Been doing these retro chart for at least 4/5 years now, doing around 5 years every december. I think i started with 1972 on CClarity lol. Same story just let me know your memories and thought on the chart - starting with 1999 this year - new christmas no1 artist after 3 years of Spice Girls domination! Only 3 songs i would consider Xmas classics now - the no1 by Westlife, Cliff and his Millenium Prayer which surrendered the no1 after a media campaign to stop it being christmas no1 and Tom Jones/Cerys Mathews and the great Baby its Cold Outside.

 

Feel free to fire the video of Westlife up if yous want - Merry Christmas!! :D

 

Singles Chart For Week Up To 25/12/1999

 

01. Westlife - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun

 

02. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer

03. John Lennon - Imagine {1999}

04. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

07. Steps - Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know

08. Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

12. Boyzone - Every Day I Love You

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

15. Macy Gray - I Try

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

20. Robbie Williams - She's The One/It's Only Us

21. Perfect Phase - Horny Horns

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

23. Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone)

24. Five - Keep On Movin'

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo

26. Will Smith - Will 2K

27. Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry/Rockin' Robin

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings

29. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is

30. Martine McCutcheon - Talking In Your Sleep/Love Me

31. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside

32. Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure '99

33. Daniel O'Donnell - A Christmas Kiss

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

37. Bob Marley - Turn Your Lights Down Low ft Lauryn Hill

38. Whitney Houston - I Learned From The Best

39. Europe - The Final Countdown 2000

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

Edited December 4, 201113 yr by steve201

I'll comment as I remember listening to this chart - not picking faves or deleting any, just commenting on a few;

 

01. Westlife - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun Not great but a better xmas #1 than the absolute monstrosity below it would have been

02. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer :puke:

03. John Lennon - Imagine {1999}

04. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia Ridiculous song, but it was massive around school at the time - one of the first internet crazes wasn't it?

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One Both great pop songs, although largely forgotten about in the S Club canon

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

07. Steps - Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know - The former is an excellent pop song with a great video, the latter is a poor cover

08. Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) -

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life - Gutted that this fell out of the top ten but luckily it returned for four weeks afterwards :D

12. Boyzone - Every Day I Love You

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

15. Macy Gray - I Try

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck - This had an interesting chart run for the time, went top ten early the following year which was very rare

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll - This was an absolutely mammoth flop considering the artists on it, even moreso than The Collective were now! Awful song...

20. Robbie Williams - She's The One/It's Only Us

21. Perfect Phase - Horny Horns

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

23. Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone)

24. Five - Keep On Movin'

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo

26. Will Smith - Will 2K

27. Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry/Rockin' Robin

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings

29. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is - Shame this wasn't bigger, pretty decent pop song!

30. Martine McCutcheon - Talking In Your Sleep/Love Me

31. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside

32. Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure '99

33. Daniel O'Donnell - A Christmas Kiss

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello - I remember wondering how on earth this had made the singles top 40 at the time!

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now - I've come to appreciate this far more over time, quite a risky debut single lyrically for a pop act :o

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

37. Bob Marley - Turn Your Lights Down Low ft Lauryn Hill

38. Whitney Houston - I Learned From The Best - Also underrated, powerful ballad

39. Europe - The Final Countdown 2000

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

 

01. Westlife - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun :puke2: I appluad my 7 year old self for not buying this

02. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: My nan loves Cliff but even she admits this was a pile of shit

03. John Lennon - Imagine {1999} :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: IMO best song ever written. Shoulda been number 1 over the Cliff and Westlife crap

04. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One :cheer: :cheer: :heart: :yahoo: :wub: Hello Childhood memories!

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

07. Steps - Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know

08. Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo :D This song amused me to no end as a child. A song about poo! What more could a 7 year old want?

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

12. Boyzone - Every Day I Love You

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

15. Macy Gray - I Try

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine :heart:

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

20. Robbie Williams - She's The One/It's Only Us :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

21. Perfect Phase - Horny Horns

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

23. Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone)

24. Five - Keep On Movin' :heart: :heart:

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo

26. Will Smith - Will 2K

27. Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry/Rockin' Robin

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings :heart: One of their only decent releases IMO after World of Our Own and Amazing

29. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is

30. Martine McCutcheon - Talking In Your Sleep/Love Me

31. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside

32. Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure '99

33. Daniel O'Donnell - A Christmas Kiss

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now :w00t: :w00t:

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) :yahoo: :heart: :heart: Still blast this out now

37. Bob Marley - Turn Your Lights Down Low ft Lauryn Hill

38. Whitney Houston - I Learned From The Best

39. Europe - The Final Countdown 2000

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle :heart: :heart: Excellent debut for her. Except for Hurt and Fighter I'd say she's never topped this

Why was John Lennon a rentry in this christmas chart?

Why was John Lennon a rentry in this christmas chart?

 

They re-released it to challenge for the xmas #1.

01. Westlife - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun :blush: guilty pleasure, the first one anyway

02. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer (not bad as such, but horrendously pretentious)

03. John Lennon - Imagine {1999} :wub: :wub: :wub: not much else to say really

04. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

07. Steps - Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know

08. Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo :D genuinely amusing, I do love a good novelty record

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings :heart: amazing dance production

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

12. Boyzone - Every Day I Love You

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

15. Macy Gray - I Try (pleasant...)

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

20. Robbie Williams - She's The One/It's Only Us :wub:

21. Perfect Phase - Horny Horns

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

23. Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone)

24. Five - Keep On Movin' :P :wub: :wub:

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo

26. Will Smith - Will 2K

27. Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry/Rockin' Robin

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings (see I Have a Dream really :lol: )

29. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is

30. Martine McCutcheon - Talking In Your Sleep/Love Me

31. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside :D

32. Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure '99

33. Daniel O'Donnell - A Christmas Kiss

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) :wub: :wub:

37. Bob Marley - Turn Your Lights Down Low ft Lauryn Hill

38. Whitney Houston - I Learned From The Best

39. Europe - The Final Countdown 2000 :wub:

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle :wub:

 

quite a lot of good stuff here actually! never realised there were so many reissues! (The Europe one is understandable :lol: )

They re-released it to challenge for the xmas #1.

 

Strange, wonder what the point was?!

 

Suppose its similar to a potential nirvana re-entry this year!

Wamdue project had a big enough xmas fall by this chart, it was no1 at the end of november!

The S Club 7 single would peak at #2 in early 2000.

Edited December 5, 201113 yr by N-S

Unfortunately!;)

Why was John Lennon a rentry in this christmas chart?

 

I'm sure there was another reason for it. I bought it because it had Merry Xmas (War is Over) on the flip and I wanted to hear that.

 

Cuban Boys was actually released thanks to John Peel getting behind it I seem to remember. Very strange indeed - the Internet page with multiple hamster animated gifs was just the original Roger Miller 'Whistle Stop' sped up.

I think Imagine was re-released more to try to become the first #1 of the new millennium, wasn't it? I seem to recall there being some minor interest in it (though not as much as the Xmas #1, obviously, given it often is a carry-over of that anyway) and Imagine was considered to be a fitting contender with the message of the song, etc. I could be wrong but that seems to stick in my head from somewhere.

 

Does anyone have sales for this week (Gezza? :D)... I imagine it must have been a high sales week all around because of the pretty fierce competition. I thought the Cliff campaign worked the other way and there was a massive effort in religious communities to try and get the single as the Christmas #1 (a bit like that Delirious? thing last year, I suppose) but maybe there were two campaigns running against each other. Have to say the hate the song inspired was a little ridiculous and over-the-top - I don't like it but I found it pretty inoffensive and easy enough to ignore at the time.

 

I've always been fond of this Christmas chart for various reasons but the quality of it certainly isn't one - filled with faceless dance records and crap songs from acts that were normally quite good - in fact, this is probably the worst chart of 1999 full stop which was a very good year in general. I only bought four records from this top 40 and only one from the top 10 though my favourite in the chart is Len - Steal My Sunshine which I didn't buy...

01. Westlife - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun - Not bad.

 

02. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer - Hate song!!!!

03. John Lennon - Imagine {1999} - I was rooting for this...shame it fell :(

04. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti Vs Intelligentsia - LOL this was funny :D

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One - Good pop song by a good group :)

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David - Annoying...I liked it as an impressionable 15 yr old, but now it's embarassing.

07. Steps - Say You'll Be Mine/Better The Devil You Know - Good pop song :)

08. Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo - Ewww :puke2:

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings - This was quite interesting!

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) - Cheap crap

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life - Great song...dance classic imo.

12. Boyzone - Every Day I Love You - Ewwww.

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Ewwww.

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle - I am sure she was a porn star with that mouth. I didn't like the song.

15. Macy Gray - I Try - I honestly thought this was Marge Simpson singing! The man she runs to in the video looks like a tramp who used to beg in Birmingham City Centre.

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine - Cool song.

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody - Can't remember.

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck - Didn't like.

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll - Crap charity record.

20. Robbie Williams - She's The One/It's Only Us - Not to fond of the former....the latter is one of Robbie's best imo

21. Perfect Phase - Horny Horns - Don't know.

22. Melanie C - Northern Star - Beautiful ballad.....this should have contended!

23. Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone) - Annoying.

24. Five - Keep On Movin' - This got old very quickly.....

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Dull.

26. Will Smith - Will 2K - Rubbish.

27. Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry/Rockin' Robin - I like this :wub:

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings - Saccahrine crap.

29. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is - One of her best songs. Should have been huge and showed she could do up-tempo. :heart:

30. Martine McCutcheon - Talking In Your Sleep/Love Me - Two very good cover versions.

31. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Nah.

32. Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure '99 - Classic song.

33. Daniel O'Donnell - A Christmas Kiss - Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello - This was when she was a sweet little girl......I thought this was OK. My Grandparents liked this.

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now - This was when Kerry was in the group.....great debut, shame they became a bunch of karaoke queens.

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Annoying. A lot of novelty songs in 99!

37. Bob Marley - Turn Your Lights Down Low ft Lauryn Hill - This was good :)

38. Whitney Houston - I Learned From The Best - Wonderful ballad.

39. Europe - The Final Countdown 2000 - Again another classic.

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle - Great debut from Christina.

 

I bought these at the time:

 

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

15. Macy Gray - I Try

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

26. Will Smith - Will 2K

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

 

I used to be such a comparative slave to chart music back then! :D Now only Len, Wamdue Project, Macy Gray and (most of all) William Orbit are good enough to grace my iPod. Although I do have a soft spot for the Mel C track too.

 

I bought these at the time:

 

26. Will Smith - Will 2K

 

I used to be such a comparative slave to chart music back then! :D

 

That deserves a :D .

 

The songs I liked in December 1999 were:

 

03. John Lennon - Imagine {1999}

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One <--- it was certainly a lot better than the dreadful top 2 :D

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

07. Steps - Say You'll Be Mine <--- definitely NOT the Kylie cover though which was both pointless and crap

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine) <--- I like Eurodance so no surprises here although 'We Like To Party' is my fave single by Vengaboys :lol:

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time <--- don't laugh!!! :o

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

15. Macy Gray - I Try

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

20. Robbie Williams - She's The One <--- I didn't mind this to be honest

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

24. Five - Keep On Movin' <--- easily the best single Five ever released

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo <--- :(

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings <--- I only like 'World Of Our Own' but this is their second best single imo

29. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is

31. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Baby, It's Cold Outside

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello <--- true fact; I predicted this would be Xmas #1 in 1999. :lol: (got that right didn't I? :D )

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now

36. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

Some random spiel from me:

 

05. S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One

- Sorry, both crap - I loved their first two singles back then (and Bring It All Back especially I still love now) but even at the time this was 'ehh' for me - though I do remember liking YMNO at least a little bit. Two In A Million though - just no. I'm sure this was a blatant attempt to do "do a Steps" too, which to be fair almost worked as it did climb to #2 a couple of weeks later as already mentioned, but still.

 

06. Artful Dodger - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta ft Craig David

- Was never madly in love with it but you certainly can't deny its long-term impact (more than any song in this chart by miles, that's for sure) and I do remember it being the soundbed for what felt like everything for the turn of the millennium so there's certainly some misty-eyed nostalgia in it for me.

 

08. Mr Hankey - Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo

- Have the entire South Park Christmas album - kinda lame on the whole but it has its genius moments and I still dig it out on the odd Christmas. Also worth noting this actually climbed to #4 the following week, largely due to the way the dates fell: this chart covered 12-18th, so there was still almost a full week of sales before Christmas Day... anyhow, great song - one of my top 20 Xmas faves easily! (yes, I'm being serious)

 

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)

- I remember we used to make rude playground chants around this song back then. Unfortunately in reality the song is actually extremely boring but at least it had some purpose, which is more than can be said for a lot of their other hits...

 

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

- Didn't really do much for me to be honest. And I'm sure it was around on The Box and the like for about three or four MONTHS before this unless I'm getting my passage of time mixed up?!

 

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

- Now I certainly do not like this at ALL. What a bad song to get the last dance #1 of the decade.

 

15. Macy Gray - I Try

- Great track of course but in the perspective of the time it was getting VERY annoying by this point having been all over the radio for the last four months. Her follow-up single Still was already getting rotation by this point too but had to be put back constantly because this one wouldn't go away.

 

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

- Adore this song. Inspired sample and great feel good melody. Could have been a massive hit if released in the summer - whoever handled the release here was a clueless moron! And it was still a pretty decent-sized hit despite that (especially on radio) which says it all.

 

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

- This was the track that used the strings from Papa Don't Preach if I'm thinking of the right one? Average, if yes. There were quite a lot of faceless dance songs back then so I often got confused between them unless they hung around long enough for me to tell which artist was which.

 

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

- This song and entire duo passed me by to be honest. I can't even distinguish their hits from each other off hand - I just remember all of them were really boring garage, especially when put next to some of the more exciting aspects of the genre that were also around at the time.

 

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

- One of the few songs in this chart I actually bought. I was a Spice Girls loon - that's my excuse! Whether it's a good one is entirely debatable, of course.

 

22. Melanie C - Northern Star

- Gorgeous song but kind of got lost in the race a bit unfortunately... :(

 

23. Mario Piu - Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone)

- Loved it! Now this is the kind of gimmicky dance I could get on board with back then... mind you, haven't heard this in literally years so it'd probably irritate me now.

 

24. Five - Keep On Movin'

- Their one 'cool' song but I do prefer Got The Feelin' which is a regular on any summer-related playlists for me. But I love Five in general.

 

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo

- Meh, they had long since lost any interest by this point - and dragging in the bloomin' soup advert gang was just bizarre and not even a funny enough hook-up to be a passing curiosity.

 

27. Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry/Rockin' Robin

- The former is her best song by miles but her attempt at emotive singing is truly hilarious.

 

28. Westlife - Flying Without Wings

- Hate it. Why do so many people put this above the rest of Westlife's output? IMO it's one of their worst!

 

34. Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello

- I actually liked this at the time for some strange reason. Think this was expected to do better actually as she was quite a big album shifter in her day - a bit like Jane McDonald (though not in terms of musical style) who managed to get top 10 the previous year - mind you that was a Christmas song so I'm talking rubbish really.

 

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now

- Loved this and them at the time. They had the same in-your-face attitude as the Spice Girls at this point until Whole Again became an unexpected smash and they spent the rest of their career with tepid ballads and mid-tempos trying to recreate that formula...

 

40. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

- Classic track - pretty much defined the last few months of 1999 for me...

Edited December 7, 201113 yr by superbossanova

The best song in that top 10 for me is William Orbit "Barber's Adagio For Strings" :wub: :wub: :wub: nothing beats an excellent trance song in the late 90s. Should've been a big #1 instead of that Westlife and Cliff Richard shite :puke:

Why was John Lennon a rentry in this christmas chart?

 

I think it had just been voted as Song of the Millennium.

I think it had just been voted as Song of the Millennium.

 

 

Ah that would make sense keep forgetting it was basically the last chart of the century lol!!

 

 

01. Westlife - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun

It started their trend of bland covers that they would carry for years.

 

09. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

At the time, the RedOne of his day.

 

10. The Vengaboys - Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)

I remember that with this single thay had another guy playing the sailor.

 

11. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

I remember thinking "So this is not DJ Jurgen?"

 

13. R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

His most successful attempt to emulate "I believe I can fly"

 

14. The Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

Remember the video with scenes from anime movie "Ghost in the shell"?

 

15. Macy Gray - I Try

Her brightest moment, when she was showered with praise and awards left and right, making it impossible for her to top all that hype. I personally prefered earlier single "Do something".

 

16. Len - Steal My Sunshine

The girl (only monikered as Sharon) had a sexy voice and she looked geeky-hot in the video. The guy (that answered by The Burger Pimp) was her brother

 

17. Progress Presents The Boy Wunda - Everybody

Sampled Madonna's "Papa don't preach" string intro.

 

18. DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

This floated in the top 20 for quite a while in the following weeks.

 

19. Various Artists - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

I remember this featured Spice Girls, Natalie Imbruglia, Annie Lennox, Bob Dylan, Kid Rock, Dina Carroll, Gavin Rossdale, Huey (Fun Lovin' Criminals) and S Club 7.

 

25. B*Witched - I Shall Be There ft Ladysmith Black Mambazo

This marked their downfall

 

35. Atomic Kitten - Right Now

They had to wait 2 years and ditch Katona to finally make it.