22nd May 1994

 

2 weeks on top for Enigma, holding off Deep Forest and confirming that this month, at least, I was being a new age hippie. Re-entering, and high, at 6, is Guns ‘n’ Roses version of 50’s oldie Since I Don’t Have You. I love the song, I’ll be honest it’s not the definitive version (see Don McLean or the original 1958 The Skyliners doo-wop version), but it’s only their second Top 10 hit 5 years on from the first (Sweet Child ‘o Mine).

 

Lots of new entries, including some album tracks, as I was allowing one track per new album now - good news for Blur as the epic To The End enters, but also bad news for Blur as Parklife is pushed out under the rules. Highest new entry is Maxx at 10 with their European dance smash. East 17 and Elton John go top 20 (Elton’s a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell’s 60’s classic, an Ashford & Simpson song), while Neneh & Youssou climb to 27 in a bit longer than 7 seconds.

 

Returning: Shara Nelson, Joe Roberts, Pet Shop Boys (with novelty Ab Fab track), Ace Of Base (a cover of Aswad’s UK 1988 number one, itself a cover of a Tina Turner B side written by Diane Warren and Albert “dad of The Strokes Albert hammond Jnr” Hammond), Daryl Hall (for 18 years of hits), Seal, Eddi Reader (another 1988 UK number one act) of Fairground Attraction, Alison Moyet (12 years of hits), 2 Unlimited, Tori Amos, The Levellers and Aretha Franklin (26 years of hits to date). Phew! New act Galliano was a goodie too.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

2 ( 5 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

3 ( 2 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

4 ( 3 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

5 ( 4 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

6 ( RE ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

7 ( 7 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

8 ( 8 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

9 ( 21 ) MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

10 ( NEW ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

 

 

11 ( 6 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

12 ( 11 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

13 ( 14 ) REACH Judy Cheeks

14 ( 17 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

15 ( 9 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

16 ( 39 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

17 ( 28 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

18 ( 18 ) UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers

19 ( 13 ) THE SIGN Ace Of Base

20 ( 31 ) AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING Elton John and Marcella Detroit

 

 

21 ( 10 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

22 ( 12 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

23 ( 26 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

24 ( 19 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

25 ( 20 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

26 ( 24 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

27 ( 55 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

28 ( 16 ) DREAMS The Cranberries

29 ( 29 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

30 ( 30 ) TAKE IT BACK Pink Floyd

 

31 ( 37 ) JUST A STEP FROM HEAVEN Eternal

32 ( 15 ) WE WAIT AND WE WONDER Phil Collins

33 ( 23 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

34 ( 34 ) BACK IN MY ARMS Joe Roberts

35 ( 27 ) 100% PURE LOVE Crystal Waters

36 ( NEW ) TO THE END Blur

37 ( 22 ) SILENT SCREAM Richard Marx

38 ( NEW ) NOBODY Shara Nelson

39 ( 57 ) NUMBER ONE EYC

40 ( 25 ) ALWAYS Erasure

 

41 ( 32 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

42 ( 43 ) LUCKY LUCKY ME Marvin Gaye

43 ( NEW ) THE 'ADORE Joe Roberts

44 ( 73 ) YOUR BODY'S CALLIN' R Kelly

45 ( NEW ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

46 ( 35 ) WHISPERING YOUR NAME Alison Moyet

47 ( 33 ) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen

48 ( NEW ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

49 ( NEW ) HELP ME FIND A WAY TO YOUR HEART Daryl Hall

50 ( NEW ) PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal

 

51 ( 38 ) BIG GAY HEART The Lemonheads

52 ( 52 ) NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

53 ( 36 ) PARKLIFE Blur

54 ( 49 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

55 ( 44 ) I'LL REMEMBER Madonna

56 ( 56 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

57 ( 51 ) RETURN TO INNOCENCE Enigma

58 ( NEW ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

59 ( 58 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

60 ( 71 ) OBJECTS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR Meatloaf

 

61 ( 41 ) COME ON YOU REDS Manchester United Football Club and Status Quo

62 ( NEW ) GETTING INTO YOU Alison Moyet

63 ( 40 ) ALL OVER YOU Level 42

64 ( 61 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

65 ( 64 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

66 ( NEW ) THE REAL THING 2 Unlimited

67 ( NEW ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

68 ( 68 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

69 ( 69 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

70 ( 72 ) LEAN ON ME Michael Bolton

 

 

71 ( NEW ) PAST THE MISSION Tori Amos

72 ( 63 ) STOP LOVING ME STOP LOVING YOU Daryl Hall

73 ( NEW ) JULIA The Levellers

74 ( NEW ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

75 ( 74 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

Edited June 28, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

29th May 1994

 

3 weeks Enigma, they do seem to get long runs on top when they happen! New Age starting to make way for new rock though, with Guns n Roses and Stiltskin in the top 3. Never say I’m predictable, even Bruce Dickinson manages a new entry (I like him, though not keen on Iron Maiden generally)!

 

Lookit Galliano rocket, though, from 74 to 4! Who?! It’s a fab jazzfunk 60’s vibe version of Crosby Stills and Nash’s Long Time Gone. Love it. Joined by another cover at 5 (Everybody’s Talking, Beautiful South’s return to the top 5), for 3 out 5 old songs. East 17 sneak quietly into the Top 10 and highest new entry? Crash! Boom! Bang! Roxette are back! Three number ones and lots of hits later, 5 years on they are still on a roll.

 

Deacon Blue have their Dignity. Back at 20, that is, much higher than first time round, while Wet Wet Wet still struggle to get into the Top 20. I think it’s fair to assume it’s not heading for a 15 week run on top of MY charts! Hooray! Alice Cooper’s also back, as he was wont do for, lo, these 22 years so far. Much much older though, and guess what? Another cover! Thankfully it’s a quirky one as the movie The Flintstones gives the B52’s an excuse to have some fun (and a hit) with the TV show theme tune, which I loved as a very very young boy, and continue to love as a not so young boy. Boys remain boys at heart. The ones that don’t have no heart at all!

 

Others: Carleen “Brand New Heavies” Anderson, Saint “fab” Etienne, All 4 “yawn” One, Salt ‘n’ Pepa (Shoop)....

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

2 ( 7 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

3 ( 6 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

4 ( 74 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

5 ( 16 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

6 ( 2 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

7 ( 8 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

8 ( 3 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

9 ( 17 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

10 ( 5 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

 

11 ( 4 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

12 ( 10 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

13 ( 11 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

14 ( 12 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

15 ( NEW ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

16 ( 14 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

17 ( 13 ) REACH Judy Cheeks

18 ( 9 ) MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

19 ( 29 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

20 ( NEW ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue

 

 

21 ( 20 ) AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING Elton John and Marcella Detroit

22 ( 36 ) TO THE END Blur

23 ( 23 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

24 ( 24 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

25 ( 15 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

26 ( 58 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

27 ( 25 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

28 ( 19 ) THE SIGN Ace Of Base

29 ( 18 ) UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers

30 ( 30 ) TAKE IT BACK Pink Floyd

 

31 ( NEW ) IN THE NAVY (REMIX) The Village People

32 ( 27 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

33 ( 45 ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

34 ( 26 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

35 ( NEW ) LOST IN AMERICA Alice Cooper

36 ( NEW ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

37 ( 50 ) PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal

38 ( 38 ) NOBODY Shara Nelson

39 ( 21 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

40 ( 71 ) PAST THE MISSION Tori Amos

 

 

41 ( 33 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

42 ( 31 ) JUST A STEP FROM HEAVEN Eternal

43 ( 41 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

44 ( 40 ) ALWAYS Erasure

45 ( 22 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

46 ( 39 ) NUMBER ONE EYC

47 ( 32 ) WE WAIT AND WE WONDER Phil Collins

48 ( 48 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

49 ( 35 ) 100% PURE LOVE Crystal Waters

50 ( 37 ) SILENT SCREAM Richard Marx

 

51 ( NEW ) MAMA SAID Carleen Anderson

52 ( 28 ) DREAMS The Cranberries

53 ( 70 ) LEAN ON ME Michael Bolton

54 ( 54 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

55 ( 42 ) LUCKY LUCKY ME Marvin Gaye

56 ( NEW ) LIKE A MOTORWAY Saint Etienne

57 ( 56 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

58 ( 46 ) WHISPERING YOUR NAME Alison Moyet

59 ( 34 ) BACK IN MY ARMS Joe Roberts

60 ( 47 ) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen

 

 

 

61 ( 67 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

62 ( 59 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

63 ( 66 ) THE REAL THING 2 Unlimited

64 ( NEW ) I SWEAR All 4 One

65 ( 69 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 65 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

67 ( 44 ) YOUR BODY'S CALLIN' R Kelly

68 ( 57 ) RETURN TO INNOCENCE Enigma

69 ( 68 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

70 ( NEW ) SHOOP Salt 'n' Pepa

 

71 ( NEW ) TEARS OF THE DRAGON Bruce Dickinson

72 ( 49 ) HELP ME FIND A WAY TO YOUR HEART Daryl Hall

73 ( 64 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

74 ( 43 ) THE 'ADORE Joe Roberts

75 ( 75 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

Edited May 27, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

5th June 1994

 

No more World Music at the top, it’s grunge, or at least the advert-related version of it, which is pretty terrific anyway. Loved those crashing guitars in Stiltskin’s day Inside and astride the charts. Exciting stuff. Bad news for Guns ‘n’ Roses who get stuck at 2, their highest spot since topping 5 years earlier with Sweet Child ‘o’ Mine - it’s the highest charting version of Since I Don’t Have You though. Roxette recall their glory 1989 chart-topping days too as they Crash! at 4. Boom! Bang!

