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Posted by: dancember 1st December 2017, 09:37 AM

In the run-up to Christmas I will be posting Charts of the Christmas Past and giving my thoughts.

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19991219/7501/

Now this is quite a poor year for the big chart contenders. On one end we have two awful cover versions from Westlife, who already had three chart toppers that year and were aiming for a fourth one. The other, Cliff Richard with his dreadful Christmas/New Year single which had been number one for three weeks previous. In the end though it was the lesser of two evils as 'I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun' became the fourth number one for Westlife and their first Christmas number one.

At number three a re-issue for 'Imagine' by John Lennon which was previously #1 following his death in 1980. I'm not sure why it was re-issued but it may have had something to do with the end of the millennium. At least that is probably the reason for Europe's appearance at #39 with 'The Final Countdown' and Prince's appearance at #51 with '1999'. Whatever it was, it is my favourite song in the top five with its lyrics still resonating today.

Also worth noting are the two novelty entries in the chart, 'Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia' at #4 for Cuban Boys which is more well known as being the 'hamster dance' song, an early example of a viral internet sensation. And at #8 a Christmas classic (not really) 'Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo'. Yes people actually bought a single by an animated singing poo. The song originated on one of my favourite TV shows 'South Park' back in its infancy.

Two childhood fave groups in S Club 7 and Steps enter at #5 and #7, both with double A-sides which seemed to be quite popular back then especially for pop acts. The only song I actually remember from this lot though is 'Better The Devil You Know', which Kylie does better anyway.

And lastly a shout out to garage classic 'A Little Bit Of Luck' entering at #18 for DJ Luck & MC Neat which would climb in the new year to #9. And another dance song, though less remembered, at #21 for Perfect Phase with 'Horny Horns'.

1 - NEW - 01 - Westlife - I HAVE A DREAM / SEASONS IN THE SUN 213k
05 - 01 - 02 - Cliff Richard - THE MILLENIUM PRAYER 170k
1 - NEW - 03 - John Lennon - IMAGINE 148k
1 - NEW - 04 - Cuban Boys - COGNOSCENTI VS INTELLIGENTSIA 104k
1 - NEW - 05 - S Club 7 - TWO IN A MILLION / YOU'RE MY NUMBER ONE
03 - 02 - 06 - Artful Dodger featuring Craig David - RE-REWIND THE CROWD SAY BO SELECTA
1 - NEW - 07 - Steps - SAY YOU'LL BE MINE / BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
1 - NEW - 08 - Mr. Hankey - MR. HANKEY THE CHRISTMAS POO
02 - 04 - 09 - William Orbit - BARBER'S ADAGIO FOR STRINGS
02 - 03 - 10 - Vengaboys - KISS (WHEN THE SUN DON'T SHINE)
04 - 05 - 11 - Alice Deejay - BACK IN MY LIFE
04 - 09 - 12 - Boyzone - EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU
09 - 10 - 13 - R Kelly - IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME
05 - 06 - 14 - Wamdue Project - KING OF MY CASTLE
12 - 11 - 15 - Macy Gray - I TRY
02 - 08 - 16 - Len - STEAL MY SUNSHINE
02 - 07 - 17 - Progress pts The Boy Wunda - EVERYBODY
1 - NEW - 18 - DJ Luck and MC Neat - A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK
1 - NEW - 19 - Various Artists For Childrens Promise - IT'S ONLY ROCK N ROLL
06 - 18 - 20 - Robbie Williams - SHE'S THE ONE / IT'S ONLY US
1 - NEW - 21 - Perfect Phase - HORNY HORNS
04 - 16 - 22 - Melanie C - NORTHERN STAR
03 - 12 - 23 - Mario Piu - COMMUNICATION (SOMEBODY ANSWER THE PHONE)
08 - 21 - 24 - Five - KEEP ON MOVIN'
02 - 13 - 25 - B*Witched / Ladysmith Black Mambaza - I SHALL BE THERE
06 - 23 - 26 - Will Smith - WILL 2K
04 - 15 - 27 - Lolly - BIG BOYS DON'T CRY / ROCKIN' ROBIN
09 - 27 - 28 - Westlife - FLYING WITHOUT WINGS
03 - 24 - 29 - Celine Dion - THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
04 - 19 - 30 - Martine McCutcheon - TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP / LOVE ME
02 - 17 - 31 - Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews - BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
02 - 14 - 32 - Queen and David Bowie - UNDER PRESSURE
02 - 20 - 33 - Daniel O'Donnell - A CHRISTMAS KISS
1 - NEW - 34 - Charlotte Church - JUST WAVE HELLO
03 - 22 - 35 - Atomic Kitten - RIGHT NOW
14 - 30 - 36 - Eiffel 65 - BLUE (DA BA DEE)
03 - 25 - 37 - Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill - TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW
03 - 26 - 38 - Whitney Houston - I LEARNED FROM THE BEST
1 - NEW - 39 - Europe - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
11 - 34 - 40 - Christina Aguilera - GENIE IN A BOTTLE

07 - 35 - 41 - Jennifer Lopez - WAITING FOR TONIGHT
07 - 29 - 42 - Geri Halliwell - LIFT ME UP
03 - 33 - 43 - Corrs - RADIO
1 - NEW - 44 - Marvin and Tamara - NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST
13 - 46 - 45 - Shania Twain - MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN
02 - 32 - 46 - TLC - DEAR LIE
06 - 38 - 47 - a1 - EVERYTIME / READY OR NOT
1 - NEW - 48 - James - WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU
02 - 36 - 49 - LeAnn Rimes - CRAZY
03 - 37 - 50 - A Teens - SUPER TROUPER
02 - 63 - 51 - Prince - 1999
02 - 31 - 52 - Charlatans - MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND
02 - 28 - 53 - Beastie Boys - ALIVE
03 - 40 - 54 - Jamiroquai - KING FOR A DAY
05 - 48 - 55 - Texas - WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER
1 - NEW - 56 - Holly Johnson - THE POWER OF LOVE
07 - 51 - 57 - Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Buntan - WHAT I AM
11 - 56 - 58 - Ann Lee - 2 TIMES
06 - 52 - 59 - Travis - TURN
08 - 54 - 60 - Mariah Carey - HEARTBREAKER
05 - 44 - 61 - Glamma Kid - WHY
1 - NEW - 62 - Solid Gold Chartbusters - I WANNA 1-2-1 WITH YOU
07 - 50 - 63 - Another Level - BOMB DIGGY
03 - 41 - 64 - Salt 'n' Pepper - THE BRICK TRACK VERSUS GITTY UP
05 - 53 - 65 - Garbage - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
02 - 39 - 66 - Nine Inch Nails - WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER
06 - 64 - 67 - Ricky Martin - SHAKE YOUR BON-BON
04 - 42 - 68 - Phats and Small - TONITE
09 - 58 - 69 - Backstreet Boys - LARGER THAN LIFE
02 - 45 - 70 - Enrique Iglesias - RHYTHM DEVINE
02 - 49 - 71 - Y Tribe featuring Elizabeth Troy - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
02 - 43 - 72 - Thunderbugs - IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU WERE MINE
07 - 60 - 73 - Savage Garden - I KNEW I LOVED YOU
1 - NEW - 74 - John 00 Flemming - LOST IN EMOTION
02 - 55 - 75 - Lou Bega - I GOT A GIRL

Posted by: Suedehead2 1st December 2017, 10:56 AM

Ooh , looking forward to seeing the rest of these. It's a pretty grim top ten apart from John Lennon and William Orbit.

Posted by: dancember 1st December 2017, 11:31 AM

William Orbit is the standout from that top 10, and I also like John Lennon and Artful Dodger/Craig David.

Posted by: dandy* 1st December 2017, 07:20 PM

William Orbit is definitely the high point in that top 10, some other good songs though and these are the best ones...

02 - 04 - 09 - William Orbit - BARBER'S ADAGIO FOR STRINGS
05 - 06 - 14 - Wamdue Project - KING OF MY CASTLE
12 - 11 - 15 - Macy Gray - I TRY
02 - 08 - 16 - Len - STEAL MY SUNSHINE
04 - 16 - 22 - Melanie C - NORTHERN STAR
03 - 26 - 38 - Whitney Houston - I LEARNED FROM THE BEST
11 - 34 - 40 - Christina Aguilera - GENIE IN A BOTTLE
02 - 32 - 46 - TLC - DEAR LIE
02 - 63 - 51 - Prince - 1999
02 - 28 - 53 - Beastie Boys - ALIVE
05 - 53 - 65 - Garbage - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

Posted by: Popchartfreak 1st December 2017, 08:18 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 1 2017, 10:56 AM)

Posted by: Good Old Days 1st December 2017, 08:42 PM

From top 10.
Best : Steps
Worst : William Orbit

Posted by: WinterWombatland 1st December 2017, 09:01 PM

Yeah, William Orbit's a clear highlight here, one of the best trance tunes ever Oh dear tho, things must be bad when Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo is actually one of the best songs in that top 10 non ironically lmao I have always quite liked that Westlife cover tho for my sins, makes me feel Christmassy.

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 1st December 2017, 09:06 PM

Thanks for doing these Dan! Surprised there's no commentary on William Orbit, I know your a huge dance fan. One of the best dance tracks of all time for me.

Distinct lack of Christmas tracks but Tom and Cherys version of Baby it's Cold Outside is the most common current version of the track still in 2017!

Anyone know how Imagine sold so much then - was it playlisted by radio?

Posted by: Suedehead2 1st December 2017, 09:24 PM

QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 1 2017, 09:06 PM)

Posted by: SpamFritter 1st December 2017, 10:05 PM

I have to say I loved Cliff's and of course John Lennon, the rest I cannot remember....except Robbie

Posted by: dancember 1st December 2017, 11:21 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 1 2017, 09:24 PM)

Posted by: dandy* 2nd December 2017, 09:24 AM

The Imagine release was definitely targeted at getting the #1 for the turn of the century.

Posted by: Suedehead2 2nd December 2017, 10:51 AM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Dec 2 2017, 09:24 AM)

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 2nd December 2017, 11:51 AM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 1 2017, 09:24 PM)

Posted by: dancember 2nd December 2017, 02:34 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19971221/7501/

We now go back to the year I was born, where Spice Girls were campaigning for their second consecutive Christmas Number One which they easily got. In my opinion though the song is really boring and one of their worst, it seems all very hype over substance in this case and even then, this didn't sell as much in its first week as others by them. I would honestly prefer the Teletubbies, who were the previous week's #1 and dropped to #2. It's awful and barely qualifies as a song, but is still more entertaining than 'Too Much'. I suppose most of the sales here were parents buying it for their kids although it wouldn't surprise me if people also bought it just for the lolz. At number three is the awful charity single 'Perfect Day', it's even worse than most other charity singles with the screeching in it.

Outside of the top three it just looks like an ordinary chart with big hits of the year lingering, though we also have a token charity release this year from Chicken Shed entering at #15 which is apparently a British theatre company. It is as cliched as it sounds. And one place above Vanilla with 'No Way No Way' which is infamous for being so laughably terrible so no wonder people bought it in Christmas week. Rapper Mase has a top 10 new entry with a non-event song and a few other new entries further down include Paul McCartney's failed attempt at another hit at Christmas.

My favourite track in the top 10 would have to be 'Torn' though I also like 'Angels', 'Never Ever', 'Together Again', and 'Barbie Girl' for its novelty value.

1 - NEW - 01 - Spice Girls - TOO MUCH 252k
03 - 01 - 02 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH! 202k
05 - 02 - 03 - Various Artists - PERFECT DAY
06 - 04 - 04 - All Saints - NEVER EVER
03 - 06 - 05 - Janet Jackson - TOGETHER AGAIN
10 - 03 - 06 - Aqua - BARBIE GIRL
03 - 05 - 07 - Robbie Williams - ANGELS
08 - 08 - 08 - Natalie Imbruglia - TORN
04 - 07 - 09 - Boyzone - BABY CAN I HOLD YOU / SHOOTING STAR
1 - NEW - 10 - Mase - FEEL SO GOOD
15 - 10 - 11 - Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND '97 / SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
05 - 09 - 12 - Steven Houghton - WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
07 - 13 - 13 - Barbra Streisand And Celine Dion - TELL HIM
02 - RE - 14 - Vanilla - NO WAY NO WAY
1 - NEW - 15 - Chicken Shed - I AM IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD
02 - 11 - 16 - Celine Dion - THE REASON
05 - 14 - 17 - Lutricia McNeal - AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY
04 - 16 - 18 - Reds United - SING UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS!
03 - 15 - 19 - Five - SLAM DUNK (DA FUNK)
06 - 20 - 20 - Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8
05 - 23 - 21 - Louise - LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN
03 - 22 - 22 - Sheryl Crow - TOMORROW NEVER DIES
12 - 25 - 23 - Backstreet Boys - AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME
06 - 27 - 24 - Hot Chocolate - YOU SEXY THING
1 - NEW - 25 - Paul McCartney - BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
02 - 28 - 26 - Seahorses - YOU CAN TALK TO ME
03 - 29 - 27 - Verve - LUCKY MAN
07 - 31 - 28 - PF Project Featuring Ewan McGregor - CHOOSE LIFE
02 - 18 - 29 - Bryan Adams - BACK TO YOU
02 - 19 - 30 - Propellerheads And Shirley Bassey - HISTORY REPEATING
04 - 30 - 31 - Gala - LET A BOY CRY
1 - NEW - 32 - Rakim - GUESS WHO'S BACK
02 - 12 - 33 - U2 - IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS
02 - 17 - 34 - Sting And The Police - ROXANNE '97
02 - 24 - 35 - Levellers - DOGTRAIN
1 - NEW - 36 - Fountains Of Wayne - I WANT AN ALIEN FOR CHRISTMAS
10 - 34 - 37 - Spice Girls - SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
1 - NEW - 38 - Aerosmith - PINK
03 - 36 - 39 - Will Smith - JUST CRUISIN'
03 - 33 - 40 - Blackstreet - (MONEY CAN'T) BUY ME LOVE

02 - 26 - 41 - Red 5 - LIFT ME UP
03 - 37 - 42 - Mariah Carey - BUTTERFLY / FLY AWAY / THE ROOF
02 - 21 - 43 - Bjork - BACHELORETTE
03 - 39 - 44 - Jamiroquai - HIGH TIMES
02 - 38 - 45 - Powerhouse - RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
05 - 48 - 46 - Prodigy - SMACK MY BITCH UP
19 - 45 - 47 - Chumbawamba - TUBTHUMPING
11 - 44 - 48 - Sash! Featuring La Trec - STAY
02 - 32 - 49 - Busta Rhymes - DANGEROUS
06 - 46 - 50 - Hanson - I WILL COME TO YOU
05 - 49 - 51 - Aaron Carter - CRUSH ON YOU
02 - 40 - 52 - Serious Danger - DEEPER
02 - 35 - 53 - Chicane - LOST YOU SOMEWHERE
04 - 47 - 54 - Todd Terry Presents Shannon - IT'S OVER LOVE
03 - 42 - 55 - Space Brothers - FORGIVEN (I FEEL YOUR LOVE)
02 - 52 - 56 - Maureen Rees - DRIVING IN MY CAR
1 - NEW - 57 - Paid And Live - ALL MY TIME
04 - 54 - 58 - M People - FANTASY ISLAND
05 - 56 - 59 - Woolpackers - LINE DANCE PARTY
14 - 65 - 60 - Dario G - SUNCHYME
02 - 41 - 61 - Vanessa-Mae - I FEEL LOVE
13 - 67 - 62 - Oasis - STAND BY ME
02 - 43 - 63 - Corrs - I NEVER LOVED YOU ANYWAY
09 - 60 - 64 - N-Trance Featuring Rod Stewart - DO YOU THINK I'M SEXY?
02 - 50 - 65 - No Doubt - SUNDAY MORNING
05 - 58 - 66 - Shola Ama - WHO'S LOVING MY BABY
1 - NEW - 67 - Gant - SOUND BWOY BURIAL / ALL NIGHT LONG
07 - 64 - 68 - Moby - JAMES BOND THEME
04 - 53 - 69 - Kylie Minogue - DID IT AGAIN
02 - 51 - 70 - Course - BEST LOVE
03 - 59 - 71 - Dreem Teem - THE THEME
03 - 57 - 72 - Beth Orton Featuring Terry Callier - BEST BIT EP
03 - 66 - 73 - Lightning Seeds - WHAT YOU SAY
06 - 75 - 74 - Pulp - HELP THE AGED
12 - 71 - 75 - Eternal - ANGEL OF MINE

Posted by: dandy* 2nd December 2017, 05:29 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 2 2017, 10:51 AM)

Posted by: Jester 2nd December 2017, 07:35 PM

That 97 top 10 had 6 eventual million sellers in it. Sales were at a massive peak that year.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 3rd December 2017, 01:04 AM

'Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo' iconic track (although not as good as 'Chocolate Salty Balls' of course - hard to believe that South Park spawned not one but two actual UK top 10 singles, I guess the closest thing to that happening again recently was Family Guy popularising 'Surfin' Bird' and inspiring the Xmas #1 campaign for it, unless I'm forgetting any other obvious examples of hit singles from cartoons).

I didn't realise how old 'A Little Bit Of Luck' was, always thought it was from the mid early 00s

Posted by: Doctor Blind 3rd December 2017, 11:15 AM

5,6,7,8- the debut Steps single on that Christmas chart had already sold 130K at that point and moved 18-22-23-{17}-20-20, it would re-peak at #14 in January 1998 and go on to spend 14 weeks in the Top 40 in total.

Posted by: dancember 3rd December 2017, 03:17 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20051225/7501/

Now back to 2005 which is a special Christmas chart for being the first to feature an X-Factor winner at number one, it also had the biggest first week sales of any with nearly a whopping three quarters of a million being sold. Honestly I don't think it's worth that much but it is one of the better winning singles even if only for it being an original song, although it was shockingly a Westlife reject as it was apparently even too cheesy for them (speaking of which they are also here at #4 with a boring forgettable song which is what you'd expect from them). It also gave us the iconic Ablisa moment a few years later in the X-Factor auditions (they sang the song terribly and then ended up fighting each other). There really was no contest as Nizlopi, the previous week's #1, came nowhere close, thankfully anyway because that song is seriously awful and I know I'm in the minority here. I don't get it.

The best song in the entire top 10 though is the seasonal classic that is 'Fairytale Of New York' re-released officially in aid of the investigation into Kirsty MacColl's accidental death. It has re-entered the top 40 every year since but has got no higher than #3 in the 21st century which is where it charted this year. Eminem also enters at #5 with 'When I'm Gone', an emotional song about him considering leaving the rap game (he didn't in the end) and raising his daughter - fitting for this time of the year. Another great song entering the top 10 is Coldplay's 'Talk' at #10, clearly the Christmas rush didn't stop these artists from releasing new singles. 'Talk' seems rather forgotten now sadly as it is one of their best of the 00s. Other than The Pogues, my favourite in the top 10 is 'Hung Up' from Madonna which was a former #1.

Girls Aloud's attempt at a Christmas number one (clearly considering the winter themed video) was a 'See the Day' cover which fell a bit flat at #9, like most of their ballads it isn't that great - they do uptempo much better. Embarrassingly it got outsold by Crazy Frog's Christmas effort 'Jingle Bells' which falls a place to #6. I love 'Axel F' but at this point the joke was wearing thin and this won't be going on my Christmas playlist.

As always there are a few charity songs making entries. The EP 'George Best - A Tribute' enters at #21 based on just sales from Northern Ireland apparently, which climbs into the top five when released nationwide. It's a nice sentiment as a tribute to 59-year old football player Best but quite a boring cover of 'You Raise Me Up' and I won't be listening to the rest of the EP. Choirboys get their cover of 'Tears In Heaven' to #22, it's sweet but really not the type of music I'm into. One of the members Patrick Aspbury died at the age of 23 earlier this year which makes this even more sad of a listen.

Dance and borderline novelty hit 'I Like Girls' by Hound Dogs brings the tempo back up as a new entry at #26. From a quick listen it sounds like something Snakey would love, yes it is funky house. Shame this wasn't bigger, though it at least got five weeks in the top 40 which is good for a #26 hit. And of course we had to have a Christmas version of 'Amarillo' in 2005, and at #30 is '(Is This The Way To) Santa's Grotto' which is credited to Santa himself. I never knew this existed but I'm glad I do now. *__*

Finally at #32 a new entry for Mary J Bilge with 'Be Without You', a song I thought was bigger though it appears it was one of those songs that peaked low and spent a while in the chart, only 3 weeks top 40 but 23 weeks top 100. Not a song I've heard in a long while, but I do quite like it. Also worth mentioning is a rare appearance of a new Christmas song in the top 40, 'Under the Tree' by Waterbabies which climbs to #27 is an original Christmas song from that year but hasn't been heard much of since. I know the song has a few fans here though.



1 ( NE) That's My Goal (By Shayne Ward) 1 Wk 740k
2 ( 1 ) JCB Song (By Nizlopi) 2 Wks
3 ( NE) Fairytale Of New York (By Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl) 1 Wk
4 ( 2 ) When You Tell Me That You Love Me (By Westlife With Diana Ross) 2 Wks
5 ( NE) When I'm Gone (By Eminem) 1 Wk
6 ( 5 ) Jingle Bells / Can't Touch This (By Crazy Frog) 2 Wks
7 ( 3 ) Stickwitu (By Pussycat Dolls) 4 Wks
8 ( 4 ) Hung Up (By Madonna) 7 Wks
9 ( NE) See The Day (By Girls Aloud) 1 Wk
10 ( NE) Talk (By Coldplay) 1 Wk
11 ( NE) Goodbye My Lover (By James Blunt) 1 Wk
12 ( 6 ) Ugly (By Sugababes) 3 Wks
13 ( 7 ) My Humps (By Black Eyed Peas) 6 Wks
14 ( 12) No Worries (By Simon Webbe) 7 Wks
15 ( 10) You Raise Me Up (By Westlife) 9 Wks
16 ( 8 ) Advertising Space (By Robbie Williams) 2 Wks
17 ( 13) Because Of You (By Kelly Clarkson) 4 Wks
18 ( 14) Listen To Your Heart (By DHT Featuring Edmee) 3 Wks
19 ( 11) Don't Forget About Us (By Mariah Carey) 2 Wks
20 ( 16) Dirty Harry (By Gorillaz) 5 Wks
21 ( NE) George Best - A Tribute (By Brian Kennedy / Peter Cory) 1 Wk
22 ( NE) Tears In Heaven (By Choirboys) 1 Wk
23 ( 24) Ever Blazin' (By Sean Paul) 4 Wks
24 ( 9 ) Ultraviolet / The Ballad Of Paul K (By McFly) 2 Wks
25 ( 17) I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (By Arctic Monkeys) 10 Wks
26 ( NE) I Like Girls (By Hound Dogs) 1 Wk
27 ( 30) Under The Tree (By Waterbabies) 2 Wks
28 ( 25) Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry) (By Craig David) 8 Wks
29 ( 21) Biology (By Girls Aloud) 6 Wks
30 ( NE) (Is This The Way To) Santa's Grotto (By Santa) 1 Wk
31 ( 23) Your Body (By Tom Novy Featuring Michael Marshall) 5 Wks
32 ( NE) Be Without You (By Mary J Blige) 1 Wk
33 ( 19) Jerusalem (By Keedie And The England Cricket Team) 2 Wks
34 ( 28) Bad Day (By Daniel Powter) 22 Wks
35 ( 26) If It's Lovin' That You Want (By Rihanna) 4 Wks
36 ( 20) Let There Be Love (By Oasis) 4 Wks
37 ( 22) I Just Can't Get Enough (By Herd And Fitz Featuring Abigail Bailey) 3 Wks
38 ( 18) Juicebox (By Strokes) 3 Wks
39 ( 31) Window Shopper (By 50 Cent) 5 Wks
40 ( 32) Don't Cha (By Pussycat Dolls Featuring Busta Rhymes) 16 Wks

41 ( 35) Push The Button (By Sugababes) 13 Wks
42 ( 37) You're Beautiful (By James Blunt) 30 Wks
43 ( 33) Heard 'Em Say (By Kanye West Featuring Adam Levine) 3 Wks
44 ( 36) Tripping (By Robbie Williams) 12 Wks
45 ( 29) Even God Can't Change The Past (By Charlotte Church) 3 Wks
46 ( 15) A Pain That I'm Used To (By Depeche Mode) 2 Wks
47 ( 44) Fix You (By Coldplay) 16 Wks
48 ( 34) Walk Away (By Franz Ferdinand) 3 Wks
49 ( 45) Gold Digger (By Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx) 14 Wks
50 ( 47) Dare (By Gorillaz Featuring Shaun Ryder) 17 Wks
51 ( 49) Since U Been Gone (By Kelly Clarkson) 25 Wks
52 ( 38) Rocket (A Natural Gambler) (By Braund Reynolds) 3 Wks
53 ( 40) Can I Have It Like That (By Pharrell Featuring Gwen Stefani) 8 Wks
54 ( 53) Doctor Pressure (By Mylo Vs Miami Sound Machine) 16 Wks
55 ( 39) What Else Is There? (By Royksopp) 3 Wks
56 ( 46) Switch It On (By Will Young) 6 Wks
57 ( 43) Love Generation (By Bob Sinclar Featuring Gary Pine) 11 Wks
58 ( 42) I Cried For You / Just Like Heaven (By Katie Melua) 3 Wks
59 ( 61) Feel Good Inc (By Gorillaz) 37 Wks
60 ( 41) One Way Ticket (By Darkness) 6 Wks
61 ( 59) I Predict A Riot / Sink That Ship (By Kaiser Chiefs) 18 Wks
62 ( 55) Suddenly I See (By KT Tunstall) 17 Wks
63 ( 27) No Goodbyes (By Subways) 2 Wks
64 ( 48) A Night To Remember (By Liberty X) 6 Wks
65 ( 60) Nine Million Bicycles (By Katie Melua) 14 Wks
66 ( 67) Insomnia 2005 (By Faithless) 16 Wks
67 ( 65) We Be Burnin' (By Sean Paul) 15 Wks
68 ( 70) I Like The Way (By Bodyrockers) 36 Wks
69 ( 54) B*itch (By Dave McCullen) 4 Wks
70 ( 73) Behind These Hazel Eyes (By Kelly Clarkson) 14 Wks
71 ( 64) Hard To Beat (By Hard-Fi) 27 Wks
72 ( 50) Albion (By Babyshambles) 4 Wks
73 ( NE) Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime (By Cantamus Girls Choir) 1 Wk
74 ( 52) Lighters Up (By Lil' Kim) 7 Wks
75 ( 80) (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (By Tony Christie Featuring Peter Kay) 41 Wks

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 3rd December 2017, 04:19 PM

Excellent to see Fairytale was rereleased that year and went top 3 (didn't know that until about two years ago or so when I started looking at the chart archive for 2005).

Poor JCB song missed out, but That's My Goal is preferable to 'A Moment Like This' the next year, although I do prefer Steve Brookstein's Phil Collins cover 'Take A Look At Me Now' in early 2005 as an X factor winner's single.

Had no idea Crazy Frog was so high in the Christmas chart that year

See The Day is a fantastic song I think, the original by Dee C Lee is better imo but the Girls Aloud version is very good still imo.

I Like Girls by Hound Dogs I do remember from the time, the lyrics are but the production is excellent some Kungs style trumpets in it too!

According to wikipedia Be Without You apparently had a remix popular in the clubs at the time by Moto Blanco, and listening to it, it is once again funky house that helped it to hold up in the top 75 for quite a while. I don't remember either remix or original from the time though.

Listen to Your Heart still holding up in the top 20 as the big Christmas party season dance hit too back then!

