This thread is a sequel of my old famous "Alex's Favourites from UK Singles Chart" from Retro forum.

 

After 70s, 80s, 90s I will post my retrospective # 1s from the fourth decade (2000-2009).

 

After a bad start 1990s became amazing in the second half of decade, 1999 was a highlight and most possible my favourite year in all history of pop music. 2000s had a very good start, but since 2003 pure pop popularity decreased, downloads were included in UK singles chart from 2005 and every next year was worse, than previous.

 

Also sometimes I will include the songs, which didn't reach # 1, but deserve to be mentioned as my favourite songs from this decade.

 

All predictions are welcome, it will be very interesting to compare them with the results of my retrospective.

Edited February 15, 20169 yr by Electric Top 10

Last # 1 from 1990s decade and the first # 1 from 2000s are the same.

 

26.12.1999 : Steps - Say You'll Be Mine (7 weeks at # 1)

 

 

UK Top 40 chartrun : 7-8-4-4-14-19-32-38-38 (9 weeks)

 

My favourite single from all 90s decade and 9th consecutive # 1 single for Steps was released in Christmas week.

 

Usually I have a very special warm feelings for personal Christmas / New Year # 1s and this year wasn't the exclusion. On this period of time "Say You'll Be Mine" obviously was their best release and the music video still the one from my all-time favourite videoclips.

 

"Say You'll Be Mine" video include six little episodes from popular films with all possible boy-girl Steps combination. They are :

 

H and Claire - Romeo + Juliet

H and Faye - Austin Powers

H and Lisa - Titanic

Lee and Claire - There's Something About Mary

Lee and Faye - Batman Returns (my favourite episode, Faye is the most sexiest Catwoman ever)

Lee and Lisa - Armageddon

Edited June 25, 201510 yr by Broken Heart

 

12.02.2000 : Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy (2 weeks at # 1)

 

 

UK Top 40 chartrun : 1-2-4-6-9-15-24-30-36 (9 weeks)

 

Third # 1 single for Britney Spears after "Baby One More Time" and "Sometimes" from her "Baby One More Time" era. The last single from album gorgeous ballad "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" wasn't released in UK and she lost a very good chance to get additional # 1 single in this retrospective chart.

 

"Born To Make You Happy" is a pop ballad in a style of early innocent Britney. Britney even had to ask change the original lyrics.

 

Britney : "I asked them to change the words to 'Born to Make You Happy.' It was a sexual song," she revealed. I said, 'This may be a little old for me'.

Edited February 14, 20169 yr by Electric Top 10