 

Blur’s glorious To The End up to 7 with a bullet, ahead of the Frampton reggae-tastic Big Mountain at 9, and Eddi Reader getting her biggest solo hit at 10, 6 years on since her last one (with Fairground Attraction). Dawn Penn also rockets to 21 with the fab reggae No No No. Yes Yes Yes! More reggae? How about highest new entry from Aswad, Shine catches them at their very poptastic best, and leaps Ace Of Base’s version of their Don’t Turn Around - which, essentially is also reggae-ish.

 

Non-reggae new stuff from Primal Scream at 33, Janet Jackson at 36, and lower-but-better The Prodigy’s fab No Good, Pulp’s Babies, and assorted Crowded House, Arrested Development and Pearl Jam tracks. Only one of those last 3 will be in next week’s charts...

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

2 ( 3 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

3 ( 1 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

4 ( 15 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

5 ( 4 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

6 ( 5 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

7 ( 22 ) TO THE END Blur

8 ( 8 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

9 ( 19 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

10 ( 26 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

 

 

11 ( 14 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

12 ( 6 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

13 ( 7 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

14 ( 9 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

15 ( 12 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

16 ( 10 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

17 ( 11 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

18 ( 13 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

19 ( 20 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue

20 ( 24 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

 

21 ( 54 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

22 ( 23 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

23 ( 30 ) TAKE IT BACK Pink Floyd

24 ( 63 ) THE REAL THING 2 Unlimited

25 ( NEW ) SHINE Aswad

26 ( 16 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

27 ( 40 ) PAST THE MISSION Tori Amos

28 ( 35 ) LOST IN AMERICA Alice Cooper

29 ( 33 ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

30 ( 18 ) MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

 

31 ( 17 ) REACH Judy Cheeks

32 ( 32 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

33 ( NEW ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

34 ( 36 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

35 ( 34 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

36 ( NEW ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE Janet Jackson

37 ( 37 ) PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal

38 ( 27 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

39 ( RE ) GETTING INTO SOMETHING Alison Moyet

40 ( 25 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

 

41 ( 28 ) THE SIGN Ace Of Base

42 ( 31 ) IN THE NAVY (REMIX) The Village People

43 ( 29 ) UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers

44 ( 21 ) AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING Elton John and Marcella Detroit

45 ( 51 ) MAMA SAID Carleen Anderson

46 ( 43 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

47 ( 64 ) I SWEAR All 4 One

48 ( 48 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

49 ( 41 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

50 ( 39 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

 

 

51 ( NEW ) NO GOOD (START THE DANCE) The Prodigy

52 ( 44 ) ALWAYS Erasure

53 ( 70 ) SHOOP Salt 'n' Pepa

54 ( 50 ) SILENT SCREAM Richard Marx

55 ( 38 ) NOBODY Shara Nelson

56 ( 46 ) NUMBER ONE EYC

57 ( 57 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

58 ( NEW ) BABIES Pulp

59 ( 45 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

60 ( 61 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

 

 

61 ( RE ) LIGHT MY FIRE Clubhouse

62 ( 55 ) LUCKY LUCKY ME Marvin Gaye

63 ( NEW ) SWAMP THING The Grid

64 ( 65 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 66 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

66 ( 69 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( 62 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

68 ( 60 ) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen

69 ( NEW ) FINGERS OF LOVE Crowded House

70 ( 58 ) WHISPERING YOUR NAME Alison Moyet

 

71 ( NEW ) EASE MY MIND Arrested Development

72 ( NEW ) DISSIDENT Pearl Jam

73 ( 56 ) LIKE A MOTORWAY Saint Etienne

74 ( 73 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

75 ( 75 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

Edited June 26, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

12th June 1994

 

Blur knock off grunge from the top, their first chart-topper 5 years on from their debut, and what an epic track it is. To The End is pure tearful earnestness wrapped up in a gorgeous wrapping. Brilliant. Knocking on the Blur door, though Dawn Penn’s insistent stylish reggae is at 3, while Aswad’s pop sunny pop reggae just misses the 10. My chartnote says “hot weather at last” which means, I guess, a late summer, and a reason for reggae to feature big, so summer-sounding.

 

Pet Shop Boys Ab Fab semi-novelty pops up to 12 and saves it from becoming their lowest-placed single, ever. One peaked even lower, circa 1991! 2 Unlimited get another top 20 hit, Primal Scream ditto, and Aretha Franklin keeps a run of Top 20 hits spanning 26 years as Willing To Forgive leaps to 20 after pottering around the lower reaches.

 

Ace of Base at 22, The Prodigy at 24, Danii Minogue new at 29 (unexpectedly), and Tom Robinson looking Hard at 32 (17 years on from a motorway fling) all brighten up the Top 40 a bit. Chuck in another D:Ream hit, another Faster Manics hit, night-bound Pretenders at 44, and Huey Lewis sneaking in 11 years on, and most of the rest can be ignored. Note Wet Wet Wet drop without ever making the Top 20. Oops!

 

 

 

 

1 ( 7 ) TO THE END Blur

2 ( 1 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

3 ( 21 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

4 ( 2 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

5 ( 4 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

6 ( 3 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

7 ( 6 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

8 ( 10 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

9 ( 5 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

10 ( 9 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

 

 

11 ( 25 ) SHINE Aswad

12 ( 29 ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

13 ( 8 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

14 ( 11 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

15 ( 15 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

16 ( 24 ) THE REAL THING 2 Unlimited

17 ( 14 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

18 ( RE ) NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

19 ( 33 ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

20 ( 60 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

 

 

21 ( 12 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

22 ( 48 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

23 ( 13 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

24 ( 51 ) NO GOOD (START THE DANCE) The Prodigy

25 ( 16 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

26 ( 17 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

27 ( 36 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE Janet Jackson

28 ( 18 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

29 ( NEW ) GET INTO YOU Danii Minogue

30 ( 19 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue

 

31 ( 20 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

32 ( NEW ) HARD Tom Robinson

33 ( 22 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

34 ( 63 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

35 ( 55 ) NOBODY Shara Nelson

36 ( NEW ) TAKE ME AWAY D:Ream

37 ( 26 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

38 ( NEW ) FASTER The Manic Street Preachers

39 ( 47 ) I SWEAR All 4 One

40 ( 69 ) FINGERS OF LOVE Crowded House

 

41 ( 32 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

42 ( 28 ) LOST IN AMERICA Alice Cooper

43 ( 58 ) BABIES Pulp

44 ( NEW ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

45 ( 23 ) TAKE IT BACK Pink Floyd

46 ( 40 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

47 ( 31 ) REACH Judy Cheeks

48 ( 35 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

49 ( 46 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

50 ( 27 ) PAST THE MISSION Tori Amos

 

 

 

51 ( 38 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

52 ( 30 ) MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

53 ( 37 ) PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal

54 ( 34 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

55 ( 39 ) GETTING INTO SOMETHING Alison Moyet

56 ( 49 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

57 ( 41 ) THE SIGN Ace Of Base

58 ( 57 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

59 ( 59 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

60 ( 43 ) UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

61 ( 44 ) AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING Elton John and Marcella Detroit

62 ( 50 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

63 ( 52 ) ALWAYS Erasure

64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 65 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

66 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( NEW ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

68 ( 54 ) SILENT SCREAM Richard Marx

69 ( NEW ) I AIN'T MOVIN' Des'ree

70 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY THANG Melanie Williams

 

71 ( 67 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

72 ( NEW ) ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey

73 ( NEW ) SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL Huey Lewis & The News

74 ( NEW ) MORE TO THIS WORLD Bad Boys Inc

75 ( 42 ) IN THE NAVY (REMIX) The Village People

Edited June 28, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

19th June 1994

 

2 weeks for Blur, and Roxette move into runners-up big ballad slot, which is fair enough as Blur is much better and they’ve had 3 number ones! Big Mountain take Baby I Love Your Way MUCH higher than anyone else, even Peter Frampton (though he also has had a previous number one, so no worries). Of more import, though 7 Seconds leaps to 9 after going up and down for weeks, and what a classic it is. Neneh Cherry fans may have given up hope of seeing her with a big hit again, 5 years on from her last one, but here she is with fab Youssou.