Hoping 2002 pops up soon as it is an interesting Christmas chart as it has a big dance entry entering at top 10 on Christmas week. Wonder why it was released then, unusual even in the 1995-2015 held back release era to have a dance song entering at top 10 on the Christmas chart.

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 3rd December 2017, 10:27 PM

QUOTE(Michael Bubré @ Dec 3 2017, 01:04 AM)

'Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo' iconic track (although not as good as 'Chocolate Salty Balls' of course - hard to believe that South Park spawned not one but two actual UK top 10 singles, I guess the closest thing to that happening again recently was Family Guy popularising 'Surfin' Bird' and inspiring the Xmas #1 campaign for it, unless I'm forgetting any other obvious examples of hit singles from cartoons).

I didn't realise how old 'A Little Bit Of Luck' was, always thought it was from the mid early 00s

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 3rd December 2017, 11:01 PM

Waterbabies was a fantastic Christmas song, helped by a vodaphone ad at the time if memory serves me right. Nine Million Bicycles spent 14 weeks top 75? Didn't realise that. Remember being devasted that XF sold so well as I thought Nislopi could challenge, always thought it was a really nice seasonal track and at the time it's sales increased hugely too from at a guess 50-80k the week before to 189k on xmas week, which was impressive!

Others I liked/purchased

Lil Kim Lighters Up
Sean Paul We Be Burnin
Pharrell/Gwen Stefani Can I have it Like That
Coldplay Fix You
Brand Reynolds Gambler
Tom Novy/Michael Marshall Your Body
Sugababes Ugly (They're best ever single imo)
Kelly Clarkson Because of You


Had downloads been added to the chart by this stage? Or had the download chart just started seperately? I remember it was round the time Hung Up was out as it dominated!

Posted by: Riser 4th December 2017, 12:31 AM

QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 3 2017, 05:27 PM)

Posted by: dancember 4th December 2017, 08:58 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011223/7501/

A bit of a non-eventful Christmas chart for 2001 with only one new entry in the top 20, Gordon Haskell 'How Wonderful You Are' at #2 which sounds boring and awful, and doesn't sound like a chart hit anyway but from what I gather it was a Radio 2 campaign to get this to Christmas number one. What was #1 was Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman for the second week with 'Something Stupid' though with sales of only 110k it was the lowest selling until 'Rockabye' 15 years later only sold 57k to make #1 at Christmas.

The standouts in the top 10 are 'Gotta Get Thru This' at #3 and 'Murder On The Dancefloor' at #4 which would both return to the top 2 in the new year. Also a shoutout to PPK 'Resurection' at #12 which is one of my favourite classic trance bangers.

In terms of new entries lower down the top 40 we got no 'event' singles but rather just four normal entries. David Gray at #26, Faithless at #29, Mariah Carey at #32 and Warp Brothers at #40. I haven't heard any of them before not even the dance singles, on a first listen the Faithless one 'Tarantula' seems to be another of their trance songs which is good to hear, and Warp Brothers bring hard house to the bottom end of the chart. My favourite of the two would have to be 'Tarantula'. I'm not at all a fan of David Gray, find him boring and I have no interest in listening to 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' based on a quick scan especially considering it's nine minutes long. Both Mariah songs in the double A-side here are nothing special either.

02 - 01 - 01 - Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - SOMETHING STUPID 110k
1 - NEW - 02 - Gordon Haskell - HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE
04 - 02 - 03 - Daniel Bedingfield - GOTTA GET THRU THIS
03 - 03 - 04 - Sophie Ellis Bextor - MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR
03 - 04 - 05 - Stereophonics - HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS
05 - 07 - 06 - S Club 7 - HAVE YOU EVER
02 - 05 - 07 - Ian Van Dahl - WILL I?
02 - 06 - 08 - Samantha Mumba - LATELY
03 - 09 - 09 - Tweenies - I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS
03 - 10 - 10 - Hermes House Band - COUNTRY ROADS
04 - 11 - 11 - Kate Winslet - WHAT IF
04 - 08 - 12 - PPK - RESURECTION
15 - 24 - 13 - DJ Otzi - HEY BABY
14 - 21 - 14 - Kylie Minogue - CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD
03 - 14 - 15 - Steps - WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH / I KNOW HIM SO WELL
02 - 12 - 16 - Feeder - JUST A DAY EP
03 - 16 - 17 - Sum 41 - IN TOO DEEP
10 - 26 - 18 - Afroman - BECAUSE I GOT HIGH
02 - 13 - 19 - Janet Jackson featuring Carly Simon and Missy Elliott - SON OF A GUN (I BETCHA THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU)
05 - 17 - 20 - Riva featuring Dannii Minogue - WHO DO YOU LOVE NOW (STRINGER)
06 - 23 - 21 - Blue - IF YOU COME BACK
02 - 15 - 22 - Kosheen - CATCH
04 - 19 - 23 - Hear'Say - EVERYBODY
03 - 18 - 24 - Cliff Richard - SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW / WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (MEDLEY)
07 - 22 - 25 - Westlife - QUEEN OF MY HEART
1 - NEW - 26 - David Gray - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
04 - 28 - 27 - Alcazar - CRYING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE
05 - 27 - 28 - DJ Otzi - DO WAH DIDDY
1 - NEW - 29 - Faithless - TARANTULA
06 - 32 - 30 - Destiny's Child - EMOTION
08 - 31 - 31 - Jennifer Lopez - I'M REAL
1 - NEW - 32 - Mariah Carey featuring Mystikal - NEVER TOO FAR / DON'T STOP FUNKIN' 4 JAMAICA
04 - 34 - 33 - Basement Jaxx - WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT
02 - 20 - 34 - Emma Bunton - WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT
04 - 30 - 35 - Geri Halliwell - CALLING
11 - 37 - 36 - Iio - RAPTURE
04 - 35 - 37 - Oxide and Neutrino - RAP DIS / ONLY WANNA KNOW U COS YOU'RE U
05 - 38 - 38 - Anastacia - PAID MY DUES
03 - 33 - 39 - Liberty - DOIN' IT
1 - NEW - 40 - Warp Brothers - BLAST THE SPEAKERS

02 - 25 - 41 - Michael Jackson - CRY
1 - NEW - 42 - TJ Davis - WONDEFUL LIFE
13 - 41 - 43 - City High - WHAT WOULD YOU DO
08 - 29 - 44 - Alicia Keys - FALLIN'
06 - 43 - 45 - Lighthouse Family - (I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE) FREE / ONE
03 - 39 - 46 - Dream Team vs Artful Dodger - IT AIN'T ENOUGH
1 - NEW - 47 - Boney M - DADDY COOL 2001
10 - 51 - 48 - Britney Spears - I'M A SLAVE 4 U
13 - 44 - 49 - Mary J Blige - FAMILY AFFAIR
06 - 42 - 50 - Bubba Sparxxx - UGLY
1 - NEW - 51 - DJ Otzi - X-MAS TIME
08 - 46 - 52 - Dandy Warhols - BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU
02 - 36 - 53 - Starsailor - LULLABY
06 - 50 - 54 - Blu Cantrell - HIT 'EM UP STYLE (OOPS)
10 - 53 - 55 - So Solid Crew - THEY DON'T KNOW
05 - 52 - 56 - Jamiroquai - YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING
11 - 66 - 57 - Michael Jackson - YOU ROCK MY WORLD
02 - 70 - 58 - Scoobie - THE MAGNIFICENT 7
03 - 45 - 59 - Roger Sanchez featuring Armand Van Helden - YOU CAN'T CHANGE ME
16 - 63 - 60 - Bob The Builder - MAMBO NUMBER 5
10 - 56 - 61 - Mis-Teeq - ONE NIGHT STAND
09 - 55 - 62 - Five - CLOSER TO ME
02 - 48 - 63 - Lampies - LIGHT UP THE WORLD FOR CHRISTMAS
02 - 40 - 64 - Delerious? - IF I COULD SING OF YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
05 - 65 - 65 - Shaggy - DANCE AND SHOUT / HOPE
05 - RE - 66 - Natalie Imbruglia - THAT DAY
03 - 47 - 67 - DMX - WHO WE BE
17 - 75 - 68 - Uncle Kracker - FOLLOW ME
07 - 60 - 69 - Cher - THE MUSIC'S NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU
05 - 68 - 70 - U2 - WALK ON
03 - 49 - 71 - Tukan - LIGHT A RAINBOW
07 - 59 - 72 - Artists Against AIDS Worldwide - WHAT'S GOING ON
13 - RE - 73 - Alien Ant Farm - SMOOTH CRIMINAL
10 - RE - 74 - Ones - FLAWLESS
03 - 54 - 75 - Volatile Agents featuring Simone Benn - HOOKED ON YOU

Posted by: Doctor Blind 4th December 2017, 09:23 AM

QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 3 2017, 11:01 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 4th December 2017, 09:42 AM

Handbags and Gladrags is easily the best in this top ten. Elsewhere, David Gray's cover of Say Hello Wave Goodbye is decent (although I prefer the original). I'd forgotten Boney M got Daddy Cool back in the chart in 2001.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th December 2017, 12:38 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Dec 2 2017, 09:24 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th December 2017, 12:43 PM

fair amount of classics vs dross in the xmas past charts. My preference is prob for 1997 or 2001, but I am ashamed to say I have utterly forgotten so many tracks in the charts as I haven't ever revisited most of them (except 1999 oddly enough).

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 4th December 2017, 10:18 PM

QUOTE(Riser @ Dec 4 2017, 12:31 AM)

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 4th December 2017, 10:24 PM

QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 4 2017, 08:58 AM)

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 5th December 2017, 02:08 PM

PPK with Resurection and Ian van Dahl with Will I providing two big Christmas party season dance hits for that year! I really like both tracks.

Shout out to 'Crying At The Discotheque', should have done a bit better in the charts than peaking at #13 imo, but I suppose it did well enough considering trance was the dominant dance genre doing well in the charts at this time.

Shout out also to Who Do You Love Now (Stringer), Catch and Where's Your Head At, all great dance tunes!

I was 9 at the time and I remember that Hermes House Band's Country Roads along with DJ Otzi's Hey Baby quickly became kids' disco staples.

I don't think I was a fan of Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman's 'Something Stupid' back then, I preferred and still do fellow female actor Kate Winslet's 'Never Let You Go' which is a beautiful song I think.

Posted by: dancember 5th December 2017, 06:53 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20031221/7501/

In one of the closest races for Christmas number one in history Michael Andrews famously held off The Darkness to claim #1 with 'Mad World', featuring vocalist Gary Jules. Neither would have a second hit. The Darkness had to settle for their second #2 hit following 'I Believe...' and they would never reach any higher in their career. It is a shame that their 'Christmas Time' just missed out this week as it would have been one of the rare occasions of an actual Christmas song getting the title, and it is a great original song that gets a few plays from me every Christmas anyway, and it seems to be remembered well as it re-entered the official top 100 last year. 'Mad World' is a great song too so I can't be too annoyed with it claiming #1 in the end, I like the dark and chilling feels of the production which suit the lyrics far better than the original Tears For Fears version in my opinion. In any case we can at least all be thankful that Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne fell from #1 this week with 'Changes'. That would've been a non eventful Christmas #1.

Quite a few challengers for the top were released this week. Bo Selecta with their completely unfunny 'Proper Crimbo' enters at #4, perhaps I needed to be there at the time. Also to make it three of five Christmas songs in the top five, the year's Pop Idol finalists cover of Lennon's 'Happy Xmas' enters at #5, which was seen as a major disappointment. Unsurprisingly it is a long way off the quality of the original, though I presume it was a charity release, so #5 seems right for it.

In the battle of the girlbands Atomic Kitten won over Sugababes with their 'Ladies Night' cover at #8 against 'Too Lost In You' at #10 (which I think could've been a top five hit if the release were timed better, as it seems to be one of their most fondly remembered songs). They both beat boyband of the moment Blue who enter at #11 with 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered', their first top 10 miss and a clear sign that they were on their last legs.

Ultrabeat followed big #2 hit 'Pretty Green Eyes' with 'Feelin Fine' which in this competitive week could only make #12, though it had good longevity. Some more festive entries lower down include one-trick ponies Fast Food Rockers who were clearly desperate to rake as much money as possible in before the novelty had worn off. 'I Love Christmas' is awful as you'd expect and not in the fun way that their previous two hits were. They never made the charts again and are probably all working in an actual fast food joint now. Look out for them at your local Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or maybe McDonalds.

At #26 is Billy Mack (better known as actor Bill Nighy) with a cover of 'Love Is All Around' for the film 'Love Actually', except it's retitled 'Christmas Is All Around', and that's basically the joke. The film was very popular but that didn't translate to the singles chart for this song, which is probably for the best. Also entering lower down are G-Unit at #29 and Erin Rocha at #36 both with non-seasonal songs.

