16th July 1995

 

 

3 weeks for the Jackson siblings on top, as the charts finally come alive, the oodles of covers dropping and bonafide great tracks entering, headed by Madonna and her fab new naughty video for Human Nature. Inventive, and somewhat flatters the track, it’s good, sultry, cool but isn’t Madonna at her very best, but good enough to enter at 7. Supergrass go top 5 with the fab Alright, Diana King takes her shy guy into the 10, and Deuce enter at 10, with their best record. That might not sound like much of a rating, given the manufactured and short-lived background of the group, but it is, in fact, a fantastic pop record.

 

In at 12 is one of Britpop’s forgotten successes, scousers Cast drop by again with latest single Fine Time, jangly indie melodic guitar pop - I really don’t get why they have been all-but-deleted from pop history, this is pretty good. In at 17 Brownstone also return, with something they heard through the Grapevine - not Marvin Gaye, though, it’s smooth 90‘s r’n’b. At 21, debuting, is Dana Dawson with 3 Is Family, a decent bit of souldancepop. Dana sadly died at 36 from cancer, I have just read on Wikipedia.

 

Kylie shoots up into the top 30, and The Lightning Seeds return with another in the string of goodies, in fact it’s Perfect at 27, a strings-tastic sweet upbeat song. D:Ream also grab another top 40 notch on their chart belt, MN8 are Happy to go top 40, ditto Paul Weller and Sheryl Crow, and in at 34 it’s the total classic TLC 90’s biggie, Waterfalls. Just an awesome, affecting, sad lament for lost loved ones, made all the more sad these days with Lisa Lopes’ death at 30 in a car accident 7 years later.

 

Finally, PJ Harvey is in at 55 with one of my fave tracks of hers, C’mon Billy, a spacious production (even with subtle strings) with bite and authenticity. PJ is also guesting with Duncan Stuck On You - OK I lie, it’s not Polly it’s Ant n Dec, future TV darlings - in at 59, as in at 60 it’s Sister Bliss with Oh What A World! - a Wicked Witch Of The West referencing club track from the female part of Faithless, with sassy Colette on vocals, a lady with attitude. Still sounds great, is genuinely amusing, and even I under-rated it chart-wise.

 

1 ( 1 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

2 ( 2 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

3 ( 3 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

4 ( 4 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

5 ( 16 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

6 ( 5 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

7 ( NEW ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

8 ( 7 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

9 ( 22 ) SHY GUY Diana King

10 ( NEW ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

 

 

11 ( 6 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

12 ( NEW ) FINE TIME Cast

13 ( 8 ) RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka

14 ( 15 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Amy Grant

15 ( 19 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

16 ( 10 ) I’M A BELIEVER Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer with EMF

17 ( NEW ) GRAPEVINE Brownstone

18 ( 9 ) WHOOMP! THERE IT IS Clock

19 ( 11 ) I’LL BE AROUND Rappin 4 Tay Featuring The Detroit Spinners

20 ( 25 ) HUMPIN’ AROUND Bobby Brown

 

 

21 ( NEW ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

22 ( 14 ) ZOMBIE A.D.A.M. Featuring Amy

23 ( 12 ) MY LOVE IS FOR REAL Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza

24 ( 67 ) WHERE IS THE FEELING Kylie Minogue

25 ( 21 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

26 ( 13 ) MARTA’S SONG Deep Forest

27 ( NEW ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

28 ( 17 ) DAYDREAMER Menswear

29 ( 43 ) SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE D:Ream

30 ( 70 ) I GO WILD The Rolling Stones

 

 

31 ( 18 ) BEGGAR ON A BEACH OF GOLD Mike + The Mechanics

32 ( 24 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

33 ( 23 ) SCATMAN (SKI-BA-BOP-BA-DOP-BOP) Scatman John

34 ( NEW ) WATERFALLS TLC

35 ( 40 ) THIS IS A CALL Foo Fighters

36 ( 20 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

37 ( 74 ) HAPPY MN8

38 ( 33 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

39 ( 44 ) YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME Paul Weller

40 ( 50 ) RUN BABY RUN Sheryl Crow

 

41 ( 36 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

42 ( 28 ) STARS Dubstar

43 ( 27 ) REVEREND BLACK GRAPE Black Grape

44 ( 31 ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT Ladysmith Black Mombazo featuring China Black

45 ( 30 ) HEART OF GLASS (REMIX) Blondie

46 ( 26 ) THIS AIN’T A LOVE SONG Bon Jovi

47 ( 29 ) STAYIN’ ALIVE Tippa Irie

48 ( 32 ) A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Annie Lennox

49 ( 46 ) SKY HIGH Newton

50 ( 57 ) IT’S OH SO QUIET Bjork

 

 

51 ( 35 ) DON’T WANNA FORGIVE ME NOW Wet Wet Wet

52 ( 42 ) DREAMER Livin' Joy

53 ( 34 ) IL ADORE Boy George

54 ( 38 ) (EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME) I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Baby D

55 ( NEW ) C’MON BILLY PJ Harvey

56 ( 37 ) BOOM BOOM BOOM The Outhere Brothers

57 ( 60 ) BABY IT’S YOU/ I’LL FOLLOW THE SUN The Beatles

58 ( 47 ) TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME Bobby Brown

59 ( NEW ) STUCK ON YOU PJ & Duncan

60 ( NEW ) OH! WHAT A WORLD Sister Bliss featuring Colette

 

 

61 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

62 ( 41 ) FILLING UP WITH HEAVEN Human League

63 ( 51 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

64 ( 73 ) ROLL TO ME Del Amitri

65 ( 63 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

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

67 ( 58 ) HANDS UP Zig & Zag featuring Rednex

68 ( 39 ) STILLNESS IN TIME Jamiroquai

69 ( 69 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

70 ( 64 ) HYPNOTISED Simple Minds

 

71 ( 49 ) THINK OF YOU Whigfield

72 ( 71 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

73 ( 62 ) LOVE CITY GROOVE Love City Groove

74 ( 45 ) SEARCH FOR THE HERO M People

75 ( 75 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

 

 

 

Which just leaves The Rolling Stones big climb to 30, fresh from seeing them in concert at Wembley Stadium. Another one those all-day jobs to get their early to see the already-ageing 60’s legends 30 years into their 50-year touring career. Mick, of course, the great frontman, and a timeless back-catalogue to plunder for my enjoyment, notably these:

 

 

THE ROLLING STONES AT WEMBLEY

 

1. Honky Tonk Women

2. Satisfaction

3. Jumping Jack Flash

4. Start Me Up

5. It’s All Over Now

6. Sympathy For The Devil

7. Tumbling Dice

8. Miss You

23rd July 1995

 

Boy George rockets up 52 places to top spot with floptastic Il Adore, a strings-laden gorgeous and touching ballad about loss and death, specifically AIDS-related friends, which just didn’t suit the dance and Britpop times much, sadly. Anyway, it’s still lovely, one of george’s best and his 5th chart-topper (4 with Culture Club) and his first in 11 years. Deuce meanwhile are still swearing On The Bible, up to 2, and The Lightning Seeds keep those top 10 pop gem singles coming, it’s just Perfect at 6. Here’s a random massive climb: a couple of lads named PJ & Duncan are Stuck On U, as they ditch the chantalong pop for a more soulful sound, which sounds like an improvement to me, though I might suggest taking up TV hosting lads!

 

Cast are back in the 10, a right ol’ Fine Time, as Dana Dawson tweaks my popstress ditty tastebuds at 10, S’OK but a bit inexplicably high. Dubstar hit the 20, and highest new entry at 17 is Paninaro ’95, a Pet Shop Boys rave-era remix single of a classic 80’s B side of theirs. On the one hand I’m glad it became a single, on the other hand it’s not a patch on the brilliance of the original version, which SO should have been a single in it’s own right back in 1986/7, and which would have been a chart-topper for ages in my charts (had I allowed B sides and album tracks then). I may post the better version next time!

