May 27, 201213 yr :lol: This is probably only going to lead to everyone making the :manson: face at their computer screen as they read this but I actually I love If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time. It really builds quite pleasantly without you even noticing and the last half when the waltz-esque music comes in is especially lovely. Although I admittedly would have preferred the more GHETTO Home Alone being in that situation from that album. Either way it's clearly a more deserving #1 than Flying Without Wings which has always been HORRIBLE, god knows why anyone thinks it's their best song, and if any of their earlier singles set the template for their future material it was surely THAT one, just vile. :puke2: Swear It Again is obviously their only good single. Anyway, that aside, now I can see the full 1999 list, good to see Britney extend her run for three weeks to a number that more reflects its huge popularity. And also good to see Shanks & Bigfoot add two weeks as that song has always been a favourite of mine. Not much more to get excited about as I expected really. Steps only with two weeks though! Gah, how could I forget about Chef still having his huge end of 1998 sale, ruined my early 1999 prediction that would have been perfect otherwise. :( 2000 is going to be fun! Sadly two of my faves Black Coffee and Day & Night are certainly up for the chop IMO.
May 27, 201213 yr So many songs will be demoted, like Stomp, Music and Beautiful Day, to be replaced by crap!
May 27, 201213 yr This thread also provides Cliff Richard with the Christmas #1 of 1999. :D Just like Teletubbies and Chef got the Xmas #1 in previous years. :no: Gezza doing his best to ruin Christmas memories!
May 27, 201213 yr Author Just like Teletubbies and Chef got the Xmas #1 in previous years. :no: Gezza doing his best to ruin Christmas memories! It's not like I was BUYING these records- honest :D
May 27, 201213 yr With the high turnover of 2000, it'll be very interesting to see which chart toppers survive. Especially during that chain of about 13 one week wonders until Modjo (of all tracks!!! -_- ) finally got 2 weeks at #1.
May 27, 201213 yr With the high turnover of 2000, it'll be very interesting to see which chart toppers survive. Especially during that chain of about 13 one weeks wonders until Modjo (of all tracks!!! -_- ) finally got 2 weeks at #1. I am interested to see if Reach could nab a week after Sonique tailed off or if Feels So Good is extended. I think a fair few terrible number 1s in 2000 will go (hopefully not Kylie though!).
May 27, 201213 yr I would choose novelty shite over Spice Girls songs any day. Manics to lose out to Westlife or Britney.....
May 28, 201213 yr I am interested to see if Reach could nab a week after Sonique tailed off or if Feels So Good is extended. I think a fair few terrible number 1s in 2000 will go (hopefully not Kylie though!). As much as I'd like to see Reach grab a week, I can't see how it can. It was behind It Feels So Good for at least the first 8 weeks of release and only took over once both had left the top 20.
May 28, 201213 yr "Dear Buzzjack When I started this thread I had no idea/ intention of it resulted in any more number One Singles for R Kelly. Unfortunately this has not come to pass, and it is my duty to inform you that he has sadly been awarded another chart topper courtesy of this single. For this I am truly sorry. Yours Gezza" Haha, love this song. Love R. Kelly. Some amazing stuff.
May 28, 201213 yr Author Right onto 2000 we go and a total of 14 Demotions and 1 Promotion coming up in a year which gave us 42 Different Chart toppers. Today's 4 will surprise no-one I think..... OASIS- GO LET IT OUT- NON NUMBER ONE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Go_let_it_out.jpg NEW PEAK POSITION: 2 Even by 2000 Oasis singles were becoming famed for not outstaying their welcome in the top 10, and by this tracks thrid week it was nestling at No 17 on the chart, the lowest position for any Oasis single in its third week since "Cigarettes & Alcohol" in 1994. It opened with very good sales of 180K even for it even to debut at No 2 on this chart behind "Rise" by Gabrielle, but such was its collapse that even after 3 weeks of sales combined it still rested at No 2 where it had been overtaken by All Saints. yKf21XPSf7A
May 28, 201213 yr Author CHICANE FEATURING BRYAN ADAMS- DON'T GIVE UP- NON NUMBER ONE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/Chicane_featuring_Bryan_Adams_Don't_Give_Up_single_cover.jpg NEW PEAK POSITION: 2 As with all high turnover periods there comes a time when one song just has to give way and in March 2000 this is the one. It orginal No 1 placement came thanks to a slender margin of just over 1k sales so perhaps it's hardly a surprise that this is the song that just has to go. mind you after the 16 wks of "Everything I Do" at No 1 that we had to endure I think he can afford to lose a week here. teBj7tigJsE&feature=fvsr
May 28, 201213 yr Author I still want to know where you get all these sales figures from? Old MW's, figures accumulated over the years, and some estimates plus some other sources.....
May 28, 201213 yr Even now some 12 years on, I will never understand how 'Don't Give Up' even got to no. 1 in the first place. I know the video was played a lot on MTV but it's a shame that Chicane's 1999 hit 'Saltwater' couldn't have been their sole chart topper instead.
May 28, 201213 yr Author WESTLIFE- FOOL AGAIN- NON NUMBER ONE http://chartarchive.org/artwork/17702-300.jpg NEW PEAK POSITION: 4 Yes collective cheers all round as one of the most famous chart injustices is finally put right- and how. One of the biggest demotions in this thread from No1 to No 4 occurs to Westlife's fifth No 1 "Fool Again", it was another track that got to No 1 by just over 1k of sales in April 2000 but here can't struggle past several records including Craig David, Fragma & Mel C. Poor "Fool Again" I don't actually mind it, at least it was an "original" song..... pRtTmWZ1dDk
May 28, 201213 yr Even now some 12 years on, I will never understand how 'Don't Give Up' even got to no. 1 in the first place. I know the video was played a lot on MTV but it's a shame that Chicane's 1999 hit 'Saltwater' couldn't have been their sole chart topper instead. Or, even better, 'Poppiholla' from 2009 :wub: Still the last instrumental top 10 hit but it can't be long now before we get another one what with Madeon and Swedish House Mafia proving instrumentals can still do well.
Create an account or sign in to comment