99. "Thank ABBA for the music" The Supertroopers (Steps, B*Witched, Cleopatra, Billie and Tina Cousins) (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 21 May 1999

UK Chart Peak: #5

 

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of ABBA's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest, Steps, B*Witched, Cleopatra, Billie and Tina Cousins got together at the 1999 Brit Awards to perform a medley composed by "Take a Chance On Me", "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia" and "Thank You For The Music". Such was a impact that a studio-version release duly followed hitting straight at #1 in my chart. It was the only #1 for all this lot as well as the only ABBA related #1 hit in my chart.

 

On that same week, Tina Cousins managed an incredible feat that is yet to happen again. As well as hitting #1 with this medley, she also entered at #2 in my chart with the 1999 version of her track "Killin' time", making it the only artist to date to be in the top 2 in the same week in my chart.

 

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100. "I want it that way" Backstreet Boys (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 28 May 1999

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

The 100th #1 in my chart is probably the Backstreet Boys most successful single, the first advance for their 1999 "Millenium" album. It claimed their fourth #1 in my chart and besides being notably their sole #1 hit in the UK, it also topped the chart in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

 

 

 

101. "Saltwater" Chicane feat. Maire Brennan of Clannad (4 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 11 June 1999

UK Chart Peak: #6

 

English-Irish producer Nick Bracegirdle a.k.a Chicane scored a massive #1 hit in my chart with "Saltwater", one of the most successful dance tracks of all time in my chart. Based around Clannad's 1982 hit "Theme from Harry's Game", it featured the vocals of Maire "sister of Enya" Brennan, a proeminent member of Clannad herself.

 

A 2008 release of a mash-up of this track with Natasha Bedingfield's "I Bruise Easily" hit #13 in my chart.

 

102. "If you had my love" Jennifer Lopez (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 9 July 1999

UK Chart Peak: #4

 

After making herself a name as a moviestar, Jennifer Lopez crossover as singing star had a remarkable start with her debut single "If You Had My Love". It topped the charts on the US, Canada, Denmark, Finland and New Zealand.

 

The video guest stars future "Roswell" and "CSI Miami" star Adam Rodriguez.

 

103. "Sometimes" Britney Spears (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 16 July 1999

UK Chart Peak: #3

 

Follow-up to her massive debut hit "Baby One More Time", Britney also managed to hit #1 with "Sometimes" not only in my chart, but also in the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Flemish part of Belgium.

 

While rehearsing for this video, Britney Spears injured a knee, which kept her from travelling to Europe when "Baby One More Time" was hitting big there.

 

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104. "Fala-me de amor" Santos & Pecadores (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 23 July 1999

 

After chalking 5 top 20 hits, the band finally hit #1 with the first single from their third album.

 

The title of the song means "Talk to me about love"

 

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105. "Summer son" Texas (3 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 6 August 1999

UK Chart Peak: #5

 

The stand-out track from their album "The Hush", "Summer Son" hit #1 in my chart, thus turning Texas into the first Scottish act to do so.

 

Although the band had four top 10 hits in my chart prior to this, they would only hit the top 10 just once more with 2000's "In Demand" (#6).

 

106. "King of my castle" Wamdue Project (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 27 August 1999

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Wamdue Project was the alias of US producer Chris Brann. With vocals by Gaelle Adisson, "King Of My Castle" was a downtempo sing when it was first released in 1997.

 

It became a worldwide club hit in its 1999 re-release headlined by a dance remix by British house producer Roy Malone and a music video using images from the 1995 anime film Ghost In The Shell 2.

 

107. "Mambo n.º 5 (A little bit of...)" Lou Bega (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 3 September 1999

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Yet another obvious #1 in my chart, it was one of the biggest worldwide hits of the year, topping the charts all over Europe and hitting #3 in the USA.

 

A one-hit wonder in the UK, Lou Bega managed to score three more top 40 hits in my chart, the last one in 2001 with his cover of "Just A Gigolo".

 

108. "Perfect moment" Martine McCutcheon (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 10 September 1999

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Just like Robert Miles's "One & One", "Perfect Moment" was first recorded by Polish singer Edyta Gorniak for her 1997 English-language album.

 

However it was the 1999 version by Martine McCutcheon, fresh out of leaving Eastenders, that became the definite one. Having entered my chart as early as July, it floated around the top 10 until it finally hit #1, due to my consant replays of NOW 43.

 

 

 

109. "Timor 1999" Luís Represas (4 week)

 

Reached #1: 17 September 1999

 

Veteran Portuguese folk-rock band Trovante reunited in June 1999 for a comeback concert after they called it quits in 1991, by request of none other than the President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio.

