Loved this version! Happy times :D

45 - Robert Palmer & UB40 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

63rd best seller of 1990

 

19-10-6-7-8-17-29-40-46-72

 

A rather strange cover, I always felt.

 

Didn't outsell any number 1s of 1990.

 

44 - Haddaway - Life

 

 

63rd best seller of 1993

 

8-7-6-6-9-14-28-46-69

 

Not a huge departure from, but nowhere nearly as good as What is Love?

 

Incidentally, only two songs with the title of Life ever charted in the UK and both of them feature in this thread.

 

This did not outsell any number 1s from 1993.

Edited September 15, 20222 yr by Colm

All 3 of those were faves of mine and life topped my charts. I preferred it to what is love...!

One Of Us is fantastic; Reach Up fun; Life a bit meh in comparison to WIL.

Life sounds less What Is Love and more Pet Shop Boys to me, certainly more of an 80s vibe to it to my ears.

 

One Of Us is my favourite from the last few though.

The chart runs don't seem to get any more impressive as we move up this chart. I'll elaborate on this later when we can discuss why this might be.

 

 

 

Just catching up and my stand out favourites are Winter In July and Enjoy The Silence. Both are stunning. :wub:

43 - Maxi Priest Close To You

 

62nd best seller of 1990

 

55-36-15-8-7-9-11-15-31-56

 

I completely forgot that this song existed. It has a rather nice chorus but I keep drifting into Jon Secada's Just Another Day while I sing it in my head.

Edited September 19, 20222 yr by Colm

42 - Sabrina Johnston - Peace

 

61st best seller of 1991

 

31-17-9-8-8-10-19-35-47-75

 

While it was number 8, the 7 songs that were above it all placed in the best selling 40 of the year.

 

Outsold number 1s, Innuendo and Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter.

 

 

Both of those are goodies!

I’d forgotten all about that Maxi Priest track too. Very of the time but not too bad

 

 

In terms of Haddaway singles, I think I bought all of the ones from him from the album with Rock My Heart being my favourite at the time

Just catching up and my stand out favourites are Winter In July and Enjoy The Silence. Both are stunning. :wub:

 

Just catching up and agree with you 100% that those two tracks are by far the best in the countdown. 'Winter in July's chorus melody seems to have been poached for the Naughty Boy/Sam Smith 'La la la la' no.1 almost verbatim. Not that I mind as I love that track too.

 

'Peace' is a lovely track. Like Ultra Nate's 'Free' we don't get many of those love another type spiritualish tracks making the charts nowadays sadly.

41 - Lisa Stansfield - In All the Right Places

 

60th best seller of 1993

 

Chart Run

13-9-10-8-10-15-17-21-39-48-66

 

 

From the saucy pic, Indecent Proposal. I just learned that Lisa released 4 solo singles in the early 80s and then one in 1986 with her band Blue Zone.

 

This didn't outsell any number 1s from 1993

40 - Josh Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness

 

60th best seller of 1996

 

Chart Run

7-8-10-14-19-25-28-33-43-65

 

Sold a considerable amount more on second release in 1996.

 

Outsold number 1s, Setting Sun by Chemical Brothers and I Feel You by Peter Andre

 

Was the 96 version the remix under the artist title of Winx? If so I think they did a pretty decent job of keeping the spirit of the original but making it more typically structured as a charting dance track

 

 

Was the 96 version the remix under the artist title of Winx? If so I think they did a pretty decent job of keeping the spirit of the original but making it more typically structured as a charting dance track

 

 

I can't tell the difference. :lol:

39 - Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day

 

60th best seller of 1995

 

Chart Run

6-10-11-12-11-18-29-36-50-59-66

 

Another song from December 1995 that managed to impact the top 75 of the year with only 4 weeks sales to do it with.

 

I can't remember every hearing it before. I don't think I've missed out, very much.

38 - Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way

 

59th best seller of 1997

 

Chart Run

6-9-14-14-17-13-18-24-22-25-22-24-24-33-34-44-54-67-

 

It wasn't the long chart run that placed this in the top 60 of 1997, it was the fact that it was released in the stratospheric sales period of Nov/Dec 1997.

 

It only took the final 5 weeks of 1997 (6-9-14-14-17) for it to have sold 210,000 placing it above the following 1997 number 1s

 

Blur - Beetlebum -

LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody

Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait

Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor

Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

Edited September 24, 20222 yr by Colm

37 - DJ Miko - What's Up

 

59th best seller of 1994

 

Chart Run

10-6-7-8-12-17-24-33-44-62

 

Dance covers of recent hit singles rarely cover themselves in glory. This is no different.

 

Didn't outsell any number 1s from 1994.

Edited September 24, 20222 yr by Colm

36 - Curtis Stigers - You're All That Matters To Me

 

59th best seller of 1992

 

Chart Run

41-28-15-9-7-6-8-9-16-23-40-61

 

I used to say that Kings of Leon - Use Somebody reminded me of this Curtis Stigers song. (Edit - it's I Wonder Why , actually) I can't really say which is worse. Both terrible, to these ears.

 

Failed to outsell any number 1s of 1992.

Edited September 24, 20222 yr by Colm