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This was the historic week when Bryan Adams spent his record breaking sixteenth consecutive week at the top. The highest new entry was from Vic Reeves and the Stourbridge rock band The Wonder Stuff (who up until this point had only a few moderate hits, the biggest "The Size Of A Cow" climbing to #5 back in March of this year). Many they would be a cert to climb to #1 the following week, but in the end they were usurped by what is easily U2's best single of the 1990s, "The Fly" and had to wait a fortnight to get the #1.

 

M People make their chart debut at 61 with "How Can I Love You More" which went on to become their first Top 40 hit (#29 in December) and eventually a Top 10 hit (#8) on re-release in early '93.

 

And, oh look - at #14 - it's Dannii Minogue with a terrible cover!

 

*HIGHEST NEW ENTRY (#6)*

 

*BIGGEST CLIMBER (#11)*

 

01. (01) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams (18 wks)

02. (06) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited (4 wks)

03. (02) WIND OF CHANGE Scorpions (5 wks)

04. (04) WORLD IN UNION Kiri Te Kanawa (5 wks)

05. (03) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monty Python's Flying Circus (4 wks)

06. (NE) DIZZY Vic Reeves And The Wonder Stuff

07. (05) INSANITY Oceanic (10 wks)

08. (07) SALTWATER Julian Lennon (10 wks)

09. (08) LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt-N-Pepa (9 wks)

10. (14) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield (2 wks)

 

11. (26) GO Moby (2 wks)

12. (10) EVERYBODY'S FREE (TO FEEL GOOD) Rozalla (8 wks)

13. (NE) DJ CULTURE Pet Shop Boys

14. (15) BABY LOVE Dannii Minogue (2 wks)

15. (27) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya (2 wks)

16. (NE) AFTER THE WATERSHED Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

17. (09) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure (6 wks)

18. (17) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis (4 wks)

19. (NE) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen

20. (11) BEST OF YOU Kenny Thomas (4 wks)

 

21. (33) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade (2 wks)

22. (12) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle (5 wks)

23. (25) EMOTIONS Mariah Carey (4 wks)

24. (13) I'M TOO SEXY Right Said Fred (14 wks)

25. (16) SUCH A FEELING Bizarre Inc. (7 wks)

26. (NE) 40 MILES Congress

27. (22) WALKING IN MEMPHIS Marc Cohn (3 wks)

28. (34) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean (4 wks)

29. (32) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston (3 wks)

30. (23) I WANT YOU FOREVER DJ Carl Cox (5 wks)

 

31. (20) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY Zoe (10 wks)

32. (NE) DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Paul Young

33. (36) NOCTURNE T99 (2 wks)

34. (18) JACKIE Marc Almond (5 wks)

35. (19) PEACE Sabrina Johnson (8 wks)

36. (NE) REAL LIFE Simple Minds

37. (21) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red (6 wks)

38. (24) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm (7 wks)

39. (37) SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS Cher (3 wks)

40. (65) THIS HOUSE Alison Moyet (2 wks)

 

41. (39) SWING LOW Union ft The England World Cup Rugby Squad (3 wks)

42. (28) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive (5 wks)

43. (29) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints (10 wks)

44. (31) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER PJB ft Hannah And Her Sisters (7 wks)

45. (40) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverly Craven (4 wks)

46. (35) DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams (5 wks)

47. (NE) MOVE TO MEMPHIS A-ha

48. (48) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Adeva (2 wks)

49. (56) PAPER DOLL PM Dawn (2 wks)

50. (44) IF YOU CARED Kim Appleby (2 wks)

 

51. (NE) SEASONS IN THE ABYSS Slayer

52. (38) THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. (6 wks)

53. (30) CAN'T TRUSS IT Public Enemy (3 wks)

54. (NE) CATCH THE FIRE Driza Bone

55. (50) CREAM Prince (6 wks)

56. (45) JUST GET UP & DANCE Africka Bambaattaa (3 wks)

57. (42) CLOSING TIME Deacon Blue (3 wks)

58. (NE) GIRL WITH THE LONELIEST EYES House Of Love

59. (NE) I WANNA STAY HOME Jellyfish

60. (NE) 2 LEGIT 2 QUIT Hammer

 

61. (NE) HOW CAN I LOVE YOU MORE M People

62. (55) KEEP COMING BACK Richard Marx (2 wks)

63. (57) DOMINATOR Human Resource (7 wks)

64. (41) DREAMER All About Eve (2 wks)

65. (NE) SEASON STREAM Thousand Yard Stare

66. (NE) INSSOMNIAK DJPC

67. (49) OH NO WON'T DO Cud (2 wks)

68. (NE) ULT OF PERSONALITY Living Colour

69. (62) OVERTURE Level 42 (2 wks)

70. (53) CHARLY Prodigy (10 wks)

71. (NE) MY TOWN Glass Tiger

72. (NE) SEEING THINGS Black Crowes

73. (46) DECADENCE DANCE Extreme (3 wks

74. (NE) IN MY HEART Texas

75. (43) NOTHING NATURAL Lush (2 wks)

High new entries for The Wonderstuff and Carter USM. Those were the days :D

 

And typical under-achievers for Thousand Yard Stare and House Of Love :(

High new entries for The Wonderstuff and Carter USM. Those were the days :D

 

And typical under-achievers for Thousand Yard Stare and House Of Love :(

Oh but how gorgeous was that House of Love track.

 

Just goes to show that the charts never ever meant jack shit.

I've never understood how House Of Love were not massive. With songs like Christine, Shine On and Beatles and the Stones they should have been hugely successful.

But we're talking about a musical climate where Bryan Adams was celebrating 16 weeks at #1 so I'm not surprised at all.

 

I mean look at that Top 10. It is crap which ever way you look at it.

The Stuffies with a crappy cover being their biggest hit was the only high point.

Have to take issue with you suggesting the Stuffies had only had moderate hits until then - for an indie band to hit the top 10, as they did with 'Size of a Cow', back in 1991 was massive. Just because 'indie' went mainstream in the late 90s and the top 10 became clogged up with Britpop, it doesn't mean this wasn't a huge achievement.

 

1991 was a golden year for indie music, I've always said so...and look at the following in the Top 75 - nice!

 

06. (NE) DIZZY Vic Reeves And The Wonder Stuff

 

Ok, so the Stuffies may not have gone any higher had it not been for the vocals of Mr Reeves but wasn't it great to have a novelty hit that was actually pretty good - and a cover that really beefed up the original.

 

16. (NE) AFTER THE WATERSHED Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

 

I'm pretty sure this chart comes from the infamous day when Carter guitarist Fruitbat rugby-tackled Pip Schofield live on BBC. This was Carter's breakthrough single after their re-released classic 'Sheriff Fatman' had snaked around the top 30 for a few weeks in the summer. It almost went on to reach the top 10, a feat they'd achieve with 'The Only Living Boy in New Cross' the following year.

 

I shall be watching them live again in less than 3 weeks!

 

58. (NE) GIRL WITH THE LONELIEST EYES House Of Love

 

Guy Chadwick and co. always seemed to be also-rans - I much prefer 'Shine On' and (especially) 'Destroy the Heart' but this is good too.

 

65. (NE) SEASON STREAM Thousand Yard Stare

 

Thousand Yard Stare are very much a forgotten band from this era. It's funny that. They'd also go on to record a top 40 hit with 'Comeuppance' shortly after this.

 

67. (49) OH NO WON'T DO Cud (2 wks)

 

Great record from Carl Puttnam and co. who would finally hit the top 40 after years of trying in 1992 with the excellent 'Rich and Strange'.

 

75. (43) NOTHING NATURAL Lush (2 wks)

 

Brilliant song from a brilliant band who deserve much better than being remembered exclusively for a trio of bubblegum Britpop records some years later. Their early stuff was so much better.

 

 

Elsewhere, there's still much love for the following:

 

11. (26) GO Moby (2 wks)

17. (09) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure (6 wks)

25. (16) SUCH A FEELING Bizarre Inc. (7 wks)

26. (NE) 40 MILES Congress

30. (23) I WANT YOU FOREVER DJ Carl Cox (5 wks)

33. (36) NOCTURNE T99 (2 wks)

38. (24) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm (7 wks)

42. (28) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive (5 wks)

43. (29) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints (10 wks)

56. (45) JUST GET UP & DANCE Africka Bambaattaa (3 wks)

63. (57) DOMINATOR Human Resource (7 wks)

66. (NE) INSSOMNIAK DJPC

70. (53) CHARLY Prodigy (10 wks)

 

63 & 66 were both huge rave hits of the time. I used to include them in loads of wee mix tapes at the time, along with the likes of Blockbuster (Ivory) by Skin Up.

 

Happy days.

NE for Queen at 19 - was that off an new album in 91? End up at no1 when freddie died a few weeks later.

 

Why are slade and Don McLean top 40?

NE for Queen at 19 - was that off an new album in 91? End up at no1 when freddie died a few weeks later.

 

Why are slade and Don McLean top 40?

 

"THe Show Must Go On" was actually from Innuendo but released as promotion for 'Greatest Hits II'. It climbed to 16, then quickly dropped out - only to re-enter the chart at 34 the week after Freddie's death.

 

Not sure about Slade, and for some reason "American Pie" was released in late 1991 and made the Top 20 for Don - it was even on NOW 20.

'Radio Wall of Sound' wasn't a re-release, Slade were still going in 1991 and that was a new record by them. I think it featured Mike Read doing the voice of a cheesy radio personality jock on it.

 

I can't remember why Don MacLean was back out again - it might have been an advert at the time? I do remember hearing it on the top 40 for a few weeks at the time.

I thought Maroon 5 and Christina Aguleria spending a 16th week top 10 was a big overstay... then I remembered Bryan Adams :zzz: