, this'll always remind me of DJ Khaled shouting now though] Good #318 05/08/2000 Craig David 7 Days 1 {1}-2-3-7-8-11-18-29-36-44-52-58-65-68-74R(2)->15 [a fair bit better than Fill Me In, worthy of being his biggest streaming hit by some distance] #327 12/08/2000 Robbie Williams Rock DJ 1 {1}-2-3-4-6-11-14-20-23-28-34-42-50-70-70-75-71-72R(2)-66-60->20 [good bit of novelty listen once in a while] #330 12/08/2000 Wookie Featuring Lain Battle 10 {10}-19-18-30-35-52-74->7 Okay #323 05/08/2000 Moloko Pure Pleasure Seeker 21 {21}-37-41-48-68->5 #324 05/08/2000 Different Gear Vs The Police When The World Is Running Down 28 {28}-43-62->3 #335 12/08/2000 Metallica I Disappear 35 {35}-45-70->3 #333 12/08/2000 Spoiled And Zigo More And More 31 {31}-46-69->3 #329 12/08/2000 Mansun I Can Only Disappoint U 8 {8}-25-39-53-67-75->6 Meh #322 05/08/2000 Scooch For Sure 15 {15}-30-36-44-60-68->6 [this one is a bit too on the side of cheese which is a shame coming after the brilliant More Than I Needed To Know (although it's more of a fluke they ever had a song that good to begin with)] #332 12/08/2000 Josh Wink And Lil' Louis How's Your Evening So Far 23 {23}-43-65->3 [this sounds utterly pointless when French Kiss already exists (and I'm not huge on that even)] #325 05/08/2000 Morcheeba Rome Wasn't Built In A Day 34 {34}-49-68->3 #331 12/08/2000 Reef Set The Record Straight 19 {19}-42-52-69-72->5 Crap #334 12/08/2000 Richie Dan Call It Fate 34 {34}-49-73->3 #326 05/08/2000 Macy Gray Why Didn't You Call Me 38 {38}-62-74R(2)->3 #321 05/08/2000 Point Break You 14 {14}-32-34-46-65->5 |
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15th May 2024, 10:41 PM
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This group is much much weaker than the last, only redeemed by some great dance tunes.
8 Underworld Cowgirl 6th Top 40 for this group with a live version of a 04' track: it's marvellous with their usual stream of consciousness style 8 Madonna Music 872nd #1 and her 10th: an excellent electro-pop song with quite an unusual but striking and effective monotone chorus 7 Agnelli And Nelson Hudson Street An enjoyable euphoric trance tune from the production duo that captures the bustling atmosphere of the New York street 7 Element Four Big Brother UK TV Theme The work of a production duo including Paul Oakenfold: it's a great track and was the sound of the summer with the show 7 Yomanda On The Level Another hot for this Northern Irish DJ: I prefer this to "Sunshine" and really enjoy the frantic nature of the instrumental 6 Baby D Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Remix) I love the original, and this garage remix with MC Tails works surprisingly well, retaining much of the beauty of the record 6 Glamma Kid Bills 2 Pay Last hit for this Jamaican performer based around a sample of Blondie's "Rapture": it's quite messy but a really strong tune 6 Madasun Feel Good Last of their 3 hits before they were sadly dropped: nothing Earth-shattering but once again sweet and sincerely performed 5 Robbie Rivera Presents Rhythm Bangers Bang Only Top 40 for this Puerto Rican house producer who's worked on other hits: it's nice and I like the scat style hook on it 5 Tru Faith And Dub Conspiracy Freak Like Me A cover of a 1995 song that was a minor hit here: there'll be a much better version but this is quite a nice garage effort 4 The Bloodhound Gang The Ballad Of Chasey Lain Their 2nd and last hit: this get points for being bery catchy but the vocals are incredibly scratchy and the lyrics very crude 4 Lil' Kim No Matter What They Say The lead single from her second album and a perfectly decent Latin influenced RnB effort but it's not at all remarkable 3 Bon Jovi Say It Isn't So I find the vocal effect on this where he sounds like he's underwater quite odd, and it's quite an unremarkable song otherwise 3 Toploader Just Hold On The 3rd hit from "Onka's Big Moka" and a big step down from the enchanting "Achilles Heel": quite bland and throwaway 3 En-Core Featuring Stephen Emmanuel And Eska Coochy Coo Only Top 40 for this UK garage artist and London singer: it's fine as a backing track but doesn't really go anywhere for me 2 A1 Take On Me 873rd #1: covering an all time great clearly worked for them but it isn't very good and the distortion on "twooo" is ill advised 2 Daphne And Celeste School's Out Their last hit and it's probably the most listenable, but actually quite a dull cover suggesting they were running out of ideas 1 Lolly Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Last of her 5 hits: there's no attempt to be creative with this cover, and there's something about her vocal tone I don't enjoy 1 Kid Rock American Bad Ass His last Top 40 until he strikes gold in 8 years, but it's very shouty and lyrically obnoxious with an air of