February 11, 20214 yr Fifth best selling single of 1991. To add insult to injury, this stopped Madonna going to #1 with the re-release of 'Crazy For You', which reached #2 upon its original release too.
February 11, 20214 yr ^True. At least first time around Crazy for You was blocked by a decent song (Frankie)
February 11, 20214 yr Fifth best selling single of 1991. :lol: there's an ongoing survivor in the pre-2000s forum for the top 10 best-selling singles of 1991 and the list in general is pretty woeful. The 11-20 section of that year's EOY chart looks a lot better at least, which includes the song that 'Do The Bartman' knocked off #1 sitting on those outskirts - The KLF *.* I've seen a 'Do The Bartman' vinyl in a charity shop before but didn't quite get it :kink: can't say that I've ever heard that follow-up single before *_*
February 11, 20214 yr This was the week in 1991 when singles sales fell by a massive 23% due to the arctic conditions that had hit the UK. I remember the whole country being blanketed in snow and temperatures being below freezing for the first two weeks of the month. It was also when British Rail blamed the trains not being able to run on "the wrong type of snow" falling on the tracks.
February 11, 20214 yr Author its quite amazing just how many crap novelty songs went number one and sold loads in the 90s, very much a different time for music consumption. I couldn’t make it through the whole of that Bartman song. but perhaps they’re going to be making a comeback considering the song currently at number two in the chart.
February 11, 20214 yr crazy about the Simpsons, I could understand a random hit but they actually also got a hit album out of it, which went top 10 in both UK and US, think it got pretty huge sales in the US
February 11, 20214 yr 'What Do I Have To Do' should have been #1 that week! Wasn't 'Crazy For You' re-release also blocked from #1 by 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' due to the Levi's advert and by something crazy like 1,000 copies?
February 11, 20214 yr 'What Do I Have To Do' should have been #1 that week! Wasn't 'Crazy For You' re-release also blocked from #1 by 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' due to the Levi's advert and by something crazy like 1,000 copies? It was! Gezza estimates that it sold 64k compared to 66k for The Clash. Apparently it was midweek #1, as it was in 1985 too.
February 11, 20214 yr Crazy For You is one of the few #2s to have been held off #1 by 3 different songs. Love The Way You Lie was held off by 4, but the title of unluckiest #2 ever, especially now the Mariah and Wham! songs have reached #1, surely goes to Moves Like Jagger which was not only held off by 6 different songs, but outsold every song that was in the previous week's chart for 8 weeks in a row.
February 11, 20214 yr sure moves like Jagger was unlucky cos it was held off by many other #1s but Crazy for You was #2 in 2 separate releases, so it makes it far more unlucky imho
February 11, 20214 yr Bartman"s 90s sales were 458k so how has it lost 7k of sales? ? Edited February 11, 20214 yr by fiesta
February 11, 20214 yr It was! Gezza estimates that it sold 64k compared to 66k for The Clash. Apparently it was midweek #1, as it was in 1985 too. didnt know it was number 1 in the midweeks its my fav ever song
February 11, 20214 yr Bartman"s 90s sales were 458k so how has it lost 7k of sales? ? I think all of the OCC's estimates for pre-1994 sales are generally lower than what may have been reported at the time (aside from 1992 which seems to be significantly higher).
February 11, 20214 yr I think all of the OCC's estimates for pre-1994 sales are generally lower than what may have been reported at the time (aside from 1992 which seems to be significantly higher). Does that mean Stay's sales have been upgraded? *.*
February 11, 20214 yr Does that mean Stay's sales have been upgraded? *.* Not too sure, don't think the OCC have given sales for 'Stay' yet but, for example, Kylie's 'Give Me Just a Little More Time' has been reported to have sales of 325k and Madonna's 'Erotica' has been reported to have sales of 270k, yet neither sold over 150k in 1992 and they definitely haven't sold that much in downloads. There's been other cases of songs from 1992 appearing to high on artists' all time lists, like 'Remember the Time' on Michael Jackson's best sellers list. Basically the OCC just make it up as they go along so let's pretend 'Stay' has sold a million! :P
February 11, 20214 yr its quite amazing just how many crap novelty songs went number one and sold loads in the 90s, very much a different time for music consumption. I couldn’t make it through the whole of that Bartman song. but perhaps they’re going to be making a comeback considering the song currently at number two in the chart. Teletubbies and Bob The Builder sold insane amounts as well. I think Bob managed to spend three weeks at the top which considering the huge amount of #1's around the year 2000 was a massive achievement and it completely thrashed Westlife for the Christmas #1 at the height of their popularity. The Tweenies had a couple of top ten hits too, in fact pretty much anything that existed on children's TV in that era had at least one hit. :lol:
February 11, 20214 yr 'What Do I Have To Do' should have been #1 that week! Wasn't 'Crazy For You' re-release also blocked from #1 by 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' due to the Levi's advert and by something crazy like 1,000 copies? The other great phenomenon of the 90s charts! Here's a good question that i'm sure someone will know the answer to, what was the last song to get to #1 on the back of a Levi's advert? All I can think of is 'Spaceman' by Babylon Zoo but i'm sure there must have been another after that!
February 11, 20214 yr Crazy For You is one of the few #2s to have been held off #1 by 3 different songs. Love The Way You Lie was held off by 4, but the title of unluckiest #2 ever, especially now the Mariah and Wham! songs have reached #1, surely goes to Moves Like Jagger which was not only held off by 6 different songs, but outsold every song that was in the previous week's chart for 8 weeks in a row. On top of that it now officially ranks as the biggest selling non #1 in chart history. With the exceptions of One Direction and Rihanna it was kept off the top by a string of one week wonders that were nowhere near as memorable in the long term. Surely one of the unluckiest chart histories of any hit.
February 12, 20214 yr Not too sure, don't think the OCC have given sales for 'Stay' yet but, for example, Kylie's 'Give Me Just a Little More Time' has been reported to have sales of 325k and Madonna's 'Erotica' has been reported to have sales of 270k, yet neither sold over 150k in 1992 and they definitely haven't sold that much in downloads. There's been other cases of songs from 1992 appearing to high on artists' all time lists, like 'Remember the Time' on Michael Jackson's best sellers list. Basically the OCC just make it up as they go along so let's pretend 'Stay' has sold a million! :P I had noticed the same thing with regards to what “Give Me Just a Little More Time” had sold. “Stay” was said to have sold 490k at the time and I know it was reported in 2019 that it had sold over 300k in downloads/streams so who knows maybe it is on its way to a million? ☺️ Edited February 12, 20214 yr by Just_Jack
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