+15 20. Madonna – Justify My Love - been loving it a lot recently

+12 14. Deee-Lite “Groove is in the Heart”

+10 7. Kylie Minouge – Better the Devil You Know

+8 12. DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner

+6 1. Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K – Get Up (Before the Night is Over)

+5 3. The B-52s – Love Shack

+4 15. Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You

+3 4. Alannah Myles – Black Velvet

+2 8. New Kids on the Block – Step By Step

+1 19. Kim Appleby – Don’t Worry - hated it as a child, but there's not much else to pick is there?

 

-2 17. Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz Part 1

 

Only 14 to pick from in 1991? Travesty

+15 Alannah Myles 'Black Velvet'

+12 The B-52s 'Love Shack'

+10 DNA & Suzanne Vega 'Tom's Diner'

+08 Dee-Lite 'Groove Is In The Heart'

+06 The Adventures Of Stevie V 'Dirty Cash'

+05 Deacon Blue 'Four Bacharach and David Songs (EP)'

+04 Kim Appleby 'Don't Worry'

+03 Madonna 'Justify My Love'

+02 Luciano Pavarotti 'Nessun Dorma'

+01 Londonbeat 'I've Been Thinking About You'

 

-02 Madonna 'Hanky Panky'

15- Kylie Minouge – Better the Devil You Know By far and away the best thing she ever did with S/A/W

12- Madonna – Justify My Love

10- DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Dinner

8- The Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash

6- Alannah Myles – Black Velvet

5- Deacon Blue – Four Bacharach and David Songs (EP)

4- Kim Appleby – Don’t Worry

3- Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet

2- Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2 – Mona

1- Madonna – Hanky Panky

 

-2 The B-52s – Love Shack (I'm probably alone here but I find it overplayed and grating)

 

 

Meh, I'm not going to bother voting in this when I recognise less than half of the songs and like less than half of those...

15|Dee-Lite “Groove is in the Heart”

12|DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner

10|The B-52s – Love Shack

08|The Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash

06|Madonna – Justify My Love

05|Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K – Get Up (Before the Night is Over)

04|Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair – Opposites Attract

03|Deacon Blue – Four Bacharach and David Songs (EP)

02|Kylie Minouge – Better the Devil You Know

01|Alannah Myles – Black Velvet

 

-02|Gazza and Lindisfarne – Fog On The Tyne

Well, I didn't know it existed for one. It just strikes me as slightly odd.

 

'The BRITs 1990' was the second #2 hit for Various Artists after 'All Star Hit Parade' in 1956 :D They finally got a #1 with 'Perfect Day' in 1997 but they have no other top 10 hits.

 

Hopefully Kanye West can help them get a fourth top ten hit with 'All Of The Lights' :lol:

 

 

Edited April 2, 201114 yr by danielGaGa

Hopefully Kanye West can help them get a fourth top ten hit with 'All Of The Lights' :lol:

 

Which would give them a top 10 span of 55 years :kink:

15 Alannah Myles – Black Velvet :wub:

12 DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner

10 Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair – Opposites Attract

08 Deee-Lite “Groove is in the Heart” This really deserves 15 too - tough top 5!

06 The Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash

05 Luciano Pavarotti – Nessun Dorma

04 Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet

03 The B-52s – Love Shack

02 Kylie Minouge – Better the Devil You Know

01 Madonna – Hanky Panky

 

-2 Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2 – Mona

 

 

And there were #2s called both 'Black Velvet' and 'Blue Velvet' in the same year :lol: Were those songs unrelated?

 

Definitely not!

 

'Blue Velvet' was a re-release from the early 60s I think - was in some film and more recently a toilet roll advert.

'Black Velvet' is completely different - you might have heard it, it still gets played on radio though hardly ever.

Definitely not!

 

'Blue Velvet' was a re-release from the early 60s I think - was in some film and more recently a toilet roll advert.

'Black Velvet' is completely different - you might have heard it, it still gets played on radio though hardly ever.

 

So by 'definitely not' you mean 'yes' then :P

Black Velvet still gets LOADS of airplay - particularly on the more MoR stations (Magic, Smooth etc)... you'd probably know it if you heard it, I would think.

Black Velvet still gets LOADS of airplay - particularly on the more MoR stations (Magic, Smooth etc)... you'd probably know it if you heard it, I would think.

 

I've definitely not heard it.

+15 Luciano Pavarotti "Nessun dorma"

+12 Technotronic "Get up before the night is over"

+10 Alannah Myles "Black velvet"

+08 Bobby Vinton "Blue velvet"

+06 Madonna "Justify my love"

+05 Kylie Minogue "Better the devil you know"

+04 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner"

+03 Stevie V "Dirty cash"

-----downwards from here I don't care that much------

+02 Deacon Blue "Bacharach songs"

+01 Londonbeat "I've been thinking about you"

 

-2 Gazza & Lindisfarne "Fog on the Tyne"

 

Legend has it that Allannah Myles recorded "Black Velvet" topless. :kink:

Edited April 2, 201114 yr by N-S

I've definitely not heard it.

How do you know that without listening to it first, and thus you know, hearing it? :lol:

 

I find it surprising that you wouldn't have heard it. I vividly remember hearing it myself many times but never knowing who actually sung it until I was listening to many songs from this kind of era a few years ago on YouTube.

 

I would say it's possibly more famous in America though (where it was a #1 hit), but I still think it's pretty well-known here too.

 

Anyway, I just checked on Comparemyradio.com out of interest, and Black Velvet has had 249 plays across the stations they track in the last 30 days. In comparison to other songs from this year:

 

Groove Is In The Heart - 231

Kylie Minogue - 63

Love Shack - 135

Dirty Cash - 140

Tom's Diner - 60

Londonbeat - 40

 

Nothing else has a significant amount.

 

So based on that Alannah Myles should be one of the most well-known tracks here, as I doubt airplay drastically changes for the older songs by the month.

Edited April 2, 201114 yr by superbossanova

tbh, I don't know a lot of these- it will get better as it goes along :lol:

 

+15 Luciano Pavarotti – Nessun Dorma :wub: :wub: :wub: I know hardly anyone knows this and I don't usually like opera, but I think this was beautiful

+12 Dee-Lite Groove is in the Heart

+10 The Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash

+8 The B-52s – Love Shack

+6 Kylie Minogue – Better the Devil You Know

 

and thats it, I haven't heard the rest, these are all just default points :drama: :

 

+5 Madonna – Hanky Panky

+4 DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Dinner

+3 Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You

+2 Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz Part 1

+1 Madonna- Justify My Love

 

-2 Kim Appleby- Don't Worry

Edited April 2, 201114 yr by chart wizard

How do you know that without listening to it first, and thus you know, hearing it? :lol:

 

By looking up the lyrics :P None of the lyrics seem familiar therefore I surely must have not heard it

+15 Kylie - Devil

+12 Adventures os Stevie V

+10 Londonbeat

+8 Technotronic

+6 Dee-Lite

+5 Madonna - Justify My Love

+4 DNA

+3 Luciano Pavarotti

+2 Paula Abdul

+1 B52s

 

-2 Black Velvet

I've definitely not heard it.

 

Then it is time to educate you in all things "rock chick circa 1990" Mr Bray. :D

 

15. Kylie Minogue – Better the Devil You Know Probably my fave song of all time. Cant believe it missed out on the top spot at the time

12. Luciano Pavarotti – Nessun Dorma. Is it wrong to like this on Buzzjack?

10. Kim Appleby – Don’t Worry I think this was made for her sister died. It's so cute

08. DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Dinner

06. New Kids on the Block – Step By Step

05. Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2 – Mona

04. The Adventures of Stevie V – Dirty Cash

03. Dee-Lite “Groove is in the Heart”

02. Madonna – Justify My Love One of my fave Madonna tracks

01. Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet :dance:

 

 

-2 The B-52s – Love Shack Boring as hell -_-