 

Tom Robinson’s jump to 12 is his biggest hit since War Babies in 1983. Gosh! That’s Hard. First mention for The Grid, here, as Swamp Thing makes it a Top 20 thang, and Pulp go Top 40. Newies? Let Loose, sounding (unsurprisingly) a bit Nik Kershaw-ey, catchy pop boyband, Gun cover Cameo as well as nicking the band name from Race With The Devil hitsters. Talk about unoriginal! Bonnie Raitt gets a hit, Elton John has a Lion King entry (and UK hit) at 60, the very sweet Can You Feel The Love Tonight, for 23 years of hits, while Alice Cooper gets a quick chart-entry follow-up for 22 years of hits. I’m nothing if not loyal to pop stars I like.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) TO THE END Blur

2 ( 5 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

3 ( 10 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

4 ( 3 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

5 ( 4 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

6 ( 2 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

7 ( 11 ) SHINE Aswad

8 ( 7 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

9 ( 41 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

10 ( 8 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

 

 

11 ( 6 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

12 ( 32 ) HARD Tom Robinson

13 ( 9 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

14 ( 13 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

15 ( 14 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

16 ( 19 ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

17 ( 34 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

18 ( 20 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

19 ( 12 ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

20 ( 18 ) NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

 

 

21 ( 24 ) NO GOOD (START THE DANCE) The Prodigy

22 ( 22 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

23 ( 15 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

24 ( 16 ) THE REAL THING 2 Unlimited

25 ( 25 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

26 ( 67 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

27 ( 21 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

28 ( 17 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

29 ( 44 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

30 ( 23 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

 

31 ( 27 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE Janet Jackson

32 ( 28 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

33 ( 26 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

34 ( 43 ) BABIES Pulp

35 ( 36 ) TAKE ME AWAY D:Ream

36 ( 59 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

37 ( 37 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

38 ( 31 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

39 ( 39 ) I SWEAR All 4 One

40 ( 40 ) FINGERS OF LOVE Crowded House

 

41 ( 33 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

42 ( NEW ) WORD UP Gun

43 ( NEW ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

44 ( 29 ) GET INTO YOU Danii Minogue

45 ( 30 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue

46 ( NEW ) BACK TO LOVE Brand New Heavies

47 ( 35 ) NOBODY Shara Nelson

48 ( NEW ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

49 ( 49 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

50 ( 38 ) FASTER The Manic Street Preachers

 

 

51 ( 46 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

52 ( 47 ) REACH Judy Cheeks

53 ( RE ) JUST A STEP FROM HEAVEN Eternal

54 ( 48 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

55 ( 42 ) LOST IN AMERICA Alice Cooper

56 ( 56 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

57 ( 51 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

58 ( 58 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

59 ( 52 ) MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

60 ( NEW ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

 

 

61 ( RE ) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen

62 ( 72 ) ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey

63 ( 57 ) THE SIGN Ace Of Base

64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 65 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

66 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( 62 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

68 ( 73 ) SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL Huey Lewis & The News

69 ( 60 ) UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers

70 ( NEW ) OMEN III Magic Affair

 

71 ( 71 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

72 ( 63 ) ALWAYS Erasure

73 ( 68 ) SILENT SCREAM Richard Marx

74 ( NEW ) IT'S ME Alice Cooper

75 ( 53 ) PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal

Edited June 28, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

26th June 1994

 

In a beautiful case of poetic justice Aswad claim the number one spot with the great Shine, the week that the song they took to number one in the UK singles chart (but not mine) gets to 20 for Ace Of Base. Quite a bit of action at the top generally, too, as 7 Seconds claims runners-up, while The Boomtown Rats 15-year-old classic I Don’t Like Mondays enters at 3, trying to re-claim that number one spot.

 

Tom Robinson gets his 3rd Top 10 hit at 8, ahead of the great Nina Simone’s definitive version of Feelin’ Good, a classic that has never achieved the UK chart position it deserves, but enters at 9 in mine, 25 years after she had a number one in my chart with Ain’t Got No...I Got Life. Hey, when you’re right, you’re right...! The Pretenders add another Top 20 to the list, General Public (sort of bits of The Beat) come back with a cover of the Staple Singers number 3 hit from 1972, and grab a 23 hit out of it, their biggest. Bonnie Raitt also does the same at 27, while Yazz makes a comeback with a cover of the Korgis 1980 classic.

 

Others: Terrorvision, Utah Saints, Roachford, Cappella, Daryl Hall (and the Sounds Of Blackness), Spin Doctors Stevie Nicks (yay!) and a great follow-up single from Crash Test Dummies announces some coffeespoons in the afternoon at 75....

 

 

 

1 ( 7 ) SHINE Aswad

2 ( 9 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

3 ( NEW ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

4 ( 3 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

5 ( 1 ) TO THE END Blur

6 ( 4 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

7 ( 2 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

8 ( 12 ) HARD Tom Robinson

9 ( NEW ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

10 ( 8 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

 

 

11 ( 5 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

12 ( 17 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

13 ( 6 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

14 ( 16 ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

15 ( 29 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

16 ( 11 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

17 ( 10 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

18 ( 18 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

19 ( 26 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

20 ( 22 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

 

21 ( 14 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

22 ( 15 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

23 ( NEW ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

24 ( 13 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

25 ( 23 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

26 ( 43 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

27 ( 48 ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

28 ( 19 ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

29 ( 20 ) NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

30 ( 21 ) NO GOOD (START THE DANCE) The Prodigy

 

 

31 ( 25 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

32 ( 28 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

33 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME Yazz

34 ( 27 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

35 ( NEW ) U + ME Cappella

36 ( 46 ) BACK TO LOVE Brand New Heavies

37 ( 32 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

38 ( 60 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

39 ( 39 ) I SWEAR All 4 One

40 ( NEW ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Roachford

 

41 ( 33 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

42 ( 42 ) WORD UP Gun

43 ( RE ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

44 ( 30 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

45 ( 31 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE Janet Jackson

46 ( 37 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

47 ( NEW ) I STILL THINK OF YOU Utah Saints

48 ( 41 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

49 ( 35 ) TAKE ME AWAY D:Ream

50 ( 36 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

 

51 ( 49 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

52 ( 38 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

53 ( 45 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue

54 ( 44 ) GET INTO YOU Danii Minogue

55 ( 62 ) ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey

56 ( 24 ) THE REAL THING 2 Unlimited

57 ( 51 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

58 ( 58 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

59 ( NEW ) CLEOPATRA'S CAT The Spin Doctors

60 ( 34 ) BABIES Pulp

 

61 ( NEW ) MIDDLEMAN Terrorvision

62 ( 40 ) FINGERS OF LOVE Crowded House

63 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

64 ( 56 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

65 ( 65 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

66 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

67 ( 61 ) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen

68 ( NEW ) GLORYLAND Daryl Hall featuring The Sounds Of Blackness

69 ( 47 ) NOBODY Shara Nelson

70 ( 54 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

 

71 ( 71 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

72 ( 57 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

73 ( NEW ) MAYBE LOVE (REMIX) Stevie Nicks

74 ( 67 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

75 ( NEW ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

 

 

Edited June 28, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

3rd July 1994

 

2nd week on top for Aswad, joined in the top 5 by yet another reggae track, as General Public’s version of The Staple Singers classic hits 5, 2 places lower than the 1972 original. The Pretenders keep up the run of Top 10 hits, Night In My Veins at 8, and The Grid’s Swamp Thing is up to 9.

 

Leading a mass influx of new entries is Crystal Waters and Ghetto Day, a record I preferred to her bigger hits; The Rolling Stones are back at 25, Love Is Strong enough to give them a sweet 25 years of hits to date; the big news is in at 34, a noisy new Manc band with an arrogant attitude, Shaker Maker from Oasis. The previous band called Oasis featured Mary Hopkin, and I’d pay to hear her sing an Oasis ballad. Just because.

 

Lots of big movers as well, B52’s up to 19, Janet Jackson to 20, Utah Saints to 30, and Daryl Hall up to 38, and waddya know I saw him 2 weeks ago in concert with mucker John Oates, still going strong. Other newies: Shed 7, Wildhearts, Robert Palmer 16 years into his run of hits, KWS doing what they do best - killing much better records, this time with the assistance of Rose Royce’s Gwen Dickey (Ain’t Nobody - I suggest sticking with Rufus in my 84 and 89 Top 10’s), Blind Melon, Take That (having a minor hit after some biggies), Aerosmith, a great comeback single for Bobby Brown, not yet remixed, and lastly, the 15-year-old, influential and ill-fated Aaliyah with Back And Forth. Best not mention R. Kelly who would be banged up a la Yewtree were he a UK resident. Probably. I wouldn’t want to spread malicious rumours, but he produced her Age Ain’t Nothin But A Number album and apparently married in secret after she lied about her age, in about ooh, 2 or 3 months after this debut. R. Kelly obviously had no idea how old she was, having had her signed to his record label at 12 years old. Well, what business-man needs to see a birth certificate from parents eh when signing up their child? Obviously not this one.....

 

 

1 ( 1 ) SHINE Aswad

2 ( 2 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

3 ( 3 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

4 ( 9 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

5 ( 23 ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

6 ( 4 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

7 ( 6 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

8 ( 15 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

9 ( 12 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

10 ( 10 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

 

11 ( 19 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

12 ( 5 ) TO THE END Blur

13 ( 20 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

14 ( 7 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

15 ( 18 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

16 ( 8 ) HARD Tom Robinson

17 ( NEW ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

18 ( NEW ) HEY DJ Lighter Shade Of Brown

19 ( 43 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

20 ( 45 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE Janet Jackson

 

 

 

21 ( 11 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

22 ( 17 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

23 ( 14 ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

24 ( 16 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

25 ( NEW ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

26 ( 13 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

27 ( 22 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

28 ( 25 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

29 ( 35 ) U + ME Cappella

30 ( 47 ) I STILL THINK OF YOU Utah Saints

 

 

 

31 ( 38 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

32 ( 32 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

33 ( 33 ) EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME Yazz

34 ( NEW ) SHAKER MAKER Oasis

35 ( 42 ) WORD UP Gun

36 ( 26 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

37 ( 21 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

38 ( 68 ) GLORYLAND Daryl Hall featuring The Sounds Of Blackness

39 ( 29 ) NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

40 ( 24 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

 

 

 

41 ( 27 ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

42 ( NEW ) DOLPHIN Shed 7

43 ( 31 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

44 ( 37 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

45 ( 34 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

46 ( NEW ) SUCKER PUNCH The Wildhearts

47 ( NEW ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

48 ( 44 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

49 ( 41 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

50 ( 30 ) NO GOOD (START THE DANCE) The Prodigy

 

51 ( 28 ) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys)

52 ( 51 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

53 ( 55 ) ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey

54 ( 61 ) MIDDLEMAN Terrorvision

55 ( 36 ) BACK TO LOVE Brand New Heavies

56 ( 75 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

57 ( 39 ) I SWEAR All 4 One

58 ( 73 ) MAYBE LOVE (REMIX) Stevie Nicks

59 ( 58 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

60 ( 40 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Roachford

 

61 ( NEW ) GO ON MOVE Reel 2 Real

62 ( NEW ) AIN'T NOBODY KWS featuring Gwen Dickey

63 ( 63 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

64 ( 46 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

65 ( NEW ) CHANGE Blind Melon

66 ( 65 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

67 ( 57 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

68 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

69 ( NEW ) LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE Take That

70 ( NEW ) BACK AND FORTH Aaliyah

 

 

71 ( NEW ) TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME Bobby Brown

72 ( NEW ) CAN'T IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT ME Echobelly

73 ( NEW ) THE SUN DOES RISE Jah Wobble featuring Dolores Riorden

74 ( NEW ) CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE Juliet Roberts

75 ( NEW ) SHUT UP AND DANCE Aerosmith

Edited August 7, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

10th July 1994

 

The Boomtown Rats return to Number One almost 15 years since they were last there. Tell Me Why? I Don’t Like Mondays! A shame, in a way, as they had already had a shot on top and Nina Simone’s Feelin’ Good hadn’t, so she is denied her second chart-topper. The B52’s get a 4th Top 10 hit 15 years since Rock Lobster clawed it’s way in. I’d known the song since I was, ooh, 4 or 5, and it fit nicely into their style, and they fit nicely into the movie.

 

Big climb for Bonnie Raitt, You at 12, and highest new entry is a 3rd Top 20 hit for Deep Forest (I bought and liked the album), beating out the classic Michael McDonald-sampling Regulate for Warren G and Nate Dogg, in at 30. Gun’s OK rock version of Cameo is Word Up at 19, and modest climbs for Let Loose and Elton and Oasis, rather surprisingly. Wildhearts, ever under-rated, romp it up into the 40.

 

Two Cowboys Gonfi-gon it at 54, a bit do-si-do Rednex stylee, and I must say Compliments On Your Kiss to Red Dragon, and yet more reggae in the chart. The 90‘s reggae revival seems to have been forgotten in run-downs of chart-trends, but it was very much a pop force in 93/94. Prince, very much a declining force from here-on, duets with Nona Gaye, Marvin’s daughter, at 66. The classic America, from West Side Story, gets used in The World Cup coverage and sneaks in at 72, but I’d prefer an excuse to rechart the brilliant movie version of the song, a highlight in cinema history, I never tire of watching it. “I Know a boat you can get on, bye bye!”.

 

 

1 ( 3 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

2 ( 4 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

3 ( 1 ) SHINE Aswad

4 ( 2 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

5 ( 9 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

6 ( 8 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

7 ( 6 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

8 ( 5 ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

9 ( 11 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

10 ( 19 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

 

11 ( 13 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

12 ( 41 ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

13 ( 17 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

14 ( 7 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

15 ( 10 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

16 ( NEW ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

17 ( 16 ) HARD Tom Robinson

18 ( 18 ) HEY DJ Lighter Shade Of Brown

19 ( 35 ) WORD UP Gun

20 ( 20 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE (CJ's 7" Remix) Janet Jackson

 

 

 

21 ( 15 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

22 ( 12 ) TO THE END Blur

23 ( 31 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

24 ( 36 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

25 ( 25 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

26 ( 14 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

27 ( 22 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

28 ( 28 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

29 ( 32 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

30 ( NEW ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

 

 

31 ( 24 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

32 ( 21 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

33 ( 34 ) SHAKER MAKER Oasis

34 ( RE ) ADORE Joe Roberts

35 ( 58 ) MAYBE LOVE (REMIX) Stevie Nicks

36 ( 38 ) GLORYLAND Daryl Hall featuring The Sounds Of Blackness

37 ( 62 ) AIN'T NOBODY KWS featuring Gwen Dickey

38 ( 27 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

39 ( 47 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

40 ( 46 ) SUCKER PUNCH The Wildhearts

 

 

 

41 ( 23 ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

42 ( 26 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

43 ( 69 ) LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE Take That

44 ( 75 ) SHUT UP AND DANCE Aerosmith

45 ( 29 ) U + ME Cappella

46 ( 65 ) CHANGE Blind Melon

47 ( 40 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

48 ( 74 ) CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE Juliet Roberts

49 ( 44 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

50 ( 37 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

 

51 ( 45 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

52 ( 56 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

53 ( 52 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

54 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY GONFI-GON Two Cowboys

55 ( 43 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

56 ( 42 ) DOLPHIN Shed 7

57 ( 39 ) NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

58 ( NEW ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

59 ( 30 ) I STILL THINK OF YOU Utah Saints

60 ( 59 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 61 ) GO ON MOVE Reel 2 Real

62 ( 49 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

63 ( 33 ) EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME Yazz

64 ( 54 ) MIDDLEMAN Terrorvision

65 ( 63 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

66 ( NEW ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

67 ( 66 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 53 ) ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey

69 ( NEW ) BODY IN MOTION Atlantic Ocean

70 ( 68 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

 

71 ( 48 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

72 ( NEW ) AMERICA Leonard Bernstein

73 ( 67 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

74 ( NEW ) WHY DO FOOL FALL IN LOVE/ I'M COMING OUT Diana Ross

75 ( NEW ) I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Julia Fordham

Edited August 11, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

17th July 1994

 

One of those rare chart events for me - a record enters at one by a new act: this time China Black’s irresistible Searching, instantly hooks into the brain in a pleasant reggae way. Largely forgotten these days, but I liked the mixed ethnicity (the name said it all), the good songs, and since my days in Singapore I tend to want to support Chinese-related stars, one of western society’s most media-invisible sections - in this case Simon Fung.

 

The Pretenders get 2 Top 5’s in a row, Deep Forest 3 Top 10’s in a row. Ace Of Base also get their third Top 10 and the Rolling Stones go top 20 25 years after Honky Tonk Women did the same. Love Is Strong is one of their better latter-day singles. Big climbs for Crash Test Dummies (try singing along to Afternoons and Coffeespoons without the assistance of something to force the vocal wayyyyyy down!) and Mariah Carey, who very nearly gets another Top 40 entry buoyed up by recent actual honest-to-goodness great singles. Honest!

 

New at 37 it’s the Muppets. No, honestly. It’s Animal’s version of Wipeout, most recently a hit for the Fat Boys and Beach Boys, and their first chart hit since 1978 - Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way. I’m serious....! Hey, Wipeout’s a great toon, and the Muppets are great. Alice is back at 39, Maria Muldaur’s 1974 classic is covered by Brand New Heavies at 40, Erasure run in at 47 with a decent pop hit, and in at 52 is a bonafide Trevor Horn-produced classic from Seal, Kiss From A Rose. Not only in a Batman movie, it’s gorgeously moving, and it’s something of an injustice to find it became only a middling chart-hit in 1994 in the UK. Thankfully 1995 was a bit kinder.

 

 

1 ( NEW ) SEARCHING China Black

2 ( 2 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

3 ( 3 ) SHINE Aswad

4 ( 6 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

5 ( 1 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

6 ( 13 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

7 ( 4 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

8 ( 16 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

9 ( 5 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

10 ( 11 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

 

11 ( 7 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

12 ( 10 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

13 ( 9 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

14 ( 8 ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

15 ( 15 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

16 ( 24 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

17 ( 25 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

18 ( 19 ) WORD UP Gun

19 ( 12 ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

20 ( 30 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

 

 

21 ( 14 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

22 ( 23 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

23 ( 18 ) HEY DJ Lighter Shade Of Brown

24 ( 17 ) HARD Tom Robinson

25 ( 34 ) ADORE Joe Roberts

26 ( 39 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

27 ( 22 ) TO THE END Blur

28 ( 21 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

29 ( 52 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

30 ( 43 ) LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE Take That

 

31 ( 27 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

32 ( 20 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE (CJ's 7" Remix) Janet Jackson

33 ( 31 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

34 ( 48 ) CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE Juliet Roberts

35 ( 54 ) EVERYBODY GONFI-GON Two Cowboys

36 ( 29 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

37 ( NEW ) WIPEOUT The Muppets featuring Animal

38 ( 26 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

39 ( RE ) IT'S ME Alice Cooper

40 ( NEW ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

 

 

41 ( 28 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

42 ( 35 ) MAYBE LOVE (REMIX) Stevie Nicks

43 ( 32 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

44 ( 68 ) ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey

45 ( 38 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

46 ( 36 ) GLORYLAND Daryl Hall featuring The Sounds Of Blackness

47 ( NEW ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

48 ( 33 ) SHAKER MAKER Oasis

49 ( 75 ) I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Julia Fordham

50 ( 49 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

 

51 ( 37 ) AIN'T NOBODY KWS featuring Gwen Dickey

52 ( NEW ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

53 ( 53 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

54 ( 50 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

55 ( 51 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

56 ( 47 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

57 ( 42 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

58 ( 58 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

59 ( 74 ) WHY DO FOOL FALL IN LOVE/ I'M COMING OUT Diana Ross

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 41 ) JAILBIRD Primal Scream

62 ( 55 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

63 ( 45 ) U + ME Cappella

64 ( 62 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

65 ( 65 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 44 ) SHUT UP AND DANCE Aerosmith

67 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 40 ) SUCKER PUNCH The Wildhearts

69 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

70 ( 70 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

 

71 ( 46 ) CHANGE Blind Melon

72 ( RE ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

73 ( 56 ) DOLPHIN Shed 7

74 ( NEW ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

75 ( NEW ) YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME Toni Braxton

Edited August 13, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

 

24th July 1994

 

2 weeks for China Black on top, but just look at Bad Boys Inc rocket from 74 to 3 with a record I (and everyone else) can barely remember, a sort of Take That clone if I can vaguely recall. Youtube video to confirm! I haven’t heard it for 20 years. Warren G hits 9, and I’ve Regulatedly heard that one throughout the 20 years. Funny thing, the passage of time....

