Posted March 9, 20178 yr Follow the official chart Throwback Thursday playlist here on Spotify. +++ By Rob Copsey Like so many moments in Madonna's career, opinion was split over her cover of Don McLean's cover of American Pie back in 2000. Released to promote her then-upcoming film Next Best Thing - a critically panned comedy-drama which she starred in alongside Rupert Everett - musos didn't like that she'd taken on an American country-rock classic, chopped it in half (her version is considerably shorter than the eight-and-a-half minute original) and given it a synthy dance-pop twist. But if anyone can turn controversy into a success, it's Madonna, and that she did: American Pie debuted at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 17 years ago this week in March 2000 with first week sales of 140,000. For all its naysayers, there were plenty of people who enjoyed her interpretation, including McLean himself, who described it at the time as "a gift from a goddess" and that her version is "mystical and sensual." He also said the release "means that if I don't want to, I don't have to work again," which may or may not have contributed to his glowing review. American Pie became Madonna's ninth UK Number 1 single following 1998's Frozen, knocking off All Saints after their two-week run at the top with Pure Shores. The song is Madge's 15th biggest seller in the UK with sales of just over 400,000 across physical, digital and streaming equivalent sales. And it seems a handful of you are still discovering it; the track was downloaded 19 times in the UK last week, while one person managed to snap up a physical copy. MORE: Madonna's Official Top 40 biggest selling singles revealed As for the rest of the singles chart this week in 2000, well, it was a busy one - some 16 new entries landed inside the Top 40 that week. *NSYNC were new at Number 3 with Bye Bye Bye, Vengaboys notched up their sixth(!) Top 10 single with Shalala Lala (5), and Norwegian singer Lene Marlin landed her biggest UK hit with Sitting Down Here (6). Elsewhere, The Honeyz were to score their last sizeable hit with Won't Take It Lying Down (7) and boy band Northern Line were in the midst of their short-lived career with their second of three singles called, umm, Love On The Northern Line (15). Check out the full Official Singles Chart Top 40 from this week 17 years ago source. 01 [NE] Madonna - American Pie 02 [01] All Saints - Pure Shores 03 [NE] NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye 04 [02] Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast 05 [NE] Vengaboys - Shalala Lala 06 [NE] Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here 07 [NE] Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down 08 [NE] Puff Daddy (feat. R. Kelly) - Satisfy You 09 [03] Backstreet Boys - Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely 10 [NE] Mariah Carey (feat. Joe & 98º) - Thank God I Found You 11 [04] Kelis - Caught Out There 12 [07] Gabrielle - Rise 13 [05] Jamelia (feat. Beenie Man) - Money 14 [NE] Madasun - Don't You Worry 15 [NE] Northern Line - Love On The Northern Line 16 [NE] Yomanda - Sunshine 17 [10] Aqua - Cartoon Heroes 18 [09] Eiffel 65 - Move Your Body 19 [08] Christina Aguilera - What A Girl Wants 20 [06] A1 - Like A Rose 21 [NE] Dum Dums - Everything 22 [12] Daphne & Celeste - Ooh Stick You! 23 [11] Flickman - The Sound Of Bamboo 24 [15] Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy 25 [14] Shania Twain - Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) 26 [19] Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight 27 [NE] Slipknot - Wait And Bleed 28 [16] Sash! - Adelante 29 [NE] 98º - The Hardest Thing 30 [NE] Lynden David Hall - Forgive Me 31 [NE] Colour Girl - Can't Get Used To Losing You 32 [20] Rebecca Wheatley - Stay With Me (Baby) 33 [NE] Wisdome - Off The Wall 34 [24] R.E.M. - The Great Beyond 35 [21] DJ Luck & MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck 36 [NE] Orbital & Angelo Badalamenti - Beached 37 [25] Andreas Johnson - Glorious 38 [17] Oasis - Go Let It Out 39 [13] Bluetones - Keep The Home Fires Burning 40 [28] Donell Jones - U Know What's Up 41 [NE] Dead Prez - Hip Hop 43 [NE] Cygnus X - The Orange Theme 45 [NE] Ministers De La Funk - Believe 55 [NE] Madness (feat. Ian Dury) - Drip Fed Fred 57 [NE] Big Ron - Let The Freak 65 [NE] Breakbeat Era - Bullitproof 67 [NE] Shack - Oscar 69 [NE] Geneva - If You Have To Go 70 [NE] Hani - Baby Wants To Ride 85 [NE] Science Dept. - Persuasion/Repercussion 87 [NE] Gonzales - Let's Groove Again 88 [NE] Brassy - Work It Out 91 [NE] Frank & Walters - Something Happened To Me 94 [NE] System F - Cry 98 [NE] Seafood - Belt
March 9, 20178 yr For all the hate it apparently gets, 'American Pie' is actually a bit of a guilty pleasure amongst Madonna fans, myself included. :ph34r:
March 9, 20178 yr 17 new entries & 7 in the top 10. Wow how times have changed until this isolated week. I loved that Lene Marlin song & American Pie was a great number 1 :wub:
March 9, 20178 yr Author The 'American Pie' cover is quite poor though let's be honest. All Saints should've been #1 a third week really. Here's how I would reshuffle the top 10 01 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast :heart: 02 All Saints - Pure Shores :heart: 03 Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here 04 NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye 05 Vengaboys - Shalala Lala 06 Puff Daddy (feat. R. Kelly) - Satisfy You 07 Honeyz - Won't Take It Lying Down 08 Backstreet Boys - Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely 09 Madonna - American Pie 10 Mariah Carey (feat. Joe & 98º) - Thank God I Found You
March 9, 20178 yr Madonna stripped all the earth and rawness from America Pie, she deserves to be criticised for it.
March 9, 20178 yr My favourite song in there was Thank God I Found You <3 I think it's a gorgeous ballad. And the Make It Last remix on the b-side was basically a completely different song (like J.Lo's two Ain't It Funny versions) but also so good.
March 9, 20178 yr So much dance in the charts in 2000, and a lot of it is underground sounding like The Sound Of Bamboo and Sunshine.
March 9, 20178 yr What a great top 40 :D 01 [NE] Madonna - American Pie Not my fave from Madonna but it was OK 02 [01] All Saints - Pure Shores This was though the best for me from All Saints :wub: 03 [NE] NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye ... and the best from *NSYNC :wub: 04 [02] Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson - Movin' Too Fast ... and the best from Artful Dodger :wub: :lol: 05 [NE] Vengaboys - Shalala Lala But this one was the worst from Vengaboys (at least for me) :wacko:
March 9, 20178 yr Bye Bye Bye, Sitting Down Here and Dancing In The Moonlight are all classics, but Movin' Too Fast is my favourite from that chart. Absolutely brill track that I still listen to now :heart:
March 9, 20178 yr What an amazing charts! I was 14 at the time and it really was a golden era for me. :wub: Edited March 9, 20178 yr by Rob Spears
March 9, 20178 yr For all the hate it apparently gets, 'American Pie' is actually a bit of a guilty pleasure amongst Madonna fans, myself included. :ph34r: "Hollywood" gets a lot of hate as well, but that's actually one of my favourite Madge tracks.
March 10, 20178 yr I love "American Pie" and "Thank God I Found You", two of the most forgotten Madonna/Mariah big hits. 2000 <3 I'll always love ya
March 10, 20178 yr also forgotten dance track that samples MJ, I remember MTV Europe hammering this one ApgiwXFgNbw
March 10, 20178 yr The song is Madge's 15th biggest seller in the UK with sales of just over 400,000 across physical, digital and streaming equivalent sales. And it seems a handful of you are still discovering it; the track was downloaded 19 times in the UK last week, while one person managed to snap up a physical copy. I love those random facts :dance:
March 10, 20178 yr 'American Pie' is a decent Madonna song but nothing special really. The clear highlights of that top 10 are 'Pure Shores' and 'Movin' Too Fast' :wub:
March 17, 20178 yr Author Follow the official chart Throwback Thursday playlist here on Spotify. +++ By Justin Myers They'd been an unstoppable force on the Official Singles Chart for almost two years, but this week in 1998, the Spice Girls discovered they couldn't always get what they want, what they really, really want. After six straight chart-toppers, which kicked off with million-selling Wannabe in summer 1996, the ladies' run of good luck was thwarted by a bit of a surprise. Jason Nevins' banging reworking of Run DMC's It's Like That had been a smash all over Europe, and on its release in the UK, demand was high. The unthinkable happened: Spice Girls went straight in at Number 2, while Run DMC and Jason took it all the way. Spice Girls' Stop – the third single from their sophomore effort Spiceworld, had impressive first-week sales of over 115,000, but this was dwarfed by It's Like That's monster numbers – a whopping 242,796 copies flew off the shelves to see it romp home to Number 1. Stop's lifetime sales, combining physical, download and streaming equivalent sales, stands at 420,200. It's still racking up a handful of sales in 2017: last week, 61 people in the UK downloaded it, while the track garnered just over 25,000 plays across streaming services. MORE: Spice Girls' complete Official UK Chart history There was much hype in the media about the Spice Girls missing the big one for the first time, and indeed, in a way, it did spell the beginning of the end. While there was another single to come with Geri – Viva Forever – by the time of its official release, she had departed, meaning Stop is kind of their last one with her as a part of the group. For a few years anyway. 😢 Looking at the rest of the Official Singles Chart that week, Texas continued their streak of Top 10 hits, notching up their fifth consecutive one with their Wu-Tang Clan collaboration Say What You Want/Insane (yes this really happened), while Italian Europop star Alexia landed at 10 with her debut single Uh La La La. Further down, The Wombles had resurfaced and landed at 13 with a re-release of their signature hit Remember You're A Womble, and Kylie Minogue was in the middle of her experimental phase; the third single from her Impossible Princess album, Breathe, entered at 14. If it was any consolation to the Spices, they were beaten to the top by a true phenomenon. It's Like That spent six weeks at the top and is a million-seller. Spice Girls' fans may not like it, but that's the way it iiiiiis. HUH. Check out the full Top 100 from this week in 1998 1 - NEW - 01 - Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - IT'S LIKE THAT 1 - NEW - 02 - Spice Girls - STOP 05 - 01 - 03 - Celine Dion - MY HEART WILL GO ON 1 - NEW - 04 - Texas Featuring The Wu Tang Clan - SAY WHAT YOU WANT (ALL DAY EVERY DAY) / INSANE 03 - 03 - 05 - Madonna - FROZEN 02 - 02 - 06 - Natalie Imbruglia - BIG MISTAKE 02 - 04 - 07 - Five - WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT 05 - 06 - 08 - Cornershop - BRIMFUL OF ASHA 04 - 08 - 09 - Savage Garden - TRULY MADLY DEEPLY 1 - NEW - 10 - Alexia - UH LA LA LA 03 - 07 - 11 - Space Featuring Cerys - THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES 03 - 09 - 12 - LeAnn Rimes - HOW DO I LIVE 1 - NEW - 13 - Wombles - REMEMBER YOU'RE A WOMBLE 1 - NEW - 14 - Kylie Minogue - BREATHE 07 - 10 - 15 - Aqua - DOCTOR JONES 02 - 05 - 16 - Cast From Casualty - EVERLASTING LOVE 1 - NEW - 17 - James - DESTINY CALLING 1 - NEW - 18 - Iron Maiden - THE ANGEL AND THE GAMBLER 04 - 14 - 19 - Shania Twain - YOU'RE STILL THE ONE 1 - NEW - 20 - Bryan Adams - I'M READY 15 - 15 - 21 - Robbie Williams - ANGELS 04 - 12 - 22 - Another Level - BE ALONE NO MORE 03 - 16 - 23 - Robyn - SHOW ME LOVE 07 - 17 - 24 - Will Smith - GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT 18 - 19 - 25 - All Saints - NEVER EVER 1 - NEW - 26 - Voices Of Life - THE WORD IS LOVE (SAY THE WORD) 1 - NEW - 27 - Essence - THE PROMISE 02 - 11 - 28 - Shed Seven - SHE LEFT ME ON FRIDAY 1 - NEW - 29 - Deftones - MY OWN SUMMER (SHOVE IT) 15 - 24 - 30 - Janet Jackson - TOGETHER AGAIN 02 - 13 - 31 - Ginuwine - HOLLER 03 - 22 - 32 - Beenie Man - WHO AM I 06 - 23 - 33 - Cleopatra - CLEOPATRA'S THEME 02 - 20 - 34 - Lionrock - RUDE BOY ROCK 05 - 27 - 35 - Camisra - LET ME SHOW YOU 1 - NEW - 36 - Jez And Choopie - YIM 11 - 31 - 37 - Lighthouse Family - HIGH 03 - 30 - 38 - Finley Quaye - YOUR LOVE GETS SWEETER 04 - 25 - 39 - Rest Assured - TREAT INFAMY 06 - 39 - 40 - Backstreet Boys - ALL I HAVE TO GIVE 08 - 37 - 41 - Usher - YOU MAKE ME WANNA 1 - NEW - 42 - Mothers Pride - FLORIBUNDA 08 - 38 - 43 - Catatonia - MULDER AND SCULLY 02 - 21 - 44 - Levert Sweat Gill - MY BODY 02 - 18 - 45 - Simple Minds - GLITTERBALL 04 - 36 - 46 - N-Tyce - TELEFUNKIN' 15 - 49 - 47 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH! 04 - 33 - 48 - Will Mellor - WHEN I NEED YOU 03 - 34 - 49 - Metallica - THE UNFORGIVEN II 02 - 26 - 50 - Lynden David Hall - DO I QUALIFY? 1 - NEW - 51 - Third Eye Blind - HOW'S IT GOING TO BE 02 - 28 - 52 - Roni Size / Reprazent - WATCHING WINDOWS 1 - NEW - 53 - Pressure Drop - SILENTLY BAD MINDED 17 - 44 - 54 - Lutricia McNeal - AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY 1 - NEW - 55 - Rahsaan Patterson - WHERE ARE YOU / ON MY WAY 03 - 40 - 56 - Iggy Pop - THE PASSENGER 02 - 32 - 57 - Black Connection - GIVE ME RHYTHM 22 - 60 - 58 - Aqua - BARBIE GIRL 18 - 58 - 59 - Various Artists - PERFECT DAY 06 - 42 - 60 - Wes - ALANE 02 - 35 - 61 - Portishead - ONLY YOU 02 - 29 - 62 - Therapy? - CHURCH OF NOISE 1 - NEW - 63 - Awesome - CRAZY 13 - 59 - 64 - Spice Girls - TOO MUCH 04 - 41 - 65 - Ocean Colour Scene - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING 03 - 43 - 66 - Hinda Hicks - IF YOU WANT ME 03 - 47 - 67 - Steven Houghton - TRULY 10 - 51 - 68 - Bamboo - BAMBOOGIE 05 - 61 - 69 - Hurricane #1 - ONLY THE STRONGEST WILL SURVIVE 1 - NEW - 70 - Blu Peter - TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT / JAMES HAS KITTENS 1 - NEW - 71 - Dee-Jay Punk-Roc - DEAD HUSBAND 03 - 48 - 72 - Maria Nayler - NAKED AND SACRED 03 - 53 - 73 - Adam F - MUSIC IN MY MIND 10 - 70 - 74 - Wildchild - RENEGADE MASTER '98 05 - 55 - 75 - DJ Quicksilver - PLANET LOVE (top 75 list courtesy of UKMIX)
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