The KWS cover of Please Don’t Go is dreadful. :kink: SL2 robbed again!

 

En Vogue’s My Lovin is great though.

I seem to be alone in loving Please Don’t Go then.

9 May

 

Not a fan of KWS-Please don't go, Double You were robbed :D

 

Nothing Else Matters is such a classic, great to see a track like this the top 10, I also liked the previous one The Unforgiven, which missed the top 10.

 

was a big fan of CKTC is 87 and even bought their album, bt wasn't a fan of their 92 reinvention with this cover.

 

16 May

 

So why did KWS increase so much in their 2nd week at the top? Just cos of the video?

 

Not the biggest 2 Unlimited fan and especially Workaholic I think it's them at their worst.

 

Always loved En Vogue and My Lovin' is a classic.

 

Never got into the Wedding Present, was not so much into guitars at the time, but love the idea of releasing 1 single a month. Wonder why no one has done it after them, sounds like a good tactic to me.

'Please Don't Go' isn't a massive favourite or anything but definitely a palette cleanser after Right Said Fred at the top :P

 

En Vogue in the top 10 is my favourite development from those charts!

Just listening to the most recent episode on iplayer and it starts with Papua New Guinea by Future Sound Of London, which some say is the first ever trance hit :wub:

 

And then Shut Up and Dance having to perform a different version of Raving, I'm Raving without the Walking On Memphis sample!

Edited February 18, 20223 yr by Ring Kollo

Just listening to the most recent episode on iplayer and it starts with Papua New Guinea by Future Sound Of London, which some say is the first ever trance hit :wub:

That TOTP episode was the first time I'd ever heard 'Papua New Guinea' - definitely my favourite discovery across the two tonight!

That TOTP episode was the first time I'd ever heard 'Papua New Guinea' - definitely my favourite discovery across the two tonight!

 

The Bassheads follow up on that episode I actually prefer to Is There Anybody out There, its more ravey sounding too but alas it just missed the top 10.

 

And on the other episode Celine Dion making her debut, and the video for a very good track by En Vogue!

Edited February 18, 20223 yr by Ring Kollo

Future Sound of London's “Papua New Guinea” is of course is an all-time classic, Track 1 on CD 1 of my 1992 compilation!

 

Shame that Gat Decor's “Passion” didn't get a play (peak #29), but at least we saw a breaker clip of Saint Etienne's “Join Our Club” <3

 

just checked the full top 40 and definitely the best track was St Etienne - Join our club <3

That top 10 is not too bad. I love On a Ragga Tip, Temple of Love, Nothing Else Matters, You, and the Days of Pearly Spencer.

Edited February 19, 20223 yr by Colm

My Lovin' :wub: :wub:

 

Evergreen classic and still very much culturally relevant today!

That was #3 in this particular week, so imagine how low the rest of that top 10 must have been!

 

Ah that’s right I always associate it with top 10 in my head!

23RD MAY

 

 

Another great week for KWS with “Please Don’t Go/ Game Boy” selling a massive 75,000 and again creating a record for the year, that also puts them on a grand tally of 194,000 as it climbs into the big 10 for the YTD with an eye on the top spot currently occupied by Shakespears Sister but more on them in a moment.

 

 

 

 

The rather impressive sales for KWS put paid to any chances of a Guns N Roses chart topper though their version of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin On Heaven’s Door” does enter at No 2 (31,000) a position it occupied from the off. Written by Dylan for the 1973 film “Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid” it made No 14 in the UK and produced many cover versions over the years though only Clapton’s version did any business in the top 40. GNR started covering the song live in 1987 becoming a B-side to “Welcome To The Jungle” before doing a studio version for the soundtrack to “Days Of Thunder” three years later, they’ve tinkered with it again for the current version lifted from “Use Your Illusion II”. You’ll doubtless recall the group performed it at the recent Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert a few weeks ago and all proceeds go to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, it’s the group’s 8th top 10 hit but their biggest beating the No 3 peak of “You Could Be Mine” last summer.

