March 28, 20196 yr Author 'No Scrubs' must be close to a million chart sales by now if it hasn't passed it already, it seems to be one of the bigger catalogue songs on Spotify.
March 28, 20196 yr 'No Scrubs' must be close to a million chart sales by now if it hasn't passed it already, it seems to be one of the bigger catalogue songs on Spotify. Oh yeah, it's way passed 1.3m now!
March 28, 20196 yr A very memorable chart from 1999, with an all-new top 3 and new entries at #5 and #7 that are much better remembered now than any of the top 3. #1 was one of the few almost-instrumental tracks to have reached #1 in the last 40 years - the only one since then is Martin Garrix - Animals in 2013. #3 was the subject of the first get-an-old-track-back-into-the-charts campaign in January 2007 (when downloads were first allowed to chart regardless of physical release) - it reached #17. #7 had an unusual chart run for 1999 - it went 7-13-8-6-9-3-. #10 was reaching the top 20 for the third time in 5 years, having reached #20 in 1994 then #14 in 1995.
March 28, 20196 yr I remember when I first saw the Levi's ad with Flat Eric during the ad breaks for the Brits in 1999, I was 9/10. Me and my sisters were doing the little finger tap/head nod dance for weeks afterwards. It's still a really cool advert now! They definitely don't make them like that anymore. My best friend at school had a Flat Eric puppet as well. Poor B*Witched taking such a sharp tumble from #1 the week before though. Especially as 'Blame It On The Weatherman' was their fourth straight chart topper - and one of their best singles for me. Also Des'ree of "Life, oh life" fame going top 10 with the re-release of "You Gotta Be". Total MOR 90s soul pop bop.
March 29, 20196 yr I wonder how Des'ree is doing these days. Back in 2003 she had a website / blog which was meant to help promote her 2003 comeback but which ended up reflecting an obvious depression she was falling into when her comeback didn't work out (her 'Dream Soldier' album peaked at number 178 while the single, 'It's Okay' fizzled out at number 69). It was actually quite sad to read, her obvious enthusiasm for the comeback project turned to despair when it didn't work out and her last entry was to inform everyone that the label had cancelled all future promotion activity on her album and that she had parted company with them. She also posted that she felt directionless and lost and didn't know what the future held for her. Then she stopped posting and the website disappeared a few months later. Update: I should have read her wikipedia article. Apparently she was supposed to be working on a new album back in 2015 and her keyboardist Tim Atack (the uncle of Emily, from I'm A Celebrity and one time member along with brother Keith of Child who The Stranglers once attempted to beat up during a Top Of The Pops recording in 1978! It got The stranglers forcibly removed from the TOTP studios and they were also banned from the programme for about a year) has said she's recorded some new material. Edited March 29, 20196 yr by Robbie
March 29, 20196 yr I wonder how Des'ree is doing these days. Back in 2003 she had a website / blog which was meant to help promote her 2003 comeback but which ended up reflecting an obvious depression she was falling into when her comeback didn't work out (her 'Dream Soldier' album peaked at number 178 while the single, 'It's Okay' fizzled out at number 69). It was actually quite sad to read, her obvious enthusiasm for the comeback project turned to despair when it didn't work out and her last entry was to inform everyone that the label had cancelled all future promotion activity on her album and that she had parted company with them. She also posted that she felt directionless and lost and didn't know what the future held for her. Then she stopped posting and the website disappeared a few months later. Update: I should have read her wikipedia article. Apparently she was supposed to be working on a new album back in 2015 and her keyboardist Tim Atack (the uncle of Emily, from I'm A Celebrity and one time member along with brother Keith of Child who The Stranglers once attempted to beat up during a Top Of The Pops recording in 1978! It got The stranglers forcibly removed from the TOTP studios and they were also banned from the programme for about a year) has said she's recorded some new material. Wow, I had no idea about any of that. Well with Lighthouse Family releasing a new album soon there's no reason she couldn't bring a new album. I can imagine Radio 2 being all over it!