unpleasant bravado 2000 Week 37: #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 #374 16/09/2000 Sonique Sky 2 {2}-4-8-10-18-24-29-36-44-55->10 #375 16/09/2000 Wyclef Jean It Doesn't Matter 3 {3}-8-16-21-30-45-59-63->8 #376 16/09/2000 Planet Perfecto Bullet In The Gun 2000 7 {7}-15-24-40-50-67->6 #377 16/09/2000 *NSync It's Gonna Be Me 9 {9}-18-28-41-54-62-64-69->8 #378 16/09/2000 Richard Blackwood 1-2-3-4 Get With The Wicked 10 {10}-17-23-30-44-63->6 #379 16/09/2000 Lene Marlin Unforgivable Sinner 13 {13}-25-32-45-62-73->6 #380 16/09/2000 A.T.F.C. Presents OnePhatDeeva Featuring Lisa Millett Bad Habit 17 {17}-40-58->3 #381 16/09/2000 Next Wifey 19 {19}-28-34-47-71->5 #382 16/09/2000 Rollergirl Dear Jessie 22 {22}-37-52->3 #383 16/09/2000 Badly Drawn Boy Disillusion 26 {26}-55->2 #384 16/09/2000 Slipknot Spit It Out 28 {28}-57->2 #385 16/09/2000 Aaron Carter I Want Candy 31 {31}-49-61->3 #386 16/09/2000 Cypress Hill Can't Get The Best Of Me/Highlife 35 {35}-60->2 |
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Amazing #345 26/08/2000 Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 1 {1}-2-3-6-12-17-20-27-36-37-40-39-48-64-59-55-56-54-49-46-42-43-50-66->24 [one of the best of the whole decade for me, such a classy dance track] Great #336 19/08/2000 Melanie C I Turn To You 1 {1}-4-5-8-15-24-30-36-34-48-55-55->12 #340 19/08/2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication 16 {16}-27-43-55-71->5 Good #338 19/08/2000 Bob Sinclar I Feel For You 9 {9}-20-33-49-63->5 #348 26/08/2000 Hi-Gate I Can Hear Voices/Caned And Unable 12 {12}-19-31-48-64->5 #346 26/08/2000 True Steppers And Dane Bowers Featuring Victoria Beckham Out Of Your Mind 2 {2}-3-5-12-19-31-39-31-44-54-53-67-75-71-62-69-69R(4)-58-68-69->20 #349 26/08/2000 Christian Falk Featuring Demetreus Make It Right 22 {22}-40-58->3 #352 26/08/2000 Queens Of The Stone Age The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret 31 {31}-62->2 Okay #350 26/08/2000 JJ72 Oxygen 23 {23}-47-66->3 #353 26/08/2000 Electrique Boutique Revelation 37 {37}-63->2 #339 19/08/2000 Ruff Endz No More 11 {11}-15-26-37-54->5 #344 19/08/2000 The Shrink Are You Ready To Party 39 {39}-66->2 Meh #337 19/08/2000 Janet Jackson Doesn't Really Matter 5 {5}-9-10-16-24-36-44-53-63-60-70->11 #347 26/08/2000 Britney Spears Lucky 5 {5}-6-7-14-22-27-35-39-52-66-75->11 #341 19/08/2000 Mandy Moore I Wanna Be With You 21 {21}-35-46-61-69->5 #342 19/08/2000 Embrace I Wouldn't Wanna Happen To You 23 {23}-60->2 Crap #343 19/08/2000 Lit Over My Head 37 {37}-58->2 #351 26/08/2000 Spin City Landslide 30 {30}-56-69->3 |
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16th May 2024, 10:05 AM
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Some pretty naff covers in that batch with Lolly, Daphne & Celeste and A1
it's a shame that the latter out-peaked the original, albeit makes for a good quiz question.Wow, that Bloodhound Gang song is an incredibly disappointing follow-up to 'The Bad Touch'  I'd never heard it before and can see why!Oh I quite like that garage version of 'Freak Like Me'  I was a bit unsure when I first discovered it, as I knew a certain 2002 remake first and was so used to what that did to the original instead, but it grew over time. Don't get me wrong, I do prefer that version as well, but there is space for both in my affections now.Today I learned that 'Rapture' was back in the charts via sampled bassline and that 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy' was remixed around this time too! The original was a staple in my household growing up, as it's one of my mum's favourite songs, so it's a bit weird to hear it a bit chopped and changed, but not too bad at all. 'Big Brother UK TV Theme' is an absolute banger, genuinely a really good trance song *.* as aforementioned, I'd recently been watching the first ever U.K. series of the show, after finding a link on Reddit, so this theme has suddenly been in my life a lot finished it the other day and Anna Nolan was my favourite xI grew up with Madonna's Music album often soundtracking car journeys and the titular track is particularly nostalgic! A much better chart topper for her this year following the lacklustre 'American Pie'. The music video feels very of its time though with the Ali G cameo
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16th May 2024, 10:25 AM
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Don't know Underworld & Agnlli & Nelson! Music is a Mirwais 9/10 bought the album in Florida which has some great tracks on it. The Big Brother Theme was an 8 for me and the first series on TV was delightful, a bunch of exhibitionist people having a laugh with no preconceived playing to the cameras and corporate fakeness about it - which it rapidly became, at which point I opted out.