 

 

 

 

Opening this week is the new Mike Myers film “Wayne’s World” and it contains the track “Everything About You” by Ugly Kid Joe. The band got their name whilst on tour with Pretty Boy Floyd and realising they were the antithesis of that group they got their name, the single first surfaced on an EP late last year though it sold minimally but the promo for the film bolsters the single 15-5 (21,000).

 

 

 

Their album returns to the top 10 rising 14-8 and their new single “I Don’t Care” is also on the move 16-7 (18,000) for Shakespears Sister. “Stay” only dropped off the charts last week and was immediately replaced by this which looks like it could replicate the chart topping experience of that hit though it won’t have TOTP to help it this week.

 

 

 

Released in the US at the end of last year the newest Disney film “Beauty & The Beast” has been a hit (it’s due here in October) and generated a hit single with title track from the soundtrack. It should be noted that the film version is sung by actress Angela Lansbury but was re-recorded by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson for single release which hit No 9 stateside last month. Bryson has only hit the charts once before on the No 2 hit “Tonight I Celebrate My Love” in duet with Roberta Flack (1983) whilst it marks the debut for Canadian singer Dion whose only previous brush with fame was winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 for Switzerland (beating the UK by one point!), she’s had hits in most of the major markets in the world with only the UK holding out so far but that’s over as the song rises 14-9 (14,000).

 

 

 

In just under 5 months Ce Ce Peniston has accrued three top 10 singles as her new single “Keep On Walkin’” debuts at No 10 (13,000). It is written by Steve “Silk” Hurley (who also produces it) and Kym Sims who herself has two top 20 hits to her name in the last 5 months. The album lifts 57-50 but has really struggled to make any great inroads despite the impact of the singles.

 

 

SL2 are down 2-3 (27,000) and just stay above En Vogue who jump 8-4 (25,000) as they score their biggest hit yet, down go Curiosity 3-6 (19,000) and 2 Unlimited 4-8 (17,000).

 

 

1- PLEASE DON’T GO/ GAME BOY- KWS (75,000)

2- KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN’S DOOR- Guns N Roses (31,000)

3- ON A RAGGA TIP- SL2 (27,000)

4- MY LOVIN- En Vogue (25,000)

5- EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU- Ugly Kid Joe (21,000)

6- HANG ON IN THERE BABY- Curiosity (19,000)

7- I DON’T CARE- Shakespears Sister (18,000)

8- WORKAHOLIC- 2 Unlimited (17,000)

9- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST- Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson (14,000)

10- KEEP ON WALKIN- Ce Ce Peniston (13,000)

 

30TH MAY

 

 

Well it turned into a rather eventful week in the end, but the headline reads that KWS score a fourth week at No 1 with sales again improving to 77,000 (a new record for 1992) raising its overall tally to 271,000 and places it at No 3 for the YTD with only Shakespears Sister and Wet, Wet, Wet still ahead of them.

 

 

 

But it wasn’t the midweek chart topper, that belonged to dance act Shut Up And Dance, “Raving I’m Raving” samples Marc Cohn’s “Walking In Memphis (#22, 1991) and was not authorised for clearance leading to a court injunction being issued last week which meant that not only would all proceeds from the single go to charity but that no new copies would be made. Fortunately 35,000 copies had already been sent to shops which meant that the single flew into a midweek lead which resulted in 34,000 copies being sold in total in the week. In truth this may be another example of over estimation by Gallup who extrapolate to cover for the whole market. The album has been put back a month as it was due to be released next week but will now include a new version minus sample which the group will perform on TOTP this week. Without stock we’ll see how well it can do next week. It’s the duo’s 4th hit but first time in the top 40.

 

 

TOTP

 

Sample Version

 

 

En Vogue hold at No 2 in the US but drop 4-6 (30,000) whilst posting a sales increase, they are holding behind the current 6 week chart topper over there by rap duo Kris Kross who are just 13 years old. They were discovered in a shopping Mall and have the gimmick of wearing their clothes back to front, “Jump” debuts here at No 4 (32,000) and is one of the most eagerly awaiting singles this year. It contains samples of James Brown, OPP, Jackson 5, and the Ohio Players, they’ll also be supporting Michael Jackson on his Dangerous tour later this year.

 

 

 

 

“Wish” became the Cure’s first chart topping LP earlier this month, and now second single from it “Friday I’m In Love” charges 31-8 (21,000) to become their 4th in total but first back to back top ten single.

 

 

 

 

Richard Marx has only previously had one excursion into the top 20 and that was back in 1989 when “Right Here Waiting” made No 2 behind Black Box, but three years later “Hazard” is proving his most popular offering since as it inches 12-10 (14,000). It’s the second single to be pulled from his third album “Rush Street” and has already done better than the first cut “Keep Coming Back” which peaked at No 55 last November, it comes with a much talked promo which deals with the narrative story, namely a murder and whether or not the character played by Marx is responsible for it or not, there are reputedly three versions of the promo which all reveal different parts of the story- get guessing!

 

 

Guns N Roses fall 2-3 (33,000) whilst posting a sales hike and can count themselves unlucky not to have caught Shut And Dance at the death. Ugly Kid Joe hold at No 5 (32,000) whilst SL2 drop 3-7 (25,000) and Shakespears Sister won’t have a second chart topper with “I Don’t Care” as it reverses 7-9 (19,000).

 

 

1- PLEASE DON’T GO/ GAME BOY- KWS (77,000)

2- RAVING I’M RAVING- Shut Up And Dance (34,000)

3- KNOCKIN ON HEAVEN’S DOOR- Guns N Roses (33,000)

4- JUMP- Kris Kross (32,000)

5- EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU- Ugly Kid Joe (32,000)

6- MY LOVIN- En Vogue (30,000)

7- ON A RAGGA TIP- SL2 (25,000)

8- FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE- The Cure (21,000)

9- I DON’T CARE- Shakespears Sister (19,000)

10- HAZARD- Richard Marx (14,000)

 

The bottom 5 of that top 10 :wub:

Ah, the classic entry from SUAD!

 

Friday I'm In Love :wub:

Raving I'm Raving would have made a fantastic #1, what could have been if it hadn't been pulled so fast...

 

Friday I'm In Love! Timeless. :wub:

23rd May

 

Guns N Roses- I much prefer their original songs, this is not a bad cover but bit sad this is their biggest hit

above better originals like Sweet Child o'mine, Don't Cry or November Rain.

 

Not a fan of Ugly Kid Joe, not really this kinda US bands.

 

I Don't Care was incredible, so different from Stay but still great. Two back-to-back incredible singles.

 

Good to see Celine Dion finally charting in the UK. I had enjoyed some of her early singles like If You Ask Me To or

Where does my Heart Beat now.

 

That Ce Ce Peniston song is pretty forgettable. Sorry.

 

30th May

 

The Shut Up and Dance song really don't work without the sample. Ouch.

 

Never was a fan of that Jump song. Sure it's catchy but not my thing.

 

On the other hand, Friday I'm in Love is one of the best songs of the 90s. They really were at their very best with the album Wish. It's an incredible album and has amazing album tracks like Apart or Trust or To Wish Impossible Things. Friday I'm In Love is just perfection, but the lyrics are genius too. It's one of my favourite songs to play on guitar, but I do play the Phoebe Bridgers version ;)

 

Also really liked Richard Marx in general and Hazard in particular. In the US he has huge but his stardom was starting to drop a bit by now.

 

'Friday I'm In Love' is easily my highlight from those two weeks :wub: as mentioned last week, it already got a play on TOTP due to 'Wish' being at #1 in the albums (love that whole record too), so I've now listened to it for two Fridays in a row *.* 'Jump' is quite infectious and 'Raving I'm Raving' also enjoyable - shame about the sample debacle!

I Don't Care is a total Cure homage. Love it.