1 - NEW - 01 - Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules - MAD WORLD 227k
1 - NEW - 02 - Darkness - CHRISTMAS TIME (DON'T LET THE BELLS END) 222k
02 - 01 - 03 - Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne - CHANGES
1 - NEW - 04 - Bo Selecta - PROPER CRIMBO
1 - NEW - 05 - Idols - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) 73k
04 - 02 - 06 - Will Young - LEAVE RIGHT NOW
03 - 03 - 07 - Black Eyed Peas - SHUT UP
1 - NEW - 08 - Atomic Kitten - LADIES NIGHT 28k
04 - 04 - 09 - Shane Richie - I'M YOUR MAN
1 - NEW - 10 - Sugababes - TOO LOST IN YOU
1 - NEW - 11 - Blue featuring Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS
1 - NEW - 12 - Ultrabeat - FEELIN' FINE
02 - 05 - 13 - Cliff Richard - SANTA'S LIST
06 - 06 - 14 - Westlife - MANDY
02 - 10 - 15 - Cheeky Girls - HAVE A CHEEKY CHRISTMAS
06 - 22 - 16 - Outkast - HEY YA!
03 - 14 - 17 - Katie Melua - THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY
02 - 07 - 18 - Evanescence - MY IMMORTAL
08 - 17 - 19 - UB40 / United Colours Of Sound - SWING LOW
05 - 12 - 20 - Girls Aloud - JUMP (FOR MY LOVE)
02 - 09 - 21 - Christina Aguilera - THE VOICE WITHIN
03 - 16 - 22 - Simply Red - YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW
10 - 18 - 23 - Kevin Lyttle - TURN ME ON
03 - 08 - 24 - Gareth Gates - SAY IT ISN'T SO
1 - NEW - 25 - Fast Food Rockers - I LOVE CHRISTMAS
1 - NEW - 26 - Billy Mack - CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND
02 - 13 - 27 - Nelly Furtado - POWERLESS (SAY WHAT YOU WANT)
02 - 21 - 28 - Lost Brothers featuring G Tom Mac - CRY LITTLE SISTER (I NEED U NOW)
1 - NEW - 29 - G Unit - STUNT 101
09 - 24 - 30 - Fatman Scoop Featuring The Crooklyn Clan - BE FAITHFUL
06 - 23 - 31 - Busted - CRASHED THE WEDDING
03 - 20 - 32 - Dido - LIFE FOR RENT
02 - 11 - 33 - Madonna - LOVE PROFUSION
02 - 19 - 34 - Alicia Keys - YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
02 - 15 - 35 - Big Brovaz - AIN'T WHAT YOU DO
1 - NEW - 36 - Erin Rocha - CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG
03 - 25 - 37 - D-Side - REAL WORLD
02 - 29 - 38 - Noddy - MAKE WAY FOR NODDY
05 - 28 - 39 - Lemar - 50 : 50 / LULLABY
04 - 27 - 40 - Ja Rule - CLAP BACK / REIGNS

06 - 30 - 41 - Britney Spears featuring Madonna - ME AGAINST THE MUSIC
05 - 31 - 42 - Alex Parks - MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
14 - 36 - 43 - Jamelia - SUPERSTAR
1 - NEW - 44 - Basil Brush featuring India Beau - BOOM BOOM / CHRISTMAS SLIDE
02 - 26 - 45 - Rachel Stevens - FUNKY DORY
1 - NEW - 46 - Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - REDEMPTION SONG / ARMS ALOFT
02 - 32 - 47 - Jay-Z - CHANGE CLOTHES
1 - NEW - 48 - Travis - THE BEAUTIFUL OCCUPATION
02 - 33 - 49 - John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
03 - 39 - 50 - Delta Goodrem - NOT ME NOT I
07 - 38 - 51 - Blazin' Squad - FLIP REVERSE
02 - 34 - 52 - Good Charlotte - HOLD ON / THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS
03 - 35 - 53 - Daniel O'Donnell - YOU RAISE ME UP / WINTER WONDERLAND
04 - 37 - 54 - Michael Jackson - ONE MORE CHANCE
1 - NEW - 55 - Mew - SHE CAME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
07 - 45 - 56 - Kylie Minogue - SLOW
02 - 40 - 57 - Texas - I'LL SEE IT THROUGH
04 - 41 - 58 - Limp Bizkit - BEHIND BLUE EYES
06 - 51 - 59 - Missy Elliott - PASS THAT DUTCH
08 - 42 - 60 - Pink - TROUBLE
04 - 44 - 61 - No Doubt - IT'S MY LIFE
03 - 43 - 62 - Muse - HYSTERIA
09 - 46 - 63 - Blue - GUILTY
07 - 65 - 64 - Robbie Williams - SEXED UP
16 - 56 - 65 - Black Eyed Peas - WHERE IS THE LOVE?
1 - NEW - 66 - Different Darkness - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARKNESS
04 - 54 - 67 - Iron Maiden - RAINMAKER
08 - 53 - 68 - Atomic Kitten - IF YOU COME TO ME
04 - 48 - 69 - Blink 182 - FEELING THIS
10 - 58 - 70 - Sugababes - HOLE IN THE HEAD
08 - 73 - 71 - Holly Valance - STATE OF MIND
05 - 47 - 72 - Enrique Iglesias - ADDICTED
06 - 59 - 73 - Ludacris - STAND UP
04 - 50 - 74 - Meat Loaf - MAN OF STEEL
03 - 57 - 75 - Nelly - IZ U

Posted by: Winter Wombatland 5th December 2017, 09:39 PM

Such a shame this was before I got really into the charts/music as this sounds like such an exciting chart battle, and both are wonderful songs. Mad World is glorious in how inappropriate a mood it is for Christmas number 1 and that's why I love it, and it's an all time fave either way and a masterclass in how to make a cover exceed the original, and the Darkness is a genuine Christmas classic!

Quite a few modern Christmas songs here actually Not all of them classics granted (gotta love Bill Nighy :')) but I do still hear Proper Crimbo from time to time *_

Posted by: Suedehead2 5th December 2017, 11:05 PM

The Darkness song is a load of overblown nonsense, but that it its appeal. That made it part of a decent top two, The only other song of merit in the top ten is form Will Young. The version of John Lennon's festive classic was diabolical.

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 5th December 2017, 11:10 PM

Yeh this was my version of 1973/84 in terms of modern xmas charts lol. I always think this wasn't too long ago because I lived through it and prob spoke about it on the midweeks in coolclarity at the time lol but it was 14 years ago and some on here are young enough to have been born around this time!

I remember both The Darkness & Gary Jules were A Listed on radio 1 and I heard Mad World on a late night radio 1 show at 2am for the first time in late November. Still listen to it a lot at Christmas.

Was Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon rereleased on cd at the time as it charted the week before this!

Outkast were about to have a huge jump at the start of 2004!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 5th December 2017, 11:42 PM

Mew at 55 with a re-release of She Came Home For Christmas which was my Christmas #1 that year. It was the second (I think) time they'd released it as it just missed out on the Top 75 the previous Christmas...

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 7th December 2017, 10:51 AM

Christmas Is All Around is awful! Defintiely for the best as you said danG that it didn't do better.

Really like Feelin Fine, remember it from the time and actually liked it, which was weird for a Clubland type dance song back then. Maybe because of the excellent vocal and because it reminded me a bit of Bryan Adams' excellent imo song 'Cloud Number 9'.

Posted by: dancember 7th December 2017, 09:08 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20001224/7501/

One of the biggest chart upsets ever in Westlife being denied a second Christmas number one by Bob The Builder, which made me smile when I learnt this because Westlife are awful and 'What Makes A Man' is no exception, as I expected it's a boring cliche ballad which actually sounds a lot like the typical 00s X-Factor winners single but a worse version of it. 'Can We Fix It' on the other hand is an undeniable classic. *_ Although my actual fave song in the top 10 is 'Stan' from Eminem at #3.

Not much else going on in the chart aside from four new entries from Oxide & Neutrino at #6, Sugababes at #12, a poorly done mash-up of Wombles and Wizzard's Christmas efforts at #22, and Whitney Houston at #26.

03 - 01 - 01 - Bob The Builder - CAN WE FIX IT 360k
1 - NEW - 02 - Westlife - WHAT MAKES A MAN
03 - 02 - 03 - Eminem featuring Dido - STAN
04 - 03 - 04 - S Club 7 - NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE
12 - 05 - 05 - Baha Men - WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
1 - NEW - 06 - Oxide and Neutrino featuring Megaman - NO GOOD 4 ME
06 - 06 - 07 - LeAnn Rimes - CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT
08 - 09 - 08 - Tweenies - NUMBER 1
05 - 07 - 09 - Destiny's Child - INDEPENDENT WOMEN PART 1
02 - 04 - 10 - Robbie Williams - SUPREME
05 - 08 - 11 - Public Domain - OPERATION BLADE (BASS IN THE PLACE)
1 - NEW - 12 - Sugababes - NEW YEAR
03 - 12 - 13 - Wyclef featuring Mary J Blige - 911
03 - 11 - 14 - Britney Spears - STRONGER
05 - 15 - 15 - Craig David - WALKING AWAY
04 - 13 - 16 - Madonna - DON'T TELL ME
04 - 16 - 17 - Da Muttz - WASSUP
02 - 10 - 18 - Kylie Minogue - PLEASE STAY
06 - 19 - 19 - Wu-Tang Clan - GRAVEL PIT
06 - 22 - 20 - Toploader - DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
02 - 14 - 21 - Craig - AT THIS TIME OF YEAR
1 - NEW - 22 - Wombles with Roy Wood - I WISH IT COULD BE A WOMBLING CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
05 - 23 - 23 - Ronan Keating - THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
03 - 20 - 24 - Sisqo - INCOMPLETE
04 - 18 - 25 - Sonique - I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
1 - NEW - 26 - Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evens and Kelly Price - HEARTBREAK HOTEL
08 - 17 - 27 - Westlife - MY LOVE
09 - 26 - 28 - Ricky Martin - SHE BANGS
06 - 28 - 29 - Daft Punk - ONE MORE TIME
05 - 32 - 30 - Bomfunk MC's - UP ROCKING BEATS
04 - 24 - 31 - Warp Brothers Vs Aquagen - PHATT BASS
03 - 29 - 32 - Jay-Z - I JUST WANNA LOVE YOU (GIVE IT 2 ME)
06 - 30 - 33 - Artful Dodger featuring Lifford - PLEASE DON'T TURN ME ON
04 - 31 - 34 - Bon Jovi - THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME
06 - 33 - 35 - Darude - FEEL THE BEAT
08 - 35 - 36 - Kandi - DON'T THINK I'M NOT
02 - 25 - 37 - Billie Piper - WALK OF LIFE
07 - 38 - 38 - a1 - SAME OLD BRAND NEW YOU
02 - 21 - 39 - Storm - STORM ANIMAL
02 - 27 - 40 - Green Day - WARNING

02 - 34 - 41 - Lionel Richie - DON'T STOP THE MUSIC
04 - 40 - 42 - Melanie C - IF THAT WERE ME
05 - 39 - 43 - True Party - WHAZZUP
11 - 37 - 44 - Robbie Williams / Kylie Minogue - KIDS
12 - 44 - 45 - Delerium featuring Sarah Mclachlan - SILENCE
09 - 43 - 46 - Spice Girls - HOLLER / LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY
14 - 42 - 47 - Anastacia - I'M OUTTA LOVE
03 - 46 - 48 - Daniel O'Donnell - MORNING HAS BROKEN
19 - 54 - 49 - Spiller - GROOVEJET (IF THIS AIN'T LOVE)
07 - 51 - 50 - Backstreet Boys - SHAPE OF MY HEART
1 - NEW - 51 - Sir Killalot Vs Robo Babe - ROBOT WARS (ANDROID LOVE)
12 - 41 - 52 - All Saints - BLACK COFFEE
02 - 36 - 53 - Keith 'n' Shane - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
16 - 65 - 54 - Modjo - LADY (HEAR ME TONIGHT)
04 - 53 - 55 - Apollo Four Forty - CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2000
18 - 55 - 56 - Madonna - MUSIC
09 - 56 - 57 - Martine McCutcheon - I'M OVER YOU
05 - 49 - 58 - Paul Van Dyke - WE ARE ALIVE
07 - 57 - 59 - Offspring - ORIGINAL PRANKSTER
20 - 66 - 60 - Robbie Williams - ROCK DJ
03 - 47 - 61 - Lost Witness - 7 COLOURS
10 - 58 - 62 - Steps - STOMP
03 - 52 - 63 - Junior Jack - MY FEELING
05 - 60 - 64 - 'N Sync - THIS I PROMISE YOU
02 - 48 - 65 - 4 Strings - DAY TIME
08 - 64 - 66 - Nelly - (HOT SHIT) COUNTRY GRAMMAR
02 - 45 - 67 - Gouryella - TENSHI
04 - 67 - 68 - Mystical - SHAKE YOUR ASS
13 - 68 - 69 - Architects featuring Nana - BODY GROOVE
08 - RE - 70 - Fatboy Slim - SUNSET (BIRD OF PREY)
14 - 72 - 71 - Zombie Nation - KERNKRAFT 400
09 - 71 - 72 - Coldplay - TROUBLE
11 - 74 - 73 - U2 - BEAUTIFUL DAY
10 - 63 - 74 - Samantha Mumba - BODY II BODY
02 - 50 - 75 - Mirwais - NAIVE SONG

Posted by: King Herodollo 7th December 2017, 09:31 PM

Good to see my entry into the Dance Forum Song Contest lurking at no.65.

Posted by: Winter Wombatland 7th December 2017, 09:37 PM

Yessss Bob (though I did kinda prefer his cover of Mambo No.5) *. I'm pretty sure my parents bought that, I know that was all I heard at the time! That top 5 (Westlife aside, which I have never heard but I assume is the same old shit) are all quite iconic actually, albeit in quite different ways!

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 8th December 2017, 04:24 PM

Shows you how big dance was back then with a dance song entering as high as #6 on the Christmas chart and also another dance tune just outside the top 10.

No Good 4 Me is a brilliant track I especially like the wobbly bassline although I prefer The Prodigy song No Good (Start the Dance) that sampled the same line from the 1987 song Kelly Charles - You're No Good for Me. I do prefer No Good 4 Me to Bound 4 Da Reload I think.

Posted by: dancember 8th December 2017, 11:33 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20021222/7501/

In a race for #1 between the two groups manufactured on 'Popstars: The Rivals' quality came out on top with Girls Aloud claiming their first #1 whilst we wouldn't see much more of One True Voice. Also entering the top 10 is a dance banger from Love Inc - 'You're A Superstar' at #7, and Avril Lavigne with 'Sk8er Boi' at #9 (it did end up peaking at #8, goals). Both of those as well as 'Sound Of The Underground' I all loved at the time and they're still great now especially Love Inc.

