Recording a healthy 55% sales hike, Wet Wet Wet grab a second week at the top of the charts with demand clearly not satiated yet for the track “Goodnight Girl”. Sales of the song now stand at 156,000 just a few hundred behind Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody which itself slides 2-4 (26,000) and will lose its pole position on the YTD listings next week but they still have two GH sets in the top 10 on the album charts so the money is pouring in.
Two tracks make big leaps right behind the Wets, Kylie Minogue strikes 5-2 (34,000) and 2 Unlimited fly 9-3 (29,000) but in reality they are far too far away to pose a threat to the current chart topper with the only hope on the horizon the arrival of the wets album in a few weeks. For Minogue it gives her recent chart peaks of No 16, 4, and now 2- she seems back in favour.
Already a US No 9 hit last November, US Vocalist and Saxophonist Curtis Stigers has found fans on this side of the pond with his self written debut single “I Wonder Why”. His success is seen as a continued revival in the US Jazz scene along with Harry Connick Jnr and “I Wonder Why” certainly is a hit as it powers 26-7 (21,000) off the back of a TOTP performance.
On a UK tour at present the Wonder Stuff are also back in the charts with the follow up to “Dizzy”. With backing vocals by Kirsty MacColl “Welcome To The Cheap Seats” is actually an EP and includes in its other tracks the band’s take on the Jam’s “That’s Entertainment”, it climbs 11-8 (21,000) to give them a third top 10 single in 10 months.
Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey are back as Shakespears Sister, you may recall their 1989 No 6 hit “You’re History” as that was their previous best, subsequent singles have failed to impress all missing the top 30 including their last single “Goodbye Cruel World” which was a first release from the duo’s second album “Hormonally Yours”. If you’re wondering why the title then that’s because both ladies were pregnant during the writing and recording of it, second single to be cut from it “Stay” is proving a far bigger hit as it soars 27-10 (16,000), it comes with a rather memorable promo based on the film “Cat Woman Of The Moon” and sees the girls fighting over a man, he’s played by a certain Dave Evans former boyfriend of Bananarama’s Karen Woodward.
Elsewhere The Prodigy fall 3-5 (24,000), Kiss reverse 4-6 (22,000) and Genesis stride 7-9 (17,000).
1- GOODNIGHT GIRL- Wet wet wet (63,000)
2- GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME- Kylie Minogue (34,000)
3- TWILIGHT ZONE- 2 Unlimited (29,000)
4- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES- Queen (26,000)
5- EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE E.P- The Prodigy (24,000)
6- GOD GAVE ROCK N ROLL TO YOU II- Kiss (22,000)
7- I WONDER WHY- Curtis Stygers (21,000)
8- WELCOME TO THE CHEAP SEATS E..P- Wonder Stuff (21,000)
9- I CAN’T DANCE- Genesis (17,000)
10- STAY- Shakespears Sister (16,000)
My birth day #1 - Goodnight Girl by Wet Wet Wet. I was born on 4th February 1992. I very much see Goodnight Girl as Wet Wet Wet's equivalent of Spandau Ballet's True - a band going more MOR after a more adventurous start musically. The Wets had more interesting stuff beforehand like my favourite song from them, Wishing I Was Lucky, but Goodnight Girl is still is a very good ballad in my opinion.
As for 2Unlimited, Twilight Zone and its synth melody is even better than Get Ready For This imo. That synth melody has been synonomous for me with 90s rave for me for a while now.
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8TH FEBRUARY
“Goodnight Girl” continues to dominate for a third week at the top though sales are off 20% at 51,000 hampered by the release of their third studio album “High On The Happy Side” which also arrives at No 1, their second chart topping album after “Popped In Souled Out” four years ago.
The single still has a substantive lead at the top of the charts though it is reduced from 29,000 to 17,000 over the new runner up 2 Unlimited with “Twilight Zone” which sold 33,000 last week. It marks the second No 2 single from 2 releases for the Dutch duo and bodes well for the release of their album in a few weeks, we’ll see if dance acts can sell albums. That single replaces Kylie Minogue’s “Give Me Just A Little More Time” as it falls 2-3 (30,000), it becomes Minogue’s 6th single to peak at that position and also the second time she’s had to play second fiddle to Wet Wet Wet whose “With A Little Help From My Friends” held “Got To Be Certain” off No 1 four years ago.
