February 1, 20169 yr Author Macarena definitely isn't the worst dance number 1 of 1996. It's cheesy but it's nowhere near as cheesy AND BAD as Living Joy and Robert Miles! Children or Fable?
February 1, 20169 yr Well, I figured if we included Whigfield's Saturday Night then we'd have to include Macarena. What about Eurodance smash Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit by Gina G? :o
February 1, 20169 yr Author What about Eurodance smash Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit by Gina G? :o We drew the line there. :lol:
February 1, 20169 yr Gina G is WAY more a dance hit than Macarena! ;) I think I'm more shocked to discover Macarena wasn't a multiple week #1 in the UK!!!
February 1, 20169 yr The chart run for Macarena does seem surprisingly short given how much of a sensation it was! It reminds me more of 1997 than 1996 as it was still being played everywhere the following summer - we went on a family holiday to Ibiza in May 1997 and we heard it all over the place. I always assumed it must have been a million-selling #1 but I don't think it got anywhere near. Definitely the 'Gangnam Style' of its day, cheesy but hugely iconic 90s track.
February 1, 20169 yr Author Stretch 'N' Vern presents Maddog - I'm Alive http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/tonyttt31/imalive.jpg Date 8th Sept 1996 2 Weeks Official Chart Run 6-6-10-14-21-29-36-48-68 (9 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. Stretch & Vern are English producers Julian Peake and Stuart Silvester. They're primarily remix artists and have worked with Spice Girls, Pulp, Robbie Williams, St Etienne and Grandmaster Flash. Julian is an accomplished songwriter, that has seen him work with a variety of different major artists, including Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Little Boots, The Saturdays and Dirty Vegas. They scored a worldwide hit with I'm Alive in 1996. The song is based on the opening instrumental from the 1979 disco classic Boogie Wonderland by Earth Wind and Fire and a sample of The Vision by Prophecy featuring MC Africa True which was a rock/rap hybrid from 1992. For 2 weeks they outsold all other dance tracks in the UK. They followed this up with a Top 20 placing for Get Up Go Insane in 1997 and never appeared as lead artist in the charts after that. Nk0-vtvIZVA Edited February 1, 20169 yr by Colm
February 1, 20169 yr It seems that they repeat "Get rid of soccer noise Get rid of soccer noise Get rid of soccer noise Get rid of soccer noise..."
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February 2, 20169 yr Brilliant track - incredibly underrated in a year of classics. First heard this one around 2004-05 and it was breathtaking, I didn't know what the hell I was listening to but it rocked - really clever how they managed to make a full track out of such a short sample. I think this one had that "What the hell are the lyrics?!" novelty factor that made Klubbhopping a big hit too. Something about being a man with a second face rocking a spacewheel?
February 2, 20169 yr Stretch and Vern was ok I guess. It's interesting that Fatboy Slim was producing some more intelligent dance music at this time but jumped right on to this bandwagon shortly after this. Shame, cos his earlier singles under that name were really pretty good. Not that FBS has anything to do with this record, but I would say it had a direct influence on him.
February 2, 20169 yr Author What's the difference? The difference is that Children came first. You can't conceivably call Children bad for any reason. It's not my favourite song ever but was tastefully done, in an emerging genre. I can't figure out how it could be deemed as bad. Edited February 2, 20169 yr by Colm
February 2, 20169 yr It's horribly twee. Yes, it's better crafted than a simple 4/4 rave track but that doesn't mean it's more enjoyable to listen to. Fable isn't any worse because he just did what practically every dance act has done since the beginning of the genre. That is, when you have a big hit, your follow-up follows the same successful pattern (but always sells less). Good and bad are subjective to the person here and I've never been able to fathom out why people like the melody of Children so much.
February 2, 20169 yr Author Usually when someone uses the word bad they are not bringing their opinion into it - unlike using the words terrible or awful. Someone saying that Children is awful is more acceptable than saying its bad. Do you get my meaning? I'm just not used to someone describing a song that isn't a pastiche or a rip off of some other song, a generic re-hash as bad. I'd expect that you'd be able to see the difference between bad and just something you didn't like.
February 2, 20169 yr Author BBE - Seven Days and One Week http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/tonyttt31/bbe7.jpg Date 22nd Sept 1996 2 Weeks Official Chart Run 4-3-7-10-15-27-37-51-72(9 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. BBE was the brainchild of French producer Emmanuel Top who got together with two Italian producers Bruno Sanchioni and Bruno Quartier and started making music in 1996. It didn't take long for them to hit paydirt as they were catering for the emerging commercial sound of minimal trance. Seven Days continued the trend of instrumental dance hits reaching the top 5 - following Robert Miles' Children and Mark Snow's Theme from X Files - the later of which some had seen as an influence on Seven Days.... A top 10 hit in at least 13 counties (well, every country that Wikipedia mentioned) within in the same year as your groups starts is nothing to be dismissed. We'll hear more from B.B.E later. lpkLcfbOra4
February 2, 20169 yr great one, love it!!! we'll hear more from them?? cannot recall any other BBE song :D I'm surprised you care so much about a single person saying he didn't like Children, God forbid there was an unanimous praise for a song here in Buzzjack, there's always some weird guy that is not gonna appreciate an amazing song no matter what...
February 2, 20169 yr Total perfection. Was kind of the start of trance (along with Robert Miles) making a presence in the UK.
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