December 22, 201312 yr 'Turn Back Time' is growing. This will probably be its last week top 40 though as the gift card effect will no doubt push it down. Looks like 'Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)' isn't gonna outsell 'Jack' :( And while on the topic of dance music disappointments it looks like Altern 8 might have missed the top 40. Hopefully I'll be wrong though.
December 22, 201312 yr 33 Altern 8 - Activ 8 (Come With Me) [Hardcore Holocaust Mix] [D] http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music6/v4/8b/52/79/8b52798b-fbdf-ec92-31cc-bc1ba48ea768/5060376930856.170x170-75.jpg Chart Run 1991: 11-4-3-6-11-23-26-24-50 [9 wks] Chart Run: 33 [1 wk] Release date: 15-12-2013 Format: digital single Label: Network Records Video here: 2_bL0hFyslg Biography Altern-8 was a verging-on-the-cartoonish rave outfit that pushed their singles into the British charts with promotional theatrics borrowed from the KLF and attention-getting chemical-warfare uniforms from head to toe. Originally formed by Mark Archer and Chris Peat as a side-gig from their Nexus 21 project, Altern-8 debuted with two EPs, 1990's Overload and the following year's Evapor 8. The singles "Activ 8 (Come with Me)" and "Evapor 8" both nicked the rave-hungry Top Ten during late 1991 and early 1992, thanks in part to a variety of group-sponsored, press-publicized half-truths — the duo's reliance on drug-enhancing chemicals like Vicks Vapo-Rub, their nasty habit of spiking audience-distributed pastries with Ecstasy, even their candidacy in the General Elections. The mini-LP Full On - Mask Hysteria followed later in 1992, and Altern-8 even managed a brief American contract (two EPs on Capitol, Infiltr-8 America and Brutal-8-E) before breaking up in 1993. Archer later produced as Slo-Moshun with Danny Taurus. - iTunes Chart history (Year peak title): 1991 28 Infiltrate 202 -1- 1991 03 Activ 8 (Come With Me) -2- 1992 41 Frequency -3- 1992 06 Evapor-8 -4- 1992 16 Hypnotic St-8 -5- 1992 74 Shame (Altern 8 vs. Evelyn King) -NAS- 1992 43 Brutal-8-e -6- 1993 58 Everybody -NAS- 2013 33 Activ 8 (Come With Me) [Hardcore Holocaust Mix] (2013 re-issue) -NAS-
December 22, 201312 yr burn will easily become ellies first plainum selling single  She already has one ;)
December 22, 201312 yr Why not? Because it'd be the exact same, shifting everyone else up a place and Pharrell being #1? :unsure: Maybe some slight differences where people who bought Sam's song would've bought something else instead but that'd only be minor...
December 22, 201312 yr Such a 90s-esque opening to the chart, I wonder if Altern-8 managed to make it in? :o The answer to your question is yes. ;)  I quite like this! :lol: Edited December 22, 201312 yr by Slade
December 22, 201312 yr Altern8 made the chart *.* :dance: What a strange choice of campaign single, but yay for some old skool rave in the chart!
December 22, 201312 yr 'Turn Back Time' is growing. This will probably be its last week top 40 though as the gift card effect will no doubt push it down. Looks like 'Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)' isn't gonna outsell 'Jack' :( And while on the topic of dance music disappointments it looks like Altern 8 might have missed the top 40. Hopefully I'll be wrong though. lol I hope Sub Focus might be able to re-enter in January when the gift card songs die down at least.
December 22, 201312 yr And while on the topic of dance music disappointments it looks like Altern 8 might have missed the top 40. Hopefully I'll be wrong though. I'm pleased you were wrong. :D
December 22, 201312 yr I used to have the Altern-8 album when I was all of 15 when this was first out. Ha ha!
December 22, 201312 yr Oh YAY. Such a tune :wub: Shame this didn't really do much after it started off really well on pre-orders but at least it's top 40, more than can be said for most of the campaigns. ~top one nice one get sorted~
December 22, 201312 yr What a brilliant club corner in this Christmas chart, Altern-8 duly managed to enter the Top 40. Edited December 22, 201312 yr by marcin
December 22, 201312 yr You have to remember we are in the download age now rather than CD era. That to me has changed to xmas #1 more than anything. Very few artist would deliberately try for #1 I think these days unless they have a Christmas specific song, like Leona. I could never imagine a Gaga or Rihanna specifically getting everything for a release geared round one week unless it was a stand alone single just for Christmas. This is a good point, releases directly aimed at Christmas #1 would probably be less plentiful regardless. However, there would still likely be more singles released around December to still be high in the charts.
December 22, 201312 yr Because it'd be the exact same, shifting everyone else up a place and Pharrell being #1? :unsure: Maybe some slight differences where people who bought Sam's song would've bought something else instead but that'd only be minor... I disagree I think it would make mad world vs darkness style battles more common!
December 22, 201312 yr I'm pretty sure I've heard this before - AMAZING song anyway :wub: Quite surprised it managed to hold on to the top 40!
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