Well, it couldn't last for ever. Some pretty mediocre euro-tripe in the last bunch and, although I've never heard DJ Sakin, anything sampling Braveheart has got to be awful.

 

'Out of Space' though - wow, at the folks saying they heard it first in 2004 - makes sense though...the band barely touched it for years in their live sets and started playing it (and 'Charly' too I think) again around this time. I actually remember when it had its first ever play on the Evening Session back in the autumn of 1992 and I immediately thought, "I need this!"

 

A little surprised 'Hey Boy, Hey Girl' sold more than 'Block Rocking Beats' (and the fact that's not even in the top 100) but it was a half decent song in its time. I seem to remember it was kept off the top by the execrable '9PM' by ATB.

'Out of Space' though - wow, at the folks saying they heard it first in 2004

 

Well I wasn't alive when it was released :lol:

Hey Boy Hey Girl is far more remembered than Block Rocking Beats.

 

Although I do have the latter firmly ingrained in my head after being used in seemingly everything when I was younger along with Bitter Sweet Symphony.

Edited March 31, 201411 yr by G R I F F

Well I wasn't alive when it was released :lol:

 

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I'm guessing Hey Boy. Hey Girl had great first week sales but because it was 1999 the top 2 were selling even better - Sunscreen entered at number 1 with sales of ~206,000 and Sweet Like Chocolate had a previous week sales of ~141,000 and was at 2.

 

 

86. I WANNA GIVE YOU DEVOTION- Nomad Featuring MC Mikee Freedom (247,000)

 

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YEAR: 1991

PEAK POSITION: 2

 

Or Damon spelt backward (he was one of the members), this was Nomad’s debut hit almost going all the way but for the Simpsons. The other member of the band was Steve McCutcheon later known as Steve Mac who wrote many a hit for the likes of JLS, The Wanted, Westlife, Leona Lewis and The Saturdays- so virtually pop royalty.

 

85. U SURE DO- Strike (250,000)

 

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YEAR: 1995

PEAK POSITION: 4

 

Initially a No 31 hit at Christmas 1994 it was somewhat lost in the festive rush, but it gained a toe hold in clubland and come April 1995 it was re-released to startling success. It’s more or less a mash up of two top 30 hits, vocally sampling “Serious” a top 10 hit for Donna Allen in 1987 coupled with the synth line for Cubic 22’s “Night In Motion” (No 15 in 1991) but ended up being a bigger hit than either track.

 

84. OOOPS UP- Snap! (250,000)

 

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YEAR 1990

PEAK POSITION: 5

 

I warn you now this thread is more or less a long example of who sampled who- and speaking of that here’s Snap! with an update of the Gap Band’s 1980 top 10 hit “Ooops Upside Your Head”. The band had a great 1990 with Four top 10 hits of which this was the second biggest seller, lyrically Turbo B goes to get his shopping and forgets his money then tries to bag himself a lady but at the crucial moment the condom breaks. Yes folks this was pop in 1990.

 

U Sure Do :wub: :wub:

 

I forgot about Hey Boy Hey Girl, really good song as well - the video/song combination used to creep me out though.

I love U sure do. It was on the first CD I ever bought. Dance Mania 95 2

U Sure Do is one of the best songs EVER

"U Sure Do" and "Devotion" are still great. :D

U Sure Do has always been a poor man's Not Over Yet for me.

'U Sure Do' is just one of them tracks that sums up the 90's dance hits for me......and still sounds fresh even today I think. :D Also really like 'I Wanna Give You Devotion.' Another great dance track! I don't remember that Snap! track.

'Devotion' and 'U Sure Do' two classics right there! :wub:

Loved Nomad (Damon Rochefort was the backwards eponymous chap) - still happily listen to that today. Really didn't like Strike, but I'd kinda grown out of chart dance by that point. I'd take Cubic 22 over it any time (again, that's still one I'll listen to happily).

 

As for 'Oooops' Up - I listened to that quite a lot back in the day but I could never understand a word Turbo B was saying. Had no idea those were the lyrics!

83. BAMBOOGIE- Bamboo (255,000)

 

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YEAR: 1998

PEAK POSITION: 2

 

Sampling a large slice of KC & The Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight” one of two US No 1’s for the band in 1975, (and by way of a quirk the week this entered at No 2 a cover of their other chart topper from that year "“That's The Way I Like It”" debuted at No 11 for Clock), this led the race for No 1 all week before finally missing out to All Saints “Never Ever”.

 

82. NAKED IN THE RAIN- Blue Pearl (262,000)

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/akbvrp.jpg

 

YEAR: 1990

PEAK POSITION: 4

 

After leaving Killing Joke and Brilliant, Youth’s next project was this Blue Pearl who created one of the dance hits of summer 1990. Originally issued on Blue vinyl (Clever) the track spent 7 weeks in the top 10 becoming their sole top 10 hit before disbanding in 1993.

 

U Sure Do :wub:

 

One of the tracks that I was familiar with (thanks to my parents) yet never knew the name of until about a year ago, brilliant. :heart:

Edited April 1, 201411 yr by Jade

81. CHARLY- The Prodigy (268,000)

 

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YEAR: 1991

PEAK POSITION: 3

 

Debut release “What Evil Lurks” peaked at No 118 but on a limited release, no such restrictions with the second Prodigy single which sampled the 70s Children’s information cartoon characters Tony and his cat Charley (voiced by Kenny Everett). Responsible for a spate of cartoon characters being mixed into dance tracks “Charley” had the hallmarks of a one hit wonder- how wrong we were.