 

Kylie goes top 20 (hooray!) and TLC just miss out (Boo!), while a couple of remixes of Dusty tracks gets her a re-entry at 23, one of them a Pet Shop Boys song and Pet Shop Boys remix (Daydreaming), and again, not a patch on the original album track version which I allowed Dusty to chart at 2. In at 31 with their final version 1 Gary Barlow-written single, it’s Take That, and Never Forget that you can’t write them off (It certainly seemed like the writing was on the wall in the Robbie-less line-up: the golden rule of boybands is, first out gets the solo career, the band then split.

 

Marc Almond is back at 34 with a good Gary Glitter/T.Rex-styled stomping pop single, The Idol, for a sweet 14 years of top 40 entries, while lower down it’s Aswad back with a song that isn’t a Midge Ure cover, If I Was sure I’d say so, Corona pop (ha!) in, Method Man and Mary J do a job on Marvin & Tammi’s classic song, Boo Radleys shout It’s Lulu, but it isn’t, it is however, a Beatles cover for Suggs (I’m Only Sleeping) giving him a hit with a Beatles song that had never charted before, and also 16 years of hits. Which leaves a short minor mention (for now) of a gentle understated ballad about ’74 - ’75 from The Connells. It’s good, it’s catchy, and it will be back in the future as a Pan-European smash for an American band who oddly missed out in the USA.

 

 

1 ( 53 ) IL ADORE Boy George

2 ( 10 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

3 ( 5 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

4 ( 4 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

5 ( 1 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

6 ( 27 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

7 ( 3 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

8 ( 59 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

9 ( 12 ) FINE TIME Cast

10 ( 21 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

 

 

11 ( 25 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

12 ( 2 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

13 ( 26 ) MARTA’S SONG Deep Forest

14 ( 7 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

15 ( 42 ) STARS Dubstar

16 ( 6 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

17 ( NEW ) PANINARO ’95 Pet Shop Boys

18 ( 24 ) WHERE IS THE FEELING Kylie Minogue

19 ( 9 ) SHY GUY Diana King

20 ( 8 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

 

 

21 ( 34 ) WATERFALLS TLC

22 ( 14 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Amy Grant

23 ( RE ) WHEREVER WOULD I BE (REMIX)/ DAYDREAMING (REMIX) Dusty Springfield and Daryl Hall

24 ( 20 ) HUMPIN’ AROUND Bobby Brown

25 ( 15 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

26 ( 17 ) GRAPEVINE Brownstone

27 ( 13 ) RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka

28 ( 16 ) I’M A BELIEVER Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer with EMF

29 ( 29 ) SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE D:Ream

30 ( 11 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

 

 

31 ( NEW ) NEVER FORGET Take That

32 ( 18 ) WHOOMP! THERE IT IS Clock

33 ( 74 ) SEARCH FOR THE HERO M People

34 ( NEW ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

35 ( 31 ) BEGGAR ON A BEACH OF GOLD Mike + The Mechanics

36 ( 40 ) RUN BABY RUN Sheryl Crow

37 ( 39 ) YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME Paul Weller

38 ( 32 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

39 ( 19 ) I’LL BE AROUND Rappin 4 Tay Featuring The Detroit Spinners

40 ( 30 ) I GO WILD The Rolling Stones

 

 

41 ( 38 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

42 ( 37 ) HAPPY MN8

43 ( 23 ) MY LOVE IS FOR REAL Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza

44 ( 41 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

45 ( 22 ) ZOMBIE A.D.A.M. Featuring Amy

46 ( 36 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

47 ( 28 ) DAYDREAMER Menswear

48 ( 33 ) SCATMAN (SKI-BA-BOP-BA-DOP-BOP) Scatman John

49 ( 63 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

50 ( 55 ) C’MON BILLY PJ Harvey

 

51 ( 54 ) (EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME) I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Baby D

52 ( 49 ) SKY HIGH Newton

53 ( 52 ) DREAMER Livin' Joy

54 ( NEW ) IF I WAS Aswad

55 ( 35 ) THIS IS A CALL Foo Fighters

56 ( 43 ) REVEREND BLACK GRAPE Black Grape

57 ( 44 ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT Ladysmith Black Mombazo featuring China Black

58 ( 58 ) TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME Bobby Brown

59 ( 45 ) HEART OF GLASS (REMIX) Blondie

60 ( NEW ) TRY ME OUT Corona

 

61 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

62 ( 48 ) A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Annie Lennox

63 ( NEW ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige

64 ( NEW ) IT’S LULU Boo Radleys

65 ( 65 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

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

67 ( 57 ) BABY IT’S YOU/ I’LL FOLLOW THE SUN The Beatles

68 ( NEW ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

69 ( 69 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

70 ( NEW ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

 

71 ( 56 ) BOOM BOOM BOOM The Outhere Brothers

72 ( 75 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

73 ( 72 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

74 ( 70 ) HYPNOTISED Simple Minds

75 ( 73 ) LOVE CITY GROOVE Love City Groove

30th July 1995

 

I like a nice bit of cheese now and again, so I proudly announce Deuce top my chart this week in 1995 with a fab OTT slab, all melodramatic and passionately tuneful. By some distance this is their best pop record, and a minor forgotten gem. On The Bible I swear it! Still in cheese mode, soon-to-be Ant & Dec hit a new chart peak of 4 - they are still stuck on u, lucky us! The Lightning Seeds grab another big hit at 3, it’s a bit Perfect. Pet Shop Boys manage 5 with their lesser remix of Paninaro (I just can’t get over it not being the brilliant original, which would easily have topped my chart this week had it been a double A), as Take That’s final (for now) self-penned single Never Forget gives them a 5th or so top 10.

 

Highest new entry is the annoyingly-non-single fab movie-song cover of Dream A Little Dream Of Me, as hit by big fave Mama Cass in 1968, and as originally done in 1931 (! - that sounds positively historic these days) by Ozzie Nelson, who gave birth to 50’s sitcom Ozzie & Harriet with his real-life family, and future teen idol Ricky Nelson. Ricky’s own sons had a short career as Nelson. Keeping it in the family, just like Cass’ daughter. The Beautiful South by now were 6 years into their career, with new singer Jacqui Abbott joining co-singer Paul Heaton, and who now have-co-starring album success as a duo 21 years on, so not a bad run then!

 

Marc Almond and TLC go top 20, ditto Dusty n Daryl, and REM stick their Tongue out beautifully and un-typically falsetto-stylee at 27, Cyndi Lauper comes on home at 30, and Kirsty MacColl returns with her Kinks-cover Days at 32 just a few years after charting it first-time round. If at first you don’t succeed, Julian Cope advises Try Try Try Try - works for him, in at 46 a sweet 14 years on from Teardrop Explodes debuting. OK, then, in the media world it was all about who would win the chart battle for UK number one, Blur or Oasis, rivals releasing the same week. Blur won that battle, and they also do here (sort of)...by entering one place than Oasis at 48, and to boot also higher than another UK chart-topper, You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson’s R.Kelly dirge, which featured Elvis Presley’s daughter (keeping the musical family theme going) in the video. She also happened to be his wife for a short time. Yes, most unlikely wedding that could ever have been predicted - at least until Jerry Hall & Rupert Murdoch.

 

Others: a cover of Wham!’s I’m Your Man, Bob Seger oldie Hollywood Nights, The Wildhearts are back, so are Black Grape, and best of the bunch Michelle Gayle gets another good pop single with Happy Just To Be With You.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

2 ( 1 ) IL ADORE Boy George

3 ( 6 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

4 ( 8 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

5 ( 17 ) PANINARO ’95 Pet Shop Boys

6 ( 7 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

7 ( 14 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

8 ( 3 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

9 ( 4 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

10 ( 31 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

 

11 ( 11 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

12 ( 21 ) WATERFALLS TLC

13 ( 5 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

14 ( NEW ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM The Beautiful South

15 ( 34 ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

16 ( NEW ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

17 ( 10 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

18 ( 9 ) FINE TIME Cast

19 ( 23 ) WHEREVER WOULD I BE (REMIX)/ DAYDREAMING (REMIX) Dusty Springfield and Daryl Hall

20 ( 19 ) SHY GUY Diana King

 

 

21 ( 12 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

22 ( 20 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

23 ( 18 ) WHERE IS THE FEELING Kylie Minogue

24 ( 13 ) MARTA’S SONG Deep Forest

25 ( 29 ) SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE D:Ream

26 ( 16 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

27 ( NEW ) TONGUE REM

28 ( 15 ) STARS Dubstar

29 ( 24 ) HUMPIN’ AROUND Bobby Brown

30 ( NEW ) COME ON HOME Cyndi Lauper

 

 

31 ( 25 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

32 ( NEW ) DAYS Kirsty MacColl

33 ( 33 ) SEARCH FOR THE HERO M People

34 ( 22 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Amy Grant

35 ( 27 ) RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka

36 ( 41 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

37 ( 37 ) YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME Paul Weller

38 ( 63 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige

39 ( 26 ) GRAPEVINE Brownstone

40 ( 28 ) I’M A BELIEVER Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer with EMF

 

 

41 ( 60 ) TRY ME OUT Corona

42 ( 30 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

43 ( 35 ) BEGGAR ON A BEACH OF GOLD Mike + The Mechanics

44 ( 38 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

45 ( 32 ) WHOOMP! THERE IT IS Clock

46 ( NEW ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

47 ( 49 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

48 ( NEW ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

49 ( NEW ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

50 ( 39 ) I’LL BE AROUND Rappin 4 Tay Featuring The Detroit Spinners

 

 

51 ( 44 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

52 ( 40 ) I GO WILD The Rolling Stones

53 ( 64 ) IT’S LULU Boo Radleys

54 ( 36 ) RUN BABY RUN Sheryl Crow

55 ( 52 ) SKY HIGH Newton

56 ( 53 ) DREAMER Livin' Joy

57 ( NEW ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

58 ( 46 ) LIVE FOREVER Oasis

59 ( 70 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

60 ( 43 ) MY LOVE IS FOR REAL Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza

 

61 ( 54 ) IF I WAS Aswad

62 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

63 ( 51 ) (EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME) I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Baby D

64 ( 58 ) TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME Bobby Brown

65 ( 42 ) HAPPY MN8

66 ( 65 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

67 ( 66 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

68 ( NEW ) I’M YOUR MAN Lisa Moorish

69 ( NEW ) HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

70 ( NEW ) JOY IN LUST The Wildhearts

 

71 ( 69 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

72 ( NEW ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

73 ( 72 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

74 ( NEW ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Black Grape

75 ( 73 ) TAKE A BOW Madonna

6th August 1995

 

So what was happening in my charts in the summer of 95? 2 weeks on top, the Deuce you say! On The Bible I will swear! That leaves a nice top 10 climb for the AIDS lament classic, Waterfalls, almost as sad and beautiful as the Boy George Il Adore. Marc Almond gets a second top 10 solo in a row as he was a bit of an Idol, Soul II Soul have Love Enuff to go top 10 as well, a nice groove, but not one I actually recalled until I Youtubed it. Oops!

 

Julian Cope Try tries again and is rewarded with a huge leap to 13, 14 years after the mighty Teardrop Explodes Reward debuted, Michael Jackson's R. Kelly song also rockets to 15, though these days I'm not fussed about You Are Not Alone. Highest new entry? You Oughta Know! Yes, that bitterly angry woman-scorned classic from that classic album Jagged Little Pill, and Alanis Morissette arrives with a bang at 20.

 

Not far behind, the tender bluegrass cover of Baby Now That I've Found, The Foundations 1967 classic, enters at 22 and a debut for Alison Krauss who made me love Country Music again after falling out with it during the country-rock years dominated by Garth Brooks. She's back in my current charts with 2 covers of a similar style as I type in April 2017, 22 years on.

 

Michelle Gayle has a big leap, obviously Happy Just To Be With You, at 23, while Suggs' Beatles cover and Black Grape both go top 40. Blue Monday proves you can never chart enough times as New Order return remixed yet again, The Connells fab 74-75 returns after a week away, and Matt Goss gets a solo new entry, Bros no more.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

2 ( 4 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

3 ( 3 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

4 ( 2 ) IL ADORE Boy George

5 ( 5 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

6 ( 7 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

7 ( 12 ) WATERFALLS TLC

8 ( 15 ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

9 ( 10 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

10 ( 16 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

 

11 ( 6 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

12 ( 8 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

13 ( 46 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

14 ( 14 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM The Beautiful South

15 ( 57 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

16 ( 11 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

17 ( 9 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

18 ( 17 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

19 ( 20 ) SHY GUY Diana King

20 ( NEW ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

 

21 ( 13 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

22 ( NEW ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

23 ( 72 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

24 ( 27 ) TONGUE REM

25 ( 21 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

26 ( 26 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

27 ( 22 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

28 ( 18 ) FINE TIME Cast

29 ( 31 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

30 ( 30 ) COME ON HOME Cyndi Lauper

 

31 ( 19 ) WHEREVER WOULD I BE (REMIX)/ DAYDREAMING (REMIX) Dusty Springfield and Daryl Hall

32 ( 38 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY/ I'LL BE THERE Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige

33 ( 24 ) MARTA’S SONG Deep Forest

34 ( 23 ) WHERE IS THE FEELING Kylie Minogue

35 ( 41 ) TRY ME OUT Corona

36 ( 29 ) HUMPIN’ AROUND Bobby Brown

37 ( NEW ) KEEP WARM Jinny

38 ( 25 ) SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE D:Ream

39 ( 74 ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Black Grape

40 ( 59 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

 

 

41 ( 28 ) STARS Dubstar

42 ( NEW ) BLUE MONDAY ’95 New Order

43 ( 34 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Amy Grant

44 ( 40 ) I’M A BELIEVER Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer with EMF

45 ( 49 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

46 ( 48 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

47 ( 32 ) DAYS Kirsty MacColl

48 ( 44 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

49 ( 36 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

50 ( 35 ) RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka

 

51 ( 47 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

52 ( RE ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

53 ( 33 ) SEARCH FOR THE HERO M People

54 ( 51 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

55 ( 55 ) SKY HIGH Newton

56 ( 68 ) I’M YOUR MAN Lisa Moorish

57 ( 39 ) GRAPEVINE Brownstone

58 ( 42 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

59 ( 43 ) BEGGAR ON A BEACH OF GOLD Mike + The Mechanics

60 ( 69 ) HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

 

61 ( 37 ) YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME Paul Weller

62 ( 62 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

63 ( 56 ) DREAMER Livin' Joy

64 ( 45 ) WHOOMP! THERE IT IS Clock

65 ( NEW ) EVIDENCE Faith No More

66 ( 66 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

68 ( NEW ) HOPE STREET The Levellers

69 ( 64 ) TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME Bobby Brown

70 ( NEW ) THE HELL EP Tricky vs The Gravediggaz

 

71 ( 71 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

72 ( 60 ) MY LOVE IS FOR REAL Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza

73 ( 73 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

74 ( NEW ) HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Tina Arena

75 ( NEW ) THE KEY Matt Goss

Good to see Perfect by the Lightning Seeds at no.3. I hope it moves up to no.1 next week. It's my second favourite song by them (behind The Life Of Riley).

Good to see Perfect by the Lightning Seeds at no.3. I hope it moves up to no.1 next week. It's my second favourite song by them (behind The Life Of Riley).

 

Hi Rollo,

 

I was a big fan of The Lightning Seeds, but they only ever topped my chart once - with Sense - but came close loads of times :cheer:

 

thanks!

john

lol what on earth was going on with your top 2!!! :lol:

lol what on earth was going on with your top 2!!! :lol:

 

I know, it's like I fell into a parallel Cheese Universe and drowned in liquid cheese :lol:

 

13th August 1995

 

What the Deuce! 3 weeks on top, holding off a host of mid-90's classics from the top spot. Hey ho, it's a great pop record, honest! Madonna just misses adding to her growing batch of chart-toppers and has to be content with equalling Into The Groove at 2. TLC are up to 3 with their brilliant track, Take That grab a 4th top 5, and Alanis Morissette does what she failed to do in the UK & US charts (I think) and go top 5 almost immediately with that vitriolic masterpiece. Julian Cope has another top 10 14 years after his Teardrop Explodes first, and one-hit wonders The Connells shoot up 42 places to 10 with the nostalgic and lovely 74-75. I was juuuust the right age for the nostalgia-fest at the time, a bit like (for example) someone getting all misty-eyed for the music scene of 96-97 back when they were 16 or 17 years old.

 

In at 19, highest new entry is a fun track, as Blair explains - NOT Tony I must say with relief. Black Grape shoot up to the top 20, The Levellers rocket into the 30, and there's something moist at 25. Just Youtubing it, as it's all a little hazy having not heard it for 22 years. Ahhh, likeable grunge. No, not an oxymoron! Morten harket goes solo from a-ha and gets a very good ballad new into the 40, a decade on from Take On Me, while also new The Shamen, and Ali Campbell sounding uncannily like a UB40 reggae cover hit 15 years after they debuted - it's not as good as The Pioneers original though.

 

Danielle Brisboix never made it, sadly, as she was good, in at 43, Utah Saints sneak in with one I've forgotten, Ohio, and Ash debut with that Girl From Mars.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

2 ( 6 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

3 ( 7 ) WATERFALLS TLC

4 ( 9 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

5 ( 20 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

6 ( 2 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

7 ( 5 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

8 ( 3 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

9 ( 13 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

10 ( 52 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

 

11 ( 4 ) IL ADORE Boy George

12 ( 12 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

13 ( 11 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

14 ( 23 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

15 ( 15 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

16 ( 22 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

17 ( 10 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

18 ( 8 ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

19 ( NEW ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

20 ( 39 ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Black Grape

 

21 ( 16 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

22 ( 68 ) HOPE STREET The Levellers

23 ( 19 ) SHY GUY Diana King

24 ( 14 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM The Beautiful South

25 ( NEW ) PUSH Moist

26 ( 21 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

27 ( 17 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

28 ( 18 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

29 ( 40 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

30 ( 30 ) COME ON HOME Cyndi Lauper

 

31 ( 26 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

32 ( 37 ) KEEP WARM Jinny

33 ( NEW ) A KIND OF CHRISTMAS CARD Morten Harket

34 ( 27 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

35 ( 35 ) TRY ME OUT Corona

36 ( NEW ) DESTINATION ESCHATON The Shamen

37 ( 28 ) FINE TIME Cast

38 ( 25 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

39 ( 45 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

40 ( NEW ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH Ali Campbell

 

 

41 ( 24 ) TONGUE REM

42 ( 42 ) BLUE MONDAY ’95 New Order

43 ( NEW ) GIMME SOME SIGN Danielle Brisboix

44 ( NEW ) WRONG OR RIGHT Sabre featuring President Brown

45 ( 29 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

46 ( 46 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

47 ( 70 ) THE HELL EP Tricky vs The Gravediggaz

48 ( 56 ) I’M YOUR MAN Lisa Moorish

49 ( 74 ) HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Tina Arena

50 ( 33 ) MARTA’S SONG Deep Forest

 

51 ( 31 ) WHEREVER WOULD I BE (REMIX)/ DAYDREAMING (REMIX) Dusty Springfield and Daryl Hall

52 ( NEW ) LOVE HANGOVER Scarlet

53 ( 48 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

54 ( 75 ) THE KEY Matt Goss

55 ( 51 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

56 ( 38 ) SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE D:Ream

57 ( 54 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

58 ( 50 ) RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka

59 ( 55 ) SKY HIGH Newton

60 ( 49 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

 

61 ( 44 ) I’M A BELIEVER Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer with EMF

62 ( 36 ) HUMPIN’ AROUND Bobby Brown

63 ( 32 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY/ I'LL BE THERE Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige

64 ( 62 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

65 ( 34 ) WHERE IS THE FEELING Kylie Minogue

66 ( NEW ) GIRL FROM MARS Ash

67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

68 ( 66 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

69 ( 41 ) STARS Dubstar

70 ( 58 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

 

71 ( 71 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

72 ( 63 ) DREAMER Livin' Joy

73 ( 72 ) MY LOVE IS FOR REAL Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza

74 ( 73 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

75 ( NEW ) OHIO Utah Saints

20th August 1995

 

A genuine 90's social-commentary r'n'b classic gives TLC a number one, deservedly, as Michelle Gayle takes a touch of Eastenders into the top 5. Donna Summer is remixed (again) and is back in at 7, keeping up I Feel Love's regular appearances in the top 10 each decade - but the 1977 original remains the breath-taking groundbreaking and influential classic. Moist push their way into the 10, and Blur at last take a Country House leap into the 20, leap-frogging Oasis, much as they did in the UK singles chart.

 

Smokie's 70's goodie (Living Next Door To Alice) a Chinn-Chapman song and production (originally for New World in 1972, but also for Smokie in 1976), is massacred by a crude comic, but has enough of the original in it to merit (that may not be the right word) an entry at 30. It's awful. Stick to the charming original. Prince's band in at 33, Matt Goss into the 40, The Original enters surprisingly low for a good record, Chaka Khan extends her chart run to 21 years, and Rod Stewart to 24 years, but neither of these tracks rings a bell to me, being as I havent heard them for 20 years.

 

Squeeze are back in the chart with This Summer, one of their very best singles 17 years into their career (and that also applies to 2016, when they topped my chart finally after 37 years of just missing out). Lloyd Cole is still sneaking in some 11 years on, and CJ Lewis' surprisingly long run of reggae chart entries for a short period of time (on here at least) is running out of steam with diminishing returns.

 

1 ( 3 ) WATERFALLS TLC

2 ( 1 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

3 ( 2 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

4 ( 4 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

5 ( 14 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

6 ( 7 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

7 ( NEW ) I FEEL LOVE ’95 Donna Summer

8 ( 10 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

9 ( 25 ) PUSH Moist

10 ( 5 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

 

11 ( 9 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

12 ( 12 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

13 ( 19 ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

14 ( 46 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

15 ( 6 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

16 ( 16 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

17 ( 22 ) HOPE STREET The Levellers

18 ( 39 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

19 ( 21 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

20 ( 13 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

 

21 ( 8 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

22 ( 11 ) IL ADORE Boy George

23 ( 17 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

24 ( 36 ) DESTINATION ESCHATON The Shamen

25 ( 29 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

26 ( 40 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH Ali Campbell

27 ( 18 ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

28 ( 15 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

29 ( 20 ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Black Grape

30 ( NEW ) ALICE WHO THE F*** IS ALICE Smokie featuring some git

 

31 ( 23 ) SHY GUY Diana King

32 ( 32 ) KEEP WARM Jinny

33 ( NEW ) THE GOOD LIFE The New Power Generation

34 ( 43 ) GIMME SOME SIGN Danielle Brisboix

35 ( 30 ) COME ON HOME Cyndi Lauper

36 ( NEW ) SUMMERTIME HEALING Eusebe

37 ( 27 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

38 ( 26 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

39 ( 48 ) I’M YOUR MAN Lisa Moorish featuring George Michael

40 ( 54 ) THE KEY Matt Goss

 

41 ( 28 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

42 ( 34 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

43 ( 31 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

44 ( 37 ) FINE TIME Cast

45 ( 45 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

46 ( 38 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

47 ( NEW ) I LUV U BABY The Original

48 ( NEW ) WATCH WHAT YOU SAY Guru featuring Chaka Khan

49 ( 33 ) A KIND OF CHRISTMAS CARD Morten Harket

50 ( NEW ) LADY LUCK Rod Stewart

 

51 ( 35 ) TRY ME OUT Corona

52 ( 24 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM The Beautiful South

53 ( NEW ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Kenny Thomas

54 ( 66 ) GIRL FROM MARS Ash

55 ( 60 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

56 ( 53 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

57 ( 44 ) WRONG OR RIGHT Sabre featuring President Brown

58 ( NEW ) THIS SUMMER Squeeze

59 ( 55 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

60 ( NEW ) FREEDOM Shiva

 

61 ( 57 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

62 ( NEW ) LIKE LOVERS DO Lloyd Cole

63 ( 59 ) SKY HIGH Newton

64 ( 64 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

65 ( 58 ) RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka

66 ( NEW ) R TO A C.J. Lewis

67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

68 ( 68 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

69 ( 49 ) HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Tina Arena

70 ( 70 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

 

71 ( NEW ) SON OF A GUN JX

72 ( 74 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

73 ( 71 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

74 ( 42 ) BLUE MONDAY ’95 New Order

75 ( NEW ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE The Real McCoy

27th August 1995

 

One of those chart-toppers I haven't heard in years from Michelle Gayle, it was a decent popfunk single but in retrospect most of the rest of the top 10 would have been a better choice, hey ho, that's what I liked best that week, prob the 70's vibes had me going all nostalgic. Highest new entry is Simply Red's best single, by far, the superb Fairground, not least thanks to the backbone sample from Goodmen's Give It Up, while Blur at last make the top 10 with a Blur song that took a while to grow on me - and not one they rate themselves.

