Aqua doctor Jones such a underated gem yes I know it got number 1 but often gets over looked because the other song :lol:

It is a shame that 'Stop' never quite managed #1 as it's one of the Spice Girls' best. Still, I won't begrudge the song that beat it as 'It's Like That' is brilliant.

 

MUCH better Madonna song in this week's throwback Thursday :wub: In fact her best song <3 I cannot deny that William Orbit production and the haunting vocals.

Great to find out updated sales for 'Stop'! :wub:

 

It passed 400,000 in January 2016, in the 60 weeks that have passed since it's sold approx 336 on average per week.

'Stop' came fairly close to not even making number 2. The previous number 1, 'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion fell from the top to number 3 on a sale of 102,000 copies. At this point the Celine single had sold 765,000 copies and was at the top of the year to date best selling singles list.

 

The number 1 album was 'Ray Of Light' by Madonna which sold 74,000 copies in its second chart week. It had debuted at the top the previous week on a sale of just under 140,000. The number 2 album was once again the OST of 'Titanic' which was able to chart on the main album chart because it was credited to composer and arranger James Horner. Its total to date sales were more than 400,000. Number one compilation album was once again 'The Full Monty OST' on sales of 32,000 with cumulative to date sales of over half a million. The number 2 Compilation album was 'Box Hits 98' named after the music TV channel. It sold 24,000 copies.

Edited March 18, 20178 yr by Robbie

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By Rob Copsey [Source]

 

Personnel changes in pop can be unpredictable. When a member leaves, some bands struggle to recover, but if there's one band that proved a change could do them good, it was Sugababes.

 

Back in 2001, things weren't looking great for the group. Their debut single Overload - an infectious, sophisticated slice of pop - had been a huge success, but two subsequent singles failed to reach the same highs. To top it all off, member Siobhan Donaghy decided she'd had enough and wanted out (she's since denied rumours that she told her band mates she was going to the loo and never came back, though wouldn't that have been amazing?).

 

However, just a few months later, Heidi Range would join the group and help them on the path to their imperial phase.

 

Freak Like Me started out as a mashup by hip pop producer Richard X, who played Adina Howard's '90s R&B original over the top of Gary Numan's '80s classic Are Friends Electric? Sugababes' management loved what they heard and asked the group to record a new version. And the rest is history.

 

Freak Like Me gave Sugababes their first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, but it very nearly never happened. Sugababes scored first-week sales of 85,410 copies, but they had some serious competition – S Club Juniors finished just over 1,000 copies behind. How different things could've been…

 

Freak Like Me was followed by five more Number 1s – Round Round (2002), Hole In The Head (2003), Push The Button (2005), Walk This Way (2007) and About You Now (2007). To date it's notched up 317,000 across physical, downloads and streaming equivalent sales; and there's still some love out there for it – 545 of you have downloaded it in 2017 so far.

 

 

Elsewhere in the Top 40 this week in 2002, Oasis' The Hindu Times slipped from the top spot to Number 4, and Idlewild's You Held The World In Your Arms became the Sottish rockers' highest charting single, new at Number 9.

 

The strangest entry in the Top 40 that week goes to Mad Donna, a mystery Madonna impersonator who released a cover of nursery rhyme Wheels On The Bus set to the tune of Madge's song Ray Of Light. It managed to reach the dizzying heights of Number 17, which is pretty impressive, all things considered.

 

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Top 75 (sourced from UKMix)

 

1 - NEW - 01 - Sugababes - FREAK LIKE ME

1 - NEW - 02 - S Club Juniors - ONE STEP CLOSER

02 - 02 - 03 - 'N Sync featuring Nelly - GIRLFRIEND

02 - 01 - 04 - Oasis - THE HINDU TIMES

09 - 07 - 05 - Nickelback - HOW YOU REMIND ME

09 - 06 - 06 - Shakira - WHENEVER WHEREVER

03 - 05 - 07 - X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne - LAZY

06 - 04 - 08 - Gareth Gates - UNCHAINED MELODY

1 - NEW - 09 - Idlewild - YOU HELD THE WORLD IN YOUR ARMS

05 - 08 - 10 - Missy Elliott - 4 MY PEOPLE

04 - 09 - 11 - Britney Spears - I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN

06 - 12 - 12 - Darren Hayes - INSATIABLE

1 - NEW - 13 - Kosheen - HUNGRY

1 - NEW - 14 - Chemical Brothers - THE TEST / COME WITH US

03 - 11 - 15 - One Giant Leap featuring Maxi Jazz and Robbie Williams - MY CULTURE

07 - 10 - 16 - Shaggy and Ali G - ME JULIE

1 - NEW - 17 - Maddonna - THE WHEELS ON THE BUS

07 - 16 - 18 - Jennifer Lopez - AIN'T IT FUNNY

09 - 14 - 19 - Lasgo - SOMETHING

09 - 19 - 20 - Will Young - ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE / EVERGREEN

06 - 18 - 21 - Blue - FLY BY II

05 - 20 - 22 - Shy FX and T Power featuring DI - SHAKE UR BODY

03 - 17 - 23 - Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - BEAUTIFUL

05 - 25 - 24 - Anastacia - ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE

03 - 22 - 25 - Usher - U-TURN

06 - 23 - 26 - Marilyn Manson - TAINTED LOVE

07 - 29 - 27 - Celine Dion - A NEW DAY HAS COME

1 - NEW - 28 - Haven - TILL THE END

14 - 28 - 29 - Enrique Iglesias - HERO

02 - 13 - 30 - Pay As U Go - CHAMPAIGN DANCE

1 - NEW - 31 - Push - TRANZY STATE OF MIND

02 - 24 - 32 - LFO - EVERY OTHER TIME

03 - 26 - 33 - 3sl - TAKE IT EASY

02 - 03 - 34 - Doves - THERE GOES THE FEAR AGAIN

1 - NEW - 35 - Kristine Blond - YOU MAKE ME GO OOH

04 - 32 - 36 - Michelle Branch - EVERYWHERE

04 - 31 - 37 - X-Ecutioners - IT'S GOIN' DOWN

10 - 39 - 38 - R Kelly - THE WORLD'S GREATEST

02 - 30 - 39 - Streets - LET'S PUSH THINGS FORWARD

10 - 42 - 40 - Kylie Minogue - IN YOUR EYES

 

1 - NEW - 41 - Peshay featuring Co-Ordinate - YOU GOT ME BURNING / FUZION

03 - 33 - 42 - So Solid Crew - RIDE WIT US

02 - 15 - 43 - New Order - HERE TO STAY

04 - 36 - 44 - Future Breeze - TEMPLE OF DREAMS

04 - 35 - 45 - Sheryl Crow - SOAK UP THE SUN

03 - 37 - 46 - Barthezz - INFECTED

10 - 46 - 47 - Westlife - WORLD OF OUR OWN

1 - NEW - 48 - Nivea - RUN AWAY (I WANNA BE WITH YOU) / I DON'T MESS

11 - 38 - 49 - S Club 7 - YOU

02 - 34 - 50 - Drowning Pool - BODIES

03 - 21 - 51 - Faithless featuring Dido - ONE STEP TOO FAR

02 - 27 - 52 - Pulp - BAD COVER VERSION

04 - 40 - 53 - Ladies First - I CAN'T WAIT

11 - 52 - 54 - DB Boulevard - POINT OF VIEW

1 - NEW - 55 - JFK - THE SOUND OF BLUE

05 - 43 - 56 - Travis - FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW

06 - 47 - 57 - George Michael - FREEEK!

05 - 41 - 58 - Outkast featuring Killer Mike - THE WHOLE WORLD

1 - NEW - 59 - Bad Company - RUSH HOUR / BLIND

1 - NEW - 60 - Dino Leny - I FEEL STEREO

08 - 49 - 61 - City High featuring Eve - CARAMEL

07 - 62 - 62 - Natalie Imbruglia - WRONG IMPRESSION

08 - 61 - 63 - Plantinum 45 featuring More Fire Crew - OL

1 - NEW - 64 - Michael Courtney - JAGGED EDGE / CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP

05 - 56 - 65 - Badly Drawn Boy - SILENT SIGH

04 - 50 - 66 - Aaron Carter - LEAVE IT UP TO ME

07 - RE - 67 - Rik Waller - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

06 - 58 - 68 - Alicia Keys - A WOMAN'S WORTH

05 - 65 - 69 - Sum 41 - MOTIVATION

15 - 53 - 70 - Pink - GET THE PARTY STARTED

02 - 71 - 71 - Enrique Iglesias - ESCAPE

06 - 68 - 72 - Pet Shop Boys - HOME AND DRY

04 - 45 - 73 - Aurora - DREAMING

1 - NEW - 74 - Aquanuts - DEEP SEA

09 - 64 - 75 - Beverley Knight - SHOULDA' WOULDA' COULDA'

The initially published version of this chart had another entry for One Step Too Far at #68 - it was quickly realised that it should not have been there, and was thus removed.

That Mad'Donna song though! :lol:

One of my favourite charts from 2002 this. Sugababes, S Club Juniors and NSYNC were all amongst my favourites at the time. See also: the chart the week after with Holly Valance at #1!

Edited May 5, 20178 yr by ThePensmith

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By Rob Copsey

Source

 

Kylie’s first year of pop success saw a run of hits that many artists could only dream of achieving. From her very first chart-topper I Should Be So Lucky spending five weeks at Number 1 in early 1988 to her scoring a second, this time with Jason Donovan in the first week in 1989, with Especially For You, Kylie quickly positioned herself as a chart force to be reckoned with.

 

Within the space of a year she'd landed five Top 2 hits in a row, four from her hit debut album, also handily titled Kylie. But now it was time for that 'difficult second album'. Could Kylie deliver?

 

Hand On Your Heart was another single continuing what was to become a great Kylie tradition of entering the Official Singles Chart at Number 2. Fans waited eagerly to see whether Kylie could move up one to take the top spot – the memories of The Loco-Motion’s stalled attempt from summer 1988 still fresh in their minds. They needn’t have worried.

 

Two weeks after its release, Hand On Your Heart climbed to Number 1, ending The Bangles' four-week reign at the top. Hand On Your Heart spent just one week at the summit, toppled by charity record Ferry Cross The Mersey, by the Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Kylie’s very own producers Stock Aitken Waterman.

 

To date, Hand On Your Heart has sold over 488,000 copies. And it's still getting some love - last week 34 people downloaded it in the UK.

 

Elsewhere in the Top 40 this week in 1989, Queen were the week's highest new entry at Number 3 with I Want It All, earning them a 17th Top 10 single, and a remix/re-release of Chaka Khan's I'm Every Women reached a new all-time chart peak at Number 8.

 

Further down, Roxette's debut single The Look was up 12 places to 14 (it was reach the Top 10 the following week), and Diana Ross' Workin' Overtime climbed 10 places to Number 32 to become her 41st UK Top 40 hit.

 

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Top 75 (sourced from UKMix)

 

02 - 02 - 01 - Kylie Minogue - HAND ON YOUR HEART

15 - 01 - 02 - Bangles - ETERNAL FLAME

1 - NEW - 03 - Queen - I WANT IT ALL

16 - 05 - 04 - London Boys - REQUIEM

05 - 07 - 05 - Natalie Cole - MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY

14 - 09 - 06 - Midnight Oil - BEDS ARE BURNING

03 - 28 - 07 - Edelweiss - BRING ME EDELWEISS

02 - 23 - 08 - Chaka Khan - I'M EVERY WOMAN

07 - 04 - 09 - Transvision Vamp - BABY I DON'T CARE

07 - 06 - 10 - Holly Johnson - AMERICANOS

04 - 08 - 11 - Beatmasters With Merlin - WHO'S IN THE HOUSE?

06 - 03 - 12 - Simply Red - IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW

03 - 16 - 13 - Poison - YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE

07 - 26 - 14 - Roxette - THE LOOK

03 - 21 - 15 - Debbie Gibson - ELECTRIC YOUTH

03 - 17 - 16 - Yazz - WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE?

05 - 10 - 17 - Fine Young Cannibals - GOOD THING

03 - 18 - 18 - Bon Jovi - I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU

04 - 13 - 19 - Inner City - AIN'T NOBODY BETTER

04 - 14 - 20 - Metallica - ONE

02 - 37 - 21 - Stevie Nicks - ROOMS ON FIRE

02 - 39 - 22 - Stefan Dennis - DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD?

