Also, could I possibly get a copy of the MP3s for the NOW 90s Dance album? ^_^ That would be my playlist for...well everything.

 

 

Yep :D

I have been talking to Colm about doing a 00s thread, and if it goes ahead it'll be starting in a few months time and me and Ethan will be doing the writeups from 2002 onwards (as Colm is only interested in 2000/2001) ^_^

 

 

There may be something at some point. :D

Yes congrats to you both on hosting this mammoth thread! A lot of research goes into this kind of thread and it has been a great addition to the chart forum over the months.

Thanks to all for a great thread!

 

An utterly bizarre song to finish with, with an equally bizarre title (it seems to mean 'those who know a lot about a little vs those who know a little about a lot').

The one I was hoping for was Barber's Adagio for Strings! Equally massive chart run over late 1999/early 2000 (#4 peak) but I guess Rewind or C vs I outsold it for its peak weeks. But I've enjoyed the Cuban Boys track since I first got sent it as an mp3 (on MSN Messenger I think!) over a decade ago, it's a fun update to the sample-heavy dance tracks of the late 80s and shows us the power of that exciting new internet thing on its way.

 

Echoing everyone, fantastic thread and it's introduced me to songs I'd never heard before which given how much I *thought* I knew about 90s dance I'd never have expected. I'd totally follow a noughties thread too although I'm prepared for a tough ride once the early noughties are over :P Thanks all and thanks Colm for the files, looking forward to one heck of a listen!

I don't think I've posted much if at all in this thread but bravo to Colm and Doctor Blind for completing what seems like a pretty mammoth task with consistently high quality writeups from start to finish.

 

(edit: yup, this is my only post in this thread, though I have lurked in here a bit at various points throughout it lol)

I don't want to single out particular contributors but a stalwart of this thread has of course been richie with unadulterated criticism and praise of nearly every entry in this list.

 

Ha! Thanks, just call me the Mark Kermode of Buzzjack!

 

With regards to the name of C vs I. I think it's a comment on the song itself - on the face of it, the record is a cash-in on a short-lived phenomenon...not too different to the Crazy Frog which would come a few years later. But the way it came to be - via John Peel and thanks to it becoming the second most requested record ever on his show (after God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols) is the interesting thing here. This kind of novelty record is usually the preserve of children, but this was a single being bought by people more usually found seeking out rare Sonic Youth bootlegs which is reflected in its quick descent down the chart - novelty records usually climb gradually. It also went to lengths to dilute the simplicity of "The Hampster Dance" - in a way it rescued poor Roger Miller from that association and plunged him into something far sillier, but more fun. I guess it's fair to say most people who bought it were fans of Disney's Robin Hood but had never seen the Hampster Dance web page.

 

Therefore, the title - two synonyms referring to highly educated and informed people at odds with each other is perfect. This was a record that should not have been popular but was - and, in that way, you can attribute the same kind of playful subversion of The KLF to the Cuban Boys.

 

Yes, I bought it.

Now you say the thread is complete... but... I don't see the list of best sellers for 1999 yet! 😃

Now you say the thread is complete... but... I don't see the list of best sellers for 1999 yet! 😃

 

:D

 

Well spotted.

I may not have commented quite as often as I'd have liked but I have very much been paying attention! 😃

 

Could we get a complete list at some point too? I'm curious to see how many I bought (although this may show dubious taste on my part at times)

1999 at a glance...

