April 18, 201510 yr Yay awesome for ATC! It seems that "Drifting Away" is just criminally underrated here.
April 18, 201510 yr 2002 +10 Mad'house - Like A Prayer Loved this, 2002 must have been the year for Madonna covers/samples +9 Alizee - Moi… Lolita :wub: This was huge on the music channels but only peaked at 9 in the charts... +8 dB Boulevard - Point of View +7 Goldtrix presents Andrea Brown - It's Love (Trippin') +6 Dee Dee - Forever +5 Ali G feat. Shaggy - Me Julie :lol: +4 Who Da Funk feat. Jessica Eve - Shiny Disco Balls +3 Moony - Dove (I'll Be Loving You) +2 Nigel & Marvin - Follow Da Leader Gutted this charted higher than the Chocolate Puma original, only by one place but still... +1 Rhianna - Oh Baby 2003 +10 Lee Cabrera feat. Alex Cartana - Shake It (Move A Little Closer) :wub: First heard this on Radio 1 when I was on holiday in Jersey during a heat wave!! +9 Kurtis Mantronik presents Chamonix - How Did You Know +8 Mel Blatt - Do Me Wrong Though technically she did get an artist credit in 2001 on the Artful Dodger track 'Twentyfourseven' +7 D Kay & Epsilon feat. Stamina MC - Barcelona +6 Royksopp - Eple +5 Bhangra Knights vs. Husan - Husan +4 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love +3 Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke +2 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World +1 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv So many great tracks to choose from and some forgotten gems I think I might need to download :P Edited April 19, 201510 yr by James1987
April 18, 201510 yr +9 Alizee - Moi… Lolita :wub: This was huge on the music channels but only peaked at 9 in the charts... I think this and Scooter's The Logical Song - and XTM's Fly On The Wings Of Love - were the hits they were because of the music channels. Alizee had been a French hit way back in 2000 and seemed unlikely to chart here (particularly given it's not in English) but huge airplay thanks to The Box probably got it that surprise top 10 hit. Similarly, the long chart runs of Scooter and XTM are supported by major airplay on the same channels. I think the same might be the case for O-Zone and Dana Rayne, both of which we'll see in the 2004-2005 thread.
April 20, 201510 yr Author does anyone else want to vote in this? :D I'll be opening the next round tomorrow evening so get to it
April 20, 201510 yr 10 Alizee 9 Mad'house 8 Nick Carter 7 Jesicca Garlick 6 Russell Watson and Faye Tozer 5 Jan Wayne 4 ATC 3 DJ Sammy 2 Vanessa Carlton 1 Dee Dee 10 XTM 9 Ainslie Henderson 8 Kevin Lyttle 7 Tomcraft 6 Counting Crows 5 Jemini 4 The Idols 3 Kira 2 Room 5 1 Lumidee
April 20, 201510 yr ATC - Around The World should be on this actually so if anyone wants to edit it into their 2002 votes make sure you do so before the deadline Edited in! :wub:
April 20, 201510 yr 2002 01. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles [FAVOURITE!] 02. Mad'house - Like A Prayer 03. DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven 04. Puretone - Addicted To Bass 05. ATC - Around the World (La La La La La) 06. Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want 07. Michelle Branch - Everywhere 08. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 09. Trinity-X - Forever 10. Paffendorf - Be CoolI too have edited ATC in! :D
April 21, 201510 yr ATC - Around The World should be on this actually so if anyone wants to edit it into their 2002 votes make sure you do so before the deadline edited it in! such a tune :wub:
April 21, 201510 yr Author Voting has now closed, so let's take a look at which 10 songs have made it through to the final 75. We'll start with 2002: In fifth place we have a Madonna tribute, but sadly 'The Wheels On The Bus' could only get as high as 12th :cry: It's a cover of her #1 hit 'Like A Prayer' which reached #3. As their name suggests it's a house version. V4vSbVWm6F8 In fourth it's one of the unluckiest #2 hits of all time. Losing out by a small margin that it could have made up had it not leaked the Saturday beforehand, as well as being in competition with Aaliyah's first posthumous release, it's the banging Puretone 'Addicted To Bass'. wmwGGLrDvfE Beating Puretone into the top 