Also at #3 are the iconic Cheeky Girls with childhood anthem 'Cheeky Song'. No novelty Christmas songs this year though (I suppose Cheeky Girls and Las Ketchup (at #8 after 11 weeks!) fulfils the yearly novelty quota) with our remaining new entries coming from Death In Vegas at #14, Pascal at #23 (a very cheesy Clubland 80s cover) and Rolling Stones at #36. Also worth noting the other great songs in the top 10 in 'Lose Yourself' from Eminem and 'Feel' from Robbie Williams.

1 - NEW - 01 - Girls Aloud - SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND 213k
1 - NEW - 02 - One True Voice - SACRED TRUST / AFTER YOU'RE GONE 148k
03 - 02 - 03 - Cheeky Girls - CHEEKY SONG (TOUCH MY BUM) 88.5k
02 - 01 - 04 - Blue featuring Elton John - SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
03 - 03 - 05 - Eminem - LOSE YOURSELF
04 - 04 - 06 - Daniel Bedingfield - IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE
1 - NEW - 07 - Love Inc - YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR
11 - 08 - 08 - Las Ketchup - THE KETCHUP SONG (ASEREJE)
1 - NEW - 09 - Avril Lavigne - SK8ER BOI
03 - 07 - 10 - Robbie Williams - FEEL
02 - 06 - 11 - S Club Juniors - PUPPY LOVE / SLEIGH RIDE
04 - 09 - 12 - Ronan Keating featuring Lulu - WE'VE GOT TONIGHT
10 - 13 - 13 - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland - DILEMMA
1 - NEW - 14 - Death In Vegas featuring Liam Gallagher - SCORPIO RISING
02 - 05 - 15 - Gareth Gates - WHAT MY HEART WANTS TO SAY
02 - 11 - 16 - Pink - FAMILY PORTRAIT
04 - 12 - 17 - Atomic Kitten - THE LAST GOODBYE / BE WITH YOU
03 - 14 - 18 - Liberty X - HOLDING ON FOR YOU
06 - 10 - 19 - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman - DIRRTY
02 - 15 - 20 - Ja Rule featuring Bobby Brown - THUG LOVIN'
04 - 19 - 21 - Liam Lynch - UNITED STATES OF WHATEVER
02 - 17 - 22 - Russell Watson - NOTHING SACRED - A SONG FOR KIRSTY
1 - NEW - 23 - Pascal featuring Karen Parry - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
05 - 18 - 24 - Jennifer Lopez - JENNY FROM THE BLOCK
02 - 16 - 25 - Holly Valance - NAUGHTY GIRL
08 - 20 - 26 - DJ Sammy And Yanou Featuring Do - HEAVEN
10 - 22 - 27 - Big Brovaz - NU FLOW
03 - 23 - 28 - Rainbow (George and Zippy) - IT'S A RAINBOW
07 - 31 - 29 - Shania Twain - I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD!
06 - 25 - 30 - Sugababes - STRONGER / ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
09 - 28 - 31 - Justin Timberlake - LIKE I LOVE YOU
08 - 24 - 32 - Madonna - DIE ANOTHER DAY
05 - 27 - 33 - Will Young - DON'T LET ME DOWN / YOU AND I
04 - 26 - 34 - Darius - RUSHES
04 - 30 - 35 - Enrique Iglesias - MAYBE
1 - NEW - 36 - Rolling Stones - DON'T STOP
07 - 38 - 37 - Westlife - UNBREAKABLE
05 - 34 - 38 - S Club - ALIVE
09 - 37 - 39 - Blue - ONE LOVE
04 - 32 - 40 - Scooter - POSSE (I NEED YOU ON THE FLOOR)

03 - 33 - 41 - Ms Dynamite - PUT HIM OUT
02 - 21 - 42 - Bon Jovi - MISSUNDERSTOOD
02 - 29 - 43 - Declan featuring Young Voices Choir - TELL ME WHY
06 - 39 - 44 - Blazin' Squad - LOVE ON THE LINE
05 - 36 - 45 - Mariah Carey - THROUGH THE RAIN
1 - NEW - 46 - Future Breeze - OCEAN OF ETERNITY
07 - 40 - 47 - Missy Elliott - WORK IT
09 - 47 - 48 - U2 - ELECTRICAL STORM
06 - 45 - 49 - Coldplay - THE SCIENTIST
1 - NEW - 50 - Hermes House Band and DJ Otzi - LIVE IS LIFE
02 - 35 - 51 - David Gray - THE OTHER SIDE
06 - 48 - 52 - Shakira - OBJECTION (TANGO)
05 - 41 - 53 - Sum 41 - STILL WAITING
05 - 42 - 54 - Rikki and Daz featuring Glen Campbell - RHINESTONE COWBOY (GIDDY UP GIDDY UP)
07 - 66 - 55 - Sophie Ellis Bextor - MUSIC GETS THE BEST OF ME
06 - 46 - 56 - Kylie Minogue - COME INTO MY WORLD
06 - 43 - 57 - Ashanti - HAPPY
08 - 54 - 58 - Craig David - WHAT'S YOUR FLAVA
02 - 51 - 59 - Bacshelf Dog - NO LIMITS
1 - NEW - 60 - Shy FX - WOLF
1 - NEW - 61 - Kelly Rowland - STOLE
07 - 64 - 62 - Dannii Minogue - PUT THE NEEDLE ON IT
05 - 44 - 63 - Lasgo - PRAY
13 - 61 - 64 - Will Young and Gareth Gates - THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / SUSPICIOUS MINDS
04 - 50 - 65 - Alicia Keys - GIRLFRIEND
1 - NEW - 66 - Dave Clark - THE WOLF
05 - 58 - 67 - Snoop Dogg - FROM THE CHUUURCH TO DA PALACE
07 - 52 - 68 - Britney Spears - I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL
07 - 62 - 69 - Queens Of The Stone Age - NO ONE KNOWS
02 - 60 - 70 - Lisa Pin Up - BLOW YOUR MIND (I AM THE WOMAN)
06 - RE - 71 - H and Claire - ALL OUT OF LOVE / BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
07 - RE - 72 - Shaggy - HEY SEXY LADY
06 - 59 - 73 - Santana featuring Michelle Branch - THE GAME OF LOVE
09 - 57 - 74 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - THE ZEPHYR SONG
11 - 56 - 75 - S Club Juniors - NEW DIRECTION

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 8th December 2017, 11:58 PM

Sound of The Underground I really liked at the time. I wonder now were the producers inspired by Puretone's Addicted To Bass earlier in the year for the production as it does sound to me like it uses a poppier version of Addicted To Bass's kind of style, they share the use of breakbeats and sassy vocal style.

Sacred Trust I found rather boring and forgettable back then and still do.

I remember I was glad The Cheeky Girls got #3 at the time and gatecrashed the two rival winners singles, not that I followed the charts but I heard it on the TV.

I wonder would Love Inc's You're A Superstar have done better in the chart if it was released in a quieter week. What a weird week to release it, still did very well though on a busy week.

I do like that Pascal ft Karen Parry cover of 'I Think We're Alone Now'. Pascal are actually Flip and Fill under a different name, not sure why they used that lesser known name.

Posted by: dancember 9th December 2017, 11:39 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20041219/7501/

No contest here with Band Aid 20 smashing it out of the park for a third consecutive week to hold the Xmas #1. It was the first Band Aid release since 1989 and did better than that version too. Low sales everywhere else allowed Ronan Keating to get a #2 single so we can all be thankful for Band Aid that year as 'Father And Son' would have made an awful Christmas number one in both sales figures and song quality. Quite a few other new entries but most of them I don't know nor do I particularly want to check them out either, which includes a cover of 'I Got You Babe' from Bo Selecta ('Proper Crimbo') though credited to Merrion, McColl & Kensit. That enters at #5 and if 'Proper Crimbo' is anything to go by then I expect this would be terrible also.

Saving the top ten are 'I Believe In You', 'You Can Do It', 'Lose My Breath' and 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams'. We also have 'Out Of Touch' in the top 20 which would go on to climb into the top ten in the new year. Out of the other new entries one I do recognise/like is 'Just Can't Wait (Saturday)' at #28 from 100% though honestly I forgot it existed and it's not exactly a dance classic.

04 - 01 - 01 - Band Aid 20 - DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? 231k
1 - NEW - 02 - Ronan Keating And Yusuf - FATHER AND SON
02 - 02 - 03 - Kylie Minogue - I BELIEVE IN YOU
03 - 03 - 04 - Ice Cube Featuring Mack 10 And Ms Toi - YOU CAN DO IT
1 - NEW - 05 - Avid Merrion, Davina McColl And Patsy Kensit - I GOT YOU BABE / SODA POP
07 - 04 - 06 - Destiny's Child - LOSE MY BREATH
05 - 06 - 07 - Lemar - IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE
03 - 07 - 08 - Green Day - BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
05 - 05 - 09 - Girls Aloud - I'LL STAND BY YOU
1 - NEW - 10 - Morrissey - I HAVE FORGIVEN JESUS
03 - 09 - 11 - Natasha Bedingfield - UNWRITTEN
05 - 10 - 12 - Gwen Stefani - WHAT YOU WAITING FOR?
1 - NEW - 13 - Cliff Richard - I CANNOT GIVE YOU MY LOVE
04 - 11 - 14 - Nelly And Christina Aguilera - TILT YA HEAD BACK
04 - 13 - 15 - Uniting Nations - OUT OF TOUCH
03 - 12 - 16 - Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Pharrell - DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT
07 - 14 - 17 - Eminem - JUST LOSE IT
02 - 08 - 18 - Robbie Williams - MISUNDERSTOOD
04 - 19 - 19 - Jay-Z / Linkin Park - NUMB / ENCORE
07 - 17 - 20 - Christina Aguilera And Missy Elliott - CAR WASH
1 - NEW - 21 - Electric Six - RADIO GA GA
1 - NEW - 22 - Goldie Lookin' Chain - YOU KNOWS I LOVES YOU
06 - 22 - 23 - U2 - VERTIGO
14 - 23 - 24 - Eric Prydz - CALL ON ME
04 - 16 - 25 - Brian McFadden - IRISH SON
02 - 15 - 26 - 3rd Wish Featuring Baby Bash - OBSESSION (SI ES AMOR)
1 - NEW - 27 - Damien Rice - THE BLOWER'S DAUGHTER
1 - NEW - 28 - 100% Featuring Jennifer John - JUST CAN'T WAIT (SATURDAY)
04 - 20 - 29 - Geri Halliwell - RIDE IT
07 - 25 - 30 - Jamelia - DJ / STOP
07 - 24 - 31 - Usher / Usher Featuring Alicia Keys - CONFESSIONS PART II / MY BOO
07 - 26 - 32 - Michael Gray - THE WEEKEND
03 - 21 - 33 - Babyshambles - KILLAMANGIRO
05 - 18 - 34 - JoJo Featuring Bow Wow - BABY IT'S YOU
05 - 29 - 35 - McFly - ROOM ON THE 3RD FLOOR
1 - NEW - 36 - Blink 182 - ALWAYS
1 - NEW - 37 - Zutons - CONFUSION
1 - NEW - 38 - Skandi Girls - DO THE CAN CAN
02 - 27 - 39 - Maroon 5 - SUNDAY MORNING
06 - 34 - 40 - Blue - CURTAIN FALLS

04 - 32 - 41 - Shania Twain Featuring Mark McGrath - PARTY FOR TWO
12 - 40 - 42 - Deep Dish - FLASHDANCE
11 - 36 - 43 - Khia - MY NECK, MY BACK (LICK IT)
03 - 37 - 44 - Joss Stone - RIGHT TO BE WRONG
02 - 28 - 45 - Mousse T Featuring Emma Lanford - RIGHT ABOUT NOW
02 - 31 - 46 - Corrs - LONG NIGHT
07 - 42 - 47 - Britney Spears - MY PREROGATIVE
09 - 39 - 48 - Kelis featuring Andre 3000 - MILLIONAIRE
06 - 52 - 49 - Jamie Cullum - EVERLASTING LOVE
02 - 35 - 50 - Paul Holt - FIFTY GRAND FOR CHRISTMAS
02 - 30 - 51 - Brian Wilson - GOOD VIBRATIONS
06 - 44 - 52 - Dizzee Rascal - DREAM
02 - 38 - 53 - Beastie Boys - OPEN LETTER TO NYC
03 - 41 - 54 - Razorlight - RIP IT UP
05 - 47 - 55 - Embrace - ASHES
02 - 50 - 56 - Cheekie Girls - BOYS AND GIRLS
03 - 46 - 57 - Streets - COULD WELL BE IN
04 - 48 - 58 - Keane - THIS IS THE LAST TIME
03 - 45 - 59 - Nadia Almada - A LITTLE BIT OF ACTION
03 - 51 - 60 - Alter Ego - ROCKER
02 - 33 - 61 - Ash - RENEGADE CAVALCADE
05 - 54 - 62 - Fabolous - BREATHE
02 - 43 - 63 - Beautiful South - THIS OLD SKIN
1 - NEW - 64 - Hot Pantz - GIVE U ONE 4 CHRISTMAS
05 - 55 - 65 - Anastacia - WELCOME TO MY TRUTH
09 - 64 - 66 - R Kelly - HAPPY PEOPLE / U SAVED ME
05 - 58 - 67 - I Dream Featuring Frankie And Calvin - DREAMIN'
05 - 66 - 68 - 411 - TEARDROPS
1 - NEW - 69 - Gene - LET ME MOVE ON
1 - NEW - 70 - Fresh - CAPTURE THE FLAG / TWISTER
1 - NEW - 71 - My Chemical Romance - THANK YOU FOR THE VENOM
06 - 53 - 72 - Eye Opener - HUNGRY EYES
08 - 63 - 73 - Ja Rule featuring R Kelly And Ashanti - WONDERFUL
09 - 76 - 74 - Akon featuring Styles P - LOCKED UP
06 - 61 - 75 - Delta Goodrem - OUT OF THE BLUE

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 9th December 2017, 05:42 PM

Yep I agree Band Aid 20 is better imo than the Ronan and Yusuf version of 'Father and Son' (I do prefer the Boyzone version). Yusuf's vocal is nice in it though.

Just can't Wait (Saturday) I don't remember from the time but it is rather good imo, recognise it as it seems to cover the song in the Ant and Dec's Saturday night theme tune. Prefer the Stonebridge radio edit than the normal radio edit tbh as it sounds more dancey.

It did take a while for 'Out Of Touch' to take off, almost like a steaming era chart run it had. Weird in the held back era. Great track though, one I remember a lot from the time!

Haven't ever heard I don't think that Morrissey song that entered at #10, rather good on listening to it now imo. Stand by You, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Lose My Breath are all very good tracks in the top 10 imo too. 'I Believe In You' is OK imo but not one of my favourite Kylie Minogue tracks.

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 13th December 2017, 11:46 PM

Also the iconic Drop it Like Its Hot by Snoop/Pharrell - one of the best tracks of the era!

Also the equally iconic xmas classic by Hot Pantz I'd Like to Give You One For Christmas in at 64!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 14th December 2017, 10:43 PM

I think my favourite in that Top 10 was “I Believe In You” but that's probably too melancholic to be a Christmas number 1.

“Numb/Encore” at 19 was on its 4th week of a 13 week run between 14 and 20 and I think is the biggest ever selling #14 record (I think??)

Paul Holt at 50 (down from 35) accepting the challenge from Simon Cowell, when on the first series of The X Factor Simon said he would pay Paul £50,000 if he got a #1 single.. it's not too late to remedy that..

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 15th December 2017, 12:41 AM

The Numb/Encore chart run was epic - remember it well.

Human League got the Christmas No1 remember - electropop at its best!

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 15th December 2017, 07:23 PM

Is the next Christmas chart of the past being posted soon soon, dang?

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 16th December 2017, 08:21 AM

You dying for another one Snow??

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 19th December 2017, 12:54 AM

Will there be another one of these ?

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 19th December 2017, 03:32 PM

I will do another one if danG doesn't soon

Posted by: dandy* 19th December 2017, 09:35 PM

Feel free anyway, I think Dan's silence means he won't be too upset!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 21st December 2017, 01:16 PM

Christmas 1992

Chart published 20 December 1992 - listen to it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/1869300/uk-top-40-radio-1-bruno-brookes-20-12-1992/

Whitney Houston scores an easy 4th week at #1 but Take That (who were turned down by Simon Cowell) score their first Top 5 hit and Simon Cowell's most successful project to-date (having reached #14 the previous Christmas with The UK Mixmasters) 'WWF Superstars' falls from 4-6. Also worthy of note is Darlene Love at 34 who Michael always 'bangs on about' and my favourite tracks here from Stereo MCs and The Prodigy (albeit not very festive!)



WoC - LW - TW - Artist - SONG

07 - 01 - 01 - Whitney Houston - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
04 - 02 - 02 - Michael Jackson - HEAL THE WORLD
10 - 03 - 03 - Charles And Eddie - WOULD I LIE TO YOU?
03 - 05 - 04 - Take That - COULD IT BE MAGIC
02 - 07 - 05 - Shamen - PHOREVER PEOPLE
03 - 04 - 06 - WWF Superstars - SLAM JAM
04 - 10 - 07 - Boney M - BONEY M MEGAMIX
03 - 16 - 08 - Gloria Estefan - MIAMI HIT MIX
04 - 09 - 09 - Rod Stewart - TOM TRAUBERT'S BLUES (WALTZING MATILDA)
03 - 06 - 10 - Madonna - DEEPER AND DEEPER
02 - 19 - 11 - Lisa Stansfield - SOMEDAY (I'M COMING BACK)
05 - 14 - 12 - Diana Ross - IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER
03 - 08 - 13 - Freddie Mercury - IN MY DEFENCE
06 - 11 - 14 - Prodigy - OUT OF SPACE / RUFF IN THE JUNGLE BIZNESS
06 - 18 - 15 - Simply Red - THE MONTREUX EP
04 - 12 - 16 - Cliff Richard - I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU
04 - 15 - 17 - Stereo MCs - STEP IT UP
06 - 13 - 18 - Heaven 17 - TEMPTATION (BROTHERS IN RHYTHM REMIX)
1 - NEW - 19 - Michael Bolton - DRIFT AWAY
04 - 20 - 20 - Lemonheads - MRS ROBINSON / BEING AROUND
03 - 17 - 21 - 808 State And UB40 - ONE IN TEN
02 - 27 - 22 - Slipstreem - WE ARE RAVING - THE ANTHEM
02 - 32 - 23 - Boyz II Men - MOTOWNPHILLY
10 - 22 - 24 - Arrested Development - PEOPLE EVERYDAY
04 - 21 - 25 - Dina Carroll - SO CLOSE
02 - 29 - 26 - SL2 - WAY IN MY BRAIN / DRUMBEATS
17 - 23 - 27 - Boyz II Men - END OF THE ROAD
02 - 26 - 28 - East Side Beat - ALIVE AND KICKING
07 - 24 - 29 - Undercover - NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY
03 - 28 - 30 - Nirvana - IN BLOOM
02 - 34 - 31 - Kris Kross - IT'S A SHAME
06 - 31 - 32 - Guns n' Roses - YESTERDAYS
02 - 39 - 33 - Mike Oldfield - TATTOO
02 - 67 - 34 - Darlene Love - ALL ALONE ON CHRISTMAS
04 - 33 - 35 - U2 - WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
03 - 30 - 36 - KWS Featuring The Trammps - HOLD BACK THE NIGHT
04 - 40 - 37 - HWA Featuring Sonic The Hedgehog - SUPERSONIC
02 - 46 - 38 - Louie Louie - THE THOUGHT OF IT
02 - 48 - 39 - Uncanny Alliance - I GOT MY EDUCATION
02 - 55 - 40 - Brand New Heavies - STAY THIS WAY
02 - 56 - 41 - Shai - IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE
04 - 36 - 42 - Wreckx-N-Effect - RUMP SHAKER
02 - 35 - 43 - Morrissey - CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW
05 - 37 - 44 - Kylie Minogue - CELEBRATION
05 - 38 - 45 - REM - MAN ON THE MOON
04 - 44 - 46 - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - TELEVISION, THE DRUG OF THE NATION
12 - 42 - 47 - Vanessa Paradis - BE MY BABY
04 - 43 - 48 - Prince - 7
04 - 54 - 49 - Phillip Schofield - CLOSE EVERY DOOR
05 - 41 - 50 - Deacon Blue - YOUR TOWN
09 - 45 - 51 - Rage - RUN TO YOU
1 - NEW - 52 - Rapination And Kym Mazelle - LOVE ME THE RIGHT WAY
02 - 61 - 53 - Alvin And The Chipmunks With Billy Ray Cyrus - ACHY BREAKY HEART
03 - 47 - 54 - Network - BROKEN WINGS
03 - 64 - 55 - Bjorn Again - SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN
03 - 62 - 56 - Altern 8 - BRUTAL-8-E
05 - 52 - 57 - Richard Marx - CHAINS AROUND MY HEART

04 - 49 - 58 - Club 69 - LET ME BE YOUR UNDERWEAR
05 - 50 - 59 - Shabba Ranks Featuring Johnny Gill - SLOW AND SEXY
02 - 69 - 60 - Suzanne Vega - BLOOD MAKES NOISE
03 - 60 - 61 - Sinead O'Connor - DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
03 - 53 - 62 - Dannii Minogue - LOVE'S ON EVERY CORNER
1 - NEW - 63 - Source And Nicole - ROCK THE HOUSE
05 - 72 - 64 - Jason Donovan - AS TIME GOES BY
1 - NEW - 65 - Hardfloor - HARDTRANCE ACPERIENCE EP
03 - 58 - 66 - Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - YOU GOTTA BELIEVE
03 - 59 - 67 - Secret Life - AS ALWAYS
02 - RE - 68 - Michael Ball - IF I CAN DREAM
02 - 74 - 69 - Ramones - POISON HEART
08 - 68 - 70 - En Vogue - FREE YOUR MIND / GIVING HIM SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL
03 - RE - 71 - Celine Dion - IF YOU ASKED ME TO
04 - 51 - 72 - Ned's Atomic Dustbin - INTACT
04 - RE - 73 - Lionel Richie - LOVE OH LOVE
06 - 63 - 74 - Cathy Dennis - IRRESISTIBLE
06 - 71 - 75 - East 17 - GOLD

Here's the chart commentary from James Masterton at the time:

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 21st December 2017, 01:43 PM

1992, the year I was born!

I have been checking out the 90s chart archives a lot recently in connection with finally reading the 90s dance number 1s thread on here so I finally know more about 90s chart music, particularly dance music now.

Shamen - Phorever People is my fave in that top 10. It kind of continued the eurodance trend started by Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer with the techno synths and the male rapped verses and soulful female sung chorus, and of course that trend would last into early 1995.

I don't know why Shamen didn't continue with that sort of sound tbh, they could have got more hits especially in 1993 when that sound became more of a trend. Their next single was much less commercial sounding though so maybe they didn't want to go down the eurodance path too much.

Out Of Space and Rage's version of Run To You are fab dance tunes also.

Outside dance music, Would I Lie To You is an excellent song too I think. I have liked that song pretty much from when I first heard it which was years ago on the radio.

'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston is much better than the Dolly Parton original and I like the use of the gap before the huge final chorus with Whitney's huge vocal.

Good to see you continue this Dr Blind, I would have but I couldn't find a site to copy and paste the archive chart easily. Can you maybe do 1994 next?

Posted by: Doctor Blind 21st December 2017, 02:03 PM

QUOTE(❄The Snow. @ Dec 21 2017, 01:43 PM)

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 21st December 2017, 02:51 PM

QUOTE(Doctor Blind @ Dec 21 2017, 02:03 PM)

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 21st December 2017, 04:48 PM

I looked up the 1993 Christmas chart just out of interest and definitely the brilliant song at number 4 that week would have made the best Christmas number 1 that year imo.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 22nd December 2017, 10:49 AM

Christmas 1994

Chart published 25 December 1994 - listen to it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/lottielonglegs/radio-1-uk-top-40-chart-with-bruno-brookes-25121994/

This was the first ever Top 40 broadcast on Christmas Day itself.. the #1 was revealed a little earlier on Top of the Pops on BBC1 so listeners already knew the #1. Of course it was the big Christmas battle between East 17 and Mariah Carey. East 17 had spent 3 weeks already at number 1 and Mariah was on her 2nd at #2 however there was a last minute challenge from Oasis, self-touted as an 'instant #1' in typical arrogant Gallagher style, it kept the race going and ended up crashing in at a very respectable #3 (by miles their biggest hit to-date) - and a little below them were two future #1s from Rednex and Celine Dion which would be huge in the first few months of 1995.




WoC - LW - TW - Artist - SONG

05 - 01 - 01 - East 17 - STAY ANOTHER DAY
04 - 02 - 02 - Mariah Carey - ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
1 - NEW - 03 - Oasis - WHATEVER
04 - 03 - 04 - Boyzone - LOVE ME FOR A REASON
03 - 07 - 05 - Rednex - COTTON EYE JOE
11 - 05 - 06 - Celine Dion - THINK TWICE
06 - 06 - 07 - Jimmy Nail - CROCODILE SHOES
02 - 08 - 08 - Zig And Zag - THEM GIRLS THEM GIRLS
03 - 04 - 09 - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers - POWER RANGERS
07 - 10 - 10 - Louis Armstrong - WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
03 - 09 - 11 - Bon Jovi - PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
05 - 11 - 12 - Gloria Estefan - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
04 - 12 - 13 - Whigfield - ANOTHER DAY
07 - 13 - 14 - Baby D - LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY
03 - 32 - 15 - Bill Whelan Featuring Anuna And The RTE Concert Orchestra - RIVERDANCE
05 - 14 - 16 - PJ And Duncan - ETERNAL LOVE
14 - 17 - 17 - Pato Banton - BABY COME BACK
03 - 16 - 18 - Madonna - TAKE A BOW
02 - 15 - 19 - Eternal - CRAZY
09 - 19 - 20 - (MC Sar And) The Real McCoy - ANOTHER NIGHT
04 - 20 - 21 - Cliff Richard With Phil Everly / Cliff Richard - ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM / MISS YOU NIGHTS
16 - 21 - 22 - Whigfield - SATURDAY NIGHT
03 - 18 - 23 - M-Beat Featuring Nazlyn - SWEET LOVE
09 - 23 - 24 - Eternal - OH BABY I...
15 - 22 - 25 - Bon Jovi - ALWAYS
09 - 24 - 26 - Sheryl Crow - ALL I WANNA DO
07 - 26 - 27 - M People - SIGHT FOR SORE EYES
03 - 28 - 28 - Michelle Gayle - I'LL FIND YOU
06 - 27 - 29 - Kylie Minogue - PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
03 - 25 - 30 - 2 In A Tent featuring George Formby - WHEN I'M CLEANING WINDOWS (TURNED OUT NICE AGAIN)
04 - 29 - 31 - EYC - ONE MORE CHANCE
03 - 33 - 32 - Joe Cocker - LET THE HEALING BEGIN
02 - 31 - 33 - Strike - U SURE DO
03 - 34 - 34 - Black Duck - WHIGGLE IN LINE
05 - 37 - 35 - Stone Roses - LOVE SPREADS
03 - 30 - 36 - 2wo Third3 - I WANT TO BE ALONE
33 - 52 - 37 - Wet Wet Wet - LOVE IS ALL AROUND
11 - 43 - 38 - R Kelly - SHE'S GOT THAT VIBE
02 - 38 - 39 - Robert Palmer - YOU BLOW ME AWAY
05 - 42 - 40 - Erasure - I LOVE SATURDAY
03 - 36 - 41 - CJ Lewis - DOLLARS
05 - 39 - 42 - Grid - TEXAS COWBOYS
06 - 40 - 43 - Sinead O'Connor - THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME
12 - 59 - 44 - Take That - SURE
04 - 57 - 45 - Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra - GUAGLIONE
05 - 47 - 46 - Reel 2 Real Featuring The Mad Stuntman - RAISE YOUR HANDS
15 - 45 - 47 - Michelle Gayle - SWEETNESS
03 - 35 - 48 - Jimmy Page And Robert Plant - GALLOWS POLE
14 - RE - 49 - Red Dragon With Brian And Tony Gold - COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS
05 - 46 - 50 - Ice Cube - YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT
02 - 44 - 51 - Carpenters - TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN
22 - 56 - 52 - Let Loose - CRAZY FOR YOU
02 - 48 - 53 - Byker Groove! - LOVE YOUR SEXY...!!
19 - 73 - 54 - China Black - SEARCHING
07 - 61 - 55 - New Order - TRUE FAITH
05 - 58 - 56 - Cranberries - ODE TO MY FAMILY
03 - 41 - 57 - Bomb The Bass Featuring Spikey Tee - DARKHEART
04 - 49 - 58 - Rolling Stones - OUT OF TEARS
05 - 54 - 59 - Roxette - RUN TO YOU
23 - 68 - 60 - Youssou N'Dour Featuring Neneh Cherry - 7 SECONDS
07 - 63 - 61 - Jamiroquai - HALF THE MAN
09 - 69 - 62 - Tom Jones - IF I ONLY KNEW
04 - 60 - 63 - Joe Longthorne And Liz Dawn - PASSING STRANGERS
03 - 55 - 64 - Eric Idle/Richard Wilson - ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
03 - 53 - 65 - Mike Oldfield - HIBERNACULUM
03 - RE - 66 - Julio Iglesias - FRAGILE
06 - 50 - 67 - New Atlantic / U4EA Featuring Berri - THE SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN
14 - 75 - 68 - Boyz II Men - I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU
07 - RE - 69 - Oasis - CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL
02 - 51 - 70 - Throwing Muses - BRIGHT YELLOW GUN
15 - RE - 71 - Corona - THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
06 - RE - 72 - Warren G - THIS DJ
04 - 64 - 73 - Mary J Blige - BE HAPPY
05 - RE - 74 - Sean Maguire - TAKE THIS TIME
1 - NEW - 75 - Heartbeat Country - HEARTBEAT