 

Seal kisses a rose and enters the 40 at 11. I tried kissing a rose this weekend, and got my legs ripped up by thorns for my troubles - I look like I’ve been whipped severely in The Hunger Games. Talking of The Hunger Games, Lenny Kravitz was last seen being dragged off to be murdered, but here he enters at 51. Deuce! One place higher it’s Ant and Dec in a previous life. From teeny pop rapper actors to Mega-TV-presenters and a future number one with Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble. Who coulda predicted that one! I’m not sure how high it gets in my chart (yet), but it’s no chart-topper..

 

Elton’s Lion King at last breaks into the 20, and C.J. Lewis’ reggae-cover of yet another 60’s classic (Stevie Wonder) is Uptight to 17. Highest new entry though is Kate Bush and Larry Adler’s version of George Gershwin’s The Man I Love, taken from Adler’s 80th birthday tribute album to the great Gershwin. This a download I need! In at 20, former number one acts The Lightning Seeds and their fab new pop single Lucky You, while veteran Joe Cocker covers Summer In The City at 74. The glorious original by The Lovin’ Spoonful features in my very current chart, 20 years later, due to an advert. I’ve been waiting for an excuse to chart it.....!

 

Oldies what I was playing a lot in this week were Lovers Of The World Unite, 60’’s harmony fun by David & Jonathan (aka Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway of many a hit song and Blue Mink fame), Like A Prayer, and Part Of The Union by The Strawbs. Varied, at least!

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) SEARCHING China Black

2 ( 8 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

3 ( 74 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

4 ( 7 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

5 ( 3 ) SHINE Aswad

6 ( 6 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

7 ( 4 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

8 ( 2 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

9 ( 20 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

10 ( 16 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

 

 

11 ( 52 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

12 ( 26 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

13 ( 5 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

14 ( 22 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

15 ( 9 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

16 ( 29 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

17 ( 69 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

18 ( NEW ) THE MAN I LOVE Kate Bush and Larry Adler

19 ( 15 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

20 ( NEW ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

 

 

21 ( 11 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

22 ( 12 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

23 ( 10 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

24 ( 14 ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

25 ( 25 ) ADORE Joe Roberts

26 ( 13 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

27 ( 37 ) WIPEOUT The Muppets featuring Animal

28 ( 58 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

29 ( 30 ) LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE Take That

30 ( 18 ) WORD UP Gun

 

 

31 ( 17 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

32 ( 23 ) HEY DJ Lighter Shade Of Brown

33 ( NEW ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

34 ( 27 ) TO THE END Blur

35 ( 28 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

36 ( RE ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

37 ( 19 ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

38 ( 24 ) HARD Tom Robinson

39 ( 47 ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

40 ( 40 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

 

41 ( 21 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

42 ( 33 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

43 ( 31 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

44 ( 32 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE (CJ's 7" Remix) Janet Jackson

45 ( 41 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

46 ( 38 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

47 ( NEW ) SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Abigail

48 ( NEW ) BLACK BOX EYC

49 ( 39 ) IT'S ME Alice Cooper

50 ( NEW ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

 

 

51 ( NEW ) DEUCE Lenny Kravitz

52 ( 45 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

53 ( 35 ) EVERYBODY GONFI-GON Two Cowboys

54 ( 53 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

55 ( 50 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

56 ( 34 ) CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE Juliet Roberts

57 ( 42 ) MAYBE LOVE (REMIX) Stevie Nicks

58 ( 36 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

59 ( NEW ) WHAT GOES AROUND Bitty McLean

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 55 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

62 ( 72 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

63 ( NEW ) TWYFORD DOWN Galliano

64 ( 65 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 54 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

66 ( 64 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

67 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 62 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

69 ( 43 ) SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Guns 'n' Roses

70 ( 56 ) LONG TIME GONE Galliano

 

71 ( 70 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

72 ( NEW ) FEENIN' Jodeci

73 ( NEW ) TOWER OF STRENGTH Skin

74 ( NEW ) SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

75 ( 57 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

Edited August 13, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

31st July 1994

 

After peaking at 2 and weeks inside the Top 10, it finally gets there! The classic, gorgeous 7 Seconds from Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry, one of the best (and favourite) records of the 90’s. Love it. I love the fact that’s not in English (in part) and is rooted in West Africa. I think I was a bit on a mission to widen music to the world (as were the charts), and just take a look at the variety of genres and world origins of the tracks inside the Top 20: Deep Forest to Bad Boys Inc, George Gershwin to Erasure’s synthpop leaping into the top 10, and the Three Tenors highest new entry at 12 with two Opera tracks from La Traviata and Rigoletto to The Muppets surf comedy and 1977 B Side re-issue, Mah Na Mah Na, finally getting the chart credit it deserved first time round. A bit of rap, a lot of reggae, a class ballad, pop, dance, jazzfunk, blues, and alternative rock. Those were the days when the charts weren’t dominated by just one or two genres....

 

Talking of jazzfunk Level 42 are high new entries at 17 with the sweet Love In A Peaceful World, while part-time Eagle and hit-maker of 22 years, and even better songwriter, Jackson Browne returns with Everywhere I Go. Even better, Sophie B. Hawkins is back with a change of musical direction, dancepop supreme, the absolutely fantastic sublime marvellous Right Beside You, written after the death of her partner. Love it love it. The sadly recently late Bobby Womack was also back again, at 63, with Forever Love, and Shakespear’s Sister Marcella Detroit is no angel at 75.

 

 

1 ( 4 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

2 ( 1 ) SEARCHING China Black

3 ( 3 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

4 ( 11 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

5 ( 9 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

6 ( 2 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

7 ( 10 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

8 ( 5 ) SHINE Aswad

9 ( 17 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

10 ( 39 ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

 

 

11 ( 7 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

12 ( NEW ) LIBIAMO/ LA DONNA E MOBILE Carreras Domingo Pavarotti

13 ( 6 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

14 ( 16 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

15 ( 12 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

16 ( 8 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

17 ( NEW ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

18 ( 18 ) THE MAN I LOVE Kate Bush and Larry Adler

19 ( 27 ) WIPEOUT/ MAH NA MAH NA The Muppets featuring Animal

20 ( 28 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

 

 

21 ( 20 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

22 ( 15 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

23 ( 33 ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

24 ( 13 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

25 ( 14 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

26 ( 59 ) WHAT GOES AROUND Bitty McLean

27 ( 19 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

28 ( 21 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

29 ( 36 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

30 ( 48 ) BLACK BOX EYC

 

31 ( 22 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

32 ( NEW ) EVERYWHERE I GO Jackson Browne

33 ( 24 ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

34 ( 23 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

35 ( 35 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

36 ( 50 ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

37 ( 41 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

38 ( 25 ) ADORE Joe Roberts

39 ( 40 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

40 ( 34 ) TO THE END Blur

 

41 ( 32 ) HEY DJ Lighter Shade Of Brown

42 ( 26 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

43 ( 42 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

44 ( 31 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

45 ( 38 ) HARD Tom Robinson

46 ( 74 ) SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

47 ( 30 ) WORD UP Gun

48 ( 29 ) LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE Take That

49 ( 37 ) YOU Bonnie Raitt

50 ( NEW ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

 

51 ( 45 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

52 ( 63 ) TWYFORD DOWN Galliano

53 ( 53 ) EVERYBODY GONFI-GON Two Cowboys

54 ( 47 ) SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Abigail

55 ( 54 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

56 ( 43 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

57 ( 46 ) CRASH! BOOM! BANG! Roxette

58 ( 51 ) DEUCE Lenny Kravitz

59 ( 55 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 52 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

62 ( 44 ) ANYTIME ANYPLACE (CJ's 7" Remix) Janet Jackson

63 ( NEW ) FOREVER LOVE Bobby Womack

64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 61 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

66 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

67 ( 58 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

68 ( 66 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

69 ( RE ) YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME Toni Braxton

70 ( 62 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

 

71 ( 68 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

72 ( 71 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

73 ( 65 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

74 ( RE ) I SWEAR All 4 One

75 ( NEW ) I'M NO ANGEL Marcella Detroit

Edited August 13, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

7th August 1994

 

2 weeks for Youssou n neneh, classic. Another classic at 2, Kissing that Rose and equalling his biggest solo hit Crazy, it’s Seal. A massive leap for the gorgeous Sophie 50 to 5, to give her a 2nd Top 5 hit, and a hat trick of Top 10’s for Enigma in 1994, in at 7 with another laid-back track off their great New Age album. Late in their career, Level 42 join Enigma in their peaceful Top 10 world for 11 years worth of occasional big hits (and lots of lesser ones).

