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Another strong group here: the top few are really fabulous. I don’t think I know of another explicitly Christian song with as much appeal as a pop record as “Shackles (Praise You)”. Dr Dre really was on fire ant this point: “Forgot About Dre” is up there with “Still D.R.E.” as one of the best rap records ever made, and makes great use of Eminem’s speed rapping. And “Carmen Queasy” was quite a special discovery.
9 Mary Mary Shackles (Praise You) Deservedly one of the best selling gospel songs of all time, but it achieves a unique crossover appeal as a joyous RnB track 9 Dr Dre Featuring Eminem Forgot About Dre Easily the best Dre and Eminem collaboration: the rhythms are fantastic and the voices complement each other brilliantly 8 Maxim Carmen Queasy Only solo hit for this Prodigy member with gritty vocals from the wonderful Skin: this is fabulously intense, dark and raw 8 York On The Beach Biggest hit for this DJ duo: a unique and effective dance track with a lovely instrumental riff and a soaring vocal hook 7 The Dandy Warhols Get Off Lead single from their 3rd album that will make the Top 40 twice: it's a really powerful tune with their usual rich vocals 7 Aqua Around The World Their last and worst performing hit, which is a shame as it's actually a marvellously written, bracing and uplifting pop song 6 Doves Catch The Sun "The Cedar Room" has a nice sound world but this follow up has a stronger chorus and I think it works better as a single 6 Embrace Save Me Another nice follow up single; this has rather more bite to it than "You're Not Alone" and the desperation comes across 5 Len Cryptik Souls Crew 2nd and final hit for them: it has a very 80s rap feel to it and it's no "Steal My Sunshine" but the chorus is rather an earworm 5 Trevor And Simon Hands Up Only hit for this DJ duo which samples a track from a couple of years prior: it's an effective and well constructed club track 4 Buffalo G We're Really Saying Something Only hit for this Irish duo with a cover of a Motown tune with a cheesy rap added: not great but I quite enjoy the retro feel 4 Stephen Gately New Beginning/Bright Eyes 1st Top 40 for this Boyzone star: the "Bright Eyes" cover isn't too bad and I enjoy the violins on the decent "New Beginning" 3 Pink There You Go Her debut hit and she'll find her style but this is quite a run of the mill RnB track and it's just angry the whole way through 2 Mikey Graham You're My Angel Only Top 40 for this Boyzone star with a country style song and there's a sweetness about it but it's plodding and repetitive 2000 Week 24: #244 17/06/2000 Richard Blackwood Mama - Who Da Man? 3 {3}-9-12-24-39-54-64->7 #245 17/06/2000 Travis Coming Around 5 {5}-23-34-41-59-67-71-67R(2)-55-75R(2)->10 #246 17/06/2000 Gabrielle When A Woman 6 {6}-10-14-22-35-41-51-72->8 #247 17/06/2000 B-15 Project Featuring Crissy D And Lady G Girls Like Us 7 {7}-12-19-33-47-62-58-58-69R(2)-55->10 #248 17/06/2000 Whitney Houston And George Michael If I Told You That 9 {9}-19-25-34-48-47-49-54-63-62R(2)-51->11 #249 17/06/2000 Fat Les 2000 Jerusalem 10 {10}-15-39-55R(5)-68->5 #250 17/06/2000 Angelic It's My Turn 11 {11}-21-27-46-62-73-59-56-52-56->10 #251 17/06/2000 Daphne And Celeste Ugly 18 {18}-24-26-35-45-59-56-62-65-75-51-48->12 #252 17/06/2000 Kelis Good Stuff 19 {19}-30-30-42-64->5 #253 17/06/2000 Muse Unintended 20 {20}-33-43-58->4 #254 17/06/2000 Northern Line All Around The World 27 {27}-54-54->3 #255 17/06/2000 Ariel {Argentina} A9 28 {28}-52-63->3 #256 17/06/2000 Ian Brown Golden Gaze 29 {29}-62->2 #257 17/06/2000 Agnelli And Nelson Embrace 35 {35}-66->2 |
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Friday, 11:58 PM
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I adore York's On The Beach, there's just something so euphoric about it.
 I agree with the love for both the Mary Mary and Eminem/Dre tracks as well but York would be my top pick there.I also have to take this opportunity to admit that Buffalo G cover is a guilty pleasure of mine. 
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Yesterday, 07:03 AM
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catching up pt.1...
Batch 13 Rank: Great: #159 22/04/2000 Fragma Toca's Miracle {1}-1-2-4-10-11-17-24-33-36-36-39-51-66-72-58R(2)-52-29R(399)->18 #169 22/04/2000 Matt Darey Presents DSP From Russia With Love {40}-74->2 [great find here] Good: #165 22/04/2000 Black Box Recorder The Facts Of Life {20}-46-71->3 #160 22/04/2000 Sisqo Thong Song {3}-3-5-6-11-12-16-19-30-35-37-45-58-69->14 Okay: #162 22/04/2000 Sash! Just Around The Hill {8}-18-21-19-29-39-50->7 #168 22/04/2000 Sting After The Rain Has Fallen {31}-50-62-73->4 Crap: #167 22/04/2000 Monie Love Slice Of Da Pie {29}-52->2 #166 22/04/2000 R. Kelly Only The Loot Can Make Me Happy {24}-47-63->3 #161 22/04/2000 Jessica Simpson I Wanna Love You Forever {7}-17-20-26-36-44-56-55-57-69R(3)-68->11 #163 22/04/2000 Point Break Freakytime {13}-28-34-43-67-72->6 #164 22/04/2000 Sister 2 Sister Sister {18}-35-49-66->4 -x- Batch 14 Rank: Great: #180 29/04/2000 Hurley And Todd Sunstorm 38 {38}-51->2 [love the Elton John piece this is based off too] Good: #171 29/04/2000 Toni Braxton He Wasn't Man Enough 5 {5}-8-9-14-18-21-30-42-51-48-57->11 #179 29/04/2000 Shola Ama Imagine 24 {24}-43-47-65->4 #174 29/04/2000 Cypress Hill Rap Superstar/Rock Superstar 13 {13}-23-27-41-73->5 [for the rock version] Okay: #170 29/04/2000 Oasis Who Feels Love? 4 {4}-17-28-53-63-53-73-70R(3)->8 #172 29/04/2000 True Steppers Featuring Dane Bowers Buggin' 6 {6}-7-11-21-27-37-48-64->8 Meh: #178 29/04/2000 Eagle-Eye Cherry Are You Still Having Fun? 21 {21}-32-40-48->4 #173 29/04/2000 Ricky Martin Featuring Meja Private Emotion 9 {9}-15-16-24-24-29-40-53-72->9 Crap: #177 29/04/2000 Mary J. Blige Give Me You 19 {19}-29-35-49->4 #175 29/04/2000 TQ Daily 14 {14}-25-33-51-71->5 #176 29/04/2000 Hanson If Only 15 {15}-37-49-72->4 ++ Batch 15 Rank: Great: #190 06/05/2000 Dutch Force Deadline 35 {35}-60->2 [one of my all time fave trance anthems!] #187 06/05/2000 System F Cry 19 {19}-29-39-54->4 [another big underrated trance classic] #183 06/05/2000 MJ Cole Crazy Love 10 {10}-12-20-25-31-47-67->7 #188 06/05/2000 Death In Vegas Dirge 24 {24}-45->2 Good: #193 13/05/2000 Watergate Heart Of Asia 3 {3}-6-7-12-20-32-39-42-54-73->10 #197 13/05/2000 Rhythm Of Life You Put Me In Heaven With Your Touch 24 {24}-57->2 #192 13/05/2000 Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again 1 {1}-2-3-6-9-16-18-20-27-34-38-46-49-55->14 #194 13/05/2000 Toploader Achilles Heel {2000} 8 {8}-15-19-22-34-47-75->7 #189 06/05/2000 William Orbit Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 31 {31}-59->2 Okay: #182 06/05/2000 Mandy Moore Candy 6 {6}-13-25-32-42-44-50-61-53-67-75-64-57->13 #185 06/05/2000 Scooch The Best Is Yet To Come 12 {12}-25-42-75-64R(6)->5 #195 13/05/2000 Made In London Dirty Water 15 {15}-27-35-47-71->5 #181 06/05/2000 Oxide And Neutrino Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) 1 {1}-2-5-8-13-22-38-48-52-65-66->11 #196 13/05/2000 Pearl Jam Nothing As It Seems 22 {22}-56->2 #191 06/05/2000 Q-Tip Vivrant Thing 39 {39}-53->2 Meh: #184 06/05/2000 Lolly Per Sempre Amore (Forever In Love) 11 {11}-18-31-46-70-70-70-73-68R(2)-63->10 #198 13/05/2000 Dark Star I Am The Sun 31 {31}-70->2 Crap: #186 06/05/2000 Precocious Brats/Kevin And Perry Big Girl 16 {16}-21-34-48->4 [shame this is so crap when their film soundtrack has quite a few quality trance anthems in it (not that I've watched the film)] |
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Agreed that Shackles is wonderful, so joyous like you say Julian and completely deserved to cross into the charts.
Forgot About Dre is also a classic, looking back it's so strange to me that this only peaked at No.7? Eminem was nearing the start of his commercial peak and it's packed with instantly memorable hooks. I'd have thought the public would have lapped this up, but maybe they'd all bought 2001 by this point. Oh yes, I'd forgotten about Carmen Queasy, I do remember that vaguely from the time, bit of a forgotten gem. Great production and vocal. On The Beach brings back good memories, I remember the week it came out though was raining all week, as I remember walking around listening to it on a Discman on rainy walks The famous riff being from the original by Chris Rea but it works very well as a trance song too.Interesting to see that Around The World has higher streams on Spotify than Cartoon Heroes, it wasn't a bad song but I think Aqua suffered a bit from musically feeling like a product of another time by 2000. That very sugary brand of Europop had progressed just a little bit by this point into slightly harder beats, and the pop doing well was mainly from the US and UK at this point, there wasn't as much Europop around at the top of the charts. I can't really imagine the likes of Sex On The Beach, Coco Jamboo or Witch Doctor being as big at this point either. The changes were subtle but - retrospectively - they were showing, pop was very slowly getting more serious. Even Atomic Kitten, Five, Steps, S Club 7 were starting to release more mature sounding material by the end of 2000, and any new cheesy pop act launches (Girl Thing, Girls@play, Fem@ail, Supersister, BON, Boom! and many more besides) tended to fall by the wayside in a way they wouldn't have done two years earlier. Hands Up I remember thinking was ok, sounds like a slightly harder Vengaboys song. There was a comedy duo on Going Live! and Live & Kicking called Trevor & Simon, I'm not sure if the act calling themselves the same was intentional, I think I'd have flipped it to Simon & Trevor, or a different name altogether. There You Go wasn't a bad single by any means, but on the strength of it, I'd certainly never in a million years have called P!nk as still having chart hits nearly 25 years later. There was nothing about her first album that suggested more than a one album wonder, but her rockier reinvention on Missundaztood was one of the best musical moves anyone has ever made in music. Then the Irish trio...Buffalo G included the sister of B*Witched's Keavy and Edele and Boyzone's Shane. Just not a very good cover and another example of something that felt more suited to 1998 than 2000. Mikey Graham's song was very dull but credit to him getting a solo top 20, I always liked him in Boyzone, he has a good voice that was underused until Stephen passed. Certainly a stronger voice than Keith and Shane. New Beginning was quite a nice song though, although I feel Stephen had the goodwill and fanbase behind him to have got a solo No.1 with a really great song. I remember thinking this would be a No.1 anyway at the time but it slipped behind the double power of Sonique and S Club 7 on their second week. |
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Shackles is a great 9/10 for me too, still rousing and life affirming, though I hadnt realised it was Christian-based (I tend to take inspirational from any religious-based songs as being a positive thing, anyway, even if I dont necessarily advocate for it personally). Dre & Eminem is a top track too, both at their peak, and an 8 for me.
Maxim? No idea. York is one I remember - but I appeared not to chart it! How odd! I'd say it was a 4 or 5. Get Off a healthy 8 for Dandy Warhols, always like them (see recent charts of mine). Aqua's I also rate a decent 7, by this stage their Barbie Girl image gave them little credibility, annoyingly, as they are much better than credited. Catch The Sun must have been a one-week wonder as I didnt chart it, and ditto Embrace. Cryptic Souls Crew, though, I liked and is a 7. Weren't Trevor & Simon a kids TV duo? I didn't chart it at any rate. Buffalo G song better known by Bananarama but worth a 3. Poor Stephen Gately had the voice of an angel, and New Beginning was a pretty fine 8, out-charting most of Boyzone's ouput give or take a handful of good tracks. Pink I liked from the get-go, There You Go a 9 for me, think I bought the cd single in Florida, where R'n'B obv went down a storm in the early 90's on US radio and in the charts. Mikey, unlike Stephen and Ronan, remained untroubling my personal charts, so I assume a 1 or 2. |
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"Carmen Queasy" and "Shackles" are in my five least favourite singles of 2000 year.
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Tuesday's batch:
'Day And Night' very much feels like it's piggy-backing off the Britney/Max Martin sound of the time but it's the best thing Billie released for me nevertheless! I actually knew 'Masterblaster 2000' before the original (thanks Now 46) - I would rather seek out Stevie now, but not a bad take at all, some soulful vocals in there and an enjoyable piano line alongside the garage beats. 'Luvstruck' was a fabulous find from the same Now album back in the day <3 it used to be played at my exercise classes too! 'Legal Man' was a wonderful discovery  I appreciate that surfer 60s soundscape too. The "ba ba ba..." parts sound perfect for an advert.'Reach' instantly transports me back to school discos *.* I do find its relentless joy pretty infectious. I first came across 'It's My Life' via the Glee mash-up of that and Usher's 'Confessions' that did pretty well in the chart, was a solid pairing of songs tbf. The introductory production of 'Summer Moved On' instantly reminded me of 'Crazy' by Seal so that was already off to a good start! I really ought to familiarise myself with more post-80s a-ha material. |
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QUOTE(Last Dreamer @ 26th April 2024, 10:24 AM)  "Carmen Queasy" and "Shackles" are in my five least favourite singles of 2000 year. Top five worst of the year?  what exactly do you find so bad about Shackles especially to hold it in that low a regard?
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Luvstruck is a magical track with a rollercoaster-like production
I've not heard many songs like it ever.Day and Night is by a mile Billie's best song for me, pop perfection. Had never heard about that Millionaire song wow Forgot About Dre >>> Still Dre (I always used to confuse which one was which) On The Beach is s thrillingly haunting track, it just nails a certain vibe. |
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