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 22nd December 2017, 02:13 PM

I am going to listen to that chart! Thanks for the link!

The amount of variety in the top 10 is fantastic. Everything from cheesy ballads from Celine Dion to rock from Oasis to hi-tempo dance from Rednex.

The Oasis song sounds great...not one of the ones I know the best from them though!

Another Night and Let Me Be Your Fantasy are the highlights of the top 20 for me though!

Also, what was to become a big hit in the new year from Strike with 'U Sure Do' in the low top 40 I see. Fab house tune!

Posted by: ►▲NT▲ CL▲ 22nd December 2017, 02:55 PM

Mariah Carey was robbed.

Posted by: Suedehead2 22nd December 2017, 03:34 PM

QUOTE(►▲NT▲ CL▲ @ Dec 22 2017, 02:55 PM)

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 22nd December 2017, 07:24 PM

Two more charts for me to comment on!! Can't wait to read them!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 23rd December 2017, 01:26 PM

Back to Christmas 1990 now and the last time that Sir Cliff made it to Xmas #1 (although he did come close again in 1999 as seen earlier in this thread)

This is for the chart published on 23 December 1990 which is of course exactly 27 years ago. Mark Goodier was presenting the chart back then on BBC Radio 1 which you can hear here: https://www.mixcloud.com/1869300/uk-top-40-radio-1-mark-goodier-23-12-1990/
(It was a 2hr show in those days)

So Cliff at #1 (though he only lasted 1 week there), with bookies favourite Vanilla Ice deposed at the last minute. Jumping into the Top 10 was the Grease MegaMix, but at #4 was to be a future chart topper from Enigma. I think my favourites in the Top 10 are The Farm and EMF but great to see a future hit from Seal (Crazy at 15) and La's just about hanging on to the bottom rung of the chart at #75 with There She Goes. Oh and finally, at number 11... Women like three things: Men in kilts, Southern Comfort, and Chris Isaac's 'Wicked Game'.



WOC - LW - TW - Artist - SONG

04 - 02 - 01 - Cliff Richard - SAVIOUR'S DAY
06 - 01 - 02 - Vanilla Ice - ICE ICE BABY
03 - 04 - 03 - Righteous Brothers - YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
03 - 06 - 04 - Enigma - SADNESS PART 1
02 - 14 - 05 - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John - THE GREASE MEGAMIX
04 - 05 - 06 - Farm - ALL TOGETHER NOW
04 - 03 - 07 - Madonna - JUSTIFY MY LOVE
04 - 08 - 08 - Snap! - MARY HAD A LITTLE BOY
04 - 10 - 09 - MC Hammer - PRAY
09 - 07 - 10 - EMF - UNBELIEVABLE
06 - 12 - 11 - Chris Isaak - WICKED GAME
10 - 09 - 12 - Righteous Brothers - UNCHAINED MELODY
02 - 25 - 13 - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - THE CRAZY PARTY MIXES
05 - 11 - 14 - Malandra Burrows - JUST THIS SIDE OF LOVE
04 - 23 - 15 - Seal - CRAZY
03 - 20 - 16 - Status Quo - THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ - PART TWO
06 - 19 - 17 - Twenty4Seven Featuring Captain Hollywood - ARE YOU DREAMING?
03 - 15 - 18 - Black Box - TOTAL MIX
03 - 24 - 19 - Shakin' Stevens - THE BEST CHRISTMAS OF THEM ALL
04 - 13 - 20 - New Kids On The Block - THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN
04 - 18 - 21 - Yazoo - SITUATION
02 - 27 - 22 - Whitney Houston - ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED
04 - 21 - 23 - INXS - DISAPPEAR
05 - 16 - 24 - Patrick MacNee And Honor Blackman - KINKY BOOTS
04 - 26 - 25 - Carpenters - MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING/(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU
04 - 36 - 26 - Patsy Cline - CRAZY
09 - 17 - 27 - Kim Appleby - DON'T WORRY
07 - 22 - 28 - Dimples D - SUCKER DJ
03 - 31 - 29 - C&C Music Factory Featuring Freedom Williams - GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT
05 - 29 - 30 - Betty Boo - 24 HOURS
09 - 30 - 31 - Julee Cruise - FALLING
03 - 28 - 32 - George Michael - FREEDOM!
06 - 32 - 33 - Rod Stewart And Tina Turner - IT TAKES TWO
02 - 43 - 34 - Gazza - GEORDIE BOYS (GAZZA RAP)
09 - 33 - 35 - Black Box - FANTASY
06 - 35 - 36 - Proclaimers - KING OF THE ROAD (EP)
02 - 39 - 37 - Sisters Of Mercy - DR JEEP
03 - 41 - 38 - Orchestra On The Half Shell - TURTLE RHAPSODY
04 - 38 - 39 - Innocence - A MATTER OF FACT
06 - 34 - 40 - Dream Warriors - MY DEFINITION OF A BOOMBASTIC JAZZ STYLE
02 - 47 - 41 - Belinda Carlisle - SUMMER RAIN
09 - 37 - 42 - Jimmy Somerville - TO LOVE SOMEBODY
16 - 48 - 43 - Bill Medley And Jennifer Warnes - (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE
06 - 42 - 44 - Bombalurina Featuring Timmy Mallett - SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT
04 - 44 - 45 - Beautiful South - MY BOOK
09 - 40 - 46 - Robert Palmer And UB40 - I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT
02 - 56 - 47 - Billy Idol - PRODIGAL BLUES
08 - 49 - 48 - Gazza And Lindisfarne - FOG ON THE TYNE (REVISITED)
03 - 45 - 49 - A-ha - I CALL YOUR NAME
02 - 71 - 50 - Will To Power - I'M NOT IN LOVE
02 - 65 - 51 - Off-Shore - I CAN'T TAKE THE POWER
03 - 46 - 52 - Technotronic Featuring Melissa And Einstein - TURN IT UP
08 - 59 - 53 - 808 State - CUBIK/OLYMPIC
04 - 52 - 54 - Paul McCartney - ALL MY TRIALS
13 - 53 - 55 - Beautiful South - A LITTLE TIME
06 - 54 - 56 - Pet Shop Boys - BEING BORING
02 - 60 - 57 - Peter Gabriel - SOLSBURY HILL / SHAKING THE TREE
04 - 70 - 58 - Phil Collins - DO YOU REMEMBER (LIVE)
08 - 50 - 59 - Megabass - TIME TO MAKE THE FLOOR BURN
06 - 67 - 60 - Deee-Lite - POWER OF LOVE/DEEE-LITE THEME
06 - 58 - 61 - Soul II Soul Featuring Kym Mazelle - MISSING
08 - 62 - 62 - Mariah Carey - LOVE TAKES TIME
04 - 76 - 63 - Elton John - EASIER TO WALK AWAY
04 - 69 - 64 - James - LOSE CONTROL
12 - 57 - 65 - Berlin - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
09 - 63 - 66 - Silje - TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING
03 - 51 - 67 - Kim Wilde - I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE
04 - RE - 68 - Eve Gallagher - LOVE COME DOWN
11 - 77 - 69 - Whitney Houston - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT
04 - 61 - 70 - Bass-O-Matic - EASE ON BY
05 - 73 - 71 - Maxi Priest - HUMAN WORK OF ART
03 - 55 - 72 - Scientist - THE BEE
1 - NEW - 73 - A Homeboy A Hippie And A Funki Dredd - FREEDOM
05 - 74 - 74 - Monie Love - DOWN TO EARTH
21 - 72 - 75 - La's - THERE SHE GOES

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 23rd December 2017, 03:30 PM

QUOTE(Doctor Blind @ Dec 21 2017, 01:16 PM)

Christmas 1992

Chart published 20 December 1992 - listen to it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/1869300/uk-top-40-radio-1-bruno-brookes-20-12-1992/

Whitney Houston scores an easy 4th week at #1 but Take That (who were turned down by Simon Cowell) score their first Top 5 hit and Simon Cowell's most successful project to-date (having reached #14 the previous Christmas with The UK Mixmasters) 'WWF Superstars' falls from 4-6. Also worthy of note is Darlene Love at 34 who Michael always 'bangs on about' and my favourite tracks here from Stereo MCs and The Prodigy (albeit not very festive!)



WoC - LW - TW - Artist - SONG

07 - 01 - 01 - Whitney Houston - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
04 - 02 - 02 - Michael Jackson - HEAL THE WORLD
10 - 03 - 03 - Charles And Eddie - WOULD I LIE TO YOU?
03 - 05 - 04 - Take That - COULD IT BE MAGIC
02 - 07 - 05 - Shamen - PHOREVER PEOPLE
03 - 04 - 06 - WWF Superstars - SLAM JAM
04 - 10 - 07 - Boney M - BONEY M MEGAMIX
03 - 16 - 08 - Gloria Estefan - MIAMI HIT MIX
04 - 09 - 09 - Rod Stewart - TOM TRAUBERT'S BLUES (WALTZING MATILDA)
03 - 06 - 10 - Madonna - DEEPER AND DEEPER
02 - 19 - 11 - Lisa Stansfield - SOMEDAY (I'M COMING BACK)
05 - 14 - 12 - Diana Ross - IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER
03 - 08 - 13 - Freddie Mercury - IN MY DEFENCE
06 - 11 - 14 - Prodigy - OUT OF SPACE / RUFF IN THE JUNGLE BIZNESS
06 - 18 - 15 - Simply Red - THE MONTREUX EP
04 - 12 - 16 - Cliff Richard - I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU
04 - 15 - 17 - Stereo MCs - STEP IT UP
06 - 13 - 18 - Heaven 17 - TEMPTATION (BROTHERS IN RHYTHM REMIX)
1 - NEW - 19 - Michael Bolton - DRIFT AWAY
04 - 20 - 20 - Lemonheads - MRS ROBINSON / BEING AROUND
03 - 17 - 21 - 808 State And UB40 - ONE IN TEN
02 - 27 - 22 - Slipstreem - WE ARE RAVING - THE ANTHEM
02 - 32 - 23 - Boyz II Men - MOTOWNPHILLY
10 - 22 - 24 - Arrested Development - PEOPLE EVERYDAY
04 - 21 - 25 - Dina Carroll - SO CLOSE
02 - 29 - 26 - SL2 - WAY IN MY BRAIN / DRUMBEATS
17 - 23 - 27 - Boyz II Men - END OF THE ROAD
02 - 26 - 28 - East Side Beat - ALIVE AND KICKING
07 - 24 - 29 - Undercover - NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY
03 - 28 - 30 - Nirvana - IN BLOOM
02 - 34 - 31 - Kris Kross - IT'S A SHAME
06 - 31 - 32 - Guns n' Roses - YESTERDAYS
02 - 39 - 33 - Mike Oldfield - TATTOO
02 - 67 - 34 - Darlene Love - ALL ALONE ON CHRISTMAS
04 - 33 - 35 - U2 - WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
03 - 30 - 36 - KWS Featuring The Trammps - HOLD BACK THE NIGHT
04 - 40 - 37 - HWA Featuring Sonic The Hedgehog - SUPERSONIC
02 - 46 - 38 - Louie Louie - THE THOUGHT OF IT
02 - 48 - 39 - Uncanny Alliance - I GOT MY EDUCATION
02 - 55 - 40 - Brand New Heavies - STAY THIS WAY
02 - 56 - 41 - Shai - IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE
04 - 36 - 42 - Wreckx-N-Effect - RUMP SHAKER
02 - 35 - 43 - Morrissey - CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW
05 - 37 - 44 - Kylie Minogue - CELEBRATION
05 - 38 - 45 - REM - MAN ON THE MOON
04 - 44 - 46 - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - TELEVISION, THE DRUG OF THE NATION
12 - 42 - 47 - Vanessa Paradis - BE MY BABY
04 - 43 - 48 - Prince - 7
04 - 54 - 49 - Phillip Schofield - CLOSE EVERY DOOR
05 - 41 - 50 - Deacon Blue - YOUR TOWN
09 - 45 - 51 - Rage - RUN TO YOU
1 - NEW - 52 - Rapination And Kym Mazelle - LOVE ME THE RIGHT WAY
02 - 61 - 53 - Alvin And The Chipmunks With Billy Ray Cyrus - ACHY BREAKY HEART
03 - 47 - 54 - Network - BROKEN WINGS
03 - 64 - 55 - Bjorn Again - SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN
03 - 62 - 56 - Altern 8 - BRUTAL-8-E
05 - 52 - 57 - Richard Marx - CHAINS AROUND MY HEART

