I did think it strange that I'd Do Anything For Love... was aired as a TOTP Exclusive so many weeks before release, but the album coming out before the single explains it. (There was a thread in the Chart Forum about albums which were out before the lead single, but not sure if this one was mentioned.)

I just thought it seemed strange that it entered low in the top 10 and rose so brilliantly when the album was already out.

 

what an amazing thread!!

for what I read on Wiki, the I'd do Anything single was released before the album in the US, so not sure why in the UK it was released after the album

I've just been catching up on this thread.

 

On your summary of the 9th October, you mention Take That and Lulu entering the chart at number 1 and then you say:

 

" In case you’re wondering the only other group to score consecutive No 1 hits at debut were Slade."

 

What about Queen ? - straight in at number 1 in December 1991 with Bo Rap / These Are The Days Of Our Lives and then their next hit, then 5 Live EP ( alongside George Michael and Lisa Stansfield ) also entered the chart at number 1 earlier in 1993.

Yes you can make a case for them in that respect. Though they were in the main reissues of previous hits

Sadly the song at #12 in this chart advanced no further, but it's one of my favourite singles of the entire decade (and one of my mum's favourite songs of all-time, when I gave her an iTunes card it was the first song she get me to download from the iTunes store for her *.*):

 

Was that week when M People, Haddaway and Depeche Mode debuted high literally the week where the sands started shifting dramatically towards high debuts?

 

The idea of Eternal supporting Dina Carroll seems crazy now! P.S she's from my neck of the woods, my aunt used to do her hair in her heyday. :lol:

It start a fair bit before this - signs of it began in 1989/90 imo, it became fully established by late 1995 though!

 

That Bjork song is a forgotten Gem!!0

I agree - towards the end of 1991 the chart seemed to have higher debuts and turnarounds (although often records would more often peak in second week still). I always think of the 14 May 1992 chart as being the one I really noticed times were a changing when even non fanbase, commercial radio friendly acts Ce Ce Peniston ('Keep on Walkin' at 10) and Wilson Phillips ('You Won't See Me Cry' at 18) debuted and peaked in their first week. That was new. 1993 made it much more regular.

Edited November 3, 20222 yr by Smint

6TH NOVEMBER

 

 

Appropriately in the week of Halloween Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell II” remains atop the album chart and his single “I’d Do Anything For Love” scores a third week at No 1, its sales swelling again to 88,000, and just to be triply sure the song also climbs to No 1 in the States. The traditional idea that a new album drains sales from a single seems not to ring true for the Loaf at present as he’s going from strength to strength. The half term holiday is a boost to sales and gives hope for those who want to see Meat Loaf replaced at the top, Bryan Adams lifts 3-2 but that’s accompanied by a sale of 65,000, an increase of 150% week on week and it could challenge if not overtake “I’d Do Anything For Love” in a few weeks.

 

 

Other tracks getting significant boosts in the arm are Cappella 2-3 (44,000 +40%), Dina Carroll 4-4 (41,000 +64%) and Goodmen 9-5 (41,000 + 98%). Even though they drop 5-6 (28,000) even the former chart topper for DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince see their sales up to 28,000 (+12%).

 

 

“Mr Vain” is one of the biggest hits of the year after spending a month at the top in August, Culture Beat’s new hit “Got To Get It” is even quicker out of the starting blocks debuting with aplomb at No 7 (22,000). The record company must be hoping that it revives interest in the album “Serenity” which disappeared from the charts after just a solitary week at No 56.

 

 

 

No such trouble for Mariah Carey who has sold a very healthy 200,000 of her “Music Box” album in its first 9 weeks slipping out of the top 20 for just one week. Second single from it “Hero” was written initially for Gloria Estefan but Carey kept it in the end and this week gets her highest ever debut at No 8 (21,000)

 

 

Eternal “stay” in the top 10 falling 6-9 (20,000) and Phil Collins takes a surprise dive 7-10 (20,000) suggesting that he may struggle with his new album due in a fortnight.

 

 

1- I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON’T DO THAT)-Meat Loaf (88,000)

2- PLEASE FORGIVE ME- Bryan Adams (65,000)

3- U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC- Capella (44,000)

4- DON’T BE A STRANGER- Dina Carroll (41,000)

5- GIVE IT UP- Goodmen (41,000)

6- BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM- DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince (28,000)

7- GOT TO GET IT- Culture Beat (22,000)

8- HERO- Mariah Carey (21,000)

9- STAY- Eternal (20,000)

10- BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY- Phil Collins (20,000)

 

13TH NOVEMBER

 

 

Meat Loaf makes it four weeks at the top and suffers his first sales decrease albeit a mere 9% to 80,000 but he continues at No 1 with ease on the album front. Sales of “I’d Do Anything” now stand at 374,000 making it the 10th biggest seller of the year so far- an impressive tally. He’s only there as Bryan Adams, though sticking at No 2, lost 24% week on week to come in at 49,000 and with his album out this week his chance at the top must surely be over now? Dina Carroll completes the top 3 as she climbs 4-3 (35,000) and even better the album is back in the top 5!

 

 

 

“Real Love” was the debut release from Scottish dance outfit Time Frequency and made No 60 last year, since then they’ve gone on to garner critical acclaim in the field and score increasingly bigger hits. A new remix of the debut hit finally now becomes their first top ten hit lifting 11-8 (23,000)

 

 

 

Highest new entry of the week comes from Urban Cookie Collective and their follow up to “The Key: The Secret” which has sold 280,000 in its run to No 2 in August. “Feels Like Heaven” is a much more immediate hit debuting at No 9 (18,000)

 

 

 

 

Just like the Time Frequency single there’s another track getting a second whirl, this time the Orb’s “Little Fluffy Clouds” a song which samples an interview with US musician Rickie Lee Jones and originally made No 87 three years ago. It now arrives at No 10 (17,000) which makes it the 60th track to debut in the top flight this year and equals the record set last year!

 

 

Culture Beat rise 7-4 (35,000) and Mariah Carey surges 8-7 (26,000) but the dream is over for Cappella who fall 3-5 (34,000) and Goodmen dip 5-6 (33,000).

 

1- I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON’T DO THAT)- Meat Loaf (80,000)

2- PLEASE FORGIVE ME- Bryan Adams (49,000)

3- DON’T BE A STRANGER- Dina Carroll (35,000)

4- GOT TO GET IT- Culture Beat (35,000)

5- U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC- Cappella (34,000)

6- GIVE IT UP- Goodmen (33,000)

7- HERO- Mariah Carey (26,000)

8- REAL LOVE 93- Time Frequency (23,000)

9- FEELS LIKE HEAVEN- Urban Cookie Collective (18,000)

10- LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS- The Orb (17,000)

 

'Little Fluffy Clouds' appreciation post. :wub: :wub:

......and a second appreciation post for Little Fluffy Clouds :wub:

Thirded ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

Fourthed!

it's all ballads vs dance tracks in that top 10

didn't know Hero was intended for Gloria Estefan but can totally see that!

Fourthed!

 

Fifthed!? Great track.

 

Interesting that sales of songs targeted at older demographics ballooned in half term week too.

 

I always forget about that Urban Cookie Collective follow up but it’s another decent track.

Yes Feels Like Heaven was a good follow up. Still has their vibe but isn’t just a rehash. I seem to remember liking High on a Happy Vibe at the time too, albeit I can’t recall a thing about it now

Their third single, Sail Away, was my favorite.