 

In at 18, and Mariah Carey at her peak at this time, courtesy of a Tom Tom Club-sampling Fantasy, it was pretty much all downhill after this, bar the odd return to a bit of quality. Squeeze have a massive climb into the 20 with the gorgeous This Summer 17 years since they first went top 20 with Take Me I'm Yours, probably still their best record, though this one came close. In at 27, and Diana Ross is back with Take Me Higher, one I'd forgotten, but nice to see Ms Ross still charting some 27 years since she first appeared in my charts (the epic Love Child) and 31 years since I first would have charted her (Baby Love was a childhood fave in '64).

 

2 When I Think Of You's side by side at 31 and 32, Janet J's remix of her fab 1986 track entering, as The Charlatans pop in, and Hootie & The Blowfish are back with their best track at 50. Yes the whole world went Hootie mad (except the UK) in 1995, and they were paid the ultimate belated "compliment" by featuring around a Friends episode (a concert ticket). Co-incidentally the Friends theme tune is also in at 70. These days Hootie is not a band to throw around if you want 90's street-cred. Happily I've never felt the need to have street-cred, and they were OK - if vastly over-rated in the States.

 

1 ( 5 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

2 ( 7 ) I FEEL LOVE ’95 Donna Summer

3 ( 1 ) WATERFALLS TLC

4 ( 2 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

5 ( 3 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

6 ( 8 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

7 ( NEW ) FAIRGROUND Simply Red

8 ( 14 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

9 ( 10 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

10 ( 13 ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

 

11 ( 4 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

12 ( 6 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

13 ( 19 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

14 ( 12 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

15 ( 18 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

16 ( 9 ) PUSH Moist

17 ( 30 ) ALICE WHO THE F*** IS ALICE Smokie featuring some git

18 ( NEW ) FANTASY Mariah Carey

19 ( 58 ) THIS SUMMER Squeeze

20 ( 25 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

 

21 ( 16 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

22 ( 20 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

23 ( 15 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

24 ( 11 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

25 ( 34 ) GIMME SOME SIGN Danielle Brisboix

26 ( 26 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH Ali Campbell

27 ( NEW ) TAKE ME HIGHER Diana Ross

28 ( 28 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

29 ( 17 ) HOPE STREET The Levellers

30 ( 36 ) SUMMERTIME HEALING Eusebe

 

31 ( 53 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Kenny Thomas

32 ( NEW ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU (REMIX) Janet Jackson

33 ( 21 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

34 ( 22 ) IL ADORE Boy George

35 ( 23 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

36 ( 24 ) DESTINATION ESCHATON The Shamen

37 ( 31 ) SHY GUY Diana King

38 ( RE ) OHIO Utah Saints

39 ( 48 ) WATCH WHAT YOU SAY Guru featuring Chaka Khan

40 ( 75 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE The Real McCoy

 

41 ( 40 ) THE KEY Matt Goss

42 ( 37 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

43 ( 38 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

44 ( NEW ) JUST WHEN YOU’RE THINKING THINGS OVER The Charlatans

45 ( 43 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

46 ( 42 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

47 ( 47 ) I LUV U BABY The Original

48 ( 27 ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

49 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY Clock

50 ( NEW ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Hootie & The Blowfish

 

51 ( 29 ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Black Grape

52 ( 33 ) THE GOOD LIFE The New Power Generation

53 ( 32 ) KEEP WARM Jinny

54 ( 35 ) COME ON HOME Cyndi Lauper

55 ( 44 ) FINE TIME Cast

56 ( 66 ) R TO A C.J. Lewis

57 ( 41 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

58 ( 39 ) I’M YOUR MAN Lisa Moorish featuring George Michael

59 ( 56 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

60 ( 62 ) LIKE LOVERS DO Lloyd Cole

 

61 ( 45 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

62 ( 61 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

63 ( 59 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

64 ( 64 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

65 ( 46 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

66 ( 55 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

68 ( NEW ) ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH Shara Nelson

69 ( 68 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

70 ( NEW ) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU The Rembrandts

 

71 ( 50 ) LADY LUCK Rod Stewart

72 ( 72 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

73 ( 73 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

74 ( 63 ) SKY HIGH Newton

75 ( 70 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

 

Because I can, here's a new feature: the tracks that dropped out of my charts in August 1995 with highest position, weeks on chart and my "sales" attached.

 

A KIND OF CHRISTMAS CARD Morten Harket 33 2 29800

TRY ME OUT Corona 35 5 70750

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM The Beautiful South 14 4 88500

GIRL FROM MARS Ash 54 2 17800

WRONG OR RIGHT Sabre featuring President Brown 44 2 23650

FREEDOM Shiva 60 1 10000

RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam And Spoon featuring Plavka 7 12 314200

HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Tina Arena 49 3 23500

SON OF A GUN JX 71 1 5800

BLUE MONDAY ’95 New Order 42 2 32700

TONGUE REM 24 3 51400

THE HELL EP Tricky vs The Gravediggaz 47 2 18500

MARTA’S SONG Deep Forest 10 9 205600

WHEREVER WOULD I BE (REMIX)/ DAYDREAMING (REMIX) Dusty Springfield and Daryl Hall 19 10 139750

LOVE HANGOVER Scarlet 52 1 11500

SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE D:Ream 25 8 112350

I’M A BELIEVER Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer with EMF 10 9 201250

HUMPIN’ AROUND Bobby Brown 20 6 100750

YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY/ I'LL BE THERE Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige 32 4 49400

WHERE IS THE FEELING Kylie Minogue 18 6 91450

STARS Dubstar 15 6 97550

DREAMER Livin' Joy 3 14 352900

MY LOVE IS FOR REAL Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza 5 12 347250

BIG YELLOW TAXI Amy Grant 14 12 236350

DAYS Kirsty MacColl 32 2 30300

SEARCH FOR THE HERO M People 27 9 131700

GRAPEVINE Brownstone 17 4 69000

BEGGAR ON A BEACH OF GOLD Mike + The Mechanics 8 12 210450

HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 60 2 16200

YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME Paul Weller 37 6 82450

WHOOMP! THERE IT IS Clock 9 8 178450

EVIDENCE Faith No More 65 1 7000

TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME Bobby Brown 4 18 594400

I’LL BE AROUND Rappin 4 Tay Featuring The Detroit Spinners 10 9 223300

I GO WILD The Rolling Stones 30 4 52500

IT’S LULU Boo Radleys 53 2 18350

RUN BABY RUN Sheryl Crow 36 4 57400

LIVE FOREVER Oasis 20 6 88850

IF I WAS Aswad 54 2 18500

(EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME) I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Baby D 17 12 199250

HAPPY MN8 37 4 43250

JOY IN LUST The Wildhearts 70 1 6000

TAKE A BOW Madonna 1 37 1474550

Oh now I really liked that Michelle Gayle track at the time too so nothing to be ashamed about there!

 

(although in retrospect it's all down to that Chic sample!)

Edited September 1, 20177 yr by dandy*

 

 

2 ( 7 ) I FEEL LOVE ’95 Donna Summer (The original version from the 70's is such a classic)

3 ( 1 ) WATERFALLS TLC (I remember this from We're The Millers. Sad to hear about what happened to Left Eye BTW)

6 ( 8 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

7 ( NEW ) FAIRGROUND Simply Red (This sampled the drums of Give It Up by The Goodmen)

8 ( 14 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

9 ( 10 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

10 ( 13 ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

11 ( 4 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

13 ( 19 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2 (from Batman Forever)

14 ( 12 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass ("We are young, we are free". I Should Coco is such a good album)

15 ( 18 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

18 ( NEW ) FANTASY Mariah Carey (This samples the riff of Genius Of Love by Tom Tom Club)

22 ( 20 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal (also from Batman Forever)

28 ( 28 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

31 ( 53 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Kenny Thomas

33 ( 21 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds (I have Jollification on cassette)

34 ( 22 ) IL ADORE Boy George

35 ( 23 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul (RIP Melissa Bell)

36 ( 24 ) DESTINATION ESCHATON The Shamen (My favourite songs by them are Ebeneezer Goode, Move Any Mountain, Boss Drum, Comin' On, Re-Evolution and Phorever People. I also have En-Tact and Boss Drum both on vinyl)

45 ( 43 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins (He's from The Orange Juice. One of my friends' favourite bands. He gave me a copy of Orange Juice's The Orange Juice album on vinyl)

47 ( 47 ) I LUV U BABY The Original

51 ( 29 ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (and the holy ghost) Black Grape

57 ( 41 ) 3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson

59 ( 56 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

61 ( 45 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon

62 ( 61 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

64 ( 64 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

66 ( 55 ) COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

67 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

69 ( 68 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox (It's that song that Nicki Minaj sampled on, the track Your Love)

70 ( NEW ) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU The Rembrandts (The Friends theme song. "So no one told you life was gonna be this way" (clap clap clap clap) )

 

Gulp! It's been over 3 years since I paid attention to this thread, oops! Let's go with some 90's nostalgia again :lol:

 

3rd September 1995

 

It's up to the top spot for Donna Summer's inspirationally-influential I Feel Love, which entered my chart at 1 in 1977 and stayed there for 5 weeks, before Giorgio Moroder's masterpiece was tinkered with for a top 5 in 1982, and tinkered with again in 1995. No remix will ever be as good or important as the original, but it's hard to damage fatally. Mariah Carey, hot off her chart-topper with her Xmas classic, samples Tom Tom Club's fab Genius Of Love and gets another top 10 with the fab Fantasy, one of her very best records. Mariah doesn't usually chart high for me...

 

Note the Blur vs Oasis hype didn't work on me - a reminder Blur peaked at 8 and Oasis 15. TLC vs Michelle Gayle in my charts (and they both won with better tracks) :P

 

Kenny Thomas keeps up his retro-white-soul run with another top 10, When I Think Of You not to be confused with the Janet Jackson remix of her 1986 number 2 Jam & Lewis classic. Squeeze return to the top 10, much deserved some 17 years since the brilliant Take Me I'm Yours hit 3 in my charts, always classy, and This Summer is one of their very best. Diana Ross hits the 20 with what might well be her final new material to get that high after 27 years non-stop big hits, albeit less-big as we go into the late 80's and 90's, as Real McCoy climb fast to 20 with a track that thankfully isn't a cover of the similarly-titled brilliant Redbone song.

 

C.J. Lewis gets a big climb at least in my charts as they dried up in the official UK charts, my love of reggae is lifelong, and a significant dance new entry for De'Lacy's Hideaway, still regularly making dance charts 25 years later in updated mixes, in at 31. Echobelly pop in at 39 with one I've forgotten, not so much Great Things as promised, but I'm sure it's good. Someone called Gumpie enters with an alternate version of the monstrosity that still regularly gets pulled out at pubs I go to in the Canaries, talk about taking a brilliant, emotional track and killing it dead. Stick to the original New World version of Living Next Door To Alice from 1972, or the fab original Smokie version from 1976 before they cashed-in their self-respect for dosh.

 

Talking of cover versions, Berri does a half-decent dance cover of a better more-complete Elkie Brooks top 10 song from 1977, in at 51, Annie Lennox tackles Bob Marley's brilliant Waiting In Vain which went top 10 for me, also in 1977, Morrissey pops in for one week-only with Dagenham Dave. I've never mate Dave, possibly he introduced Mozza to Sandie Shaw back in the 80's as she was famously Made In Dagenham. Celine sneaks in with a French-language song. Sacre bleu! Scatman John stretches his 5 minutes of fame to 10 minutes, Electrafixion debut - think of them as Ian McEcho on a non-Bunnymen side project, and Lenny Kravitz in bottom rung with a sadly-accurate prediction, albeit 15 or 20 years early.

 

1 ( 2 ) I FEEL LOVE ’95 Donna Summer

2 ( 3 ) WATERFALLS TLC

3 ( 1 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

4 ( 6 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

5 ( 7 ) FAIRGROUND Simply Red

6 ( 4 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

7 ( 18 ) FANTASY Mariah Carey

8 ( 5 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

9 ( 31 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Kenny Thomas

10 ( 19 ) THIS SUMMER Squeeze

 

11 ( 8 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

12 ( 9 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

13 ( 10 ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

14 ( 27 ) TAKE ME HIGHER Diana Ross

15 ( 15 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

16 ( 13 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

17 ( 11 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

18 ( 25 ) GIMME SOME SIGN Danielle Brisboix

19 ( 14 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

20 ( 40 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE The Real McCoy

 

21 ( 17 ) ALICE WHO THE F*** IS ALICE Smokie featuring some git

22 ( 30 ) SUMMERTIME HEALING Eusebe

23 ( 12 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

24 ( 32 ) RUNAWAY/WHEN I THINK OF YOU (REMIX) Janet Jackson

25 ( 21 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

26 ( 56 ) R TO A C.J. Lewis

27 ( 38 ) OHIO Utah Saints

28 ( 22 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

29 ( 16 ) PUSH Moist

30 ( 28 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

 

31 ( NEW ) HIDEAWAY De’Lacy

32 ( 20 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

33 ( 23 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

34 ( 24 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

35 ( 49 ) EVERYBODY Clock

36 ( 26 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH Ali Campbell

37 ( 37 ) SHY GUY Diana King

38 ( 50 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Hootie & The Blowfish

39 ( NEW ) GREAT THINGS Echobelly

40 ( 44 ) JUST WHEN YOU’RE THINKING THINGS OVER The Charlatans

 

41 ( 34 ) IL ADORE Boy George

42 ( 35 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

43 ( NEW ) WHO THE f*** IS ALICE Gumpie

44 ( 42 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

45 ( 33 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

46 ( 70 ) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU The Rembrandts

47 ( 43 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

48 ( 46 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

49 ( 29 ) HOPE STREET The Levellers

50 ( 45 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

 

51 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN Berri

52 ( 47 ) I LUV U BABY The Original

53 ( 36 ) DESTINATION ESCHATON The Shamen

54 ( 60 ) LIKE LOVERS DO Lloyd Cole

55 ( 41 ) THE KEY Matt Goss

56 ( 48 ) THE IDOL Marc Almond

57 ( 39 ) WATCH WHAT YOU SAY Guru featuring Chaka Khan

58 ( NEW ) WAITING IN VAIN Annie Lennox

59 ( 59 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

60 ( 55 ) FINE TIME Cast

 

61 ( 64 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

62 ( 62 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

63 ( NEW ) DAGENHAM DAVE Morrissey

64 ( NEW ) POUR QUE TU M’AIMES ENCORE Celine Dion

65 ( 63 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

66 ( 67 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING The Righteous Brothers

67 ( 65 ) BAD TIME The Jayhawks

68 ( NEW ) SCATMAN’S WORLD Scatman John

69 ( 69 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

70 ( 75 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

 

71 ( 72 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

72 ( 74 ) SKY HIGH Newton

73 ( 73 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

74 ( NEW ) LOWDOWN Electrafixion

75 ( NEW ) ROCK AND ROLL IS DEAD Lenny Kravitz

 

 

DROP OUTS:

 

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Black Grape 20 5wks 72250

THE GOOD LIFE The New Power Generation 33 2wks 29200

KEEP WARM Jinny 32 4wks 64150

COME ON HOME Cyndi Lauper 30 5wks 82500

3 IS FAMILY Dana Dawson 10 7wks 149450

I’M YOUR MAN Lisa Moorish featuring George Michael 39 5wks 56600

IN THE SUMMERTIME Shaggy featuring Rayvon 15 11wks 176950

COMMON PEOPLE Pulp 9 15wks 271150

ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH Shara Nelson 68 1wk 6400

LADY LUCK Rod Stewart 50 2wks 17800

 

 

playlist oldies

1 12 GREATEST HITS Neil Diamond

2 HOLD ME NOW Thompson Twins

3 ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

10th September 1995

 

It's a first-ever week on top for Simply Red and their best record, no question, Fairground, a great sample and a joyous song, and it's only taken them a decade to get a chart-topper. Alison Krauss grabs a first top 10 with her cover of The Foundations Baby Now That I've Found You, bluegrass style, while D:Ream keep the top 10's coming with an instant new entry at 9 for Party Up The World, and belatedly Oasis get Roll With It into the top 10 keeping Blur from going back up again. So they both win that battle.

 

Annie Lennox has a huge climb into the 20 with the Bob Marley cover, as Intastella enter with The Night, a dance cover of the UK 1975 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Northern Soul hit which was 25 years old by this time. The original is better. Meanwhile Michael Bolton has a big entry with Can I Touch You...There at 33. Firstly, at least he asks, secondly he doesn't specify where, and thirdly it's one of his best records. The Rembrandts take the song from Friends into the 40, and 25 years later there is hardly a day goes by that I don't hear it as mum still enjoys the show - cue claps.

 

Lloyd Cole shows 11 years on he can still grab a top 40, Shara Nelson still has some soul action too, the cheesy 90's covers continue with N'Trance attempting to ruin The Bee Gees Stayin' Alive at 45, Erasure come back with a nice one, Stay With Me, to celebrate a decade of chart entries, and Manic Street Preachers cover Burt Bacharach. Yes, really! Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head is a 1970 Butch Cassidy soundtrack gem from B.J. Thomas, and the 3rd version to chart is this one. PM Dawn are back with another goodie, Downtown Venus, Shaggy starts Phase 2 in his chart domination with Boombastic, which is fun but not quite Oh Carolina for me.

 

Bon Jovi are looking for something for the pain, Mike + The Mechanics are having a coffee pondering 9 years of chart action as Bon Jovi ponder the same, and finally Nick Heyward is singing about The World a good 14 years on since he was more interested in his favourite shirts.

 

1 ( 5 ) FAIRGROUND Simply Red

2 ( 2 ) WATERFALLS TLC

3 ( 3 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

4 ( 1 ) I FEEL LOVE ’95 Donna Summer

5 ( 7 ) FANTASY Mariah Carey

6 ( 4 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

7 ( 9 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Kenny Thomas

8 ( 25 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

9 ( NEW ) PARTY UP THE WORLD D:Ream

10 ( 15 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

11 ( 11 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

12 ( 6 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

13 ( 10 ) THIS SUMMER Squeeze

14 ( 14 ) TAKE ME HIGHER Diana Ross

15 ( 8 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

16 ( 18 ) GIMME SOME SIGN Danielle Brisboix

17 ( 24 ) RUNAWAY/WHEN I THINK OF YOU (REMIX) Janet Jackson

18 ( 58 ) WAITING IN VAIN Annie Lennox

19 ( 31 ) HIDEAWAY De’Lacy

20 ( 12 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

 

21 ( 17 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

22 ( 26 ) R TO A C.J. Lewis

23 ( 39 ) GREAT THINGS Echobelly

24 ( 13 ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

25 ( 16 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

26 ( 38 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Hootie & The Blowfish

27 ( 19 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

28 ( NEW ) THE NIGHT Intastella

29 ( 21 ) ALICE WHO THE F*** IS ALICE Smokie featuring Roy Chubby Brown

30 ( 30 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

 

31 ( 20 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE The Real McCoy

32 ( 23 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

33 ( NEW ) CAN I TOUCH YOU...THERE Michael Bolton

34 ( 37 ) SHY GUY Diana King

35 ( 54 ) LIKE LOVERS DO Lloyd Cole

36 ( 28 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

37 ( 46 ) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU The Rembrandts

38 ( 27 ) OHIO Utah Saints

39 ( RE ) ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH Shara Nelson

40 ( 51 ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN Berri

 

41 ( 32 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

42 ( 22 ) SUMMERTIME HEALING Eusebe

43 ( 33 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

44 ( 34 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

45 ( NEW ) STAYIN’ ALIVE N’Trance

46 ( 29 ) PUSH Moist

47 ( 64 ) POUR QUE TU M’AIMES ENCORE Celine Dion

48 ( 44 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

49 ( 48 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

50 ( 50 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

 

51 ( 41 ) IL ADORE Boy George

52 ( NEW ) STAY WITH ME Erasure

53 ( 35 ) EVERYBODY Clock

54 ( 68 ) SCATMAN’S WORLD Scatman John

55 ( 47 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

56 ( 36 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH Ali Campbell

57 ( NEW ) RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD Manic Street Preachers

58 ( 42 ) LOVE ENUFF Soul II Soul

59 ( 45 ) PERFECT The Lightning Seeds

60 ( 75 ) ROCK AND ROLL IS DEAD Lenny Kravitz

 

61 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

62 ( 62 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

63 ( 43 ) WHO THE f*** IS ALICE Gumpie

64 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN VENUS PM Dawn

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

66 ( 59 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

67 ( NEW ) BOOMBASTIC Shaggy

68 ( 65 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

69 ( NEW ) SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN Bon Jovi

70 ( 69 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

 

71 ( NEW ) ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE Mike + The Mechanics

72 ( 71 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

73 ( 70 ) WHITE LINES (DON’T DON’T DO IT) Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash

74 ( 73 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

75 ( NEW ) THE WORLD Nick Heyward

 

playlist of the week

1 FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor

2 ELIZABETHAN SERENADE Mantovani

3 SHE SOLD ME MAGIC Reg Dwight aka Elton John

I haven't commented on here for a long time so here goes.....I do like both Fairground and the song it sampled 'Give It Up'. Waterfalls has been a bit overplayed but is still good, 74, 75 is a lovely song and Hideaway by De Lacy is my third favourite dance track of 1995 after Your Loving Arms by Billie Ray Martin and Right In The Night by Jam and Spoon. Dentists' anthem Alright by Supergrass I remember from when I was younger on the radio quite a bit, Kiss From A Rose - brilliant with its medieval baroque music influenced instrumental, I'll Be there For You - didn't watch Friends but remember the song when I was younger and its a good song in its own right, Berri - Sunshine After The Rain is a decent enough dance track, better than N'Trance Stayin Alive but not as good as Everybody by Clock which is good fun, pity Clock went downhill soon afterwards into mediocre pop cover versions of 70s songs. For N'Trance, Electronic Pleasure, their next single, is great and lives up to its title. Scatman's World is not as good as his first hit which I really like. 'Scream' I definitively prefer to the rather cheesy 'You Are Not Alone' and Annie Lennox's version of 'No More I Love You's much like Donna Lewis' I Love You Always Forever from the following year is one of the 90s ballads I remember from when I was younger, they are both such atmospheric tracks. Right Beside You' still in the top 75 at this stage for you, probably my favourite chart hit of 1994 so I am not complaining at it being still there. 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' still sounds great.

Edited September 18, 20204 yr by Garden Snake

I haven't commented on here for a long time so here goes.....I do like both Fairground and the song it sampled 'Give It Up'. Waterfalls has been a bit overplayed but is still good, 74, 75 is a lovely song and Hideaway by De Lacy is my third favourite dance track of 1995 after Your Loving Arms by Billie Ray Martin and Right In The Night by Jam and Spoon. Dentists' anthem Alright by Supergrass I remember from when I was younger on the radio quite a bit, Kiss From A Rose - brilliant with its medieval baroque music influenced instrumental, I'll Be there For You - didn't watch Friends but remember the song when I was younger and its a good song in its own right, Berri - Sunshine After The Rain is a decent enough dance track, better than N'Trance Stayin Alive but not as good as Everybody by Clock which is good fun, pity Clock went downhill soon afterwards into mediocre pop cover versions of 70s songs. For N'Trance, Electronic Pleasure, their next single, is great and lives up to its title. Scatman's World is not as good as his first hit which I really like. 'Scream' I definitively prefer to the rather cheesy 'You Are Not Alone' and Annie Lennox's version of 'No More I Love You's much like Donna Lewis' I Love You Always Forever from the following year is one of the 90s ballads I remember from when I was younger, they are both such atmospheric tracks. Right Beside You' still in the top 75 at this stage for you, probably my favourite chart hit of 1994 so I am not complaining at it being still there. 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' still sounds great.

 

Thanks Snakey, no worries, it's been years since I posted! :o Jam & Spoon's Right In The Night is also one of my top dance tracks of '95. I've not heard Clock in 20-odd years so I must re-play them - hearing some of these tracks has been an eye opener, f'rexample the Jam & Spoon follow-up went top 5 for me (Find Me) but I barely remember it! Probably because I have never replayed all my tapes of the 90's between 1991 and 1997, so I rely on what pops up on the radio - so if they havent popped up, it's been a LONG time since I heard them!

 

I agree about Scream, the media were slagging off the wrong song in my eyes - the R.Kelly dirge was and is inferior to anything with Janet Jackson on it and a space video! :D Right Beside You may well be my fave track of 1994, I need to revisit the 90's to see how my tastes have changed over the years!

17th September 1995

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Simply Red's fab Fairground, with fab Fantasy at 2 for Mariah Carey, her 2nd-biggest track to date (both in 1995, and 2020) her 3rd of only 4 top 10's in my chart over 30 years of charting. The next one won't be until 2005. Dream Lover in 1993 was the first top 3, the Xmas classic topped my chart in '94, and We Belong Together hit 10. Erasure menawhile just shoot right into the top 10 with Stay With Me, keeping their run of top 10's a decade long and generally getting one each year, at least. Michael Bolton, OTOH, rarely gets into the top 10 - but has done it this week...there! Janet Jackson is another who invariably goes top 10 at least once or twice or thrice a year when she has an album out, ditto Runaway.

 

Highest new entry is Jam & Spoon following-up with Find Me at 5, a good track, but one I've largely forgotten, while Foo Fighters enter at 30 following up debut This Is A Call, and starting that long run of hits as they will indeed Stick Around. Nick Heyward is still going top 40, with a great jangly guitar track, The World, while PM Dawn also move towards the jangly guitar, being as it's all the rage in 1995. Whigfield is back, with a ballad, at 51 Close To You (but not THAT ballad), Pulp enter at 54 with the latest goodie, t'other side not having registered on me yet, just Sorted For E's & Whizz. Not that I have any idea what either of those things are, but The Shamen reckon Ebeneezer Goode. Apparently.

 

k.d.Land returns with a typically classy ballad, at 59 If I Were You, Prince slips his latest attempt to sabotage his own career, Eye Hate U, in at 64, which is more than generous a chart position, and new Inspiral Carpets starts to sound like old Inspiral Carpets with Joe at 75.

 

1 ( 1 ) FAIRGROUND Simply Red

2 ( 5 ) FANTASY Mariah Carey

3 ( 4 ) I FEEL LOVE ’95 Donna Summer

4 ( 2 ) WATERFALLS TLC

5 ( NEW ) FIND ME Jam & Spoon featuring Plavka

6 ( 52 ) STAY WITH ME Erasure

7 ( 8 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Alison Krauss

8 ( 33 ) CAN I TOUCH YOU...THERE Michael Bolton

9 ( 3 ) HAPPY JUST TO BE WITH YOU Michelle Gayle

10 ( 17 ) RUNAWAY/WHEN I THINK OF YOU (REMIX) Janet Jackson

 

11 ( 9 ) PARTY UP THE WORLD D’Ream

12 ( 6 ) 74 - ’75 The Connells

13 ( 13 ) THIS SUMMER Squeeze

14 ( 7 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Kenny Thomas

15 ( 11 ) COUNTRY HOUSE Blur

16 ( 19 ) HIDEAWAY De’Lacy

17 ( 18 ) WAITING IN VAIN Annie Lennox

18 ( 10 ) ROLL WITH IT Oasis

19 ( 28 ) THE NIGHT Intastella

20 ( 26 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Hootie & The Blowfish

 

21 ( 12 ) ON THE BIBLE Deuce

22 ( 14 ) TAKE ME HIGHER Diana Ross

23 ( 15 ) HUMAN NATURE Madonna

24 ( 16 ) GIMME SOME SIGN Danielle Brisboix

25 ( 45 ) STAYIN’ ALIVE N’Trance

26 ( 22 ) R TO THE A C.J. Lewis

27 ( 20 ) YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morissette

28 ( 30 ) YOU ARE NOT ALONE Michael Jackson

29 ( 25 ) HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME KILL ME U2

30 ( NEW ) I’LL STICK AROUND Foo Fighters

 

31 ( 21 ) NEVER FORGET Take That

32 ( 75 ) THE WORLD Nick Heyward

33 ( 24 ) HAVE FUN GO MAD Blair

34 ( 37 ) I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU The Rembrandts

35 ( 71 ) ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE Mike + The Mechanics

36 ( 67 ) BOOMBASTIC Shaggy

37 ( 39 ) ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH Shara Nelson

38 ( 36 ) KISS FROM A ROSE Seal

39 ( 64 ) DOWNTOWN VENUS PM Dawn

40 ( 47 ) POUR QUE TU M’AIMES ENCORE Celine Dion

 

41 ( 23 ) GREAT THINGS Echobelly

42 ( 27 ) ALRIGHT Supergrass

43 ( 34 ) SHY GUY Diana King

44 ( 35 ) LIKE LOVERS DO Lloyd Cole

45 ( 29 ) ALICE WHO THE F*** IS ALICE Smokie featuring Roy Chubby Brown

46 ( 32 ) PANINARO ’95/INTO THE NIGHT '95 Pet Shop Boys

47 ( 31 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE The Real McCoy

48 ( 40 ) SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN Berri

49 ( 49 ) YES McAlmont & Butler

50 ( 50 ) A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins

 

51 ( NEW ) CLOSE TO YOU Whigfield

52 ( 43 ) STUCK ON U PJ & Duncan

53 ( 48 ) THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks

54 ( NEW ) SORTED FOR E’S AND WHIZZ Pulp

55 ( 54 ) SCATMAN’S WORLD Scatman John

56 ( 38 ) OHIO Utah Saints

57 ( 44 ) TRY TRY TRY Julian Cope

58 ( 41 ) I’M ONLY SLEEPING Suggs

59 ( NEW ) IF I WERE YOU k.d. Lang

60 ( 55 ) SCREAM Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

 

61 ( 61 ) DANCING QUEEN/EAGLE Abba

62 ( 42 ) SUMMERTIME HEALING Eusebe

63 ( 62 ) BACK FOR GOOD Take That

64 ( NEW ) EYE HATE YOU Prince

65 ( 51 ) IL ADORE Boy George

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

67 ( 69 ) SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN Bon Jovi

68 ( 46 ) PUSH Moist

69 ( 66 ) GUAGLIONE Perez ‘Prez’ Prado and His Orchestra

70 ( 63 ) WHO THE f*** IS ALICE Gumpie

 

71 ( 70 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S Annie Lennox

72 ( 68 ) BEST IN ME Let Loose

73 ( 72 ) RIGHT BESIDE YOU Sophie B. Hawkins

74 ( 74 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS/ ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Cliff Richard and Phil Everley

75 ( NEW ) JOE Inspiral Carpets

 

playlist

1 “Glittering Prizes” Simple Minds

2 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Nirvana

3 DESIRE U2

The Erasure self titled album was so great, it’s easily one of their best and didn’t deserve to be the point at which they saw such a drastic decline in popularity. Stay With Me was lovely, although the next single was even better :wub:

 

Also, I really had a soft spot for Shara Nelson. Such a shame her solo material never really took off and she was consigned so quickly to the pile of forgotten singers.

The Erasure self titled album was so great, it’s easily one of their best and didn’t deserve to be the point at which they saw such a drastic decline in popularity. Stay With Me was lovely, although the next single was even better :wub:

 

Also, I really had a soft spot for Shara Nelson. Such a shame her solo material never really took off and she was consigned so quickly to the pile of forgotten singers.

 

Yes I rather liked Stay With Me and the change of pace for Erasure, but it probably had the same reaction Pet Shop boys fans had to their acoustic album. Shara Nelson had one of the great voices of the 90's, I genuinely believe she could have been a great with the right songwriting team to assist, and I still liked her solo stuff even if no-one else did. Come back Shara! :heart: