October 27, 201312 yr I'm listening to that Fatman Scoop #1 for the first time. Can anyone attest to its popularity in '03? It's not bad but seems a bit strange for a chart topper. A mixture of a low sales environment and a music video that was heavily played on the free music video channels at the time, The Hits and TMF.
October 27, 201312 yr Bonjour guys! Le retro faves de moi c'est: 2012 1- BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL- Labrinth Ft Emeli Sande (107,775) This is a good ballad but overplay killed it. Earthquake remains my favourite Labrinth hit 2- DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD- Swedish House Mafia Ft John Martin (86,198) 3- SWEET NOTHING- Calvin Harris Ft Florence Welch (56,546) 4- DIAMONDS- Rihanna (53,121) 5- GANGNAM STYLE- PSY (51,126) 9- WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER- Taylor Swift (33,737) 10- WONDER- Naughty Boy Ft Emeli Sande (28,534) 2008 1- THE PROMISE- Girls Aloud (77,110) One of their best! 2- SO WHAT- Pink (37,986) 3- INFINITY 2008- Guru Josh Project (29,369) :heart: 4- SEX ON FIRE- Kings Of Leon (28,913) 6- UP- Saturdays (22,539) 7- HOT N COLD- Katy Perry (21,617) 8- LOVE LOCKDOWN- Kanye West (21,032) 9- RAINDROPS (ENCORE UNE FOIS)- Sash Ft Stunt (20,490) 2003 1- BE FAITHFUL- Fatman Scoop Ft Crooklyn Clan (63,500) Iconic. 3- TURN ME ON- Kevin Lyttle (44,000)* 4- WHERE IS THE LOVE- Black Eyed Peas (39,000)* 5- HOLE IN THE HEAD- Sugababes (35,000)* 7- SUPERSTAR- Jamelia (23,000)* 1998 1- BELIEVE- Cher (167,751) :wub: :wub: :wub: OMG OMG. This is such an amazing song. 3- SWEETEST THING- U2 (111,000) This isn't bad but they've had better songs 6- GYM AND TONIC- Spacedust (51,000)*
October 27, 201312 yr I guess the sight of a veteran in her 50s hitting the top with a dance song and selling well over 1.5 million copies in the process isn't exactly what anybody might have expected but I guess it was one of those songs that had mass crossover appeal. I mean, as an 11 year old boy at the time it's the song that had appealed more to me than any other up to that point in my life! I'd still rank it in my all time top 50 now. And a veteran in his 50s hitting the top with a dance song could happen again next week (although I doubt 'Eat Sleep Rave Repeat' will quite sell 1.5 million copies somehow (and #1 is far from guaranteed anyway)).
October 27, 201312 yr I don't think Believe was played on Radio 1 at the time - though in all honesty I can't remember.
October 27, 201312 yr I'm not ashamed to admit that I still love Believe!!!! So cheesy but makes me smile :lol: Love Beneath Your Beautiful :wub:, I was so surprised to see this get to number 1 even with an X Factor performance
October 27, 201312 yr I had a random retro typed up relating to 1998 so I could make it Cher-related, but I forgot that 15 years ago would already be featured! So here instead... Week Ending : 03/11/1990 1 (3) Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 2 (1) Beautiful South - A Little Time 3 (8) Berlin - Take My Breath Away 4 (2) Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven 5 (7) Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight 6 (14) Belinda Carlisle - (We Want) The Same Thing 7 (5) Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro 8 (4) Status Quo - The Anniversary Waltz - Part One 9 (NE) Kylie Minogue - Step Back In Time 10 (6) Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet We go back 23 years to 1990 to find a top 10 dominated by songs from movies. "Unchained Melody" started life as a film theme (from the 1955 film "Unchained"), and has been a hit several times over, with no fewer than 4 of those versions reaching number one (and a fifth reaching number 1 on the Record Mirror chart). Nowadays, the Righteous Brothers version is the most well known but it only made number 14 back in 1965 when it was a follow up to their own number one, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling". Fast forward 25 years and a scene from the film "Ghost" that involved a potter's wheel and bingo, it leaps to number one. The song it displaced at number 1, "A Little Time" isn't from a film as far as I know, but numbers 3 and 4 are. Berlin's song was subtitled "Love Theme From Top Gun" so there's no mistaking which film it was taken from (it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song), while Maria McKee is someone who I feel has had nowhere near the success she deserved, both as a member of Lone Justice and solo. Anyway, "Show Me Heaven" was from the soundtrack of the film "Days Of Thunder" and had been a number one for 4 weeks before a mathematically pleasing drop down the top 10 of 1-2-4-8. Whitney Houston's first solo single for two years was at it's number 5 peak, while the anthemic "(We Want) The Same Thing" was also at it's peak position one slot lower. "Madchester" had passed it's peak by November 1990, but there was still enough legs in to give the Happy Mondays their second and last Top 10 single, while Status Quo's answer to Jive Bunny, The Anniversary Waltz Part 1 was at 9. Part 2 was to follow a few weeks later and performed compartively badly (number 16 to Part 1's number 2). Kylie's 11th hit, "Step Back In Time" equalled her lowest peak to date (number 4), while at the foot of the top 10 we're back to the movies again with Bobby Vinton's re-released "Blue Velvet" (it had been a US number one in 1963 without making the UK Charts at all) which was the inspiration of the David Lynch film of the same name. Other new entries to the Top 75 that week 15 (NE) The Cure - Close To Me (Remix) 16 (NE) Kim Appleby - Don't Worry 19 (NE) Robert Palmer & UB40 - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 21 (NE) Black Box - Fantasy 33 (NE) Northside - My Rising Star 39 (RE) La's - There She Goes 40 (NE) Blue Pearl - Little Brother 41 (NE) Del Amitri - Spit In The Rain 44 (NE) Jimmy Somerville - To Love Somebody 53 (NE) Public Enemy - Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man 55 (NE) EMF - Unbelievable 59 (NE) After 7 - Can't Stop 61 (NE) New Model Army - Purity 62 (NE) Rhythmatic - Frequency 67 (RE) Oleta Adams - Rhythm Of Life 75 (NE) Paris Angels - Scope
October 27, 201312 yr And a veteran in his 50s hitting the top with a dance song could happen again next week (although I doubt 'Eat Sleep Rave Repeat' will quite sell 1.5 million copies somehow (and #1 is far from guaranteed anyway)). Sadly I can't see Fatboy Slim going to number 1 now, which is a shame as I thought this was going to be huge I just wish Radio 1 got behind this more and there should have been a video sooner but for him to go top 2/3 12 years after his last top 10 will still be a great achievement!
October 27, 201312 yr Just as a special retro. Here is the chart released on Sunday 11th October 1987 and was the chart of the week the 1987 Storm took place on the 16th October 1987. It was the 2nd chart to be released on Sunday first (Previously the chart was out on the Tuesday) This weeks chart is the 1361st to be release on a Sunday. Chart Week Ending 17th October 1987 1 ( 6 ) The Bee Gees - You Win Again ( 5 Wks ) 61,000 Sales 2 ( 2 ) Abigail Mead And Nigel Goulding - Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) ( 4 Wks ) 3 ( 1 ) M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) ( 7 Wks ) 4 ( 5 ) Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme ( 5 Wks ) 5 ( 12 ) Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights ( 3 Wks ) 6 ( 3 ) Michael Jackson - Bad ( 4 Wks ) 7 ( 15 ) The Fatback Band - I Found Lovin' ( 36 Wks ) 8 ( 9 ) LL Cool J - I Need Love ( 7 Wks ) 9 ( 22 ) Steve Walsh - I Found Lovin' ( 12 Wks ) 10 ( 4 ) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up ( 11 Wks ) 11 ( 7 ) The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion ( 3 Wks ) 12 ( 21 ) Erasure - The Circus ( 3 Wks ) 13 ( 29 ) Jellybean - The Real Thing ft Steven Dante ( 4 Wks ) 14 ( 8 ) Cliff Richard - Some People ( 8 Wks ) 15 ( 10 ) Madonna - Causing A Commotion ( 5 Wks ) 16 ( 34 ) Five Star - Strong as Steel ( 2 Wks ) 17 ( 35 ) Billy Idol - Mony Mony ( 3 Wks ) 18 ( 38 ) Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur ( 3 Wks ) 19 ( 23 ) Steve Winwood - Valerie ( 5 Wks ) 20 ( NE ) The Alarm - Rain In The Summertime ( 1 Wk ) 21 ( 39 ) Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies ( 6 Wks ) 22 ( NE ) Bananarama - Love In The First Degree ( 2 Wks ) 23 ( 16 ) Gary Numan - Cars ('E' Reg Model) ( 5 Wks ) 24 ( 11 ) House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - House Nation ( 13 Wks ) 25 ( 13 ) Johnny Hates Jazz - I Don't Want To Be A Hero ( 8 Wks ) 26 ( 37 ) Los Lobos - Come On Let's Go ( 4 Wks ) 27 ( 19 ) Level 42 - It's Over ( 6 Wks ) 28 ( 14 ) Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew ( 7 Wks ) 29 ( NE ) UB40 - Maybe Tomorrow ( 2 Wks ) 30 ( NE ) Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister ( 2 Wks ) 31 ( 17 ) T'Pau - Heart And Soul ( 12 Wks ) 32 ( 18 ) The Fat Boys And The Beach Boys - Wipeout ( 9 Wks ) 33 ( 24 ) Shakin' Stevens - Come See About Me ( 5 Wks ) 34 ( 40 ) Beastie Boys - Girls/She's Crafty ( 3 Wks ) 35 ( NE ) The Cure - Just Like Heaven ( 1 Wk ) 36 ( NE ) Ray Parker Jr - I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone ( 3 Wks ) 37 ( 30 ) Heart - Who Will You Run To ( 5 Wks ) 38 ( 20 ) Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise ( 3 Wks ) 39 ( 26 ) Levert - Casanova ( 9 Wks ) 40 ( 25 ) Chic - Jack Le Freak ( 5 Wks ) The #1 sale thanks to Gezza.
October 27, 201312 yr I don't think Believe was played on Radio 1 at the time - though in all honesty I can't remember. I'm pretty certain Radio 1 were playing Believe. I've got some old tapes somewhere of old Mark & Lard and Chris Moyles shows from 1998/1999 and Cher's Believe is played.
October 27, 201312 yr Good afternoon everyone! My retro faves: 2012 2- DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD- Swedish House Mafia Ft John Martin (86,198) 3- SWEET NOTHING- Calvin Harris Ft Florence Welch (56,546) :wub: 5- GANGNAM STYLE- PSY (51,126) 7- SKYFALL- Adele (44,725) 2008 1- THE PROMISE- Girls Aloud (77,110) 6- UP- Saturdays (22,539) 7- HOT N COLD- Katy Perry (21,617) 8- LOVE LOCKDOWN- Kanye West (21,032) 2003 4- WHERE IS THE LOVE- Black Eyed Peas (39,000)* 5- HOLE IN THE HEAD- Sugababes (35,000)* :wub: 7- SUPERSTAR- Jamelia (23,000)* 9- SO YESTERDAY- Hilary Duff (14,700) 10- MAYBE- Emma Bunton (12,000)* :wub: 1998 1- BELIEVE- Cher (167,751) 7- I DON’T WANNA MISS A THING- Aerosmith (46,000)*
October 27, 201312 yr International retros for 1998: Sweden 01 01 Emilia - Big Big World 02 02 Boyzone - No Matter What 03 06 Dr Bombay - SOS 04 03 Dr Bombay - Calcutta 05 04 Aerosmith - I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 06 05 The Cardigans - My Favorite Game 07 07 Antiloop - Believe 08 08 Five - Everybody Get Up 09 09 Fastball - The Way 10 13 Popsie - Rough Enough Germany 01 01 Oli P - Flugzeuge Im Bauch 02 02 Celine Dion - Immortality 03 06 DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind 04 04 Falco - Egoist 05 03 Aerosmith - I Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 06 05 Faithless - God Is A DJ 07 07 Witt - Die Flut 08 09 Boyzone - No Matter What 09 08 2-4 Family - Stay 10 NE Cher - Believe Australia 01 01 Aerosmith - Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 02 02 Green Day - Redundant 03 07 Jennifer Paige - Crush 04 10 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 05 03 Shania Twain - From This Moment On 06 04 Spice Girls - Viva Forever 07 09 Five - Everybody Get Up 08 05 All Saints - Under The Bridge 09 12 BWitched - Rollercoaster 10 20 Bic Runga - Sway Denmark 01 01 Infernal - Kalinka 02 02 Boyzone - No Matter What 03 03 E-Type - Angels Crying 04 05 Faithless - God Is A DJ 05 06 Des'ree - Life 06 04 666 - Amokk 07 08 Cartoons - Doodah 08 07 Dromhus - Vil Ha Dig 09 09 Aerosmith - Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 10 NE Jennifer Paige - Crush Italy 01 01 Aerosmith - Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 02 03 X-Treme - Love Song 03 02 Alex Britti - Solo Una Volta 04 04 Storm - Storm 05 10 Diva Surprise - On Top Of The World 06 06 Vengaboys - We Like To Party! 07 11 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 08 07 Ultra - Say It Once 09 NE Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 10 05 Spice Girls - Viva Forever USA 01 01 Monica - The First Night 02 02 Barenaked Ladies - One Week 03 03 Dru Hill - How Deep Is Your Love 04 05 Jennifer Paige - Crush 05 04 Aerosmith - Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 06 10 Divine - Lately 07 08 98 Degrees - Because Of You 08 07 Faith Hill - This Kiss 09 06 Edwin McCain - I'll Be 10 09 Xscape - My Little Secret Belgium 01 03 Scooter - How Much Is The Fish 02 02 Boyzone - No Matter What 03 04 Aerosmith - Dont Wanna Miss A Thing 04 01 Vengaboys - We Like To Party 05 05 Faithless - God Is A DJ 06 09 Niels Van Gogh - Pulveturm 07 06 Cartoons - Doodah 08 10 Manau - La Tribu De Dana 09 08 Mackenzie ft Jessy - Falling In Love 10 07 Steps - One For Sorrow
October 27, 201312 yr I don't think Believe was played on Radio 1 at the time - though in all honesty I can't remember. "Believe" was A-listed on Radio 1 ;)
October 27, 201312 yr "Believe" was A-listed on Radio 1 ;) As I said, I have no memory of that either way :P
October 27, 201312 yr I'm listening to that Fatman Scoop #1 for the first time. Can anyone attest to its popularity in '03? It's not bad but seems a bit strange for a chart topper. How can you have never heard that song before? :lol:
October 27, 201312 yr Should see a nice clear out this afternoon, just hoping Showtek can stay top 5 this week!!
October 27, 201312 yr How can you have never heard that song before? :lol: He lives in the USA. The song peaked at #112 in the USA according to Wikipedia :P
October 27, 201312 yr As I said, I have no memory of that either way :P Here's an A-list I have from back then: Another Level - Guess I Was A Fool Beastie Boys - Body Movin’ Beautiful South - Perfect 10 Cardigans - My Favourite Game Catatonia - Game On Cher - Believe Eagle-Eye Cherry - Falling In Love Again The Corrs - So Young (K Klass Mix) Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin’ James - Sit Down 98 Kele Le Roc - Little Bit Of Lovin’ George Michael - Outside Alanis Morissette - Thank U Karen Ramirez - If We Try Ruff Driverz Presents Arrola - Dreaming Spacedust - Gym and Tonic Swirl 360 - Hey Now Now Tamperer feat. Maya - If You Buy This Record Touch and Go - Would You? U2 - Sweetest Thing
October 27, 201312 yr Glad 'We Can't Stop' is now heading out of the top 40. I never got into it at all.
October 27, 201312 yr 40 (from 30) Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop [D] http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music2/v4/72/79/b3/7279b365-b73e-0d51-8e42-35996d88a81f/886444045131.170x170-75.jpg Chart Run: 1-3-6-5-7-8-14-15-20-20-30-40 [12 wks] Release date: 04-08-2013 Format: download only single Label: RCA Records Label Sales: 300k+ Video here: KzKLd9p4x3w Biography Miley Cyrus became an overnight sensation in 2006 as the star of Hannah Montana, a popular Disney Channel television series whose success allowed Cyrus to launch her own recording career several years later. Overnight popularity wasn't a new thing for the Cyrus family; Miley's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, went from obscurity to stardom in a few short months in 1992, when "Achy Breaky Heart" became a crossover hit. The success of "Achy Breaky Heart" was hardly the only memorable event for Billy Ray that year, though, as he and his wife welcomed their daughter Destiny Hope Cyrus into the world on November 23, 1992. Destiny's cheerful disposition as a child earned her the nickname Smiley, which stuck when it was shortened to Miley. Miley's career as a professional actress began in 2003, when she appeared alongside her father in an episode of the television series Doc. The same year, she landed a small role in the Tim Burton film Big Fish. The budding actress had also developed an interest in writing songs and learning how to sing, and in 2005, she landed a role that allowed her to put her skills in acting and music to work. Miley was cast in the title role of Hannah Montana, in which she played a teenage girl leading a double life: by day, she's Miley Stewart, an ordinary kid dealing with school, friends, siblings, and all the other foibles of life for a 14-year-old, while at night she dons a wig and becomes Hannah Montana, a multi-platinum pop star whose career is guided by her dad, songwriter Robby Stewart. Miley's friends don't know she's also Hannah, however, and keeping this a secret is no simple matter. After debuting in March 2006, Hannah Montana became an immediate success with young viewers and led to the release of a soundtrack CD in October, featuring Miley singing eight songs from the show along with five related tracks (including a duet with her father, Billy Ray, on "I Learned from You"). That fall, Miley hit the road as the opening act for another Disney-spawned pop act, the Cheetah Girls. A reissue of the Hannah Montana album followed in March 2007, not long after the show's theme song, "The Best of Both Worlds," was released as a single. A second Hannah Montana record, Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus, was released in summer 2007. That fall, Cyrus embarked on the Best of Both Worlds tour, which stretched into early 2008 and was edited into The Best of Both Worlds Concert film, which was released that spring. By then, Cyrus was busy recording Breakout, her first full-fledged album as herself, as well as shooting Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was slated for release the following year. Breakout arrived in summer 2008. It topped the Billboard charts and quickly went platinum, paving the way for an even more successful year in 2009. Hannah Montana: The Movie was released that March and peaked at number one, while the soundtrack's lead single — a country-pop ballad called "The Climb" — became one of the year's most omnipresent songs, giving Miley her first multi-platinum hit. A short album, The Time of Our Lives, arrived several months later and yielded another hit with "Party in the U.S.A.," which charted inside the Billboard Top Ten for 16 weeks. Cyrus performed the song on the "Wonder World Tour," her first international tour, and also found time to film another movie, The Last Song, which hit theaters in 2010. With acting assuming such a large role in her life, Cyrus announced her decision to take a hiatus from music — but not before the release of her third album, Can't Be Tamed, which appeared that summer. ~ Mark Deming & Andrew Leahey, Rovi / iTunes Chart history (Year peak title): 2007 43 The Best Of Both Worlds (as Hannah Montana) -OST- 2008 11 See You Again -1- 2008 25 7 Things -1- 2009 16 Fly On The Wall -2- 2009 11 The Climb -OST- 2009 18 Hoedown Throwdown -OST- 2009 11 Party In The U.S.A. -1- 2010 13 Can't Be Tamed -2- 2013 34 Fall Down (will.i.am Feat. Miley Cyrus) 2013 01 We Can't Stop -1- 2013 01 Wrecking Ball -2- 2013 61 Adore You -AT- Discussion Thread Here
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