Their last single only made No 75 but the Pasadena’s are back with a cover of the No 20 1973 track “I’m Doing Fine Now”. It heralds a third album from the boys called “Yours Sincerely” which is an album of covers in the main, this single drives 12-4 (28,000) and is looking like a potential future chart topper as it becomes their highest placed single surpassing the No 5 peak of “Tribute” in 1988.
After forming and running XL Records (home to The Prodigy among others) Richard Russell and Nick Halkes have also found some spare time to make a record themselves forming the outfit Kicks Like A Mule. Their debut production “The Bouncer” jumps 13-7 (20,000) and samples Frank De Wulf’s “Moribund” fact fans.
Good news this week for Curtis Stigers who climbs 7-5 (25,000), Shakespears Sister advance 10-6 (24,000) and Genesis rise 9-8 (15,000) despite losing sales. Going the wrong way are Kiss 6-9 (14,000) and Queen 4-10 (13,000). Next week look out for a new Michael Jackson single- expect a high new entry which was again previewed by a TOTP exclusive of the promo and which is again an extravaganza!
1- GOODNIGHT GIRL- Wet, wet, wet (50,000)
2- TWILIGHT ZONE- 2 Unlimited (33,000)
3- GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME- Kylie Minogue (30,000)
4- I’M DOING FINE NOW- The Pasadenas (28,000)
5- I WONDER WHY- Curtis Stygers (25,000)
6- STAY- Shakespears Sister (24,000)
7- THE BOUNCER- Kicks Like A Mule (20,000)
8- I CAN’T DANCE- Genesis (15,000)
9- GOD GAVE ROCK N ROLL TO YOU II- Kiss (14,000)
10- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES- Queen (13,000)
The Bouncer is very minimalistic and bass-heavy by rave standards certainly. And so it certainly sounds like one of the 90s rave hits that most influenced drum and bass.
Good track and an unlikely top 10 hit even by the standards of the rave era.
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How good is ‘Stay’!
I don't mind Goodnight Girl, I think it's one of their better efforts. Shakespears Sister though is of course in a completely different league, one of my favourite songs of the 90s :wub:
Stay certainly is one of the best songs of the whole 90s <3 surprised it's climbing rather slowly
I didn't mind Goodnight Girl, not a bad one, at least better than those covers by Kylie and Pasadenas
Never knew the Kylie cover was used in an ad, guess it explains why it did better than expected, not a fav of mine, but don't like the original either
the Curtis Stigers song I also liked it but it's a bit AOR, surprised it did so well in the UK, better than in the US where it peaked at #9
Meh The Prodigy should have been #1, not a fan of Goodnight Girl!
Of course the beautiful track Stay entering the Top 10 pretty much blows everything else out of the water.
I do like Stay but I like Goodnight Girl even more :teresa:
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They skipped another week Gezza, so you’re still a week behind!
Chart history is made this week as for the first time since the chart was made into a top 50 there are three new entries into the top 10, more on that a bit later. Wet Wet Wet continue to dominate holding down the top spot on both charts with “Goodnight Girl” posting a sale of 45,000 raising its total to 252,000 their second biggest seller behind, “With A Little Help From My Friends”.
Onto the highest of those new entries and naturally that comes from Michael Jackson with his second release from “Dangerous”. “Remember The Time” comes with a 9 minute promo featuring Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson, and model (and David Bowie’s fiancée) Iman and is set in ancient Egypt, all sufficiently augmented by special effects, the album was released 12 weeks ago and sunk as low as No 16 last week but now charges 16-6 this week as the single hits stores, its sales are now over 900,000, quite remarkable. It becomes his 25th top 10 single but only the 5th to debut there as it arrives at No 6 (21,000).
Ride’s debut single only made No 71, their second became their first top 40 single and their fourth single their first top 20 hit, but now Ride officially arrive in the upper reaches with “Leave Them All Behind” which is new at No 9 (13,000). The song is the first to be culled from their second album “Going Blank Again” out next month, the band have slightly altered their sound from their last album, no doubt trying to disassociate themselves from the “Shoegazing” genre which has surely run its course.
Also making their mark felt after 6 days on sale Jesus & Mary Chain are back with their first album in three years “Honey’s Dead” and already the song “Reverence” has stumbled into trouble, something the group are used to over the years. Some of the lyrics have been deemed too controversial for TOTP and for Radio One with the station has chosen not to playlist, regardless it becomes their highest debuting single ever as it crashes in at No 10 (12,000) but you will note that that sale is the lowest needed for the top 10 since 1980 at least. Dark days and a sign that single sales continue to decline to record lows.
In other news the Wets have new challengers with Shakespears Sister moving 6-2 (35,000) and looking like next week’s chart topper unless something unforeseen happens, 2 Unlimited slip back 2-3 (32,000) and the Pasadena’s get stuck at No 4 (30,000). Curtis Stigers maintains No 5 (22,000) though he’s losing sales unlike The Pasadenas, Kylie drops 3-7 (20,000) and Kicks Like A Mule dissipate 7-8 (16,000).
1- GOODNIGHT GIRL- Wet wet wet (45,000)
2- STAY- Shakespears Sister (35,000)
3- TWILIGHT ZONE- 2 Unlimited (32,000)
4- I’M DOING FINE NOW- The Pasadenas (30,000)
5- I WONDER WHY- Curtis Stigers (22,000)
6- REMEMBER THE TIME- Michael Jackson (21,000)
7- GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME- Kylie Minogue (20,000)
8- THE BOUNCER- Kicks Like A Mule (16,000)
9- LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND- Ride (13,000)
10- REVERENCE- Jesus & Mary Chain (12,000)
“Leave Them All Behind” <3. Ride go straight into the Top 10 - love to see it!
Also great to see Dream Frequency on from the earlier ep:
and of course James with “Born Of Frustration”. :wub:
Remember The Time is another great MJ track!
Remember the Time is MJ at his worst, much better video than song, for me Bad was his peak and everything went downhill from there with Dangerous being one of the most disappointing albums ever, truly his Be Here Now :o
the 2 other newbies are much much better
Also great to see Dream Frequency on from the earlier ep:
Yeah that's a great song, a more emotive sounding rave track too!
Remember the Time is MJ at his worst, much better video than song, for me Bad was his peak and everything went downhill from there with Dangerous being one of the most disappointing albums ever, truly his Be Here Now :o
the 2 other newbies are much much better
Dangerous is hit and miss but I really like Remember The Time. Jam and Heal The World were real stinkers from that album.
Dangerous is his best album for me and I shall not be swayed!
Who Is It?, In The Closet, Will You Be There, Black or White, Dangerous, Give In To Me, Jam (sorry Dot!), Why You Wanna Trip On Me and Keep the Faith are some of my faves of his
Dangerous is his best album for me and I shall not be swayed!
Who Is It?, In The Closet, Will You Be There, Black or White, Dangerous, Give In To Me, Jam (sorry Dot!), Why You Wanna Trip On Me and Keep the Faith are some of my faves of his
Who Is It is my stand out track from Dangerous, fantastic track! I also love how atmospheric Give In To Me is. We will have to agree to disagree on Jam. :lol:
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1ST FEBRUARY
Recording a healthy 55% sales hike, Wet Wet Wet grab a second week at the top of the charts with demand clearly not satiated yet for the track “Goodnight Girl”. Sales of the song now stand at 156,000 just a few hundred behind Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody which itself slides 2-4 (26,000) and will lose its pole position on the YTD listings next week but they still have two GH sets in the top 10 on the album charts so the money is pouring in.
Two tracks make big leaps right behind the Wets, Kylie Minogue strikes 5-2 (34,000) and 2 Unlimited fly 9-3 (29,000) but in reality they are far too far away to pose a threat to the current chart topper with the only hope on the horizon the arrival of the wets album in a few weeks. For Minogue it gives her recent chart peaks of No 16, 4, and now 2- she seems back in favour.
Already a US No 9 hit last November, US Vocalist and Saxophonist Curtis Stigers has found fans on this side of the pond with his self written debut single “I Wonder Why”. His success is seen as a continued revival in the US Jazz scene along with Harry Connick Jnr and “I Wonder Why” certainly is a hit as it powers 26-7 (21,000) off the back of a TOTP performance.
On a UK tour at present the Wonder Stuff are also back in the charts with the follow up to “Dizzy”. With backing vocals by Kirsty MacColl “Welcome To The Cheap Seats” is actually an EP and includes in its other tracks the band’s take on the Jam’s “That’s Entertainment”, it climbs 11-8 (21,000) to give them a third top 10 single in 10 months.
Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey are back as Shakespears Sister, you may recall their 1989 No 6 hit “You’re History” as that was their previous best, subsequent singles have failed to impress all missing the top 30 including their last single “Goodbye Cruel World” which was a first release from the duo’s second album “Hormonally Yours”. If you’re wondering why the title then that’s because both ladies were pregnant during the writing and recording of it, second single to be cut from it “Stay” is proving a far bigger hit as it soars 27-10 (16,000), it comes with a rather memorable promo based on the film “Cat Woman Of The Moon” and sees the girls fighting over a man, he’s played by a certain Dave Evans former boyfriend of Bananarama’s Karen Woodward.
Elsewhere The Prodigy fall 3-5 (24,000), Kiss reverse 4-6 (22,000) and Genesis stride 7-9 (17,000).
1- GOODNIGHT GIRL- Wet wet wet (63,000)
2- GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME- Kylie Minogue (34,000)
3- TWILIGHT ZONE- 2 Unlimited (29,000)
4- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES- Queen (26,000)
5- EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE E.P- The Prodigy (24,000)
6- GOD GAVE ROCK N ROLL TO YOU II- Kiss (22,000)
7- I WONDER WHY- Curtis Stygers (21,000)
8- WELCOME TO THE CHEAP SEATS E..P- Wonder Stuff (21,000)
9- I CAN’T DANCE- Genesis (17,000)
10- STAY- Shakespears Sister (16,000)
My birth day #1 - Goodnight Girl by Wet Wet Wet. I was born on 4th February 1992. I very much see Goodnight Girl as Wet Wet Wet's equivalent of Spandau Ballet's True - a band going more MOR after a more adventurous start musically. The Wets had more interesting stuff beforehand like my favourite song from them, Wishing I Was Lucky, but Goodnight Girl is still is a very good ballad in my opinion.
As for 2Unlimited, Twilight Zone and its synth melody is even better than Get Ready For This imo. That synth melody has been synonomous for me with 90s rave for me for a while now.
8TH FEBRUARY
“Goodnight Girl” continues to dominate for a third week at the top though sales are off 20% at 51,000 hampered by the release of their third studio album “High On The Happy Side” which also arrives at No 1, their second chart topping album after “Popped In Souled Out” four years ago.
The single still has a substantive lead at the top of the charts though it is reduced from 29,000 to 17,000 over the new runner up 2 Unlimited with “Twilight Zone” which sold 33,000 last week. It marks the second No 2 single from 2 releases for the Dutch duo and bodes well for the release of their album in a few weeks, we’ll see if dance acts can sell albums. That single replaces Kylie Minogue’s “Give Me Just A Little More Time” as it falls 2-3 (30,000), it becomes Minogue’s 6th single to peak at that position and also the second time she’s had to play second fiddle to Wet Wet Wet whose “With A Little Help From My Friends” held “Got To Be Certain” off No 1 four years ago.
Their last single only made No 75 but the Pasadena’s are back with a cover of the No 20 1973 track “I’m Doing Fine Now”. It heralds a third album from the boys called “Yours Sincerely” which is an album of covers in the main, this single drives 12-4 (28,000) and is looking like a potential future chart topper as it becomes their highest placed single surpassing the No 5 peak of “Tribute” in 1988.
After forming and running XL Records (home to The Prodigy among others) Richard Russell and Nick Halkes have also found some spare time to make a record themselves forming the outfit Kicks Like A Mule. Their debut production “The Bouncer” jumps 13-7 (20,000) and samples Frank De Wulf’s “Moribund” fact fans.
Good news this week for Curtis Stigers who climbs 7-5 (25,000), Shakespears Sister advance 10-6 (24,000) and Genesis rise 9-8 (15,000) despite losing sales. Going the wrong way are Kiss 6-9 (14,000) and Queen 4-10 (13,000). Next week look out for a new Michael Jackson single- expect a high new entry which was again previewed by a TOTP exclusive of the promo and which is again an extravaganza!
1- GOODNIGHT GIRL- Wet, wet, wet (50,000)
2- TWILIGHT ZONE- 2 Unlimited (33,000)
3- GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME- Kylie Minogue (30,000)
4- I’M DOING FINE NOW- The Pasadenas (28,000)
5- I WONDER WHY- Curtis Stygers (25,000)
6- STAY- Shakespears Sister (24,000)
7- THE BOUNCER- Kicks Like A Mule (20,000)
8- I CAN’T DANCE- Genesis (15,000)
9- GOD GAVE ROCK N ROLL TO YOU II- Kiss (14,000)
10- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/ THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES- Queen (13,000)
The Bouncer is very minimalistic and bass-heavy by rave standards certainly. And so it certainly sounds like one of the 90s rave hits that most influenced drum and bass.
Good track and an unlikely top 10 hit even by the standards of the rave era.
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Stay certainly is one of the best songs of the whole 90s <3 surprised it's climbing rather slowly
I didn't mind Goodnight Girl, not a bad one, at least better than those covers by Kylie and Pasadenas
Never knew the Kylie cover was used in an ad, guess it explains why it did better than expected, not a fav of mine, but don't like the original either
the Curtis Stigers song I also liked it but it's a bit AOR, surprised it did so well in the UK, better than in the US where it peaked at #9
Meh The Prodigy should have been #1, not a fan of Goodnight Girl!
Of course the beautiful track Stay entering the Top 10 pretty much blows everything else out of the water.
15TH FEBRUARY
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Chart history is made this week as for the first time since the chart was made into a top 50 there are three new entries into the top 10, more on that a bit later. Wet Wet Wet continue to dominate holding down the top spot on both charts with “Goodnight Girl” posting a sale of 45,000 raising its total to 252,000 their second biggest seller behind, “With A Little Help From My Friends”.
Onto the highest of those new entries and naturally that comes from Michael Jackson with his second release from “Dangerous”. “Remember The Time” comes with a 9 minute promo featuring Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson, and model (and David Bowie’s fiancée) Iman and is set in ancient Egypt, all sufficiently augmented by special effects, the album was released 12 weeks ago and sunk as low as No 16 last week but now charges 16-6 this week as the single hits stores, its sales are now over 900,000, quite remarkable. It becomes his 25th top 10 single but only the 5th to debut there as it arrives at No 6 (21,000).
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Ride’s debut single only made No 71, their second became their first top 40 single and their fourth single their first top 20 hit, but now Ride officially arrive in the upper reaches with “Leave Them All Behind” which is new at No 9 (13,000). The song is the first to be culled from their second album “Going Blank Again” out next month, the band have slightly altered their sound from their last album, no doubt trying to disassociate themselves from the “Shoegazing” genre which has surely run its course.
Also making their mark felt after 6 days on sale Jesus & Mary Chain are back with their first album in three years “Honey’s Dead” and already the song “Reverence” has stumbled into trouble, something the group are used to over the years. Some of the lyrics have been deemed too controversial for TOTP and for Radio One with the station has chosen not to playlist, regardless it becomes their highest debuting single ever as it crashes in at No 10 (12,000) but you will note that that sale is the lowest needed for the top 10 since 1980 at least. Dark days and a sign that single sales continue to decline to record lows.
In other news the Wets have new challengers with Shakespears Sister moving 6-2 (35,000) and looking like next week’s chart topper unless something unforeseen happens, 2 Unlimited slip back 2-3 (32,000) and the Pasadena’s get stuck at No 4 (30,000). Curtis Stigers maintains No 5 (22,000) though he’s losing sales unlike The Pasadenas, Kylie drops 3-7 (20,000) and Kicks Like A Mule dissipate 7-8 (16,000).
1- GOODNIGHT GIRL- Wet wet wet (45,000)
2- STAY- Shakespears Sister (35,000)
3- TWILIGHT ZONE- 2 Unlimited (32,000)
4- I’M DOING FINE NOW- The Pasadenas (30,000)
5- I WONDER WHY- Curtis Stigers (22,000)
6- REMEMBER THE TIME- Michael Jackson (21,000)
7- GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME- Kylie Minogue (20,000)
8- THE BOUNCER- Kicks Like A Mule (16,000)
9- LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND- Ride (13,000)
10- REVERENCE- Jesus & Mary Chain (12,000)
“Leave Them All Behind” <3. Ride go straight into the Top 10 - love to see it!
Also great to see Dream Frequency on from the earlier ep:
and of course James with “Born Of Frustration”. :wub:
Remember the Time is MJ at his worst, much better video than song, for me Bad was his peak and everything went downhill from there with Dangerous being one of the most disappointing albums ever, truly his Be Here Now :o
the 2 other newbies are much much better
Yeah that's a great song, a more emotive sounding rave track too!
Dangerous is hit and miss but I really like Remember The Time. Jam and Heal The World were real stinkers from that album.
Dangerous is his best album for me and I shall not be swayed!
Who Is It?, In The Closet, Will You Be There, Black or White, Dangerous, Give In To Me, Jam (sorry Dot!), Why You Wanna Trip On Me and Keep the Faith are some of my faves of his
Who Is It is my stand out track from Dangerous, fantastic track! I also love how atmospheric Give In To Me is. We will have to agree to disagree on Jam. :lol: