October 20, 20159 yr Author I dont like when this has dropped off the first page in the chart forum but it is my fault. Been busy with brother's wedding over the weekend. 1994 starting soon. Predix?
October 20, 20159 yr Predix? Hopefully at least one record by The Prodigy but otherwise it'll be pretty poor I reckon.
October 20, 20159 yr Ah well, there's one decent act that came out of the Production House stable who are guaranteed a number one in 1994...but there's also a song ruined by future association, a singing bathroom salesman and some dreadful bouncy Charleston-house from Holland... ...and I have the latter on 7" :blush:
October 20, 20159 yr It's probably fair to say that the indie charts make more interesting reading in 94 than the dance - however there are some absolute gems. The chart turnover in the Top 10 during summer of 1994 went into what seemed like terminal decline (a bit like clubbing in 2015) however sales and marketing strategies changed significantly towards the end of the year.
October 20, 20159 yr 1994 starting soon. Predix? First I believed Rhythm Is A Dancer was a hit from 94 but it was from 92. God I'm old and can't remember properly :wacko: But for sure there were other Snap songs from 94? Walcome To Tomorrow? :wub:
October 20, 20159 yr Author D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss8/moopyblog/09ac4a24-8ed1-496d-9500-97ab04133190_zps0d95d250.jpg Date 2nd Jan 1994 9 Weeks Official Chart Run 10-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-5-13-20-26-34-35-50-57 *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. D:Ream, consisting of Peter Cunnah and Al Mackenzie, emerged from Derry in 1992 with an EP called 4 Things to Come. It was here that their eventual break through hit Things Can Only Get Better first appeared. Prior to forming D:Ream, Peter was lead guitarist with Belfast based band Tie the Boy. When the band moved to London, in-fighting amongst the members of that band led rapidly to its split. Finding himself in London's club scene and already a producer, he originally conceived D:Ream as a way of re-using songs from his previous band. At that point he met DJ Al Mackenzie and collaborated on what was proposed to be a series of dance records by a 'faceless' dance act which would be fronted live and on record by an as yet unfound female singer, leaving Cunnah free to concentrate on songwriting and production and Mackenzie free to concentrate on DJing. That didn't work out as planned as later in 1992 their next single Ur The Best Thing was released, reaching the Top 75 and gaining notoriety as Pete Tong's essential tune of 1992, albeit in Sasha's remix form. When Cian McCarthy joined the band on saxophone, Things Can Only Get Better came next in January 1993 giving them a Top 30 hit and mainstream exposure. Not wanting to give up on what they felt was a potential hit, they released Ur The Best Thing a second time and this time it made the Top 20 and provided an an even higher profile for the band. A couple more minor hits ensued before a touring support slot with the biggest pop band of the year (Take That) gave them the huge exposure to hit big with Things Can Only Get Better which was further remixed and unleashed in January 1994. A surfeit of remixes gave it huge club exposure too. Along with the already existing Danny Rampling mixes there was an Overworld mix, a D:Reamix, a 12" instrumental and mix, a Superfly Developmental vocal version, a vocal edit and dub, a US mix, a radio edit, a 7" edit, an MK Trance mix and an album version. After this gigantic hit they followed it up with a third release of Ur The Best Thing which also hit the official Top 5 but was outsold by a certain track alluded to by richie above :D and so wont be featuring in this rundown. The band became a one man operation after this period of success and continued to churn out minor hits until the end of 1995. Much was made of the band's decision to let the Labour Party use Things... as a music theme for their 1997 election campaign. Peter Cunnah was said to have regretted this move afterwards. It did give them a re-release opportunity that year and Things...became a hit for the third time. It charted on downloads in 2014 at number 66 after a campaign by Sunderland A.F.C. to get the song back in the charts, after they adopted it as their anthem. XTWm0s7ZwDY Edited October 20, 20159 yr by Colm
October 20, 20159 yr Author It's probably fair to say that the indie charts make more interesting reading in 94 than the dance - however there are some absolute gems. The chart turnover in the Top 10 during summer of 1994 went into what seemed like terminal decline (a bit like clubbing in 2015) however sales and marketing strategies changed significantly towards the end of the year. You mean it slowed down?
October 20, 20159 yr Congratulations - that's the first time D:Ream have been mentioned in five years without some reference to Brian Cox.
October 20, 20159 yr Author Congratulations - that's the first time D:Ream have been mentioned in five years without some reference to Brian Cox. :D I decided that was irrelevant.
October 20, 20159 yr It charted on downloads in 2014 at number 19 after a successful campaign by Sunderland A.F.C. to get the song back in the charts, after they adopted it as their anthem. The official peak in 2014 was #66 - #19 was its 1997 peak.
October 20, 20159 yr Author The official peak in 2014 was #66 - #19 was its 1997 peak. Indeed it was. I misread Polyhex. :D
October 21, 20159 yr As a Sunderland fan, that's quite typical - even our chart campaigns are unsuccessful!
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