Rui Da Silva must have been a big shock to chart-watchers of the time, as the 'planned' #1 was surely It's The Way You Make Me Feel by Steps...but a few record stores sold copies a week early, charting it at #72 the week before and climbing to #2 the week Touch Me debuted at #1. Looking at how empty that chart is - one of the quietest weeks of the year -

(#3) and

(#13) look also to be attempts at high-charting dance hits sneaking in post-Christmas, Mauro at least getting the biggest UK hit of his career and a massive hit in Ireland, where it reached #2. A similar sales issue to Steps affected a dance #1 we'll be seeing in this thread in about a (past) year's time.

 

As great as Touch Me is, I was hoping to see this at some point, #6 in the main chart and dance #3 behind Rui and Fragma:

 

 

(Safri Duo - Played A-Live (The Bongo Song))

Cheesy for some perhaps but I adore it, trancepop paradise!

 

Hmm...I don't recall being all that shocked, I remember being surprised that Touch Me didn't win by a bigger margin actually, although I was supporting Fragma that week anyway, I bought both that and the Safri Duo single that week. The Fragma track had a big lead-in as I'd been hammering it for at least three months before its UK release, shame it couldn't quite get to the top but it had some decent longevity in the top five I think.

I only discovered Danse Avec Moi last year on a cheap old German Bravo Hits compilation but yes, what a tune. I also hear Sash! (the vocals) and Scooter (the techno backing) and even N-Trance (the piano outro) in it. It's like it was made for me, I'm only sorry I missed 15 years of enjoyment from it.

I AM SHOCKED that you didn't know Danse Avec Moi before :o :o :o

 

But I'm glad you really like it :D :cheer:

Daniel Bedingfield will be included. It's more dancey than 'Fill Me In' imo and definitely enough to qualify for this.

 

 

He has many singles that aren't dance though. He is more of a pop artist.

 

loved Safri Duo's song too, I actually was surprised it didn't chart higher, always sounded like a #1 to me

I AM SHOCKED that you didn't know Danse Avec Moi before :o :o :o

 

But I'm glad you really like it :D :cheer:

 

Indeed, though looking at Wiki it seemed to only be top 20 in Germany and not really a notable smash anywhere else (and prior to Youtube I really had no way of hearing songs that were only middling hits in a couple of countries). I guess it was bigger than its chart positions suggest though if it was appearing in end of year videos etc :o

He has many singles that aren't dance though. He is more of a pop artist.

 

 

I assume only his debut single will be included here.

I assume only his debut single will be included here.

Indeed. The debut would become a classic of its sub-genre but he would turn away from dance for all subsequent releases.

Speaking of the upcoming group named after a shop, I heard their song on Capital FM not long ago this evening whilst eating dinner - on their 'throwback Sunday' feature :o a bit unexpected considering

Speaking of the upcoming group named after a shop, I heard their song on Capital FM not long ago this evening whilst eating dinner - on their 'throwback Sunday' feature :o a bit unexpected considering

 

Speaking of the upcoming group named after a shop, they cannot be played in that shop as that shop has banned the playing of music in their stores :lol:

Indeed. The debut would become a classic of its sub-genre but he would turn away from dance for all subsequent releases.

 

There are two girlbands, one an original girlband, and another one that was part of a bigger group, appearing on this thread too.

Chocolate Puma - I Wanna Be U

 

 

Date 18th Mar 2001

2 Weeks

Official Chart Run 6-10-13-18-22-31-43-67-x(3)-68-x (9 weeks)

 

YouTube Link

 

Like with Jakatta two posts ago, Dutch house duo Chocolate Puma also have a history of aliases. Today they still go by Chocolate Puma and are signed to Spinnin' Records where they still regularly release new music, even working with the likes of Oliver Heldens however it's been ten years since they last troubled the charts. They had just one top 40 hit under the name and a follow-up single (2006's 'Always And Forever') reached #43.

 

They were no strangers to the chart though. 'Give It Up', credited to The Goodmen reached #5 in the UK in 1993 which Simply Red sampled in their #1 hit 'Fairground'. Following 'I Wanna Be U', the duo would go on to reach #3 with 'Who Do You Love Now?' (featuring Dannii Minogue) as Riva - which we may well see appear later in this thread as a dance #1.

 

The song can be best described as progressive house though at 133 BPM it is slightly faster than the average house song and would probably mix well into trance songs of the time too. It also uses a deep male vocal and interestingly doesn't reach the main hook until past halfway through the song. I personally think it's a bangin choon though it's not an absolute favourite of mine.

 

'I Wanna Be U' spent a respectable six weeks in the top 40 with a #6 peak, but that wouldn't be the end of the story for the song. A year later Nigel & Marvin would make a song that heavily sampled the instrumental of this titled 'Follow Da Leader' which would outdo the 'original', peaking at #5. More on that later in the thread.

'i wanna be u' is such an essential boppagé~ :dance: :heart: :dance:

Ah yes Chocolate Puma. I think I came to prefer the remix by Nigel & Marvin later on.

Artful Dodger feat. Michelle Escoffery - Think About Me

 

Michelle Escoffery was the second Escoffery to chart in as many weeks, following Shaun who had reached #52 with Space Rider. A Google search suggests they are cousins.

 

According to Wikipedia, Michelle Escoffery was a member of Truce, who reached #20 in 1998.

Chocolate Puma is a great song, but I think its funky rather than progressive house but then thats just my opinion. The vocal is certainly funky as is the tune and the sound of the instrumental parts is very similar to funky house songs too :)

 

Don't remember it much from the time but do remember the inferior Nigel and Marvin song from kids discos when I was younger.

Could we be expecting to see some ape-like creatures appear next with the name of a famous actor as their song title? ;)

Hmm...I don't recall being all that shocked, I remember being surprised that Touch Me didn't win by a bigger margin actually, although I was supporting Fragma that week anyway, I bought both that and the Safri Duo single that week. The Fragma track had a big lead-in as I'd been hammering it for at least three months before its UK release, shame it couldn't quite get to the top but it had some decent longevity in the top five I think.

 

Actually yeah, looking at Touch Me's chart run it was clearly destined to be a huge hit so I probably underestimated its success. From the time I only remember the Steps track but presumably Touch Me was a major hit in clubs over the winter of 2000/01.

Could we be expecting to see some ape-like creatures appear next with the name of a famous actor as their song title? ;)

 

No just a shop they may go to as the group name and a type of easy listening music and a fast food type as the song name.

 

no we won't be seeing any Gorillaz entries in this.

Just a shop selling its breaded chicken products.