June 15, 20169 yr a certain act who may be appearing here soon made its Top 40 debut (up from 51) at 39 Aaaarrrgggghhh!! Just realised who this is. 1999 can't end soon enough!
June 15, 20169 yr Author Aaaarrrgggghhh!! Just realised who this is. 1999 can't end soon enough! :D But the song is filed with uncommon pathos and ennui.
June 15, 20169 yr Author There are just 6 entries left. 5 of them will be obvious to chart fans of 1999. Predix?
June 15, 20169 yr There are just 6 entries left. 5 of them will be obvious to chart fans of 1999. Predix? Vengaboys/Eiffel 65/Ann Lee/Wamdue Project/Artful Dodger are the obvious 5 I imagine.
June 15, 20169 yr OMG - this is so emotional coming to the end of this. :( it must be, anyway it's been a really great read over the past year, amazing effort!! will there be plans to continue this into the 2000s?
June 15, 20169 yr Author it must be, anyway it's been a really great read over the past year, amazing effort!! will there be plans to continue this into the 2000s? If it does go ahead (and it's by no means a certainty at all) there will be different personnel involved. Volunteers would be welcome.
June 16, 20169 yr Author Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/tonyttt31/ib.jpg Date 5th Sept 1999 1 Week Official Chart Run 1-4-7-8-14-20-27-34-42-52-64-73 (11 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. We know by now that 1999 was a pretty stratospheric year for sales so it's no surprise to note that Vengaboys were registering week 1 sales of over 140,000. They were easily the second best selling act in the singles chart selling a quarter of a million more than third place, Steps though they trailed the number 1, Britney Spears by nearly 400,000 selling 1.74 million singles by the close of the year. Contributing to this total, handsomely was We're Going To Ibiza. The track was a slight change of pace, with a drop in BPM and a their first cover. It was based on the 1975, reggae-lite, number 1 hit Barbados for British band Typically Tropical. They didn't alter it drastically apart from putting their own unique Vengaboys style on it. The video was an animated caper made totally for MTV over exposure. It features the members of the Vengaboys, depicted as animated characters, traveling to Ibiza while passing by many places including Rome and Moscow. The opening scene is at Toronto's city hall. Incidentally, in the video the Washington D.C. snapshot showcases the Clinton-Lewinsky Incident. It can be found 1:40 into the video, and lasts for about 4 seconds. :D The track also continued the trend of charting on import reaching number 69 the week before full release. The Vengaboys blazed bright but for a short time and although they had a 3 more UK top 10 hits in them the new century didn't shine to their product. Their sales in 2000 would be much diminished. They were that last of the sales giants in 90s dance music. In 2010 the Vengabus came back into town when the band staged a comeback writing with Pete Burns and extending their reggae-lite repertoires to covers of Hot, Hot, Hot and T-Spoon's Sex On the Beach. These would only be hits in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Best of Vengaboys was released in 2011 compiling their best moments and finally Xmas Vengaboys Party Album came out in 2014 which featured festive remakes of their late 90s hits. This is where we we must bid farewell to this briefly huge and unique band. MXXRHpVed3M
June 16, 20169 yr Ha! Never noticed the the Clinton-Lewinsky reference in the video, though presumably it was edited out for daytime TV somehow considering its nature!
June 16, 20169 yr Author Ha! Never noticed the the Clinton-Lewinsky reference in the video, though presumably it was edited out for daytime TV somehow considering its nature! I'm not even sure if it's in the video I posted. It's pretty vague
June 16, 20169 yr Some of these 1999 ones are very nostalgic. Mucho Mambo Sway and Better Off Alone are probably among my 90s favourites. And even Vengaboys is quite fun in the right mood. Can't believe this is coming to an end so soon.
June 16, 20169 yr Author Some of these 1999 ones are very nostalgic. Mucho Mambo Sway and Better Off Alone are probably among my 90s favourites. And even Vengaboys is quite fun in the right mood. Can't believe this is coming to an end so soon. You haven't been commenting much. B-)
June 16, 20169 yr You haven't been commenting much. B-) I've been reading though, and that's been very informative. ^_^
June 16, 20169 yr The Launch remains amazing! Really? Although I did buy it at the time, in retrospect I think The Launch is bip bip bip bop bop bop dance at it's worst! Colm & Dr B, this thread has been a true highlight of Buzzjack over the past year and I thank you both for it, it will be a shame when it ends.
June 16, 20169 yr Author Really? Although I did buy it at the time, in retrospect I think The Launch is bip bip bip bop bop bop dance at it's worst! Colm & Dr B, this thread has been a true highlight of Buzzjack over the past year and I thank you both for it, it will be a shame when it ends. Graciously accepted. And thank you for using my new username :D
June 18, 20169 yr Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da, Ba Dee) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/rsz_mziiwxdpjun600x600-75_zpshhx83ccc.png Date 19th September 1999 3 Weeks Official Chart Run 1-1-1-3-4-6-8-12-18-21-21-30-30-36-28-29-34-41-51-68-72 (21 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. After topping the charts across Europe for most of the summer, it was perhaps inevitable that “Blue (Da, Ba Dee)” would repeat its success here, and it did so emphatically by chalking up 3 weeks as the nation’s favourite - the brightest indicator being when it climbed as high as No. 39 on German imports alone two weeks before its official release, becoming only the 3rd record to ever do it (following Lou Bega a few weeks earlier and The Jam in 1981). It was however somewhat more surprising that it also managed to cut through and register a No. 6 showing on the notoriously dance hostile US Hot 100 in January 2000, testament to its irresistible catchy (and hugely misheard) refrain. Eiffel 65 are an Italian trio consisting of club DJ and producer Gabry Ponte, keyboardist Maurizio Lobina (who studied classical piano in Italy) and vocalist Jeffrey Jey. Jey, who was up until 1998 in a different Italian group - Bliss Team - had failed to score success outside of his homeland but later that year joined Maurizio Lobina who had written the driving piano melody for “Blue (Da, Ba Dee)”. He wrote some accompanying rough lyrics and with Gabry Ponte joining the group Eiffel 65 and their debut global smash were born. The track as mentioned is driven by a slightly maudlin piano melody impressing the melancholic informal meaning of the title of the track, as opposed to its literal colourful sense, with an equally depressing but effective story of an all-consuming depression incurred by the protagonist. “Blue (Da, Ba Dee)” makes liberal use of deliberately auto-tune warped vocals which had made Cher’s “Believe” a standout global hit 12 months earlier, and made for an infuriatingly addictive chorus that delighted as many as it irritated. In a year of novelty chart toppers and the fickle ever changing #1 roster of 1999 “Blue (Da, Ba Dee)” inexplicably managed to equal the longest stay at the top with three weeks (matching Ricky Martin and Cliff Richard!) and became the 2nd biggest seller of the year. suMaFXb7uPc
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