 

Will Smith’s summer anthem pops back again 3 years on, as do Whitesnake 5 years or so on, while Swing Out Sister show that something good came out of Four Weddings And A Funeral - a lovely cover of the Delfonics 1971 smash La La Means I Love You, and new at 20 as their terrific retro sounds keep on.

 

Others: Janet Jackson’s back and on and on, Bobby Womack goes Top 40, and entering at 40 it’s the Jesus and Mary Chain and a melodic duet, at 47 Morrissey and Siouxsie duetting Interlude a bit hauntingly, and Quo apparently didnt mean it. Not Sure I believe them, but hey ho, that’s 21 years of hits to date.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

2 ( 4 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

3 ( 2 ) SEARCHING China Black

4 ( 5 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

5 ( 50 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

6 ( 3 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

7 ( NEW ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

8 ( 8 ) SHINE Aswad

9 ( 9 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

10 ( 17 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

 

 

 

11 ( 7 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

12 ( 12 ) LIBIAMO/ LA DONNA E MOBILE Carreras Domingo Pavarotti

13 ( 23 ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

14 ( 30 ) BLACK BOX EYC

15 ( 6 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

16 ( 10 ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

17 ( NEW ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

18 ( 20 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

19 ( 14 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

20 ( NEW ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

 

 

 

21 ( 21 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

22 ( 11 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

23 ( 13 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

24 ( 25 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

25 ( 26 ) WHAT GOES AROUND Bitty McLean

26 ( 22 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

27 ( NEW ) AND ON AND ON Janet Jackson

28 ( 15 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

29 ( 29 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

30 ( 16 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

 

31 ( 31 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

32 ( 63 ) FOREVER LOVE Bobby Womack

33 ( 19 ) WIPEOUT/ MAH NA MAH NA The Muppets featuring Animal

34 ( 34 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

35 ( 39 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

36 ( 36 ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

37 ( 27 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

38 ( 38 ) ADORE Joe Roberts

39 ( 24 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

40 ( NEW ) SOMETIMES ALWAYS The Jesus And Mary Chain

 

 

41 ( NEW ) THIS TIME I FOUND LOVE Rozalla

42 ( 18 ) THE MAN I LOVE Kate Bush and Larry Adler

43 ( 28 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

44 ( 37 ) YOU DON'T LOVE ME (NO NO NO) Dawn Penn

45 ( 43 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

46 ( 40 ) TO THE END Blur

47 ( NEW ) INTERLUDE Morrissey and Siouxsie

48 ( 33 ) I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public

49 ( 35 ) WILLING TO FORGIVE Aretha Franklin

50 ( NEW ) NO MORE (I CAN'T STAND IT) Maxx

 

 

 

51 ( 51 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

52 ( 47 ) WORD UP Gun

53 ( 42 ) I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Chaka Demus & Pliers

54 ( 41 ) HEY DJ Lighter Shade Of Brown

55 ( 46 ) SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

56 ( 55 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

57 ( NEW ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake

58 ( 32 ) EVERYWHERE I GO Jackson Browne

59 ( NEW ) I DIDN'T MEAN IT Status Quo

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 48 ) LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE Take That

62 ( 59 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

63 ( NEW ) HIT BY LOVE Ce Ce Peniston

64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 66 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

66 ( 73 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

67 ( 65 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

68 ( 44 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

69 ( 45 ) HARD Tom Robinson

70 ( NEW ) I LIFT MY CUP Gloworm

 

71 ( 68 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

72 ( NEW ) WHAT'S UP DJ Miko

73 ( 72 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

74 ( 56 ) PATIENCE OF ANGELS Eddi Reader

75 ( NEW ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

Edited September 9, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

14th August 1994

 

Enigma’s 3rd of the year, and 4th number one in total. I really did like them back then! To be fair I was expanding my musical horizons to the the world, and so was the record-buying public. If only the current UK music-selling scene could say the same! Sophie at 2 ands she’s Right Beside You, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince second-time round take their growing pop classic back into the 10, and Blur re-enter as a proper single now at 15 with the ever-so-Brit-pop anthem Park Life.

 

Joe Cocker converts to a double A side and leaps into the 20, for a chart span of 26 years, while joining him is Lulu at 38 to do exactly the same. Terry Hall, solo, at 39, and he’s having 15 years of hits and counting. A cover of the Dream Girls classic from 1982 drops by for Donna Giles at 46, while the Manics Revol in at 52. Eh? Revol? A couple of classics lower down though, Kylie surprises all with a sultry growing up and Confide In Me slides in at 55, with Oasis’ 2nd hit the fabulous Live Forever at 75. Finally, the sweet Lisa Loeb hit is at 67.

 

 

 

1 ( 7 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

2 ( 5 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

3 ( 1 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

4 ( 2 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

5 ( 3 ) SEARCHING China Black

6 ( 4 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

7 ( 10 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

8 ( 6 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

9 ( 14 ) BLACK BOX EYC

10 ( 17 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

 

11 ( 13 ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

12 ( 8 ) SHINE Aswad

13 ( 18 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

14 ( 21 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

15 ( RE ) PARK LIFE Blur

16 ( 20 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

17 ( 9 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

18 ( 55 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

19 ( 16 ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

20 ( 11 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

 

21 ( 12 ) LIBIAMO/ LA DONNA E MOBILE Carreras Domingo Pavarotti

22 ( 15 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

23 ( 25 ) WHAT GOES AROUND Bitty McLean

24 ( 23 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

25 ( 27 ) AND ON AND ON Janet Jackson

26 ( 50 ) NO MORE (I CAN'T STAND IT) Maxx

27 ( 29 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

28 ( 26 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

29 ( 40 ) SOMETIMES ALWAYS The Jesus And Mary Chain

30 ( 19 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

 

31 ( 35 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

32 ( 24 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

33 ( 57 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake

34 ( 34 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

35 ( 72 ) WHAT'S UP DJ Miko

36 ( 36 ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

37 ( 68 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

38 ( NEW ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

39 ( NEW ) FOREVER J Terry Hall

40 ( 22 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

 

41 ( 32 ) FOREVER LOVE Bobby Womack

42 ( 28 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

43 ( 31 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

44 ( 39 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

45 ( 41 ) THIS TIME I FOUND LOVE Rozalla

46 ( NEW ) AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Donna Giles

47 ( 45 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

48 ( 59 ) I DIDN'T MEAN IT Status Quo

49 ( 37 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

50 ( 30 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

 

51 ( 33 ) WIPEOUT/ MAH NA MAH NA The Muppets featuring Animal

52 ( NEW ) REVOL The Manic Street Preachers

53 ( 38 ) ADORE Joe Roberts

54 ( 46 ) TO THE END Blur

55 ( NEW ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

56 ( 56 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

57 ( RE ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

58 ( 47 ) INTERLUDE Morrissey and Siouxsie

59 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

60 ( NEW ) THE WAY SHE LOVES ME Richard Marx

 

 

 

61 ( NEW ) LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF Lucas

62 ( 75 ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

63 ( 51 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 62 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

66 ( 65 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

67 ( NEW ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

68 ( 66 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

69 ( NEW ) DO IT Tony Di Bart

70 ( RE ) I SWEAR All 4 One

 

71 ( NEW ) TRUE SPIRIT Carleen Anderson

72 ( 67 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forest

73 ( 73 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

74 ( 43 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

75 ( NEW ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

 

Edited September 9, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

21st August 1994

 

2 weeks for Enigma on top as Level 42 get their highest-ever chart placing at 5. Just look at Kylie though, 55 to 6, loving those eastern-sounds, and giving her yet another Top 10 hit, 6 years and counting. The Lightning Seeds also continue their run of Top 10 fabtastic pop singles, Lucky You! Swing Out Sister also break into the 10 for the last time (I think), with their 70’s soul cover.

 

Highest new entry, though, is a remixed version of the album track Yesterday When I Was Mad, in at 13. What are the chances of it being the 5th Very album track Pet Shop Boys number one? Very good! Morrissey and Siouxsie meanwhile take their Interlude from 58 to 16, that’s 16 years of Top 20’s for Siouxsie and 11 years for Smiler. Lulu spits on both statistics though, joining Joe Cocker on 26 years of Top 20 hits, while Prince grabs another Top 20 as simultaneously album track (and future single) Letitgo enters at 34.

 

Oasis, though get their first ever Top 20 hit as Live Forever rockets 75 to 18, PJ & Duncan finally break into the 30, and The Bee Gees join the album track listers with Blue Island at 32. Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun isn’t Supermassive, but 52 isn’t bad, and the Rev Al Green duets with country star Lyle Lovett for a new entry at 71. I think that’s all very varied!

 

 

1 ( 1 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

2 ( 2 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

3 ( 4 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

4 ( 3 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

5 ( 7 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

6 ( 55 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

7 ( 6 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

8 ( 14 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

9 ( 5 ) SEARCHING China Black

10 ( 16 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

 

 

 

11 ( 9 ) BLACK BOOK EYC

12 ( 18 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

13 ( NEW ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

14 ( 15 ) PARK LIFE Blur

15 ( 8 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

16 ( 58 ) INTERLUDE Morrissey and Siouxsie

17 ( 38 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

18 ( 75 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

19 ( 12 ) SHINE Aswad

20 ( 27 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

 

 

 

21 ( 10 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

22 ( 11 ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

23 ( 31 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

24 ( 13 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

25 ( 17 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

26 ( 26 ) NO MORE (I CAN'T STAND IT) Maxx

27 ( 36 ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

28 ( 24 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

29 ( 19 ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

30 ( 20 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

 

31 ( 22 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

32 ( NEW ) BLUE ISLAND The Bee Gees

33 ( 35 ) WHAT'S UP DJ Miko

34 ( NEW ) LETITGO Prince

35 ( 39 ) FOREVER J Terry Hall

36 ( 23 ) WHAT GOES AROUND Bitty McLean

37 ( 34 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

38 ( 28 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

39 ( 61 ) LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF Lucas

40 ( 25 ) AND ON AND ON Janet Jackson

 

41 ( 29 ) SOMETIMES ALWAYS The Jesus And Mary Chain

42 ( 52 ) REVOL The Manic Street Preachers

43 ( 21 ) LIBIAMO/ LA DONNA E MOBILE Carreras Domingo Pavarotti

44 ( 46 ) AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Donna Giles

45 ( 32 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John

46 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY'S GOT SUMMER Atlantic Starr

47 ( 44 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

48 ( 30 ) AFTERNOONS AND COFFEESPOONS Crash Test Dummies

49 ( 69 ) DO IT Tony Di Bart

50 ( 47 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

 

51 ( NEW ) THIS GENERATION Roachford

52 ( NEW ) BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden

53 ( 33 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake

54 ( 37 ) LOVE IS STRONG The Rolling Stones

55 ( 54 ) TO THE END Blur

56 ( 56 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

57 ( 59 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

58 ( 60 ) THE WAY SHE LOVES ME Richard Marx

59 ( 40 ) NIGHT IN MY VEINS The Pretenders

60 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT Sounds Of Blackness

 

 

 

61 ( 43 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

62 ( 62 ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

63 ( 42 ) GIRL U WANT Robert Palmer

64 ( 49 ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

65 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 57 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

67 ( 66 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 65 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

69 ( 41 ) FOREVER LOVE Bobby Womack

70 ( 48 ) I DIDN'T MEAN IT Status Quo

 

71 ( NEW ) FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Al Green and Lyle Lovett

72 ( 67 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

73 ( 73 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

74 ( 63 ) GET-A-WAY Maxx

75 ( 50 ) FEELIN' GOOD Nina Simone

Edited September 10, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

 

28th August 1994

 

Sophie B. Hawkins gets her one and only chart-topper, but what a corker it is. I still love it to bits, and it really should be a radio classic, or featuring in a 90’s retro megamovie. Sophie was endearingly quirky, and I wish she was still as successful, though she is still active, hooray! Pet Shop Boys of course are mad at 4, and its a hot hot hot new (old) entry as the 10-year-old minor hit comes back bigger and remixed at 9. Prince gets another Top 10 hit and a top 20 hit, though he was using a squiggle and a pompous assertion that he isn’t Prince anymore as a name at various times from 1993 onwards. Way to kill your career Prince!

 

Ian McNabb (of The Icicle Works) has a 10 year comeback at 25, and just below Edie Brickell’s best single (albeit lesser known) the gorgeous Good Times at 26. Lisa Loeb leaps alliteratively into the 30, and Ice Cube reactivates George Clinton of Funkadelic and Parliament fame with their Bop Gun at 32. Pause for breath, now, cos there’s a whopping 21 new entries clearing out the charts - Roxette’s latest Fireworks explode at 35, driving Aerosmith Crazy at 36 (an album track, and future hit ballad single), while Eurythmic Dave Stewart has a Heart Of Stone at 38, and Cyndi Lauper radically re-invents her 1984 debut hit at 42. Hey Now!! It’s good, but not AS good.

 

Others: Soundgarden make 39, The Beautiful South make eyes from 44, John Mellencamp is 60, UB40 63, Robert Palmer 72, Aswad 75 keep the hits coming, while comebacks of sorts from Patti Labelle at 73, and newer entries from Shed 7 and Shampoo. Uh oh we’re in trouble!

 

 

1 ( 2 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

2 ( 1 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

3 ( 3 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

4 ( 13 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

5 ( 7 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

6 ( 6 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

7 ( 4 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

8 ( 8 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

9 ( NEW ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

10 ( 20 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

 

 

 

11 ( 14 ) PARK LIFE Blur

12 ( 12 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

13 ( 5 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

14 ( 17 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

15 ( 10 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

16 ( 9 ) SEARCHING China Black

17 ( 11 ) BLACK BOOK EYC

18 ( 18 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

19 ( 34 ) LETITGO Prince

20 ( 23 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

 

21 ( NEW ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

22 ( 15 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

23 ( 21 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

24 ( 19 ) SHINE Aswad

25 ( NEW ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

26 ( NEW ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians

27 ( 51 ) THIS GENERATION Roachford

28 ( 72 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

29 ( 24 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

30 ( 16 ) INTERLUDE Morrissey and Siouxsie

 

 

 

31 ( 31 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

32 ( NEW ) BOP GUN (ONE NATION) Ice Cube featuring George Clinton

33 ( 28 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

34 ( 30 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

35 ( NEW ) FIREWORKS Roxette

36 ( NEW ) CRAZY Aerosmith

37 ( 25 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

38 ( NEW ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

39 ( 52 ) BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden

40 ( 58 ) THE WAY SHE LOVES ME Richard Marx

 

 

 

41 ( 22 ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

42 ( NEW ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

43 ( NEW ) STANDING AT THE ALTAR Margie Cox

44 ( NEW ) THE PRETTIEST EYES The Beautiful South

45 ( 46 ) EVERYBODY'S GOT SUMMER Atlantic Starr

46 ( 26 ) NO MORE (I CAN'T STAND IT) Maxx

47 ( 62 ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

48 ( 27 ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

49 ( 33 ) WHAT'S UP DJ Miko

50 ( 38 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

 

51 ( 32 ) BLUE ISLAND The Bee Gees

52 ( 29 ) RUN TO THE SUN Erasure

53 ( 49 ) DO IT Tony Di Bart

54 ( 50 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

55 ( 37 ) DON'T TURN AROUND Ace Of Base

56 ( NEW ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

57 ( 35 ) FOREVER J Terry Hall

58 ( 57 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

59 ( 56 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

60 ( NEW ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

 

61 ( 47 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

62 ( 55 ) TO THE END Blur

63 ( NEW ) REGGAE MUSIC UB40

64 ( 68 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

65 ( NEW ) GAL WINE Chaka Demus and Pliers

66 ( 65 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

67 ( 44 ) AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Donna Giles

68 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

69 ( 61 ) MEET THE FLINTSTONES The BC52's (B52's)

70 ( NEW ) SPEAKEASY Shed 7

 

71 ( NEW ) TROUBLE Shampoo

72 ( NEW ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

73 ( NEW ) THE RIGHT KINDA LOVER Patti Labelle

74 ( NEW ) SOMEONE TO LOVE Sean Maguire

75 ( NEW ) WARRIORS Aswad

Edited September 11, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

Ah 1994, a year close to my heart as it was the year of my first personal chart;

 

6.2.94

 

1 Breathe Again - Toni Braxton

2 Things Can Only Get Better - D:ream

3 The Power Of Love - Celine Dion

4 Return To Innocence - Enigma

5 All For Love - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting

6 A Deeper Love - Aretha Franklin

7 Come Baby Come - K7

8 Come In Out Of The Rain - Wendy Moten

9 Twist And Shout - Chaka Demus And Pliers feat. Jack Radix And Taxi Gang

10 I Miss You - Haddaway

11 Linger - The Cranberries

12 Now And Forever - Richard Marx

 

...and my chart that corresponds to the last one that you posted;

 

28.8.94

 

1 (2) 7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry

2 (1) Crazy For You - Let Loose

3 (4) Compliments On Your Kiss - Red Dragon

4 (3) Searching - China Black

5 (5) Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet

6 (6) Regulate - Warren G & Nate Dogg

7 (8) Gal Wine - Chaka Demus & Pliers

8 (21) Right Beside You - Sophie B Hawkins

9 (13) Someone To Love - Sean Maguire

10 (7) Shine - Aswad

 

11 (10) I Swear - All-4-One

12 (NE) I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men

13 (11) Meet The Flintstones - BC-52s

14 (NE) Parklife - Blur

15 (9) 18 Strings - Tinman

16 (15) So Good - Eternal

17 (12) What's Up - DJ Miko

18 (NE) Dreamer - Livin' Joy

19 (NE) Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

20 (17) Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base

 

21 (16) Let's Get Ready To Rhumble - PJ & Duncan

22 (14) Live Forever - Oasis

23 (20) Midnight At The Oasis - Brand New Heavies

24 (19) Love Ain't Here Anymore - Take That

25 (18) No More - Maxx

26 (26) Everything's Gonna Be Alright - The Sounds Of Blackness

27 (24) Do It - Tony Di Bart

28 (23) Trouble - Shampoo

29 (22) Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

30 (28) Speakeasy - Shed 7

 

31 (27) Simple Things - Joe Cocker

32 (25) Everything Is Alright (Uptight) - CJ Lewis

33 (29) Do You Wanna Get Funky - C & C Music Factory

34 (NE) Pretend Best Friend - Terrorvision

35 (30) Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

36 (34) The Way She Loves Me - Richard Marx

37 (36) Interlude - Morrissey & Siouxsie

38 (33) Kiss From A Rose - Seal

39 (31) I Didn't Mean It - Status Quo

40 (40) Reggae Music - UB40

 

41 (35) Is This Love - Whitesnake

42 (32) Black Book - EYC

43 (39) The Feeling - Tin Tin Out

44 (38) Around The World - East 17

45 (45) Trippin' On Sunshine - Pizzaman

46 (NE) Know By Now - Robert Palmer

47 (43) What Goes Around (Comes Around) - Bitty McLean

48 (41) Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain

49 (49) Everybody's Got Summer - Atlantic Starr

50 (42) Take Me Away - Bad Boys Inc

Shampoo was the best British girl group before Sugababes / Girls Aloud era. Not All Siants and not Spices.