 

While the album of that concert was riding high in the album charts, the people from Timor, a former Portuguese colony who was forcibly annexated by Indonesia in 1975, was cruelly being persecuted and attacked by Indonesian forces following the a referendum for independence, where the yes won overwhelmingly. Those attacks raised a wave of solidarity and massive mobilization in Portuguese society like it was rarely seen since the 1970s and raised awareness around the world to the brutality that Timor endured over the years, which led to UN intervention and its full independence in 2002.

 

Among all the charity actions that were held in Portugal at the time for that cause, was the re-release of Trovante's 1990 track. Although more focused in their solo projects, the members Trovante have since got together occasionally a few more times.

 

110. "Blue (Da ba dee)" Eiffel 65 (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 15 October 1999

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Yet another one quintessential hit of 1999, the debut single by Italian trio Eiffel 65 was #1 in the UK, Austria, Australia, Flemish Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Although Rolling Stone magazinge ranked it #14 in the 20 Most Annoying Songs list, it received a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2001.

 

Eiffel 65 had two more hits in my chart: "Move Your Body" (#3) and "Too Much Of Heaven" (#12)

 

111. "Blue (Da ba dee)" Eiffel 65 (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 22 October 1999

UK Chart Peak: #1

 

Christina Aguilera's debut single remains her biggest to date, selling over 7 million copies and topping the charts in the UK, the US, Austria, Flemish Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Spain.

 

At the time, it circulated a story that when Aguilera went to her high school prom, everyone stopped dancing when the song was played because the other kids were jealous of her achievements and her budding superstar career.

 

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112. "Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys (1 week)

 

Reached #1: 5 November 1999

UK Chart Peak: #5

 

The follow-up to "I Want It That Way", "Larger Than Life" was the BSB's fifth #1 in my chart.

 

The music video is reportedly the 12th most expensive of all time.

 

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113. "(You Drive Me) Crazy" Britney Spears (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 12 November 1999

UK Chart Peak: #5

 

Third #1 in a row for Britney, this was also a chart-topper in Wallonie Belgium.

by Sugar Coma hit #9 in my chart in 2002.

 

Although the version known as the "Stop! Remix" is the most famous, due to its use on both the music video and the soundtrack of the "Drive Me Crazy" film starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier, I always though that the album version was MUCH better.

 

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114. "Waiting For Tonight" Jennifer Lopez (3 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 26 November 1999

UK Chart Peak: #5

 

And here's for the third consecutive #1 in my chart that peaked at #5 in the UK chart. "Waiting For Tonight" remains one of La Lopez's best singles and further cemented her career as a bonafide popstar. The song was originally recorded by US female group 3rd Party in 1997.

 

Due to its Millenium-themed video, it was one of the most played songs at 1999/2000 New Year parties all over the world.

 

115. "That's The Way It Is" Céline Dion (2 non consecutive weeks)

 

Reached #1: 17 December 1999, 21 January 2000

UK Chart Peak: #12

 

Madame Dion's eighth (and last to date) #1 in my chart was the front single for her best of album "All The Way...A Decade Of Song".

 

After entering the chart at #1 at December 1999, it took advantage of the early-year chart quietness to claim another week at #1 in January 2000, guaranteeing that Celine Dion a #1 in my chart every year from 1995 and 2000. Nobody else has ever topped my chart in six consecutive years again.

 

116. "That I Would Be Good" Alanis Morissette (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 24 December 1999

 

Out of many candidates to last #1 of the millenium in my chart, it was a bit surprising that the one that came on top was Alanis Morissette's acoustic rendition of this track from the 1998 "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie", who was released as the leading single from her MTV Unplugged. Its simplicity and its introspective lyrics seemed to fittingly suit my mood for the turn of the millenium.

 

At the time, the track was also heavily featured in the soundtrack to Brazilian soap-opera "Suave Veneno".

 

117. "It's only rock 'n' roll (But I like it)" Children's Promise (2 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 7 January 2000

UK Chart peak: #19

 

In a way, it makes sense that the first #1 of the new millenium in my chart was a record with such a superstar line-up.

 

This cover of the 1974 Rolling Stones hit was one of the several records aiming for the chance of being the Christmas UK#1 of 1999, hoping to recapture the success of 1997 "Perfect Day" ensemble record. Sadly it could only limp at #19 but it made it to the top of my chart.

 

118. "Born to make you happy" Britney Spears (3 weeks)

 

Reached #1: 28 January 2000

UK Chart peak: #1

 

At the time Britney Spears was totally unbeatable in my chart and therefore this single became her fourth consecutive direct #1, and still remains one of my favourites from he repertoir.

 

Whereas "Born to make you happy" was released as the fourth single of her debut album in Europe, but in the US, the more American-sounding "From the bottom of my broken heart" was released instead. It was later revealed that Gregory Dark the director of

(also starring the same guy who plays her love interest in "Born to make you happy") used to direct porn flicks.

 

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