11 - 15 - 23 - Kon Kan - I BEG YOUR PARDON

04 - 11 - 24 - Cure - LULLABY

06 - 22 - 25 - De La Soul - ME MYSELF AND I

07 - 19 - 26 - Cookie Crew - GOT TO KEEP ON

09 - 25 - 27 - Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER

06 - 30 - 28 - Swing Out Sister - YOU ON MY MIND

02 - 42 - 29 - Hue And Cry - VIOLENTLY (EP)

09 - 33 - 30 - Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler - KEEP ON MOVIN'

11 - 20 - 31 - Paula Abdul - STRAIGHT UP

03 - 12 - 32 - Morrissey - INTERESTING DRUG

02 - 43 - 33 - Diana Ross - WORKIN' OVERTIME

11 - 24 - 34 - Jason Donovan - TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS

12 - 29 - 35 - Donna Summer - THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL

1 - NEW - 36 - Shakin' Stevens - LOVE ATTACK

06 - 34 - 37 - Jody Watley - REAL LOVE

02 - 45 - 38 - Cappella - HELYOM HALIB

02 - 47 - 39 - Alyson Williams Featuring Nikki D - MY LOVE IS SO RAW

05 - 27 - 40 - U2 With BB King - WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN

 

02 - 44 - 41 - Aretha Franklin And Elton John - THROUGH THE STORM

03 - 41 - 42 - Deon Estus - HEAVEN HELP ME

02 - 48 - 43 - Public Image Limited - DISAPPOINTED

06 - 31 - 44 - INXS - MYSTIFY

1 - NEW - 45 - Sam Brown - CAN I GET A WITNESS?

05 - 53 - 46 - 1927 - THAT'S WHEN I THINK OF YOU

08 - 36 - 47 - Coldcut Featuring Lisa Stansfield - PEOPLE HOLD ON

1 - NEW - 48 - Jacksons - NOTHING (THAT COMPARES 2 U)

04 - 56 - 49 - Rod Stewart - MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO

02 - 57 - 50 - Onslaught - LET THERE BE ROCK

04 - 58 - 51 - Lynne Hamilton - ON THE INSIDE

1 - NEW - 52 - Big Daddy Kane - RAP SUMMARY/WRATH OF KANE

08 - 38 - 53 - Pat And Mick - I HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET

1 - NEW - 54 - Robert Palmer - CHANGE HIS WAYS

05 - 59 - 55 - Reid - GOOD TIMES

04 - 32 - 56 - Simple Minds - THIS IS YOUR LAND

09 - 40 - 57 - Guns n' Roses - PARADISE CITY

08 - 65 - 58 - A Guy Called Gerald - VOODOO RAY

1 - NEW - 59 - Queensryche - EYES OF A STRANGER

03 - 49 - 60 - Tom Jones - MOVE CLOSER

02 - 60 - 61 - Texas - THRILL HAS GONE

06 - 54 - 62 - Johnny Nash - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW

02 - 78 - 63 - Tom Petty - I WON'T BACK DOWN

07 - 55 - 64 - Kirsty MacColl - FREE WORLD

08 - 46 - 65 - Paul Simpson Featuring Adeva - MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVING ON UP)

04 - 35 - 66 - Duran Duran - DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME?

03 - 68 - 67 - Cherelle - AFFAIR

02 - 84 - 68 - Wire - EARDRUM BUZZ

04 - 64 - 69 - Wendy And Lisa - LOLLY LOLLY

02 - 70 - 70 - Tyree - HARDCORE HIP HOUSE

16 - 52 - 71 - Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL

1 - NEW - 72 - It Bites - STILL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER

12 - 72 - 73 - Reynolds Girls - I'D RATHER JACK

02 - 74 - 74 - Bang - YOU'RE THE ONE

08 - 51 - 75 - Yello - OF COURSE I'M LYING

As much as I love the Sugababes version of Freak Like Me, the Garage version by Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy is also a decent version too

'Hand On Your Heart' by Kylie was the biggest selling single in the UK the previous week and would have entered the chart at number 1 (and which would have made Kylie the first solo female artist to achieve the feat) had the cassette single version of the single been chart eligible. Although cassette singles were an eligible format, minimum pricing rules were the same as that of a 12" single. 'Hand On Your Heart' was on sale at the same price as a 7" single (£1.99) and cheaper than chart rules allowed. Over 10,000 sales of 'Hand On Your Heart' were on the chart ineligible cassette single format and had they been eligible Kylie would have outsold 'Eternal Flame' by The Bangles with ease - officially The Bangles outsold Kylie by 1,600 copies. The chart rules were changed at the end of May 1989 which allowed 2 track cassette singles to be sold at the same price as a 7" single.