3 by one point it's one of the biggest novelty songs released in my lifetime, 'The Ketchup Song' by appropriately named Las Ketchup, who later represented Eurovision but by that time no-one cared so this was their only hit single. AMT698ArSfQ Vanessa Carlton. Cwkej79U3ek And beating that really overrated song is 'Heaven' by DJ Sammy, who actually had other hits, but this was the only hit single for Yanou who shares the lead credit. It easily makes #1 here, with over 100 points. rogM1w6lfBM Here is the full recap of 2002, including the songs that didn't qualify for the final: dB Boulevard was looking like making it nearly the whole way through so sad to see that just fall short :( 1 DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven 114 2 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 84 3 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 66 4 Puretone - Addicted To Bass 65 5 Mad'house - Like A Prayer 59 ---- 6 Alizee - Moi… Lolita 56 7 dB Boulevard - Point of View 50 8 ATC - Around The World 43 9 Milky - Just The Way You Are 35 10 Jessica Garlick - Come Back 33 11 Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want 32 12 Mad Donna - The Wheels On The Bus 29 13 4 Strings - Take Me Away (Into The Night) 28 14 Paffendorf - Be Cool 23 15 Lange feat. Skye - Drifting Away 22 16 Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever 22 17 Tweet - Oops (Oh My) 21 18 Shakedown - At Night 19 19 Tillmann Uhrmacher - On the Run 18 20 Minimalistix - Close Cover 17 21 X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne - Lazy 16 22 Tim Deluxe feat. Sam Obernik - It Just Won't Do 16 23 Michelle Branch - Everywhere 15 24 Goldtrix presents Andrea Brown - It's Love (Trippin') 15 25 Dee Dee - Forever 14 26 Moony - Dove (I'll Be Loving You) 13 27 Truth Hurts feat. Rakim - Addictive 12 28 DJ Markey & XRS feat. Stamina MC - LK (Carolina Carol Bela) 10 29 Nick Carter - Help Me 10 30 Rhianna - Oh Baby 10 31 Russell Watson & Faye Tozer - Someone Like You 10 32 Jan Wayne - Because The Night 9 33 Trinity-X - Forever 8 34 Dirty Vegas - Days Go By 8 35 DJ Aligator Project - The Whistle Song (Blow My Whistle Bitch) 8 36 Ladies First - I Can't Wait 5 37 Ali G feat. Shaggy - Me Julie 5 38 Who Da Funk feat. Jessica Eve - Shiny Disco Balls 5 39 M Factor - Mother 4 40 Timo Maas - To Get Down 4 41 Rainbow (DJ George & MC Zippy) - It's A Rainbow 3 42 Nigel & Marvin - Follow Da Leader 2 43 Rikki & Daz feat. Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (Giddy Up Giddy Up) 2 44 X-Ecutioners - It's Goin' Down 2 45 Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising 1 46 P.O.D. - Alive 1 47 The Vines - Outtathaway 1 48 1 Giant Leap feat. Maxi Jazz & Robbie Williams - My Culture 0 49 Dirt Devils - The Drill 0 50 Distant Soundz - Time After Time 0 51 Dreamcatcher - I Don't Wanna Lose My Way 0 52 Irv Gotti presents The Inc feat. Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore & Vita - Down 4 U 0 53 John Otway - Bunsen Burner 0 54 Lisbon Lions feat. Martin O'Neill & The Celtic Chorus - The Best Days Of Our Lives 0 55 Mark Picchiotti presents Basstoy feat. Dana - Runnin' 0 56 N.O.R.E. - Nothin' 0 57 Pay As U Go - Champagne Dance 0 58 Platinum 45 feat. More Fire Crew - Oi 0 59 The Reelists - Freak Mode 0 Here's how the final 75 is looking so far~ 2000 Andreas Johnson - Glorious 2000 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence 2002 DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven 2001 Kate Winslet - What If 2002 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 2002 Mad'house - Like A Prayer 2000 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) 2001 PPK - Resurection 2002 Puretone - Addicted To Bass 2001 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance 2001 Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me 2000 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 2001 The Supermen Lovers feat. Mani Hoffman - Starlight 2002 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 2000 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 Next up, the 2003 results.
April 21, 201510 yr GUTTED for Alizee, especially being so close :( Like I said its one of my all time top 100.
April 21, 201510 yr Author Now we go to 2003 and see which 5 songs qualified: Just making it in is the 2003 Christmas #1 and haunting ballad version of 'Mad World' by Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules, neither of them had further hits. It beats the #6 song by one point (I'll keep you waiting to see which song that was). 0Az2BvTcshg At #4 is an urban song with no female vocals :o It does sound surprising considering this is Buzzjack, but not really because 'Turn Me On' is a proper classic and has very wide appeal. I'm glad it made it in anyway as it's very good for its genre. GP3Exc5tCtc More urban in third and this time it's from Lumidee with her catchy but generally forgotten tune 'Never Leave You' (I hadn't heard it for ages before the Radio 1 OHW show) TBGUFzGnsII Unlike 2002, 2 songs pass the 100 point mark this year. The first of those is #1 hit and the only top 40 hit for Tomcraft with classic trance jam 'Loneliness' :wub: nEROOmxXnfc And to complete a dance top 2 it's 'Fly On The Wings Of Love', a song I did not realise was a Eurovision cover until recently, but this is 100x better than that version anyway and deservingly smashes its way to #1 in this countdown. x4bxUOxY2M0 Here is the full recap of 2003, including the songs that didn't qualify for the final: Royksopp miss out by just one point :o It did a lot better than I thought it would. Poor Room 5 though, I had that down as an easy qualifier :( 1 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love 114 2 Tomcraft - Loneliness 104 3 Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Oooh Uh Oooh) 77 4 Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On 64 5 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World 52 ---- 6 Royksopp - Eple 51 7 Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand) 45 8 Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi 37 9 Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv 37 10 Mel Blatt - Do Me Wrong 35 11 Plummet - Damaged 32 12 Kira - I'll Be Your Angel 30 13 D Kay & Epsilon feat. Stamina MC - Barcelona 29 14 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks 26 15 Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke 26 16 Ainslie Henderson - Keep Me A Secret 23 17 Chingy - Right Thurr 23 18 Kontakt - Show Me A Sign 21 19 Siobhan Donaghy - Overrated 21 20 Bo Selecta - Proper Crimbo 20 21 Turin Brakes - Pain Killer 20 22 Kurtis Mantronik presents Chamonix - How Did You Know 19 23 Jemini - Cry Baby 18 24 Lee Cabrera feat. Alex Cartana - Shake It (Move A Little Closer) 18 25 Zoe Birkett - Treat Me Like A Lady 15 26 Lisa Marie Presley - Lights Out 13 27 Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (vs. Finally) 11 28 The Idols - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 11 29 Bhangra Knights vs. Husan - Husan 10 30 Joe Budden - Pump It Up 8 31 The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It? 2003 8 32 Scooter vs. Acardipane & Rules - Maria (I Like It Loud) 7 33 Queen & Vanguard - Flash 6 34 The Androids - Do It With Madonna 6 35 Jane's Addiction - Just Because 3 36 Tommi - Like What 3 37 Deftones - Minerva 1 38 Obie Trice - Got Some Teeth 1 39 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop 0 40 Dave Gahan - Dirty Sticky Floors 0 41 Erick Sermon feat. Redman - React 0 42 Gary Numan vs. Rico - Crazier 0 43 Milk & Sugar feat. Lizzy Pattinson - Let The Sunshine In 0 44 Mr Redz vs. DJ Skribble - Everybody Come On (Can U Feel It) 0 45 Red 'N' White Machines - Southampton Boys 0 46 Shane Richie - I'm Your Man 0 Here's how the final 75 is looking now~ 2000 Andreas Johnson - Glorious 2000 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence 2002 DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. Do - Heaven 2001 Kate Winslet - What If 2003 Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On 2002 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 2003 Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh Oooh Uh Oooh) 2002 Mad'house - Like A Prayer 2000 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) 2003 Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World 2001 PPK - Resurection 2002 Puretone - Addicted To Bass 2001 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance 2001 Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra - Touch Me 2000 Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 2001 The Supermen Lovers feat. Mani Hoffman - Starlight 2003 Tomcraft - Loneliness 2002 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 2003 XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love 2000 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 Next up, 2004 and 2005 voting, which will be opened in a new thread shortly.
April 21, 201510 yr Lumidee was the only one of 2003 I really really wanted through, so yay for that making it :D
April 21, 201510 yr Your review of Turn Me On is spot on, an absolute classic :wub: Never Leave You is great too, was a complete cash in on the Divali riddim that dominated the summer of 2003. I hear it on radio's old-skool hours often enough but it is quite generally forgotten :(
April 21, 201510 yr None of my top songs made it :drama: :drama: "Never Leave You (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" tho :wub: :wub: :wub:
April 22, 201510 yr DJ Sammy and XTM are perfect victors <3 Glad both have gone down as rightful classics!
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