Incredible dance song, still remember the first time I heard it very vividly - I was blown away.

Quite the opposite to my reaction when I first heard it then (which would definitely have been when it was announced as the #1, as I almost never heard songs before they charted at that point) - which was probably akin to this emoticon => :mellow: :lol: Mind you, half of that probably would have been disappointment as back then I would get excited to hear the #1 as I usually trusted the public's taste (:lol:!) enough for it to be something good.

 

I can understand why people like it, I guess, but it's not my bag at all :( I actually almost gave it my -2 last round but decided that nothing is more odious than Cliff in the end. That said, it's my least favourite song currently in the final, but I have a feeling the ever horrendous Puff Daddy will get a wildcard anyway so that will spare ATB there too.

 

Great to see Babylon Zoo, Cher and Blur looking like they'll make the final :D Poor Shoop Shoop though - I should have given it points! It's a good cover IMO.

Damn, had I voted I might've put Five into the Wildcard round. :(

 

 

15 +147 1997 Blur "Beetlebum"

12 +191 1998 Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha'

10 +171 1998 Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins 'It's Like That'

08 +196 1995 Blur 'Country House'

06 +147 1996 Fugees "Killing Me Softly"

05 +148 1990 Englandneworder 'World In Motion'

04 +099 1999 Armand van Helden "U Don't Know Me"

03 +114 1999 Fatboy Slim "Praise You"

02 +149 1996 Babylon Zoo "Spaceman"

01 +168 1993 The Bluebells 'Young at Heart'

 

-2 +151 1994 Mariah Carey 'Without You'

 

Oh, I love 15 songs in this list. It was so hard to decide my top 10. :(

 

15 Chesney Hawkes 'The One And Only' :wub:

12 Babylon Zoo "Spaceman"

10 Take That 'Everything Changes'

08 Take That 'Pray'

06 Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha'

05 Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit

04 The Bluebells 'Young at Heart'

03 Doop 'Doop'

02 Adamski feat. Seal 'Killer'

01 Englandneworder 'World In Motion'

 

-2 Queen/ Bohemian Rhapsody This is very love or hate here. Im sorry, but this wasn't originally released in the 90s. :wacko: (Young at heart wasnt number 1 in 1984...) Would like to vote for Mariah Carey as well. :angry:

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+15 Christina Aguleria "Genie in a Bottle"

+12 Gabrielle 'Dreams'

+10 Michael Jackson 'Earth Song'

+08 Fugees "Killing Me Softly"

+06 The Spice Girls "Mama/Who Do You Think You Are"

+05 1998 Cher 'Believe'

+04 Charles and Eddie 'Would I Lie To You?'

+03 Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha'

+02 Fatboy Slim "Praise You"

+01 Adamski feat. Seal 'Killer'

 

-2 Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives'

 

 

That ^^^ doesn't sound like the correct version. This here is the original, it doesn't sound that different, - but this is much better and that is a bit remixed.

 

 

That was the European version, which I'm not really a massive fan of - I loved the bendy synths of the UK radio edit which is the shorter version that I posted. I don't think any other countries got the UK edit, I remember hearing the version you posted first when I bought the album on import and I was disappointed. That said, I much preferred the German/European version of Don't Stop to the dancier UK radio edit.

 

German version

 

 

UK version

 

Quite the opposite to my reaction when I first heard it then (which would definitely have been when it was announced as the #1, as I almost never heard songs before they charted at that point) - which was probably akin to this emoticon => :mellow: :lol: Mind you, half of that probably would have been disappointment as back then I would get excited to hear the #1 as I usually trusted the public's taste (:lol:!) enough for it to be something good.

 

I can understand why people like it, I guess, but it's not my bag at all :( I actually almost gave it my -2 last round but decided that nothing is more odious than Cliff in the end. That said, it's my least favourite song currently in the final, but I have a feeling the ever horrendous Puff Daddy will get a wildcard anyway so that will spare ATB there too.

 

Great to see Babylon Zoo, Cher and Blur looking like they'll make the final :D Poor Shoop Shoop though - I should have given it points! It's a good cover IMO.

 

Each to their own, it was the song that really turned me into a dance music fan. My impressionable 12 year old ears were sufficiently impressed clearly! The first time I heard it was in passing on CD:UK I think, and then the second time, when I really took notice of it, was at a listening stand in Virgin Megastores. I rarely stood at those and listened to full songs but on that occasion I did - and then bought the single :lol: I found it so different and euphoric, and it has to be said that it owes a lot to those bendy synths (which I guess is a love or hate sound), because the European original barely interests me.

 

I'm very surprised about Blur making it so far, I really thought that it defined fanbase #1 what with its tragic chart run. I guess it's picking up a lot of top/high marks rather than having any massively widespread appeal - I listened to it the other day as I bought their Midlife compilation album and I had to skip it, my ears were failing to detect a melody :lol:

That was the European version, which I'm not really a massive fan of - I loved the bendy synths of the UK radio edit which is the shorter version that I posted. I don't think any other countries got the UK edit, I remember hearing the version you posted first when I bought the album on import and I was disappointed. That said, I much preferred the German/European version of Don't Stop to the dancier UK radio edit.

 

German version

 

 

UK version

 

 

Why do the UK get awful remixes of ATB songs, the German version $h!ts all over the UK version for me plus I love Don't Stop more than I love 9PM, if only DS was his worldwide smash!

 

+15 Fugees - Killing Me Softly

+12 Gabrielle - Dreams

+10 Take That - Pray

+08 Mariah Carey - Without You

+06 Spice Girls - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are?

+05 Take That - Everything Changes

+04 Take That - Never Forget

+03 Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You

+02 Cher - Believe

+01 Gina g - Ooh Ah just a little bit

 

-02 Cornershop = Brinful of Asha

 

15 Blur "Beetlebum"

12 Armand van Helden "U Don't Know Me"

10 Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins 'It's Like That'

8 Adamski feat. Seal 'Killer'

6 Blur 'Country House'

5 Englandneworder 'World In Motion'

4 Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha'

3 Babylon Zoo "Spaceman"

2 Maria McKee 'Show Me Heaven'

1 Erasure 'Abba-esque EP'

 

 

-2 Michael Jackson 'Earth Song'

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives'

12 Englandneworder 'World In Motion'

10 Blur "Beetlebum"

08 Blur 'Country House'

06 Take That 'Never Forget'

05 Fugees "Killing Me Softly"

04 Fatboy Slim "Praise You"

03 Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins 'It's Like That'

02 Cornershop 'Brimful Of Asha'

01 Babylon Zoo "Spaceman"

 

Michael Jackson 'Earth Song'