Just noticed that Stefan Dennis single at #22. :D

I always thought 'Hand On Your Heart' was pretty overrated out of her 80s stuff - I much preferred the following two singles 'Wouldn't Change a Thing' and 'Never Too Late' - but it's recently hit me and I can appreciate it as a prime example of 80s pure pop excellence. Despite the make or break situation being described in the lyrics, the song's cheery production never lets up.

As comebacks go, Spinning Around was less a reinvention and more a reminder of what Kylie Minogue is all about: fun, sparkly and undeniably catchy pop tunes.

 

After taking a left-turn on 1998’s Impossible Princess, an intriguing, experimental album that divided critics – Spinning Around was a return to the core principles of Brand Kylie. It was fun. It was camp. It was for the clubs. It was tiny gold hotpants.

 

Rather than re-treading her Stock, Aitkin & Waterman sound, which didn't hold the nostalgic value it has today, Spinning Around played into the disco-pop revival happening in 2000 (see: Spiller’s Groovejet and Modjo’s Lady Hear Me Tonight).

 

The result was Kylie’s I Should Be So Lucky for the new Millennium; and it went down a treat with the public. Spinning Around landed straight in at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 17 years ago this week with opening sales of just over 82,000. Against the odds, Kylie was back.

 

Full article including chat to the producer here.

 

Full top 75 below (source: UKMIX)

 

Can we just talk about how good that top 4 is though :wub: Spinning is one of my fave Kylie songs and then three big dance classics.

 

1 - NEW - 01 - Kylie Minogue - SPINNING AROUND

02 - 01 - 02 - Black Legend - YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME

02 - 03 - 03 - Darude - SANDSTORM

05 - 02 - 04 - Sonique - IT FEELS SO GOOD

1 - NEW - 05 - David Gray - BABYLON

1 - NEW - 06 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - THE POWER OF LOVE

1 - NEW - 07 - Damage - GHETTO ROMANCE

1 - NEW - 08 - Girl Thing - THE LAST ONE STANDING

05 - 04 - 09 - S Club 7 - REACH

04 - 06 - 10 - Mary Mary - SHACKLES (PRIASE YOU)

04 - 07 - 11 - York - ON THE BEACH

03 - 09 - 12 - Richard Blackwood - MAMA - WHO DA MAN?

02 - 05 - 13 - Moby - PORCELAINE

03 - 10 - 14 - Gabrielle - WHEN A WOMAN

02 - 08 - 15 - Backstreet Boys - THE ONE

04 - 13 - 16 - Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - FORGOT ABOUT DRE

05 - 16 - 17 - Bon Jovi - IT'S MY LIFE

04 - 14 - 18 - Pink - THERE YOU GO

03 - 12 - 19 - B15 featuring Chrissy D and Lady G - GIRLS LIKE US

08 - 18 - 20 - Britney Spears - OOPS! . . . I DID IT AGAIN

02 - 11 - 21 - Jamelia - CALL ME

12 - 22 - 22 - Lonestar - AMAZED

07 - 20 - 23 - Madison Avenue - DON'T CALL ME BABY

05 - RE - 24 - Andrea Bocelli - CANTO DELLA TERRA

03 - 19 - 25 - Whitney Houston / George Michael - IF I TOLD YOU THAT

03 - 24 - 26 - Daphne and Celeste - UGLY

03 - 21 - 27 - Angelic - IT'S MY TURN

12 - 28 - 28 - Bloodhound Gang - THE BAD TOUCH

07 - 25 - 29 - Tom Jones and Mousse T - SEX BOMB

03 - 30 - 30 - Kelis - GOOD STUFF

06 - 31 - 31 - Billie Piper - DAY AND NIGHT

1 - NEW - 32 - DJ Sandy Vs Houstrap - OVERDRIVE

1 - NEW - 33 - En Vogue - RIDDLE

03 - 23 - 34 - Travis - COMING AROUND

04 - 27 - 35 - Stephen Gately - NEW BEGINNING / BRIGHT EYES

11 - 36 - 36 - Fragma - TOCA'S MIRACLE

11 - 35 - 37 - Sisqo - THONG SONG

02 - 17 - 38 - Richard Ashcroft - MONEY TO BURN

03 - 15 - 39 - Fat Les 2000 - JERUSALEM

02 - 29 - 40 - Jay-Z - BIG PIMPIN'

1 - NEW - 41 - Bad Habit Boys - THE WEEKEND

08 - 39 - 42 - Watergate - HEART OF ASIA

03 - 33 - 43 - Muse - UNINTENDED

06 - 40 - 44 - DJ Luck and MC Neat - MASTERBLASTER 2000

04 - 37 - 45 - Trevor and Simon - HANDS UP

02 - 26 - 46 - England Supporter's Band - THE GREAT ESCAPE 2000

12 - 45 - 47 - Craig David - FILL ME IN

10 - 51 - 48 - Toni Braxton - HE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH

02 - 32 - 49 - Idlewild - THESE WOODEN IDEARS

02 - 34 - 50 - Amber - SEXUAL

02 - 38 - 51 - BT featuring Kristy Hawkshaw - DREAMING

09 - 48 - 52 - Oxide and Neutrino - BOUND 4 DA RELOAD (CASUALTY)

09 - 61 - 53 - Mandy Moore - CANDY

03 - 54 - 54 - Northern Line - ALL AROUND THE WORLD

13 - 71 - 55 - Geri Halliwell - BAG IT UP

04 - 64 - 56 - Aqua - AROUND THE WORLD

05 - 49 - 57 - DJ Dee Kline - I DON'T SMOKE

05 - 43 - 58 - Sia - TAKEN FOR GRANTED

06 - 53 - 59 - Southside Spinners - LUVSTRUCK

03 - 46 - 60 - Azzido Da Bass - DOOMS NIGHT

11 - RE - 61 - Richard Ashcroft - A SONG FOR THE LOVERS

1 - NEW - 62 - Weird Science - FEEL THE NEED

03 - 52 - 63 - Ariel - A9

1 - NEW - 64 - Brain Bashers - DO IT NOW

02 - 42 - 65 - Bob Marley featuring MC Lyte - JAMMIN'

11 - RE - 66 - Westlife - FOOL AGAIN

02 - 41 - 67 - Moca featuring Deanna - HIGHER

04 - 57 - 68 - Mikey Graham - YOU'RE MY ANGEL

11 - RE - 69 - Lock 'n' Load - BLOW YA MIND

08 - RE - 70 - Oasis - WHO FEELS LOVE?

07 - 65 - 71 - Armand Van Helden - KOOCHY

12 - 68 - 72 - Sweet Female Attitude - FLOWERS

1 - NEW - 73 - Blue Amazon - BREATH

07 - RE - 74 - Atomic Kitten - SEE YA

14 - 67 - 75 - Melanie C / Lisa Left Eye Lopes - NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN

I remember this chart well...I was coming back from a week's holiday in Dorset with my family and remember listening to this chart rundown whilst we were parked up at a service station on the M4 somewhere!

 

Loved 'Spinning Around', I also really loved the David Gray 'Babylon' record. Such a beautiful track even now. And I completely forgot this was the infamous Girl Thing release week. If anyone's seen their episode of The Big Reunion, or remembers their launch from around that time, Simon Cowell spent an astronomical amount trying to launch them and even got them to pre-record an interview with Radio 1 celebrating a number one they weren't even within a whisker of achieving!

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...s-theme__19694/

 

 

“Dreams of Number 1 last forever…”

 

That lyric, from Rachel Stevens’s Some Girls, neatly summarises what happened on the Official Singles Chart 13 years ago this week, when she lost out on bagging a Number 1 single.

 

It was arguably Rachel’s strongest bid for the top spot; her debut single post-S Club 7, Sweet Dreams My LA Ex, also peaked at 2, but Some Girls was electro-pop in a different league.

 

The story behind the song is as intriguing as the song itself. Helmed by hit producer Richard X and songwriter Hannah Robinson, Some Girls was initially intended for Girls Aloud, before music mogul Simon Fuller (Spice Girls, Pop Idol) stepped in and asked if one of two acts he was looking after could record it: Rachel Stevens, or Geri Halliwell.

 

When Geri found out the song was to go to Rachel, she locked herself in a car in protest, and the whole ordeal became the subject of a later song by Richard X and Hannah, Me Plus One by Norwegian singer Annie.

 

If that wasn’t bizarre enough, Some Girls – about a vacuous aspiring singer who would do anything to get ahead ("You made a promise I'd get to the top!"), delivered impeccably by Rachel’s icy vocal – was chosen as that year’s official Sport Relief charity single. The accompanying music video sees Rachel leading a group of women around who squirt men with water bottles, which isn’t as suggestive as it’s sounds.

 

Some Girls debuted at Number 2 on the Official Chart this week in 2004 with first week sales of 43,000, losing out to the mighty Lola’s Theme by Shapeshifters. The British production duo debuted straight in at Number 1 with their disco house classic with opening week sales of 52,000.

 

Lola’s Theme logged just one week at the top, but its overall sales are significantly higher than Some Girls, 374,000 to 151,000.

 

As for the rest of the Top 40 this week 13 years ago, Usher’s Burn had been knocked from 1 to down to 3, and there were new entries from J-Kwon’s Tipsy (4), Jamelia’s See It In A Boy’s Eyes (5, co-written by Chris Martin!) and Morrissey’s First Of The Gang To Die (6). Eclectic.

 

Further down, there were also new entries from US band Counting Crows, their song for Shrek 2 Accidentally In Love was to be their last Top 40 hit, and Nelly Furtado bowed at 40 with her forgotten gem Forca.

 

Full chart (sourced by UKMix)

 

1 - NEW - 01 - Shapeshifters - LOLA'S THEME

1 - NEW - 02 - Rachel Stevens - SOME GIRLS

04 - 01 - 03 - Usher - BURN

1 - NEW - 04 - J-Kwon - TIPSY

1 - NEW - 05 - Jamelia - SEE IT IN A BOY'S EYES

1 - NEW - 06 - Morrissey - FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE

05 - 02 - 07 - Britney Spears - EVERYTIME

02 - 06 - 08 - Nina Sky featuring Jabba - MOVE YA BODY

06 - 09 - 09 - O-Zone - DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI

08 - 07 - 10 - Mario Winans Featuring Enya And P Diddy - I DON'T WANNA KNOW

1 - NEW - 11 - Flip And Fill Featuring Karen Perry - DISCOLAND

03 - 05 - 12 - Girls Aloud - THE SHOW

02 - 08 - 13 - Shaznay Lewis - NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE

04 - 10 - 14 - McFly - OBVIOUSLY

08 - 12 - 15 - Kelis - TRICK ME

1 - NEW - 16 - Marillion - DON'T HURT YOURSELF

02 - 04 - 17 - Will Young - FRIDAY'S CHILD

04 - 15 - 18 - Jay Sean Featuring The Rishi Rich Project - EYES ON YOU

02 - 03 - 19 - Elvis Presley - THAT'S ALL RIGHT

03 - 17 - 20 - Black Eyed Peas - LET'S GET IT STARTED

03 - 16 - 21 - Blue - BUBBLIN'

03 - 14 - 22 - George Michael - FLAWLESS (GO TO THE CITY)

1 - NEW - 23 - Snow Patrol - SPITTING GAMES

14 - 19 - 24 - Damien Rice - CANNONBALL

09 - 21 - 25 - Cassidy Featuring R Kelly - HOTEL

04 - 11 - 26 - Outkast - ROSES

03 - 18 - 27 - Kylie Minogue - CHOCOLATE

1 - NEW - 28 - Counting Crows - ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE

04 - 22 - 29 - Beverley Knight - COME AS YOU ARE

03 - 20 - 30 - Basement Jaxx Featuring Lisa Kekaula - GOOD LUCK

02 - 13 - 31 - Hives - WALK IDIOT WALK

17 - 23 - 32 - Anastacia - LEFT OUTSIDE ALONE

14 - 24 - 33 - Eamon - **** IT (I DON'T WANT YOU BACK)

10 - 25 - 34 - Frankee - F.U.R.B. (**** U RIGHT BACK)

1 - NEW - 35 - Velvet Revolver - SLITHER

05 - 26 - 36 - Brandy Featuring Kanye West - TALK ABOUT OUR LOVE

1 - NEW - 37 - Mull Historical Society - HOW 'BOUT I LOVE YOU MORE

1 - NEW - 38 - Bloc Party - LITTLE THOUGHTS/TULIPS

06 - 31 - 39 - Scissor Sisters - LAURA

1 - NEW - 40 - Nelly Furtado - FORCA

 

04 - 33 - 41 - Twista - OVERNIGHT CELEBRITY

06 - 37 - 42 - Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson - ALL FALLS DOWN

05 - 35 - 43 - Jessica Simpson - WITH YOU

13 - 38 - 44 - Maroon 5 - THIS LOVE

02 - 30 - 45 - Max Sedgley - HAPPY

1 - NEW - 46 - Modest Mouse - FLOAT ON

04 - 36 - 47 - Girls Of FHM - DA YA THINK I'M SEXY?

1 - NEW - 48 - Savana - PRETTY LADY

1 - NEW - 49 - FYA - TOO HOT

02 - 27 - 50 - Ian Van Dahl - BELIEVE

02 - 34 - 51 - Ghostface Featuring Missy Elliott - PUSH

03 - 28 - 52 - 5, 6, 7, 8's - WOO HOO

1 - NEW - 53 - Hypo Psycho - PUBLIC ENEMY NO 1

1 - NEW - 54 - Beta Band - OUT-SIDE

1 - NEW - 55 - Magnolia - IT'S ALL VAIN

11 - 42 - 56 - Christina Milian - DIP IT LOW

02 - 29 - 57 - Orbital - ONE PERFECT SUNRISE

04 - 44 - 58 - Junior Jack - STUPIDISCO

15 - 45 - 59 - Rasmus - IN THE SHADOWS

04 - 39 - 60 - Angel City - TOUCH ME

07 - 51 - 61 - Faithless - MASS DESTRUCTION

1 - NEW - 62 - Lenny Kravitz - CALIFORNIA

09 - 55 - 63 - 411 Featuring Ghostface Killah - ON MY KNEES

06 - 41 - 64 - Candee Jay - IF I WERE YOU

05 - 54 - 65 - Slipknot - DUALITY

07 - 53 - 66 - Hoobastank - THE REASON

02 - 32 - 67 - Dogs Die In Hot Cars - I LOVE YOU 'CAUSE I HAVE TO

05 - 43 - 68 - Razorlight - GOLDEN TOUCH

07 - 63 - 69 - Beastie Boys - CH-CHECK IT OUT

06 - 56 - 70 - Vs - CALL U SEXY

02 - 40 - 71 - Shystie - ONE WISH

03 - 48 - 72 - Ordinary Boys - TALK TALK TALK

05 - 62 - 73 - NERD - MAYBE

1 - NEW - 74 - Phoenix - EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING

1 - NEW - 75 - Radio 4 - PARTY CRASHERS

Ah memories!

 

(Wasn't this Usher's 3rd week on the chart for "Burn"? It states above 4 but it moved 1-1-3 - unless it charted below 75 on leaked copies the week before number 1 of course)

apparently 'Burn' re-entered the chart at #1, must've charted in the top 200 on leaked copies at some point.

'Burn' was #98 on imports before climbing to #1. It was also #197 before that week too.

 

197-98-1-1-3-5-7-11-18-22-26-39-47-57

Aqua doctor Jones such a underated gem yes I know it got number 1 but often gets over looked because the other song :lol:

Replace "Doctor Jones" with "Turn Back Time" and yes :lol: "Doctor Jones" is as almost novelty as "Barbie Girl"! I actually enjoy "Doctor Jones" though, HATE "Barbie Girl" :puke2: