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Posted by: danG Mar 9 2017, 10:12 AM

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By Rob Copsey

Like so many moments in Madonna's career, opinion was split over her cover of Don McLean's cover of American Pie back in 2000.

Released to promote her then-upcoming film Next Best Thing - a critically panned comedy-drama which she starred in alongside Rupert Everett - musos didn't like that she'd taken on an American country-rock classic, chopped it in half (her version is considerably shorter than the eight-and-a-half minute original) and given it a synthy dance-pop twist.

But if anyone can turn controversy into a success, it's Madonna, and that she did: American Pie debuted at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 17 years ago this week in March 2000 with first week sales of 140,000.

For all its naysayers, there were plenty of people who enjoyed her interpretation, including McLean himself, who described it at the time as "a gift from a goddess" and that her version is "mystical and sensual." He also said the release "means that if I don't want to, I don't have to work again," which may or may not have contributed to his glowing review.

American Pie became Madonna's ninth UK Number 1 single following 1998's Frozen, knocking off All Saints after their two-week run at the top with Pure Shores.

The song is Madge's 15th biggest seller in the UK with sales of just over 400,000 across physical, digital and streaming equivalent sales. And it seems a handful of you are still discovering it; the track was downloaded 19 times in the UK last week, while one person managed to snap up a physical copy.

MORE: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonna-s-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles__8266/

As for the rest of the singles chart this week in 2000, well, it was a busy one - some 16 new entries landed inside the Top 40 that week. *NSYNC were new at Number 3 with Bye Bye Bye, Vengaboys notched up their sixth(!) Top 10 single with Shalala Lala (5), and Norwegian singer Lene Marlin landed her biggest UK hit with Sitting Down Here (6).

Elsewhere, The Honeyz were to score their last sizeable hit with Won't Take It Lying Down (7) and boy band Northern Line were in the midst of their short-lived career with their second of three singles called, umm, Love On The Northern Line (15).

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20000305/7501/

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/flashback-madonna-scored-her-9th-uk-number-1-single-with-american-pie-17-years-ago-this-week__18424/.

01 [NE] Madonna - American Pie
02 [01] All Saints - Pure Shores
03 [NE] NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye
04 [02] Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast
05 [NE] Vengaboys - Shalala Lala
06 [NE] Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here
07 [NE] Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down
08 [NE] Puff Daddy (feat. R. Kelly) - Satisfy You
09 [03] Backstreet Boys - Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
10 [NE] Mariah Carey (feat. Joe & 98º) - Thank God I Found You

11 [04] Kelis - Caught Out There
12 [07] Gabrielle - Rise
13 [05] Jamelia (feat. Beenie Man) - Money
14 [NE] Madasun - Don't You Worry
15 [NE] Northern Line - Love On The Northern Line
16 [NE] Yomanda - Sunshine
17 [10] Aqua - Cartoon Heroes
18 [09] Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body
19 [08] Christina Aguilera - What A Girl Wants
20 [06] A1 - Like A Rose

21 [NE] Dum Dums - Everything
22 [12] Daphne & Celeste - Ooh Stick You!
23 [11] Flickman - The Sound Of Bamboo
24 [15] Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy
25 [14] Shania Twain - Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
26 [19] Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
27 [NE] Slipknot - Wait And Bleed
28 [16] Sash! - Adelante
29 [NE] 98º - The Hardest Thing
30 [NE] Lynden David Hall - Forgive Me

31 [NE] Colour Girl - Can't Get Used To Losing You
32 [20] Rebecca Wheatley - Stay With Me (Baby)
33 [NE] Wisdome - Off The Wall
34 [24] R.E.M. - The Great Beyond
35 [21] DJ Luck & MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck
36 [NE] Orbital & Angelo Badalamenti - Beached
37 [25] Andreas Johnson - Glorious
38 [17] Oasis - Go Let It Out
39 [13] Bluetones - Keep The Home Fires Burning
40 [28] Donell Jones - U Know What's Up

41 [NE] Dead Prez - Hip Hop
43 [NE] Cygnus X - The Orange Theme
45 [NE] Ministers De La Funk - Believe
55 [NE] Madness (feat. Ian Dury) - Drip Fed Fred
57 [NE] Big Ron - Let The Freak
65 [NE] Breakbeat Era - Bullitproof
67 [NE] Shack - Oscar
69 [NE] Geneva - If You Have To Go
70 [NE] Hani - Baby Wants To Ride
85 [NE] Science Dept. - Persuasion/Repercussion
87 [NE] Gonzales - Let's Groove Again
88 [NE] Brassy - Work It Out
91 [NE] Frank & Walters - Something Happened To Me
94 [NE] System F - Cry
98 [NE] Seafood - Belt

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 9 2017, 11:33 AM

For all the hate it apparently gets, 'American Pie' is actually a bit of a guilty pleasure amongst Madonna fans, myself included.

Posted by: Rob S~ Mar 9 2017, 11:39 AM

17 new entries & 7 in the top 10. Wow how times have changed until this isolated week. I loved that Lene Marlin song & American Pie was a great number 1

Posted by: danG Mar 9 2017, 11:43 AM

The 'American Pie' cover is quite poor though let's be honest. All Saints should've been #1 a third week really.

Here's how I would reshuffle the top 10

01 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast
02 All Saints - Pure Shores
03 Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here
04 NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye
05 Vengaboys - Shalala Lala
06 Puff Daddy (feat. R. Kelly) - Satisfy You
07 Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down
08 Backstreet Boys - Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
09 Madonna - American Pie
10 Mariah Carey (feat. Joe & 98º) - Thank God I Found You

Posted by: M4NG0 Mar 9 2017, 12:10 PM

I quite like American Pie, it was a fun version. 'Pure Shores' though

Posted by: sammy01 Mar 9 2017, 12:43 PM

Madonna stripped all the earth and rawness from America Pie, she deserves to be criticised for it.

Posted by: gooddelta Mar 9 2017, 01:05 PM

My favourite song in there was Thank God I Found You <3 I think it's a gorgeous ballad.

And the Make It Last remix on the b-side was basically a completely different song (like J.Lo's two Ain't It Funny versions) but also so good.

Posted by: The Wise Sultan Mar 9 2017, 03:30 PM

So much dance in the charts in 2000, and a lot of it is underground sounding like The Sound Of Bamboo and Sunshine.

Posted by: *Ben* Mar 9 2017, 04:38 PM

What a great top 40

01 [NE] Madonna - American Pie

Not my fave from Madonna but it was OK

02 [01] All Saints - Pure Shores

This was though the best for me from All Saints

03 [NE] NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye

... and the best from *NSYNC

04 [02] Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast

... and the best from Artful Dodger

05 [NE] Vengaboys - Shalala Lala

But this one was the worst from Vengaboys (at least for me)

Posted by: zenon Mar 9 2017, 05:30 PM

Can't believe this chart is already 17 years old and 17 years ago then was 1983!

Posted by: *Ben* Mar 9 2017, 06:21 PM

I can't stop listening to

17 [10] Aqua - Cartoon Heroes

Posted by: mdh Mar 9 2017, 06:41 PM

Bye Bye Bye, Sitting Down Here and Dancing In The Moonlight are all classics, but Movin' Too Fast is my favourite from that chart. Absolutely brill track that I still listen to now

Posted by: Rob Spears Mar 9 2017, 07:05 PM

What an amazing charts! I was 14 at the time and it really was a golden era for me.

Posted by: JCM20 Mar 9 2017, 11:55 PM

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Mar 9 2017, 11:33 AM)

For all the hate it apparently gets, 'American Pie' is actually a bit of a guilty pleasure amongst Madonna fans, myself included.

Posted by: Euphorique Mar 10 2017, 12:44 AM

I love "American Pie" and "Thank God I Found You", two of the most forgotten Madonna/Mariah big hits.

2000 <3 I'll always love ya

Posted by: Euphorique Mar 10 2017, 12:46 AM

also forgotten dance track that samples MJ, I remember MTV Europe hammering this one

Posted by: jszmiles Mar 10 2017, 10:45 AM

Posted by: alt-Jade ∆ Mar 10 2017, 03:03 PM

'American Pie' is a decent Madonna song but nothing special really. The clear highlights of that top 10 are 'Pure Shores' and 'Movin' Too Fast'

Posted by: slowdown73 Mar 10 2017, 06:44 PM

American pie isn't a great cover. It's quite dull.

Posted by: danG Mar 17 2017, 09:26 AM

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By Justin Myers

They'd been an unstoppable force on the Official Singles Chart for almost two years, but this week in 1998, the Spice Girls discovered they couldn't always get what they want, what they really, really want.

After six straight chart-toppers, which kicked off with million-selling Wannabe in summer 1996, the ladies' run of good luck was thwarted by a bit of a surprise. Jason Nevins' banging reworking of Run DMC's It's Like That had been a smash all over Europe, and on its release in the UK, demand was high.

The unthinkable happened: Spice Girls went straight in at Number 2, while Run DMC and Jason took it all the way.

Spice Girls' Stop – the third single from their sophomore effort Spiceworld, had impressive first-week sales of over 115,000, but this was dwarfed by It's Like That's monster numbers – a whopping 242,796 copies flew off the shelves to see it romp home to Number 1.

Stop's lifetime sales, combining physical, download and streaming equivalent sales, stands at 420,200. It's still racking up a handful of sales in 2017: last week, 61 people in the UK downloaded it, while the track garnered just over 25,000 plays across streaming services.

MORE: http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1633/SPICE-GIRLS

There was much hype in the media about the Spice Girls missing the big one for the first time, and indeed, in a way, it did spell the beginning of the end. While there was another single to come with Geri – Viva Forever – by the time of its official release, she had departed, meaning Stop is kind of their last one with her as a part of the group. For a few years anyway. 😢

Looking at the rest of the Official Singles Chart that week, Texas continued their streak of Top 10 hits, notching up their fifth consecutive one with their Wu-Tang Clan collaboration Say What You Want/Insane (yes this really happened), while Italian Europop star Alexia landed at 10 with her debut single Uh La La La.

Further down, The Wombles had resurfaced and landed at 13 with a re-release of their signature hit Remember You're A Womble, and Kylie Minogue was in the middle of her experimental phase; the third single from her Impossible Princess album, Breathe, entered at 14.

If it was any consolation to the Spices, they were beaten to the top by a true phenomenon. It's Like That spent six weeks at the top and is a million-seller. Spice Girls' fans may not like it, but that's the way it iiiiiis. HUH.

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19980315/7501/

1 - NEW - 01 - Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - IT'S LIKE THAT
1 - NEW - 02 - Spice Girls - STOP
05 - 01 - 03 - Celine Dion - MY HEART WILL GO ON
1 - NEW - 04 - Texas Featuring The Wu Tang Clan - SAY WHAT YOU WANT (ALL DAY EVERY DAY) / INSANE
03 - 03 - 05 - Madonna - FROZEN
02 - 02 - 06 - Natalie Imbruglia - BIG MISTAKE
02 - 04 - 07 - Five - WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT
05 - 06 - 08 - Cornershop - BRIMFUL OF ASHA
04 - 08 - 09 - Savage Garden - TRULY MADLY DEEPLY
1 - NEW - 10 - Alexia - UH LA LA LA
03 - 07 - 11 - Space Featuring Cerys - THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES
03 - 09 - 12 - LeAnn Rimes - HOW DO I LIVE
1 - NEW - 13 - Wombles - REMEMBER YOU'RE A WOMBLE
1 - NEW - 14 - Kylie Minogue - BREATHE
07 - 10 - 15 - Aqua - DOCTOR JONES
02 - 05 - 16 - Cast From Casualty - EVERLASTING LOVE
1 - NEW - 17 - James - DESTINY CALLING
1 - NEW - 18 - Iron Maiden - THE ANGEL AND THE GAMBLER
04 - 14 - 19 - Shania Twain - YOU'RE STILL THE ONE
1 - NEW - 20 - Bryan Adams - I'M READY
15 - 15 - 21 - Robbie Williams - ANGELS
04 - 12 - 22 - Another Level - BE ALONE NO MORE
03 - 16 - 23 - Robyn - SHOW ME LOVE
07 - 17 - 24 - Will Smith - GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT
18 - 19 - 25 - All Saints - NEVER EVER
1 - NEW - 26 - Voices Of Life - THE WORD IS LOVE (SAY THE WORD)
1 - NEW - 27 - Essence - THE PROMISE
02 - 11 - 28 - Shed Seven - SHE LEFT ME ON FRIDAY
1 - NEW - 29 - Deftones - MY OWN SUMMER (SHOVE IT)
15 - 24 - 30 - Janet Jackson - TOGETHER AGAIN
02 - 13 - 31 - Ginuwine - HOLLER
03 - 22 - 32 - Beenie Man - WHO AM I
06 - 23 - 33 - Cleopatra - CLEOPATRA'S THEME
02 - 20 - 34 - Lionrock - RUDE BOY ROCK
05 - 27 - 35 - Camisra - LET ME SHOW YOU
1 - NEW - 36 - Jez And Choopie - YIM
11 - 31 - 37 - Lighthouse Family - HIGH
03 - 30 - 38 - Finley Quaye - YOUR LOVE GETS SWEETER
04 - 25 - 39 - Rest Assured - TREAT INFAMY
06 - 39 - 40 - Backstreet Boys - ALL I HAVE TO GIVE

08 - 37 - 41 - Usher - YOU MAKE ME WANNA
1 - NEW - 42 - Mothers Pride - FLORIBUNDA
08 - 38 - 43 - Catatonia - MULDER AND SCULLY
02 - 21 - 44 - Levert Sweat Gill - MY BODY
02 - 18 - 45 - Simple Minds - GLITTERBALL
04 - 36 - 46 - N-Tyce - TELEFUNKIN'
15 - 49 - 47 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH!
04 - 33 - 48 - Will Mellor - WHEN I NEED YOU
03 - 34 - 49 - Metallica - THE UNFORGIVEN II
02 - 26 - 50 - Lynden David Hall - DO I QUALIFY?
1 - NEW - 51 - Third Eye Blind - HOW'S IT GOING TO BE
02 - 28 - 52 - Roni Size / Reprazent - WATCHING WINDOWS
1 - NEW - 53 - Pressure Drop - SILENTLY BAD MINDED
17 - 44 - 54 - Lutricia McNeal - AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY
1 - NEW - 55 - Rahsaan Patterson - WHERE ARE YOU / ON MY WAY
03 - 40 - 56 - Iggy Pop - THE PASSENGER
02 - 32 - 57 - Black Connection - GIVE ME RHYTHM
22 - 60 - 58 - Aqua - BARBIE GIRL
18 - 58 - 59 - Various Artists - PERFECT DAY
06 - 42 - 60 - Wes - ALANE
02 - 35 - 61 - Portishead - ONLY YOU
02 - 29 - 62 - Therapy? - CHURCH OF NOISE
1 - NEW - 63 - Awesome - CRAZY
13 - 59 - 64 - Spice Girls - TOO MUCH
04 - 41 - 65 - Ocean Colour Scene - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING
03 - 43 - 66 - Hinda Hicks - IF YOU WANT ME
03 - 47 - 67 - Steven Houghton - TRULY
10 - 51 - 68 - Bamboo - BAMBOOGIE
05 - 61 - 69 - Hurricane #1 - ONLY THE STRONGEST WILL SURVIVE
1 - NEW - 70 - Blu Peter - TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT / JAMES HAS KITTENS
1 - NEW - 71 - Dee-Jay Punk-Roc - DEAD HUSBAND
03 - 48 - 72 - Maria Nayler - NAKED AND SACRED
03 - 53 - 73 - Adam F - MUSIC IN MY MIND
10 - 70 - 74 - Wildchild - RENEGADE MASTER '98
05 - 55 - 75 - DJ Quicksilver - PLANET LOVE

(top 75 list courtesy of UKMIX)

Posted by: 777666jason Mar 17 2017, 01:23 PM

Aqua doctor Jones such a underated gem yes I know it got number 1 but often gets over looked because the other song

Posted by: Jade Mar 17 2017, 02:16 PM

It is a shame that 'Stop' never quite managed #1 as it's one of the Spice Girls' best. Still, I won't begrudge the song that beat it as 'It's Like That' is brilliant.

MUCH better Madonna song in this week's throwback Thursday In fact her best song <3 I cannot deny that William Orbit production and the haunting vocals.

Posted by: Jay 🙋🏻 Mar 17 2017, 10:18 PM

Great to find out updated sales for 'Stop'!

It passed 400,000 in January 2016, in the 60 weeks that have passed since it's sold approx 336 on average per week.

Posted by: Robbie Mar 18 2017, 12:27 AM

'Stop' came fairly close to not even making number 2. The previous number 1, 'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion fell from the top to number 3 on a sale of 102,000 copies. At this point the Celine single had sold 765,000 copies and was at the top of the year to date best selling singles list.

The number 1 album was 'Ray Of Light' by Madonna which sold 74,000 copies in its second chart week. It had debuted at the top the previous week on a sale of just under 140,000. The number 2 album was once again the OST of 'Titanic' which was able to chart on the main album chart because it was credited to composer and arranger James Horner. Its total to date sales were more than 400,000. Number one compilation album was once again 'The Full Monty OST' on sales of 32,000 with cumulative to date sales of over half a million. The number 2 Compilation album was 'Box Hits 98' named after the music TV channel. It sold 24,000 copies.

Posted by: danG May 4 2017, 12:08 PM

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By Rob Copsey [http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-2002-sugababes-score-their-first-number-1-with-freak-like-me__18932/]

Personnel changes in pop can be unpredictable. When a member leaves, some bands struggle to recover, but if there's one band that proved a change could do them good, it was Sugababes.

Back in 2001, things weren't looking great for the group. Their debut single Overload - an infectious, sophisticated slice of pop - had been a huge success, but two subsequent singles failed to reach the same highs. To top it all off, member Siobhan Donaghy decided she'd had enough and wanted out (she's since denied rumours that she told her band mates she was going to the loo and never came back, though wouldn't that have been amazing?).

However, just a few months later, Heidi Range would join the group and help them on the path to their imperial phase.

Freak Like Me started out as a mashup by hip pop producer Richard X, who played Adina Howard's '90s R&B original over the top of Gary Numan's '80s classic Are Friends Electric? Sugababes' management loved what they heard and asked the group to record a new version. And the rest is history.

Freak Like Me gave Sugababes their first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, but it very nearly never happened. Sugababes scored first-week sales of 85,410 copies, but they had some serious competition – S Club Juniors finished just over 1,000 copies behind. How different things could've been…

Freak Like Me was followed by five more Number 1s – Round Round (2002), Hole In The Head (2003), Push The Button (2005), Walk This Way (2007) and About You Now (2007). To date it's notched up 317,000 across physical, downloads and streaming equivalent sales; and there's still some love out there for it – 545 of you have downloaded it in 2017 so far.



Elsewhere in the Top 40 this week in 2002, Oasis' The Hindu Times slipped from the top spot to Number 4, and Idlewild's You Held The World In Your Arms became the Sottish rockers' highest charting single, new at Number 9.

The strangest entry in the Top 40 that week goes to Mad Donna, a mystery Madonna impersonator who released a cover of nursery rhyme Wheels On The Bus set to the tune of Madge's song Ray Of Light. It managed to reach the dizzying heights of Number 17, which is pretty impressive, all things considered.

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Top 75 (sourced from UKMix)

1 - NEW - 01 - Sugababes - FREAK LIKE ME
1 - NEW - 02 - S Club Juniors - ONE STEP CLOSER
02 - 02 - 03 - 'N Sync featuring Nelly - GIRLFRIEND
02 - 01 - 04 - Oasis - THE HINDU TIMES
09 - 07 - 05 - Nickelback - HOW YOU REMIND ME
09 - 06 - 06 - Shakira - WHENEVER WHEREVER
03 - 05 - 07 - X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne - LAZY
06 - 04 - 08 - Gareth Gates - UNCHAINED MELODY
1 - NEW - 09 - Idlewild - YOU HELD THE WORLD IN YOUR ARMS
05 - 08 - 10 - Missy Elliott - 4 MY PEOPLE
04 - 09 - 11 - Britney Spears - I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN
06 - 12 - 12 - Darren Hayes - INSATIABLE
1 - NEW - 13 - Kosheen - HUNGRY
1 - NEW - 14 - Chemical Brothers - THE TEST / COME WITH US
03 - 11 - 15 - One Giant Leap featuring Maxi Jazz and Robbie Williams - MY CULTURE
07 - 10 - 16 - Shaggy and Ali G - ME JULIE
1 - NEW - 17 - Maddonna - THE WHEELS ON THE BUS
07 - 16 - 18 - Jennifer Lopez - AIN'T IT FUNNY
09 - 14 - 19 - Lasgo - SOMETHING
09 - 19 - 20 - Will Young - ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE / EVERGREEN
06 - 18 - 21 - Blue - FLY BY II
05 - 20 - 22 - Shy FX and T Power featuring DI - SHAKE UR BODY
03 - 17 - 23 - Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - BEAUTIFUL
05 - 25 - 24 - Anastacia - ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE
03 - 22 - 25 - Usher - U-TURN
06 - 23 - 26 - Marilyn Manson - TAINTED LOVE
07 - 29 - 27 - Celine Dion - A NEW DAY HAS COME
1 - NEW - 28 - Haven - TILL THE END
14 - 28 - 29 - Enrique Iglesias - HERO
02 - 13 - 30 - Pay As U Go - CHAMPAIGN DANCE
1 - NEW - 31 - Push - TRANZY STATE OF MIND
02 - 24 - 32 - LFO - EVERY OTHER TIME
03 - 26 - 33 - 3sl - TAKE IT EASY
02 - 03 - 34 - Doves - THERE GOES THE FEAR AGAIN
1 - NEW - 35 - Kristine Blond - YOU MAKE ME GO OOH
04 - 32 - 36 - Michelle Branch - EVERYWHERE
04 - 31 - 37 - X-Ecutioners - IT'S GOIN' DOWN
10 - 39 - 38 - R Kelly - THE WORLD'S GREATEST
02 - 30 - 39 - Streets - LET'S PUSH THINGS FORWARD
10 - 42 - 40 - Kylie Minogue - IN YOUR EYES

1 - NEW - 41 - Peshay featuring Co-Ordinate - YOU GOT ME BURNING / FUZION
03 - 33 - 42 - So Solid Crew - RIDE WIT US
02 - 15 - 43 - New Order - HERE TO STAY
04 - 36 - 44 - Future Breeze - TEMPLE OF DREAMS
04 - 35 - 45 - Sheryl Crow - SOAK UP THE SUN
03 - 37 - 46 - Barthezz - INFECTED
10 - 46 - 47 - Westlife - WORLD OF OUR OWN
1 - NEW - 48 - Nivea - RUN AWAY (I WANNA BE WITH YOU) / I DON'T MESS
11 - 38 - 49 - S Club 7 - YOU
02 - 34 - 50 - Drowning Pool - BODIES
03 - 21 - 51 - Faithless featuring Dido - ONE STEP TOO FAR
02 - 27 - 52 - Pulp - BAD COVER VERSION
04 - 40 - 53 - Ladies First - I CAN'T WAIT
11 - 52 - 54 - DB Boulevard - POINT OF VIEW
1 - NEW - 55 - JFK - THE SOUND OF BLUE
05 - 43 - 56 - Travis - FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW
06 - 47 - 57 - George Michael - FREEEK!
05 - 41 - 58 - Outkast featuring Killer Mike - THE WHOLE WORLD
1 - NEW - 59 - Bad Company - RUSH HOUR / BLIND
1 - NEW - 60 - Dino Leny - I FEEL STEREO
08 - 49 - 61 - City High featuring Eve - CARAMEL
07 - 62 - 62 - Natalie Imbruglia - WRONG IMPRESSION
08 - 61 - 63 - Plantinum 45 featuring More Fire Crew - OL
1 - NEW - 64 - Michael Courtney - JAGGED EDGE / CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP
05 - 56 - 65 - Badly Drawn Boy - SILENT SIGH
04 - 50 - 66 - Aaron Carter - LEAVE IT UP TO ME
07 - RE - 67 - Rik Waller - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
06 - 58 - 68 - Alicia Keys - A WOMAN'S WORTH
05 - 65 - 69 - Sum 41 - MOTIVATION
15 - 53 - 70 - Pink - GET THE PARTY STARTED
02 - 71 - 71 - Enrique Iglesias - ESCAPE
06 - 68 - 72 - Pet Shop Boys - HOME AND DRY
04 - 45 - 73 - Aurora - DREAMING
1 - NEW - 74 - Aquanuts - DEEP SEA
09 - 64 - 75 - Beverley Knight - SHOULDA' WOULDA' COULDA'

Posted by: paulgilb May 4 2017, 11:03 PM

The initially published version of this chart had another entry for One Step Too Far at #68 - it was quickly realised that it should not have been there, and was thus removed.

Posted by: liamk97 May 4 2017, 11:28 PM

That Mad'Donna song though!

Posted by: ThePensmith May 5 2017, 05:54 AM

One of my favourite charts from 2002 this. Sugababes, S Club Juniors and NSYNC were all amongst my favourites at the time. See also: the chart the week after with Holly Valance at #1!

Posted by: danG May 11 2017, 09:34 AM

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By Rob Copsey
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-1989-kylie-minogue-lands-her-third-uk-number-1-single-with-hand-on-your-heart__19004/

Kylie’s first year of pop success saw a run of hits that many artists could only dream of achieving. From her very first chart-topper I Should Be So Lucky spending five weeks at Number 1 in early 1988 to her scoring a second, this time with Jason Donovan in the first week in 1989, with Especially For You, Kylie quickly positioned herself as a chart force to be reckoned with.

Within the space of a year she'd landed five Top 2 hits in a row, four from her hit debut album, also handily titled Kylie. But now it was time for that 'difficult second album'. Could Kylie deliver?

Hand On Your Heart was another single continuing what was to become a great Kylie tradition of entering the Official Singles Chart at Number 2. Fans waited eagerly to see whether Kylie could move up one to take the top spot – the memories of The Loco-Motion’s stalled attempt from summer 1988 still fresh in their minds. They needn’t have worried.

Two weeks after its release, Hand On Your Heart climbed to Number 1, ending The Bangles' four-week reign at the top. Hand On Your Heart spent just one week at the summit, toppled by charity record Ferry Cross The Mersey, by the Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Kylie’s very own producers Stock Aitken Waterman.

To date, Hand On Your Heart has sold over 488,000 copies. And it's still getting some love - last week 34 people downloaded it in the UK.

Elsewhere in the Top 40 this week in 1989, Queen were the week's highest new entry at Number 3 with I Want It All, earning them a 17th Top 10 single, and a remix/re-release of Chaka Khan's I'm Every Women reached a new all-time chart peak at Number 8.

Further down, Roxette's debut single The Look was up 12 places to 14 (it was reach the Top 10 the following week), and Diana Ross' Workin' Overtime climbed 10 places to Number 32 to become her 41st UK Top 40 hit.

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Top 75 (sourced from UKMix)

02 - 02 - 01 - Kylie Minogue - HAND ON YOUR HEART
15 - 01 - 02 - Bangles - ETERNAL FLAME
1 - NEW - 03 - Queen - I WANT IT ALL
16 - 05 - 04 - London Boys - REQUIEM
05 - 07 - 05 - Natalie Cole - MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY
14 - 09 - 06 - Midnight Oil - BEDS ARE BURNING
03 - 28 - 07 - Edelweiss - BRING ME EDELWEISS
02 - 23 - 08 - Chaka Khan - I'M EVERY WOMAN
07 - 04 - 09 - Transvision Vamp - BABY I DON'T CARE
07 - 06 - 10 - Holly Johnson - AMERICANOS
04 - 08 - 11 - Beatmasters With Merlin - WHO'S IN THE HOUSE?
06 - 03 - 12 - Simply Red - IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW
03 - 16 - 13 - Poison - YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE
07 - 26 - 14 - Roxette - THE LOOK
03 - 21 - 15 - Debbie Gibson - ELECTRIC YOUTH
03 - 17 - 16 - Yazz - WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE?
05 - 10 - 17 - Fine Young Cannibals - GOOD THING
03 - 18 - 18 - Bon Jovi - I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
04 - 13 - 19 - Inner City - AIN'T NOBODY BETTER
04 - 14 - 20 - Metallica - ONE
02 - 37 - 21 - Stevie Nicks - ROOMS ON FIRE
02 - 39 - 22 - Stefan Dennis - DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD?
11 - 15 - 23 - Kon Kan - I BEG YOUR PARDON
04 - 11 - 24 - Cure - LULLABY
06 - 22 - 25 - De La Soul - ME MYSELF AND I
07 - 19 - 26 - Cookie Crew - GOT TO KEEP ON
09 - 25 - 27 - Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER
06 - 30 - 28 - Swing Out Sister - YOU ON MY MIND
02 - 42 - 29 - Hue And Cry - VIOLENTLY (EP)
09 - 33 - 30 - Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler - KEEP ON MOVIN'
11 - 20 - 31 - Paula Abdul - STRAIGHT UP
03 - 12 - 32 - Morrissey - INTERESTING DRUG
02 - 43 - 33 - Diana Ross - WORKIN' OVERTIME
11 - 24 - 34 - Jason Donovan - TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS
12 - 29 - 35 - Donna Summer - THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL
1 - NEW - 36 - Shakin' Stevens - LOVE ATTACK
06 - 34 - 37 - Jody Watley - REAL LOVE
02 - 45 - 38 - Cappella - HELYOM HALIB
02 - 47 - 39 - Alyson Williams Featuring Nikki D - MY LOVE IS SO RAW
05 - 27 - 40 - U2 With BB King - WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN

02 - 44 - 41 - Aretha Franklin And Elton John - THROUGH THE STORM
03 - 41 - 42 - Deon Estus - HEAVEN HELP ME
02 - 48 - 43 - Public Image Limited - DISAPPOINTED
06 - 31 - 44 - INXS - MYSTIFY
1 - NEW - 45 - Sam Brown - CAN I GET A WITNESS?
05 - 53 - 46 - 1927 - THAT'S WHEN I THINK OF YOU
08 - 36 - 47 - Coldcut Featuring Lisa Stansfield - PEOPLE HOLD ON
1 - NEW - 48 - Jacksons - NOTHING (THAT COMPARES 2 U)
04 - 56 - 49 - Rod Stewart - MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO
02 - 57 - 50 - Onslaught - LET THERE BE ROCK
04 - 58 - 51 - Lynne Hamilton - ON THE INSIDE
1 - NEW - 52 - Big Daddy Kane - RAP SUMMARY/WRATH OF KANE
08 - 38 - 53 - Pat And Mick - I HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET
1 - NEW - 54 - Robert Palmer - CHANGE HIS WAYS
05 - 59 - 55 - Reid - GOOD TIMES
04 - 32 - 56 - Simple Minds - THIS IS YOUR LAND
09 - 40 - 57 - Guns n' Roses - PARADISE CITY
08 - 65 - 58 - A Guy Called Gerald - VOODOO RAY
1 - NEW - 59 - Queensryche - EYES OF A STRANGER
03 - 49 - 60 - Tom Jones - MOVE CLOSER
02 - 60 - 61 - Texas - THRILL HAS GONE
06 - 54 - 62 - Johnny Nash - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
02 - 78 - 63 - Tom Petty - I WON'T BACK DOWN
07 - 55 - 64 - Kirsty MacColl - FREE WORLD
08 - 46 - 65 - Paul Simpson Featuring Adeva - MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVING ON UP)
04 - 35 - 66 - Duran Duran - DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME?
03 - 68 - 67 - Cherelle - AFFAIR
02 - 84 - 68 - Wire - EARDRUM BUZZ
04 - 64 - 69 - Wendy And Lisa - LOLLY LOLLY
02 - 70 - 70 - Tyree - HARDCORE HIP HOUSE
16 - 52 - 71 - Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL
1 - NEW - 72 - It Bites - STILL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER
12 - 72 - 73 - Reynolds Girls - I'D RATHER JACK
02 - 74 - 74 - Bang - YOU'RE THE ONE
08 - 51 - 75 - Yello - OF COURSE I'M LYING

Posted by: fiesta May 11 2017, 01:53 PM

As much as I love the Sugababes version of Freak Like Me, the Garage version by Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy is also a decent version too

Posted by: Robbie May 11 2017, 05:20 PM

'Hand On Your Heart' by Kylie was the biggest selling single in the UK the previous week and would have entered the chart at number 1 (and which would have made Kylie the first solo female artist to achieve the feat) had the cassette single version of the single been chart eligible. Although cassette singles were an eligible format, minimum pricing rules were the same as that of a 12" single. 'Hand On Your Heart' was on sale at the same price as a 7" single (£1.99) and cheaper than chart rules allowed. Over 10,000 sales of 'Hand On Your Heart' were on the chart ineligible cassette single format and had they been eligible Kylie would have outsold 'Eternal Flame' by The Bangles with ease - officially The Bangles outsold Kylie by 1,600 copies. The chart rules were changed at the end of May 1989 which allowed 2 track cassette singles to be sold at the same price as a 7" single.

Posted by: Rob Spears May 11 2017, 05:43 PM

Just noticed that Stefan Dennis single at #22.

Posted by: liamk97 May 11 2017, 05:48 PM

I always thought 'Hand On Your Heart' was pretty overrated out of her 80s stuff - I much preferred the following two singles 'Wouldn't Change a Thing' and 'Never Too Late' - but it's recently hit me and I can appreciate it as a prime example of 80s pure pop excellence. Despite the make or break situation being described in the lyrics, the song's cheery production never lets up.

Posted by: danG Jun 29 2017, 09:30 AM

Posted by: ThePensmith Jun 29 2017, 10:26 AM

I remember this chart well...I was coming back from a week's holiday in Dorset with my family and remember listening to this chart rundown whilst we were parked up at a service station on the M4 somewhere!

Loved 'Spinning Around', I also really loved the David Gray 'Babylon' record. Such a beautiful track even now. And I completely forgot this was the infamous Girl Thing release week. If anyone's seen their episode of The Big Reunion, or remembers their launch from around that time, Simon Cowell spent an astronomical amount trying to launch them and even got them to pre-record an interview with Radio 1 celebrating a number one they weren't even within a whisker of achieving!

Posted by: danG Jul 20 2017, 10:50 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-rachel-stevens-some-girls-vs-lolas-theme__19694/

Posted by: Lenny Jul 20 2017, 10:59 AM

Ah memories!

(Wasn't this Usher's 3rd week on the chart for "Burn"? It states above 4 but it moved 1-1-3 - unless it charted below 75 on leaked copies the week before number 1 of course)

Posted by: danG Jul 20 2017, 11:07 AM

apparently 'Burn' re-entered the chart at #1, must've charted in the top 200 on leaked copies at some point.

Posted by: liamk97 Jul 20 2017, 11:15 AM

'Burn' was #98 on imports before climbing to #1. It was also #197 before that week too.

197-98-1-1-3-5-7-11-18-22-26-39-47-57

Posted by: Lenny Jul 20 2017, 11:21 AM

QUOTE(777666jason @ Mar 17 2017, 02:23 PM)

Aqua doctor Jones such a underated gem yes I know it got number 1 but often gets over looked because the other song

Posted by: Lenny Jul 20 2017, 11:22 AM

QUOTE(danG @ Jul 20 2017, 12:07 PM)

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Jul 20 2017, 12:15 PM)

Posted by: eurovision4ever Jul 20 2017, 11:27 AM

Dragostea Din Tei!!!!

Forgot how well that song performed here and rightly so

Posted by: Jay ☆ Jul 20 2017, 11:32 AM

Burn's full chart run:

[20/06/2004] 197-out ChartsPlus: "Import sales and leaks. This entry has the same catalogue number as the full release in two weeks."
[27/06/2004] 98-out ChartsPlus: "2nd Import."
[04/07/2004] 01-01-03-05-07-11-18-22-26-39-47-57-out (for 10 weeks)
[05/12/2004] 172-145-168-154-132-172-out (for 1 week)
[23/01/2005] 161-184-198-out (for 10 weeks)
[24/04/2005] 217-out (for 1 week)
[08/05/2005] 224-229-250-235-out (for 1 week)
[12/06/2005] 238-241-out

Quite surprised that Burn has had no chart action since 2005!

I really dislike the old rule that lead to singles being removed from the chart (i.e. Burn going 57-out)*. It'd have been more interesting to look back on these charts if they'd truly been the 200 best selling songs. Only the 1-75 area could be considered as the best selling songs in order.

* "A single which, in the normal course of events, would appear between positions 76 and 200 of the combined Singles Chart is excluded if its sales have fallen for two or more consecutive weeks AND have fallen by more than 20% in the past week. Once excluded in this way, a record will only re-appear in the chart if its sales increase. Records excluded by this rule are shown on the printed chart report with their sales index and asterisks (***) in place of a chart position." (from zobbel.de)

Posted by: 777666jason Jul 20 2017, 05:46 PM

Just noticed frankie and eamon at 33 and 34 that week were they close all through their respective runs

Posted by: Robbie Jul 20 2017, 06:05 PM

The midweeks were a bit thin on the ground back then... this was the midweeks from Music Week from Tuesday 13 July 2004. Notice the lack of sales information...

Shapeshifters and Morrissey battle for number one

July 13th 2004 at 10:58AM

Positiva look set to score their first number one since last year's Room 5 single Make Luv, with Shapeshifter's Lola's Theme selling outselling Morrissey's First Of The Gang To Die (Attack/Sanctuary) by more than two copies to one, early retail reports suggest.

Morrissey's likely top three chart position, which follows the top three placing of comeback single Irish Blood, English Heart, continues the former Smiths frontman's most successful chart run in his 21-year recording career.

Rachel Stevens is looking to experience a similar commercial rejuvenation, with her Sports Relief-backed single Some Girls (Universal) also vying for a top three placing.

Jamelia (Parlophone), J-Kwon (LaFace) and Flip & Fill feat. Karen Parry (AATW) are also set to enter the chart's upper echelons, while Marillion are looking good for a second consecutive top 20 hit with Don't Hurt Yourself (Intact).

In a seasonably slow album chart, the sole changes of note are likely to be trading of positions one and two, between Scissor Sisters (Polydor) and McFly (Universal).

Damien Rice's O (DRM/14th Floor) is set to rise into the top ten for the first time in its 38-week chart spell, thanks largely to a rousing Glastonbury appearance and the success of the reissued single Cannonball.

=================================================

And the sales at the end of the week were:

SINGLES

51967 Shapeshifters
43000 Rachel Stevens
20000 Usher
19000 J-Kwon
18300 Jamelia
16800 Morrissey

9600 Flip & Fill (11)
4949 Snow Patrol (23)
2600 Nelly Furtado (40)
1300 Magnolia (55)

ALBUMS

45000 Scissor Sisters
41000 Streets
35000 McFly

17345 Will Young (7)
15555 Eva Cassidy (11)

COMPILATIONS

62310 Clubland 5

They were just as thin on the ground too...

The number 1 Download in what were still then the unofficial and which were test charts by the OCC was 'Dry Your Eyes' by Streets. There was still another 7 weeks to go before the Download charts became official and nearly 9 months before download sales were incorporated into the main Official Singles chart.

Posted by: The Hit Parade Jul 20 2017, 11:57 PM

I saw a lot of people on Twitter doing jokes about that Usher song the other day because there was a story he'd given somebody an STD.

Posted by: Hisspot Jul 21 2017, 12:27 AM

The right song definitely got the number 1 that week imo! Its success led to a retro influenced house revival in the mid 00s and quite a few other dance tracks making the charts with violins in them.

One of the cheesiest songs ever to make the charts making number 11 that week!

Posted by: danG Jul 27 2017, 01:57 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-1998-spice-girls-viva-forever__4580/

Posted by: Robbie Jul 27 2017, 02:23 PM

I'd forgotten that 'You're The One That I Want' had been re-issued in 1998, 20 years after it was at number 1 in the charts. Back this week in 1978 the single had just passed a million sales - having been awarded a Platinum certification the previous week (which back then was for a million sales rather than 600,000) - with its weekly sales still well over 100,000 (with sales of 130,000 according to the sales figures in Record Business, the then alternative industry chart to the BBC / Music Week chart) as it continued its lengthy run at number 1. During its 9 week run at the top in 1978 it wouldn't have entered ACR and would only have done so the week it had fallen from the top, had ACR been applied to record sales back then (as there was no streaming, of course!)

Posted by: No Sleeep Jul 27 2017, 02:40 PM

The Boy Is Mine, Life, Ghetto Supastar, How Do I Live, Oh Romeo, I Don't Want To Wait, My All, Viva Forever Music was so much better in the 90s.

Posted by: Jade Jul 27 2017, 03:14 PM

What an astonishing #1 there in the form of 'Viva Forever' easily my favourite Spice Girls song and in my all-time favourite top 10. It is such a haunting and beautiful moment from the girls that will never cease feeling really special. It was actually the song at #1 the day my brother was born, eternally jealous

Another new entry that stands out there is Lovestation's 'Teardrops'! I have been familiar with the Womack & Womack version for years (Singstar R&B classic!!) but only discovered this version on Kisstory a couple of years ago, good song.

Posted by: T Boy Jul 27 2017, 05:39 PM

Nah, this is wrong, Viva Forever was never 19 years ago! This is a dream!

But seriously LOVE that chart! I remember listening to this one so clearly back when I was 9. This was during the time I became obsessed with the charts. I tuned in to see who would win between Spice Girls and Aqua-little did I know there was no contest!

Posted by: AcerBen Jul 27 2017, 08:34 PM

Ah, the summer of '98. One of the best ones of my life.

Posted by: The Hit Parade Jul 27 2017, 08:45 PM

I remember that Harvey Danger song looked like being a huge hit at one time but didn't make it. I liked it then, suspect I would be less keen now.

I guess FAB! were officially the least successful Lynch family act, behind Boyzone, B*Witched and Buffalo G.

Oh, in case anyone was wondering the lead track on Eight EP by Mansun was 'Legacy'.

Posted by: Rob Spears Jul 27 2017, 09:27 PM

Brings back such good memories!

Posted by: The Hit Parade Jul 27 2017, 09:36 PM

In case anybody wanted to know, these are the singles I bought (at some point, not necessarily this week)

QUOTE(danG @ Jul 27 2017, 02:57 PM)

Posted by: gooddelta Jul 27 2017, 09:50 PM

Well this chart is all kinds of amazing, much like all of 1998. The Catatonia and Charli Baltimore songs are the only ones in the top 20 that I don't still listen to today! Viva Forever and Life Is A Flower are routinely amongst my most played songs of every year.

Posted by: danG Sep 14 2017, 12:44 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2006-scissor-sisters-i-dont-feel-like-dancin__20416/

sales summary: 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin' has 702k combined units to date, 625k from sales.

Posted by: danG Sep 21 2017, 10:40 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-1983-culture-club-karma-chameleon__4608/

Posted by: danG Sep 28 2017, 02:07 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2002-pink-just-like-a-pill__20576/

Posted by: Gezza Sep 29 2017, 06:38 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Sep 21 2017, 11:40 AM)

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 5 2017, 07:04 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2002-pink-just-like-a-pill__20576/

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 5 2017, 07:16 PM

Buzzjack reacts to Sugababes climbing to #1:

QUOTE(Jester @ Sep 30 2007, 06:39 PM)

YAY for the Sugababes!

Only the 4th song ever to get to #1 on downloads alone:

1st = Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
2nd = Mika - Grace Kelly
3rd = Rihanna - Umbrella

QUOTE(Bence @ Sep 30 2007, 06:40 PM)

Sugas

QUOTE(Chris_2k7 @ Sep 30 2007, 06:41 PM)

QUOTE(Just Adam @ Sep 30 2007, 06:44 PM)

QUOTE(ScottyEm @ Sep 30 2007, 06:45 PM)

QUOTE(Skyzzo @ Sep 30 2007, 06:45 PM)

QUOTE(ScottyEm @ Sep 30 2007, 06:47 PM)

QUOTE(M!key @ Sep 30 2007, 06:47 PM)

QUOTE(truly talented @ Sep 30 2007, 07:18 PM)

Well done the Sugababes.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 Oct 5 2017, 07:19 PM

Any reason why a Wurzels song about Bristol City charted that week? Couldn't get much more West Country, even I've been asked to sing the Combine Harvester song on a night out.

Posted by: 28 Brays Later Oct 5 2017, 07:24 PM

!!! at 'The Ladies' Bras', I forgot that was a thing. Iconic tbh.

Posted by: OutstandingMike Oct 5 2017, 08:00 PM

QUOTE(ML Hammer95 @ Oct 5 2017, 08:19 PM)

Any reason why a Wurzels song about Bristol City charted that week? Couldn't get much more West Country, even I've been asked to sing the Combine Harvester song on a night out.

Posted by: Lenny Oct 5 2017, 09:43 PM

The ladies' BOOBS

Posted by: Robbie Oct 5 2017, 09:49 PM

How many double A sided singles charted after 'No U Hang Up / If That's OK With You' by Shayne Ward? I can't think of any. The rules back then about double A sides were a bit convoluted with regards to how to attach download sales to the single and I think double A sides died off pretty soon after. I remember Leona Lewis had a double A side around then, something like 'Footprints In The Sand' and I forget the other track, but I can't remember if that was before or after Shayne Ward.

Posted by: paulgilb Oct 5 2017, 10:00 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Oct 5 2017, 10:49 PM)

Posted by: TheGhostPensmith Oct 5 2017, 10:16 PM

Still love "About You Now". Truly the last great single they did in my view, fitting it should be their final number one.

The video for Shayne Ward's "No U Hang Up" was wella softcore Channel 5 porn at 2pm c. 1997!

Posted by: Robbie Oct 5 2017, 10:37 PM

Cheers Paul, I knew 'Footprints In The Sand' was involved somewhere!

As it's 10 years ago this week since Music Week launched its first digital edition and as I have that first copy on my computer here's a look at the charts they published back then:

Top 5 Radio Airplay:

1 (1) - Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
2 (8) She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls
3 (22) - Goodbye Mr A - The Hoosiers
4 (12) About You Now - The Sugababes
5 (2) - 1973 - James Blunt

Radio 1 Record Of The Week

Jo Whiley - Heater - Samim
Edith Bowman - Echoes Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
Scott Mills - Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
Colin Murray - Machines - Biffy Clyro
Zane Lowe - Empty Walls - Serj Tankian
JK & Joel - Uninvited - Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke
Weekend Anthem - Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats
One For The Weekend - Why Not - Alter Ego

Most Played on:

Radio 1: She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls
Radio 2: 4:00AM - Cherry Ghost
Commercial Radio: Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

Number 1 Albums:

Albums: Echoes Silence Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters (135,685)

Compilation Albums: Original Soundtrack TV - High School Musical 2

Posted by: ML Hammer95 Oct 6 2017, 01:48 PM

QUOTE(OutstandingMike @ Oct 5 2017, 09:00 PM)

It was re-recored and re-issued in 2007 to celebrate promotion from League One to The Championship. The original was released in 1977, so it was also a 30 year "celebration" type thing as well.

Despite being a massive Bristol City fan, I really can't stand The Wurzels.

Did you sing 'The Combine Harvester' then?

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 6 2017, 02:19 PM

Freemasons Uninvited was such a good dance track!!

2007 seems like yday but a massive distance in terms of music in the charts!

Posted by: heysexy Oct 6 2017, 11:46 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 6 2017, 03:19 PM)

Posted by: Jay ☆ Oct 7 2017, 01:50 AM

QUOTE(paulgilb @ Oct 5 2017, 11:00 PM)

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 19 2017, 10:44 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1997-spice-girls-spice-up-your-life__20793/

Posted by: Robbie Oct 19 2017, 11:18 AM

It's nice of the OCC to feel the need to explain why acts recorded B sides! I suppose there's a generation of music consumers growing up now who have no concept of what a B side was.

Aqua sold 183,000 copies as a new entry at number 2. The number 1 album was 'Urban Hyms' by The Verve (63,500) while the number 1 Compilation album was 'The Best Anthems in the World...Ever Vol.2'. Number 1 on the Airplay chart was 'Raincloud' by the Lighthouse Family.

Posted by: HissingSparkler Oct 19 2017, 11:26 AM

Did Radio 1 shun Aqua - Barbie Girl back then for being too cheesy? They shunned a lot of eurodance songs in the early 00s from the likes of Flip and Fill and Scooter.

Btw Pensmith is doing his 1997 end of year top 40 plug sesh in a few weeks I think, looking forward to it. I am sure it will contain some Spice and some great dance tunes too!

Posted by: Robbie Oct 19 2017, 12:35 PM

^
'Barbie Girl' wasn't a big radio hit, peaking at number 15 on the Airplay chart on the week it climbed to the top of the sales chart (and it ended up at number 186 on the end of year Airplay chart). Radio 1 must have more or less ignored it as had the station playlisted it the track would have charted much higher.

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 19 2017, 04:15 PM

This must have been Travis and Feeders first hits?

Posted by: robbied Oct 19 2017, 05:12 PM

There's an old radio 1 playlist from oct 97 floating around which has aqua on the c-list so minimal support.

Posted by: 777666jason Oct 19 2017, 06:51 PM

Barbie girl had the last laugh it later peaked at number 1 and has sold more than SUYL

Posted by: T Boy Oct 19 2017, 06:58 PM

I remember that chart so clearly. One of the first big battles after I’d begin listening.

Posted by: AcerBen Oct 19 2017, 07:24 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Oct 19 2017, 01:35 PM)

Posted by: TheGhostPensmith Oct 19 2017, 07:33 PM

As if 'Spice Up Your Life' is 20? Man alive I feel old. I remember it getting performed for the first time on the National Lottery Show and loving it. What a great time for pop. I always forget Aqua entered at #2 and then climbed to #1.

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 19 2017, 10:25 PM

Didn't realise Chris Tarrant was on capital into the 1990s!

Posted by: Robbie Oct 20 2017, 09:32 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 19 2017, 11:25 PM)

Posted by: Jay ☆ Oct 20 2017, 11:23 AM

Their first week sales are so impressive! 321,000 is huge, but believe it or not that's only their 4th highest opening week. Hopefully Spice Up Your Life can become "a millionaire" within the next 2 years or so.

Happy memories of this single - one of the first singles I bought (it was on cassette!), and 20 years on it's still one of my all-time favourites.

QUOTE(TheGhostPensmith @ Oct 19 2017, 08:33 PM)

Posted by: Lenny Oct 20 2017, 04:56 PM

QUOTE(Jay ☆ @ Oct 20 2017, 12:23 PM)

Posted by: Jay ☆ Oct 20 2017, 06:13 PM

^ 2 out of 3 Christmas #1s achieved higher sales! These are the Spice Girls' first week sales:

1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0zQDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT287&lpg=PT287&dq=429,000+2+become+1&source=bl&ots=e78LQZ_GXL&sig=o7jvSvvwzpTngMI7Zkt8dfg66A4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1u5735P_WAhXMnRoKHe3sCYMQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=429%2C000%202%20become%201&f=false or http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/classic-christmas-number-1s-spice-girls-2-become-1__17230/ or http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1996/UK%20Charts%201996.12.28.pdf - 2 Become 1 (Annoyingly there's conflicting info, but 462k is the most recently revealed figure. Whichever one is correct, it's phenomenal!)
2. 380,000 - Goodbye
3. 349,000 - Say You'll Be There
4. 321,000 - Spice Up Your Life
5. 277,911 - Viva Forever
6. 252,000 - Too Much
7. 248,000 - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are
8. 115,000 - Stop
9. 106,000 - Holler/Let Love Lead The Way
10. 70,000 - Wannabe
11. 7,197 - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) (digital only week) / 14,941 (physicals released - third week sales)

Viva Forever certainly did very well as a fourth single, even outdoing Too Much's Christmas week sales.

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 20 2017, 06:21 PM

2 Become 1 is my fav Spice Girls song - wasn't a fan unfort!

Posted by: paulgilb Oct 20 2017, 10:51 PM

Posted by: danVember Nov 23 2017, 01:22 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2002-christina-aguilera-reinvents-herself-with-dirrty-at-number-1__21081/

'Dirrty' - 493k (incl. 9m streams)
'Stripped' (album) - 2m

15 years since 'Dirrty'

Top 75
(text sourced from UKMIX)

1 - NEW - 01 - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman - DIRRTY
05 - 03 - 02 - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland - DILEMMA
03 - 02 - 03 - DJ Sammy And Yanou Featuring Do - HEAVEN
02 - 01 - 04 - Westlife - UNBREAKABLE
06 - 05 - 05 - Las Ketchup - THE KETCHUP SONG (ASEREJE)
1 - NEW - 06 - Blazin' Squad - LOVE ON THE LINE
1 - NEW - 07 - Sugababes - STRONGER / ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
1 - NEW - 08 - Kylie Minogue - COME INTO MY WORLD
02 - 04 - 09 - Shania Twain - I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD!
1 - NEW - 10 - Coldplay - THE SCIENTIST
04 - 08 - 11 - Justin Timberlake - LIKE I LOVE YOU
05 - 09 - 12 - Big Brovaz - NU FLOW
1 - NEW - 13 - Ashanti - HAPPY
02 - 06 - 14 - Missy Elliott - WORK IT
04 - 11 - 15 - Blue - ONE LOVE
1 - NEW - 16 - Santana featuring Michelle Branch - THE GAME OF LOVE
1 - NEW - 17 - Shakira - OBJECTION (TANGO)
03 - 12 - 18 - Madonna - DIE ANOTHER DAY
1 - NEW - 19 - Shy Fx / T Power / DI and Skibadee - DON'T WANNA KNOW
02 - 07 - 20 - Dannii Minogue - PUT THE NEEDLE ON IT
02 - 13 - 21 - Britney Spears - I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL
02 - 10 - 22 - H and Claire - ALL OUT OF LOVE / BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
03 - 16 - 23 - Romeo featuring Christina Millian - IT'S ALL GRAVY
03 - 18 - 24 - Craig David - WHAT'S YOUR FLAVA
03 - 19 - 25 - Shaggy - HEY SEXY LADY
02 - 14 - 26 - Sophie Ellis Bextor - MUSIC GETS THE BEST OF ME
02 - 15 - 27 - Queens Of The Stone Age - NO ONE KNOWS
03 - 21 - 28 - Jan Wayne - BECAUSE THE NIGHT
02 - 20 - 29 - Darren Hayes - I MISS YOU
09 - 22 - 30 - Pink - JUST LIKE A PILL
08 - 17 - 31 - Avril Lavigne - COMPLICATED
12 - 24 - 32 - Atomic Kitten - THE TIDE IS HIGH (GET THE FEELING)
06 - 25 - 33 - S Club Juniors - NEW DIRECTION
1 - NEW - 34 - Tenacious D - WONDER BOY
1 - NEW - 35 - Rammstein - FEUER FREI
04 - 23 - 36 - U2 - ELECTRICAL STORM
08 - 26 - 37 - Will Young and Gareth Gates - THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / SUSPICIOUS MINDS
1 - NEW - 38 - De Nuit - ALL THAT MATTERED (LOVE YOU DOWN)
09 - 38 - 39 - Eminem - CLEANING OUT MY CLOSET
04 - 34 - 40 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - THE ZEPHYR SONG

03 - 27 - 41 - Soda Club featuring Hannah Alethea - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
05 - 29 - 42 - LL Cool J - LUV U BETTER
09 - 31 - 43 - Busted - WHAT I GO TO SCHOOL FOR
05 - 30 - 44 - Samantha Mumba - I'M RIGHT HERE
1 - NEW - 45 - Alice Martineau - IF I FALL
09 - 62 - 46 - Ronan Keating - I LOVE IT WHEN WE DO
06 - 58 - 47 - Bon Jovi - EVERYDAY
13 - 51 - 48 - Blazin' Squad - CROSSROADS
04 - 33 - 49 - Who Da Funk Featuring Jessica Eve - SHINY DISCO BALLS
03 - 32 - 50 - Whitney Houston - WHATCHULOOKINAT
07 - 40 - 51 - Jakatta featuring Seal - MY VISION
1 - NEW - 52 - Louie Vega and Jay 'Sinister' Sealee Presents Diamond Life - DIAMOND LIFE
1 - NEW - 53 - Ian Pooley and Magik J - PIHA
02 - 28 - 54 - Phil Collins - CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
07 - 44 - 55 - Holly Valance - DOWN BOY
10 - 49 - 56 - Liberty X - GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE
16 - 46 - 57 - Darius - COLOURBLIND
06 - 48 - 58 - Foo Fighters - ALL MY LIFE
08 - 45 - 59 - DJ Markey / XRS featuring Stamina MC - LK (CAROLINA CAROL BELA)
02 - 35 - 60 - Moby - IN THIS WORLD
02 - 39 - 61 - Xzibit - MULTIPLY
1 - NEW - 62 - Kirsty Hawkshaw - FINE DAY
07 - 56 - 63 - LeAnn Rimes - LIFE GOES ON
06 - RE - 64 - Oxide and Neutrino featuring Kowdean - DEM GIRLZ (I DON'T KNOW WHY)
08 - 47 - 65 - Oasis - LITTLE BY LITTLE / SHE IS LOVE
07 - 50 - 66 - Irv Gotti Presents the Inc Featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore and Vita - DOWN 4 U
02 - 37 - 67 - Yeah Yeah Yeah's - MACHINE
09 - RE - 68 - Kelly Osbourne - PAPA DON'T PREACH
04 - 42 - 69 - Rosie Ribbons - BLINK
02 - 36 - 70 - BBMak - OUT OF MY HEART
08 - 52 - 71 - Eve featuring Alicia Keys - GANGSTA LOVIN'
1 - NEW - 72 - Interpol - OBSTACLE 1
05 - RE - 73 - Richard Ashcroft - CHECK THE MEANING
03 - 43 - 74 - Madhouse - HOLIDAY
07 - RE - 75 - Beenie Man featuring Janet - FEEL IT BOY

(and yes I've missed a few, you can view all the OCC flashbacks http://www.officialcharts.com/news/flashback/ though)

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 23 2017, 02:02 PM

Lol at that list of NEs in the top 20!!

Posted by: No Sleeep Nov 23 2017, 05:47 PM

15 years? That song was my childhood

Posted by: BillyH Nov 23 2017, 11:01 PM

This is when I got back into music again, after the whole Will/Gareth domination had bored the hell out of me through most of the year, so remember lots of these well from music TV, TOTP and CD:UK!

Notable ones:

1 - NEW - 01 - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman - DIRRTY

I actually hated this...I think because I was such a big fan of Christina in the Genie In A Bottle days, when she seemed like she'd be a fun mate to have around...this radical "raunchy" revamp was a bit horrifying to 14-year-old me in comparison. She won me over again with the next few singles though.

05 - 03 - 02 - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland - DILEMMA

Hugely popular among friends but it always bored me. Appreciate it a little better now I'm not a moody teenager.

03 - 02 - 03 - DJ Sammy And Yanou Featuring Do - HEAVEN

While this ROCKED. Big classic of the era and still a big guilty pleasure today!!

1 - NEW - 10 - Coldplay - THE SCIENTIST

Loved this mostly thanks to the video, which got loads of airplay on music channels. Great song too though, the golden era of Coldplay before all the middling stuff of the last decade.

05 - 09 - 12 - Big Brovaz - NU FLOW

Haha, I'm a little ashamed to admit I loved this too Remember the TOTP performance vividly, seems astonishingly forgotten now given how big it was at the time.

04 - 11 - 15 - Blue - ONE LOVE

Another era-defining classic which I keep forgetting wasn't #1, definitely felt like one. Probably my fave Blue track just edging All Rise.

02 - 13 - 21 - Britney Spears - I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL

I thought this was an original song from Britney and didn't understand why everyone hated it - thought it was the best thing she'd written in years So naive...

02 - 10 - 22 - H and Claire - ALL OUT OF LOVE / BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

All Out of Love is basically a Steps track in name only...I enjoy it but christ this sounded dated by late 2002, especially coming after something like DJ. And Beauty and the Beast was covered because the film had just come out on DVD I think, the video was included on the disc.

03 - 21 - 28 - Jan Wayne - BECAUSE THE NIGHT

"Jan Wayne's gonna MOOOVVEE YAAAA!" Fun dance remake but god knows why Cascada pointlessly covered it a few years later.

09 - 22 - 30 - Pink - JUST LIKE A PILL

Utter brilliance. #1 on my 14th birthday and one of the best tracks of the year. Still my fave Pink song.

08 - 17 - 31 - Avril Lavigne - COMPLICATED

My first teenage crush I think Another brilliant song that always takes me back!

12 - 24 - 32 - Atomic Kitten - THE TIDE IS HIGH (GET THE FEELING)

Another one music channels played all the time, while channels like VH1 kept playing the Blondie version - it's nostalgic, especially as I've barely heard it in fifteen years, but a shame how Atomic Kitten fizzled out into a novelty covers group after something as good as Whole Again.

04 - 34 - 40 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - THE ZEPHYR SONG

'By The Way' is the only song I know that both my parents ever liked (both in their mid-30s at the time) - I really liked this follow-up too. As good as some of their songs are they do get overplayed sometimes, I'm totally sick of hearing Californiacation now in every retail job I've ever worked at

04 - 33 - 49 - Who Da Funk Featuring Jessica Eve - SHINY DISCO BALLS

I was surprised in the noughties dance thread (what happened to that BTW?) when pretty much no one liked this...I've always thought it was a great house track!! In the extended version especially it's gloriously hypnotic.

03 - 43 - 74 - Madhouse - HOLIDAY

Distinctly remember this on the music channels and thinking "Eh, I swear I've heard this song before..." With the same group's 'Like A Prayer' and that bizarre Wheels On The Bus cover by someone called Mad Donna, it was a good time for random Madonna covers...

Posted by: Jade Nov 23 2017, 11:09 PM

Well that was a damn good reinvention for Christina as 'Dirrty' is my favourite song she's ever released *.* it always shocks me that it didn't smash in the U.S.

The 'Stronger' / 'Angels With Dirty Faces' double A-side transports me back to being a 6-year-old so much! Particularly the latter song due to its Powerpuff Girls themed music video, because that was my favourite tv show as a little girl!

Ooft 'The Scientist' always packs such an emotional punch. Certainly a Coldplay highlight.

Posted by: paulgilb Nov 23 2017, 11:29 PM

This chart was the last one whose chart show was presented by Mark Goodier (there were guest presenters for the next few weeks, then Scott Mills for a few weeks, before Wes took over).

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 24 2017, 12:44 AM

Indeed they ended by playing Angels by Robbie Williams!

Posted by: Avicii Jan 19 2018, 03:54 PM

Thanks to Snakey for pointing this one out, though this time 10 years ago it was actually Basshunter's second week at #1.

Posted by: BillyH Jan 19 2018, 09:42 PM

Just a glorious chart all round which reminds me of being 19 and full of hope in life.

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef Jan 19 2018, 10:02 PM

QUOTE(777666jason @ Oct 19 2017, 06:51 PM)

Posted by: Seinfeld Jan 20 2018, 03:15 PM

QUOTE(Shia LeMuffQueef @ Jan 19 2018, 10:02 PM)

Posted by: Jay ☆ Jan 20 2018, 03:17 PM

No, he's saying the Spice Girls were lucky to get to #1 for a week. Not that luck had anything to do with it, given the Spice Girls shifted 321,000 copies and Aqua sold 183,000.

Posted by: Avicii Jan 20 2018, 03:19 PM

I think he means Spice Up was lucky to make number one for a week, but I don't agree with that either. With their huge fan base that was always going to get to number one. I know Stop exists but that wasn't half as good a song.

Posted by: Seinfeld Jan 20 2018, 03:33 PM

Thanks for clearing that up guys!

His post is slightly more "understandable" now but still incorrect as you both said.

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef Jan 20 2018, 04:01 PM

It was still a chart battle. They should have delayed it by one more week for two weeks at the top.

The Spices were all hype. Look at rheir sales - their first week usually accounts for nearly HALF of their total sales!!

Posted by: Jay ☆ Jan 20 2018, 06:02 PM

Spice Girls vs Aqua wasn't much of a chart battle in the first week, Spice Girls were ahead by 138k!

Spice Up Your Life was likely only ever destined for one week at #1, regardless of whether they had released a week earlier, or a week later. Its second week sales of 162,000 wouldn't have been enough to be #1 in any of the surrounding weeks of 1997 (obviously this is assuming they'd still have sold 162k in second week, in other weeks).

1997
18-Oct Candle In The Wind 97/ Something about The Way You Look Tonight Elton John 274,000 (Spice Up Your Life was originally scheduled for this week, but they delayed the release)
25-Oct Spice Up Your Life The Spice Girls 321,000 (Barbie Girl sold 183,000)
01-Nov Barbie Girl Aqua 190,000 (Spice Up Your Life sold 162,000)
08-Nov Barbie Girl Aqua 239,000 (Torn by Natalie Imbruglia sold 135,000 / Spice Up Your Life sold 117,000)
15-Nov Barbie Girl Aqua 190,000 {Spice Girls' Spiceworld album entered at #1 on sales of 192,000}
22-Nov Barbie Girl Aqua 165,000

Spice Up Your Life was the 9th best selling single of 1997 with 780,000 sold. Barbie Girl was 2nd, with 1,590,000.

The fact that Barbie Girl was bigger than Spice Up Your Life, and indeed all of the Spice Girls' hits (yes, Barbie Girl even outsold Wannabe), this doesn't undermine all of the incredible charts/sales achievements the Spice Girls managed! Spice Girls weren't just singles sellers, they were huge with their first two albums.

In regards to their albums, Spice Girls & Aqua also released in the same week as each other. Spiceworld reached #1 and was the 5th best selling album of 1997, with 1,060,000 copies sold in 8 weeks. Aqua's Aquarium sold 150,000 copies in those 8 weeks, initially peaking at #14. Spiceworld sold a further 438,000 in 1998 (27th best seller), while Aquarium sold 361,000 (36th), with an eventual peak of #6. Spiceworld's eventual 90s total of 1,520,000 placed it within the Top 40 of the decade.

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Re: "their first week usually accounts for nearly HALF of their total sales!!" // It wasn't untypical in the physical era for a first week sale to contribute a significant percentage of the overall sales (after all, physicals had a finite shelf life). Spice Girls' singles totals are increasing indefinitely now in the digital and streaming era, so the percentage their first weeks contribute is only ever going to decrease from here on out. As things stand, their first weeks contribute in the region of a third of their overall totals. There's no particular shame in this, it was a sign of the times.

First week vs total:

70,000 vs 1,545,488 = 1st week contributes 4.53% (Wannabe)
349,000 vs 991,788 = 1st week 35.19% (Say You'll Be There)
462,000 vs 1,181,653 = 1st week 39.10% (2 Become 1)
248,000 vs 732,000 = 1st week 33.88% (Mama/Who Do You Think You Are)
321,000 vs 932,000 = 1st week 34.44% (Spice Up Your Life)
252,000 vs 690,000 = 1st week 36.52% (Too Much)
115,000 vs 420,200 = 1st week 27.37% (Stop)
277,911 vs 708,000 = 1st week 39.25% (Viva Forever)
380,711 vs 900,000 = 1st week 42.30% (Goodbye)
106,000 vs 260,000 = 1st week 40.77% (Holler/Let Love Lead The Way)

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef Jan 20 2018, 06:26 PM

When they talk about that chart on tv, like on those crap shows around Christmas, they ALWAYS mention a chart battle and Aqua 'having the last laugh', sellin much more, etc. Even if it wasn't a CLOSE racr the first week, history and what happened afterwards have made it one and chosen the opposite winner.

Posted by: T Boy Jan 20 2018, 07:03 PM

I’m struggling to see why it matters which one sold more when tbh. They’re both unarguably massive hits.

Posted by: Robbie Jan 20 2018, 07:51 PM

Wasn't 'Spice Up Your Life' released when the Spice Girls were going through a bit of a difficult period with a lot of negative press? Certainly by the time 'Stop' was released a few months later the negative press was having a big effect on their sales. But the girls managed to pull it around by releasing what is (to me) their best single, 'Viva Forever' - I still love that track. That track seemed to have a positive effect on their chart fortunes and sales but their time as a group was numbered by then and they would only have two more hits while they were in their prime.

Posted by: Robbie Jan 20 2018, 07:54 PM

QUOTE(T Boy @ Jan 20 2018, 07:03 PM)

Posted by: Shia LeMuffQueef Jan 20 2018, 08:02 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Jan 20 2018, 07:54 PM)

Posted by: T Boy Jan 20 2018, 08:05 PM

QUOTE(Shia LeMuffQueef @ Jan 20 2018, 08:02 PM)

Posted by: The Hit Parade Jan 20 2018, 08:56 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 19 2017, 04:15 PM)

Posted by: paulgilb Jan 20 2018, 10:40 PM

Posted by: Avicii Jan 26 2018, 02:10 PM

This Flashback Friday we go back to 1988 when Tiffany went to #1 with 'I Think We're Alone Now'!

tl;dr - the song has sold 626,700 copies and 6.2m streams - a combined total of ~688,700.

Posted by: Avicii Jan 26 2018, 02:14 PM

And as a bonus, for Australia Day the OCC have given us a list of every #1 by an Australian artist

1965 I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU THE SEEKERS
1965 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER THE SEEKERS
1969 TWO LITTLE BOYS ROLF HARRIS
1978 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA
1978 SUMMER NIGHTS OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA
1980 XANADU OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
1981 SHADDAP YOUR FACE JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE
1983 DOWN UNDER MEN AT WORK
1988 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY KYLIE MINOGUE
1988 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU KYLIE & JASON
1989 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS JASON DONOVAN
1989 HAND ON YOUR HEART KYLIE MINOGUE
1989 SEALED WITH A KISS JASON DONOVAN
1990 TEARS ON MY PILLOW KYLIE MINOGUE
1991 ANY DREAM WILL DO JASON DONOVAN
1996 OOH AAH… JUST A LITTLE BIT GINA G
1996 FLAVA PETER ANDRE
1996 I FEEL YOU PETER ANDRE
1999 EVERYBODY'S FREE (TO WEAR SUNSCREEN) BAZ LUHRMANN
2000 DON'T CALL ME BABY MADISON AVENUE
2000 SPINNING AROUND KYLIE MINOGUE
2001 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD KYLIE MINOGUE
2001 SOMETHIN' STUPID ROBBIE WILLIAMS & NICOLE KIDMAN
2002 KISS KISS HOLLY VALANCE
2003 SLOW KYLIE MINOGUE
2004 MYSTERIOUS GIRL PETER ANDRE FT. BUBBLER RANX
2010 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO YOLANDA BE COOL VS DCUP
2012 TITANIUM DAVID GUETTA FT. SIA
2012 SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW GOTYE FT. KIMBRA
2014 SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
2014 PROBLEM ARIANA GRANDE FT. IGGY AZALEA

Posted by: liamk97 Jan 26 2018, 02:17 PM

That string of Kylie and/or Jason hits! *.*

'Ooh Ahh...Just a Little Bit', 'Don't Call Me Baby', 'Spinning Around', 'Can't Get You Out of My Head', 'Kiss Kiss' and 'Titanium' are my favourites there.

Posted by: AcerBen Jan 26 2018, 03:34 PM

Whatever happened to 5SOS?

Posted by: Avicii Jan 26 2018, 03:45 PM

they're supposedly working on their third album but not sure how many will care by the time it actually comes out as their last album was released in 2015 and they didn't release any music for all of last year.

Posted by: The Snake Jan 26 2018, 04:07 PM

The Jack That House Built is one of my favourite of the various house tracks that made the chart in 1988! the production has power to it with the percussion especially!

Posted by: Steve201 Jan 26 2018, 09:12 PM

Great 1988 chart there - people say the decent 80s music ended around 1985/86 but there were plenty of classics left in the decade - who can deny Tiffanys song is t a classic?!

Jennifer Rush The Power of Love incidentally was the last million seller of the 80s

Posted by: Avicii Jan 26 2018, 10:05 PM

Does Black Box 'Ride On Time' (1989) not count? I was under the impression it sold a mill that year.

Posted by: The Snake Jan 27 2018, 12:57 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jan 26 2018, 09:12 PM)

Posted by: The Hit Parade Jan 28 2018, 09:49 PM

I notice the Fall are a Top 75 entry in that 1988 chart. Coincidentally both they and the Stranglers were charting at the same time with covers of songs by the Kinks. A couple of weeks later they were right next to each other in the chart too.

Posted by: Steve201 Jan 28 2018, 11:21 PM

QUOTE(Avicii @ Jan 26 2018, 10:05 PM)

Posted by: Gezza Jan 29 2018, 08:46 AM

852k in 1989. It would have sold some more in 1990 but nowhere near the million mark. Its sales had mysteriously jumped by another 100k by 2002 (maybe the shipment figure was taken as the sale?) And has very likely now sold a million including downloads and streams.

Posted by: Steve201 Jan 30 2018, 10:23 PM

Thanks Gezza!

Posted by: danG Feb 5 2018, 03:03 PM

It's been 8 years now since 'The Fear' was Lily Allen's second UK #1.

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2009-lily-allen-the-fear__21619/

Posted by: Dexton Feb 5 2018, 03:07 PM

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 5 2018, 09:44 PM

2009 was a good year in the charts!

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 5 2018, 09:49 PM

Airborne Toxic Event the best track in the chart there at 39!

Posted by: danG Feb 10 2018, 09:48 AM

15 years since t.A.T.u's #1 hit, which has now sold 529k (462k pure sales).

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 10 2018, 08:19 PM

Black Street, Cameron & Erik Sermon

Posted by: paulgilb Feb 10 2018, 10:49 PM

That 2003 chart was the last one to be presented in the traditional (i.e. playing all 40 tracks) format, before Wes took over.

Posted by: danG Feb 15 2018, 11:14 PM

27 years now since The Simpsons had a #1 single... that happened.



http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1991-bart-simpson-do-the-bartman__21912/

Posted by: Hadji Feb 15 2018, 11:16 PM

The Simpsons being #1 was one of the best things about 1991

Posted by: danG Feb 15 2018, 11:21 PM

Really?

Personally I think 1991 was one of the worst years for #1s ever. Mainly because of Bryan Adams spending 16 weeks there but there's a lot of other awful songs like Do The Bartman, The Stonk and I Wanna Sex You Up.

The only ones that have aged well in my opinion are Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Or White and Should I Stay Or Should I Go. And two of those weren't even originally released in '91. (Oh and personally 3am Eternal too except that sadly seems to be completely forgotten ever since the KLF wiped themselves from history)

Posted by: Midge Feb 16 2018, 12:13 AM

My son and Michael Jackson!

(And I got credited, woop)

Posted by: fiesta Feb 16 2018, 12:10 PM

u2 the fly is my fave no.1 of 91, it was also responsible for ending Bryan Adams run at the top.

Posted by: Midge Feb 16 2018, 12:27 PM

QUOTE(fiesta @ Feb 16 2018, 12:10 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 16 2018, 10:59 PM

1991 must have been the worst year in chart history if Do the Bartman was the fifth biggest seller and only sold 450k
Says it all!! The 90s didn't really take off and get their own distinct bands and sound until 1994!

Posted by: T Boy Feb 17 2018, 01:50 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 16 2018, 10:59 PM)

Posted by: Doctor Blind Feb 17 2018, 01:54 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Feb 15 2018, 11:14 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 17 2018, 10:22 PM

Didn't realise that Tommy Vance was still on radio 1 as late as 91!

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 17 2018, 10:22 PM

QUOTE(T Boy @ Feb 17 2018, 01:50 PM)

Posted by: danG Feb 17 2018, 10:26 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 17 2018, 10:22 PM)

Posted by: T Boy Feb 17 2018, 10:48 PM

I loved the music in 2004 but only 2 songs that year cleared 500k and one of them was Band Aid.

The album charts were amazing though.

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 17 2018, 11:14 PM

Yeh I thought you meant quality wise yeh sales were at a low between 2003-2006 and downloads didn't get added until Nov 2005!

Posted by: Midge Feb 17 2018, 11:33 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 17 2018, 11:14 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 18 2018, 12:21 AM

I always think of the first download chart with Scott mills in which West life were randomly at no1 - that was late 2005 but now sure when they got combined with the official chart - think the April date your thinking of was April 2006 when downloads were added and Crazy was no1!?

Posted by: -SCOTT- Feb 18 2018, 09:02 AM

It was early 2005 whilst Amarillo was number 1

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 18 2018, 11:32 AM

What was? Download chart beginning or being combined?

Posted by: T Boy Feb 18 2018, 11:36 AM

The first download chart was in November 2004. Downloads were first included in the official chart in April 2005, the week Razorlight got to no.2 with Somewhere Else. NOTHING of not happened in late 2005.

Stupid deletion rule and downloads appearing a week before happened in March 2006, and then from 2007 all downloads counted.

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 18 2018, 12:43 PM

Thanks TBoy so I was a year late it was late 2004 that it began!

Posted by: danG Mar 1 2018, 10:50 AM

Last week's Flashback, from 1992.

Posted by: danG Mar 1 2018, 10:56 AM

This week we go back to 1998

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 1 2018, 11:03 AM

Come celebrate 'Frozen' turning 20 in the http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=210184.

Easily her biggest and best reinvention. 'Frozen' is such a breathtaking piece, really eerie and unnerving but so emotional and haunting at the same time.

Early Spring 1998 was such a huge time for chart music with 'Frozen', 'My Heart Will Go On' and 'Brimful of Asha' selling by the bucket load (all three sold 100k in this particular week), then the huge 'It's Like That' in a couple of weeks time and preventing Spice Girls from #1.

Posted by: gooddelta Mar 1 2018, 11:17 AM

Had never heard Naked and Sacred before BJSC, it's very One On One which should come as no surprise really.

That top 15 is PACKED full of classics, a good 13 songs I still listen to a lot today. Only really Metallica and Beenie Man I don't care for.

Posted by: Bré Mar 1 2018, 11:35 AM

Wait Shakespears Sister was someone from Bananarama??? I somehow never knew that and never would have guessed it.

'Frozen' I'm not a massive fan of Madonna but that is one of my favourite songs of all time, I actually didn't even know it was a Madonna song for a long time.

Posted by: danG Mar 8 2018, 06:23 PM

This week we go back to 1978, it is now 40 years since this classic made it to #1 (fitting that this coincidences with IWD too, being the first female self-written song to make #1)

Posted by: The Hit Parade Mar 8 2018, 09:41 PM

This is also the chart for the week I was born. #old

Some greats in there though. Obviously Wuthering Heights, Baker Street, Every 1's A Winner, Love Is Like Oxygen, Follow You Follow Me. And All Right Now although of course that was already an old song then.

Pity Shot By Both Sides and Lovely Day had just dropped out of the chart really.

Posted by: Doctor Blind Mar 9 2018, 05:02 PM

QUOTE(The Hit Parade @ Mar 8 2018, 09:41 PM)

Posted by: danG May 24 2018, 10:56 AM

time to bring this thread back...





http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2002-liberty-x-just-a-little__22990/

Posted by: liamk97 May 24 2018, 11:02 AM

The OCC also revealed on their twitter that 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' sold 561,000 copies (presumably excluding streams, of which there can't be too many because the song hasn't been certified Platinum yet).

'Just a Little' is such a throwback jam, still listen to it a lot today and holds a lot of nostalgia.

Posted by: danG May 31 2018, 10:41 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-2005-crazy-frog-beats-coldplay-to-the-top__9493/

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn May 31 2018, 11:11 AM

I remember listening to the chart show on that particular week in 2005, they exceptionally mentioned the #41 at the beginning and played a clip on it just to rip the piss out of Daniel Bedingfield.

Posted by: fiesta May 31 2018, 12:15 PM

Love the songs by BLack Eyed Peas Gorillaz, Magic Numbers, Oasis Audio Bullys, Will Smith Coral, Rob Thomas, Kaiser Cheifs.. So much good music

Posted by: Jade May 31 2018, 12:37 PM

'Axel F' is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as well gosh it was so inescapable at the time! I wasn't aware that it had so many YouTube views though that enduring impact *_* this was a great time for music, my second favourite song of all time ('Feel Good Inc.') is in the top 10 for starters *.* also love 'Speed Of Sound', 'Lyla', 'Shot You Down', 'Don't Phunk With My Heart', 'Signs', 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart', 'Switch', 'Everyday I Love You Less And Less', 'In My Arms', 'Touch My Fire' and 'Other Side Of The World' from the top 40

(maybe we could have plug sessions counting back from 40-1 for some of these chart flashbacks en el futuro when the Now sessions are complete ;o)

Posted by: vibe May 31 2018, 12:58 PM

I didn’t realise ‘one step closer’ outperformed ‘Freak Like Me’ with its chart run !

Posted by: danG Jun 8 2018, 02:47 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-2003-evanescence-s-bring-me-to-life__4536/

Posted by: vibe Jun 8 2018, 02:53 PM

On The Horizon is it not top ten worthy ? I quite enjoy this summer bop .
What a hideous video tho !!

Posted by: PeaceMob Jun 8 2018, 04:07 PM

"Bring Me To Life" is such a classic, I remember when I wanted to purchase the single but could only find the album "Fallen" so I bought that instead. One of the first albums I bought and had ZERO regrets. I just remember summer 2003 being really hot and just rocking out to the album.

Posted by: Danny89 Jun 8 2018, 05:54 PM

God I loved 2003 great summer too, I remember hearing Blu cantrell's breathe months before and no one knowing what I was going on about.
It was a surprise number one if I recall but I was so happy!

Posted by: Steve201 Jun 8 2018, 10:53 PM

Yeh it was a surprise no1 for me, did radio 1 playlist it before release??

Sean a Paul unending relevancy!!

Posted by: Rob S Jun 9 2018, 12:05 AM

Bring Me To Life <3 <3 <3 the whole album was excellent too!

Posted by: Danny89 Jun 9 2018, 12:33 AM

QUOTE(Danny89 @ Jun 8 2018, 06:54 PM)

Posted by: danG Jun 27 2018, 10:31 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-songs-of-summer-1998__23252/
(sales are for the summer of 1998 only except where otherwise stated)

POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK
1 NO MATTER WHAT BOYZONE 1 731k
2 C'EST LA VIE B'WITCHED 1 661k
3 GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE) PRAS MICHEL FT ODB & MYA 2 618k (829k combined sales to date)
4 3 LIONS '98 BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED 1 608k
5 VIVA FOREVER SPICE GIRLS 1 560k
6 VINDALOO FAT LES 2
7 THE BOY IS MINE BRANDY & MONICA 2
8 HORNY MOUSSE T VS HOT'N'JUICY 2
9 FREAK ME ANOTHER LEVEL 1
10 GOT THE FEELIN' FIVE 3
11 MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU STARDUST 2
12 SAVE TONIGHT EAGLE-EYE CHERRY 6
13 BECAUSE WE WANT TO BILLIE 1
14 DEEPER UNDERGROUND JAMIROQUAI 1
15 LIFE DES'REE 8
16 LIFE IS A FLOWER ACE OF BASE 5
17 CARNAVAL DE PARIS DARIO G 5
18 MYSTERIOUS TIMES SASH FT TINA COUSINS 2
19 LOOKING FOR LOVE KAREN RAMIREZ 8
20 JUST THE TWO OF US WILL SMITH 2
21 DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY MAVERICKS 4
22 HOW DO I LIVE LEANN RIMES 7
23 THE ROCKAFELLER SKANK FATBOY SLIM 6
24 COME WITH ME PUFF DADDY FT JIMMY PAGE 2
25 TO THE MOON AND BACK SAVAGE GARDEN 3
26 LOST IN SPACE APOLLO FOUR FORTY 4
27 IMMORTALITY CELINE DION & THE BEE GEES 5
28 STRANDED LUTRICIA MCNEAL 3
29 LOST IN SPACE LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY 6
30 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT SWEETBOX 5
31 IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN MANIC STREET PREACHERS 1
32 INTERGALACTIC BEASTIE BOYS 5
33 ONE FOR SORROW STEPS 2
34 MY ALL MARIAH CAREY 4
35 FEEL IT TAMPERER FEAT MAYA 1
36 WHAT CAN I DO CORRS 3
37 KUNG FU FIGHTING BUS STOP FT CARL DOUGLAS 8
38 MY OH MY AQUA 6
39 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF LUCID 7
40 I WANT YOU BACK CLEOPATRA 4

Posted by: Dexton Jun 27 2018, 11:12 AM

I can’t at Boyzone being 1998s song of the summer

Posted by: vibe Jun 27 2018, 07:18 PM

1998 great year for music

Posted by: Steve201 Jun 27 2018, 10:29 PM

What is defined as summer in this respect? June, July & August?

Posted by: danG Jun 27 2018, 10:40 PM

I think it's just sales throughout those 3 months, don't think they're using the definition were summer starts on the 21st of June.

Posted by: Robbie Jun 27 2018, 10:59 PM

Not only was 'No Matter What' the biggest selling single during summer 1998 it was also the number 1 on the last ever edition of The Chart Show, which was broadcast on Saturday 22 August 1998. A sad day as it was the best music programme on TV by this point. The programme was replaced by CD:UK which launched the following Saturday.

Posted by: dandy* Jun 28 2018, 09:16 AM

Life by Des’Ree!!!!!!! Will she ever stop being so relevant?

Posted by: gooddelta Jun 28 2018, 09:38 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jun 27 2018, 11:29 PM)

Posted by: Midge Jun 28 2018, 10:09 AM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Jun 28 2018, 10:16 AM)

Posted by: RockafellerSkank Jun 29 2018, 11:17 AM

Number 23 - Rockefeller Skank by Fatboy Slim <3
Number 27 - Immortality by Celine Dion helping out The Bee Gees <3
Number 31 - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next by Manic Street Preachers <3

Posted by: danG Jul 11 2018, 01:32 PM

sales for some Football songs have been given http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/football-anthems-that-scored-big-on-the-charts__23344/

1,600,000 Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions (#1, 1996/98)
525,000 Fat Les - Vindaloo (#2, 1998)
300,000 Shout For England - Shout (#1, 2010)
94,000 England United - (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World (#9, 1998)
82,000 4-4-2 - Come On England (#2, 2004)

Posted by: RockafellerSkank Jul 12 2018, 03:42 PM

This is kind of off-topic, but I feel this was the only thread appropriate to ask this. I am looking for radio 1 top 40 recordings specifically from the years 1998-2002 during the later Mark Goodier years. And I am wondering if anyone knows any place I can find these or if somebody can send me some of they have any or just where I can find them.

Posted by: coi Jul 12 2018, 04:23 PM

If you're looking for some Mark Goodier chart shows there are quite a few available https://www.mixcloud.com/discover/mark-goodier/.

Posted by: RockafellerSkank Jul 12 2018, 05:14 PM

QUOTE(coi @ Jul 12 2018, 05:23 PM)

Posted by: Jay ☆ Aug 3 2018, 04:00 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/flashback-atomic-kitten-beat-destinys-child-to-number-1-in-2001__15859/

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Aug 3 2018, 09:29 AM

'Bootylicious' is such a hugely well-known song that's referred to in popular culture so often, I imagine it must be a strong trickle-seller?

Posted by: Hans Aug 3 2018, 09:40 AM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Aug 3 2018, 10:29 AM)

Posted by: Jay ☆ Aug 3 2018, 04:57 PM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Aug 3 2018, 10:29 AM)

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 30 2018, 08:10 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-2004-natasha-bedingfield-these-words__7721/
It’s fourteen years since Natasha showed big brother Daniel what she was made of and scored a Number 1 of her very own with one of the most meta songs ever.

Posted by: cantthinkofaname Aug 30 2018, 02:53 PM

So is that around 400k for These Words to date (incl. streams) or do you think the 280k figure is including streams?

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 30 2018, 02:59 PM

QUOTE(cantthinkofaname @ Aug 30 2018, 03:53 PM)

Posted by: danG Aug 30 2018, 03:01 PM

400k. It got certified Gold just last week actually.

It sold 199k in 2004, so that's 83k in singles sales since and the rest made up by streaming.

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 30 2018, 03:05 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Aug 30 2018, 04:01 PM)

Posted by: danG Aug 30 2018, 03:09 PM

QUOTE(ThePensmith @ Aug 30 2018, 04:05 PM)

I stand corrected

'Unwritten' was her biggest single over in America wasn't it? I remember reading it was an unofficial graduation anthem of sorts.

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 30 2018, 03:13 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Aug 30 2018, 04:09 PM)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Aug 30 2018, 03:34 PM

It's such a shame to think how Natasha's career went after this, when she had such potential and deserved more than she got.

I do think 'I Wanna Have Your Babies' really did it tbh, although not releasing 'Pocketful of Sunshine' robbed her of a guaranteed hit.

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Aug 30 2018, 04:44 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Aug 30 2018, 03:09 PM)

Posted by: JosephAvery Aug 30 2018, 05:01 PM

Natasha's hits over here are all brilliant I think. These Words is an all-time favourite and I Wanna Have Your Babies is one of my biggest guilty pleasures

Posted by: GTH Aug 30 2018, 05:44 PM

QUOTE(ThePensmith @ Aug 30 2018, 04:05 PM)

I stand corrected

'Unwritten' was her biggest single over in America wasn't it? I remember reading it was an unofficial graduation anthem of sorts.

Posted by: T Boy Aug 30 2018, 05:54 PM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Aug 30 2018, 04:34 PM)

Posted by: Robbie Aug 30 2018, 06:00 PM

Some sales data:

SINGLES

40978 Natasha Bedingfield
34300 3 Of A Kind
26765 The 411
26759 Maroon 5

11600 Sugababes (8)
10900 Mousse T (9)
10000+ Dizzee Rascal (10)
4300 Faithless (22)
2300 Kane (38)
1900 Gretchen Wilson (42)
850 Deepest Blue (57)

ALBUMS

64286 Prodigy
59346 Maroon 5 (total sales now 546,391)

18120 Finn Brothers (8)
16694 R Kelly (11)
16351 Alexander O'Neal (12)
5359 Jeff Buckley (44)

COMPILATIONS

48880 Now 58
28821 Cream Classics

Downloads (Test Data)

01 01 Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme
02 02 The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
03 05 Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
04 NE Oasis - Columbia (Live)
05 03 Maroon 5 - This Love
06 04 Scissor Sisters - Laura
07 06 Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
08 11 Anastacia - Sick And Tired
09 09 Keane - Everybody's Changing
10 07 Anastaicia - Left Outside Alone

Number 1's

Dance Singles: Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall
R&B Singles: The 411 - Dumb
Independent Singles: Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall

Posted by: T Boy Aug 30 2018, 06:11 PM

I remember being so gutted at Maroon 5 missing top 3 by 6 copies.

She Will Be Loved>>>>>their most recent hits.

Posted by: liamk97 Sep 26 2018, 08:52 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2003-rachel-stevens-vs-black-eyed-peas-for-number-1__24184/

Posted by: Danny89 Sep 26 2018, 09:34 PM

I remember this week very well, a great chart! I'm sure in the early midweeks, Rachel was leading early on but B.E.P quickly caught up. 2003 was a fantastic year anyway, shame sales were so low overall. After 2002 single sales just collapsed.

I loved "Sweet dreams" and "So good" was amazing too, peaked at #11! What a shame I've forgotten how big Rachel Stevens was initially, the papers were always reporting various feuds she was involved in and celebs slagging her off!!

Posted by: paulgilb Sep 26 2018, 09:50 PM

Interesting to see the sales for #1 and #2 - it definitely seemed a lot closer between them at the time.

7 new entries in the top 10 equalled the record which still stands (even the Ed Sheeran week only managed 7 as two of his tracks in the top 10 were released prior to the album).

Geeky fact about that chart: #34 was a new entry for Junior Jack - E Samba, which charted exactly 6 years to the day after the previous 'Samba' track to chart (Bellini's Samba De Janeiro).

And there was a chart debut at #54 that week for Snow Patrol with Spitting Games (which reached #23 the following year on re-issue).

Posted by: vibe Sep 27 2018, 05:51 AM

Superstar - what a climber that song was !!!

Posted by: Steve201 Sep 27 2018, 10:54 PM

QUOTE(paulgilb @ Sep 26 2018, 10:50 PM)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Sep 29 2018, 01:14 PM

QUOTE(Danny89 @ Sep 26 2018, 10:34 PM)

I loved "Sweet dreams" and "So good" was amazing too, peaked at #11! What a shame I've forgotten how big Rachel Stevens was initially, the papers were always reporting various feuds she was involved in and celebs slagging her off!!

Posted by: liamk97 Oct 25 2018, 11:54 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1998-cher-believe__20834/

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 25 2018, 12:21 PM

Twenty bloody years! That's crazy. 😲

I remember how both me + my Mum went and bought the single (without realising we'd both done so), that probably demonstrates the wide-reaching appeal this song had. It's still a total BANGER, isn't it?

Posted by: ThePensmith Oct 25 2018, 02:54 PM

20 years, my goodness. 1998 was a great year for pop music, capped by this being the year's biggest seller. It was my first encounter of Cher in any real capacity (I was 9 for a point of reference), and I remember watching her perform this on Des O'Connor with my mum and dad before it was released, thinking nothing more of it, until a week later when it went straight to number one, and then stayed there for seven weeks.

When you look at the list of records that it kept off, all of whom were by quite big artists at the time, it's quite staggering to recall just how successful this was:

- George Michael - Outside (first two weeks)
- E-17 - Each Time (third week, their first single without Tony Mortimer, albeit their last of any real success for them)
- Steps - Heartbeat/Tragedy (fourth week, although would eventually be number one itself in January 1999)
- Five - Until The Time Is Through (fifth week, one of their many attempts at the top slot that they couldn't sustain until Sunday)
- Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me (sixth week. Now this was a big one. Especially coming so soon after 'No Matter What')
- Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (seventh and final week, again led midweek but relented by Sunday. Shame as this would have been a deserving chart topper)

Between this and the Run DMC/Celine Dion records from earlier in 1998, it was my first real awareness of a mega-hit. A great time for music.

Posted by: RockafellerSkank Oct 25 2018, 05:11 PM

1 Cher - Believe 167 000
2 George Michael - Outside 116 000
3 U2 - Sweetest Thing 111 000
4 Culture Club - I Just Wanna Be Loved 71 000
5 Alanis Morissette - Thank U 59 000

8 Kele Le Roc - A Little Bit of Lovin 43 000

What a great week and top 5 and no. 8 of new entries! Kele Le Roc's track was a great, slick RnB Track, hugely underrated!

Posted by: ThePensmith Oct 25 2018, 05:13 PM

QUOTE(RockafellerSkank @ Oct 25 2018, 06:11 PM)

Posted by: RockafellerSkank Oct 25 2018, 05:17 PM

QUOTE(ThePensmith @ Oct 25 2018, 06:13 PM)

Posted by: DANKENSTEIN Oct 25 2018, 05:32 PM

Believe is such a pop classic and definitely deserved number one out of that lot of new entries.

Posted by: paulgilb Oct 25 2018, 09:55 PM

I think this week may have been the first time the top 5 were all new entries (excluding the first ever chart of course). Curiously, there were only 4 other new entries in the top 40, and 3 of those were re-issues/re-mixes.

Posted by: Danny89 Oct 26 2018, 05:59 PM

What an amazing week. It is one of my all-time favourite charts, and one of the best No.1 Singles ever. I remember Cher on the national lottery performing it, THAT song was just a monster! It was everywhere, 1998 was a classic year anyway.

It's interesting that "... Baby one more time" and "Believe" were released in the UK four months apart and both became massive sellers. I'll never forget seeing Britney Spears on The Box music channel for the first time, it must be one of the most requested videos ever. There was so much hype leading up to it before it's release, which resulted in that mammoth first week sale.

Posted by: liamk97 Nov 23 2018, 01:27 PM

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 23 2018, 02:02 PM

I remember that week! I was so certain Daft Punk was a nailed-on #1, so that kind of surprised me.

I love that Darude track so much, completely forgotten now though.

Posted by: ThePensmith Nov 23 2018, 02:13 PM

My favourites from the chart that week

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Nov 23 2018, 01:27 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 23 2018, 11:55 PM

The beginning of the end of the cd single most likely!

Posted by: JCM20 Nov 25 2018, 09:26 PM

QUOTE(ThePensmith @ Nov 23 2018, 02:13 PM)

Posted by: Robbie Nov 25 2018, 11:06 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 24 2018, 12:55 AM)

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 26 2018, 12:20 AM

Was the price of a cd single not up to around 3.99 then? Record companies had started ripping people off and albums became bigger!

Posted by: Euphorique Nov 26 2018, 01:13 AM

Napster says hi

Posted by: Robbie Nov 26 2018, 08:59 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 26 2018, 01:20 AM)

Posted by: Robbie Nov 26 2018, 09:07 AM

QUOTE(Euphorique @ Nov 26 2018, 02:13 AM)

Posted by: fiesta Nov 26 2018, 11:57 AM

This was around the time when a cd single would be cheaper in its first week only. I think that is why there was a huge turnover of no.1s.

Posted by: ThePensmith Nov 26 2018, 12:35 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Nov 26 2018, 09:07 AM)

Posted by: dancember Dec 6 2018, 10:36 AM

Will Young 'Leave Right Now' was #1 https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2003-will-young-leave-right-now__4669/ago. Total sales stand at 728k (638k pure sales).

1 - NEW - 01 - Will Young - LEAVE RIGHT NOW
1 - NEW - 02 - Shane Richie - I'M YOUR MAN
03 - 01 - 03 - Westlife - MANDY
02 - 02 - 04 - Girls Aloud - JUMP (FOR MY LOVE)
1 - NEW - 05 - Michael Jackson - ONE MORE CHANCE
02 - 03 - 06 - Alex Parks - MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
07 - 07 - 07 - Kevin Lyttle - TURN ME ON
03 - 04 - 08 - Busted - CRASHED THE WEDDING
1 - NEW - 09 - Ja Rule - CLAP BACK / REIGNS
03 - 08 - 10 - Outkast - HEY YA!
03 - 06 - 11 - Britney Spears featuring Madonna - ME AGAINST THE MUSIC
02 - 05 - 12 - Lemar - 50 : 50 / LULLABY
1 - NEW - 13 - Iron Maiden - RAINMAKER
06 - 09 - 14 - Fatman Scoop Featuring The Crooklyn Clan - BE FAITHFUL
1 - NEW - 15 - Blink 182 - FEELING THIS
02 - 11 - 16 - Enrique Iglesias - ADDICTED
04 - 12 - 17 - Kylie Minogue - SLOW
1 - NEW - 18 - Limp Bizkit - BEHIND BLUE EYES
04 - 14 - 19 - Blazin' Squad - FLIP REVERSE
1 - NEW - 20 - No Doubt - IT'S MY LIFE
1 - NEW - 21 - Meat Loaf - MAN OF STEEL
11 - 19 - 22 - Jamelia - SUPERSTAR
1 - NEW - 23 - Coral - BILL MCCAI
03 - 16 - 24 - Missy Elliott - PASS THAT DUTCH
05 - 18 - 25 - Pink - TROUBLE
02 - 13 - 26 - Mis-Teeq - STYLE
10 - 27 - 27 - Darkness - I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE
02 - 10 - 28 - Pet Shop Boys - MIRACLES
13 - 17 - 29 - Black Eyed Peas - WHERE IS THE LOVE?
1 - NEW - 30 - Dizzee Rascal - JUS' A RASCAL
05 - 22 - 31 - Atomic Kitten - IF YOU COME TO ME
03 - 20 - 32 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - FORTUNE FADED
03 - 24 - 33 - Ludacris - STAND UP
13 - 29 - 34 - Dido - WHITE FLAG
06 - 26 - 35 - Blue - GUILTY
05 - 37 - 36 - UB40 / United Colours Of Sound - SWING LOW
05 - 28 - 37 - Angel City featuring Lara McAllen - LOVE ME RIGHT (OH SHEILA)
1 - NEW - 38 - Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - MUSIC AND YOU
07 - 25 - 39 - Sugababes - HOLE IN THE HEAD
1 - NEW - 40 - Mary J. Blige featuring Eve - NOT TODAY
03 - 33 - 41 - Javine - SURRENDER (YOUR LOVE)
07 - 30 - 42 - Emma Bunton - MAYBE
04 - 36 - 43 - Robbie Williams - SEXED UP
02 - 15 - 44 - Radiohead - 2 + 2 = 5
1 - NEW - 45 - Thrills - DON'T STEAL OUR SUN
02 - 21 - 46 - Shania Twain - WHEN YOU KISS ME / UP!
08 - 42 - 47 - Beyonce featuring Sean Paul - BABY BOY
02 - 35 - 48 - Kelly Clarkson - LOW / THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE
03 - 34 - 49 - Stereophonics - SINCE I TOLD YOU IT'S OVER
06 - 38 - 50 - Stacie Orrico - (THERE'S GOTTA BE) MORE TO LIFE
05 - 39 - 51 - Holly Valance - STATE OF MIND
1 - NEW - 52 - Studio B / Romeo and Harry Brooks - I SEE GIRLS (CRAZY)
1 - NEW - 53 - Dirt Devils - MUSIC IS LIFE
03 - 31 - 54 - Ronan Keating - LOST FOR WORDS
02 - 23 - 55 - White Stripes - HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON
06 - 48 - 56 - Hilary Duff - SO YESTERDAY
06 - 43 - 57 - Liberty X - JUMPIN'
07 - 47 - 58 - 50 Cent - P.I.M.P.
06 - 41 - 59 - Obie Trice - GOT SOME TEETH
02 - 32 - 60 - Belle And Sebastian - STEP INTO MY OFFICA BABY
1 - NEW - 61 - Lost Tribe - GAMEMASTER
03 - 46 - 62 - Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal - LUCKY STAR
03 - 50 - 63 - Elephant Man - PON DE RIVER PON DE BANK
04 - 49 - 64 - R Kelly - STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE / THOIA THOING
09 - 67 - 65 - S Club 8 - SUNDOWN
1 - NEW - 66 - Dandy Warhols - PLAN A
02 - 40 - 67 - Starsailor - BORN AGAIN
07 - 59 - 68 - REM - BAD DAY
18 - 68 - 69 - Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul - BREATHE
02 - 44 - 70 - Primal Scream - SOME VELVET MORNING
06 - 60 - 71 - Fabolous featuring Tamia - INTO YOU
05 - 54 - 72 - Wayne Wonder - BOUNCE ALONG
03 - 51 - 73 - Linus Loves featuring Sam Obernik - STAND BACK
06 - 63 - 74 - Mark Ronson - OOH WEE
02 - 57 - 75 - Solitaire - I LIKE LOVE (I LOVE LOVE)

Top 75 text from UKMIX

Posted by: cantthinkofaname Dec 6 2018, 10:39 AM

1 - NEW - 20 - No Doubt - IT'S MY LIFE

By far the best new entry 15 years ago! Still so good and definitely their second best song (after Don't Speak obv). Improves on the original too, not that the original one isn't great as well.

Posted by: dancember Dec 6 2018, 10:45 AM

I'm surprised that only made it as high as 20 too, especially with all the other forgotten new entries above it.

Posted by: cantthinkofaname Dec 6 2018, 10:49 AM

Yep most of the songs above it are incredibly forgettable, especially the new entries (bar Limp Bizkit, missed that one - easily their best!)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Dec 6 2018, 10:58 AM

QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 6 2018, 10:45 AM)

Posted by: Christmasteve201 Dec 6 2018, 01:51 PM

QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 6 2018, 10:45 AM)

Posted by: liamk97 Dec 31 2018, 12:22 PM

From the OCC's Albums Turning 20 article:

1.21m Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
892k Melanie C - Northern Star
372k Slipknot - Slipknot

Posted by: Danny89 Dec 31 2018, 06:20 PM

... Baby one more time was released in the UK on 15th February 1999.
The video was played ENDLESSLY on 'The Box' music channel. It seemed to come on every half an hour.

I still can't get over those mammoth first week sales.

Posted by: Crazy Christmas Jan 1 2019, 01:22 AM

QUOTE(DANKENSTEIN @ Oct 25 2018, 05:32 PM)

Posted by: liamk97 Jan 17 2019, 01:15 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2009-lady-gaga-just-dance__4697/

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Jan 17 2019, 01:23 PM

I remember it so clearly too. This makes me feel so old.

Posted by: danuary Jan 17 2019, 02:00 PM

I remember Just Dance being huge in Australia when I was there, in 2008 though as the UK got the song rather late. Not long after she felt like the biggest pop star on the planet even if only for a few years.

Posted by: liamk97 Jan 17 2019, 03:00 PM

That time was such a good period for pop with Gaga and Rihanna both having phenomenal success and the only time I can think of that a female artist rivaled Madonna's impact.

Females seem to be ruling pop music again but I don't know when we'll hit those 2009-12 heights again.

Posted by: Seinfeld Jan 17 2019, 05:12 PM

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Jan 17 2019, 03:00 PM)

Posted by: liamk97 Jan 31 2019, 10:19 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-michelle-mcmanus-all-this-time__25450/

Posted by: coi Jan 31 2019, 10:21 AM

No chart flashback article will ever beat this

Posted by: Robbie Jan 31 2019, 11:19 AM

I thought the OCC would have made more of Outkast's climb to number 4. For the era it had one of the strangest chart runs, entering the charts at number 6 almost three months earlier before falling as low as number 22 before climbing back up the charts with an eventual peak of number 3 two weeks after this chart. If I recall sales of the single didn't fall that far away when it fell 6-8-10-13-22 and didn't increase that much when the single rallied and moved from number 22 to 16-13-14-9-9-4.

Sales of the top 10 singles and albums for this week in 2004 were:

SINGLES

35,040 MICHELLE
26.983 KELIS
16,052 BOOGIE PIMPS
15,968 OUTKAST
14,149 GARY JULES
13,454 2PLAY
12,249 FRANZ FERDINAND
12,233 OZZY & KELLY OSBOURNE
11,770 SEAN PAUL FT SASHA
10,065 SCISSOR SISTERS

ALBUMS

35,680 KATIE MELUA
26,256 DIDO
21,934 BLACK EYED PEAS
20,502 WILL YOUNG
19,083 EVANESCENCE
17,782 TEARS FOR FEARS
17,064 NO DOUBT
15,356 OUTKAST
14,486 MICHAEL JACKSON
13,650 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

Posted by: Robbie Jan 31 2019, 11:51 AM

I can actually remember listening to the new top 40 the Sunday (25 January) this chart was announced and hearing 'Comfortably Numb' being a new entry at number 10. It was the first time I'd heard the Scissor Sisters version and I remember thing "WTF is this!". At the time I thought it was awful and thought was some sort of pisstake... a few months later I bought their album! As well as Maroon 5's album, I bought both albums on the same day. I still like both albums though I'll admit it's a while since I listened to either album.

Posted by: Cameron Jan 31 2019, 12:03 PM

QUEEEEEEEN

Posted by: Bré Jan 31 2019, 01:08 PM

Michelle and Maroon 5 making their chart debuts on the same day, the true duality of good and evil. If only their careers had been swapped over. x

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Jan 31 2019, 01:19 PM

That Maroon 5 song remains my favourite of theirs!

Posted by: Robbie Jan 31 2019, 01:25 PM

QUOTE(Bré @ Jan 31 2019, 01:08 PM)

Posted by: Robbie Jan 31 2019, 01:28 PM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Jan 31 2019, 01:19 PM)

Posted by: ThePensmith Jan 31 2019, 01:38 PM

As if Scissor Sisters' first album was 15 years ago?! Still such a great record. I remember seeing Ana and Jake being interviewed on Popworld towards the end of 2003 when they originally released 'Laura' and thought 'They're brilliant but I suspect they'll never catch on'. So glad I was proved wrong on that one!

Posted by: Bré Jan 31 2019, 02:31 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Jan 31 2019, 01:25 PM)

Posted by: T Boy Jan 31 2019, 08:20 PM

Scissor Sisters and Maroon 5 breaking through. 2004 was such a great time.

Posted by: The Hit Parade Jan 31 2019, 10:00 PM

As I have it to hand, here's a https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/7zTR4rhATW44gFJrBcAlSY?si=uiU88SDoTIi45M0nqeSm0Q of the Top 100 (or as much as possible anyway).

My favourite NE is Long Time Coming by Delays. I still have my signed 7" of it.

Posted by: paulgilb Jan 31 2019, 11:27 PM

Unusually for a 2004 (i.e. pre downloads) chart, 3 tracks in the top 10 were climbing to new peaks (Somebody To Love, Hey Ya, So Confused). Obviously this was helped by being an unusually quiet week (no new entries in the top 9) - in fact the Scissor Sisters' sales at #10 were the lowest for that position in several years (and note that this chart came only 5 weeks after we had had two tracks selling over 220k).

Posted by: liamk97 Feb 14 2019, 01:13 PM

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 7 2019, 01:51 PM

Posted by: fiesta Mar 7 2019, 06:39 PM

Britney was also no.1 this week in 1999 and the top 3 all sold over 160k!

Posted by: dandy* Mar 7 2019, 06:41 PM

Return to Innocence!

Posted by: ThePensmith Mar 7 2019, 07:04 PM

That chart is so nostalgic for me. I was in Year 10 and had just started three weeks' work experience, and 'Toxic' seemed to be constantly on the radio at the estate agents I was doing mine at - also the Kylie and George Michael singles, 2Play's 'So Confused' and N*E*R*D 'She Wants To Move' which charted a couple of weeks after this. Great memories!

Posted by: danG Mar 7 2019, 07:52 PM

This was around the time I started getting into pop music - Toxic and Cha Cha Slide were both big childhood faves.
I also enjoy Amazing, Red Blooded Woman, I Miss You, It's My Life and Four to the Floor (the remix!) from the newies.
Lol at that other version of Cha Cha Slide making it in too (and the import made it to 37 the week before, why were people buying that instead of DJ Casper?!)

Posted by: ThePensmith Mar 7 2019, 09:31 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Mar 7 2019, 07:52 PM)

Posted by: danG Mar 7 2019, 09:52 PM

It did remind me of that, but usually the 'fake' version swiftly exited the chart as soon as the original was available, yet in this case the MC Jig version effectively climbed the week the DJ Casper version was out!

Posted by: paulgilb Mar 7 2019, 10:35 PM

The following week was notable in that DJ Casper would climb to #1, becoming the first #1 since Bob The Builder in 2000 (although DJ Otzi was listed as a climber rather than a new entry due to a catalogue number 'glitch' in 2001) not to enter at #1 (excluding songs that returned to #1).

#17 was bizarre, as It's My Life had originally charted just 3 months earlier at #20 but was swiftly re-issued for some reason.

Timbaland, Missy Elliott & Magoo had previously collaborated on Here We Come, which charted at #43 exactly 5 years to the day before this chart.

Posted by: danG Mar 7 2019, 11:03 PM

QUOTE(paulgilb @ Mar 7 2019, 10:35 PM)

Posted by: Robbie Mar 8 2019, 12:46 AM

Top 10 sales

SINGLES

102576 Britney Spears
78666 DJ Casper
69685 Peter Andre
41508 George Michael
39812 Kylie Minogue
31033 Jamelia
25700 Beenie Man
18045 Blink 182
12016 Outkast
11718 Westlife

ALBUMS

70027 Katie Melua
52530 Norah Jones
36904 Zero 7
34693 Jamelia
30031 Jamie Cullum
22422 Black Eyed Peas
21482 No Doubt
20483 Outkast
19060 Duran Duran
18901 Will Young

11501 Hundred Reasons (20)
9068 Dusty Springfield (25)
5500 Kylie Minogue (41)

BUDGET ALBUMS

29517 Peter Andre

Peter Andre's album was eligible for the Budget Albums chart due to its low price. It's one of the biggest (possibly the biggest?) sale recorded by an album on that chart.

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 8 2019, 03:32 AM

Always found it interesting that Red Blooded Woman only sold a couple of thousand below what Slow sold on its first week, despite the former peaking at #5 compared to #1 for the latter.

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 21 2019, 12:08 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-looking-back-at-madonnas-like-a-prayer-number-1-30-years-ago-this-week__25817/

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 21 2019, 12:16 PM

What a beast of a song! One of her absolute best, instantly spirit-lifting and has the ability to unite the room. Those final choruses of the song where the choir intensifies and the clapping beat is prominent... it's just electrifying.

'This Time I Know It's For Real' is one of my favourite Donna Summer singles and I've discovered 'Straight Up' recently which I'm addicted too. So slick and groovy.

Posted by: danG Mar 28 2019, 09:07 PM

This week marks 20 years since 'Flat Beat' entered at #1, helped by its appearance on an advert for Levis. The song also appeared at #98 in the same week (probably due to the max number of formats rule).



Flat Beat, You Get What You Give, No Scrubs, Out of the Blue, Windowlicker are my faves of the week's new entries. Witch Doctor is a decent bit of novelty too.

1 - NEW - 01 - Mr Oizo - FLAT BEAT
1 - NEW - 02 - Cartoons - WITCH DOCTOR
1 - NEW - 03 - Billie Piper - HONEY TO THE BEE
06 - 03 - 04 - Britney Spears - BABY ONE MORE TIME
1 - NEW - 05 - New Radicals - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
04 - 02 - 06 - Boyzone - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH
1 - NEW - 07 - TLC - NO SCRUBS
04 - 05 - 08 - Vengaboys - WE LIKE TO PARTY! (THE VENGABUS)
02 - 01 - 09 - B*Witched - BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN
1 - NEW - 10 - Des'ree - YOU GOTTA BE
03 - 06 - 11 - Steps - BETTER BEST FORGOTTEN
05 - 07 - 12 - Whitney Houston - IT'S NOT RIGHT, BUT IT'S OKAY
02 - 04 - 13 - Robbie Williams - STRONG
1 - NEW - 14 - System F - OUT OF THE BLUE
1 - NEW - 15 - Sash! - COLOUR THE WORLD
1 - NEW - 16 - Aphex Twin - WINDOWLICKER
02 - 08 - 17 - Kele Le Roc - MY LOVE
02 - 09 - 18 - Andy Williams - MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY
05 - 11 - 19 - Cher - STRONG ENOUGH
05 - 10 - 20 - Blur - TENDER
04 - 13 - 21 - George Michael And Mary J Blige - AS
07 - 18 - 22 - 2Pac - CHANGES
06 - 17 - 23 - Corrs - RUNAWAY
20 - 23 - 24 - Steps - HEARTBEAT / TRAGEDY
03 - 14 - 25 - Manic Street Preachers - YOU STOLE THE SUN FROM MY HEART
02 - 15 - 26 - Tina Cousins - KILLIN' TIME
02 - 12 - 27 - Underworld - PUSH UPSTAIRS
03 - 19 - 28 - Roxette - WISH I COULD FLY
05 - 27 - 29 - Shawn Mullins - LULLABY
08 - 26 - 30 - Blondie - MARIA
1 - NEW - 31 - Feeder - DAY IN DAY OUT
03 - 21 - 32 - Travis - WRITING TO REACH YOU
03 - 25 - 33 - Beautiful South - HOW LONG'S A TEAR TAKE TO DRY?
1 - NEW - 34 - Brian Setzer Orchestra - JUMP JIVE AN' WAIL
04 - 24 - 35 - Madonna - NOTHING REALLY MATTERS
07 - 29 - 36 - Lenny Kravitz - FLY AWAY
05 - 30 - 37 - Cardigans - ERASE / REWIND
05 - 31 - 38 - Stereophonics - JUST LOOKING
09 - 35 - 39 - Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden - YOU DON'T KNOW ME
07 - 32 - 40 - DJ Sakin And Friends - PROTECT YOUR MIND (FOR THE LOVE OF A PRINCESS)

03 - 28 - 41 - REM - AT MY MOST BEAUTIFUL
1 - NEW - 42 - Ellie Campbell - SWEET LIES
1 - NEW - 43 - Hurricane #1 - THE GREATEST HIGH
02 - 16 - 44 - Delirious? - SEE THE STAR
03 - 33 - 45 - Orbital - STYLE
02 - 20 - 46 - Spacedust - LET'S GET DOWN
1 - NEW - 47 - DJ Rap - EVERYDAY GIRL
1 - NEW - 48 - Christian Fry - WON'T YOU STAY
06 - 41 - 49 - Lauryn Hill - EX-FACTOR
17 - 42 - 50 - Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C - WHEN YOU'RE GONE
02 - 22 - 51 - Echo And The Bunnymen - RUST
1 - NEW - 52 - Lamb - B LINE
1 - NEW - 53 - Mount Rushmore presents The Knack - YOU BETTER
07 - 47 - 54 - Barenaked Ladies - ONE WEEK
04 - 39 - 55 - E17 - BETCHA CAN'T WAIT
02 - 34 - 56 - Take 5 - NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD
08 - 52 - 57 - A+ - ENJOY YOURSELF
1 - NEW - 58 - Jark Prongo - MOVIN' THRU YOUR SYSTEM
10 - 60 - 59 - Offspring - PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY)
07 - 49 - 60 - 'N Sync - I WANT YOU BACK
15 - 37 - 61 - Spice Girls - GOODBYE
23 - 48 - 62 - Cher - BELIEVE
05 - 55 - 63 - Elton John And LeAnn Rimes - WRITTEN IN THE STARS
03 - 38 - 64 - Daniel O'Donnell - THE WAY DREAMS ARE
1 - NEW - 65 - Black Dog featuring Ofra Haza - BABYLON
02 - 36 - 66 - Men Of Vizion - DO YOU FEEL ME? (..FREAK YOU)
14 - 64 - 67 - B*witched - TO YOU I BELONG
10 - 67 - 68 - Terrorvision - TEQUILLA
08 - 61 - 69 - Tatyana Ali Featuring Will Smith - BOY YOU KNOCK ME OUT
13 - 68 - 70 - Mariah Carey And Whitney Houston - WHEN YOU BELIEVE
04 - 50 - 71 - Ginuwine - WHAT'S SO DIFFERENT?
12 - 66 - 72 - Fatboy Slim - PRAISE YOU
02 - 45 - 73 - Moloko - SING IT BACK
02 - 44 - 74 - Capriccio - EVERYBODY GET UP
02 - 40 - 75 - David Sylvian - I SURRENDER

Text from UKMix.

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 28 2019, 09:14 PM

Posted by: danG Mar 28 2019, 09:18 PM

'No Scrubs' must be close to a million chart sales by now if it hasn't passed it already, it seems to be one of the bigger catalogue songs on Spotify.

Posted by: liamk97 Mar 28 2019, 10:46 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Mar 28 2019, 09:18 PM)

Posted by: paulgilb Mar 28 2019, 11:12 PM

A very memorable chart from 1999, with an all-new top 3 and new entries at #5 and #7 that are much better remembered now than any of the top 3.

#1 was one of the few almost-instrumental tracks to have reached #1 in the last 40 years - the only one since then is Martin Garrix - Animals in 2013.

#3 was the subject of the first get-an-old-track-back-into-the-charts campaign in January 2007 (when downloads were first allowed to chart regardless of physical release) - it reached #17.

#7 had an unusual chart run for 1999 - it went 7-13-8-6-9-3-.

#10 was reaching the top 20 for the third time in 5 years, having reached #20 in 1994 then #14 in 1995.

Posted by: ThePensmith Mar 28 2019, 11:43 PM

I remember when I first saw the Levi's ad with Flat Eric during the ad breaks for the Brits in 1999, I was 9/10. Me and my sisters were doing the little finger tap/head nod dance for weeks afterwards. It's still a really cool advert now! They definitely don't make them like that anymore. My best friend at school had a Flat Eric puppet as well.

Poor B*Witched taking such a sharp tumble from #1 the week before though. Especially as 'Blame It On The Weatherman' was their fourth straight chart topper - and one of their best singles for me.

Also Des'ree of "Life, oh life" fame going top 10 with the re-release of "You Gotta Be". Total MOR 90s soul pop bop.

Posted by: Robbie Mar 29 2019, 12:35 AM

I wonder how Des'ree is doing these days. Back in 2003 she had a website / blog which was meant to help promote her 2003 comeback but which ended up reflecting an obvious depression she was falling into when her comeback didn't work out (her 'Dream Soldier' album peaked at number 178 while the single, 'It's Okay' fizzled out at number 69). It was actually quite sad to read, her obvious enthusiasm for the comeback project turned to despair when it didn't work out and her last entry was to inform everyone that the label had cancelled all future promotion activity on her album and that she had parted company with them. She also posted that she felt directionless and lost and didn't know what the future held for her. Then she stopped posting and the website disappeared a few months later.

Update: I should have read her wikipedia article. Apparently she was supposed to be working on a new album back in 2015 and her keyboardist Tim Atack (the uncle of Emily, from I'm A Celebrity and one time member along with brother Keith of Child who The Stranglers once attempted to beat up during a Top Of The Pops recording in 1978! It got The stranglers forcibly removed from the TOTP studios and they were also banned from the programme for about a year) has said she's recorded some new material.

Posted by: ThePensmith Mar 29 2019, 08:04 AM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Mar 29 2019, 12:35 AM)

Posted by: danG Apr 4 2019, 10:15 AM

This week marks 25 years since Take That scored their fourth #1 single with 'Everything Changes'. Also new that week were then-future #1s from "the artist formerly known as Prince" and Tony Di Bart.



1 - NEW - 01 - Take That - EVERYTHING CHANGES
05 - 01 - 02 - Doop - DOOP
04 - 02 - 03 - Bruce Springsteen - STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
1 - NEW - 04 - Prince - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
07 - 03 - 05 - Ace Of Base - THE SIGN
12 - 04 - 06 - D:Ream - U R THE BEST THING
02 - 10 - 07 - Madonna - I'LL REMEMBER
09 - 05 - 08 - Reel 2 Real Featuring The Mad Stuntman - I LIKE TO MOVE IT
08 - 06 - 09 - Mariah Carey - WITHOUT YOU
04 - 07 - 10 - Salt-N-Pepa With En Vogue - WHATTA MAN
1 - NEW - 11 - Paul Weller - HUNG UP
02 - 11 - 12 - Haddaway - ROCK MY HEART
1 - NEW - 13 - Tony Di Bart - THE REAL THING
04 - 08 - 14 - Degrees Of Motion Featuring Biti - SHINE ON
02 - 13 - 15 - JX - SON OF A GUN
04 - 12 - 16 - Blur - GIRLS AND BOYS
11 - 18 - 17 - Enigma - RETURN TO INNOCENCE
1 - NEW - 18 - Little Angels - TEN MILES HIGH
1 - NEW - 19 - Bitty McLean - DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
05 - 16 - 20 - Marcella Detroit - I BELIEVE
04 - 22 - 21 - Roachford - ONLY TO BE WITH YOU
03 - 15 - 22 - Worlds Apart - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE
03 - 09 - 23 - Bon Jovi - DRY COUNTY
02 - 24 - 24 - James - SAY SOMETHING / JAM J
02 - 30 - 25 - Toni Braxton - ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG
1 - NEW - 26 - Black Machine - HOW GEE
03 - 14 - 27 - Roxette - SLEEPING IN MY CAR
02 - 28 - 28 - Diana Ross - THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE
10 - 26 - 29 - Cranberries - LINGER
02 - 17 - 30 - K7 And The Swing Kids - HI DE HO
1 - NEW - 31 - Ice-T - GOTTA LOTTA LOVE
02 - 20 - 32 - Culture Beat - WORLD IN YOUR HANDS
1 - NEW - 33 - Des'ree - YOU GOTTA BE
05 - 21 - 34 - Alison Moyet - WHISPERING YOUR NAME
19 - 34 - 35 - D:Ream - THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
06 - 31 - 36 - EYC - THE WAY YOU WORK IT
02 - 32 - 37 - Deacon Blue - I WAS RIGHT AND YOU WERE WRONG
05 - 23 - 38 - M People - RENAISSANCE
1 - NEW - 39 - Young Black Teenagers - TAP THE BOTTLE
04 - 29 - 40 - Jimmy Cliff - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW

1 - NEW - 41 - Coasters - SORRY BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO PASS
08 - 35 - 42 - 2 Unlimited - LET THE BEAT CONTROL YOUR BODY
02 - 37 - 43 - UB40 - C'EST LA VIE
1 - NEW - 44 - Let Loose - SEVENTEEN
1 - NEW - 45 - Nine Inch Nails - MARCH OF THE PIGS
1 - NEW - 46 - Bono And Gavin Friday - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
1 - NEW - 47 - Terrorvision - OBLIVION
03 - 25 - 48 - Sounds Of Blackness - I BELIEVE
03 - 27 - 49 - Brand New Heavies - DREAM ON DREAMER
03 - 19 - 50 - Wonder Stuff - HOT LOVE NOW
04 - 39 - 51 - Bjork - VIOLENTLY HAPPY
02 - 42 - 52 - Yazz - HAVE MERCY
02 - 33 - 53 - Pulp - DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
05 - 38 - 54 - Beautiful South - GOOD AS GOLD
13 - 46 - 55 - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting - ALL FOR LOVE
1 - NEW - 56 - Sabres Of Paradise - THEME
02 - 54 - 57 - General Saint Featuring Don Campbell - OH CAROL!
1 - NEW - 58 - KWS - IT SEEMS TO HANG ON
02 - 36 - 59 - Ce Ce Peniston - KEEP GIVIN' ME YOUR LOVE
1 - NEW - 60 - Melanie Williams - ALL CRIED OUT
07 - 51 - 61 - Elton John And RuPaul - DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART
1 - NEW - 62 - Neil Young - PHILADELPHIA
03 - 41 - 63 - Soul Asylum - SOMEONE TO SHOVE
1 - NEW - 64 - Hole - MS WORLD
1 - NEW - 65 - Q-Tex - THE POWER OF LOVE
03 - 40 - 66 - A-ha - SHAPES THAT GO TOGETHER
03 - 48 - 67 - Backbeat Band - MONEY
1 - NEW - 68 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - DO YOU LOVE ME?
1 - NEW - 69 - Bonnie Raitt - LOVE SNEAKIN' UP ON YOU
06 - 44 - 70 - Beck - LOSER
04 - 62 - 71 - Tori Amos - PRETTY GOOD YEAR
03 - 57 - 72 - Dr Alban - LOOK WHO'S TALKING
03 - 43 - 73 - Lisa Lisa - SKIP TO MY LU
03 - 53 - 74 - Ice Cube - YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT
05 - 49 - 75 - Primal Scream - ROCKS / FUNKY JAM

Text from UKMix

Posted by: liamk97 Apr 11 2019, 12:12 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1999-martine-mccutcheon-perfect-moment__18749/

Posted by: danG Apr 11 2019, 12:32 PM

Surprised as many as 11 people downloaded that song last week! It seems to be largely confined to history and I'd never have heard of it if not for looking at old charts/NOW compilations, boring song.

The full top 75 that week (text from UKMix)

1 - NEW - 01 - Martine McCutcheon - PERFECT MOMENT
03 - 01 - 02 - Mr Oizo - FLAT BEAT
02 - 02 - 03 - Eminem - MY NAME IS
02 - 03 - 04 - Phat's and Small - TURN AROUND
02 - 04 - 05 - Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched And Billie - THANK ABBA FOR THE MUSIC
03 - 05 - 06 - Cartoons - WITCH DOCTOR
08 - 06 - 07 - Britney Spears - BABY ONE MORE TIME
03 - 13 - 08 - TLC - NO SCRUBS
03 - 08 - 09 - New Radicals - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
1 - NEW - 10 - Glamma Kid Featuring Shola Ama - TABOO
1 - NEW - 11 - Blackstreet With Janet - GIRLFRIEND / BOYFRIEND
06 - 10 - 12 - Vengaboys - WE LIKE TO PARTY! (THE VENGABUS)
1 - NEW - 13 - Cranberries - PROMISES
02 - 07 - 14 - Catatonia - DEAD FROM THE WAIST DOWN
1 - NEW - 15 - Meat Loaf Featuring Patti Russo - IS NOTHING SACRED
06 - 12 - 16 - Boyzone - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH
03 - 09 - 17 - Billie Piper - HONEY TO THE BEE
05 - 17 - 18 - Steps - BETTER BEST FORGOTTEN
04 - 14 - 19 - B*Witched - BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN
02 - 11 - 20 - Another Level Featuring Jay-Z - BE ALONE NO MORE
07 - 18 - 21 - Whitney Houston - IT'S NOT RIGHT, BUT IT'S OKAY
1 - NEW - 22 - Ace Of Base - EVERYTIME IT RAINS
03 - 20 - 23 - Des'ree - YOU GOTTA BE
02 - 16 - 24 - Mariah Carey - I STILL BELIEVE
02 - 15 - 25 - Reef - I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
02 - 19 - 26 - Beverley Knight - MAKE IT BACK 99
1 - NEW - 27 - Candi Staton - LOVE ON LOVE
04 - 22 - 28 - Robbie Williams - STRONG
07 - 25 - 29 - Cher - STRONG ENOUGH
22 - 30 - 30 - Steps - HEARTBEAT / TRAGEDY
08 - 27 - 31 - Corrs - RUNAWAY
09 - 31 - 32 - 2Pac - CHANGES
07 - 28 - 33 - Blur - TENDER
1 - NEW - 34 - Alisha's Attic - BARBARELLA
03 - 26 - 35 - System F - OUT OF THE BLUE
04 - 24 - 36 - Kele Le Roc - MY LOVE
02 - 21 - 37 - Bon Jovi - REAL LIFE
06 - 33 - 38 - George Michael And Mary J Blige - AS
03 - 32 - 39 - Sash! - COLOUR THE WORLD
1 - NEW - 40 - James Brown - FUNK ON AH ROLL

07 - 35 - 41 - Shawn Mullins - LULLABY
09 - 36 - 42 - Lenny Kravitz - FLY AWAY
02 - 23 - 43 - Bus Stop - JUMP
04 - 29 - 44 - Andy Williams - MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY
10 - 41 - 45 - Blondie - MARIA
06 - 51 - 46 - Madonna - NOTHING REALLY MATTERS
05 - 37 - 47 - Manic Street Preachers - YOU STOLE THE SUN FROM MY HEART
1 - NEW - 48 - Invisible Man - GIVE A LITTLE LOVE
05 - 46 - 49 - Beautiful South - HOW LONG'S A TEAR TAKE TO DRY?
02 - 34 - 50 - Cypress Hill - DR GREENTHUMB
1 - NEW - 51 - Sizzla - RAIN SHOWERS
07 - 43 - 52 - Cardigans - ERASE / REWIND
12 - 66 - 53 - Denise And Johnny - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
05 - 44 - 54 - Roxette - WISH I COULD FLY
04 - 40 - 55 - Tina Cousins - KILLIN' TIME
08 - 58 - 56 - Lauryn Hill - EX-FACTOR
09 - 50 - 57 - DJ Sakin And Friends - PROTECT YOUR MIND (FOR THE LOVE OF A PRINCESS)
07 - 47 - 58 - Stereophonics - JUST LOOKING
1 - NEW - 59 - Niall Quinn's Disco Pants - LOVE SUPREME
1 - NEW - 60 - Rod Stewart - FAITH OF THE HEART
1 - NEW - 61 - Lennie De Ice - WE ARE IE
07 - 60 - 62 - Elton John And LeAnn Rimes - WRITTEN IN THE STARS
04 - 48 - 63 - Underworld - PUSH UPSTAIRS
03 - 42 - 64 - Aphex Twin - WINDOWLICKER
19 - 57 - 65 - Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C - WHEN YOU'RE GONE
05 - 49 - 66 - Travis - WRITING TO REACH YOU
1 - NEW - 67 - Wilco - CAN'T STAND IT
25 - 61 - 68 - Cher - BELIEVE
02 - 39 - 69 - Ultrasound - FLOODLIT WORLD
02 - 38 - 70 - Roger Taylor Featuring Treana Morris - SURRENDER
17 - 68 - 71 - Spice Girls - GOODBYE
1 - NEW - 72 - Faith Hill - LET ME LET GO
03 - 54 - 73 - Brian Setzer Orchestra - JUMP JIVE AN' WAIL
11 - 45 - 74 - Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden - YOU DON'T KNOW ME
09 - 55 - 75 - 'N Sync - I WANT YOU BACK

Posted by: Bjork Apr 11 2019, 12:38 PM

Thanks for the info above about Des'ree, didn't know. I used to like her a lot in the beginning and actually Mind Adventures was the fi4st album that I ever bought on CD. Dido, Lightouse Family all making comebacks, Des'ree can too

Posted by: vibe Apr 11 2019, 02:00 PM

What a great chart .
I miss the old days .

Posted by: ThePensmith Apr 11 2019, 02:08 PM

What a coincidence, I've just written about this one for my new weekly series on my blog about pop music in 1999! https://alexscsb.com/2019/04/11/the-story-of-pop-1999-chapter-15/

It's easy to forget now just how much attention was reaped on Martine at the time. I remember well Tiffany being killed off on EastEnders at New Year's Eve 1998, and then when she re-emerged just a few months later with this. The reason it had such a phenomenal first week sale was because - and I think it's true of anyone who's played a character on a soap that's so well loved - the actor/actress and their character are almost one in the same, so for the people that were so invested in her character, 'Perfect Moment' was like the happy ending that they felt she deserved in pop song form.

It was no different to when Kylie and Jason did 'Especially For You' so soon after Scott and Charlene got married on Neighbours. I must admit I wasn't as keen on 'Perfect Moment' when it first came out but it's actually a lovely ballad listening back to it now and she sounds beautiful on it. Also interesting fact: she did the Children In Need single that same year - 'Love Me' I think it was called - and one of my classmates at primary school was in the choir on the live telethon. He didn't shut up about it for months after, yes.

Posted by: 777666jason Apr 11 2019, 04:14 PM

I agree hence holly valance doing well initially to because of her major neighbours character

Posted by: ThePensmith Apr 11 2019, 05:24 PM

QUOTE(777666jason @ Apr 11 2019, 05:14 PM)

Posted by: vibe Apr 11 2019, 08:15 PM

I think her being naked in the video helped get her to number 1 . The song wasn’t to shabby either.

Posted by: ThePensmith Apr 11 2019, 09:17 PM

QUOTE(vibe @ Apr 11 2019, 09:15 PM)

Posted by: Robbie Apr 11 2019, 10:06 PM

Singles sales were very strong in the first third of 1999: in the top 75 above there were 7 singles that had been certified Platinum (Britney was 2 x Platinum). Quarter 1 sales (January to March) 1999 were the highest Q1 sales since Q1 1982. Indeed, sales held up well for all of 1999 then when the millennium arrived singles sales suddenly went into a sharp decline. In 1999 cassette singles sales still accounted for 25% of all sales, within 3 years this was down to 10%. I always found it surprising how quickly singles sales fell away at the start of the 00s. Some people say it was down to Napster and illegal downloads but I'm sure most people were still on dial-up internet back then. I certainly was - I was on AOL until 2004!

The number 1 artist album this week in 1999 was an album that was returning to the top for the first time since October 1992 - 'Gold - Greatest Hits' by Abba. Its weekly sale was 26,000 which Alan Jones reported was the lowest for a number 1 album since the previous July (1998). The overall best selling album of the week was Now 42 which topped the Compilations Chart on sales of 132,000, down from its first week sale of 220,000 the previous week.

Posted by: Medellíam Apr 25 2019, 12:19 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-2007-beyonce-shakira-beautiful-liar__26148/

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Apr 25 2019, 01:14 PM

They forgot that Natasha did have another top 10 with 'Soulmate'!

'Beautiful Liar' was such a jarring dirge, although the Freemasons remix really did lift it.

Posted by: Euphorique Apr 25 2019, 01:56 PM

QUOTE(ThePensmith @ Apr 11 2019, 10:17 PM)

Aah well that too. Although she looked hot to be fair, she pulled it off if you pardon the pun And another thing that worked in the favour of 'Kiss Kiss' was the fact the original by Tarkan called 'Simarik' had been used for a good couple of months as the music to promote Graham Norton's chat show which was on Channel 4 at that point, so it was already familiar by the time it got released!

Posted by: Steve201 Apr 25 2019, 07:36 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Apr 11 2019, 11:06 PM)

Posted by: ThePensmith Apr 26 2019, 03:36 PM

I liked it at the time but I can't say I care much for 'Beautiful Liar' now. Had Shakira not been involved it would've just been 'another Beyonce single'.

Posted by: ThePensmith May 2 2019, 07:07 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-2001-s-club-7-dont-stop-movin__26220/



The link to the Flashback article above seems to be doing that annoying thing on the OCC website at the moment where it redirects to the chart from that week (why does it do that? I'll update this when the article appears) but it's eighteen years this week since the S Clubbers had their third number one with this solid gold pop classic (and award winner - it won 'Record of the Year' in 2001 and then the Brit Award for Best British Single in 2002). It's also their biggest seller as of 2015, with 801,000 sales and streams to its name to date. It also returned to number one for a further week on its fourth week, after spending two weeks at number 2 behind 'It's Raining Men' from Geri Halliwell.



It shifted 179,000 copies on its first week on sale, enough to knock 'Survivor' from Destiny's Child off the top - http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/2001/UK%20Charts%202001.05.05.pdf - and it was also their second best first week sale after the 190,000 they posted with 'Bring It All Back' when that debuted at number one in June 1999.

As a massive S Club fan, this was such a special single and still is. As I recall correctly this came about a month or so after the whole 'Paul, Jon and Bradley being caught with jazz ciggies' debacle and as an 11 year old fan, already bullied for being a fan of theirs anyway, being taunted for liking 'Spliff Club 7' and being told they'd split because of it (not that I advocate that sort of thing, but still), this being such a huge success and being one of those singles that even if you weren't a fan of theirs, you couldn't deny what a great pop record it was was incredible and kind of put them in a different league (and also shut up the detractors).

The top 10 for that week:

01 (HNE) S CLUB 7 - Don't Stop Movin'
02 (01) DESTINY'S CHILD - Survivor
03 (02) RONAN KEATING - Lovin' Each Day
04 (06) GABRIELLE - Out of Reach
05 (04) MISSY ELLIOTT - Get Ur Freak On
06 (NE) DEPECHE MODE - Dream On
07 (03) O-TOWN - Liquid Dreams
08 (05) SHAGGY FEAT. RICARDO 'RIKROK' DUCENT - It Wasn't Me
09 (09) GORILLAZ - Clint Eastwood
10 (NE) FATBOY SLIM - Star 69

Some great songs in there aside from 'Don't Stop Movin'. Gabrielle's 'Out of Reach' a beautiful song still, the far better of the Bridget Jones' Diary soundtrack singles for me. Loved the Missy Elliott and Gorrilaz singles too. Fatboy Slim at #10 was curious for me, I'm surprised that 'Weapon of Choice' from his same album was never a single in the UK despite it's video being everywhere at the time. I can imagine that would've been a number one had it been granted a single release.

Posted by: danG May 2 2019, 07:35 PM

'Don't Stop Movin' was a fave of mine around that time, I was very young and that song was perfect for kids discos. Definitely my fave track of theirs anyhow though I don't listen to it often now, it sounds good once in a while, for the nostalgia more than anything.

'Weapon Of Choice' was actually on the CD single along with 'Star 69', though they really missed a trick by not making it the primary track.

Posted by: vibe May 2 2019, 07:41 PM

What an amazing top 10.

Out of reach , what a classic , good longevity in top 10.

Posted by: fiesta May 2 2019, 07:49 PM

Jo always had the better voice imo over Rachel Stevens I was gutted she never had more solo success. As a chart watcher it was a sad week as it saw the last ever issue of Hit Music.

Posted by: Medellíam May 9 2019, 09:52 PM

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn May 10 2019, 09:04 AM

I used to reeally hate 'Don't Stop Movin' at the time, and I did for years but I now actually really appreciate it!

Posted by: Medellíam May 16 2019, 01:56 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/on-this-day-in-2000-madison-avenues-dont-call-me-baby-debuts-at-number-1__15095/

Posted by: ThePensmith May 16 2019, 03:28 PM

Still such a tune. What the OCC article has failed to note is that this was one of several number ones from 2000 (Fragma and Sonique being the others) which reached the top on its second attempt, as this had first reached the top 30 in November 1999 on its first release.

I remember that TOTP performance of it well too. They did also have another top 40 hit in January 2001 with 'Everything You Need'. Emma Bunton of course has covered 'Don't Call Me Baby' on her new album and it's being touted as a future single.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn May 16 2019, 03:40 PM

Huge all-time favourite of mine!

Posted by: paulgilb May 16 2019, 10:12 PM

Madison Avenue's Andy Van Dorselaer was one of three 'Vans' in the top 10 that week, along with Armand Van Helden and Paul Van Dyk.

Rather randomly the OCC lists Toca's Miracle as being credited to Coco vs Fragma, a credit I have never seen before (the track being a mash-up of Coco's I Need A Miracle and Fragma's Toca Me).

Two of the new entries in the top 40 would later be re-issued but fail to match their original peaks - Faith Hill would reach #36 in 2001 and Heather Small would reach #33 in 2005.

Posted by: Medellíam May 30 2019, 01:14 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-1997-eternal-i-wanna-be-the-only-one__9455/

Posted by: paulgilb May 30 2019, 10:06 PM

Quite a few tracks in that top 10 seemed to buck the enter-high-and-drop-quickly trend of 1997:

Rembrandts climbed 11-5 (it was a re-entry of a 1995 hit - was this purely down to Friends taking off?)
Cardigans went 4-4-2-5-6-8- (and that was a re-issue)
Shola Ama went 7-7-6-7-4-7-7-
Katrina & The Waves went 50-13-3- (this largely forgotten song peaking 5 places higher than their classic Walking On Sunshine from 12 years earlier)
R Kelly went 2-5-1-

Only 2 new entries in the top 10 (plus 1 climbing in) was a bit low for 1997 standards, although there were a further 12 new entries in the rest of the top 40. These included top 40 debuts for Basement Jaxx (#19) and Stereophonics (#33).

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn May 31 2019, 11:29 AM

Gosh, you look at a year like 1997 and really reminisce on how it was such a better time.

Posted by: T Boy May 31 2019, 01:57 PM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ May 31 2019, 12:29 PM)

Posted by: Medellíam Jun 20 2019, 09:43 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1989-soul-ii-soul-scored-the-song-of-the-summer-with-back-to-life__19469/

Posted by: danG Jul 4 2019, 12:14 PM

This week in 2000 Eminem battled with Samantha Mumba for #1, ultimately winning with 'The Real Slim Shady' on sales of 86k beating 'Gotta Tell You' which sold 69k. It was Eminem's first #1 of nine (to date), despite lower first week sales than debut #2 hit 'My Name Is'.

A Spotify playlist of the top 40 is available below (for one week).



A great top 10 this week, as well as Eminem's chart topper it also has big dance smashes from Darude, Black Legend and Sonique plus one of Kylie's best songs too.

Top 10
01 [NE] Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
02 [NE] Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You
03 [01] Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around
04 [NE] Coldplay - Yellow
05 [03] Darude - Sandstorm
06 [NE] Vengaboys - Uncle John From Jamaica
07 [02] Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me
08 [NE] Lonyo - Summer Of Love
09 [05] David Gray - Babylon
10 [04] Sonique - It Feels So Good

Entries/climbers
11 [NE] Ol' Dirty bast*rd feat. Kelis - Got Your Money
14 [NE] Sid Owen - Good Thing Going
17 [NE] Blink 182 - What's My Age Again {2000 re-release}
18 [NE] Dum Dums - Can't Get You Out Of My Thoughts
21 [22] Lonestar - Amazed {re-peak}
29 [NE] Detroit Grand Pu Bahs - Sandwiches
31 [NE] Ocean Colour Scene - July/I Am The News

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20000702/7501/

Posted by: Jade Jul 4 2019, 12:20 PM

So many dance gems in that top 40 <3 I will definitely put the playlist on later! I'm an Eminem fan but I've never really regarded 'The Real Slim Shady' as one of his best, it's a bit of fun I guess but not a lot more. I much prefer 'Forgot About Dre' from his appearances in that chart

Posted by: Medellíam Jul 4 2019, 12:25 PM

I hope the OCC give a sales total for 'The Real Slim Shady' on their Twitter at some point today. It was on 933k as of December 2017 so I'd say it's definitely in the millionaires club.

I quite like 'The Real Slim Shady' but I think he has better comedy songs like 'Without Me', 'Just Lose It' and 'We Made You' to name a few.

Really like 'Gotta Tell You', love 'Spinning Around' (deffo one of Kylie's best) and I unashamedly love 'Got Your Money'.

Posted by: ThePensmith Jul 4 2019, 07:42 PM

Coldplay's first top 10 hit I was obsessed with the 'Parachutes' album when it came out. Still such a brilliant record.

Posted by: Medellíam Jul 11 2019, 09:19 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2009-cascada-evacuate-the-dancefloor__7638__7638/

Posted by: Euphorique Jul 13 2019, 11:35 AM

Top40 biggest hits of Summer 99

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-songs-of-the-summer-1999__26735/

Posted by: ThePensmith Jul 13 2019, 05:20 PM

QUOTE(Euphorique @ Jul 13 2019, 12:35 PM)

Posted by: Medellíam Jul 18 2019, 09:24 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-rachel-stevens-some-girls-vs-lolas-theme__19694/

Posted by: Steve201 Jul 24 2019, 04:56 PM

QUOTE(Medellíam @ Jul 11 2019, 10:19 AM)

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 15 2019, 02:34 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-3-of-a-kind-baby-cakes__27073/
How the one-hit wonders stormed to the top of the Official Singles Chart 15 years ago this week.
By Rob Copsey



One of the best things about 3 Of A Kind's Baby Cakes is that they never released a follow-up, making the the trio - Nicholas 'Devine MC' Gallante, Liana 'Miz Tipzta' Caruana and Marc Portelli - true one-hit wonders.

Even more curiously, Baby Cakes - a sugarcoated, bubblegum take on the 2-step sound - arrived seemingly out of nowhere in 2004, five years after garage music's peak on the charts.

In the book 1000 UK #1 Hits, member Liana 'Miz Tipzta' Caruana said the song was written in 1998, inspired by made-for-TV-film Babycakes starring Ricki Lake. "The words are written about someone I knew, but generally it's based on the film's love story," she said. "Basically, the girl knows the man is 'The One' but he doesn't realise it."

She forgot about the song and revisited it in 2002, singing the chorus to her friend Devine MC who worked at London pirate stations Supreme FM. He had an idea to match the song to an instrumental by his friend Marky P, and 3 Of A Kind Was Born. The song went from pirate radio, to clubs and eventually national radio.



Baby Cakes debuted at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 15 years ago this week, shifting 55,000 copies in its opening week. The song, amusingly, denied The Libertines' Can't Stand Me Now from the top spot that week, outselling them by more than double.

Baby Cakes' total chart sales stand at 392,000, including 11.5 million streams since 2014. It's still getting some love today: last week, 27 people in the UK downloaded it and it picked up just shy of 85,000 plays on audio streaming platforms.

Elsewhere on the Official Singles Chart that week in 2004, the previous week's Number 1, Thunderbirds/3am by Busted, was knocked to Number 3, and short-lived boyband V scored their biggest hit at Number 5 with Hip To Hip/Can You Feel It. Further down, there were big new entries from Kasabian, Javine and more.

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20040815/7501/

1 (HNE) 3 OF A KIND Babycakes
2 (NE) THE LIBERTINES Can't Stand Me Now
3 (1) BUSTED - Thunderbirds / 3AM
4 (2) THE STREETS Dry Your Eyes
5 (NE) V Hip To Hip / Can You Feel It
6 (4) ANASTACIA Sick & Tired
7 (3) SHAPESHIFTERS Lola's Theme
8 (5) AVRIL LAVIGNE My Happy Ending
9 (6) D-12 How Come
10 (NE) KASABIAN L.S.F

Posted by: Houdini Aug 15 2019, 03:24 PM

L.S.F is easily the best song in that top 10. I used to have a bit of a crush on the girl in 3 Of A Kind when I was younger

Posted by: danG Aug 15 2019, 03:29 PM

'Babycakes' *_*
That Libertines song is really good too, but it dived to 11 the following week so it's for the best that it didn't make #1.

Posted by: Steve201 Aug 15 2019, 04:15 PM

V?? Cant remember them at all lol.

The Libertines song is the best song on there closely followed by Kasabian. The Libertines may have fallen to 11 but most indie bands fell quickly in this era (and most eras) but the song is certainly a classic now still.

Posted by: Medellíam Aug 22 2019, 08:56 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-1999-geri-halliwell-mi-chico-latino__7712/

Posted by: danG Aug 22 2019, 09:05 AM

And once again there was a big quality gap jump between the #1 and #2, poor Alice Deejay were stuck there for a third week but at least it wasn't painstakingly close that week.
The best new entry that week for me has to be Binary Finary '1999' which was #11. The Texas song at #5 is rather good too but not keen on the Geri or TLC songs.

Posted by: Medellíam Aug 22 2019, 09:12 AM

^ 'Mi Chico Latino' is far and away the best of the three songs that blocked 'Better Off Alone' to #1. I'd say it was my favourite Geri single, in fact.

Posted by: jszmiles Aug 22 2019, 09:59 AM

Weird chart that week. Especially at the bottom of it. Thoughts:

1) so many entries based on import: Lou Bega, Ann Lee, Eiffel 65, Enrique, Atb and potentially BBE (hit in 1996) and the weirdest Dj Jean twice on import?
2) is ATB's "Don't Stop" the longest running entry on import?

Posted by: Robbie Aug 22 2019, 12:02 PM

QUOTE(Medellíam @ Aug 22 2019, 10:12 AM)

Posted by: Robbie Aug 22 2019, 12:17 PM

QUOTE(jszmiles @ Aug 22 2019, 10:59 AM)

Posted by: gooddelta Aug 22 2019, 12:27 PM

QUOTE(jszmiles @ Aug 22 2019, 10:59 AM)

Posted by: tgl92 Aug 22 2019, 12:55 PM

Why do all old songs have massive first week sales and then not sell much in the long run? I know it was different formats but I guess songs now just live on the chart through streaming points?

Posted by: Robbie Aug 22 2019, 01:28 PM

QUOTE(tgl92 @ Aug 22 2019, 01:55 PM)

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 22 2019, 02:12 PM

What a coincidence, I've just written about 'Chico' on my blog's series about the charts of 1999 this week! https://alexscsb.com/2019/08/22/the-story-of-pop-1999-chapter-34/

One thing that I didn't touch on in my blog was Geri's appearance at the big 'Party In The Park' gig in Hyde Park for the Prince's Trust about a month or so before its release, where she did her first performance of the single. It was such a huge deal at that time - especially as she performed the same day Victoria and David Beckham got married - and I think it's impact there heightened people's interest in the song and certainly silenced her critics who were writing her off as 'over' because of how 'Look At Me' and 'Schizophonic' (certainly initially) performed.

What a fantastic top 10 aside from Geri though. I love that TLC song, it's one of my all time favourites, I love the lyric and the feeling behind it and the slightly rocky element to it made it a different single for them to release as well (although retrospectively it was the beginning of the end for them at this point). I loved Texas' 'Summer Son' as well, great record. Sharleen Spiteri one of my all time favourite vocalists. I had the Hepburn single as well, shame they weren't bigger, they could have totally built a career on at least a couple of albums of Natalie Imbruglia type stuff (who incidentally was originally offered their first single 'I Quit').

Posted by: Steve201 Aug 22 2019, 02:31 PM

Were all the import entries songs that had not been released in the UK yet?

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 22 2019, 02:39 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 22 2019, 03:31 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 Aug 22 2019, 04:55 PM

Yeh they all basically charted due to the held back nature of the chart back then. Would love if the 80s chart release phenomena existed in the 90s - those songs would have risen in popularity!

Posted by: ThePensmith Aug 22 2019, 05:45 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 22 2019, 05:55 PM)

Posted by: Houdini Aug 22 2019, 08:24 PM

Seeing imports in the chart reminds me of when there used to be fake versions of unreleased songs getting into the charts before vanishing completely once the real version got released.

Posted by: Steve201 Aug 22 2019, 10:10 PM

Yeh that was on iTunes before official releases, made record companies see the reality of the times and start releasing songs instantly, the situation we have today. The release of Uptown Funk was a real turning point for this imo!

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Aug 22 2019, 11:16 PM

QUOTE(ThePensmith @ Aug 22 2019, 05:45 PM)

Posted by: gooddelta Aug 23 2019, 08:15 AM

Imports were given a more prominent shelf space in 1999 I think, certainly in HMV, but I don't really recall ever seeing any Britney imports around. I remember the import of Blue (Da Ba Dee) cost me £6.99, which seemed was a major purchase for a 12 year old But it did have six or seven tracks on the CD! I also bought the ATB and Alice Deejay albums on import for around £15 each - in the respect of the former I'm glad I didn't wait because the UK release omitted the wonderful Too Much Rain (presumably because of the German dialogue at the start of the track).

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Aug 22 2019, 01:27 PM)

Posted by: tgl92 Aug 23 2019, 12:15 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Aug 22 2019, 01:28 PM)

Posted by: Medellíam Sep 5 2019, 11:38 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-1994-wet-wet-wet-see-off-kylie-s-comeback__7728/

Posted by: ThePensmith Sep 5 2019, 07:10 PM

'Confide In Me' is my all time favourite Kylie song. Her performing it as an exclusive on TOTP two weeks before it charted is one of my earliest music telly memories. That it was a #2 crucially at the moment when Wet Wet Wet decided to delete their single is a tad annoying when you wonder what might have happened had they taken that move on the fourteenth week as opposed to the fifteenth.

I don't remember either that song or Bryan Adams being at number one for as long as they were but I was only 2 and 5 respectively at the time they were number one and was more interested in Postman Pat and Pingu. I do however vividly remember Whigfield, that was everywhere that autumn. I remember starting primary school when 'Saturday Night' made #1 and it was played at least twice at my friends' birthday parties that year.

Posted by: Medellíam Sep 19 2019, 10:56 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-2004-eric-prydz-beats-girls-aloud-and-green-day-to-the-top__6036/

Posted by: paulgilb Sep 19 2019, 09:57 PM

Posted by: danG Oct 3 2019, 12:24 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-sugababes-push-the-button__27427/

Posted by: Jade Oct 3 2019, 12:36 PM

Basement Jaxx's 'Do Your Thing' only peaking at #32 is criminal. It feels far more well known than such a peak would suggest!

'Push The Button' replacing 'Don't Cha' is a good girl-band swap at the top, have never massively got the latter.

Posted by: danG Oct 3 2019, 12:43 PM

I must admit I was surprised to find out Do Your Thing only ever made #32, but it was part of their 2001 album and was only released in 2005 to promote The Singles.
Push The Button is still one of the Sugababes best, a worthy #1 in this chart anyhow (although Gold Digger deserved a #1 peak too, moreso than Don't Cha which hasn't aged quite as well).

Posted by: Medellíam Oct 3 2019, 12:43 PM

Legit my favourite Sugababes single and one of the very best from a girl group. I think I'd actually rate it above all Girls Aloud singles!

Posted by: Robbie Oct 3 2019, 01:00 PM

A great single by The Sugababes. It's my favourite by them. The number 1 album was 'Piece By Piece' by Katie Melua, on sales of 120,549.

Sales information from Music Week was a bit thinner on the ground back then...

SINGLES

78282 Sugababes
39612 Pussycat Dolls
24176 Sean Paul
20775 Kanye West
20374 Liberty X

13340 Tatu (8)
12267 Charlotte Church (10)
10652 Jo O’Meara (13)
9617 Paul Weller (15)
1250 Johnny Panic (78)

ALBUMS

120549 Katie Melua
49356 David Gray
45951 James Blunt
38290 Jamie Cullum

23592 Corrs (14)
10514 Mariah Carey (33)

COMPILATIONS

25980 Acoustic Love

Posted by: Bjork Oct 3 2019, 02:07 PM

so very easy #1 for them, not my fav Sugabaes song but sure in my top 10

Posted by: ThePensmith Oct 3 2019, 02:18 PM

*in Lisa Scott-Lee voice* Jo O'Meara went in at #13. And Jenny, poor Jenny. Bloody hell. I feel sorry for her

I was gonna say that Basement Jaxx song felt like a bigger deal than it's chart position would suggest. I remember ITV used it on a big promo advert for their 50th birthday celebrations around the time of its release:

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 3 2019, 02:27 PM

I used to not really rate 'Push The Button', but it has grown on me exponentially over the years.

I do miss this period of time really, I was still a teenager.

Posted by: robbied Oct 4 2019, 12:33 PM

QUOTE(Robbie @ Oct 3 2019, 02:00 PM)

Posted by: Robbie Oct 4 2019, 02:05 PM

^
I've sent you a PM.

Posted by: ThePensmith Oct 10 2019, 06:38 PM

10 October 2019

Official Charts Flashback: Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
Christina's synthy, suggestive debut single ruled the UK singles chart 20 years ago.
By Rob Copsey



1999 was a year when pop was undergoing a dramatic transformation ahead of the new Millennium. In America, a new breed of ultra modern and super-slick popstars were being launched - and three with a long history together were leading the charge: Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake (with his group N Sync) and Christina Aguilera.

The three of them found success in the early '90s as child stars on US variety show The Mickey Mouse Club, but 1999 was the year they each went truly global.

For Christina, it was with Genie in a Bottle. A synthy, suggestive number about the anxieties around going all the way, the track was just provocative enough to create a stir ("it's a song about self-respect, people don't get that" she protested in an interview at the time), while Christina's powerful vocal delivery ensured that, despite comparisons to Britney, she stood out as a rare talent.

Genie In A Bottle was co-produced and written by David Frank, who drew inspiration from his 1980s R&B group The System to create the track. Unusually the song was largely finished before being offered out to artists; Christina eventually recorded it as a late addition to her debut album. David goes into depth about the making of the song here, noting that he was initially unsure Christina was right singer for the track after being sent her recording of her ballad Reflection for Disney's Mulan, released a year earlier.



The appetite for 'Genie In A Bottle' was so strong in the UK that the track spent five weeks in the lower half of the Top 100 before its official UK release, charting on import sales after being released in America some weeks earlier. When it came to release week proper, it charged to Number 1 with opening week sales of 173,000. To date, Genie's total chart sales stand at 906,000, including 21 million streams.

Genie In A Bottle was the first of what currently stands as four UK chart-toppers for Christina; her most recent Top 40 singles entry is Say Something, a collaboration with A Great Big World that topped out at Number 4 in 2014. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8269/christina-aguilera/

Meanwhile, Genie In A Bottle has remained pop culture staple in the years since. As well as recording a Spanish version of the song for her second album Mi Reflejo, Christina reworked the song into a dark electropop number for her 2008 greatest hits, called Genie 2.0. In 2016 it was covered by Dove Cameron for Disney Channel series Descendents: Wicked World, and in 2017, Camila Cabello sampled the track on her first single Crying In The Club.

Elsewhere on the UK's Official Singles Chart this week in 1999, Ann Lee's Eurodance hit 2 Times was new at Number, erm, 2, and what would be the last Top 10 single by Irish quartet B*Witched, Jesse Hold On, landed at Number 4. Further down, there were new entries for The Eurythmics, Charlatans and soap-star-turned-pop-star Adam Rickitt.

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19991010/7501/

Source: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-christina-aguilera-genie-in-a-bottle__27472/

Posted by: Euphorique Oct 11 2019, 06:23 PM

15 years ago we almost had a record 8 new entries in the top10:

01 NE Robbie Williams - Radio
02 01 Eric Prydz - Call On Me
03 NE Rachel Stevens - More More More
04 NE Khia - My Neck My Back
05 NE Duran Duran - Sunrise
06 03 Deep Dish - Flashdance
07 NE Lucie Silvas - What You're Made Of
08 NE Angel City - Do You Know
09 NE Christina Milian - Whatever U Want
10 02 Ronan Keating - I Hope You Dance
11 NE Brandy - Afrodisiac

Posted by: danG Oct 11 2019, 06:53 PM

Roman Keating as always ruining the charts back then. Yes for Khia and Angel City tho.

Posted by: Euphorique Oct 11 2019, 07:25 PM

Yeah that was a pretty lame cover.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 11 2019, 07:39 PM

QUOTE(Euphorique @ Oct 11 2019, 08:25 PM)

Posted by: Euphorique Oct 12 2019, 12:21 PM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Oct 11 2019, 08:39 PM)

Posted by: Medellíam Oct 24 2019, 09:12 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-westlife-flying-without-wings__27573/

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 24 2019, 10:17 AM

Forget Wasteoflife, that Backstreet Boys song at #5 is a PROPER boyband pop gold nugget.

Posted by: danG Oct 24 2019, 10:19 AM

meh, it's one of Westlife's more tolerable songs but Christina should've really been #1 over them.

Posted by: Robbie Oct 24 2019, 12:30 PM

'Genie In A Bottle' almost managed a third week at number 1:

1: Flying Without Wings - 92k
2: Genie In A Bottle - 87k

4: 2 Times - 76k
5: Larger Than Life - 56k
8: I Try - 42.1k

Album Top 5:

1. Come On Over - Shania Twain - 58.5k
2. Us And Us Only - Charlatans - 40k
3. The Man Who - Travis
4. Peace - Eurythmics - 29k
5. Awake And Breathe - B*Witched 27k

6. On How Life Is - Macy Gray - 25.3k
12. A Love Like Ours - Barbra Streisand 12.5k

Compilations

1. Now Dance 2000 - 44k

Posted by: Bjork Oct 24 2019, 12:36 PM

Genie in a Bottle is the only great track in that top 10, deserved a longer stay at #1

Posted by: jszmiles Oct 24 2019, 02:28 PM

good old chart when we had some movement....

Posted by: ThePensmith Oct 24 2019, 02:37 PM

This very chart from the Radio 1 chart show just so happens to be preserved on Mixcloud - Scott Mills' first one as a cover host for Mark Goodier too! https://www.mixcloud.com/gailmartin60/radio-1-uk-top-40-scott-mills-24th-october-1999/

I must admit I've given 'Flying Without Wings' a positive reappraisal since Westlife made their comeback at the start of this year. Some other points of note to discuss on this chart:

- This was Macy Gray's fourth week in the top 10 with 'I Try'. It would be another four weeks before it reached its peak of #6 - including three straight weeks locked at #7. Unheard for that time or indeed since!
- Tina Turner trading mononymly at #10 with 'When The Heartache Is Over'. This was one of a wave of old divas reappearing at the year's end - Diana Ross the week after this included with 'Not Over You Yet' who tried their hand at a dancefloor stomper a la Cher's 'Believe' the year before (and largely failed). Brian Rawling and Metrophonic produced this as well as 'Believe'.
- Eternal's last ever single at #16, 'What'cha Gonna Do'. This was when they had been reduced to just a duo of Easther and Vernie Bennett, after they unceremoniously fired Kelle Bryan by fax the previous summer (her solo single 'Higher Than Heaven', which was largely way better than this, got to #14 a few weeks prior to this).

Posted by: paulgilb Oct 25 2019, 11:09 PM

#3 at the time was listed as a new entry - the #57 position from the previous week was based on import sales, with the import release having a different catalogue number to the domestic release and thus considered a different entry.

#10 was the basis for Freemasons' 2005 hit Love On My Mind which reached #11.

#11 was a mash-up of Adeva's In And Out Of My Life with the backing of Fatboy Slim's Right Here Right Now.

#30 was the son of Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The song, which did get a fair bit of airplay, was later a #25 hit for Norwegian singer Kurt Nilsen in 2004.

#38 was released to tie in with that year's Rugby World Cup. The other such song was Shirley Bassey & Bryn Terfel's version of World In Union which had charted at #35 the previous week.

#40 was the second track called Bailamos to chart in as many months (unsurprisingly no others have charted either before or since), following Enrique Iglesias' #4 hit.

Posted by: danG Oct 27 2019, 09:36 AM

Listening to the start of that mixcloud link and lol as if they turned an opera version of Swing Low into a trance track !!
That M3 track is sounding good on first listen though.

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 27 2019, 09:57 AM

I Try probably the biggest song in that top 10!

Posted by: *Ben* Oct 27 2019, 09:58 AM

Wow I thought M3’s Bailamos is a cover of Enrique’s Bailamos but no... Never heard it before but a great trance track!

Posted by: Euphorique Oct 27 2019, 12:29 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Oct 24 2019, 12:36 PM)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 28 2019, 11:30 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 27 2019, 09:57 AM)

Posted by: danG Nov 1 2019, 09:29 AM

This week in 2009 - Cheryl gets massive debut #1 single

Posted by: Euphorique Nov 1 2019, 05:20 PM

20 years ago, what a tune!



Totally deserved that top10

Posted by: danG Nov 7 2019, 04:45 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-chart-flashback-geri-halliwell-lift-me-up__27674/

Posted by: gavindeejay Nov 7 2019, 04:50 PM

Same with 'Bullet In The Gun' which got a re-release and a re-edit in 2000 and went Top 10.

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 10 2019, 02:07 PM

Classic Bullet in the Gun!

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 12 2019, 12:32 PM

J-Lo's very best song.

Posted by: Euphorique Nov 12 2019, 07:13 PM

Waiting For Tonight and that Alena song are so amazing. Many memories

Interesting that we had 2 dance songs charting this week that would be re-released in 2000 and do much better. Not surprised, since I believe 2000 was the best year for chart dance music.

I'm glad Lift Me Up beat What I Am. Which is interesting cause I thought the opposite in 1999

Posted by: danG Nov 21 2019, 04:02 PM

No article but OCC are highlighting this week the chart battle in 2003 between Busted and Britney Spears/Madonna, which was won by 'Crashed The Wedding' giving Busted their 2nd of 4 #1s.
The real winner of course was 'Hey Ya' which eventually spent 12 weeks in the top 10 with a #3 peak.

01 [NE] Busted - Crashed The Wedding
02 [NE] Britney Spears ft. Madonna - Me Against The Music
03 [04] Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On
04 [01] Kylie Minogue - Slow
05 [03] Fatman Scoop ft. Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful
06 [NE] Outkast - Hey Ya
07 [02] Blazin Squad - Flip Reverse
08 [05] The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love
09 [NE] Ronan Keating - Lost For Words
10 [NE] Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch

11 [NE] Red Hot Chill Peppers - Fortune Faded
14 [NE] Ludacris - Stand Up
15 [NE] Javine - Surrender (Your Love)
23 [NE] Basement Jaxx ft. Dizzee Rascal - Lucky Star
27 [NE] Melanie C - Melt/Yeh Yeh Yeh
29 [NE] Elephant Man - Pon De River Pon De Bank
31 [NE] Linus Loves ft. Sam Obernik - Stand Back
37 [NE] Cooper Temple Clause - Blind Pilots

42 [NE] Razorlight - Rip It Up [would reach #20 on 2004 re-release]

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 21 2019, 06:51 PM

Razorlight bubbling under there in anticipation of a big 2004.

Some greatvwee tracks there from Basement Jazz/Dizzee, Ludacris and Fortune Faded got HUGE amounts of spins from radio 1. From memory it was a example of instant add to the B list which never happened back then for artists (well rarely)!

Posted by: Doctor Sleep Nov 21 2019, 06:56 PM

Johnny Cash was at No51 that week with “Hurt” (re-entry the previous week at 39). I know because that was the number 1 on my personal chart that week - the second of 5 weeks!

Posted by: Bjork Nov 21 2019, 07:15 PM

terrible top 2, one of the worst ever crazy how 2 of the best and biggest pop stars make a collaboration, something that was pretty rare for Madonna, and it turned out to be the shittiest song ever, Im amazed any of the 2 green-lighted it cos it's beyond bad

Posted by: Medellíam Nov 21 2019, 07:18 PM

I love the song itself but Madonna's presence is pretty pointless. Wouldn't be surprised if she was a last minute addition to the song as a way to capitalise on their VMA performance.

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 21 2019, 07:57 PM

QUOTE(Doctor Sleep @ Nov 21 2019, 06:56 PM)

Posted by: Doctor Sleep Nov 21 2019, 08:05 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 21 2019, 07:57 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 Nov 21 2019, 08:26 PM

Oh I remember it now, great track - and yes Leona did murder it but she was popular then so obv it means it went top 10!

Posted by: paulgilb Nov 21 2019, 11:21 PM

There was one other new entry that week - Since I Told You It's Over by Stereophonics at #16.

#2 was Madonna's first chart collaboration with another artist, although she has had a couple since (most notably 4 Minutes). It was her 3rd #2 of the year, after American Life and Hollywood.

And Hey Ya! really did have a crazy chart run for the era: 6-8-10-13-22-16-13-14-9-9-4-4-3-6-6-6-9-19-32-45-65.

Posted by: Robbie Nov 21 2019, 11:42 PM

Sales

SINGLES

55,000 Busted
48,751 Britney / Madonna

22,000 Kylie (4)
20,500 Outkast (6)
13,000 Ronan (9)
4,700 Mel C (27)
4,500 Linus Loves (31)
1,200 Boysterous (53)
1,200 Plastic Boy Ft Rozalla (55)
832 The Hazzards (67)
799 Seal (68)

ALBUMS

83,604 Dido
70,000 REM

Yes, that's as much sales information as would normally be given back then. The above is a copy and paste of what was posted in the weekly sales thread in the Dotmusic Chart forum.

Posted by: Medellíam Dec 12 2019, 01:24 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-1994-mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you__27963/

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 Dec 12 2019, 09:03 PM

Cotton Eye Joe must have been the last song to climb to no1 in that era (until the download era apart from a few one place climbs?

What a great Christmas chart that was, best until 2003 for me.

Posted by: Liam.k. Mar 19 2020, 10:16 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-2000-geri-halliwell-beats-blink-182-to-the-top__8648/

Posted by: dan.G Mar 19 2020, 10:21 AM

as if All The Small Things is now a millionaire, it really ain't very good, his voice is so whiny on it.
although it's still better than Bag It Up which is just proper naff, at least that and the rest of Geri's solo career is very much forgotten about now.

Posted by: jszmiles Mar 19 2020, 06:05 PM

Chicane <3

Posted by: Scene Mar 19 2020, 06:23 PM

QUOTE(dan.G @ Mar 19 2020, 11:21 AM)

Posted by: Robbie Mar 19 2020, 06:35 PM

'Bag It Up' features backing vocals by Pepsi and Shirlie, of Wham fame along with Tracey Ackerman who has also featured on a number of chart hits as well as writing or co-writing several more.

Posted by: Jay ☆ Mar 19 2020, 11:27 PM

QUOTE(dan.G @ Mar 19 2020, 10:21 AM)

Posted by: Liam.k. May 14 2020, 12:24 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/flashback-madison-avenues-dont-call-me-baby-debuts-at-number-1__15095/

Posted by: Steve201 May 15 2020, 07:01 PM

Classic chart that 'Don't Call and Baby' is an absolute classic!

Posted by: Euphorique May 21 2020, 10:00 PM

A fantastic chart

Posted by: Liam.k. May 28 2020, 09:56 AM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-sonique-it-feels-so-good__29868/

Posted by: Bjork May 28 2020, 11:19 AM

It Feels So Good is such an amazing song, one of the best dance songs ever
and nearly doing 200K on week 1 is crazy
didn't know she was part of S'Express

Posted by: vibe May 28 2020, 03:38 PM

195000 is crazy !!!

Posted by: dan-G May 28 2020, 04:07 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ May 28 2020, 12:19 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 May 28 2020, 09:34 PM

I was gonna ask was she the singer that performed on totp with them in 1988.

Great top 10, didn't realise 'Reach' was kept off the top spot by it, and a classic Bon Jovi track!

Love the no10 entry for Sia so long before her main era!

Posted by: paulgilb May 28 2020, 10:29 PM

Korn's entry at #25 meant that their first 7 chart hits had all peaked between #22 and #26 inclusive. This remarkable consistency was broken with their next hit Here To Stay which reached #12 in 2002.

Posted by: Liam.k. Jun 4 2020, 04:18 PM

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/number-1-today-in-2005-crazy-frog-beats-coldplay-to-the-top__9493/

Posted by: Liam.k. Jun 4 2020, 04:23 PM

'Axel F' passed 600k in October 2017, which would suggest an average of 700-800 copies a week. Presumably that's predominately from video streams. Not sure why it's so popular on YouTube where it's averaging about 1.8m a day!

Posted by: Bjork Jun 4 2020, 05:36 PM

huge difference between #1 & 2, Coldplay never had a chance then

hated the Crazy Frog song, but also hated Speed of Sound, after being the biggest Coldplay fan for albums 1 & 2, this was Coldplay pretending to be U2,
pretending to be what they were not...

much better newies lower than the charts with Audiobullys and Gwen Stefani, with the best new being Arcade Fire-Power Out

Posted by: Steve201 Jun 5 2020, 07:15 PM

Was this the chart week before the one printed in this weeks charts thread?

Posted by: Liam.k. Jun 5 2020, 11:02 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jun 5 2020, 08:15 PM)