04 - 49 - 58 - Club 69 - LET ME BE YOUR UNDERWEAR
05 - 50 - 59 - Shabba Ranks Featuring Johnny Gill - SLOW AND SEXY
02 - 69 - 60 - Suzanne Vega - BLOOD MAKES NOISE
03 - 60 - 61 - Sinead O'Connor - DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
03 - 53 - 62 - Dannii Minogue - LOVE'S ON EVERY CORNER
1 - NEW - 63 - Source And Nicole - ROCK THE HOUSE
05 - 72 - 64 - Jason Donovan - AS TIME GOES BY
1 - NEW - 65 - Hardfloor - HARDTRANCE ACPERIENCE EP
03 - 58 - 66 - Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - YOU GOTTA BELIEVE
03 - 59 - 67 - Secret Life - AS ALWAYS
02 - RE - 68 - Michael Ball - IF I CAN DREAM
02 - 74 - 69 - Ramones - POISON HEART
08 - 68 - 70 - En Vogue - FREE YOUR MIND / GIVING HIM SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL
03 - RE - 71 - Celine Dion - IF YOU ASKED ME TO
04 - 51 - 72 - Ned's Atomic Dustbin - INTACT
04 - RE - 73 - Lionel Richie - LOVE OH LOVE
06 - 63 - 74 - Cathy Dennis - IRRESISTIBLE
06 - 71 - 75 - East 17 - GOLD

Here's the chart commentary from James Masterton at the time:

Posted by: ❄The Snow. 23rd December 2017, 03:41 PM

That Snap! song looks like a Christmas song in terms of title but isn't definitely isn't lyrically, its a rap/dance love song.

Don't know a big lot of tracks in the top 40 but the Cliff song I do know and is good but it isn't an often played Christmas song any more.

My favourite in the top 10 is The Farm - All Together Now, such an anthemic and very 90s song which I have really liked from pretty much when i first heard it many years ago. I thought it was from a few years later in the 90s tbh than 1990 as it does sound a bit ahead of its time.

Lower down the top 40 in the 1990 Christmas chart, George Michael - Freedom is fab too. I like Yazoo - Situation too, looking it up I think the 1990 release was an updated more acid house style remix of the 1982 original.

Thanks for posting the link Dr Blind to the original Radio 1 chart and I will listen to it soon. I love listening to the retro radio shows that have been put up online, especially from the 80s and 90s!

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 23rd December 2017, 03:48 PM

QUOTE(Doctor Blind @ Dec 23 2017, 01:26 PM)

Back to Christmas 1990 now and the last time that Sir Cliff made it to Xmas #1 (although he did come close again in 1999 as seen earlier in this thread)

This is for the chart published on 23 December 1990 which is of course exactly 27 years ago. Mark Goodier was presenting the chart back then on BBC Radio 1 which you can hear here: https://www.mixcloud.com/1869300/uk-top-40-radio-1-mark-goodier-23-12-1990/
(It was a 2hr show in those days)

So Cliff at #1 (though he only lasted 1 week there), with bookies favourite Vanilla Ice deposed at the last minute. Jumping into the Top 10 was the Grease MegaMix, but at #4 was to be a future chart topper from Enigma. I think my favourites in the Top 10 are The Farm and EMF but great to see a future hit from Seal (Crazy at 15) and La's just about hanging on to the bottom rung of the chart at #75 with There She Goes. Oh and finally, at number 11... Women like three things: Men in kilts, Southern Comfort, and Chris Isaac's 'Wicked Game'.



WOC - LW - TW - Artist - SONG

04 - 02 - 01 - Cliff Richard - SAVIOUR'S DAY
06 - 01 - 02 - Vanilla Ice - ICE ICE BABY
03 - 04 - 03 - Righteous Brothers - YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
03 - 06 - 04 - Enigma - SADNESS PART 1
02 - 14 - 05 - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John - THE GREASE MEGAMIX
04 - 05 - 06 - Farm - ALL TOGETHER NOW
04 - 03 - 07 - Madonna - JUSTIFY MY LOVE
04 - 08 - 08 - Snap! - MARY HAD A LITTLE BOY
04 - 10 - 09 - MC Hammer - PRAY
09 - 07 - 10 - EMF - UNBELIEVABLE
06 - 12 - 11 - Chris Isaak - WICKED GAME
10 - 09 - 12 - Righteous Brothers - UNCHAINED MELODY
02 - 25 - 13 - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - THE CRAZY PARTY MIXES
05 - 11 - 14 - Malandra Burrows - JUST THIS SIDE OF LOVE
04 - 23 - 15 - Seal - CRAZY
03 - 20 - 16 - Status Quo - THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ - PART TWO
06 - 19 - 17 - Twenty4Seven Featuring Captain Hollywood - ARE YOU DREAMING?
03 - 15 - 18 - Black Box - TOTAL MIX
03 - 24 - 19 - Shakin' Stevens - THE BEST CHRISTMAS OF THEM ALL
04 - 13 - 20 - New Kids On The Block - THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN
04 - 18 - 21 - Yazoo - SITUATION
02 - 27 - 22 - Whitney Houston - ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED
04 - 21 - 23 - INXS - DISAPPEAR
05 - 16 - 24 - Patrick MacNee And Honor Blackman - KINKY BOOTS
04 - 26 - 25 - Carpenters - MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING/(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU
04 - 36 - 26 - Patsy Cline - CRAZY
09 - 17 - 27 - Kim Appleby - DON'T WORRY
07 - 22 - 28 - Dimples D - SUCKER DJ
03 - 31 - 29 - C&C Music Factory Featuring Freedom Williams - GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT
05 - 29 - 30 - Betty Boo - 24 HOURS
09 - 30 - 31 - Julee Cruise - FALLING
03 - 28 - 32 - George Michael - FREEDOM!
06 - 32 - 33 - Rod Stewart And Tina Turner - IT TAKES TWO
02 - 43 - 34 - Gazza - GEORDIE BOYS (GAZZA RAP)
09 - 33 - 35 - Black Box - FANTASY
06 - 35 - 36 - Proclaimers - KING OF THE ROAD (EP)
02 - 39 - 37 - Sisters Of Mercy - DR JEEP
03 - 41 - 38 - Orchestra On The Half Shell - TURTLE RHAPSODY
04 - 38 - 39 - Innocence - A MATTER OF FACT
06 - 34 - 40 - Dream Warriors - MY DEFINITION OF A BOOMBASTIC JAZZ STYLE
02 - 47 - 41 - Belinda Carlisle - SUMMER RAIN
09 - 37 - 42 - Jimmy Somerville - TO LOVE SOMEBODY
16 - 48 - 43 - Bill Medley And Jennifer Warnes - (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE
06 - 42 - 44 - Bombalurina Featuring Timmy Mallett - SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT
04 - 44 - 45 - Beautiful South - MY BOOK
09 - 40 - 46 - Robert Palmer And UB40 - I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT
02 - 56 - 47 - Billy Idol - PRODIGAL BLUES
08 - 49 - 48 - Gazza And Lindisfarne - FOG ON THE TYNE (REVISITED)
03 - 45 - 49 - A-ha - I CALL YOUR NAME
02 - 71 - 50 - Will To Power - I'M NOT IN LOVE
02 - 65 - 51 - Off-Shore - I CAN'T TAKE THE POWER
03 - 46 - 52 - Technotronic Featuring Melissa And Einstein - TURN IT UP
08 - 59 - 53 - 808 State - CUBIK/OLYMPIC
04 - 52 - 54 - Paul McCartney - ALL MY TRIALS
13 - 53 - 55 - Beautiful South - A LITTLE TIME
06 - 54 - 56 - Pet Shop Boys - BEING BORING
02 - 60 - 57 - Peter Gabriel - SOLSBURY HILL / SHAKING THE TREE
04 - 70 - 58 - Phil Collins - DO YOU REMEMBER (LIVE)
08 - 50 - 59 - Megabass - TIME TO MAKE THE FLOOR BURN
06 - 67 - 60 - Deee-Lite - POWER OF LOVE/DEEE-LITE THEME
06 - 58 - 61 - Soul II Soul Featuring Kym Mazelle - MISSING
08 - 62 - 62 - Mariah Carey - LOVE TAKES TIME
04 - 76 - 63 - Elton John - EASIER TO WALK AWAY
04 - 69 - 64 - James - LOSE CONTROL
12 - 57 - 65 - Berlin - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
09 - 63 - 66 - Silje - TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING
03 - 51 - 67 - Kim Wilde - I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE
04 - RE - 68 - Eve Gallagher - LOVE COME DOWN
11 - 77 - 69 - Whitney Houston - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT
04 - 61 - 70 - Bass-O-Matic - EASE ON BY
05 - 73 - 71 - Maxi Priest - HUMAN WORK OF ART
03 - 55 - 72 - Scientist - THE BEE
1 - NEW - 73 - A Homeboy A Hippie And A Funki Dredd - FREEDOM
05 - 74 - 74 - Monie Love - DOWN TO EARTH
21 - 72 - 75 - La's - THERE SHE GOES

Posted by: Doctor Blind 7th December 2018, 05:00 PM

QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 1 2017, 09:37 AM)

Posted by: Doctor Blind 19th December 2019, 10:11 PM

This chart from 21 December 2003 is now up to listen to, presented by 'hi, this is Wes': https://www.mixcloud.com/StephenTheRadioKid2000/radio-1-uk-top-40-chart-with-wes-21122003/

QUOTE(dancember @ Dec 5 2017, 06:53 PM)

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 20th December 2019, 12:48 AM

Thanks mate, my favourite ever chart growing up!!

Posted by: Pogueschartpeak 20th December 2019, 08:50 AM

Re-reading this, ooh that 1999 chart was awful on the whole I remember at the time I started slagging off the charts for the first time ever! The top 10 is especially bad, bar Lennon and Orbit!

I didn't add: The John Lennon CD had 3 tracks on it, a sort of mini-greatest hits - Happy Xmas War Is Over and Give Peace A Chance were the others. That's why it was selling so well for the millennium (peace-themed) and also Christmas themed.

The Europe single was a remix for the actual final countdown to 2000, Prince was always going to be 1999 back again.

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 21st December 2019, 01:48 AM

Yeh I remember discovering all three at this time(I was a youngster then)!

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 21st December 2019, 10:44 PM

Just started listening to the 1994 chart but just the Top 20. The No.15, Riverdance, spent 18 weeks at No.1 in Ireland Bruno says.

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 21st December 2019, 10:50 PM

DELETED. Double post.

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 21st December 2019, 10:50 PM

QUOTE(ChristmaSteve201 @ Dec 20 2019, 12:48 AM)

Posted by: Doctor Blind 21st December 2019, 11:40 PM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris-tmas @ Dec 21 2019, 10:44 PM)

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 21st December 2019, 11:57 PM

I usually listen to old 70's original charts, Tom Browne mainly, as there's a Facebook group and they post links to them on Mixcloud but am a bit fed up with the same ones every year so branching out a bit now in to the 80's, 90's and noughties.

Yes was thinking that am sure Celine hits No.1 in early Feb.1995. Rednex go to No.1 after Christmas too IIRC.

Another Night by Whigfield sounds just like Saturday Night.

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 22nd December 2019, 12:01 AM

QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 23 2017, 03:48 PM)

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 22nd December 2019, 12:04 AM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Dec 5 2017, 11:05 PM)

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 22nd December 2019, 01:08 AM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris-tmas @ Dec 21 2019, 10:50 PM)

Were you a Cheeky Girls fan like me Steve?

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 22nd December 2019, 01:22 AM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris-tmas @ Dec 21 2019, 11:57 PM)

I usually listen to old 70's original charts, Tom Browne mainly, as there's a Facebook group and they post links to them on Mixcloud but am a bit fed up with the same ones every year so branching out a bit now in to the 80's, 90's and noughties.

Yes was thinking that am sure Celine hits No.1 in early Feb.1995. Rednex go to No.1 after Christmas too IIRC.

Another Night by Whigfield sounds just like Saturday Night.

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 22nd December 2019, 08:02 AM

QUOTE(ChristmaSteve201 @ Dec 22 2019, 01:22 AM)

Posted by: Doctor Blind 22nd December 2019, 09:36 AM

The last number 1 to debut outside the Top 10 was Outhere Brothers “Boom Boom Boom” in June 1995. It debuted at 15 then climbed 15-5-2-{1}

It was then 10 years (almost exactly) until the next one- James Blunt “You're Beautiful” in June 2005 which debuted at 12.

Interestingly there have also been #1 hits titled “Boom! (Shake The Room)” (DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince in 1993), “Boom Boom (Pow)” (Black Eyed Peas in 2009), and “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” (Vengaboys in 1999) which I believe made it a good connection in Only Connect.

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 22nd December 2019, 12:11 PM

Thanks didn't realise this was the last one. There must have been a long period where some record companies held tracks back and others released on sale the same time as they went to radio. On totp 1988 there are already songs that peaked first week like Bros, Kylie etc but that was mainly because they were huge artists and the songs normally fell as the song maybe wasn't huge outside the fans.

Posted by: Crazy Chris-tmas 22nd December 2019, 04:24 PM

QUOTE(Doctor Blind @ Dec 22 2019, 09:36 AM)