November 19, 20213 yr Great to see Nirvana entering the chart! Great #1 for George & Elton! Justified And Ancient is simply phenomenal. :wub: :wub:
November 19, 20213 yr I don't think its awful, but yes East Side Beat did start a trend for dance covers in 1992 with KWS/Double You, Undercover and Rage, my favourite one though is easily Rage and their cover of Run To You. Charly also set the big 1992 trend for rave remixes of Children's TV (Trip To Trumpton, Sesames Treet etc...)
November 19, 20213 yr You seem to somehow be a week behind now Gezza - I think they skipped the week with Black and White’s second week at number 1!
November 19, 20213 yr Justified and Ancient! :wub: one of my favourite songs ever! Deserved to be a #1.
November 20, 20213 yr I also didn't know 'When You Tell Me That You Love Me' was from as recently as 1991 :o 'Justified And Ancient' is incredible, one of those songs I wish I was old enough to experience while it was a current hit. Tammy was already a legend and even more so for being on this song!
November 20, 20213 yr What beat Jackson in only his second week on the album chart? The Mel Smith Xmas song is from ‘Father Christmas’ isn’t it?
November 20, 20213 yr Author What beat Jackson in only his second week on the album chart? The Mel Smith Xmas song is from ‘Father Christmas’ isn’t it? Queen - GH II
November 20, 20213 yr Author 14TH DECEMBER The runners and riders for the big sellers over the festive period are starting to line up but George Michael and Elton John remain at the top of the roost boosting sales to 89,000 and may prove harder to dislodge next week than many had thought. It’s the second chart topper for both in duet, George of course took Aretha Franklin with him to the top in 1987 and Elton duetted with Kiki way back in 1976. ECN_wgw55lc The new challenger to their throne is Diana Ross who ascends 4-2 (59,000) just edging ahead of The KLF Featuring Tammy Wynette who glide 5-3 (52,000), the appearance of the re-issue of Ross’s album (which debuts at No 14) seems to have not affected the single. Freddie Mercury’s death on 24th November marked a great surge in Queen’s sales which sees 4 of their albums in the top 75 with both “Greatest Hits” packages doing a roaring trade at No’s 1 & 8, by sheer co-incidence Brian May has been hard at work recording a solo album due next year and the first single “Driven By You” had the promotion of an ad campaign behind it to get it lodged into the public’s mind. Yes Ford is the culprit, but it’s worked as the single revs 14-6 (29,000), it’s not May’s first solo credit after he made No 65 in 1983 with “Star Fleet” so it’s certainly his highest solo effort but the real show of public mourning for Mercury should be evident next week. qGDwug_OXxg Leaping up the charts 22-7 (28,000) is “Too Blind To See It” by US dance diva Kym Sims. It’s her first UK single and comes with the production of Steve “Silk” Hurley who is no stranger to the No 1 himself having taken “Jack Your Body” to the top in January 1987. JuXNWI_fYSY Already a million seller just 10 weeks into its chart life, Simply Red’s fourth album “Stars” has produced its second hit single after lead track “Something Got Me Started” stalled at No 11. The title track from the album lifts 11-8 (28,000) to give the group only their 3rd top 10 single, both the others went to No 2 so watch out for this, though maybe once Christmas is out of the way! DaKslFVOEBM http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/03/31/1207010749_2410/539w.jpg The highest new entry of the week isn’t from U2 who can only make a splash at No 13 but from New Kids On The Block. When “Games” peaked at No 14 back in February many wrote them off as yesterday’s teen favourites but they’ve come back from the edge with “Call It What You Want” making No 12 and now new single “If You Go Away” debuting at No 9 (26,000). It’s their 9th top 10 single in only 2 years but the first not to be produced by Maurice Starr who parted ways with the group, it’s co-written by John Bettis who also co-wrote the current Diana Ross single. A greatest hits album is out this week and the boys remain the 3rd biggest selling singles act of the decade behind only Madonna and leader Bryan Adams. mYli-jGsZgM Michael Jackson slides 2-4 (41,000) but he does sell his 200,000 copy of “Black Or White”, he keeps above East Side Beat who also fall 3-5 (32,000), and Nirvana drop 7-10 (24,000) as “Nevermind” also falls for the first time in 7 weeks as it blips 33-36. Next week sees the re-release of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and if pre orders are anything to go by we’ll be in 6 figures for week 1! 1- DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME- George Michael & Elton John (89,000) 2- WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME- Diana Ross (59,000) 3- JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT- The KLF/ Tammy Wynette (52,000) 4- BLACK OR WHITE- Michael Jackson (41,000) 5- RIDE LIKE THE WIND- East Side Beat (32,000) 6- DRIVEN BY YOU- Brian May (29,000) 7- TOO BLIND TO SEE IT- Kym Sims (28,000) 8- STARS- Simply Red (28,000) 9- IF YOU GO AWAY- New Kids On The Block (26,000) 10- SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT- Nirvana (24,000) http://i.imgur.com/VT4x3TD.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/CRJZP7d.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/VOnU0Z3.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/HD7i6Va.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/gWGUQhs.jpg
November 20, 20213 yr Author You seem to somehow be a week behind now Gezza - I think they skipped the week with Black and White’s second week at number 1! Up to date I think now!
November 20, 20213 yr As per usual I’ve been really behind on TOTP but finally all caught up on the last two months now and my love goes to: ‘It’s Grim Up North’, ‘Activ-8 (Come With Me)’, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and ‘Justified and Ancient’ :wub: :wub: This was also the first I knew of the full ‘Black Or White’ video being over 10 minutes, wow :lol: definitely unnecessary! They showed a performance of Mariah’s ‘Emotions’ on one of the episodes (she seemed to be singing in a different key on the chorus compared to the studio version though), shame that only got to #17 here compared to her incredible success in the U.S.
November 20, 20213 yr ^oh my, you made me go and check that Mariah performance, why was she singing it so low? :D weird :D
November 20, 20213 yr Nirvana's iconic performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit on TOTP must have been around this time too right? :lol:
November 20, 20213 yr Nirvana's iconic performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit on TOTP must have been around this time too right? :lol: Seems to have been on the week that was skipped!
November 20, 20213 yr Stars is another good song from Simply Red. On the subject of Simply Red, you could argue that they already had the early 90s dance pop sound ahead of time with their piano house-esque version of Money's Too Tight To Mention back in 1985! Edited November 20, 20213 yr by 30 Spells Snakey
November 23, 20213 yr Justified and Ancient is my least favourite of all KLF/Timelords/JAMM hits. It was great at the time but it just has a tough time competing with the rest of their stuff.
November 23, 20213 yr Justified and Ancient is my least favourite of all KLF/Timelords/JAMM hits. It was great at the time but it just has a tough time competing with the rest of their stuff. It's more poppy I think than their other songs. It is a bit sad knowing it would be one of their last singles.
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