 

1999-01-10 Fatboy Slim - Praise You (3 Weeks)

1999-01-31 Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden - You Don't Know Me (2 weeks)

1999-02-14 DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (For the Love of a Princess) (3 Weeks)

1999-02-07 Vengaboys - We like to Party!(The Vengabus) (3 Weeks)

1999-03-28 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (3 Weeks)

1999-04-18 Phats & Small - Turn Around (1 Week)

1999-04-25 Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (2 Weeks)

1999-05-16 Phats & Small - Turn Around (2 Weeks)

1999-05-23 Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate (4 Weeks)

1999-06-20 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! (1 Week)

1999-06-27 ATB - 9 PM (Til I Come) (4 Weeks)

1999-07-25 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (5 Weeks)

1999-08-29 Shaft - (Mucho Mambo) Sway (1 Week)

1999-09-05 DJ Jean - The Launch (1 Week)

1999-09-12 Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza (1 Week)

1999-09-19 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da, Ba Dee) (3 Weeks)

1999-10-10 Ann Lee - 2 Times (5 weeks)

1999-11-14 Paul Van Dyk - Another Way / Avenue (1 Week)

1999-11-21 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (2 Weeks)

1999-12-05 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta (2 Weeks)

1999-12-19 Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia (1 Week)

1999-12-26 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta (3 Weeks)

 

 

 

Top 10 Sellers

 

01 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da, Ba Dee)

02 ATB - 9 PM (Til I Come)

03 Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

04 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat

05 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

06 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!

07 Ann Lee - 2 Times

08 Phats & Small - Turn Around

09 Cartoons - Witch Doctor (#2 behind Mr. Oizo)

10 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle

 

Full list

 

Titles in bold feature on the official soundtrack Now That's What Buzzjack Calls 90s Dance.

 

1990

 

1990-01-06 Rob 'n' Raz featuring Leila K - Got To Get (1 Week)

1990-01-13 49ers - Touch Me (3 Weeks)

1990-02-03 Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K - Get Up (Before the Night is Over) (3 Weeks)

1990-02-24 Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me (5 Weeks)

1990-03-31 Snap! - The Power (5 weeks)

1990-05-05 Adamski - Killer (6 Weeks)

1990-06-16 Chad Jackson - Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) (1 Week)

1990-06-23 Snap! - Ooops Up (3 Weeks)

1990-07-14 FAB ft. MC Parker - Thunderbirds Are Go (3 Weeks)

1990-08-04 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner (5 Weeks)

1990-09-02 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart/What is Love? (4 Weeks)

1990-09-30 Twenty 4 Seven featuring Captain Hollywood Project - I Can't Stand It (1 Week)

1990-10-07 Technotronic - Megamix (4 Weeks)

1990-11-04 Black Box - Fantasy (5 Weeks)

1990-12-09 Snap! - Mary had a Little Boy (5 Weeks)

 

1991

 

1991-01-13 C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (1 week)

1991-01-20 The KLF ft. The Children Of The Revolution - 3A.M. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.) (4 weeks)

1991-02-17 Nomad ft. MC Mikee Freedom - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (2 weeks)

1991-03-03 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (2 weeks)

1991-03-17 Quartz introducing Dina Carroll - It’s Too Late (3 weeks)

1991-04-07 N-Joi - Anthem (2 weeks)

1991-04-21 Gary Clail On-U Sound System - Human Nature (1 week)

1991-04-28 The KLF ft. The Children Of The Revolution - Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent) (3 weeks)

1991-05-19 Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (4 weeks)

1991-06-16 LaTour - People Are Still Having Sex (2 weeks)

1991-06-30 Incognito ft. Jocelyn Brown - Always There (2 weeks)

1991-07-14 C + C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams - Things That Make You Go Hmmm… (2 weeks)

1991-07-28 The Shamen - Move Any Mountain (Progen ’91) (4 weeks)

1991-08-25 The Prodigy - Charly (3 weeks)

1991-09-15 Oceanic - Insanity (5 weeks)

1991-10-20 2 Unlimited – Get Ready for This (5 weeks)

1991-11-24 Altern-8 - Activ-8 (Come with Me) (1 week)

1991-12-01 The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – Justified and Ancient (6 weeks)

 

 

1992

 

1992-01-12 The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place (2 weeks)

1992-01-26 2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone (4 weeks)

1992-02-23 Opus III - It’s A Fine Day (2 weeks)

1992-03-08 The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (2 weeks)

1992-03-22 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally (3 weeks)

1992-04-12 Altern 8 - E-Vapor-8 (1 week)

1992-04-19 SL2 - On A Ragga Tip (2 weeks)

1992-05-03 KWS - Please Don't Go/Game Boy (7 weeks)

1992-06-21 Utah Saints - Something Good (2 weeks)

1992-07-05 Smart E's - Sesame's Treet (2 weeks)

1992-07-19 Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer (8 weeks)

1992-09-03 The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode (5 weeks)

1992-10-18 Bizarre Inc ft. Angie Brown - I’m Gonna Get You (2 weeks)

1992-11-01 Rage - Run To You (1 week)

1992-11-08 The Shamen - Boss Drum (1 week)

1992-11-15 Undercover - Never Let Her Slip Away (1 week)

1992-11-22 Heaven 17 - Temptation [brothers In Rhythm Remix] (3 weeks)

1992-12-13 The Shamen - Phorever People (4 weeks)

 

1993

 

1993-01-10 Snap! - Exterminate (3 weeks)

1993-01-31 2 Unlimited - No Limit (9 weeks)

1993-04-04 Sybil - When I'm Good And Ready (1 weeks)

1993-04-11 Sub Sub featuring Melanie Wiliams - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) (3 weeks)

1993-05-02 2 Unlimited - Tribal Dance (5 weeks)

1993-06-06 Haddaway - What Is Love? (8 week)

1993-08-01 Urban Cookie Collective - The Key: The Secret (3 weeks)

1993-08-22 Culture Beat - Mr. Vain (5 weeks)

1993-09-26 M People - Moving On Up (4 weeks)

1993-10-24 Cappella U Got 2 Let The Music (2 weeks)

1993-11-07 Culture Beat - Got To Get It (3 weeks)

1993-11-28 The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (Sure is Pure Remix) (1 weeks)

1993-12-05 M People - Don't Look Any Further(4 weeks)

 

1994

 

02-01-1994 D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (9 Weeks)

06-03-1994 Doop - Doop (6 Weeks)

17-04-1994 Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing) (5 Weeks)

22-05-1994 Maxx - Get-A-Way (3 Weeks)

12-06-1994 The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) (1 week)

19-06-1994 The Grid - Swamp Thing (7 Weeks)

07-08-1994 Maxx - No More ( I Can't Stand It) (1 Week)

14-08-1994 DJ Miko - What's Up (3 Weeks)

04-09-1994 Corona - Rhythm Of The Night (1 Weeks)

11-09-1994 Whigfield - Saturday Night (9 Weeks)

13-11-1994 The Real McCoy - Another Night (1 Week)

20-11-1994 Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (4 Weeks)

18-12-1994 Rednex – Cotton Eyed Joe (7 Weeks)

 

1995

 

1995-02-05 N-Trance - Set You Free (3 Weeks)

1995-02-26 Alex Party - Don’t Give Me Your Life (3 Weeks)

1995-03-19 The Outhere Brothers - Don’t Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) (6 Weeks)

1995-04-30 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K-Klass Mix) (1 Week)

1995-05-07 Livin' Joy - Dreamer (3 Weeks)

1995-05-28 Baby D - I Need Your Loving (Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime) (4 Weeks)

1995-06-25 The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom (7 Weeks)

1995-08-13 The Original - I Luv Baby (3 Weeks)

1995-09-03 Berri - The Sunshine After The Rain (1 Week)

1995-09-10 N-Trance ft. Ricardo Da Force - Stayin’ Alive (5 Weeks)

1995-10-15 Josh Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness (1 Week)

1995-10-22 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) (11 weeks)

 

1996

 

1996-01-07 Baby D - So Pure (2 Weeks)

1996-01-21 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) (1 week)

1996-01-28 Technohead - I Wanna Be a Hippy (3 Weeks)

1996-02-18 Robert Miles - Children (5 Weeks)

1996-03-24 Prodigy - Firestarter (4 Weeks)

1996-04-21 Lisa Marie Experience - Keep On Jumpin' (2 Weeks)

1996-05-05 Klubbheads - Klubbhopping (1 Week)

1996-05-12 JX - There’s Nothing I Won’t Do (3 Weeks)

1996-06-02 Robert Miles - Fable (1 Week)

1996-06-09 Livin’ Joy - Don’t Stop Movin’ (3 Weeks)

1996-06-30 Reel 2 Real - Jazz It Up (1 Week)

1996-07-07 Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx) (3 Weeks)

1996-07-28 Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) (6 weeks)

1996-09-08 Stretch 'N' Vern presents Maddog - I'm Alive (2 Weeks)

1996-09-22 BBE - Seven Days and One Week (2 Weeks)

1996-10-06 The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun (2 Weeks)

1996-10-20 Faithless - Insomnia (3 Weeks)

1996-11-10 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One (1 Week)

1996-11-17 Prodigy - Breathe (4 Weeks)

1996-12-15 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One (3 Weeks)

 

1997

1997-01-05 Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It’s Got To Be Big) (4 Weeks)

1997-02-02 The Orb - Toxygene (1 week)

1997-02-09 Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub (1 Week)

1997-02-16 Daft Punk - Da Funk (1 Week)

1997-02-23 Sash! - Encore Une Fois (4 Weeks)

1997-03-23 B.B.E. - Flash (1 Week)

1997-03-30 The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats (1 Week)

1997-04-06 DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima (3 Weeks)

1997-04-13 Orbital - The Saint (1 Week)

1997-04-20 DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima (1 Week)

1997-05-11 Olive - You’re Not Alone (3 Weeks)

1997-06-01 Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close (1 Week)

1997-06-08 Ultra Naté - Free (3 weeks)

1997-06-29 Sash! featuring Rodriguez - Ecuador (2 Weeks)

1997-07-13 Gala - Freed From Desire (5 Weeks)

1997-08-17 Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do (1 Week)

1997-08-24 Gala - Freed From Desire (1 Week)

1997-08-31 DJ Quicksilver - Free (1 Week)

1997-09-07 Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (2 Weeks)

1997-09-21 Dario G - Sunchyme (3 Weeks)

1997-10-12 Sash! ft. La Trec - Stay (4 Weeks)

1997-11-09 PPF Project ft. Ewan McGregor - Choose Life (2 Weeks)

1997-11-23 Prodigy* - Smack My Bitch Up (1 Week)

1997-11-30 Gala - Let A Boy Cry (3 Weeks)

1997-12-21 PPF Project ft. Ewan McGregor - Choose Life (2 Weeks)

 

1998

 

1998-01-04 BT - Flaming June (1 Week)

1998-01-11 Bamboo - Bamboogie (4 weeks)

1998-02-08 Encore - Le Disc Jockey (1 Week)

1998-02-15 Camisra - Let Me Show You (1 Week)

1998-02-22 Cornershop - Brim Full of Asha (Normal Cook Remix) (3 Weeks)

1998-03-15 Run-DMC Vs Jason Nevins - It’s Like That (7 Weeks)

1998-05-03 The Tamperer ft. Maya - Feel It (4 Weeks)

1998-05-31 Mousse T Vs Hot ’n’ Juicy - Horny (2 Weeks)

1998-06-14 Dario G - Carnaval De Paris (1 Week)

1998-06-21 Mousse T Vs Hot ’n’ Juicy - Horny (2 Weeks)

1998-07-05 Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love (2 Weeks)

1998-07-19 Echobeatz - Mas Que Nada (1 Week)

1998-07-26 Mousse T Vs Hot ’n’ Juicy - Horny (1 Week)

1998-08-02 Apollo Four Forty - Lost in Space (1 Week)

1998-08-09 Sash! feat. Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times (1 Week)

1998-08-16 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (4 weeks)

1998-09-13 T-Spoon - Sex on the Beach (4 Weeks)

1998-10-11 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin' (1 Week)

1998-10-18 Spacedust - Gym and Tonic (2 Weeks)

1998-11-01 Touch and Go - Would You…? (1 Week)

1998-11-08 The Tamperer ft. Maya - If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better (2 Weeks)

1998-11-22 Vengaboys - Up and Down (7 Weeks)

 

1999

 

1999-01-10 Fatboy Slim - Praise You (3 Weeks)

1999-01-31 Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden - You Don't Know Me (2 weeks)

1999-02-14 DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (For the Love of a Princess) (3 Weeks)

1999-02-07 Vengaboys - We like to Party!(The Vengabus) (3 Weeks)

1999-03-28 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (3 Weeks)

1999-04-18 Phats & Small - Turn Around (1 Week)

1999-04-25 Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (2 Weeks)

1999-05-16 Phats & Small - Turn Around (2 Weeks)

1999-05-23 Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate (4 Weeks)

1999-06-20 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! (1 Week)

1999-06-27 ATB - 9 PM (Til I Come) (4 Weeks)

1999-07-25 DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (5 Weeks)

1999-08-29 Shaft - (Mucho Mambo) Sway (1 Week)

1999-09-05 DJ Jean - The Launch (1 Week)

1999-09-12 Vengaboys - We're Going to Ibiza (1 Week)

1999-09-19 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da, Ba Dee) (3 Weeks)

1999-10-10 Ann Lee - 2 Times (5 weeks)

1999-11-14 Paul Van Dyk - Another Way / Avenue (1 Week)

1999-11-21 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (2 Weeks)

1999-12-05 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta (2 Weeks)

1999-12-19 Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia (1 Week)

1999-12-26 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta (3 Weeks)

 

 

Edited June 23, 20169 yr by Colm

Most weeks at number 1

 

01 Snap! 24

02 2 Unlimited 23

=03 The Prodigy 15

=03 The KLF 15

05 The Shamen 14

06 The Outhere Brothers 13

=07 Everything But The Girl 12

=07 Vengaboys 12

09 Sash! 11

=10 Baby D 10

=10 Robert Miles 10

Edited June 23, 20169 yr by Colm

6 weeks or more at number 1

 

Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) (12 weeks)

2 Unlimited - No Limit (9 weeks)

D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (9 Weeks)

Whigfield - Saturday Night (9 Weeks)

Haddaway - What Is Love? (8 week)

Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer (8 weeks)

KWS - Please Don't Go/Game Boy (7 weeks)

Rednex – Cotton Eyed Joe (7 Weeks)

Run-DMC Vs Jason Nevins - It’s Like That (7 Weeks)

The Grid - Swamp Thing (7 Weeks)

The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom (7 Weeks)

Vengaboys - Up and Down (7 Weeks)

Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) (6 weeks)

The Outhere Brothers - Don’t Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) (6 Weeks)

The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette – Justified and Ancient (6 weeks)

Edited June 23, 20169 yr by Colm

Most weeks at number 1

 

01 Snap! 24

02 2 Unlimited 23

=03 The Prodigy 15

=03 The KLF 15

05 The Shamen 14

 

These are all from the first half of the decade. The Top 2 had reached their total by the end of 1994 and no one came close afterwards.

 

Did The Prodigy score the most number 1s?

 

Impressive that the KLF racked up 15 weeks, but thoroughly deserved of course!

I knew I forgot something :D

 

Most Number 1s

 

The Prodigy 6

Snap! 5

2 Unlimited 4

Sash! 4

Vengaboys 4

The KLF 4

The Shamen 4

 

Loving the stats!

I think 1997 is the best year for me there just edging out 1995. Thanks for the stats.

1992 for me.

 

 

From memory I think 1992 had the highest average official position of the highest placed dance track followed by 1999.

Edited June 23, 20169 yr by Colm