April 4, 20196 yr Author This week marks 25 years since Take That scored their fourth #1 single with 'Everything Changes'. Also new that week were then-future #1s from "the artist formerly known as Prince" and Tony Di Bart. QzHIxigdlgQ 1 - NEW - 01 - Take That - EVERYTHING CHANGES 05 - 01 - 02 - Doop - DOOP 04 - 02 - 03 - Bruce Springsteen - STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA 1 - NEW - 04 - Prince - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD 07 - 03 - 05 - Ace Of Base - THE SIGN 12 - 04 - 06 - D:Ream - U R THE BEST THING 02 - 10 - 07 - Madonna - I'LL REMEMBER 09 - 05 - 08 - Reel 2 Real Featuring The Mad Stuntman - I LIKE TO MOVE IT 08 - 06 - 09 - Mariah Carey - WITHOUT YOU 04 - 07 - 10 - Salt-N-Pepa With En Vogue - WHATTA MAN 1 - NEW - 11 - Paul Weller - HUNG UP 02 - 11 - 12 - Haddaway - ROCK MY HEART 1 - NEW - 13 - Tony Di Bart - THE REAL THING 04 - 08 - 14 - Degrees Of Motion Featuring Biti - SHINE ON 02 - 13 - 15 - JX - SON OF A GUN 04 - 12 - 16 - Blur - GIRLS AND BOYS 11 - 18 - 17 - Enigma - RETURN TO INNOCENCE 1 - NEW - 18 - Little Angels - TEN MILES HIGH 1 - NEW - 19 - Bitty McLean - DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE 05 - 16 - 20 - Marcella Detroit - I BELIEVE 04 - 22 - 21 - Roachford - ONLY TO BE WITH YOU 03 - 15 - 22 - Worlds Apart - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE 03 - 09 - 23 - Bon Jovi - DRY COUNTY 02 - 24 - 24 - James - SAY SOMETHING / JAM J 02 - 30 - 25 - Toni Braxton - ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG 1 - NEW - 26 - Black Machine - HOW GEE 03 - 14 - 27 - Roxette - SLEEPING IN MY CAR 02 - 28 - 28 - Diana Ross - THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE 10 - 26 - 29 - Cranberries - LINGER 02 - 17 - 30 - K7 And The Swing Kids - HI DE HO 1 - NEW - 31 - Ice-T - GOTTA LOTTA LOVE 02 - 20 - 32 - Culture Beat - WORLD IN YOUR HANDS 1 - NEW - 33 - Des'ree - YOU GOTTA BE 05 - 21 - 34 - Alison Moyet - WHISPERING YOUR NAME 19 - 34 - 35 - D:Ream - THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER 06 - 31 - 36 - EYC - THE WAY YOU WORK IT 02 - 32 - 37 - Deacon Blue - I WAS RIGHT AND YOU WERE WRONG 05 - 23 - 38 - M People - RENAISSANCE 1 - NEW - 39 - Young Black Teenagers - TAP THE BOTTLE 04 - 29 - 40 - Jimmy Cliff - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW 1 - NEW - 41 - Coasters - SORRY BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO PASS 08 - 35 - 42 - 2 Unlimited - LET THE BEAT CONTROL YOUR BODY 02 - 37 - 43 - UB40 - C'EST LA VIE 1 - NEW - 44 - Let Loose - SEVENTEEN 1 - NEW - 45 - Nine Inch Nails - MARCH OF THE PIGS 1 - NEW - 46 - Bono And Gavin Friday - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER 1 - NEW - 47 - Terrorvision - OBLIVION 03 - 25 - 48 - Sounds Of Blackness - I BELIEVE 03 - 27 - 49 - Brand New Heavies - DREAM ON DREAMER 03 - 19 - 50 - Wonder Stuff - HOT LOVE NOW 04 - 39 - 51 - Bjork - VIOLENTLY HAPPY 02 - 42 - 52 - Yazz - HAVE MERCY 02 - 33 - 53 - Pulp - DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME 05 - 38 - 54 - Beautiful South - GOOD AS GOLD 13 - 46 - 55 - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting - ALL FOR LOVE 1 - NEW - 56 - Sabres Of Paradise - THEME 02 - 54 - 57 - General Saint Featuring Don Campbell - OH CAROL! 1 - NEW - 58 - KWS - IT SEEMS TO HANG ON 02 - 36 - 59 - Ce Ce Peniston - KEEP GIVIN' ME YOUR LOVE 1 - NEW - 60 - Melanie Williams - ALL CRIED OUT 07 - 51 - 61 - Elton John And RuPaul - DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART 1 - NEW - 62 - Neil Young - PHILADELPHIA 03 - 41 - 63 - Soul Asylum - SOMEONE TO SHOVE 1 - NEW - 64 - Hole - MS WORLD 1 - NEW - 65 - Q-Tex - THE POWER OF LOVE 03 - 40 - 66 - A-ha - SHAPES THAT GO TOGETHER 03 - 48 - 67 - Backbeat Band - MONEY 1 - NEW - 68 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - DO YOU LOVE ME? 1 - NEW - 69 - Bonnie Raitt - LOVE SNEAKIN' UP ON YOU 06 - 44 - 70 - Beck - LOSER 04 - 62 - 71 - Tori Amos - PRETTY GOOD YEAR 03 - 57 - 72 - Dr Alban - LOOK WHO'S TALKING 03 - 43 - 73 - Lisa Lisa - SKIP TO MY LU 03 - 53 - 74 - Ice Cube - YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT 05 - 49 - 75 - Primal Scream - ROCKS / FUNKY JAM Text from UKMix
April 11, 20196 yr jG16jv-itYw https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...-moment__18749/ "I wish I could freeze this space in time"... us too Martine, us too. Cast yourselves back to this week in 1999, when EastEnders actress Martine McCutcheon did something rarely seen on the Official Chart - transition perfectly from soap star to pop star and nab a Number 1 with her debut single. Perfect Moment was well, perfectly titled in that the song went straight in at the top of the Official Singles Chart, and it doesn't get much better than that when it comes to debut singles. In its first week, the song shifted an impressive 200,287 copies, knocking Mr Oizo's Flat Beat off Number 1. It spent two weeks at the summit before it was knocked off by another debut single, this time by little-known boy band Westlife - Swear It Again was the first of 14 chart-toppers for the group. Perfect Moment's total combined sales to date stand at 631,000, including 747,000 streams since we starting counting in 2014. Last week, the song was downloaded 11 times and streamed 4,388 times in the UK. Paradise skies continued for Martine on the charts: she went on to score a further four Top 10 singles, including 2000's Number 2-peaking I'm Over You reaching Number 2. In 2017, she made her music comeback with a new album Lost & Found, which debuted inside the Top 20. Look back at Martine's full Official UK Chart history here. Elsewhere in the Official Single Chart that week in 1999, girl group TLC were on the ascent with No Scrubs, climbing five places into the Top 10 at Number 8. Further down, it was an eclectic affair with new entries from Glamma Kid ft. Shola Ama, Cranberries landed a ninth hit with Promises, and there were new entries for Blackstreet ft. Janet Jackson, Meat Loaf, Ace Of Base and Alesha's Attic.
April 11, 20196 yr Author Surprised as many as 11 people downloaded that song last week! It seems to be largely confined to history and I'd never have heard of it if not for looking at old charts/NOW compilations, boring song. The full top 75 that week (text from UKMix) 1 - NEW - 01 - Martine McCutcheon - PERFECT MOMENT 03 - 01 - 02 - Mr Oizo - FLAT BEAT 02 - 02 - 03 - Eminem - MY NAME IS 02 - 03 - 04 - Phat's and Small - TURN AROUND 02 - 04 - 05 - Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched And Billie - THANK ABBA FOR THE MUSIC 03 - 05 - 06 - Cartoons - WITCH DOCTOR 08 - 06 - 07 - Britney Spears - BABY ONE MORE TIME 03 - 13 - 08 - TLC - NO SCRUBS 03 - 08 - 09 - New Radicals - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 1 - NEW - 10 - Glamma Kid Featuring Shola Ama - TABOO 1 - NEW - 11 - Blackstreet With Janet - GIRLFRIEND / BOYFRIEND 06 - 10 - 12 - Vengaboys - WE LIKE TO PARTY! (THE VENGABUS) 1 - NEW - 13 - Cranberries - PROMISES 02 - 07 - 14 - Catatonia - DEAD FROM THE WAIST DOWN 1 - NEW - 15 - Meat Loaf Featuring Patti Russo - IS NOTHING SACRED 06 - 12 - 16 - Boyzone - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH 03 - 09 - 17 - Billie Piper - HONEY TO THE BEE 05 - 17 - 18 - Steps - BETTER BEST FORGOTTEN 04 - 14 - 19 - B*Witched - BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN 02 - 11 - 20 - Another Level Featuring Jay-Z - BE ALONE NO MORE 07 - 18 - 21 - Whitney Houston - IT'S NOT RIGHT, BUT IT'S OKAY 1 - NEW - 22 - Ace Of Base - EVERYTIME IT RAINS 03 - 20 - 23 - Des'ree - YOU GOTTA BE 02 - 16 - 24 - Mariah Carey - I STILL BELIEVE 02 - 15 - 25 - Reef - I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY 02 - 19 - 26 - Beverley Knight - MAKE IT BACK 99 1 - NEW - 27 - Candi Staton - LOVE ON LOVE 04 - 22 - 28 - Robbie Williams - STRONG 07 - 25 - 29 - Cher - STRONG ENOUGH 22 - 30 - 30 - Steps - HEARTBEAT / TRAGEDY 08 - 27 - 31 - Corrs - RUNAWAY 09 - 31 - 32 - 2Pac - CHANGES 07 - 28 - 33 - Blur - TENDER 1 - NEW - 34 - Alisha's Attic - BARBARELLA 03 - 26 - 35 - System F - OUT OF THE BLUE 04 - 24 - 36 - Kele Le Roc - MY LOVE 02 - 21 - 37 - Bon Jovi - REAL LIFE 06 - 33 - 38 - George Michael And Mary J Blige - AS 03 - 32 - 39 - Sash! - COLOUR THE WORLD 1 - NEW - 40 - James Brown - FUNK ON AH ROLL 07 - 35 - 41 - Shawn Mullins - LULLABY 09 - 36 - 42 - Lenny Kravitz - FLY AWAY 02 - 23 - 43 - Bus Stop - JUMP 04 - 29 - 44 - Andy Williams - MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY 10 - 41 - 45 - Blondie - MARIA 06 - 51 - 46 - Madonna - NOTHING REALLY MATTERS 05 - 37 - 47 - Manic Street Preachers - YOU STOLE THE SUN FROM MY HEART 1 - NEW - 48 - Invisible Man - GIVE A LITTLE LOVE 05 - 46 - 49 - Beautiful South - HOW LONG'S A TEAR TAKE TO DRY? 02 - 34 - 50 - Cypress Hill - DR GREENTHUMB 1 - NEW - 51 - Sizzla - RAIN SHOWERS 07 - 43 - 52 - Cardigans - ERASE / REWIND 12 - 66 - 53 - Denise And Johnny - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU 05 - 44 - 54 - Roxette - WISH I COULD FLY 04 - 40 - 55 - Tina Cousins - KILLIN' TIME 08 - 58 - 56 - Lauryn Hill - EX-FACTOR 09 - 50 - 57 - DJ Sakin And Friends - PROTECT YOUR MIND (FOR THE LOVE OF A PRINCESS) 07 - 47 - 58 - Stereophonics - JUST LOOKING 1 - NEW - 59 - Niall Quinn's Disco Pants - LOVE SUPREME 1 - NEW - 60 - Rod Stewart - FAITH OF THE HEART 1 - NEW - 61 - Lennie De Ice - WE ARE IE 07 - 60 - 62 - Elton John And LeAnn Rimes - WRITTEN IN THE STARS 04 - 48 - 63 - Underworld - PUSH UPSTAIRS 03 - 42 - 64 - Aphex Twin - WINDOWLICKER 19 - 57 - 65 - Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C - WHEN YOU'RE GONE 05 - 49 - 66 - Travis - WRITING TO REACH YOU 1 - NEW - 67 - Wilco - CAN'T STAND IT 25 - 61 - 68 - Cher - BELIEVE 02 - 39 - 69 - Ultrasound - FLOODLIT WORLD 02 - 38 - 70 - Roger Taylor Featuring Treana Morris - SURRENDER 17 - 68 - 71 - Spice Girls - GOODBYE 1 - NEW - 72 - Faith Hill - LET ME LET GO 03 - 54 - 73 - Brian Setzer Orchestra - JUMP JIVE AN' WAIL 11 - 45 - 74 - Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden - YOU DON'T KNOW ME 09 - 55 - 75 - 'N Sync - I WANT YOU BACK
April 11, 20196 yr Thanks for the info above about Des'ree, didn't know. I used to like her a lot in the beginning and actually Mind Adventures was the fi4st album that I ever bought on CD. Dido, Lightouse Family all making comebacks, Des'ree can too :)
April 11, 20196 yr What a coincidence, I've just written about this one for my new weekly series on my blog about pop music in 1999! https://alexscsb.com/2019/04/11/the-story-o...999-chapter-15/ It's easy to forget now just how much attention was reaped on Martine at the time. I remember well Tiffany being killed off on EastEnders at New Year's Eve 1998, and then when she re-emerged just a few months later with this. The reason it had such a phenomenal first week sale was because - and I think it's true of anyone who's played a character on a soap that's so well loved - the actor/actress and their character are almost one in the same, so for the people that were so invested in her character, 'Perfect Moment' was like the happy ending that they felt she deserved in pop song form. It was no different to when Kylie and Jason did 'Especially For You' so soon after Scott and Charlene got married on Neighbours. I must admit I wasn't as keen on 'Perfect Moment' when it first came out but it's actually a lovely ballad listening back to it now and she sounds beautiful on it. Also interesting fact: she did the Children In Need single that same year - 'Love Me' I think it was called - and one of my classmates at primary school was in the choir on the live telethon. He didn't shut up about it for months after, yes.
April 11, 20196 yr I agree hence holly valance doing well initially to because of her major neighbours character
April 11, 20196 yr I agree hence holly valance doing well initially to because of her major neighbours character Very good example! When 'Kiss Kiss' hit number one, if memory serves me correct BBC One were just airing the climax of the storyline of her character Flick (we were always six weeks or so behind the Australian broadcast as I recall) having an affair with her sister Steph's fiancee Mark and him blabbing about it at the altar on their wedding day. So not so much happy ending but solidfiying a reputation, so to speak :lol:
April 11, 20196 yr I think her being naked in the video helped get her to number 1 . The song wasn’t to shabby either.
April 11, 20196 yr I think her being naked in the video helped get her to number 1 . The song wasn’t to shabby either. Aah well that too. Although she looked hot to be fair, she pulled it off if you pardon the pun :D And another thing that worked in the favour of 'Kiss Kiss' was the fact the original by Tarkan called 'Simarik' had been used for a good couple of months as the music to promote Graham Norton's chat show which was on Channel 4 at that point, so it was already familiar by the time it got released!
April 11, 20196 yr Singles sales were very strong in the first third of 1999: in the top 75 above there were 7 singles that had been certified Platinum (Britney was 2 x Platinum). Quarter 1 sales (January to March) 1999 were the highest Q1 sales since Q1 1982. Indeed, sales held up well for all of 1999 then when the millennium arrived singles sales suddenly went into a sharp decline. In 1999 cassette singles sales still accounted for 25% of all sales, within 3 years this was down to 10%. I always found it surprising how quickly singles sales fell away at the start of the 00s. Some people say it was down to Napster and illegal downloads but I'm sure most people were still on dial-up internet back then. I certainly was - I was on AOL until 2004! The number 1 artist album this week in 1999 was an album that was returning to the top for the first time since October 1992 - 'Gold - Greatest Hits' by Abba. Its weekly sale was 26,000 which Alan Jones reported was the lowest for a number 1 album since the previous July (1998). The overall best selling album of the week was Now 42 which topped the Compilations Chart on sales of 132,000, down from its first week sale of 220,000 the previous week.
April 25, 20196 yr QrOe2h9RtWI https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...ul-liar__26148/ Big name features and starry collaboration are pretty common in the Official Singles Chart these days, but when Beyoncé (Be-yon-cé) and Shakira (Sha-ki-ra) got together in 2007, it felt like a moment. Beyoncé was riding high on the success of her second solo album since putting Destiny's Child on hiatus, B-Day, and Shakira had scored the song of the previous summer with her first chart-topper Hips Don't Lie – it was only natural they should join forces, especially given there was more than a slight resemblance between the pair. Beautiful Liar actually started life as a track left over from the B-Day sessions, and originally had Beyoncé duetting with herself – well, if anyone can, Bey can – singing to her feisty stage persona Sasha Fierce. With Shakira becoming known as the Colombian Beyoncé – no word on whether anyone was calling Beyoncé the American Shakira, but we like to think they were – Sasha got bumped, Shakira was brought on board, and the new version raced to Number 1, deposing another all-star collaboration from Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, and Justin Timberlake. The video for Beautiful Liar was, as you would expect: steamy, atmospheric, and featured lots of both artists’ signature hip-swivelling, and the tune, despite being about two women in love with the same rat, was not the vengeful banger you might expect, but a smooth and seductive midtempo. A much more laidback take on that other iconic duet battling over some lacklustre dude – The Boy Is Mine, from Brandy & Monica – the song ended with both ladies deciding there was no point arguing over such a basic man, and becoming pals. Beautiful Liar stayed at Number 1 for three weeks, before being deposed by McFly, and has amassed 564,100 combined sales across physical sales, downloads, and streams. Like all Beyoncé releases of that era, Beautiful Liar had its own storming Freemasons remix – definitely worth seeking out if you love a noughties floorfiller. Elsewhere on the Top 40 this very week in 2007, Ne-Yo was a big climber with Because of You, and Natasha Bedingfield was on the up with maternal jam I Wanna Have Your Babies, her last Top 10 hit in the UK. There were also new entries from Ash, former Busted star Matt Willis, and Ocean Colour Scene.
April 25, 20196 yr They forgot that Natasha did have another top 10 with 'Soulmate'! 'Beautiful Liar' was such a jarring dirge, although the Freemasons remix really did lift it.
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