I have yet to re-play my records and tapes of the early 90's, consequently Ive forgotten a lot of minor tracks that don't get radio play or stick in the mind or are on albums. A shame, as there seem to be some classics and quite a few I'd love to revisit...

 

JANUARY CHARTS

 

3rd JAN

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO/THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC (EP) Abba 1 1 2 6 9

DEEPER AND DEEPER Madonna 2 2 3 7 12

HOPE OF DELIVERANCE Paul McCartney 3 3 1 3 4

QUEEN OF RAIN Roxette 4 7 11 17 17

ALL ALONE ON CHRISTMAS Darlene Love 5 11 21 37 59

I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU Cliff Richard 6 13 22 30 35

TATTOO Mike Oldfield 7 14 24 36 47

PHOREVER PEOPLE The Shamen 8 4 6 12 18

HEAL THE WORLD Michael Jackson 9 9 9 18 22

EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba 10 5 5 10 13

 

SWEET TOXIC LOVE Jesus Loves You (Boy George) 11 6 15 9 15

YOUR TOWN Deacon Blue 12 15 23 34 42

THE THOUGHT OF IT Louie Louie 13 29 44 61

STEP IT UP Stereo MC's 14 12 16 22 27

(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding 15 21 25 27 31

MOTOWNPHILLY BoyzIImen 16 27 43 64

I GOT MY EDUCATION Uncanny Alliance 17 22 27 49

7" Prince & The New Power Generation 18 23 29 45 60

SOMEDAY (I'M COMING BACK) Lisa Stansfield 19 10 13 20 29

LOVE SEE NO COLOUR (REMIX) The Farm 20 8 12 21 39

 

COULD IT BE MAGIC Take That 21 17 8 15 25

IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER Diana Ross 22 37 58

BONEY M MEGAMIX Boney M 23 41 56 72

BLOOD MAKES NOISE Suzanne Vega 24 39 55

END OF THE ROAD BoyzIImen 25 34 39 53 71

IN MY DEFENCE Freddie Mercury 26 26 51 75

WOULD I LIE TO YOU Charles & Eddy 27 31 31 32 38

OUT OF SPACE The Prodigy 28 19 10 16 26

KEEP THE FAITH Bon Jovi 29 36 37 47 54

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Rolf Harris 30 43 57

 

VOULEZ VOUS Abba 31 32 34 39 41

GOLD East 17 32 42 50 59

HIGHLAND One More Time 33 50

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN/ LITTLE DRUMMER BOY Bjorn Again 34 24 41 66

MR WENDAL Arrested Development 35 18 17 25 43

AS ALWAYS Secret Life 36 45

LOVE OH LOVE Lionel Richie 37 51

THE MIAMI HITMIX Gloria Estefan 38 55

TOM TRAUBERT'S BLUES (WALTZING MATILDA) Rod Stewart 39 59

WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES U2 40 64

 

TEMPTATION (REMIX) Heaven 17 41 58 65

STEAM Peter Gabriel 42 35 18 11 10

WHY SHOULD I/ EXODUS (REMIX) Bob Marley & The Wailers 43 61

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 44 46 46 48 49

BE MY BABY Vanessa Paradis 45 54 61 70

IT'S YOU EMF 46 57 63 73

STAY THIS WAY Brand New Heavies 47

SENTINEL Mike Oldfield 48 52 53 55 62

METAL GURU T.Rex 49 49 49 52 53

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 50 48 48 51 52

 

IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE Shai 51 72

CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW Morrissey 52

MRS ROBINSON The Lemonheads 53 25 33 56

EXTERMINATE Snap! 54 38 30 24 24

DELILAH Tom Jones 55 56 54 54 56

SO CLOSE Dina Carroll 56

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Tom Jones 57 40 20 33

HELLO (TURN YOUR RADIO ON) Shakespear's Sister 58 68

LOVE ME THE RIGHT WAY Rapination/ Kym Mazelle 59 47 32 41 28

SLEEPING SATELLITE Tasmin Archer 60 66 71

 

CHERISH Jodeci 61

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 62 62 60 42 55

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 63 63 62 63 64

RUN TO YOU Rage 64 74 72

PEOPLE EVERYDAY Arrested Development 65

IN BLOOM Nirvana 66

WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 REMIX) Timmy Thomas 67 67 67 67 68

DRIFT AWAY Michael Bolton 68 53

THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin 69 70 69 69 70

ONE IN TEN 808 State vs UB40 70 71

 

SUPERSONIC HWA/ Sonic The Hedgehog 71

LOVE ME DO/ P.S. I LOVE YOU The Beatles 72 73 73 60 74

JAM MIchael Jackson 73

IT'S A SHAME Kriss Kross 74

TASTE IT INXS 75

 

 

NEW ENTRIES JAN 10th

 

INDEPENDENCE Lulu 16 7 1 3

WE ARE FAMILY (REMIX) Sister Sledge 20 4 8 14

LIFE OF SURPRISES Prefab Sprout 28 19 29 32

GOOD ENOUGH Bobby Brown 30 36 57

MANY RIVERS TO CROSS (LIVE) Cher 33 26 43

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Jesus Jones 40 20 33

AFTER ALL The Frank And Walters 44 38 26 46

THE LOVE I LOST West End/ Sybil 60 14 4 6

ARRANGED MARRIAGE Apache Indian 65 28 28 51

WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE Go West 69 47 38 34

BROKEN ENGLISH Sunscreem 75 40 31 69

 

NEW ENTRIES JAN 17th

 

HARVEST MOON Neil Young 35 35 20

SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE REMIX) Moodswings/ Chrissie Hynde 42 14 5

I'M EASY Faith No More 45 46

IT'S GONNA BE A LOVELY DAY S.O.U.L. System 52 23 19

OPEN SESAME Leila K 59 40 57

WE ARE RAVING - THE ANTHEM Slipstream 64 68

WOMANKIND Little Angels 66 out 48

GIVE IT UP TURN IT LOOSE En Vogue 68 44 58

BED OF ROSES Bon Jovi 70 65

DOGS OF LUST The The 74 62

DEEP East 17 75 19 8

 

NEW ENTRIES JAN 24th

 

SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 2 1

SHE SELLS SANCTUARY '93 The Cult 5 11

YOU'RE IN A BAD WAY Saint Etienne 13 7

FEED THE TREE Belly 50 37

SWEET THING Mick Jagger 58 23

NEW EMOTION Time Frequency 71 21

ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 74 50

 

NEW ENTRIES JAN 31st

 

VIENNA Ultravox 2

REVIVAL Martine Girault 16

STAND Poison 30

NO LIMITS 2 Unlimited 33

AN EMOTIONAL TIME Hothouse Flowers 36

IF I CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND Sugar 40

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER D:Ream 44

OPEN YOUR MIND Usura 45

LITTLE BIRD/LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE Annie Lennox 61

HOW CAN I LOVE YOU MORE M People 63

WILL WE BE LOVERS Deacon Blue 65

LOVE SHINES Fleetwood Mac 66

THE GREAT PRETENDER Freddie Mercury 67

IN YOUR CARE Tasmin Archer 72

LOVE MAKES NO SENSE Alexander O'Neal 73

FALLING Cathy Dennis 75

 

FEBRUARY 1993

 

7th FEB

 

SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 1 1 2 6

VIENNA Ultravox 2 2 3 9

INDEPENDENCE Lulu 3 6 11 16

THE LOVE I LOST West End/ Sybil 4 10 16 24

YOU'RE IN A BAD WAY Saint Etienne 5 3 5 10

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS (RADIO REMIX) The Carpenters 6 5 15 21

HOPE OF DELIVERANCE Paul McCartney 7 14 20 27

LOVE ME THE RIGHT WAY Rapination/ Kym Mazelle 8 11 23 37

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER D:Ream 9 9 21 32

SWEET THING Mick Jagger 10 13 26 42

 

SHE SELLS SANCTUARY '93 The Cult 11 16 25 40

DEEP East 17 12 12 17 19

SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE REMIX) Moodswings/ Chrissie Hynde 13 25 38 48

DEEPER AND DEEPER Madonna 14 19 24 28

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO/THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC Abba 15 21 31 33

EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba 16 18 19 20

LITTLE BIRD/LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE Annie Lennox 17 8 9 14

STEAM Peter Gabriel 18 27 48 67

NO LIMITS 2 Unlimited 19 4 1 3

WE ARE FAMILY (REMIX) Sister Sledge 20 33 58

 

REVIVAL Martine Girault 21 30 45 74

SWEET TOXIC LOVE Jesus Loves You (Boy George) 22 35 46 57

IF I CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND Sugar 23 58

ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 24 7 6 2

QUEEN OF RAIN Roxette 25 38 52 65

PHOREVER PEOPLE The Shamen 26 43 59

FEED THE TREE Belly 27 61

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Rolf Harris 28 48

WE SAIL THE STORMY WATERS Gary Clark 29 26 51

STAND Poison 30 24 41 59

 

BEAUTIFUL GIRL INXS 31 17 12 17

WILL WE BE LOVERS Deacon Blue 32 29 35 49

HARVEST MOON Neil Young 33 28 8 5

RUBETTES MEGAMIX The Rubettes 34 34 55

HEAL THE WORLD Michael Jackson 35 64

AN EMOTIONAL TIME Hothouse Flowers 36 49

NEW EMOTION Time Frequency 37

GIVE IN TO ME Michael Jackson 38 15 7 4

IT'S GONNA BE A LOVELY DAY S.O.U.L. System 39

HOW CAN I LOVE YOU MORE M People 40 40 62 62

 

I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU Cliff Richard 41 54 67

(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding 42 46 50 55

I LIFT MY CUP Gloworm 43 32 61

VOULEZ VOUS Abba 44 51 57 58

OPEN YOUR MIND Usura 45

YOUR TOWN Deacon Blue 46 60 64 68

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH Oui 3 47 47 28 46

I WANT YOU Sophie B. Hawkins 48 70

STEP IT UP Stereo MC's 49

EXTERMINATE Snap! 50

 

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 51 52 53 53

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 52 53 54 54

METAL GURU T.Rex 53 55 56 56

WOULD I LIE TO YOU Charles & Eddy 54

SOMEDAY (I'M COMING BACK) Lisa Stansfield 55

RUBY TUESDAY Rod Stewart 56 31 10 8

FALLING (PM DAWN VERSION) Cathy Dennis 57

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 58 62 63 63

IF I EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU Sting 59 20 13 12

DELILAH Tom Jones 60 65 68 71

 

LIFE OF SURPRISES Prefab Sprout 61

LOVE SEE NO COLOUR (REMIX) The Farm 62

KEEP THE FAITH Bon Jovi 63 74

THE GREAT PRETENDER Freddie Mercury 64 57

COULD IT BE MAGIC Take That 65

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 66 68 69 69

TRAGIC COMIC Extreme 67 44

TATTOO Mike Oldfield 68

I WANNA STAY WITH YOU Undercover 69 56

WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 REMIX) Timmy Thomas 70 72 73 73

 

I'M EVERY WOMAN Whitney Houston 71 39 34 52

HEAVEN IS Def Leppard 72 50

OUT OF SPACE The Prodigy 73

THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin 74

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE Tom Jones 75 69

 

 

14th FEB new entries

 

LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES PM Dawn 22 22 22

NYC Charles & Eddie 23 27 44

OH CAROLINA Shaggy 36 29 11

A BETTER MAN Thunder 37 36 34

SUNDAY MONDAYS Vanessa Paradis 41 33 23

MISSING YOU John Waite 42

WHEN I NEED YOU Leo Sayer 45 65

GROUND LEVEL Stereo MC's 59 18 15

THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT REM 63 44 43

IN YOUR CARE Tasmin Archer 66 66 51

WHY CAN'T I WAKE UP WITH YOU Take That 67 40 38

THE BOTTLE The Christians 71 71 31

ANGEL Jon Secada 73

MY 16TH APOLOGY Shakespear's Sister 75 39 30

 

21st FEB new entries

 

CONSTANT CRAVING k.d. Lang 4 1

NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO Madness 14 13

BAD GIRL Madonna 30 18

ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY Lenny Kravitz 32 7

BROTHER LOUIE The Quireboys 37

C'MON PEOPLE Paul McCartney 42 26

AND SO I WILL WAIT FOR YOU Dee Fredrix 43 64

DO IT FOR LOVE Dani'elle Gaha 47 61

I FEEL YOU Depeche Mode 60 39

STICK IT OUT Right Said Fred 70 70

VALENTINE T'Pau 72

SHE HITS ME The 4 Of Us 74 50

HOT PANTS EXPLOSION The B52's 75

 

28th FEB new entries

 

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (I'LL REMEMBER) BoyzIImen 25

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 29

IT STARTED WITH A KISS Hot Chocolate 35

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Bryan Ferry 36

PERFECT Fairground Attraction 41

THIS TIME Dina Carroll 45

ROCK WIT CHOO Inner Circle 47

CATS IN THE CRADLE Ugly Kid Joe 60

LOST IN MUSIC (REMIX) Sister Sledge 66

(WE DON'T NEED THIS) FASCIST GROOVE THING Heaven 17 72

WHEN HEROES GO DOWN Suzanne Vega 75

 

MARCH 1993 lots of fast chart movement - just like the UK top 40

 

March 7th

ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 1 3 9 18

OH CAROLINA Shaggy 2 1 4 5

CONSTANT CRAVING k.d. Lang 3 2 5 13

NO LIMITS 2 Unlimited 4 4 15 26

HARVEST MOON Neil Young 5 10 2 8

LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES PM Dawn 6 6 3 6

ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY Lenny Kravitz 7 5 13 17

GIVE IN TO ME Michael Jackson 8 11 20 31

SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 9 13 17 25

IT STARTED WITH A KISS Hot Chocolate 10 9 22 47

 

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 11 7 6 3

ALL ABOUT EVE Marxman 12 12 21 36

LITTLE BIRD/LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE Annie Lennox 13 15 7 14

SUNDAY MONDAYS Vanessa Paradis 14 19 31 45

RUBY TUESDAY Rod Stewart 15 16 29 44

BAD GIRL Madonna 16 24 16 37

YOU'RE IN A BAD WAY Saint Etienne 17 25 36 46

THE BOTTLE The Christians 18 27 8 2

VIENNA Ultravox 19 23 34 42

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Bryan Ferry 20 20 24 32

 

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 21 21 23 24

IF I EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU Sting 22 34 32 33

GROUND LEVEL Stereo MC's 23 43

AND SO I WILL WAIT FOR YOU Dee Fredrix 24 29 61 53

MORE MORE MORE Bananarama 25 22 19 30

INDEPENDENCE Lulu 26 31 39 51

DEEP East 17 27 30 43

I FEEL YOU Depeche Mode 28 18 30 41

NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO Madness 29 35 25 34

WONDERFUL Runrig 30 37 27 60

 

BEAUTIFUL GIRL INXS 31 46 70

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH Oui 3 32 42 63

PERFECT Fairground Attraction 33 48

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (I'LL REMEMBER) BoyzIImen 34 39 60

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS (RADIO REMIX) The Carpenters 35 41 41 48

THE LOVE I LOST West End/ Sybil 36 32 53

THIS TIME Dina Carroll 37 59

C'MON PEOPLE Paul McCartney 38 33 51

SHE HITS ME The 4 Of Us 39 61

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO Abba 40 40 44 50

 

DEEPER AND DEEPER Madonna 41 44 49

HOPE OF DELIVERANCE Paul McCartney 42 45 50

LOST IN MUSIC (REMIX) Sister Sledge 43 17 10 15

IN YOUR CARE Tasmin Archer 44

ONE MORE CHANCE Maxi Priest 45 36 19 29

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER D:Ream 46 52 67

ROCK WIT CHOO Inner Circle 47 65

SHE SELLS SANCTUARY '93 The Cult 48 55

WHY CAN'T I WAKE UP WITH YOU 49 49 26 26 59

CATS IN THE CRADLE Ugly Kid Joe 50 28 18 11

 

LOVE ME THE RIGHT WAY Rapination/ Kym Mazelle 51 66

MY 16TH APOLOGY Shakespear's Sister 52 68

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 53 53 54 55

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 54 54 55 57

NYC Charles & Eddie 55

SWEET THING Mick Jagger 56 72

METAL GURU T.Rex 57 57 58 61

ANIMAL NITRATE Suede 58 50 37 35

(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding 59 63 66

VOULEZ VOUS Abba 60 62 64

 

SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE REMIX) Moodswings/ Chrissie Hynde 61 70

A BETTER MAN Thunder 62

DO IT FOR LOVE Dani'elle Gaha 63

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 64 64 62 65

I'M EVERY WOMAN Whitney Houston 65 71

STICK IT OUT Right Said Fred 66 60 48

THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT REM 67

SWEET TOXIC LOVE Jesus Loves You (Boy George) 68

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 69 69 69 71

TOOK MY LOVE Bizarre Inc 70 58

 

QUEEN OF RAIN Roxette 71

WHEN HEROES GO DOWN Suzanne Vega 72

WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 REMIX) Timmy Thomas 73 73 72

DELILAH Tom Jones 74 75 75

THE MORNING'S PAPERS Prince 75 51 40

 

14th March New Entries

 

MR. LOVERMAN Shabba Ranks 8 11 12

TENNESSEE Arrested Development 14 14 10

TOO YOUNG TO DIE Jamiroquai 38 28 20

BORN 2 B.R.E.E.D. Monie Love 47 33 19

INFORMER Snow 49 35 21

LABOUR OF LOVE (REMIXES) Hue & Cry 56 46

FEAR OF THE DARK (LIVE) Iron Maiden 67 59

DON'T WALK AWAY Jade 74 38 9

 

21st March new entries

 

YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells 1 1

CAN'T DO A THING (TO STOP ME) Chris Isaak 12 7

FEVER Madonna 42 39

JUMP THEY SAY David Bowie 47 28

THE RIGHT DECISION Jesus Jones 52 52

SLOW IT DOWN East 17 56 56

FREE FLOATING Gary Clark 57 69

IT WAS A GOOD DAY Ice Cube 65 27

WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY Sybil 68 62

ALONE Big Country 71

REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE MIchael Bolton 73

CHOCK THERE Apache Indian 74 23

 

28th March new entries

 

WILL YOU BE THERE Michael Jackson 4

A JAMAICAN IN NEW YORK Shinehead 16

COPACABANA (REMIX) Barry Manilow 22

I NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE Mica Paris 38

IS IT LIKE TODAY World Party 40

SHOW ME LOVE Robin S 43

HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL World's Apart 49

PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT Heaven 17 54

JUMP (LIVE) Van Halen 58

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 63

SHOTGUN WEDDING Roy C 64

LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR Connie Francis 66

GO AWAY Gloria Estefan 67

LIVING ON THE EDGE Aerosmith 68

PEACE IN OUR TIME Cliff Richard 70

PRESSURE US Sunscreen 72

YOU'VE GOT ME THINKING The Beloved 73

STILL IN LOVE Go West 74

TRUGANINI Midnight Oil 75

 

It was 1993 when I started to get into guitar music a lot more. REM, New Order, (Republic) Depeche Mode (Songs of Faith and Devotion) in particular. I also started to notice Suede, Blur, David Bowie more too.

It was 1993 when I started to get into guitar music a lot more. REM, New Order, (Republic) Depeche Mode (Songs of Faith and Devotion) in particular. I also started to notice Suede, Blur, David Bowie more too.

 

Thanks Anthony, yes guitar music started bubbling to take over chart pop the next few years, and I admire all the ones you list. 5 of them seem to be active again in 2012/3!

 

cheers

john

APRIL 1993

 

Lots of oldies and a mixed bag of genres, if I was into anything especially it was Lulu's new soul/dance album and D:Ream's gorgeous dance hit, and note a plethora of Gimme Shelter covers (from an album/singles project) and a forgotten group called The Lemon Trees. One of the band still runs the only indie record shop in my local area in Dorset (where I got most of my ex-chart singles at the time), though I stand to be corrected, and I believe another member ended up in a long songwriting partnership with little known boy band Take That singer Robbie someone - Guy something or other.

 

4th APRIL

 

YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells 1 2 3 5

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 2 1 2 4

THE BOTTLE The Christians 3 8 14 21

WILL YOU BE THERE Michael Jackson 4 12 21

COPACABANA (REMIX) Barry Manilow 5 4 8 15

TENNESSEE Arrested Development 6 6 4 8

CAN'T DO A THING (TO STOP ME) Chris Isaak 7 13 22 38

DON'T WALK AWAY Jade 8 5 5 12

A JAMAICAN IN NEW YORK Shinehead 9 7 11 23

IS IT LIKE TODAY World Party 10 11 16 26

 

MR. LOVERMAN Shabba Ranks 11 15 23 33

OH CAROLINA Shaggy 12 19 29 35

GO AWAY Gloria Estefan 13 10 9 7

LITTLE BIRD/LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE Annie Lennox 14 18 25 37

HARVEST MOON Neil Young 15 22 35 43

CHOCK THERE Apache Indian 16 16 15 27

TOO YOUNG TO DIE Jamiroquai 17 31 46 61

LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES PM Dawn 18 21 33 47

CATS IN THE CRADLE Ugly Kid Joe 19 38 66

I NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE Mica Paris 20 9 12 20

 

JUMP THEY SAY David Bowie 21 17 28 46

CONSTANT CRAVING k.d. Lang 22 34 52 59

ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY Lenny Kravitz 23 26 37 44

IT WAS A GOOD DAY Ice Cube 24 24 19 40

FEVER Madonna 25 20 26 41

U GOT TO KNOW Cappella 26 14 13 17

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 27 3 1 3

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 28 29 31 32

ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 29 42 53 62

LOST IN MUSIC (REMIX) Sister Sledge 30 47 69

 

BORN 2 B.R.E.E.D. Monie Love 31 51 74 63

INFORMER Snow 32 53 72 68

SHOW ME LOVE Robin S 33 33 48 57

NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO Madness 34 44 54 60

NO LIMITS 2 Unlimited 35 48 56 58

SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 36 43 49 53

PEACE IN OUR TIME Cliff Richard 37 65

THE RIGHT DECISION Jesus Jones 38 37 71

ONE MORE CHANCE Maxi Priest 39 56

WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion 40 36 60

 

FREE FLOATING Gary Clark 41 30 71

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Bryan Ferry 42

GIVE IN TO ME Michael Jackson 43 60 61 70

TRUGANINI Midnight Oil 44 27 17 10

IF I EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU Sting 45 69

WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY Sybil 46 45 62 73

PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT Heaven 17 47 32 47 67

VIENNA Ultravox 48 63 70

HANGOVER Betty Boo 49 49 20 28

MORE MORE MORE Bananarama 50

 

ALL ABOUT EVE Marxman 51

SLOW IT DOWN East 17 52 23 45 50

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS (RADIO REMIX) The Carpenters 53 62 68 74

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO Abba 54 59 63 65

PRESSURE US Sunscreen 55

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 56 55 55 55

LIVIN' ON THE EDGE Aerosmith 57 25 10 11

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 58 58 58 56

RUBY TUESDAY Rod Stewart 59

HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL World's Apart 60

 

SHOTGUN WEDDING Rod Stewart 61 52 43 51

BAD GIRL Madonna 62

METAL GURU T.Rex 63 64 64 64

SUNDAY MONDAYS Vanessa Paradis 64

INDEPENDENCE Lulu 65

YOU'RE IN A BAD WAY Saint Etienne 66 74

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 67 67 67 66

DO YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY Terence Trent D'Arby 68 54 36 20

ANIMAL NITRATE Suede 69

LET IT SLIDE Ariel 70 40 65

 

AIN'T NO LOVE AIN'T NO USE Sub Sub/ Melanie Williams 71 35 41 24

LOVE THE LIFE James Taylor Quartet (JTQ) 72 61 38 30

YOU'VE GOT ME THINKING The Beloved 73 39 39 49

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 74 73 73 72

CHILD OF LOVE The Lemon Trees 75 71 7 9

 

11th APRIL new entries

SPIRIT OF THE FOREST (U.N.E.S.C.O VIDEO) Spirit Of The Forest 35 6 14

ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass 41 40 31

GIMME SHELTER Jimmy Somerville/ Voice Of The Beehive 46 42 19

THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Everything But The Girl 50 32 22

FIVE LIVE EP (SOMEBODY TO LOVE) George Michael/ Queen/ Lisa Stansfield 57 24 16

THE MIND OF LOVE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART) kd Lang 66 52 39

SING HALLELUJAH Dr Alban 68 34 34

I'M A WONDERFULTHING (BABY) (REMIX) Kid Creole & The Coconuts 70

REGRET New Order 72 30 13

GIMME SHELTER Tom Jones/ New Model Army 75 57 29

18th APRIL new entries

 

U.R. THE BEST THING D:Ream 18 1

BROWN GIRL IN THE RING (REMIX) Boney M 27 42

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 44 18

WIND IT UP The Prodigy 59 45

TONIGHT Def Leppard 75 52

 

25th APRIL new entries

 

GLAD ALL OVER The Dave Clark 5 2

THE JUNGLE BOOK GROOVE The Jungle Book 6

FOR TOMORROW Blur 36

GIMME SHELTER Thunder 48

SEVEN DAYS Sting 54

BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Sonia 69

WRESTLEMANIA WWF Superstars 75

 

MAY 1993

 

It's a 3-way domination, D:Ream, Duran & Pet Shop Boys, along with 2 hippie 60's classics, pop & Prog just keeping out Disney & Dave Clark 5. I can't speak for others but I'm perfectly happy having The Jungle Book side by side with Tull, and Runrig with Pet Shop Boys...

2nd May Chart

 

U.R. THE BEST THING D:Ream 1 2 13 12 12

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 2 1 4 13 9

GLAD ALL OVER The Dave Clark 5 3 6 16 21 29

THE JUNGLE BOOK GROOVE The Disney Cast 4 3 2 9 13

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 5 4 3 7 8

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 6 11 18 24 27

SWEAT (A LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle 7 10 21 18 24

THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Everything But The Girl 8 8 19 27 39

REGRET New Order 9 7 17 28 34

FIVE LIVE EP (KILLER/PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE) George Michael/ Queen/ Lisa Stansfield 10 13 7 15 21

 

TENNESSEE Arrested Development 11 16 29 41 60

YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells 12 14 24 31 36

CHILD OF LOVE The Lemon Trees 13 22 42 56 67

U GOT TO KNOW Cappella 14 18 25 26 42

LONG TRAIN RUNNING The Doobie Brothers 15 5 16 16 16

GO AWAY Gloria Estefan 16 21 36 42 47

DON'T WALK AWAY Jade 17 27 53 66

TRUGANINI Midnight Oil 18 30 45 57 75

AIN'T NO LOVE AIN'T NO USE Sub Sub/ Melanie Williams 19 23 41 50 58

DO YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY Terence Trent D'Arby 20 41

 

SING HALLELUJAH Dr Alban 21 37 51 63

COPACABANA (REMIX) Barry Manilow 22 31 44 51 55

GIMME SHELTER Jimmy Somerville/ Voice Of The Beehive 23 42 61

LIVIN' ON THE EDGE Aerosmith 24 43 62 74 74

THE BOTTLE The Christians 25 32 43 47 49

IS IT LIKE TODAY World Party 26 26 31 40 46

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE Saint Etienne 27 12 14 14 10

I NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE Mica Paris 28 44 59 59 63

SEVEN DAYS Sting 29 46 58

SPIRIT OF THE FOREST (U.N.E.S.C.O VIDEO) Spirit Of The Forest 30 50

 

ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass 31 9 11 8 3

FOR TOMORROW Blur 32 48

THE MIND OF LOVE (KATHERINE) k.d. Lang 33 55

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 34 36 40 39 37

29 PALMS Robert Plant 35 17 5 3 7

A JAMAICAN IN NEW YORK Shinehead 36 49

SHOTGUN WEDDING Rod Stewart 37

STAND ABOVE ME OMD 38 34 19 17 24

MR. LOVERMAN Shabba Ranks 39 52 67

I.G.Y. (WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD) Howard Jones 40 35 50

 

MY WAY/ LOVE AND MARRIAGE Frank Sinatra 41 45 28 25 41

CHOCK THERE Apache Indian 42 53 63 68

WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY Sybil 43 28 48 60 66

GIMME SHELTER Tom Jones/ New Model Army 44

WIND IT UP (REWIND) The Prodigy 45 38

OH CAROLINA Shaggy 46

LOVE THE LIFE JTQ 47 61

P.OWER OF AMERICAN NATIVES Dance 2 Trance 48 51

HANGOVER Betty Boo 49

CAN'T DO A THING (TO STOP ME) Chris Isaak 50

 

LITTLE BIRD/LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE Annie Lennox 51 60

TONIGHT Def Leppard 52

IN THESE ARMS Bon Jovi 53 47 38 30 18

HARVEST MOON Neil Young 54 67

MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie 55

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 56 56 55 54 54

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 57 57 56 55 48

LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES PM Dawn 58 63 70

SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 59 62 69 71 71

IT WAS A GOOD DAY Ice Cube 60

 

BELIEVE IN ME Utah Saints/ Human League 61 15 22 22 31

TRIBAL DANCE 2 Unlimited 62 39 12 6 6

ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY Lenny Kravitz 63 70

DREAM SWEET DREAMS Aztec Camera 64

METAL GURU T.Rex 65 66 66 65 65

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 66 65 64 62 62

WALKING IN MY SHOES Depeche Mode 67 54 47 44

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO Abba 68 69 73 72 70

BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Sonia 69 64 49 38 53

50 FOOT QUEENIE P.J. Harvey 70

 

WE GOT THE LOVE Lindy Leyton 71

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 72 72 72 70 69

SHIPS (WHERE WERE YOU) Big Country 73

ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 74 74

UNTIL YOU SUFFER SOME (FIRE AND ICE) Poison 75

 

9th MAY New Entries

 

SIMPLE LIFE Elton John 20 10 11 14

HOUSECALL (REMIX) Shabba Ranks/ Maxi Priest 24 20 20 22

(I CAN'T) HELP FALLIN' IN LOVE UB40 25 8 5 5

PARISIENNE WALKWAYS '93 Gary Moore 29 26 37 51

I'M GONNA SOOTHE YOU Maria McKee 33 30 23 20

TEN YEARS ASLEEP Kingmaker 39 35 49

HERO David Crosby/ Phil Collins 40 52

CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose 59

I'M GOING ALL THE WAY Sounds Of Blackness 60 46

I'M SO INTO YOU SWV 68 68 58

EXPRESS Dina Carroll 71 39 34 32

BELIEVE Lenny Kravitz 73 32 32 26

EVERYBODY HURTS REM 75

 

16th MAY new entries

 

I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher 1 2 2

THE GREATEST FLAME Runrig 6 4 11

LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull 9 1 4

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys 23 10 1

SHOOTING FOR THE GUNNERS Arsenal FA Cup Squad 27 35 45

GLORIA Van Morrison/ John Lee Hooker 33 29 44

BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears 37 17 15

SHOUT Louchie Lou & Michie One 54 43 19

CREATION Stereo MC's 57 46 38

THE RETURN OF PAIN The Waterboys 60 53

I DON'T WANNA FIGHT Tina Turner 65 36 28

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Charles & Eddie 71 61 64

THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH Tasmin Archer 74 33 23

WAKE UP EVERYBODY Nick Scotti 75

23rd MAY new entries

 

THINKING OF YOU (REMIX) Sister Sledge 45 43

TWO PRINCES The Spin Doctors 48 33

STARS Felix 52 52

JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 64 57

WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway 67 50

BLOW YOUR MIND Jamiroquai 69 56

MY COUNTRY Midnight Oil 73 73

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE Chesney Hawkes 75 30

30th MAY new entries

 

IN YOUR EYES Niamh Kavanagh 25

DARK IS THE NIGHT a-ha 35

DELICATE Terence Trent D'Arby/ Des'ree 40

BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE David Bowie 59

WALK THROUGH THE WORLD Marc Cohn 61

IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES Lisa Stansfield 68

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Bryan Ferry 72

 

JUNE 1993

 

No shocks here - Pet Shop Boys rule with the debut fab single off the fab album Very. Abba at 2, also no shock there (a great 1981 album track that should have been a UK single), more surprising is in at 9 in the last week of June: One More Time, a Swedish Melodifestivalen 2-time entrants (how very very Buzzjack Song Contest spin-off of me about the time many on here were being born) - key facts, Swedish, and the son of Abba's Benny Andersson in the band. Great single.

6th JUNE Chart

 

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys 1 1 1 1

WHAT IS LOVE? Haddaway 2 3 3 3

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE Abba 3 2 2 2

ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass 4 4 5 8

TRIBAL DANCE 2 Unlimited 5 5 7 7

I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher 6 8 14 22

BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears 7 14 22 34

NO ORDINARY LOVE Sade 8 7 6 12

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 9 13 15 21

(I CAN'T) HELP FALLIN' IN LOVE UB40 10 11 17 17

 

THE GREATEST FLAME Runrig 11 16 24 40

LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull 12 15 21 26

SIMPLE LIFE Elton John 13 18 29 48

DARK IS THE NIGHT a-ha 14 9 12 25

IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES Lisa Stansfield 15 10 9 14

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 16 12 13 13

29 PALMS Robert Plant 17 28 39 54

THE JUNGLE BOOK GROOVE The Disney Cast 18 22 30 33

SHOUT Louchie Lou & Michie One 19 26 35 51

U.R. THE BEST THING D:Ream 20 25 34 43

 

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE Saint Etienne 21 33 47 70

HOUSECALL (REMIX) Shabba Ranks/ Maxi Priest 22 37 56

LONG TRAIN RUNNING The Doobie Brothers 23 32 37 37

STAND ABOVE ME OMD 24 39 52

IN YOUR EYES Niamh Kavanagh 25 6 11 11

I DON'T WANNA FIGHT Tina Turner 26 24 19 47

THINKING OF YOU (REMIX) Sister Sledge 27 21 31 60

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE Chesney Hawkes 28 46

CREATION Stereo MC's 29 44

WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Bryan Ferry 30 48

 

BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE David Bowie/ Al B! Sure 31 31 51

FIVE LIVE EP (KILLER/PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE) George Michael/ Queen/ Lisa Stansfield 32 35 46 68

THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH Tasmin Archer 33 53

IN THESE ARMS Bon Jovi 34 51 45 65

HUMAN WORK OF ART Cliff Richard 35 29 20 44

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 36 38 42 46

TEASE ME Chaka Demus & Pliers 37 27 28 18

DELICATE Terence Trent D'Arby/ Des'ree 38 23 8 6

GLAD ALL OVER The Dave Clark 5 39 43 48 59

BLOW YOUR MIND Jamiroquai 40 34 18 31

 

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 41 41 41 41

TWO PRINCES The Spin Doctors 42 40 36 55

SWEAT (A LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle 43 45 44 64

BELIEVE Lenny Kravitz 44 60

I'M GONNA SOOTHE YOU Maria McKee 45 73

BELIEVE IN ME Utah Saints/ Human League 46 57 64

GLAM Lisa B 47 42

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 48 49 50 53

YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells 49 54 62

THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Everything But The Girl 50 59 70

 

JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 51

MORE THAN LIKELY PM Dawn/ Boy George 52 19 23 50

REGRET New Order 53 70

EXPRESS Dina Carroll 54 71

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 55 55 55 57

THE BOTTLE The Christians 56 63 63 74

IS IT LIKE TODAY World Party 57 64 73

SO YOUNG Suede 58 74

GO AWAY Gloria Estefan 59 72

COPACABANA (REMIX) Barry Manilow 60 66 66

 

U GOT TO KNOW Cappella 61

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 62 61 59 62

METAL GURU T.Rex 63 62 60 63

RUSHING Loui Clark 64

MY WAY/ LOVE AND MARRIAGE Frank Sinatra 65

WALK THROUGH THE WORLD Marc Cohn 66

SHOOTING FOR THE GUNNERS Arsenal FA Cup Squad 67

AIN'T NO LOVE AIN'T NO USE Sub Sub/ Melanie Williams 68

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 69 69 69 72

I NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE Mica Paris 70

 

SWEETER THAN THE MIDNIGHT RAIN Luke Goss/ Band of Thieves 71 56

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO Abba 72 68 68 71

GLORIA Van Morrison/ John Lee Hooker 73

GET HERE Q/ Tracey Akkerman 74

DO YOU SEE THE LIGHT Snap!/ Niki Harris 75 50 27 27

 

13th JUNE new entries

 

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel 17 4 4

WILL YOU BE THERE Michael Jackson 20 10 5

HERO David Crosby/ Phil Collins 30 32 58

FIELDS OF GOLD Sting 36 16 24

ULTIMATE HIGH Time Frequency 47 33 32

DREAMS Gabrielle 52 49 49

QUEEN JANE Kingmaker 58 25 19

ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN M People 65 43 39

I WANNA HOLD ON TO YOU Mica Paris 67

CIVIL WAR E.P. Guns 'n' Roses 75 72

20th JUNE new entries

 

BUDDY X Neneh Cherry 26 20

WEST END GIRLS East 17 38 35

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM Billy Idol 40 29

NOTHING MY LOVE CAN'T FIX Joey Lawrence 53 15

EAT THE RICH Aerosmith 54 52

I WILL SURVIVE '93 Gloria Gaynor 57 38

CUPID J.C.001 58 42

FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE Manic Street Preachers 61

IN A WORD OR 2 Monie Love 65

I CAN SEE CLEARLY Deborah Harry 67 36

RESURRECTION Brian May/ Cozy Powell 71 30

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU Rod Stewart 74 67

FACE THE STRANGE E.P. Therapy 75

 

27th JUNE new entries

 

HIGHLAND One More Time 9

WHAT'S UP? 4 Non-Blondes 10

CHEMICAL WORLD Blur 16

MISS CHATELEINE kd Lang 23

HOW 'BOUT US Lulu 28

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Kim Wilde 45

20th CENTURY Brad 56

RUINED IN A DAY New Order 61

TOMORROW'S GIRLS Donald Fagen 66

SOMEWHERE Efua 69

CA PLANE POUR MOI Leila K 73

IN THE MIDDLE Alexander O'Neal 75

 

JULY 1993

 

Fairly static at the top of my charts, Abba, Pet Shop Boys (no surprises!) and OMD having a 13th year of Number Ones. Reggae was making something of chart comeback generally at this time as the music scene paused for breath until Britpop popped up. Lots of dance hits too, of course - when each new music phase runs out of steam the default position is either manufactured teeny pop and/or dance music (because there is always a market for these amongst teens). Sound familiar in 2013?

 

4th July Charts

 

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE Abba 1 5 13 24

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys 2 2 2 2

WILL YOU BE THERE Michael Jackson 3 3 4 4

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel 4 8 9 16

WHAT IS LOVE? Haddaway 5 6 6 3

PRAY Take That 6 4 3 5

WHAT'S UP? 4 Non-Blondes 7 7 5 9

DELICATE Terence Trent D'Arby/ Des'ree 8 13 19 30

DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD 9 1 1 1

NOTHING MY LOVE CAN'T FIX Joey Lawrence 10 12 15 22

 

CHEMICAL WORLD Blur 11 9 12 17

ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass 12 17 17 26

TRIBAL DANCE 2 Unlimited 13 18 22 41

HIGHLAND One More Time 14 24 33 54

TEASE ME Chaka Demus & Pliers 15 21 42 62

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Kim Wilde 16 11 7 12

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 17 16 20 28

NO ORDINARY LOVE Sade 18 29 43 71

HOW 'BOUT US Lulu 19 34

(I CAN'T) HELP FALLIN' IN LOVE UB40 20 20 23 36

 

IN YOUR EYES Niamh Kavanagh 21 39 56

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 22 25 27 34

IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES Lisa Stansfield 23 33 32 60

FIELDS OF GOLD Sting 24 37 48

I CAN SEE CLEARLY Deborah Harry 25 22 46

GIVE IT ALL AWAY World Party 26 26 36 59

I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher 27 31 38 44

QUEEN JANE Kingmaker 28 45

IN THE MIDDLE Alexander O'Neal 29 36 60

WEST END GIRLS East 17 30 43

 

LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull 31 35 39 45

MISS CHATELEINE kd Lang 32 44

ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN M People 33 15 11 10

I WILL SURVIVE '93 Gloria Gaynor 34 23 10 21

RUINED IN A DAY New Order 35 30 44

BUDDY X Neneh Cherry 36 46

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM Billy Idol 37 54

GIMME LOVE (EENIE MEENIE..) David Morales/ Bad Yard Club 38 14 14 27

CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 39 28 28 23

DO YOU SEE THE LIGHT Snap!/ Niki Harris 40 57 61

 

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 41 41 41 42

THE JUNGLE BOOK GROOVE The Disney Cast 42 48 55 65

LONG TRAIN RUNNING The Doobie Brothers 43 47 50 56

DARK IS THE NIGHT a-ha 44 61

ULTIMATE HIGH Time Frequency 45 70

THE GREATEST FLAME Runrig 46 59

U.R. THE BEST THING D:Ream 47 51 51 52

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 48 50 52 57

20th CENTURY Brad 49 19 24 51

BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears 50 64

 

RESURRECTION Brian May/ Cozy Powell 51

DREAMS Gabrielle 52 62

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 53 53 53 53

EVERYBODY DANCE Evolution 54 49

BLOW YOUR MIND Jamiroquai 55

MI TIERRA Gloria Estefan 56 71

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 57 58 58 58

CUPID J.C.001 58

29 PALMS Robert Plant 59 74

SIMPLE LIFE Elton John 60

 

SOMEWHERE Efua 61 52

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 62 63 63 64

GLAD ALL OVER The Dave Clark 5 63 68

METAL GURU T.Rex 64 65 62 63

SUNFLOWER Paul Weller 65 32 29 19

EAT THE RICH Aerosmith 66

RIDDIM US3/Tukka Yoot 67 27 18 11

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU Rod Stewart 68

TWO PRINCES The Spin Doctors 69 69

HUMAN WORK OF ART Cliff Richard 70

 

OUT OF FOCUS Mick Jagger 71 66

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 72 72 73 73

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO Abba 73 73 74 74

THE BOTTLE The Christians 74

ZEROES AND ONES Jesus Jones 75 38 47 68

 

11th July new entries

 

I WANT YOU Utah Saints 10 8 8

BIG GUN AC/DC 40 65

I WANNA LOVE YOU Jade 42 30 48

THIS I SWEAR Richard Darbyshire 55 45 31

RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum 56 49

TOMORROW'S GIRLS Donald Fagen 60 68

DOWN THAT ROAD Shara Nelson 67 35 32

PICK UP THE PIECES Candy Dulfer 75

 

18th July new entries

 

IF Janet Jackson 16 7

(DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry 21 38

THIS IS IT Danii Minogue 25 25

STAY Kenny Thomas 26 39

RAIN Madonna 31 15

RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel 34 6

UPTOWN TOP RANKING Ali & Frazier 37 37

I BELIEVE Robert Plant 40 66

SAN FRANSISCO NIGHTS Chris Isaak 54 70

JUST AS LONG AS YOU ARE THERE Vanessa Paradis 57 29

LIGHT OF THE WORLD Kim Appleby 59 50

BREAK FROM THE OLD ROUTINE Oui 3 64 49

SWEAT (A LA LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle 66

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT Craig McLaghlan/ Debbie Gibson 67 61

SOON BE DONE Shaggy 69

BY THE TIME THE NIGHT IS OVER Kenny G/ Peabo Bryson 70 67

THIRD RAIL Squeeze 71

DO YOU REALLY WANT ME Jon Secada 72 33

NUMB U2 75

 

25th July new entries

 

IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS IN MY EYES) Bitty McLean 13

HOW LONG Yazz/ Aswad 14

LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury 18

ALMOST UNREAL Roxette 20

YOU COME FROM EARTH Lene 35

GLASTONBURY SONG The Waterboys 40

KITE Nick Heyward 43

THE KEY THE SECRET Urban Cookie Collective 46

BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian 47

LA TRISTESSA DURERA The Manic Street Preachers 55

DISCO INFERNO Tina Turner 69

COLD Tears For Fears 72

BAD BOYS Inner Circle 75

 

AUGUST 1993

 

Take That, and that naughty video, dominating the pop scene this month, with the late Freddie dance remix just behind, and minor hit from the Bee Gees (dance but they by this time weren't a contemporary dance act, not that I cared, it was great). I even went to the Radio One Roadshow, back in the good ol seaside days, and filmed the Gibb boys getting off a helicopter, signing autographs with fans (Robin mainly, he was always the most obliging) and then performing this and You Win Again (at Exmouth). It wasn't their first number one (that would have been Massachussets had I compiled charts then) and certainly wasn't their last.

 

1st August chart

 

 

PRAY Take That 1 1 2 6 6

DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD 2 3 8 13 17

IF Janet Jackson 3 5 9 14 19

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys 4 10 15 21 24

LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury 5 2 1 2 4

DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 6 13 16 20 23

WILL YOU BE THERE Michael Jackson 7 12 17 22 32

HOW LONG Yazz/ Aswad 8 4 7 11 21

THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel 9 14 10 3 5

UPTOWN TOP RANKING Ali & Frazier 10 8 11 16 28

 

IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS FROM MY EYES) Bitty McLean 11 9 13 7 11

WHAT IS LOVE? Haddaway 12 19 21 25 34

LA TRISTESSA DURERA (SCREAM TO A SIGH) The Manic Street Preachers 13 7 4 4 8

KITE Nick Heyward 14 11 12 23 27

RAIN Madonna 15 15 14 10 29

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Kim Wilde 16 22 27 41 61

WHAT'S UP? 4 Non-Blondes 17 25 29 39 45

UNFORGIVEN D:Ream 18 21 38 71

ALMOST UNREAL Roxette 19 17 22 28 35

PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees 20 18 3 1 1

 

I WANT YOU Utah Saints 21 33 45 73

ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN M People 22 29 50 48 63

BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian 23 16 6 8 13

RIDDIM US3/Tukka Yoot 24 31 58 63 73

THIS I SWEAR Richard Darbyshire 25 38 55

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel 26 28 28 29 41

DOWN THAT ROAD Shara Nelson 27 20 31 61

CHEMICAL WORLD Blur 28 40 67

JUST AS LONG AS YOU ARE THERE Vanessa Paradis 29 47

I BELIEVE Robert Plant 30 46

 

(I CAN'T) HELP FALLIN' IN LOVE UB40 31 26 34 37 44

ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass 32 32 32 34 42

NOTHING MY LOVE CAN'T FIX Joey Lawrence 33 35 48 75

THE KEY THE SECRET Urban Cookie Collective 34 23 18 12 7

YOU COME FROM EARTH Lena (Fiagbe) 35 51 68

SUNFLOWER Paul Weller 36 58

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE Abba 37 37 39 43 47

GLASTONBURY SONG The Waterboys 38 73 23 35 51

CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 39 60

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 40 41 46 49 53

 

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 41 43 43 44 46

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 42 42 42 42 43

I WILL SURVIVE '93 Gloria Gaynor 43 50

DELICATE Terence Trent D'Arby/ Des'ree 44 54 54 57 64

BREAK FROM THE OLD ROUTINE Oui 3 45 24 35 68

THIS IS IT Danii Minogue 46 52

GIMME LOVE (EENIE MEENIE..) David Morales/ Bad Yard Club 47 69

I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher 48 48 51 53 54

LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull 49 49 52 54 57

LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle 50 6 5 5 2

 

FAT BLACK HEART Pele 51 55

TRIBAL DANCE 2 Unlimited 52 62 62 65 70

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 53 53 53 52 52

U.R. THE BEST THING D:Ream 54 56 59 64 67

NUMB U2 55

(DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry 56 19 26 38

BY THE TIME THE NIGHT IS OVER Kenny G/ Peabo Bryson 57

LIGHT OF THE WORLD Kim Appleby 58

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 59 59 57 59 59

IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES Lisa Stansfield 60

 

I'M BACK FOR MORE Lulu/ Bobby Womack 61 71

DO YOU REALLY WANT ME Jon Secada 62

LOVE SO STRONG Secret Life 63 63

METAL GURU T.Rex 64 66 66 66 66

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 65 61 61 62 62

TEASE ME Chaka Demus & Pliers 66 67 64 69 69

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT Craig McLaghlan/ Debbie Gibson 67

LONG TRAIN RUNNING The Doobie Brothers 68

CHECK YO SELF Ice Cube/ Das FX 69 34 24 32 50

STAY Kenny Thomas 70

 

I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD Bon Jovi 71 45 40

THE JUNGLE BOOK GROOVE The Disney Cast 72 72 74

CALLING OUT Curt Smith 73 27 26 51

MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond 74

HAPPY NEW YEAR/THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO Abba 75 75

 

8th August new entries

 

ARIENNE Tasmin Archer 30 20 15 22

IF WE WERE LOVERS Gloria Estefan 36 36

OUTERSPACE GIRL The Beloved 39 41

HIGHER GROUND UB40 44 25 17 16

MR VAIN Culture Beat 57 37 31 10

LUV 4 LUV Robin S 64 49 45 37

CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE Juliette Roberts 65 63

DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey 68 44 9 3

RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV 70 47 24 12

LITTLE MISS CAN'T BE WRONG The Spin Doctors 74 56 50 75

15th August new entries

 

THE RODEO SONG Gary Lee and Showdown 30 27 48

BAD BOYS Inner Circle 33 46 60

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Joey Lawrence 60 60 40

DISCO INFERNO Tina Turner 65 33 25

WHITE LOVE One Dove 69

DON'T TALK ABOUT LOVE Bad Boys Inc 70 70 65

EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH Jamiroquai 71

HEAVEN HELP Lenny Kravitz 72 30 26

REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart 73

ANARCHY IN THE UK Green Jelly 75

22nd August new entries

 

LET ME WAKE UP IN YOUR ARMS Lulu 18 18

SLAVE TO THE VIBE Aftershock 19 9

TUESDAY MORNING The Pogues 36 33

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 38 15

TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran 40 20

FACES 2 Unlimited 47 36

STILL A FRIEND OF MINE Incognito 55 55

FADE TO GREY (BASSHEADS REMIX) Visage 56 56

SHE KISSED ME Terence 'Trent' D'Arby 58 30

WORLD New Order 67 14

WHEEL OF FORTUNE Ace Of Bass 72 31

REAL LOVE Mary J. Blige 74 49

 

29th August new entries

 

WILD WOOD Paul Weller 39

AIN'T NO CASANOVA Sinclair 58

I CAN'T MAKE IT ALONE Maria McKee 68

BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 71

STRONGER TOGETHER Sybil 72

VENUS AS A BOY Bjork 74

 

SEPTEMBER 1993

 

Pet Shop Boys rule with a gay anthem, amazingly it was a cover of the Village People's rather mundane 1979 original. The boys turned it into something epic, and also both uplifting and sad (if you are aware of the intent behind it), though it also marked the point they stopped being a popular pop band and being a decliningly popular gay critically acclaimed enduring treasure.

 

Elsewhere, Mariah Carey amazed with a fabulous record, Billy Joel made the last of his great records, Massive Attack's Shara Nelson, and metal classics Motorhead tried to challenge the top.

 

5th Sept chart

 

PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees 1 2 2 3

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 2 1 1 1

DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey 3 3 9 9

THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel 4 7 7 7

WILD WOOD Paul Weller 5 8 14 15

PRAY Take That 6 12 16 22

LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle 7 17 24 30

LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury 8 13 13 17

RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV 9 6 4 6

TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran 10 9 17 24

 

(DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry 11 18 27 45

WORLD (THE PRICE OF LOVE) New Order 12 16 21 32

MR VAIN Culture Beat 13 19 22 37

THE KEY THE SECRET Urban Cookie Collective 14 21 33 51

NUMB U2 15 14 31 47

LET ME WAKE UP IN YOUR ARMS Lulu 16 25 52 68

VENUS AS A BOY Bjork 17 5 11 21

SLAVE TO THE VIBE Aftershock 18 24 54

IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS FROM MY EYES) Bitty McLean 19 23 29 42

DISCO INFERNO Tina Turner 20 27 41 50

 

LA TRISTESSA DURERA (SCREAM TO A SIGH) The Manic Street Preachers 21 32 48 56

BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian 22 20 20 29

HIGHER GROUND UB40 23 29 47 59

IF Janet Jackson 24 35 46 48

HEAVEN HELP Lenny Kravitz 25 22 15 26

SHE KISSED ME Terence 'Trent' D'Arby 26 26 43 54

DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD 27 31 38 44

TUESDAY MORNING The Pogues 28 41

BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 29 10 6 5

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Joey Lawrence 30 51

 

WHEEL OF FORTUNE Ace Of Bass 31 47

RUBBERBAND GIRL Kate Bush 32 30 30 49

HOW LONG Yazz/ Aswad 33 48 68 74

FACES 2 Unlimited 34 34 44 58

AIN'T NO CASANOVA Sinclair 35 58

DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 36 45 51 52

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys 37 39 42 43

KITE Nick Heyward 38 54

REAL LOVE Mary J. Blige 39 43

STILL A FRIEND OF MINE Incognito 40 72

 

WHAT IS LOVE? Haddaway 41 64

ARIENNE Tasmin Archer 42

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 43 44 45 46

WILL YOU BE THERE Michael Jackson 44 62

ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson 45 11 5 4

UPTOWN TOP RANKING Ali & Frazier 46

LUV 4 LUV Robin S 47

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 48 55 65 62

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel 49 57 57 57

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 50 52 53 53

 

ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass 51

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE Abba 52

CANTALOUPE US3 53 53 23 16

ALMOST UNREAL Roxette 54

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson 55 67 72 72

(I CAN'T) HELP FALLIN' IN LOVE UB40 56

I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher 57 61 64 66

RAIN Madonna 58

TRIPPIN' ON YOUR LOVE Kenny Thomas 59 33 56

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 60 60 60 60

 

LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull 61 69

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 62 63 63 63

WHAT'S UP? 4 Non-Blondes 63

METAL GURU T.Rex 64 66 67 67

BAD BOYS Inner Circle 65

DELICATE Terence Trent D'Arby/ Des'ree 66

I CAN'T MAKE IT ALONE Maria McKee 67

STRONGER TOGETHER Sybil 68 68

GLASTONBURY SONG The Waterboys 69

U.R. THE BEST THING D:Ream 70 74

 

ANGEL a-ha 71 65

TRIBAL DANCE 2 Unlimited 72 75

RIDDIM US3/Tukka Yoot 73

TEASE ME Chaka Demus & Pliers 74

SOMETIMES James 75 15 19 19

 

13th Sept new entries

 

ACE OF SPADES Motorhead 4 3 11

OUR TOWN Iris DeMent 28 50 64

STRIKE ME PINK Deborah Harry 36 70

SOMEBODY TO SHOVE Soul Asylum 37 58

LIFE Haddaway 38 35 2

I'M IN A PHILLY MOOD Daryl Hall 40 36 35

SO CALLED FRIEND Texas 42 61

CREEP Radiohead 46 25 41

LOVE SCENES Beverley Craven 49 28 40

SO YOU'D LIKE TO SAVE THE WORLD Lloyd Cole 50 40 55

RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu 56 37 18

NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young 59 12 10

SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers 70 10 13

ALL I GAVE World Party 71 39 38

BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle 73 18 14

 

19th Sept new entries

 

IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 8 12

TOO MANY PEOPLE Pauline Henry 26 28

FASCINATED Lisa B 32 27

BREAKADAWN De La Soul 34 20

TWO STEPS BEHIND Def Leppard 49 61

LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Al Green 55 39

CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode 59 8

MOVING ON UP M People 62 36

SOLITARY MAN Chris Isaak 66 70

MOVE Moby 69

ONE WOMAN Jade 71 65

WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN Jamiroquai 73 69

I'VE GOT THE MUSIC Mount Rushmere 74

HEART-SHAPED BOX Nirvana 75

 

26th Sept new entries

 

EVERLASTING LOVE World's Apart 23

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Chumbawumba/ Credit To The Nation 25

HOOTS MON Lord Rockingham's XI 31

HERE WE GO Stakker Bo 33

ON THE ROPES The Wonder Stuff 34

EVERYDAY OMD 71

I LIKE IT D:Ream 73

KISS THAT FROG Peter Gabriel 75

 

Good day, John.

Early 90s (before Spice Girls / Aqua time) is maybe my least favourite era in music.

The most my favourites from your 1993 charts are ABBA retro classics (Happy New Year, Thank You For The Music, Dancing Queen, When All Is Said And Done, Voules-Vouz). Not a fan of this Madonna's period. "Deeper And Deeper", "Rain", "Bad Girl" could be in my top 20, but not higher. Naimee Coleman's cover version of "Ordinary World" was my # 1 in 2000s.

 

Ace Of Base - All That She Wants :wub: (It's like 90s version of ABBA)

Why "I Got You Babe" was # 1 in 1993?

Must listen mentioned songs from Kim Wilde, Debbie Harry, Texas.

 

P.S. : I didn't know, that "Go West" was released in 1993 (thought about 1987-1989).

 

 

 

 

Good day, John.

Early 90s (before Spice Girls / Aqua time) is maybe my least favourite era in music.

The most my favourites from your 1993 charts are ABBA retro classics (Happy New Year, Thank You For The Music, Dancing Queen, When All Is Said And Done, Voules-Vouz). Not a fan of this Madonna's period. "Deeper And Deeper", "Rain", "Bad Girl" could be in my top 20, but not higher. Naimee Coleman's cover version of "Ordinary World" was my # 1 in 2000s.

 

Ace Of Base - All That She Wants :wub: (It's like 90s version of ABBA)

Why "I Got You Babe" was # 1 in 1993?

Must listen mentioned songs from Kim Wilde, Debbie Harry, Texas.

 

P.S. : I didn't know, that "Go West" was released in 1993 (thought about 1987-1989).

 

Hi Alex,

 

Thanks for that, judging by the number of hits on my charts I think a lot of people seem to agree that the early 90's are less interesting than other periods! Madonna was definitely entering her fairly bland period around this time until about 1998, Ace Of Bass looked like one-hit wonders at the time but they actually had a few years of good pop singles.

 

I Got You Babe was a UK chart hit again thanks to being in Groundhog Day film (though Cher also did a duet with Beavis & Buthead of it - best not check that one out though!)

 

cheers!

john

OCTOBER 1993

 

One of the most volatile chart months ever, with a massive turnover of new entries and chart runs cut short. Mostly, it has to be said, due to an invasion of chart oldies as I'd been a fan of music for 30 years nearly, and a sense of history was there big-time. That, and a lack of an exciting new music scene. Haddaway grabbed a long run at the top with a great dance track, keeping off some other great records like Relight My Fire, Play Dead, and an early Texas minor hit goodie.

 

3rd October chart

 

RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1 3 3 6 7

LIFE Haddaway 2 1 1 1 1

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 3 4 2 2 4

MICHELLE The Beatles 4 6 8 11 15

OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles 5 8 12 18 25

ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson 6 10 14 22 27

PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees 7 13 16 20 23

NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young 8 11 11 13 22

THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel 9 14 19 24 33

RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV 10 15 18 25 31

 

BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 11 16 23 34 42

CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode 12 18 29 36 45

IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 13 21 26 41 59

BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle 14 12 21 42

DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey 15 20 27 44 51

RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu 16 7 6 4 5

SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers 17 22 31 43 66

EVERLASTING LOVE World's Apart 18 26 56

CANTALOUPE US3 19 31 53

ACE OF SPADES Motorhead 20 28 39 55

 

HERE WE GO Stakker Bo 21 23 38 46

LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury 22 30 36 51 61

WILD WOOD Paul Weller 23 34 48 52 41

TOO MANY PEOPLE Pauline Henry 24 38

BREAKADAWN De La Soul 25 55 57

PRAY Take That 26 36 43 50 56

ALL I GAVE World Party 27 32 59

THIS IS THE WAY Danii Minogue 28 37

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Chumbawumba/ Credit To The Nation 29 68

SOMETIMES James 30 48

 

LOVE SCENES Beverley Craven 31 41

MOVING ON UP M People 32 19 15 26 34

ON THE ROPES The Wonder Stuff 33

FASCINATED Lisa B 34

VENUS AS A BOY Bjork 35 49

TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran 36 51

CREEP Radiohead 37

LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle 38 50 70

STAY Eternal 39 17 9 5 8

STAR/ I LIKE IT D:Ream 40 24 22 40

 

IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS FROM MY EYES) Bitty McLean 41

BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian 42

MR VAIN Culture Beat 43 57 74

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys 44 47 52 61 71

HOOTS MON Lord Rockingham's XI 45

DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba 46 46 47 48 48

HEAVEN HELP Lenny Kravitz 47

DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD 48 52 62 67

WORLD (THE PRICE OF LOVE) New Order 49

GOTTA GET IT RIGHT Lena Fiagbe 50 out 64 21 30

 

NUMB U2 51 27 46

LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Al Green 52 25 42

20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 53 53 55 58 58

IF Janet Jackson 54

PEACH Prince 55 43 32 30 47

DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 56 63 67

DISTANT SUN Crowded House 57 35 33 28 50

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel 58 64 72

I'M IN A PHILLY MOOD Daryl Hall 59

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 60 60 61 63 63

 

HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles 61 62 63 65 64

COME UNDONE Duran Duran 62 66

TRACKS OF MY TEARS Go West 63 40 68

(I DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry 64

DANCEHALL MOOD aSWAD 65

SO YOU'D LIKE TO SAVE THE WORLD Lloyd Cole 66

I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher 67

METAL GURU T.Rex 68

WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN Jamiroquai 69

HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward 70 out 49 33 44

 

LA TRISTESSA DURERA (SCREAM TO A SIGH) The Manic Street Preachers 71

SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur 72 59 54 49 40

TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power 73 39 20 16 14

HIGHER GROUND UB40 74

JIMMY OLSEN'S BLUES Spin Doctors 75

 

10th Oct new entries

 

MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield 2 4 7 11

GANGSTERS The Specials 5 5 8 13

CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 9 7 14 24

RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash 29 25 31 35

BUMPED Right Said Fred 33 10 9 6

ON MY RADIO The Selecter 42 58

TEARS OF A CLOWN The Beat 44 51 69

MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie 45 24 17 21

I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf 54 41 35 39

PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork 56 17 3 2

BREAKDOWN One Dove 58 28 12 17

I BELIEVE Bon Jovi 61 37 66

WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEONE Bad Boys Inc 65

THE PRINCE Madness 67

CRYIN' Aerosmith 69 45 27 18

ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL The Manic Street Preachers 70

GOING NOWHERE Gabrielle 71

JOY Staxx 72 44

INTO YOUR ARMS Lemonheads 73 34 53

SO NATURAL Lisa Stansfield 74 65 39 32

SPACEMAN 4-Non Blondes 75

 

17th Oct new entries

 

WONDERFUL LAND Hank B. Marvin/ Mark Knopfler 13 23 43

MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie 30 29 26

FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry 35 45 53

AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante 40 60 20

YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas 50 10 3

POLICE AND THIEVES Junior Murvin 60 57

DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll 66 56 37

SOMETHING IN THE AIR Tom Petty 69 out 67

BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins 71 71 60

THE GIFT INXS 73 32 28

GIMME THE SUNSHINE Curiosity (Killed The Cat) 75 70

 

24th Oct new entries

 

PASS IT ON Bitty McLean 15 10

CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre 19 16

LEMON U2 37 29

RAIN Madonna 38 46

RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum 47 65

NORWEGIAN WOOD PM Dawn 54 54

THIS GARDEN The Levellers 59 19

JULIA Chris Rea 62 36

ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel 64 38

COMIN' ON The Shamen 68 68

BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10000 Maniacs 72

SOUL FISH The Other Two (New Order) 73

MOVIN' ON Apache Indian 74

SHED A TEAR Wet Wet Wet 75

 

31st Oct new entries

 

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees 9

AGAIN Janet Jackson 12

U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella 49

GOT TO GET IT Culture Beat 52

I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN Frank Sinatra/ Bono 55

WAR Edwin Starr and Shadow 57

WHAT IS IT YOU WANTED Willie Nelson 62

WHY MUST WE WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT Tina Turner 69

GIVE IT UP The Goodmen 70

MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project 72

PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams 73

THAT'S WHAT I THINK Cyndi Lauper 74

TONGUE TIED The Cat (Red Dwarf) 75

 

7th Nov 1993

 

I started my 3rd Florida holiday this week, as I firmly entered my American scifi TV love phase, shows like Deep Space 9 months ahead of UK broadcast, hooray! ** I became a big fan of oldies American radio discovering loads of 60's and 70's gems ** I became obsessed with theme park rides. Couldn't get enough, the wilder the ride the better, the higher the rollercoaster the better, loved Epcot, MGM and Universal Studios. Adrenalin rush....!

 

It was all about the latest Bee Gees revival for me. In those days if you didnt have a hit for a few years it was considered a comeback - The Bees had about 6 or 7! These days it's not unusual to have a prolonged chart-break.. Ayway, I'd seen them on the Radio 1 roadshow and they were 60's childhood popstar faves who were still going strong with a luvverly melodic ballad. MOR, but, hey a good melody is not a crime!

 

 

My chart meanwhile suddenly got frantic, loadsaclimbers headed by the very late Jimmy Durante and his Sleepless In Seattle version of the Dooley Wilson Casablanca classic, which had charted in 1977 ** The Levellers get their biggest hit ** Bowie gets his umpteenth Top 10 ** Captain Hollywood Project rocket from 72 to 8 ** Cilla & Dusty highest entry for a bit of 60's nostalgia, loved seeing them together and the record deserved better ** The Goodmen up to 39, later borrowed by Simply Red to great effect ** Elton & Kiki finally get that second duet hit 17 years on. Most of the big ballad chart hits of the day struggling in my charts, however, just a tad TOO overblown and dull to excite me much.

 

 

1 ( 9 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

2 ( 2 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

3 ( 1 ) LIFE Haddaway

4 ( 3 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

5 ( 4 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

6 ( 20 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

7 ( 19 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers

8 ( 72 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project

9 ( 12 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson

10 ( 21 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

 

 

 

11 ( 5 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

12 ( 7 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

13 ( 6 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred

14 ( 8 ) STAY Eternal

15 ( 11 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

16 ( 10 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean

17 ( 23 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

18 ( 18 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith

19 ( 35 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash

20 ( 53 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry

 

21 ( 13 ) GANGSTERS The Specials

22 ( 15 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

23 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield

24 ( 29 ) LEMON U2

25 ( 36 ) JULIA Chris Rea

26 ( 16 ) CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre

27 ( 37 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll

28 ( 68 ) COMIN' ON The Shamen

29 ( 14 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power

30 ( 39 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

 

31 ( 33 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

32 ( 22 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young

33 ( 17 ) BREAKDOWN One Dove

34 ( 27 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson

35 ( 25 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles

36 ( 31 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

37 ( 24 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross

38 ( 52 ) GOT TO GET IT Culture Beat

39 ( 70 ) GIVE IT UP The Goodmen

40 ( 49 ) U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella

 

41 ( 41 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller

42 ( 28 ) THE GIFT INXS

43 ( 60 ) BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins

44 ( 26 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

45 ( 42 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

46 ( 30 ) GOTTA GET IT RIGHT Lena Fiagbe

47 ( 47 ) PEACH Prince

48 ( NEW ) SHED A TEAR Wet Wet Wet

49 ( 48 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

50 ( 69 ) WHY MUST WE WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT Tina Turner

 

51 ( NEW ) LAID James

52 ( 34 ) MOVING ON UP M People

53 ( 44 ) HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward

54 ( 45 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode

55 ( NEW ) QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Whitney Houston

56 ( 51 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

57 ( 62 ) WHAT IS IT YOU WANTED Willie Nelson

58 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

59 ( 38 ) ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel

60 ( 73 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

 

61 ( 56 ) PRAY Take That

62 ( 32 ) SO NATURAL Lisa Stansfield

63 ( 40 ) SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur

64 ( 63 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 64 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

66 ( NEW ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

67 ( 59 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette

68 ( 57 ) WAR Edwin Starr and Shadow

69 ( 46 ) RAIN Madonna

70 ( 61 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury

 

71 ( 65 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum

72 ( NEW ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting

73 ( 43 ) WONDERFUL LAND Hank B. Marvin/ Mark Knopfler

74 ( NEW ) MICHIKO Sultans Of Ping

75 ( NEW ) NO TIME TO PLAY Guru featuring D.C. Lee

Edited November 27, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

14th Nov 1993

 

Second week of the Florida holiday, driving down the Keys and over to the west coast Tampa Bay, and the US radio saturation had a major affect on my charts - mostly in the form of re-entries, as the US charts were pretty slow in those days. UK hits, as I'd not heard them 2 weeks, dropped. Up to the top, though, one of Pet Shop Boys greatest records: Go West had originally peaked at 11 in 1979 for the Village People, but the gay disco singsong had been transformed into a spine-tingling lament to AIDS and the also to the fall of Communism looking to the west for answers. Or it's great to just singalong to anyway...

 

 

Meanwhile, Madonna returned to the Top 10 after a few unremarkable singles, and highest new entry US hit from the new Toni Braxton, soon to hit it in 1994, simpering as much as singing, but it seemed good at the time ** Meatloaf goes Top 20 for the first time in 11 years ** Dwight Yoakam covers Elvis country-stylee and it's great fun ** oldies on US radio that sounded great included, Sweet Talking Guy (Chiffons), Kind Of A Drag (The Buckinghams, never a UK hit), Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Diamond) and Build Me Up Buttercup (The Foundations) which I heard at Universal Studios..

 

1 ( 5 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 1 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

3 ( 2 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

4 ( 4 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

5 ( 3 ) LIFE Haddaway

6 ( 8 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project

7 ( 9 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson

8 ( 69 ) RAIN Madonna

9 ( NEW ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton

10 ( 6 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

 

 

 

11 ( 17 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

12 ( 7 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers

13 ( RE ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway

14 ( 12 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

15 ( 31 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

16 ( 10 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

17 ( 18 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith

18 ( 30 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

19 ( 11 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

20 ( RE ) CANTALOOP US3

 

21 ( 56 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

22 ( 15 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

23 ( 13 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred

24 ( RE ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base

25 ( 16 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean

26 ( 20 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry

27 ( RE ) MR VAIN Culture Beat

28 ( 14 ) STAY Eternal

29 ( 71 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum

30 ( 19 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash

 

31 ( 21 ) GANGSTERS The Specials

32 ( 22 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

33 ( 36 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

34 ( NEW ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Dwight Yoakam

35 ( RE ) IF Janet Jackson

36 ( 23 ) HEART AND SOUL Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield

37 ( RE ) BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears

38 ( 39 ) GIVE IT UP The Goodmen

39 ( 60 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

40 ( 43 ) BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins

 

 

 

41 ( 35 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles

42 ( 25 ) JULIA Chris Rea

43 ( 32 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young

44 ( 34 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson

45 ( 24 ) LEMON U2

46 ( 37 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross

47 ( 55 ) QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Whitney Houston

48 ( 29 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power

49 ( 26 ) CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre

50 ( 49 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

51 ( 41 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller

52 ( RE ) OH CAROLINA Shaggy

53 ( 53 ) HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward

54 ( 27 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll

55 ( 28 ) COMIN' ON The Shamen

56 ( 59 ) ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel

57 ( 40 ) U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella

58 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

59 ( 33 ) BREAKDOWN One Dove

60 ( 51 ) LAID James

 

61 ( 44 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

62 ( RE ) SWEAT (A LA LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle

63 ( 45 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

66 ( 54 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode

67 ( RE ) DREAMS Gabrielle

68 ( RE ) LUV 4 LUV Robin S

69 ( 48 ) SHED A TEAR Wet Wet Wet

70 ( 61 ) PRAY Take That

 

71 ( 38 ) GOT TO GET IT Culture Beat

72 ( NEW ) HERO Mariah Carey

73 ( 66 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

74 ( NEW ) HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms

75 ( RE ) BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10000 Maniacs

Edited November 30, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

21st Nov 1993

 

Back in the UK and the chart goes mad - loads of new UK hits I was getting to hear, and loads of American new tracks I taped onto cassette while I was there and replayed, so it's a curious mix. However, Bee Gees go back up to 1 again amidst an invasion of high new entries led by 1985 classic Frankie at 2, and obscure American wholesome popstar Dino. The great one though is Blind Melon at 6, tinged with sadness from the early death of the lead singer, along with the ever-classy and marvellous Kate Bush at 7....

 

 

High Climber from Soul Asylum, still well-known, classic 1973 Doobie Brothers remixed and finally a UK hit, 1990 SAW track Lonnie Gordon pops back in, Roy Orbison covers Cyndi Lauper - or so it seems. Given that the greatest male vocalist of all-time had been dead nearly 5 years I think it's fair to say the less-good Cyndi version and the awful Celine version were covers! ** in at 40, another Manilow remix, this time of his great OTT pseudo-classical 1978 UK hit (but actually a hit years before in the USA) Could It Be Magic. Probably Take That-related! ** finally a superstar trio plug a major movie theme tune lower down, for which they were rewarded with a huge hit and an award for dullness from me - mostly it charted due to US holiday nostalgia as it was played as an exclusive newie while I was driving the highways and byways.

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

2 ( NEW ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3 ( NEW ) OOH CHILD Dino

4 ( 1 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

5 ( 7 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson

6 ( NEW ) NO RAIN Blind Melon

7 ( NEW ) MOMENTS OF PLEASURE Kate Bush

8 ( 11 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

9 ( 29 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum

10 ( 18 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

 

 

11 ( 4 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

12 ( 3 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

13 ( 6 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project

14 ( 5 ) LIFE Haddaway

15 ( NEW ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' 93 The Doobie Brothers

16 ( 9 ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton

17 ( 24 ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base

18 ( NEW ) BETTER THAN YOU Lisa Keith

19 ( 13 ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway

20 ( 15 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

 

21 ( 8 ) RAIN Madonna

22 ( 14 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

23 ( 10 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

24 ( 39 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

25 ( NEW ) HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon

26 ( 37 ) BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears

27 ( 12 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers

28 ( 17 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith

29 ( 19 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

30 ( 16 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

 

31 ( 21 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

32 ( 22 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

33 ( NEW ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Roy Orbison

34 ( 20 ) CANTALOOP US3

35 ( RE ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting

36 ( 73 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

37 ( 60 ) LAID James

38 ( 35 ) IF Janet Jackson

39 ( 33 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

40 ( NEW ) COULD IT BE MAGIC '93 Barry Manilow

 

 

 

41 ( 23 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred

42 ( 32 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

43 ( 31 ) GANGSTERS The Specials

44 ( 68 ) LUV 4 LUV Robin S

45 ( 25 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean

46 ( 27 ) MR VAIN Culture Beat

47 ( RE ) CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE UB40

48 ( 26 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry

49 ( 74 ) HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms

50 ( NEW ) LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS Belinda Carlisle

 

51 ( 50 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

52 ( 75 ) BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10000 Maniacs

53 ( 28 ) STAY Eternal

54 ( NEW ) WILD WORLD Mr. Big

55 ( 62 ) SWEAT (A LA LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle

56 ( 30 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash

57 ( RE ) HIGHER GROUND UB40

58 ( NEW ) WILL YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) Heart

59 ( NEW ) I'M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

60 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

 

61 ( NEW ) FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Urban Cookie Collective

62 ( NEW ) LET HER DOWN EASY Terence 'Trent' Darby

63 ( NEW ) NAILS IN MY FEET Crowded House

64 ( 67 ) DREAMS Gabrielle

65 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( NEW ) ANNIVERSARY Tony! Toni! Tone

68 ( NEW ) SAID I LOVED BUT I LIED Michael Bolton

69 ( 34 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Dwight Yoakam

70 ( NEW ) ALL FOR LOVE Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting

 

71 ( RE ) INTO YOUR ARMS The Lemonheads

72 ( NEW ) LATELY Jodeci

73 ( NEW ) AIN'T IT FUN Guns 'n' Roses

74 ( NEW ) LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS The Orb

75 ( NEW ) TWO STEPS BEHIND Def Leppard

Edited November 30, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

28th Nov 1993

 

Another week at the top for the Gibbs, but in at 2 my relatively newer faves Pet Shop Boys, and Kate at 3 with her last big chart hit (for 11 years) just before that massive gap in releases ** Janet peaks at 4 with one of her best records, the very sweet Again ** Peter Sellers: yes, him! It was a reissued childhood fave comedy record version of the then-very-famous A Hard Day's Night performed on the Beatles TV special of 1965 ** Back in, new ones from Bowie, Hall, Lulu ** Saint Etienne also jump in with one of the few 90's xmas classics. One of the great under-rated bands of that decade.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

2 ( NEW ) I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 7 ) MOMENTS OF PLEASURE Kate Bush

4 ( 5 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson

5 ( 15 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' 93 The Doobie Brothers

6 ( 6 ) NO RAIN Blind Melon

7 ( 2 ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood

8 ( 10 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

9 ( 3 ) OOH CHILD Dino

10 ( 4 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

 

 

11 ( 16 ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton

12 ( NEW ) A HARD DAYS NIGHT Peter Sellers

13 ( 9 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum

14 ( 24 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

15 ( 13 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project

16 ( 8 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

17 ( 18 ) BETTER THAN YOU Lisa Keith

18 ( 50 ) LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS Belinda Carlisle

19 ( 35 ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting

20 ( 36 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

 

 

 

21 ( 11 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

22 ( NEW ) BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA David Bowie

23 ( 12 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

24 ( 14 ) LIFE Haddaway

25 ( 59 ) I'M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

26 ( 63 ) NAILS IN MY FEET Crowded House

27 ( NEW ) STOP LOVING ME STOP LOVING YOU Daryl Hall

28 ( 58 ) WILL YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) Heart

29 ( 22 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

30 ( 17 ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base

 

31 ( 25 ) HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon

32 ( NEW ) JUST KEEP ME MOVING k.d. Lang

33 ( 33 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Roy Orbison

34 ( 20 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

35 ( NEW ) HOW BOUT US Lulu

36 ( 19 ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway

37 ( 32 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

38 ( 21 ) RAIN Madonna

39 ( 23 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

40 ( 29 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

 

41 ( 28 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith

42 ( 31 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

43 ( 34 ) CANTALOOP US3

44 ( NEW ) I WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Saint Etienne

45 ( 26 ) BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears

46 ( 27 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers

47 ( 30 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

48 ( 68 ) SAID I LOVED BUT I LIED Michael Bolton

49 ( 40 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC '93 Barry Manilow

50 ( 42 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

 

 

 

51 ( 51 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

52 ( 39 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

53 ( 43 ) GANGSTERS The Specials

54 ( NEW ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER M People

55 ( 61 ) FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Urban Cookie Collective

56 ( 60 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

57 ( 41 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred

58 ( 38 ) IF Janet Jackson

59 ( 45 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean

60 ( NEW ) FULL OF LIFE (HAPPY NOW) The Wonder Stuff

 

61 ( 37 ) LAID James

62 ( 62 ) LET HER DOWN EASY Terence 'Trent' Darby

63 ( 49 ) HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms

64 ( NEW ) IS THERE ANY LOVE IN YOUR HEART Lenny Kravitz

65 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

66 ( 65 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

67 ( 67 ) ANNIVERSARY Tony! Toni! Tone

68 ( 44 ) LUV 4 LUV Robin S

69 ( NEW ) WE CLOSE OUR EYES' 93 Go West

70 ( 54 ) WILD WORLD Mr. Big

 

71 ( NEW ) MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE 2 Unlimited

72 ( 73 ) AIN'T IT FUN Guns 'n' Roses

73 ( NEW ) HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD Paul Young

74 ( NEW ) HEY MR DJ Zhane

75 ( NEW ) THE PERFECT MOMENT The Christians

Edited November 30, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

6th DEC 1993

 

The charts were still chock full of Florida holiday hits but now I was back in the UK some British hits made re-entries as I got to hear them after a gap. I was about to give up golf as a hobby - I enjoyed the company, but the stress of the ball going everywhere except where I wanted it to go was too much. Snooker and darts were my pass-time of choice with the Countryside mates from work. My lifelong loves The Legion Of Super-Heroes were in the process of being killed off after a few years of grim adult reading. DC Comics like to start from scratch and ditch long-time readers to excite new young fans. Trouble is, they prefer computer games these days....

 

Musically, mellow Bee Gees just keeping off whimsical Pet Shop Boys and Meatloaf goes Top 5 for only the second time, and Bpwie Top 10 for the umpty-teenth time with a TV series theme which was pretty good. Highest (re)entry from dance act Cappella sounding all piano-led and repetitive and high bpm. Sign of things to come.

 

kd Lang, ever-under-rated, goes Top 20, and YMCA is back again with a remix, the scourge of the early 90's, they almost always are not an improvement on the original, and frequently ruin it. Happily Saint Etienne go Top 30 with their minor christmas classic, and East 17 get the highest new proper entry with one of their run of laddy goodies.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

2 ( 2 ) I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 5 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' 93 The Doobie Brothers

4 ( 3 ) MOMENTS OF PLEASURE Kate Bush

5 ( 8 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

6 ( 4 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson

7 ( 6 ) NO RAIN Blind Melon

8 ( 12 ) A HARD DAYS NIGHT Peter Sellers

9 ( 22 ) BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA David Bowie

10 ( 11 ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton

 

11 ( 9 ) OOH CHILD Dino

12 ( 20 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

13 ( 7 ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood

14 ( 10 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

15 ( RE ) U GOT TO LET THE MUSIC Cappella

16 ( 17 ) BETTER THAN YOU Lisa Keith

17 ( RE ) DON’T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll

18 ( 13 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum

19 ( 27 ) STOP LOVING ME STOP LOVING YOU Daryl Hall

20 ( 32 ) JUST KEEP ME MOVING k.d. Lang

 

21 (NEW) YMCA ’93 The Village People

22 ( 54 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER M People

23 ( 15 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project

24 ( 16 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

25 ( 25 ) I'M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

26 ( 26 ) NAILS IN MY FEET Crowded House

27 ( 24 ) LIFE Haddaway

28 ( 44 ) I WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Saint Etienne

29 ( 14 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

30 ( 18 ) LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS Belinda Carlisle

 

31 ( 23 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

32 ( 48 ) SAID I LOVED BUT I LIED Michael Bolton

33 ( 35 ) HOW BOUT US Lulu

34 ( NEW ) IT’S ALRIGHT East 17

35 ( 29 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

36 ( NEW ) LET ME SHOW YOU K KLass

37 ( 28 ) WILL YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) Heart

38 ( RE ) HEART AND SOUL Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield

39 ( 21 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

40 ( 55 ) FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Urban Cookie Collective

 

41 ( NEW ) WALKING ON AIR Bad Boys Inc

42 ( 71 ) MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE 2 Unlimited

43 ( 34 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

44 ( 37 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

45 ( 30 ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base

46 ( 31 ) HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon

47 ( NEW) BREATHE AGAIN Toni Braxton

48 ( 39 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

49 ( NEW ) CAN WE TALK Tevin Campbell

50 ( 19 ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting

 

 

 

51 ( 51 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

52 ( 40 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

53 ( NEW ) GONE TOO SOON Michael Jackson

54 ( 38 ) RAIN Madonna

55 ( 42 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

56 ( 60 ) FULL OF LIFE (HAPPY NOW) The Wonder Stuff

57 ( RE ) GIVE IT UP The Goodmen

58 ( 56 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

59 ( 43 ) CANTALOOP US3

60 ( NEW ) HERO Mariah Carey

 

61 ( 36 ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway

62 ( 69 ) WE CLOSE OUR EYES' 93 Go West

63 ( 33 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Roy Orbison

64 ( NEW ) BRING ME YOUR CUP UB40

65 ( 50 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

66 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( 66 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

68 ( NEW ) CONTROVERSY Prince

69 ( NEW ) HANDS UP (4 LOVERS) Right Said Fred

70 ( 53 ) GANGSTERS The Specials

 

71 ( NEW ) OPEN UP Leftfield Lydon

72 ( NEW ) WHAT’S MY NAME Snoop Doggy Dogg

73 ( NEW ) LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN Lisa Stansfield

74 ( RE ) STAY/ I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN Bono and Frank Sinatra

75 ( 52 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

Edited December 13, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

13th DEC 1993

 

3rd chart-topper of the year for Pet Shop Boys, this time in witty, playful mode. The album is as good as the singles off it, the boys were peaking again!

 

The other big trend was oldies, and christmas-flavoured Frankie lead the pack after a string of remixes and reissues. and Mike Oldfield's also christmassy EP. Lots of re-entries back in the UK and picking up flop singles cheap (meant I got to hear them properly and chart them more realistically). I can't explain the Toni Braxton popularity though, must have had a bit of Florida nostalgia going on...

 

 

1 ( 2 ) I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 1 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

3 ( 3 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' 93 The Doobie Brothers

4 ( NEW ) THE POWER OF LOVE Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5 ( 6 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson

6 ( 4 ) MOMENTS OF PLEASURE Kate Bush

7 ( 7 ) NO RAIN Blind Melon

8 ( 21 ) Y.M.C.A. '93 The Village People

9 ( 5 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

10 ( 12 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

 

11 ( 9 ) BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA David Bowie

12 ( 19 ) STOP LOVING ME STOP LOVING YOU Daryl Hall

13 ( 28 ) I WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Saint Etienne

14 ( 8 ) A HARD DAYS NIGHT Peter Sellers

15 ( 10 ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton

16 ( 22 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER M People

17 ( 34 ) IT'S ALRIGHT East 17

18 ( 18 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum

19 ( 36 ) LET ME SHOW YOU K Klass

20 ( 53 ) HUMAN NATURE/GONE TOO SOON Michael Jackson

 

21 ( 14 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

22 ( 20 ) JUST KEEP ME MOVING k.d. Lang

23 ( 26 ) NAILS IN MY FEET Crowded House

24 ( 41 ) WALKING ON AIR Bad Boys Inc

25 ( 11 ) OOH CHILD Dino

26 ( 13 ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood

27 ( 15 ) U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella

28 ( 16 ) BETTER THAN YOU Lisa Keith

29 ( 25 ) I'M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

30 ( 17 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll

 

31 ( 27 ) LIFE Haddaway

32 ( 23 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project

33 ( 30 ) LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS Belinda Carlisle

34 ( 69 ) HANDS UP (4 LOVERS) Right Said Fred

35 ( 24 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

36 ( RE ) HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD Paul Young

37 ( 64 ) BRING ME YOUR CUP UB40

38 ( 38 ) HEART AND SOUL Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield

39 ( 33 ) HOW BOUT US Lulu

40 ( RE ) ANNIVERSARY Toni! Tony! Tone!

 

 

 

41 ( 37 ) WILL YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) Heart

42 ( 35 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

43 ( 31 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

44 ( 68 ) CONTROVERSY Prince

45 ( 73 ) LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN Lisa Stansfield

46 ( NEW ) IN DULCE JUBILO/ PORTSMOUTH Mike Oldfield

47 ( 32 ) SAID I LOVED BUT I LIED Michael Bolton

48 ( 29 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

49 ( 49 ) CAN WE TALK Tevin Campbell

50 ( 39 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

 

51 ( 51 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

52 ( 44 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

53 ( 43 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

54 ( NEW ) PLEASE (YOU GOT THAT) INXS and Ray Charles

55 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

56 ( 42 ) MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE 2 Unlimited

57 ( 45 ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base

58 ( 48 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

59 ( 55 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

60 ( 46 ) BREATHE AGAIN Toni Braxton

 

61 ( NEW ) TWIST AND SHOUT Chaka Demus and Pliers

62 ( 40 ) FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Urban Cookie Collective

63 ( 74 ) STAY/I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN U2/ Bono and Frank Sinatra

64 ( 59 ) CANTALOOP US3

65 ( RE ) JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms

66 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( 67 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

68 ( NEW ) WHOOMP (THERE IT IS) Tag Team

69 ( 65 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

70 ( NEW ) THE PERFECT YEAR Dina Carroll

 

71 ( 52 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

72 ( NEW ) I WISH Gabrielle

73 ( 75 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

74 ( NEW ) BIG TIME SENSUALITY Bjork

75 ( NEW ) ANGEL Kirsty Maccoll

 

 

Edited December 26, 201311 yr by popchartfreak