Bills 2 Pay with the Blondie sample is good, a 7, and Bang's worth a 5, Freak Me a 4, Bon Jovi 3, Toploader a 5, and A1's is no a-ha but in comparison to most of these dance tracks passing me by it was an 8 I'd say. As you say, not a great week, what was going on!? There were plenty of great records not making the charts yet though. Here's a few from my charts: Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance kd lang - Summerfling Don Henley - They're Not Here They're Not Coming Elwood - Sundown Enrique Iglesias - Be With You Matchbox 20 - Bent Errr, in other words US hits, and very much not part of the UK dance scene. The last 2 topped my charts 
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16th May 2024, 10:42 AM
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My favourite in the first batch there is the still wonderful Groovejet. It's all the more impressive that it got to No.1 over Posh considering it was included on Now 46 just ahead of the single release. I decided to buy the single anyway to support it, and for the mixes, and was glad it won that battle. Out Of Your Mind was a very interesting track though, a cut above Beggin' for sure and Victoria worked well on it.
I Turn To You is another brilliant No.1, Melanie C really offered something different with every single from that album, and it worked. Californication is a great track, not my absolute favourite of theirs but a classic. Also love the intro to I Can Hear Voices by Hi-Gate, very hypnotic. Doesn't Really Matter was such a smooth track from Janet, really love that one, and remember it from The Nutty Professor 2 soundtrack! Loved Make It Right too, and thought that would be bigger at the time than it was. Interesting that Christian had his next hit with Robyn seven years later, and it peaked in a similar position. With hindsight, Lucky was kind of a lyrical omen for Britney - I always thought it was very corny but I like it more now than I did back then. Love I Wanna Be With You, I was really taken by those early Mandy Moore singles, I think it has a really lovely melody and build to the chorus. Had to check out some of the dance songs I couldn't recall - Are You Ready To Party did absolutely nothing for me. I thought Revelation was much better musically personally, the Bible sample sounds quite misplaced but I guess it counts as a religious chart hit that I'd overlooked! I do recall the Bob Sinclar song but it wasn't that great - another act who had a UK top ten earlier than many people might recall. Oh gosh, memory unlocked with Landslide. I thought I didn't recognise it from the name of the band, or the video initially. But when the chorus came in it came flooding back. It's an ok pop track, maybe a year or two out of date to have done that well in 2000. Of the next batch, Music was a really intriguing lead single from Madonna. I didn't love it and still don't really, but appreciate what she was doing with it. I have always enjoyed the Big Brother theme tune, the full length version is excellent and it's cool that it made the UK top five. On The Level I'd forgotten about as well, is quite a decent track. Glamma Kid was an interesting act for the charts in 1999/2000, I don't think there was really anyone releasing similar musical at the time. I preferred Taboo and particularly Why though to Bills 2 Pay. Feel Good was ok, Madasun really deserved that big hit with Don't You Worry. I don't think the follow-ups were as strong at all. Freak Like Me was interesting in that the singer on it was an uncredited Imaani, who had come 2nd for the UK at Eurovision in 1998. Not a massive musical swerve as the verses of that track were basically garage too. The Bloodhound Gang had a few more big hits in Europe than here, I thought Chasey Lain was ok but not a patch on The Bad Touch. Wasn't fond at all of the Bon Jovi or Toploader songs, very poor follow ups to great songs. Had to look up Coochy Coo but I do remember it. It's just ok really for me! A1's cover of Take On Me had a very impressive video - at the time it looked amazing with the Matrix influence, and clearly a lot of money was spent on it. Not so fond of the song itself though, but good for them getting a No.1 out of it. And it was 3/3 for me for Daphne and Celeste songs that I didn't like at all. Likewise Lolly, another completely pointless cover - I'm glad we moved largely on from acts releasing covers that make no attempt to change the original as singles. Lazy and a quick and uninspired way to try and get a hit if all else was failing. |
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16th May 2024, 04:50 PM
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 Mansonette
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I think that Revelation is being under loved here, it was a staple for me in the trance years and I don’t find the bible reference out of sync either - it benefitted from a Ferry Corsten remix, I prefer the original but back then a Ferry Corsten remix guaranteed decent club plays
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17th May 2024, 01:59 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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The Big Brother Theme would honestly be my pick of the bunch from the last lot.
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17th May 2024, 10:19 PM
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I don’t know what it is about “Bullet In The Gun” but there’s something incredibly stirring about it, especially the 2000 mix.
8 Planet Perfecto Bullet In The Gun 2000 Euphoric track: I like the original mix too but this made the Top 10 and indeed the pacing and production take it up a level 8 Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 874th #1: 1st of only 2 hits for this French duo: an excellent house track with a Chic sample and a beautifully simple lyric 7 Next Wifey The only other hit for the US trio who did the original "Too Close": this has held up well and it's a lovely smooth RnB track 7 Sonique Sky This doesn't have the magic of "It Feels So Good" but it still has a lovely uplifting chorus and she performs it excellently 7 Cypress Hill Can't Get The Best Of Me/Highlife A strong double A side : I really like the strings and piano and the rhythms on "Highlife" but the other side is also punchy 6 Slipknot Spit It Out A very high octane speed rap metal track: an enjoyable whirlwind of a listen but I find "Wait And Bleed" more affecting 6 *NSync It's Gonna Be Me I feel like this could be a Britney song and it's very much made from the 2000 pop factory, but it is a strong example of it 6 Wyclef Jean It Doesn't Matter Featuring Melky Sedeck and vocals from the wrestler The Rock, this has various samples but it's a catchy hip hop track 5 Rollergirl Dear Jessie Only hit here for this German singer and a loose Madonna cover but the chorus only: quite a nice beepy track otherwise 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 5 Richard Blackwood 1-2-3-4 Get With The Wicked 2nd of his 3 hits and easily the best: the bravado is tiresome and the rapping not stellar but this has a catchy and fun chorus 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" 4 Aaron Carter I Want Candy 5th hit for this young US star and a cover of a 60s song: I'm rarely a fan of teen voices but this is quite a cheery version 3 A.T.F.C. Presents OnePhatDeeva Featuring Lisa Millett Bad Habit 2nd of 3 hits for this DJ act: not a bad song but there's something about the very in your face chorus that isn't to my taste 2000 Week 38: #387 23/09/2000 Kylie Minogue On A Night Like This 2 {2}-11-18-25-40-49-59-75R(10)->8 #388 23/09/2000 S Club 7 Natural 3 {3}-10-14-26-37-33-37-49-57-70-72-75-73-73R(3)-56-71->16 #389 23/09/2000 Aurora Featuring Naimee Coleman Ordinary World 5 {5}-13-24-37-50-62-70->7 #390 23/09/2000 Sugababes Overload 6 {6}-9-9-15-21-28-35-53->8 #391 23/09/2000 Vanessa Amorosi Absolutely Everybody 7 {7}-12-16-20-28-34-43-57-60-74->10 #392 23/09/2000 Sash! With My Own Eyes 10 {10}-22-33-45-64->5 #393 23/09/2000 Richard Ashcroft C'mon People (We're Making It Now) 21 {21}-41-62->3 #394 23/09/2000 Sasha And Darren Emerson Scorchio 23 {23}-35-52->3 #395 23/09/2000 Finley Quaye Spiritualized 26 {26}-42-61->3 #396 23/09/2000 Dumdums You Do Something To Me 27 {27}-47-73->3 #397 23/09/2000 Ideal US Featuring Lil' Mo Whatever 31 {31}-45-68->3 #398 23/09/2000 Primal Scream Accelerator 34 {34}->1 |
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17th May 2024, 10:27 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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Planet Perfecto and Sonique tracks are great, the great standard of 2000 UK top 10 dance continues. I prefer Sky to It Feels So Good.
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