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11th September 1994

 

It’s an amazing 18th Number One in almost 9 years for Pet Shop Boys, and the 5th in a row from album Very, albeit remixed. Mad? Yesterday When I Was Mad on them, that is. Still am. Tough on Kylie, as her exotic confiding has to make do with a peak at 2 just short of that elusive number one. Prince and Lightning Seeds both add to the list of Top 5’s, Lisa Loeb gets her only Top 10 hit, and Dave Stewart shows he doesn’t need Annie to grab a top 10 hit either, 15 years on from The Tourists.

 

Highest new entry is Tom Robinson’s Days That Changed The World, a mellow track that you’ll be lucky to find anywhere online. I’ve tried. Shara and Cyndi get another top 40 each, while The Wonder Stuff claim to be unbreakable at 36, REM pose a query about frequencies to Kenneth at 39, and an inferior remix of Atomic brings Blondie back 14 years on from hitting my top spot, at 38.

 

At 52 it’s a great dance track from Corona, Rhythm Of The Night, which should have been bigger (though it did well in the Uk charts), and at 67 a massive US hit record that you’ll find in the dictionary linked to the word “overrated”. Or is it “Over-rated”? Either way, it’s BoyzIIMen’s End Of The Road part 2. Talking of huge hits, it’s Saturday Night at 72, about to knock off Wet Wet Wet from the top of the UK singles chart. Of the two, I’d rather listen to Whigfield. Deedee nananana.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 5 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

3 ( 3 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

4 ( 7 ) LETITGO Prince

5 ( 16 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

6 ( 6 ) PARK LIFE Blur

7 ( 4 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

8 ( 1 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

9 ( 18 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

10 ( 12 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

 

 

11 ( 15 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

12 ( 19 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

13 ( 11 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

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

15 ( 8 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

16 ( 10 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

17 ( 20 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

18 ( 21 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

19 ( 17 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

20 ( 9 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

 

21 ( 24 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

22 ( NEW ) DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Tom Robinson

23 ( 13 ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

24 ( 37 ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

25 ( 22 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

26 ( 42 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

27 ( RE ) LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF Lucas

28 ( 25 ) SEARCHING China Black

29 ( 34 ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

30 ( 31 ) PRETEND BEST FRIEND Terrorvision

 

31 ( 47 ) INSIDE OUT/ DOWN THAT ROAD Shara Nelson

32 ( 35 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

33 ( 45 ) GAL WINE Chaka Demus and Pliers

34 ( 32 ) THIS GENERATION Roachford

35 ( 53 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Inner Circle

36 ( NEW ) UNBREAKABLE The Wonder Stuff

37 ( 26 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

38 ( NEW ) ATOMIC (REMIX) Blondie

39 ( NEW ) WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH REM

40 ( 50 ) SOMEONE TO LOVE Sean Maguire

 

 

41 ( 38 ) EVERY LITTLE THING HE DOES IS MAGIC Shawn Colvin

42 ( 30 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

43 ( 28 ) BLACK BOOK EYC

44 ( 23 ) LOVESIGN Prince and Nona Gaye

45 ( 41 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

46 ( 29 ) BOP GUN (ONE NATION) Ice Cube featuring George Clinton

47 ( 44 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

48 ( 27 ) EVERYWHERE I GO Jackson Browne

49 ( 39 ) SHINE Aswad

50 ( 36 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

 

51 ( 33 ) THE PRETTIEST EYES The Beautiful South

52 ( NEW ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

53 ( 43 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

54 ( 48 ) SO GOOD Eternal

55 ( NEW ) DON'T SAY IT'S OVER Gun

56 ( 71 ) BLAME IT ON ME D:Ream

57 ( 58 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

58 ( 64 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

59 ( 60 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

60 ( 57 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

 

61 ( 61 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

62 ( 67 ) WARRIORS Aswad

63 ( 55 ) BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden

64 ( 75 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

65 ( NEW ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

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

67 ( NEW ) I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU BoyzIIMen

68 ( 68 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

69 ( 74 ) SPEED Billy Idol

70 ( 51 ) EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT (UPTIGHT) C.J. Lewis

 

71 ( 46 ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

72 ( NEW ) SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield

73 ( 69 ) TO THE END Blur

74 ( NEW ) YESTERDAY ONCE MORE Redd Kross

75 ( NEW ) BODY AND SOUL Anita Baker

 

 

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2 weeks for Chris n Neil on top, and Cyndi takes the reworking of Girls Just Want To Have Fun to 4, beating (bizarrely) it’s original peak a decade earlier. I’m sure everyone recalls Bad Boys Inc second top 10, Love Here I Come? No, me neither! How embarrassing to see it shoot up from 65 to 8 and have no memory of it. Just Youtubed it, still drawing a blank! Roxette meanwhile bring Fireworks back to the top 10, exploding for a 5th year into the heights.

 

Aswad and Crowded House have big leaps into the 30, Corona and D:Ream into the 40, and the highest new entry is Terry Hall’s own version of his Lightning Seeds number one, the glorious Sense at 38, giving him 15 years of hits (with The Specials, Fun Boy 3, Colourfield and solo). East 17 Steam into 52, and Saint Etienne Hug My Soul at 58, reliably good at any stage of their career. Bon Jovi’s monster hit Always pops in at 70, while the Stones grab bottom place, but hey 75 is better than nothing.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 3 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

3 ( 2 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

4 ( 26 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

5 ( 6 ) PARK LIFE Blur

6 ( 4 ) LETITGO Prince

7 ( 10 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

8 ( 65 ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

9 ( 9 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

10 ( 17 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

 

 

11 ( 18 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

12 ( 11 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

13 ( 7 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

14 ( 13 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

15 ( 5 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

16 ( 16 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

17 ( 8 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

18 ( 24 ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

19 ( 21 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

20 ( 14 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

 

 

21 ( 12 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

22 ( 22 ) DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Tom Robinson

23 ( 62 ) WARRIORS Aswad

24 ( 64 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

25 ( 15 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

26 ( 36 ) UNBREAKABLE The Wonder Stuff

27 ( RE ) EVERYBODY'S GOT SUMMER Atlantic Starr

28 ( 19 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

29 ( 38 ) ATOMIC (REMIX) Blondie

30 ( 20 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

 

 

31 ( 52 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

32 ( 32 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

33 ( 39 ) WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH REM

34 ( 56 ) BLAME IT ON ME D:Ream

35 ( 35 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Inner Circle

36 ( 25 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

37 ( 30 ) PRETEND BEST FRIEND Terrorvision

38 ( NEW ) SENSE Terry Hall

39 ( 28 ) SEARCHING China Black

40 ( 54 ) SO GOOD Eternal

 

 

41 ( 23 ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

42 ( 31 ) INSIDE OUT/ DOWN THAT ROAD Shara Nelson

43 ( 34 ) THIS GENERATION Roachford

44 ( 29 ) JOKE (I'M LAUGHING) Eddi Reader

45 ( 27 ) LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF Lucas

46 ( 69 ) SPEED Billy Idol

47 ( 37 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

48 ( 45 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

49 ( 55 ) DON'T SAY IT'S OVER Gun

50 ( 42 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

 

51 ( 33 ) GAL WINE Chaka Demus and Pliers

52 ( NEW ) STEAM East 17

53 ( 43 ) BLACK BOOK EYC

54 ( 47 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

55 ( 72 ) SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield

56 ( 40 ) SOMEONE TO LOVE Sean Maguire

57 ( 57 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

58 ( NEW ) HUG MY SOUL Saint Etienne

59 ( 59 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

60 ( 58 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

 

61 ( 60 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

62 ( 71 ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

63 ( 53 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

64 ( 75 ) BODY AND SOUL Anita Baker

65 ( 49 ) SHINE Aswad

66 ( 67 ) I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU BoyzIIMen

67 ( 66 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

68 ( 68 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

69 ( 41 ) EVERY LITTLE THING HE DOES IS MAGIC Shawn Colvin

70 ( NEW ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

 

71 ( 61 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

72 ( NEW ) ELEGANTLY AMERICAN: ONE NIGHT/MOVING M People

73 ( 50 ) TAKE ME AWAY (I'LL FOLLOW YOU) Bad Boys Inc

74 ( NEW ) SWEET SENSUAL LOVE Big Mountain

75 ( NEW ) YOU GOT ME ROCKING The Rolling Stones

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25th September 1994

 

3 weeks for the Petties on top, and Edie Brickell gets her biggest hit, the fab Good Times at 3, with more than a bit of a hand from Barry White, who also gets his highest ever chart placing to date after 21 years of hits. Corona take that rhythm to 7, and Michelle takes her sweetness to 9. Saint Etienne are the big climbers though, hugging number 14 from 58.

 

Suede get the highest new entry, rather modestly claiming they are the pigs. Surely not! East 17 steam up 26, Billy Idol speeds up to 28 and C.J. Lewis has yet another oldie reggae cover in the top 40 at 33. Other newies: Snap! welcome tomorrow at 44, Madonna’s got a Secret (shhh she’s only 48), Seal’s newborn friend arrives at 54, and some well-known biggies plop in lower down: Irish reggae act Pat O’Banton borrows UB40 and covers Eddy Grant - not as well as The Equals, it must be said (and Eddy was in the band so that’s fair) but gets in at 58; The Lion King standard Circle Of Life was just a pleasant Elton John single 20 years ago, in at 59, and Take That seem Sure of going higher than 65 - or will they!? Answer in a few weeks...

 

1 ( 1 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 2 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

3 ( 11 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

4 ( 7 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

5 ( 3 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

6 ( 4 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

7 ( 31 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

8 ( 8 ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

9 ( 19 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

10 ( 6 ) LETITGO Prince

 

11 ( 5 ) PARK LIFE Blur

12 ( 14 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

13 ( 10 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

14 ( 58 ) HUG MY SOUL Saint Etienne

15 ( 20 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

16 ( 9 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

17 ( 13 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

18 ( 15 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

19 ( 24 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

20 ( 23 ) WARRIORS Aswad

 

 

21 ( 16 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

22 ( 12 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

23 ( NEW ) WE ARE THE PIGS Suede

24 ( 32 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

25 ( 17 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

26 ( 52 ) STEAM East 17

27 ( 25 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

28 ( 46 ) SPEED Billy Idol

29 ( 21 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

30 ( 18 ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

 

 

31 ( 22 ) DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Tom Robinson

32 ( 28 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

33 ( NEW ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

34 ( 49 ) DON'T SAY IT'S OVER Gun

35 ( 62 ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

36 ( 29 ) ATOMIC (REMIX) Blondie

37 ( 26 ) UNBREAKABLE The Wonder Stuff

38 ( 33 ) WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH REM

39 ( 27 ) EVERYBODY'S GOT SUMMER Atlantic Starr

40 ( 30 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

 

41 ( 39 ) SEARCHING China Black

42 ( 38 ) SENSE Terry Hall

43 ( 36 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

44 ( NEW ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap! featuring Summer

45 ( 70 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

46 ( 55 ) SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield

47 ( 34 ) BLAME IT ON ME D:Ream

48 ( NEW ) SECRET Madonna

49 ( 37 ) PRETEND BEST FRIEND Terrorvision

50 ( NEW ) FOOTSTEPS Stiltskin

 

 

51 ( 35 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Inner Circle

52 ( 75 ) YOU GOT ME ROCKING The Rolling Stones

53 ( 48 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

54 ( NEW ) NEWBORN FRIEND Seal

55 ( 57 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

56 ( 50 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

57 ( 54 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

58 ( NEW ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

59 ( NEW ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

60 ( 59 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

 

 

61 ( 41 ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

62 ( 60 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

63 ( 61 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

64 ( 43 ) THIS GENERATION Roachford

65 ( NEW ) SURE Take That

66 ( 47 ) LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU Swing Out Sister

67 ( 67 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

68 ( 68 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

69 ( 42 ) INSIDE OUT/ DOWN THAT ROAD Shara Nelson

70 ( 65 ) SHINE Aswad

 

71 ( 53 ) BLACK BOOK EYC

72 ( 63 ) GHETTO DAY Crystal Waters

73 ( NEW ) NO-ONE 2 Unlimited

74 ( 64 ) BODY AND SOUL Anita Baker

75 ( 71 ) SWAMP THING The Grid

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2nd October 1994

 

4 weeks at 1 for mad Pet Shop Boys, holding off a new threat from Corona’s Rhythm Of The Night at 2, then a bunch of girl singers dominate the top 10 except for East 17, Steam-ing up to 7, and Pato Banton Baby Come Back-iing at 9, with the wondrous Saint Etienne huggin my soul at 10, keeping up their top 10 run. Look at 2 Unlimited up 58 places with No-one! No, I don’t remember it either - but I obviously liked it. Madonna I do remember even if she’s only up 27 places to 21. Shhh don’t give away that secret! Elton’s Circle Of Life, of course, everyone knows, up 30 to 29, showing chart positions don’t matter if you’re in a Disney film, new generations pick up on it.

 

Bon Jovi and The Rolling Stones bring some rock into the 40, but highest new entry is the man from Orange Juice and his very classic A Girl Like You: Edwyn Collins. This is another case of, eh?! It took another 6 months to start charting worldwide (and in the UK for it to be a hit), but I loved it the minute I heard it, so justice was eventually done. Whigfield makes my top 40, too - I didn’t recall liking it that much, much it hadn’t started to grate yet obviously. Jamiroquai enters his Space Cowboy phase at 65, and Gloria Estefan is well into her disco retro phase as she covers Vicki Sue Robinson’s Turn The Beat Around. Chuck in a model (Naomi), TV kids show duo (PJ & Duncan aka Ant n Dec), 2 soul divas battling it (Kym and Jocelyn) and two rock greats Neil Young (just vacating my 2014 number one slot after 42 years of waiting) and INXS (brilliant live band), and that completes the chart report.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 7 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

3 ( 3 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

4 ( 2 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

5 ( 4 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

6 ( 5 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

7 ( 26 ) STEAM East 17

8 ( 6 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

9 ( 58 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

10 ( 14 ) HUG MY SOUL Saint Etienne

 

11 ( 9 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

12 ( 12 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

13 ( 10 ) LETITGO Prince

14 ( 11 ) PARK LIFE Blur

15 ( 73 ) NO-ONE 2 Unlimited

16 ( 19 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

17 ( 33 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

18 ( 15 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

19 ( 8 ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

20 ( 16 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

 

21 ( 48 ) SECRET Madonna

22 ( 18 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

23 ( 23 ) WE ARE THE PIGS Suede

24 ( 13 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

25 ( 44 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap! featuring Summer

26 ( 20 ) WARRIORS Aswad

27 ( 45 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

28 ( 17 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

29 ( 59 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

30 ( 52 ) YOU GOT ME ROCKING The Rolling Stones

 

31 ( 22 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

32 ( 25 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

33 ( 21 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

34 ( NEW ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

35 ( 24 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

36 ( 27 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

37 ( 29 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

38 ( 38 ) WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH REM

39 ( 46 ) SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield

40 ( 32 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

 

 

41 ( 28 ) SPEED Billy Idol

42 ( 41 ) SEARCHING China Black

43 ( 30 ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

44 ( 34 ) DON'T SAY IT'S OVER Gun

45 ( 36 ) ATOMIC (REMIX) Blondie

46 ( 40 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

47 ( 35 ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

48 ( NEW ) THAT WORD (L.O.V.E.) The Rockmelons

49 ( 31 ) DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Tom Robinson

50 ( 37 ) UNBREAKABLE The Wonder Stuff

 

51 ( 57 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

52 ( NEW ) HERE COMES THE GOOD TIMES A House

53 ( 65 ) SURE Take That

54 ( 54 ) NEWBORN FRIEND Seal

55 ( 55 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

56 ( 43 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

57 ( 53 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

58 ( NEW ) LOVE AND TEARS Naomi Campbell

59 ( NEW ) THIS IS YOUR NIGHT Heavy D and The Boyz

60 ( 39 ) EVERYBODY'S GOT SUMMER Atlantic Starr

 

61 ( 60 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

62 ( 62 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

63 ( NEW ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

64 ( 56 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

65 ( NEW ) SPACE COWBOY Jamiroquai

66 ( 67 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

67 ( 68 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 42 ) SENSE Terry Hall

69 ( 61 ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

70 ( 49 ) PRETEND BEST FRIEND Terrorvision

 

 

71 ( NEW ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER P.J. and Duncan

72 ( NEW ) GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN' Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

73 ( NEW ) MY HEART Neil Young and Crazy Horse

74 ( NEW ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

75 ( 50 ) FOOTSTEPS Stiltskin

 

 

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9th October 1994

 

It’s a new number one for Corona and the great dance track Rhythm Of The Night, as recently covered by Bastille. I’ll stick with the original myself, it’s fab. Big leap for Bon Jovi to 4, and their signature ballad Always - not my favourite Bon Jovi record by any means these days, but it seemed good enough at the time. Elton also circles around the top 10, giving him 23 years of regular top 10’s, while 2 Unlimited grab a final top 10 hit, I really must youtube it now!

 

Highest of only 4 new entries is Ace Of Base at 19, and a Happy Nation applauds their 5th top 20 entry. Aerosmith are back in with Crazy, as it starts to take hold at 26, Heavy D & The Boyz make the 40 with This Is Your Night, as do INXS, Kym & Jocelyn covering ZZ Top, PJ & Duncan, and new at 40 The Pretenders keep the hits coming 15 years on, 977 apparently, though I suspect it’s a few less than that. Sonic Youth are Superstars at 54 covering The Carpenters classic in a fab distorted morose indie-style, and Counting Crows meet the Rain King at 73, for a quiet chart week.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

2 ( 1 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 3 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

4 ( 27 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

5 ( 5 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

6 ( 6 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

7 ( 4 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

8 ( 7 ) STEAM East 17

9 ( 29 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

10 ( 15 ) NO-ONE 2 Unlimited

 

 

11 ( 10 ) HUG MY SOUL Saint Etienne

12 ( 11 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

13 ( 8 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

14 ( 9 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

15 ( 21 ) SECRET Madonna

16 ( 12 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

17 ( 17 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

18 ( 16 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

19 ( NEW ) HAPPY NATION Ace Of Base

20 ( 13 ) LETITGO Prince

 

 

21 ( 14 ) PARK LIFE Blur

22 ( 20 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

23 ( 34 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

24 ( 18 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

25 ( 25 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap! featuring Summer

26 ( RE ) CRAZY Aerosmith

27 ( 19 ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

28 ( 22 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

29 ( 30 ) YOU GOT ME ROCKING The Rolling Stones

30 ( 24 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

 

31 ( 26 ) WARRIORS Aswad

32 ( 59 ) THIS IS YOUR NIGHT Heavy D and The Boyz

33 ( 33 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

34 ( 28 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

35 ( 74 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

36 ( 23 ) WE ARE THE PIGS Suede

37 ( 32 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

38 ( 72 ) GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN' Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

39 ( 71 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER P.J. and Duncan

40 ( NEW ) 977" The Pretenders

 

41 ( 36 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

42 ( 31 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

43 ( 37 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

44 ( 53 ) SURE Take That

45 ( 42 ) SEARCHING China Black

46 ( 40 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

47 ( 54 ) NEWBORN FRIEND Seal

48 ( 35 ) COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS Red Dragon featuring Brian and Tony Gold

49 ( 65 ) SPACE COWBOY Jamiroquai

50 ( 63 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

 

51 ( 39 ) SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield

52 ( 38 ) WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH REM

53 ( 51 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

54 ( NEW ) SUPERSTAR Sonic Youth

55 ( 55 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

56 ( 46 ) GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN Lulu

57 ( 43 ) 18 STRINGS Tinman

58 ( 48 ) THAT WORD (L.O.V.E.) The Rockmelons

59 ( 57 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

60 ( 41 ) SPEED Billy Idol

 

 

61 ( 61 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

62 ( 45 ) ATOMIC (REMIX) Blondie

63 ( 62 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

64 ( 64 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

65 ( 56 ) THE SIMPLE THINGS/ SUMMER IN THE CITY Joe Cocker

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

67 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 47 ) WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp featuring Me'Shelle Nageocello

69 ( 50 ) UNBREAKABLE The Wonder Stuff

70 ( 44 ) DON'T SAY IT'S OVER Gun

 

71 ( 60 ) EVERYBODY'S GOT SUMMER Atlantic Starr

72 ( 58 ) LOVE AND TEARS Naomi Campbell

73 ( NEW ) RAIN KING Counting Crows

74 ( 69 ) HOT HOT HOT (CARNIVAL EDIT) Arrow

75 ( 49 ) DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Tom Robinson

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16th October 1994

 

2 weeks for Corona fizzing on top, as Edie Brickell and Barry White peak at 2, Good Times indeed for a fab soulful ballad. Elton John goes in Circles Of Life at 5, the latest in a very long list of top 5 singles, and ditto for Madonna in the top 10 as Secret hits 8. INXS’ terrific The Strangest Party shoots up to 12, and really should have been a big hit, instead their career declined steeply and unfairly, not quite fitting into Britpop. Aerosmith, Edwyn Collins and Snap all return to the top 20 with new stuff, as the chart suddenly wakes up with a deluge of new entries.

 

Highest, in at 22, Sparks enjoy one of their periodic comebacks, 20 years on from This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us, they ponder When Do I Get To Sing ‘My Way’? Right now, it’s Moroder-dance-era-styled fab. Massive Attack enter Sly-ly at 28, just ahead of a charity version of Marvin Gaye’s classic What’s Going On? Let Loose follow up a big pop hit with a decent forgotten pop hit, but not at Seventeen, at 31. Crash Test Dummies bounce back at 37 berating God for shuffling his feet a bit, Pink Floyd are back for the final time (barring 2014 sessions from 1994) and Keep Trackin’ at 50, 15 years after hitting number one with a brick.

 

China Black following up terrific number one Searching, with terrific melodic follow-up Stars at 51, Oasis sing about ciggies and booze in a T.Rex Get-It-On vibe at 60, how quaint holding up nicotine and drink as alternative solutions to having to work for a living. OK everyone, let’s quit our jobs and get pissed and see how long society lasts! As a record, it’s nowhere near as good as either Get It On, or predecessor Live Together. Over-rated much. The Manics suffer at 69, Aaliyah is still a minor but slides in at 71, and if there ever was a record that annoyed me more than Ciggies n Booze it’s Zombie, in at 74. The gorgeousness of Linger is replaced by repeated harpy calls, a record that with the passage of time only sounds worse. Ouch!

 

 

1 ( 1 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

2 ( 3 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

3 ( 2 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

4 ( 4 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

5 ( 9 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

6 ( 6 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

7 ( 8 ) STEAM East 17

8 ( 15 ) SECRET Madonna

9 ( 7 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

10 ( 17 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

 

11 ( 5 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

12 ( 35 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

13 ( 14 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

14 ( 19 ) HAPPY NATION Ace Of Base

15 ( 12 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

16 ( 26 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

17 ( 10 ) NO-ONE 2 Unlimited

18 ( 13 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

19 ( 23 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

20 ( 25 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap! featuring Summer

 

 

21 ( 11 ) HUG MY SOUL Saint Etienne

22 ( NEW ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING 'MY WAY' Sparks

23 ( 16 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

24 ( 39 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER P.J. and Duncan

25 ( 20 ) LETITGO Prince

26 ( 18 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

27 ( 22 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

28 ( NEW ) SLY Massive Attack

29 ( NEW ) WHAT'S GOING ON Music Relief '94

30 ( 21 ) PARK LIFE Blur

 

 

31 ( NEW ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

32 ( 32 ) THIS IS YOUR NIGHT Heavy D and The Boyz

33 ( 24 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

34 ( 34 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

35 ( 50 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

36 ( 28 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

37 ( NEW ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

38 ( 30 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

39 ( 27 ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

40 ( 33 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

 

 

41 ( 31 ) WARRIORS Aswad

42 ( 37 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

43 ( 29 ) YOU GOT ME ROCKING The Rolling Stones

44 ( 44 ) SURE Take That

45 ( 40 ) 977" The Pretenders

46 ( 49 ) SPACE COWBOY Jamiroquai

47 ( 47 ) NEWBORN FRIEND Seal

48 ( 41 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

49 ( NEW ) I WANT THE WORLD 2wo Third3

50 ( NEW ) KEEP TALKING Pink Floyd

 

 

51 ( NEW ) STARS China Black

52 ( 43 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

53 ( 38 ) GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN' Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown

54 ( 45 ) SEARCHING China Black

55 ( 46 ) LOVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD Level 42

56 ( 55 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

57 ( 36 ) WE ARE THE PIGS Suede

58 ( 42 ) GO INTO THE LIGHT (LOVE SHINES) Ian McNabb

59 ( RE ) I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU BoyzIIMen

60 ( NEW ) CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL Oasis

 

61 ( 61 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

62 ( 59 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

63 ( 53 ) CRAZY FOR YOU Let Loose

64 ( 63 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

65 ( 51 ) SATURDAY NIGHT Whigfield

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

67 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 52 ) WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH REM

69 ( NEW ) SHE IS SUFFERING Manic Street Preachers

70 ( 54 ) SUPERSTAR Sonic Youth

 

71 ( NEW ) (AT YOUR BEST) YOU ARE LOVE Aaliyah

72 ( 64 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

73 ( 73 ) RAIN KING Counting Crows

74 ( NEW ) ZOMBIE The Cranberries

75 ( NEW ) CAN U FEEL IT Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman

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23rd October 1994:

 

The charts go insane suddenly, massive leaps, massive new entries, and massive drops under the pressure of 18 new entries, and it’s all great stuff too! Up 50 places from 51 to 1, one of the biggest climbs to the top ever, it’s China Black getting their second chart-topper of the year, the lovely entirely youtube absent Stars, overshadowing Sparks big climb to 3, their biggest hit since 1979. Highest new entry is at 5, and it’s Abba with Just Like That. No, not a Tommy Cooper tribute record, it’s one of the final recordings by Abba only available in the middle of a single track compilation of bits & pieces which were released as part of a box set of rare stuff in 1994. Gemini (the Abba boys proteges after Abba) had already released a version, but the original Abba short version is a cut above, and should have been a single.

 

New Order’s classic True Faith from 1987 is remixed and still corking, back in at 10, just behind R Kelly and one of his best records, vibing swiftly along entering at 7. Not to be outdone Tom Jones re-invents himself again with the storming If I Only Knew in at 13. Massive Attack, Crash test Dummies and (somehow!) PJ & Duncan/Ant n Dec get into the 20, before some more new entries: Elastica’s terrific Connection is at 30, Amy Grant is back 3 years on from Baby Baby, Say You’ll Be Mine, she says at 33, while Donna Summer’s got a melody of love at 37, 18 years after groaning her way into my charts.

 

At 38, the Crosby Stills & Nash classic, Teach Your Children, never charted before, pops in courtesy of a version re-recorded by the band along with some country artists (including Alison Krauss) for an AIDS benefit album. Up to 21 the other charity record is for Rwanda and features a wealth of urban and stars of the time, and it’s pretty good. Status Quo are in my current chart with new material (Nov 2014) and 20 years ago they were in at 39 with Sherri Don’t Fail Me Now. 40 years ago they were already 2 years into their chart career with me. No, they don’t all sound the same.

 

Outside the top 40: Clapton’s back with a ballad at 44, it ain’t no Layla! The Beautiful South, Sting, Janet Jackson all keep the run of hits going while Sheryl Crow debuts her biggie All I Wanna Do at 75. To rub it in, that’s one place lower than Shampoo! Ah, well, it WAS a very busy chart!

 

1 ( 51 ) STARS China Black

2 ( 1 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

3 ( 22 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING 'MY WAY' Sparks

4 ( 5 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

5 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

6 ( 19 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

7 ( NEW ) SHE'S GOT THAT VIBE R Kelly

8 ( 8 ) SECRET Madonna

9 ( 2 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

10 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH (REMIX) New Order

 

 

11 ( 12 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

12 ( 3 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

13 ( NEW ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

14 ( 7 ) STEAM East 17

15 ( 14 ) HAPPY NATION Ace Of Base

16 ( 28 ) SLY Massive Attack

17 ( 13 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

18 ( 37 ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

19 ( 24 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER P.J. and Duncan

20 ( 4 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

 

 

21 ( 29 ) WHAT'S GOING ON Music Relief '94

22 ( 9 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

23 ( 6 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

24 ( 10 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

25 ( 16 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

26 ( 49 ) I WANT THE WORLD 2wo Third3

27 ( 15 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

28 ( 11 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

29 ( 45 ) 977" The Pretenders

30 ( NEW ) CONNECTION Elastica

 

 

31 ( 31 ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

32 ( 20 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap! featuring Summer

33 ( NEW ) SAY YOU'LL BE MINE Amy Grant

34 ( 18 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

35 ( 73 ) RAIN KING Counting Crows

36 ( 35 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

37 ( NEW ) MELODY OF LOVE Donna Summer

38 ( NEW ) TEACH YOUR CHILDREN The Red Hots

39 ( NEW ) SHERRI DON'T FAIL ME NOW Status Quo

40 ( 44 ) SURE Take That

 

 

41 ( 23 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

42 ( 34 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

43 ( 27 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

44 ( NEW ) MOTHERLESS CHILD Eric Clapton

45 ( 26 ) PINEAPPLE HEAD Crowded House

46 ( 17 ) NO-ONE 2 Unlimited

47 ( NEW ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

48 ( 30 ) PARK LIFE Blur

49 ( 36 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

50 ( 33 ) SEVEN SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry

 

51 ( 21 ) HUG MY SOUL Saint Etienne

52 ( 25 ) LETITGO Prince

53 ( 50 ) KEEP TALKING Pink Floyd

54 ( 46 ) SPACE COWBOY Jamiroquai

55 ( 42 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

56 ( NEW ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

57 ( 60 ) CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL Oasis

58 ( 40 ) KNOW BY NOW Robert Palmer

59 ( 56 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

60 ( 38 ) FIREWORKS Roxette

 

61 ( 32 ) THIS IS YOUR NIGHT Heavy D and The Boyz

62 ( 39 ) LOVE HERE I COME Bad Boys Inc

63 ( 61 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

64 ( 69 ) SHE IS SUFFERING Manic Street Preachers

65 ( 52 ) SUGAR SUGAR Duke Baysee

66 ( NEW ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

67 ( 66 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

68 ( 64 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

69 ( 67 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

70 ( NEW ) OH BABY I Eternal

 

71 ( NEW ) PLANET CARAVAN Pantera

72 ( 62 ) SAVANNA DANCE Deep Forest

73 ( NEW ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

74 ( NEW ) VIVA LES MEGABABES Shampoo

75 ( NEW ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

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30th October 1994

 

2 weeks on top for China Black, and a new entry at 2 for LWS and GOSP, an obscure rave non-hit with a 30‘s blues vibe, that pushed my buttons oddly - I don’t recall going raving in 1994! Up to 3, higher second-time round, it’s True Faith for New Order. Edwyn Collins drops 2 (for now) but his biggest hit since Orange Juice went top 10 with Rip It Up in 1993 will be back in 1995. Music Relief take What’s Going On into the top 10, following Cyndi Lauper’s version, and preceding Marvin Gaye’s original. Tom Jones gets a span of top 10 hits of exactly 26 years, I Only I Knew that in 1968 when I started charting!

 

Aerosmith hit a new peak of 11, INXS grab another top 10, Eric Clapton leaps to 16, and Terry Hall re-enters with his own (previous number one) cover version of his Lightning Seeds co-write/sing, at 13 - well it all makes Sense to me! Terrorvision bolt in, screaming Alice, What’s The Matter! I loved Terrorvision consistently, great fun. Sting and Pink Floyd bring some veteran rock into the 40, albeit both mellow, just like Clapton, while Eternal manage to break into the 30 - Oh Baby I don’t know why!

 

Sheryl Crow rockets to 33, a good dance pop track from The Real McCoy give me another night at 37, Seal bounces back in again with a newborn friend, and Rozalla adds to her diminishing peaking list of follow-ups to Everybody’s Free, with You Never Love The Same Way Twice at 47. Well, I try not to at any rate, can’t speak for Rozalla. REM have some Bang and Blame at 58, Brand New Heavies spend some time at 59, while interesting indie band Grant Lee Buffalo sneak in at 63 with some Mockingbirds, pipping Echobelly, Chris Rea and Foreigner (both School of 1978), and Paul Weller (School of 1977).

 

 

1 ( 1 ) STARS China Black

2 ( NEW ) GOSP LWS

3 ( 10 ) TRUE FAITH (REMIX) New Order

4 ( 3 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING 'MY WAY' Sparks

5 ( 5 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

6 ( 21 ) WHAT'S GOING ON Music Relief '94

7 ( 13 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

8 ( 6 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

9 ( 7 ) SHE'S GOT THAT VIBE R Kelly

10 ( 11 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

 

 

11 ( 25 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

12 ( 2 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

13 ( RE ) SENSE Terry Hall

14 ( 16 ) SLY Massive Attack

15 ( 4 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

16 ( 44 ) MOTHERLESS CHILD Eric Clapton

17 ( NEW ) ALICE WHAT'S THE MATTER Terrorvision

18 ( 18 ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

19 ( 8 ) SECRET Madonna

20 ( 9 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians featuring Barry White

 

 

21 ( 17 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

22 ( 33 ) SAY YOU'LL BE MINE Amy Grant

23 ( 12 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

24 ( 14 ) STEAM East 17

25 ( 56 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

26 ( 53 ) KEEP TALKING/ HIGH HOPES Pink Floyd

27 ( 30 ) CONNECTION Elastica

28 ( 32 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap! featuring Summer

29 ( 27 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

30 ( 70 ) OH BABY I Eternal

 

 

31 ( 31 ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

32 ( 19 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER P.J. and Duncan

33 ( 75 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

34 ( 20 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

35 ( 15 ) HAPPY NATION Ace Of Base

36 ( 22 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

37 ( NEW ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

38 ( RE ) NEWBORN FRIEND Seal

39 ( 28 ) STAY (I MISS YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

40 ( 47 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

 

41 ( 35 ) RAIN KING Counting Crows

42 ( 26 ) I WANT THE WORLD 2wo Third3

43 ( 24 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

44 ( 66 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

45 ( 38 ) TEACH YOUR CHILDREN The Red Hots

46 ( 23 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

47 ( NEW ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

48 ( 34 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

49 ( 40 ) SURE Take That

50 ( 36 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

 

51 ( 57 ) CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL Oasis

52 ( 37 ) MELODY OF LOVE Donna Summer

53 ( 42 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

54 ( 29 ) 977" The Pretenders

55 ( 43 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

56 ( 41 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

57 ( 39 ) SHERRI DON'T FAIL ME NOW Status Quo

58 ( NEW ) BANG AND BLAME REM

59 ( NEW ) SPEND SOME TIME Brand New Heavies

60 ( 59 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 49 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

62 ( 55 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

63 ( NEW ) MOCKINGBIRDS Grant Lee Buffalo

64 ( 63 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

65 ( 71 ) PLANET CARAVAN Pantera

66 ( 48 ) PARK LIFE Blur

67 ( 52 ) LETITGO Prince

68 ( 67 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

69 ( NEW ) CLOSE BUT... Echobelly

70 ( 69 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

 

 

71 ( 68 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

72 ( NEW ) YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY Chris Rea

73 ( NEW ) SOME GIRLS Ultimate Kaos

74 ( NEW ) WHITE LIE Foreigner

75 ( NEW ) OUT OF THE SINKING Paul Weller

 

NON CHART ELIGIBLE PLAYLIST TRACKS:

1 ALL I WANT IS YOU Roxy Music

2 SEBASTIAN Cockney Rebel

3 RAIN RAIN RAIN Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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6th November 1994

 

It’s an unexpected unheard track from Abba, under 2 minutes long, that gets them another Number One, their 4th since their initial run of singles ended in 1983, and in doing so giving them an unbroken run of chart-toppers since 1976 when Mamma Mia hit the top, plus Waterloo in 1974. It’s short and very sweet, and takes the best bits from a less-good extended version of the song. I was just over-joyed to have an Abba song I didn’t know from their abruptly-ended late period...

 

Terrorvision and Aerosmith bring some rock into the 10, while various veteran rock artists invade the 20: Clapton, Sting, Elton, Pink Floyd, and errr Eternal. Pink Floyd get their first top 20 hit since Another Brick In The Wall 15 years earlier, Keep talkin’ being the better of the two tracks, almost classic Dark Side Of The Wall Floyd-sounding. Big moves for Brand New Heavies funky retro jazz Spend Some Time up at 24, while 1969 Bond Theme flop finally gets to be a hit thanks to an advert: We Have All The Time In The World belatedly gives the great Louis Armstrong a hit, he was a big star when I was a child and I remember hearing he’d died in 1970, What A Wonderful World being a classic fave in particular, but just missing out on my charts starting by 6 months. In at 35, and still fab.

 

At 36, Donna Summer has a very 90’s-sounding dance top 40 new hit to stretch her run back to 1976 - though not as classic sounding, her voice is still great. Oasis get that third Top 40 hit as Fags and Booze T.Rex riff-nicker sneaks in at last, while Kylie’s back, and with a just goooooorgeous ballad, complete with gravity-defying space-capsule ballet video for Put Yourself In My Place, her best record to date in what was becoming a shockingly long run of great pop singles. M People also are back with a nifty catchy soulpop track, well they sure are a sight for sore eyes at 51! Finally, sneaking in, Kate Bush, And So Is Love, one I’d forgotten, an understated ballad with rock guitar moments.

 

 

 

1 ( 5 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

2 ( 1 ) STARS China Black

3 ( 2 ) GOSP LWS

4 ( 6 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

5 ( 7 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

6 ( 9 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

7 ( 3 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

8 ( 4 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

9 ( 17 ) ALICE WHAT’S THE MATTER Terrorvision

10 ( 11 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

 

11 ( 18 ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

12 ( 13 ) SENSE Terry Hall

13 ( 8 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

14 ( 12 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

15 ( 10 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

16 ( 16 ) MOTHERLESS CHILD Eric Clapton

17 ( 25 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

18 ( 15 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

19 ( 26 ) KEEP TALKIN’/ HIGH HOPES Pink Floyd

20 ( 30 ) OH BABY I Eternal

 

21 ( 14 ) SLY Massive Attack

22 ( 22 ) SAY YOU’LL BE MINE Amy Grant

23 ( 33 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

24 ( 59 ) SPEND SOME TIME Brand New Heavies

25 ( 28 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap featuring Summer

26 ( 47 ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

27 ( 37 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

28 ( 44 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

29 ( 20 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

30 ( 21 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton

 

31 ( 19 ) SECRET Madonna

32 ( 23 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

33 ( 27 ) CONNECTION Elastica

34 ( 24 ) STEAM East 17

35 ( NEW ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

36 ( 52 ) MELODY OF LOVE Donna Summer

37 ( 40 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

38 ( 32 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER PJ and Duncan

39 ( 29 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

40 ( 51 ) CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL Oasis

 

 

41 ( 31 ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

42 ( 36 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

43 ( 39 ) STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

44 ( NEW ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

45 ( 34 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

46 ( 35 ) HAPPY NATION Ace Of Base

47 ( 49 ) SURE Take That

48 ( 48 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

49 ( 38 ) NEW BORN FRIEND Seal

50 ( 58 ) BANG AND BLAME REM

 

51 ( NEW ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

52 ( 45 ) TEACH YOUR CHILDREN The Red Hots

53 ( 75 ) OUT OF THE SINKING Paul Weller

54 ( 43 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

55 ( 53 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

56 ( NEW ) NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS Salt ‘n’ Pepa

57 ( 50 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

58 ( RE ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

59 ( NEW ) MOVE IT UP Capella

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

 

 

61 ( 55 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

62 ( NEW ) THIS DJ Warren G

63 ( 56 ) REGULATE Warren G featuring Nate Dogg

64 ( 64 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

65 ( 62 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

66 ( 72 ) YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY Chris Rea

67 ( 70 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 68 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

69 ( 73 ) SOME GIRLS Ultimate Kaos

70 ( NEW ) AND SO IS LOVE Kate Bush

 

 

71 ( 71 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

72 ( 41 ) RAIN KING Counting Crows

73 ( 46 ) CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

74 ( 61 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

75 ( 54 ) “977” The Pretenders

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13th November 1994

New Order’s 1987 classic finally gets them that elusive chart-topper after 14 years of trying, more or less, as True Faith (remixed and not destroyed) bounces up on top. It’s a great record. Also bouncing back, a future world hit from Edwyn Collins reaches a new peak of 4 with the brilliant A Girl Like You. Terry hall also takes his Sense back into the top 10, not quite as good as the Lightning Seeds chart-topper with his duet version, but pretty good.

 

Louis Armstrong, leaps his world to 10, the Real McCoy go top 20 again with another dance track, Sheryl Crow gets her first meanwhile, as Kylie goes Top 40 )of course she does!). Highest new entry is another oldie, this time Sandie Shaw’s flop single Nothing Less Than Brilliant, which still flopped second-time around, both times very undeservedly! Written by Sandie and her 60’s songwriter Chris Andrews, it’s very Lloyd Cole and The Smiths, and fab.

 

Warren G gets a second laid-back rap top 40 hit, while highest-placed newest song to enter is Echo And The Bunnymen - more or less - with Zephyr at 44, known here as Electrafixion. At 58, Blur keep the hits coming with the under-rated End Of A Century, while Luther Vandross covers Stephen Stills Love The One You’re With. Not only is it not anywhere near as good, it’s also not anywhere as good as Bucks Fizz’ mid-80’s version. Lulu’s back to add another entry to her 26 year span of varied hits, at 62 with a little help from Kim Wilde, while Suede slide in at 71 with The Wild Ones.

 

 

1 ( 7 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

2 ( 2 ) STARS China Black

3 ( 1 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

4 ( 13 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

5 ( 6 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

6 ( 5 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

7 ( 4 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

8 ( 3 ) GOSP LWS

9 ( 12 ) SENSE Terry Hall

10 ( 35 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

 

11 ( 11 ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

12 ( 17 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

13 ( 27 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

14 ( 8 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

15 ( 23 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

16 ( 15 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

17 ( 37 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

18 ( 9 ) ALICE WHAT’S THE MATTER Terrorvision

19 ( 20 ) OH BABY I Eternal

20 ( 24 ) SPEND SOME TIME Brand New Heavies

 

21 ( 28 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

22 ( 26 ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

23 ( 14 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

24 ( 10 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

25 ( 36 ) MELODY OF LOVE Donna Summer

26 ( 18 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

27 ( 44 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

28 ( 25 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap featuring Summer

29 ( 16 ) MOTHERLESS CHILD Eric Clapton

30 ( 47 ) SURE Take That

 

 

31 ( NEW ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

32 ( 22 ) SAY YOU’LL BE MINE Amy Grant

33 ( 31 ) SECRET Madonna

34 ( 30 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton

35 ( 62 ) THIS DJ Warren G

36 ( 66 ) YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY Chris Rea

37 ( 21 ) SLY Massive Attack

38 ( 19 ) KEEP TALKIN’/ HIGH HOPES Pink Floyd

39 ( 32 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

40 ( 51 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

 

41 ( 29 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

42 ( 34 ) STEAM East 17

43 ( 38 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER PJ and Duncan

44 ( NEW ) ZEPHYR Electrafixion (ian McCulloch)

45 ( 53 ) OUT OF THE SINKING Paul Weller

46 ( 39 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

47 ( 50 ) BANG AND BLAME REM

48 ( 41 ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

49 ( 42 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

50 ( 70 ) AND SO IS LOVE Kate Bush

 

51 ( 57 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

52 ( 56 ) NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS Salt ‘n’ Pepa

53 ( 48 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

54 ( 43 ) STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

55 ( 58 ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

56 ( 33 ) CONNECTION Elastica

57 ( 55 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

58 ( NEW ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

59 ( 45 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

 

 

61 ( NEW ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Luther Vandross

62 ( NEW ) EVERY WOMAN KNOWS Lulu

63 ( 40 ) CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL Oasis

64 ( 64 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

65 ( 46 ) HAPPY NATION Ace Of Base

66 ( 65 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

67 ( 67 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

68 ( 68 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

69 ( 61 ) HEART OF STONE Dave Stewart

70 ( 52 ) TEACH YOUR CHILDREN The Red Hots

 

 

71 ( NEW ) THE WILD ONES Suede

72 ( 71 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

73 ( 54 ) BEST OF MY LOVE C.J. Lewis

74 ( NEW ) SMALL BIT OF LOVE The Saw Doctors

75 ( 74 ) LUCKY YOU The Lightning Seeds

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20th November 1994

 

It’s an instant number one for Madonna with her classy, melodic fab ballad Take A Bow, her first number one for 2 years and that’s over a dozen in total 10 years into her chart career. A huge American Number One I was utterly mystified how this became her first Top 10 flop in the UK, lost in the xmas ballad rush. Kylie meanwhile is another career diva on ballad form as Put Yourself In My Place shoots up to 9, and Sheryl Crow gets her first top 10, well it’s all I wanna do...!

 

Big leaps from low to just outside the 10 from Blur and Kate Bush, keeping the artier side of pop present and correct, while Snap hit a new peak after oscillating wildly, at 15. Rozalla keeps her string of hits coming at 20, Sandie Shaw returns to the 40, and new in at 27 it’s a xmas classic from East 17, Stay Another Day? Stay another 20 years more like! Teddy Pendergrass (despite the remix from consistently not-great KWS) gets a welcome chart return 21 years after his run of Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes soul classics, almost all of them more famous in inferior cover versions - especially his definitive passionate original of Don’t Leave Me This Way - and years after being paralysed in a car crash. The More I Get The More I Want is a 1977 track.

 

Urge Overkill enter at 30 with a moody cover of Neil Diamond’s Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon, starting the reappraisal of his fabulous song back catalogue and wiping away the memories of the MOR years. Talking of MOR, the ultimate easy-listening group return at 32, even though poor much-missed Karen had been gone 11 years by then, with unreleased track Tryin’ To Get The Feelin’ Again. The Carpenters, often the object of rock loathing in their heyday, just kept on with the quality pop and in the end Cool became cool again, and there they have stayed. REM and Lulu got top 40, Sophie B. Hawkins has a good follow-up at 45 - Don’t Don’t Tell Me No! Billie Ray Martin, ex-Electribe 101, debuts at 75, and you better think twice...yes it’s Celine Dion, years after Eurovision and 6 years after debuting in my charts, in at 71 with the record that made her massive - eventually. It took months to top the UK charts, and was written by Hill and Sinfield: yes, former King Crimson, ex-Eurovision winning songwriters for Bucks Fizz who wrote and produced a long run of varied and classy pop singles for Bucks Fizz for almost a decade, until they got fed up with diminishing returns and lack of critical respect, and moved over to big divas instead: that’ll be Cher and Dion then...

 

 

1 ( NEW ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

2 ( 2 ) STARS China Black

3 ( 1 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

4 ( 3 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

5 ( 5 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

6 ( 10 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

7 ( 4 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

8 ( 6 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

9 ( 27 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

10 ( 15 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

 

11 ( 58 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

12 ( 50 ) AND SO IS LOVE Kate Bush

13 ( 13 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

14 ( 17 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

15 ( 28 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap featuring Summer

16 ( 7 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

17 ( 8 ) GOSP LWS

18 ( 21 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

19 ( 22 ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

20 ( 9 ) SENSE Terry Hall

 

21 ( 14 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

22 ( 35 ) THIS DJ Warren G

23 ( 12 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

24 ( 16 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

25 ( 11 ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

26 ( 31 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

27 ( NEW ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17

28 ( 19 ) OH BABY I Eternal

29 ( NEW ) THE MORE I GET THE MORE I WANT KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass

30 ( NEW ) GIRL YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill

 

 

31 ( 26 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

32 ( NEW ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELIN’ AGAIN The Carpenters

33 ( 40 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

34 ( 47 ) BANG AND BLAME REM

35 ( 23 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

36 ( 24 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

37 ( 52 ) NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS Salt ‘n’ Pepa

38 ( 62 ) EVERY WOMAN KNOWS Lulu

39 ( 18 ) ALICE WHAT’S THE MATTER Terrorvision

40 ( 44 ) ZEPHYR Electrafixion (ian McCulloch)

 

 

41 ( 25 ) MELODY OF LOVE Donna Summer

42 ( 29 ) MOTHERLESS CHILD Eric Clapton

43 ( 20 ) SPEND SOME TIME Brand New Heavies

44 ( 39 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

45 ( NEW ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins

46 ( 33 ) SECRET Madonna

47 ( 61 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Luther Vandross

48 ( 34 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton

49 ( 46 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

50 ( 71 ) THE WILD ONES Suede

 

51 ( 49 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

52 ( 51 ) TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan

53 ( 41 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

54 ( 55 ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

55 ( 32 ) SAY YOU’LL BE MINE Amy Grant

56 ( 48 ) SEVENTEEN Let Loose

57 ( 36 ) YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY Chris Rea

58 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

59 ( 37 ) SLY Massive Attack

60 ( 59 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

 

61 ( 57 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

62 ( 42 ) STEAM East 17

63 ( NEW ) HALF THE MAN Jamiroquai

64 ( 68 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 64 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

66 ( 53 ) (HEY NOW) GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

67 ( 54 ) STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

68 ( 67 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

69 ( 66 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

70 ( 30 ) SURE Take That

 

 

71 ( NEW ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion

72 ( 38 ) KEEP TALKIN’/ HIGH HOPES Pink Floyd

73 ( 72 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

74 ( 43 ) IF I GIVE YOU MY NUMBER PJ and Duncan

75 ( NEW ) YOUR LOVING ARMS Billie Ray Martin

 

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27th November 1994

 

Kylie knocks off Madonna after only one week on top, that’s how much I loved Put Yourself In My Place and her first number one. Gorgeous! Very much in a pre-xmas ballad groove over-all in fact, as East 17 leap to a Stay Another Day 3, Louis goes top 5, and highest new entry at 8 is Gloria Estefan with a 50’s ballad cover, the lovely Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me originally a US 1952 hit.

 

Load of other high new entries invade the chart, too, with Erasure at 10 with I Love Saturday. Well, don’t we all! 8 years of regular Top 10’s for Erasure, 13 years for Vince Clarke. Actor Jimmy Nail had a 1992 number one with the terrific Ain’t No Doubt 7 years after getting Rose Royce lyrics wrong on his cover of Love Don’t Live Here Anymore. Now dabbling with country, he snaps in with Crocodile Shoes at 13. Baby D at 17 and a future UK chart-topper, cos it’s a a great dance track - Let Me Be Your Fantasy, indeed.

 

Roxette drop in at 18, and those top 20 hits just seem to keep coming for them, 6 years and counting as they run to you. Sophie B. Hawkins gets a 5th top 20 entry, Celine Dion rapidly asserts herself at 28, not even thinking twice, and Jamiroquai slips in at 33 half the man he will be when his career really gets going. Janet Jackson also ponders, you want this? Not as much your earlier singles, dear, is the answer (though love that Love Child sample, now that’s a classic Diana Ross & The Supremes record). The final top 40 new entry is Joni Mitchell, back after a break, and 20 years after her first run of chart hits (in my charts at any rate), along with Seal, man of the moment.

 

Others: Primal Scream cry themselves blind at 50, Jaki Graham covers Rufus and Chaka Khan, Ain’t Nobody else done that. Not. Sinead O’Connor is feeling grateful at 56, the Rolling Stones return at 75 out of tears, while the more recent and absent other Stones (Roses) come back with a limp spreading love at 67. That leaves only Ace Of Base living in danger with a slice of reggae pop preferable to more venerated artists, so I’ll link that one instead!

 

 

1 ( 9 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

2 ( 1 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

3 ( 27 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17

4 ( 3 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

5 ( 6 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

6 ( 2 ) STARS China Black

7 ( 5 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

8 ( NEW ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan

9 ( 4 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

10 ( NEW ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure

 

 

11 ( 7 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

12 ( 12 ) AND SO IS LOVE Kate Bush

13 ( NEW ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail

14 ( 8 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

15 ( 10 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

16 ( 11 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

17 ( NEW ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D

18 ( NEW ) RUN TO YOU Roxette

19 ( 45 ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins

20 ( 29 ) THE MORE I GET THE MORE I WANT KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass

 

 

21 ( 13 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

22 ( 16 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

23 ( 20 ) SENSE Terry Hall

24 ( 24 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

25 ( 30 ) GIRL YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill

26 ( 14 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

27 ( 19 ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

28 ( 71 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion

29 ( 15 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap featuring Summer

30 ( 33 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

 

31 ( 21 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

32 ( 32 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELIN’ AGAIN The Carpenters

33 ( 63 ) HALF THE MAN Jamiroquai

34 ( 38 ) EVERY WOMAN KNOWS Lulu

35 ( 23 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

36 ( 17 ) GOSP LWS

37 ( 54 ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

38 ( 22 ) THIS DJ Warren G

39 ( 18 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

40 ( NEW ) HOW DO YOU STOP Joni Mitchell and Seal

 

41 ( 35 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

42 ( 47 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Luther Vandross

43 ( 28 ) OH BABY I Eternal

44 ( 50 ) THE WILD ONES Suede

45 ( 25 ) GOD SHUFFLED HIS FEET Crash Test Dummies

46 ( 31 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

47 ( 26 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

48 ( 34 ) BANG AND BLAME REM

49 ( 44 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

50 ( NEW ) CRY MYSELF BLIND Primal Scream

 

51 ( 36 ) CRAZY Aerosmith

52 ( 39 ) ALICE WHAT’S THE MATTER Terrorvision

53 ( 51 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

54 ( NEW ) AIN’T NOBODY Jaki Graham

55 ( 40 ) ZEPHYR Electrafixion (ian McCulloch)

56 ( NEW ) THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME Sinead O’Connor

57 ( 37 ) NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS Salt ‘n’ Pepa

58 ( 49 ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

59 ( 58 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

60 ( 46 ) SECRET Madonna

 

61 ( 48 ) BABY COME BACK Pato Banton

62 ( 53 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

63 ( 61 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

64 ( RE ) NEW BORN FRIEND Seal

65 ( 64 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 65 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

67 ( NEW ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses

68 ( 67 ) STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

69 ( 68 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

70 ( 69 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

 

71 ( 42 ) MOTHERLESS CHILD Eric Clapton

72 ( 60 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

73 ( NEW ) LIVING IN DANGER Ace Of Base

74 ( 73 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

 

 

75 ( NEW ) OUT OF TEARS The Rolling Stones

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4th December 1994

2 weeks for Kylie on top as the christmas new entries (actual NEW christmas songs) keep a coming, but the biggest challenger is in at 2 for Cliff’s double A side. Actually, not so much a double A side as a new Everly Brothers cover piggy-backing on the brilliant breathy 1976 single that changed everything for Cliff, and started off a run of credibility that lasted about 10 years. The gorgeous Miss You Nights was under-appreciated by me first time round, but justice is served and it’s in at 2. 26 years of big hits and counting...

 

The big news is Mariah Carey, generally a shrieking harpy with no subtlety to speak of, manages to add to her short list of great hits (Fantasy, Dreamlover) with a 3rd self-written retro instantly classic-sounding christmas song as All I Want For Christmas enters at 19. Of course, once downloads started counting towards charts it became an annual visitor to the top 20 charts in the UK (and the US top 50), and hearing it endlessly for 20 years without relief for one single christmas has rubbed some of the charm off, but it is a bonafide christmas classic.

 

The other xmas song is Bon Jovi’s bloated version of Please Come Home For Christmas at 47, thanks mostly to the great song, cos I will take both the original 1959 Charles Brown original or the 1979 Eagles cover over this much more famous version. Jon Bon Jovi, despite being a handsome devil, and having got backstage at a live gig in Bournemouth, tends to sound as if he’s straining too much, and that can only lead to hemorrhoids! Talking of piles, Rednex pop in with some Scandinavian hee-haw country pop, Cotton Eye Joe getting the dance treatment, and it IS genuinely intentionally funny, not to mention catchy, so I forgive it and love it. Even though I know I shouldn’t.

 

At 28, the Human League are back with an on-form bang with Tell Me When 4 years since they last had a minor UK hit (and number 2 popchartfreak hit) and 14 years since first charting with a Gary Glitter cover. A new boyband cover an old boyband, fortunately the Johnny Bristol song is strong enough to cope with the less-good cover and it enters at 29 for Boyzone, actually already outdoing the original Osmonds version of Love Me For A Reason, which is one I sniffed my nose at in 1974 when I was too cool for boybands anymore, but which is actually harmonically and melodically pretty damn fine.

 

At 31 it’s Elkie Brooks. Actually it’s her 1977 hit song butchered and repeated rather a lot, a template for some modern dance pop hits which avoid superfluous choruses, lyrics, vocals and bridges at all costs, and bung in a crap quick rap instead and add little else of much interest. Not against that in principle, just when it’s done badly. This one’s not bad. Another soul boyband return, BoyzIImen at 37. On bended knee, they were starting to sound a bit samey by now and it was wearing thin. To be honest it was pretty thin to begin with, despite a number one with End Of The Road and a couple of other good Top 10 singles. After the record-breaking (for tediousness) run forever atop the US singles chart Hot 100 in 1994 all they needed was months on top with Mariah Carey warbling away in duet to make me loathe them. Happily I’m sure neither party would be that cruel would they?

 

Others: a genre-varied bunch of new entries actually; grungy Pearl Jam, Under The Bridge Chili Pepper cover from The Flying Pickets, back after 11 years (!!), Youssou N’Dour, Carter, Bomb The Bass and Robert Palmer. And C.J. Lewis. Try and find a unifying theme there, I challenge it!

 

 

1 ( 1 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

2 ( NEW ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard

3 ( 2 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

4 ( 3 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17

5 ( 5 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

6 ( 4 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

7 ( 13 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail

8 ( 8 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan

9 ( 10 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure

10 ( 7 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

 

 

11 ( 17 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D

12 ( 6 ) STARS China Black

13 ( 18 ) RUN TO YOU Roxette

14 ( 14 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

15 ( 11 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

16 ( 9 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

17 ( 28 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion

18 ( 19 ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins

19 ( NEW ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

20 ( 16 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

 

 

 

21 ( 33 ) HALF THE MAN Jamiroquai

22 ( NEW ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex

23 ( 15 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

24 ( 25 ) GIRL YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill

25 ( 12 ) AND SO IS LOVE Kate Bush

26 ( 21 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

27 ( 24 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

28 ( NEW ) TELL ME WHEN Human League

29 ( NEW ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone

30 ( 20 ) THE MORE I GET THE MORE I WANT KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass

 

 

 

31 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN New Atlantic

32 ( 50 ) (I'M GONNA) CRY MYSELF BLIND Primal Scream

33 ( 23 ) SENSE Terry Hall

34 ( 22 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

35 ( 29 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap featuring Summer

36 ( 37 ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

37 ( NEW ) ON BENDED KNEE BoyzIImen

38 ( 26 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

39 ( 56 ) THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME Sinead O’Connor

40 ( 42 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Luther Vandross

 

41 ( 30 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

42 ( NEW ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3

43 ( 31 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

44 ( 43 ) OH BABY I Eternal

45 ( 27 ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

46 ( 75 ) OUT OF TEARS The Rolling Stones

47 ( NEW ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi

48 ( 46 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

49 ( 32 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELIN’ AGAIN The Carpenters

50 ( 35 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

 

51 ( 39 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

52 ( 41 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

53 ( 49 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

54 ( 40 ) HOW DO YOU STOP Joni Mitchell and Seal

55 ( 38 ) THIS DJ Warren G

56 ( 36 ) GOSP LWS

57 ( 53 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

58 ( NEW ) DARKSTAR Bomb The Bass

59 ( 34 ) EVERY WOMAN KNOWS Lulu

60 ( 59 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( NEW ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer

62 ( NEW ) LET’S GET TATTOOS Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

63 ( 62 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

64 ( NEW ) SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE Pearl Jam

65 ( 65 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 63 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

67 ( 66 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

68 ( 72 ) ALWAYS Bon Jovi

69 ( 67 ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses

70 ( 69 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

 

71 ( NEW ) DOLLARS C.J. Lewis

72 ( NEW ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour

73 ( 74 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

74 ( 70 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

75 ( NEW ) UNDER THE BRIDGE The Flying Pickets

 

 

  • Author

11th December 1994

 

3 weeks for Kylie on top in slow-moving pre-xmas chart. Mariah shoots up to 4 and Celine to 6, both future actual Million sellers in the UK, while 2wo third3 and their annoyingly jumbled name rocket up to 9 from a quiet 42 new entry with I Want To Alone. Ooooh Greta Garbo getyouuuu. It’s campy ’94-sounding dancepop with 80’s roots, not bad. Bon Jovi meanwhile warble up to 19 about coming home for christmas.

 

The Stone Roses and The Rolling Stones both go top 40, while a mellow Bomb The Bass take their reggae Dark Heart to 27, and Robert Palmer has 16 years of chart hits at 37, really? You blow me away! Youssou N’Dour meanwhile hooks up with Neneh Cherry again, and throws in Deep Forest into the bargain, though I remain Undecided at 46. Need I mention The Power Rangers? Good, thought not. 50. Mike Oldfield sneaks in with a bit of new age at 74, Hibernaculum, giving him a cool 20 years of hits since Tubular Bells hit my number one spot, the only album to qualify for my singles charts, apart from Hergest Ridge. Also Oldfield.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

2 ( 2 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard

3 ( 3 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

4 ( 19 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

5 ( 4 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17

6 ( 17 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion

7 ( 9 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure

8 ( 8 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan

9 ( 42 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3

10 ( 6 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

 

 

11 ( 5 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

12 ( 7 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail

13 ( 10 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

14 ( 11 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D

15 ( 12 ) STARS China Black

16 ( 18 ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins

17 ( 14 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

18 ( 29 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone

19 ( 47 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi

20 ( 15 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

 

 

21 ( 22 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex

22 ( 16 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

23 ( 13 ) RUN TO YOU Roxette

24 ( 69 ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses

25 ( 26 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

26 ( 20 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

27 ( 58 ) DARK HEART Bomb The Bass

28 ( 28 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League

29 ( 23 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

30 ( 37 ) ON BENDED KNEE BoyzIImen

 

31 ( 31 ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN New Atlantic

32 ( 21 ) HALF THE MAN Jamiroquai

33 ( 54 ) HOW DO YOU STOP Joni Mitchell and Seal

34 ( 39 ) THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME Sinead O’Connor

35 ( 24 ) GIRL YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill

36 ( 27 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

37 ( 61 ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer

38 ( 71 ) DOLLARS C.J. Lewis

39 ( 30 ) THE MORE I GET THE MORE I WANT KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass

40 ( 46 ) OUT OF TEARS The Rolling Stones

 

41 ( 34 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

42 ( 33 ) SENSE Terry Hall

43 ( 25 ) AND SO IS LOVE Kate Bush

44 ( 32 ) (I'M GONNA) CRY MYSELF BLIND Primal Scream

45 ( 38 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

46 ( 72 ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry and Deep Forest

47 ( 35 ) WELCOME TO TOMORROW Snap featuring Summer

48 ( 41 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

49 ( 44 ) OH BABY I Eternal

50 ( NEW ) GO GO POWER RANGERS Power Rangers

 

51 ( 40 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Luther Vandross

52 ( 52 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

53 ( 43 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

54 ( 48 ) CIRCLE OF LIFE Elton John

55 ( 53 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

56 ( 36 ) YOU WANT THIS Janet Jackson

57 ( 57 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

58 ( RE ) SWEETNESS Michelle Gayle

59 ( 50 ) WHEN WE DANCE Sting

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( NEW ) ONE MORE CHANCE EYC

62 ( 45 ) YOU NEVER LOVE THE SAME WAY TWICE Rozalla

63 ( NEW ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON As We Speak

64 ( NEW ) ETERNAL LOVE PJ and Duncan

65 ( 65 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 66 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

67 ( 67 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

68 ( 51 ) TAKE THIS TIME Sean Maguire

69 ( 63 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

70 ( 70 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

 

71 ( 49 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELIN’ AGAIN The Carpenters

72 ( NEW ) YABBA DABBA DO Darkman

73 ( 73 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

74 ( NEW ) HIBERNACULUM Mike Oldfield

75 ( 74 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

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18th December 1994

Cliff’s 1976 classic finally gets to the top 18 years late, but then Miss You Nights was up against Bo Rap, Mamma Mia, Evil Woman, December 63 and others so it stood no chance! It's his 4th Number one, and a span of 24 years, though he would have had others in the 60's. Lower down, Cotton Eye Joe shoots his way up to 7, he got married a long time ago, where did he come from where did he go? Better ask Rednex! Bon Jovi meanwhile cover xmas up to 8, for a second top 10 hit of the year 8 years of chart entries on, as The Carpenters do an about-turn and rocket up to 9 giving them over 24 years of top 10’s since Close To You hit 1 in 1970.

 

I have no memory of Boyzone making my top 10 with Love Me For A Reason, but there it is, staring me in the face, I actually did like the soft-shuffle version after all! Human League go top 20, and highest new entry is Riverdance. Yes, things Oirish, and dancin’ were all the rigid-armed vogue, and it was refreshingly different for a time. A short time. At 25, Oasis dismiss the memory of the previous “whatever” single, with an actual Beatlestasticish classic: Whatever! Fab! Meanwhile The Stone Roses go top 20, as the Rolling Stones drop, to be replaced by Guns ‘n’ Roses version of their Sympathy For The Devil at 50.

 

Watch out, cos here comes the hotstepper, murderer, an american gangster - no it’s not it’s Ini Kamoze at 30, just ahead of Led Zeppelin at 32 with Gallows Pole. Well, as good as, really, 50% is better than none and it’s a cover of the 100% Led Zep. The late Joe Cocker enters at 36, with Let The Healing Begin, and the fab Lightning Seeds are all Change at 38. Even more unlikely than Riverdance, it’s George Formby When I’m Cleaning Windows, missus, at 45 courtesy of 2 In A Tent cheesy dance version. At 56, Siouxsie and The Banshees still have it, 16 years on from Hong Kong Garden, O Baby!

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard

2 ( 3 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

3 ( 1 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

4 ( 4 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

5 ( 6 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion

6 ( 9 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3

7 ( 21 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex

8 ( 19 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi

9 ( 71 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters

10 ( 18 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone

 

11 ( 5 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17

12 ( 11 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

13 ( 8 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan

14 ( 28 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League

15 ( 10 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

16 ( 13 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

17 ( 7 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure

18 ( 24 ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses

19 ( 12 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail

20 ( 14 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D

 

 

21 ( NEW ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan

22 ( 15 ) STARS China Black

23 ( 50 ) GO GO POWER RANGERS Power Rangers

24 ( 37 ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer

25 ( NEW ) WHATEVER Oasis

26 ( 20 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

27 ( 16 ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins

28 ( 17 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

29 ( 22 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

30 ( NEW ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze

 

 

31 ( 27 ) DARKSTAR Bomb The Bass

32 ( NEW ) GALLOWS POLE Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

33 ( 25 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

34 ( 29 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

35 ( 38 ) DOLLARS C.J. Lewis

36 ( NEW ) LET THE HEALING BEGIN Joe Cocker

37 ( 26 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

38 ( NEW ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds

39 ( 23 ) RUN TO YOU Roxette

40 ( 61 ) ONE MORE CHANCE EYC

 

 

41 ( 33 ) HOW DO YOU STOP Joni Mitchell and Seal

42 ( 34 ) THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME Sinead O’Connor

43 ( 36 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

44 ( 32 ) HALF THE MAN Jamiroquai

45 ( NEW ) WHEN I’M CLEANING WINDOWS 2 In A Tent featuring George Formby

46 ( 31 ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN New Atlantic

47 ( 35 ) GIRL YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill

48 ( 41 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

49 ( 30 ) ON BENDED KNEE BoyzIImen

50 ( NEW ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses

 

 

51 ( 39 ) THE MORE I GET THE MORE I WANT KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass

52 ( 42 ) SENSE Terry Hall

53 ( 52 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

54 ( 44 ) (I'M GONNA) CRY MYSELF BLIND Primal Scream

55 ( 45 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

56 ( NEW ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees

57 ( 57 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

58 ( 55 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

59 ( 64 ) ETERNAL LOVE PJ and Duncan

60 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

 

61 ( 40 ) OUT OF TEARS The Rolling Stones

62 ( 46 ) UNDECIDED Youssou N’Dour featuring Neneh Cherry and Deep Forest

63 ( 48 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

64 ( NEW ) I’LL FIND YOU Michelle Gayle

65 ( 53 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

66 ( 65 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

67 ( 67 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

68 ( 66 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

69 ( NEW ) CRAZY Eternal

70 ( 70 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

 

71 ( NEW ) ANOTHER NIGHT Whigfield

72 ( 69 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

73 ( NEW ) TEXAN COWBOYS The Grid

74 ( 73 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

75 ( 75 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

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25th December 1994

 

The Christmas number one is the unthinkable - Mariah Carey tops my chart, who would have thought!? A great record though, even holding off the terrific Madonna at 2 for yet another week. In at 4 it’s a double A oldie, both equally marvellous, the never-big-but-soon-to-be-classic feel-good perennial christmas song from 1988 Driving Home For Christmas, making my top 10 for the second time, and Chris Rea’s heartbreakingly touching Tell Me There’s A Heaven. His two best records together.

 

The rest of the chart is fairly quiet, though Human League go top 10, Lightning Seeds go top 20, and Sting enters at 29 with This Cowboy Song - and it’s not a depressing ballad! Wow! The days of The Police were over a decade earlier, and Sting just failed to excite for the most part afterwards. Anything with a bit of vitality was a relief! At 30, it’s a cover of another xmas perennial from The Peaches, a pretty good but identical cover of The Waitresses 1981 flop.

 

 

 

1 ( 4 ) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey

2 ( 2 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

3 ( 3 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE Kylie Minogue

4 ( NEW ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS/ TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea

5 ( 1 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard

6 ( 7 ) COTTON EYE JOE Rednex

7 ( 14 ) TELL ME WHEN Human League

8 ( 5 ) THINK TWICE Celine Dion

9 ( 6 ) I WANT TO BE ALONE 2wo Third3

10 ( 10 ) LOVE ME FOR A REASON Boyzone

 

 

11 ( 21 ) RIVERDANCE Bill Whelan

12 ( 8 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi

13 ( 12 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong

14 ( 38 ) CHANGE The Lightning Seeds

15 ( 9 ) TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN The Carpenters

16 ( 13 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Gloria Estefan

17 ( 25 ) WHATEVER Oasis

18 ( 11 ) STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17

19 ( 24 ) YOU BLOW ME AWAY Robert Palmer

20 ( 23 ) GO GO POWER RANGERS Power Rangers

 

21 ( 15 ) TRUE FAITH 94 New Order

22 ( 16 ) SHE’S GOT THAT VIBE R. Kelly

23 ( 20 ) LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY Baby D

24 ( 19 ) CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail

25 ( 17 ) I LOVE SATURDAY Erasure

26 ( 22 ) STARS China Black

27 ( 30 ) HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze

28 ( 18 ) LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses

29 ( NEW ) THIS COWBOY SONG Sting

30 ( NEW ) CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Peaches

 

 

31 ( 29 ) JUST LIKE THAT Abba

32 ( 32 ) GALLOWS POLE Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

33 ( 36 ) LET THE HEALING BEGIN Joe Cocker

34 ( 26 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

35 ( 28 ) IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones

36 ( 33 ) ANOTHER NIGHT The Real McCoy

37 ( 45 ) WHEN I’M CLEANING WINDOWS 2 In A Tent featuring George Formby

38 ( NEW ) DO YOU LOVE ME Duke Baysee

39 ( 40 ) ONE MORE CHANCE EYC

40 ( 27 ) DON’T DON’T TELL ME NO Sophie B. Hawkins

 

 

41 ( 35 ) DOLLARS C.J. Lewis

42 ( 69 ) CRAZY Eternal

43 ( 34 ) ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow

44 ( 31 ) DARKSTAR Bomb The Bass

45 ( 56 ) O BABY Siouxsie And The Banshees

46 ( 37 ) END OF A CENTURY Blur

47 ( 43 ) THE STRANGEST PARTY INXS

48 ( 50 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Guns ‘N’ Roses

49 ( 39 ) RUN TO YOU Roxette

50 ( 59 ) ETERNAL LOVE PJ and Duncan

 

51 ( 48 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Music Relief 94

52 ( 41 ) HOW DO YOU STOP Joni Mitchell and Seal

53 ( 53 ) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT Corona

54 ( 52 ) SENSE Terry Hall

55 ( 44 ) HALF THE MAN Jamiroquai

56 ( 57 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

57 ( 47 ) GIRL YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill

58 ( 58 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD Pet Shop Boys

59 ( 60 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

60 ( 55 ) ONE LAST LOVE SONG The Beautiful South

 

61 ( 64 ) I’LL FIND YOU Michelle Gayle

62 ( 46 ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN New Atlantic

63 ( 63 ) SIGHT FOR SORE EYES M People

64 ( 51 ) THE MORE I GET THE MORE I WANT KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass

65 ( 66 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

66 ( 71 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Whigfield

67 ( 67 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

68 ( 68 ) AGE OF LONELINESS Enigma

69 ( 70 ) 20TH CENTURY BOY T.Rex

70 ( 65 ) WHEN DO I GET TO SING ‘MY WAY’ Sparks

 

71 ( 74 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

72 ( 72 ) GOOD TIMES Edie Brickell

73 ( 75 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

74 ( RE ) SEARCHING China Black

75 ( 42 ) THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME Sinead O’Connor

 

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On 26/05/2014 at 20:20, Popchartfreak said:

15th May 1994

 

Third number one for Enigma, and second in a row from the same album, keeping off The Pretenders from the top spot - in retrospect they are the wrong way round, I much prefer I’ll Stand By You these days! The Doobie Brothers finally go top 10 with Listen To The Music after almost doing it in 1974 (but the original version is the best, regardless). Grunge and passionate gospeldance meanwhile go top 10, courtesy of Stiltskin and Gloworm, both terrific tracks.

 

Jon Secada gets another Top 20 2 years after his debut number 2 hit, and Phyllis Nelson’s 1985 smooth soul oldie comes back at 21. More surprisingly Red Hot Chili Peppers go top 20 and Wet Wet Wet don’t. I’ll take that as right... Sudden spurts after ottering about a bit for veterans Pink Floyd and Elton John (with Marcella Detroit), both into the 40, and Parklife re-enters at 36 now out as a single. Nilsson’s classic Without You is joined by his classic Everybody’s Talking, albeit courtesy The Beautiful South who do a lovely version. Let’s be clear though, the Nilsson versions of songs are always the definitive versions, the man was a great.

 

Outside the 40, and a great reggae big hit for Dawn Penn pops in at 49, a cover of Summer n Streisand hits 52 by 2 current dance divas, and Neneh Cherry is back 5 years on with Youssou N’Dour, also 5 years since his debut, and the absolutely classic and haunting Seven Seconds. Just brilliant.

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) THE EYES OF TRUTH Enigma

2 ( 4 ) I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders

3 ( 1 ) HOW TO FALL IN LOVE The Bee Gees

4 ( 29 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC (REMIX) The Doobie Brothers

5 ( 9 ) DEEP FOREST Deep Forset

6 ( 3 ) LIBERATION Pet Shop Boys

7 ( 23 ) INSIDE Stiltskin

8 ( 15 ) CARRY ME HOME Gloworm

9 ( 5 ) WHAT MAKES YOU CRY The Proclaimers

10 ( 7 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

 

 

11 ( 6 ) SWEETS FOR MY SWEET C.J. Lewis

12 ( 8 ) WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW Nick Green

13 ( 10 ) THE SIGN Ace Of Base

14 ( 12 ) REACH Judy Cheeks

15 ( 13 ) WE WAIT AND WE WONDER Phil Collins

16 ( 20 ) DREAMS The Cranberries

17 ( 40 ) IF YOU GO Jon Secada

18 ( 25 ) UNDER THE BRIDGE Red Hot Chili Peppers

19 ( 11 ) MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies

20 ( 16 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Prince

 

21 ( NEW ) MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

22 ( 14 ) SILENT SCREAM Richard Marx

23 ( 21 ) UR THE BEST THING (REMIX) D:Ream

24 ( 17 ) THE REAL THING Tony Di Bart

25 ( 18 ) ALWAYS Erasure

26 ( 35 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet

27 ( 19 ) 100% PURE LOVE Crystal Waters

28 ( 53 ) AROUND THE WORLD East 17

29 ( 36 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain

30 ( 46 ) TAKE IT BACK Pink Floyd

 

31 ( 64 ) AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE THE REAL THING Elton John and Mareclla Detroit

32 ( 27 ) WITHOUT YOU Nilsson

33 ( 24 ) STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen

34 ( 38 ) BACK IN MY ARMS Joe Roberts

35 ( 30 ) WHISPERING YOUR NAME Alison Moyet

36 ( RE ) PARKLIFE Blur

37 ( 54 ) JUST A STEP FROM HEAVEN Eternal

38 ( 39 ) BIG GAY HEART The Lemonheads

39 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING The Beautiful South

40 ( 34 ) ALL OVER YOU Level 42

 

 

41 ( 42 ) COME ON YOU REDS Manchester United Football Club and Status Quo

42 ( 22 ) BECOMING MORE LIKE GOD Jah Wobbles Invaders Of The Heart featuring Annili Drecker

43 ( 26 ) LUCKY LUCKY ME Marvin Gaye

44 ( 37 ) I'LL REMEMBER Madonna

45 ( 41 ) DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE Bitty McLean

46 ( 49 ) 13 STEPS LEAD DOWN Elvis Costello

47 ( 66 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Clubhouse

48 ( 32 ) THE RED SHOES/ SHOEDANCE Kate Bush

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

50 ( 31 ) MISLED Celine Dion

 

 

51 ( 44 ) RETURN TO INNOCENCE Enigma

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

53 ( 28 ) LONELY SYMPHONY (WE WILL BE FREE) Frances Ruffelle

54 ( 33 ) AS IF WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE Barbra Streisand

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

56 ( 57 ) DANCING QUEEN/ EAGLE Abba

57 ( NEW ) NUMBER ONE EYC

58 ( 55 ) WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen

59 ( 59 ) MR JONES Counting Crows

60 ( 52 ) SHAPES THAT GO TOGETHER a-ha

 

61 ( 58 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees

62 ( 48 ) LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR Honky

63 ( 56 ) STOP LOVING ME STOP LOVING YOU Daryl Hall

64 ( 63 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

65 ( 61 ) PRETTY GOOD YEAR Tori Amos

66 ( NEW ) NAZIS 1994 Roger Taylor

67 ( NEW ) SET YOU FREE N Trance

68 ( 67 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

69 ( 68 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'/ EBB TIDE The Righteous Brothers

70 ( NEW ) SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY MORNING T Empo

 

71 ( NEW ) OBJECTS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR Meatloaf

72 ( NEW ) LEAN ON ME Michael Bolton

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

74 ( 69 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

75 ( NEW ) ROCKIN' FOR MYSELF Motiv 8

Back in 1992, two years before SevenSeconds, I saw Youssou N’Dour three times in three different capital cities. None of it was planned, I just happened to be in Banjul, Copenhagen and Paris at the right time.

Now, I was flicking through French television channels and stumbled across a Youssou N’Dour gig recorded in June, just in time for Seven Seconds!

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    18 hours ago, Suedehead2 said:

    Back in 1992, two years before SevenSeconds, I saw Youssou N’Dour three times in three different capital cities. None of it was planned, I just happened to be in Banjul, Copenhagen and Paris at the right time.

    Now, I was flicking through French television channels and stumbled across a Youssou N’Dour gig recorded in June, just in time for Seven Seconds!

    well thats a trio of fortunate events! Bet he was interesting! Flicking through the back catalogue here too, I must crack on with finishing the 90's charts! :)

    I cant say as I have much just come across randomly acts in concert, bar Steppenwolf at Disney Epcot, and Katy Perry In Barcelona, and various acts at Pride events - though I did buy Katy tickets in advance once I realised she was on. I have however timed holidays around concerts abroad and space shuttle launches, hah!

    5 hours ago, Popchartfreak said:

    well thats a trio of fortunate events! Bet he was interesting! Flicking through the back catalogue here too, I must crack on with finishing the 90's charts! :)

    I cant say as I have much just come across randomly acts in concert, bar Steppenwolf at Disney Epcot, and Katy Perry In Barcelona, and various acts at Pride events - though I did buy Katy tickets in advance once I realised she was on. I have however timed holidays around concerts abroad and space shuttle launches, hah!

    The Banjul gig was very different from the others. It highlighted how much he adapted his act to suit a European audience. One thing I didn’t find out until I got to the Banjul gig was that the Gambian president was there! That explained why so many of the women were so beautifully dressed.

    I too have planned trips abroad around gigs. That has included seeing Hard-Fi, Arctic Monkeys, Subways, Futureheads, Editors and Antony and the Johnsons (as they were then) over two days in Paris, Vampire Weekend in Berlin and Paris within a few days, and The Killers at The Bataclan (now, sadly, known for a terrible terrorist attack) at a time when they were playing at much larger venues in the UK.

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