Every their single (from five) was # 1 in my chart.

Ah 1994, a year close to my heart as it was the year of my first personal chart;

 

6.2.94

 

1 Breathe Again - Toni Braxton

2 Things Can Only Get Better - D:ream

3 The Power Of Love - Celine Dion

4 Return To Innocence - Enigma

5 All For Love - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting

6 A Deeper Love - Aretha Franklin

7 Come Baby Come - K7

8 Come In Out Of The Rain - Wendy Moten

9 Twist And Shout - Chaka Demus And Pliers feat. Jack Radix And Taxi Gang

10 I Miss You - Haddaway

11 Linger - The Cranberries

12 Now And Forever - Richard Marx

 

...and my chart that corresponds to the last one that you posted;

 

28.8.94

 

1 (2) 7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry

2 (1) Crazy For You - Let Loose

3 (4) Compliments On Your Kiss - Red Dragon

4 (3) Searching - China Black

5 (5) Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet

6 (6) Regulate - Warren G & Nate Dogg

7 (8) Gal Wine - Chaka Demus & Pliers

8 (21) Right Beside You - Sophie B Hawkins

9 (13) Someone To Love - Sean Maguire

10 (7) Shine - Aswad

 

11 (10) I Swear - All-4-One

12 (NE) I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men

13 (11) Meet The Flintstones - BC-52s

14 (NE) Parklife - Blur

15 (9) 18 Strings - Tinman

16 (15) So Good - Eternal

17 (12) What's Up - DJ Miko

18 (NE) Dreamer - Livin' Joy

19 (NE) Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

20 (17) Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base

 

21 (16) Let's Get Ready To Rhumble - PJ & Duncan

22 (14) Live Forever - Oasis

23 (20) Midnight At The Oasis - Brand New Heavies

24 (19) Love Ain't Here Anymore - Take That

25 (18) No More - Maxx

26 (26) Everything's Gonna Be Alright - The Sounds Of Blackness

27 (24) Do It - Tony Di Bart

28 (23) Trouble - Shampoo

29 (22) Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

30 (28) Speakeasy - Shed 7

 

31 (27) Simple Things - Joe Cocker

32 (25) Everything Is Alright (Uptight) - CJ Lewis

33 (29) Do You Wanna Get Funky - C & C Music Factory

34 (NE) Pretend Best Friend - Terrorvision

35 (30) Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

36 (34) The Way She Loves Me - Richard Marx

37 (36) Interlude - Morrissey & Siouxsie

38 (33) Kiss From A Rose - Seal

39 (31) I Didn't Mean It - Status Quo

40 (40) Reggae Music - UB40

 

41 (35) Is This Love - Whitesnake

42 (32) Black Book - EYC

43 (39) The Feeling - Tin Tin Out

44 (38) Around The World - East 17

45 (45) Trippin' On Sunshine - Pizzaman

46 (NE) Know By Now - Robert Palmer

47 (43) What Goes Around (Comes Around) - Bitty McLean

48 (41) Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain

49 (49) Everybody's Got Summer - Atlantic Starr

50 (42) Take Me Away - Bad Boys Inc

 

Hi Osker, thanks for that interesting to see much of my chart in a slightly different order, but just as varied - Ive been playing Morrissey and Siouxsie a lot this week, having rediscovered it and Jesus And Mary Chain's, and Larry Adler/Kate Bush's singles. 7 Seconds at 1 is flawless of course! B-)

 

cheers!

john

Shampoo was the best British girl group before Sugababes / Girls Aloud era. Not All Siants and not Spices.

Every their single (from five) was # 1 in my chart.

 

Hi Alex, well I can't say I was a huge fan at the time, but they sound fun in retrospect, energetic pop :lol:

4th September 1994

 

So much competition for the top spot that absolute classics are just grabbing one week, so poor Sophie drops down to make room for Seal’s Kiss From A Rose, a track that didn’t really take off for another year in the UK. It had a gorgeous Middle-Ages vibe to it, and that’s not something you can say very often. Seal’s first solo topper, or his second if including Killer in 1990 (with Adamski), though Crazy had a long run at 2. Pet Shop Boys new single has to make do with runner-up, though Blur get another Top 10 with Park Life, Prince replaces himself in the Top 10 with Letitgo, Oasis get their first with Live Together, Lulu extends her run of Top 10’s to 26 years, and Robert Palmer has another of his occasional Top 10’s up a whopping 62 places. Phew!

 

Michelle Gayle is pure Sweetness, highest new entry at 24, while Jackson Browne returns at 27, just ahead of Terrorvision’s Pretend Best Friend at 31, keeping up their manic pop metal run of hits. Shawn Colvin covers The Police at 38, and debuts, while Shara Nelson is Inside Out at 47, Eternal claim to be So Good at 48 (hmmm) and Inner Circle reggae back with a cover at 53. A bunch of veterans claim entries in the bottom 5 (after D:Ream’s latest) as daryl Hall keeps his solo entries going, Peter gabriel has a live EP, Crowded House invent a new fruit-based insult, Oi, Pineapple Head, and Billy Idol’s theme from the fab new movie Speed pops in 15 years since Gen X.

 

Speed made a fave of Sandra Bullock, and a new buffed-up Keanu Reeves set himself up as leading man material. Nonsense plot of course, but great fun. On TV, I was well into Deep Space 9, X Files, and Newhart - Bob Newhart’s latest sitcom with the terrific Henry Mancini theme tune.

 

 

 

1 ( 3 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

2 ( 4 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 1 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

4 ( 2 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

5 ( 6 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

6 ( 11 ) PARK LIFE Blur

7 ( 19 ) LETITGO Prince

8 ( 18 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

9 ( 14 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

10 ( 72 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

 

 

11 ( 5 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

12 ( 28 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

13 ( 9 ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

14 ( 7 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

15 ( 25 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

16 ( 8 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

17 ( 13 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

18 ( 38 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

19 ( 21 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

20 ( 35 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

 

21 ( 26 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians

22 ( 12 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

23 ( 10 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

24 ( NEW ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

25 ( 16 ) SEARCHING China Black

26 ( 15 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

27 ( RE ) EVERYWHERE I GO Jackson Browne

28 ( 17 ) BLACK BOOK EYC

29 ( 32 ) BOP GUN (ONE NATION) Ice Cube featuring George Clinton

30 ( 23 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

 

 

31 ( NEW ) PRETEND BEST FRIEND Terrorvision

32 ( 27 ) THIS GENERATION Roachford

33 ( 44 ) THE PRETTIEST EYES The Beautiful South

34 ( 47 ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

35 ( 29 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

36 ( 22 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

37 ( 56 ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

38 ( NEW ) EVERY LITTLE THING HE DOES IS MAGIC Shawn Colvin

39 ( 24 ) SHINE Aswad

40 ( 20 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Brand New Heavies

 

 

41 ( 31 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

42 ( 42 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

43 ( 33 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

44 ( 34 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

45 ( 65 ) GAL WINE Chaka Demus and Pliers

46 ( 60 ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

47 ( NEW ) INSIDE OUT Shara Nelson

48 ( NEW ) SO GOOD Eternal

49 ( 43 ) STANDING AT THE ALTAR Margie Cox

50 ( 74 ) SOMEONE TO LOVE Sean Maguire

 

51 ( 37 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

52 ( 71 ) TROUBLE Shampoo

53 ( NEW ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Inner Circle

54 ( 48 ) LET'S GET READY TO RHUMBLE PJ & Duncan

55 ( 39 ) BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden

56 ( 41 ) B GOOD 2 ME Ronni Simon

57 ( 54 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

58 ( 58 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

59 ( 36 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

60 ( 59 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

 

61 ( 50 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

62 ( 40 ) THE WAY SHE LOVES ME Richard Marx

63 ( 30 ) INTERLUDE Morrissey and Siouxsie

64 ( 64 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

65 ( 61 ) I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats

66 ( 66 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

67 ( 75 ) WARRIORS Aswad

68 ( 68 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

69 ( 62 ) TO THE END Blur

70 ( 73 ) THE RIGHT KINDA LOVER Patti Labelle

 

71 ( NEW ) BLAME IT ON ME D:Ream

72 ( NEW ) WILDFIRE Daryl Hall

73 ( NEW ) SW LIVE EP Peter Gabriel

74 ( NEW ) SPEED Billy Idol

75 ( NEW ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

Edited October 19, 201410 yr by popchartfreak