October 13, 20222 yr The last 5 or 6 are fab except theres one i have no memory of at all. Coco jambo? I must have heard it at least 6 times judging by the chart run :o
October 13, 20222 yr It’s like a novelty Ace of Base song, it’s certainly catchy but another Europop song that sounded dated by the time it came out. Then again it did reach us a year later than mainland Europe.
October 13, 20222 yr Author I was actually going to introduce it as an Ace of Base song. ,😄 Edited October 13, 20222 yr by Colm
October 13, 20222 yr Yep certainly not missed out on anything much from memory - like an inferior Real McCoy/Culture Beat track. Actually it's probably not like those but so uninteresting that doubt I can even be bothered to hear what it does sound like. :P Edited October 13, 20222 yr by Smint
October 13, 20222 yr There was a cover/remix of it that came top 15 in BJSC about 4 years ago - although that was a contest without Singerpurear in it tbf!
October 14, 20222 yr Author Next up is a song from one of the most highly regarded alternative bands of all time. Guesses in spoiler tags, please.
October 14, 20222 yr Think I only ever heard Coco Jamboo on the chart show. I predict the next song will be my favourite song of the 1990s
October 14, 20222 yr Next up is a song from one of the most highly regarded alternative bands of all time. Guesses in spoiler tags, please. Everybody Hurts? Just thinking of songs that hung around the low end of the top ten for a while.
October 14, 20222 yr Oh of course! Now I’ve seen gooddelta’s prediction, that makes perfect sense and I think I’ve seen Jim mention that was his fave song of the 90s so you’re both on the same page.
October 15, 20222 yr Author 19 - R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts 5rOiW_xY-kc 53rd best seller of 1993 Chart Run 27-15-9-9-7-7-10-14-20-30-40-53 A former winner of the prestigious Colm's Favourite Song of All Time prize. I don't listen to it much any more. It was the song that propelled Automatic for the People back to the top 3 where it stayed for 9 week (1-3-1-2-1-2-2-2-2) on its way to becoming the second best selling album of the year behind Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell II. It spent 36 weeks in the top 10 that year. More than any other album. Everybody Hurts didn't outsell any number 1s from 1993. Edited October 16, 20222 yr by Colm
October 15, 20222 yr Author 18 - Meredith Brooks - Bitch _ivt_N2Zcts 52nd best seller of 1997 Chart Run 6-8-8-8-11-19-28-36-39-49 Third of four songs in this chart that spent 3 consecutive weeks at number 8. Sounding not unlike Alanis Morrissette did her no harm. She disappeared almost as quickly as she arrived. She outsold the following number 1s from 1997, managing to shift 250,000 copies which is very impressive for that chart run, such were the insane sales levels even in August 1997. Discotheque - U2 Beetlebum - Blur Ain't Nobody - LL Cool J Love Won't Wait - Gary Barlow Blood On The Dance Floor - Michael Jackson Block Rockin' Beats - Chemical Brothers Edited October 16, 20222 yr by Colm
October 15, 20222 yr Like both of those, the latter if I didn't know it was someone else then I'd have automatically assumed was Alanis tbh. Edited October 15, 20222 yr by The Robageist
October 16, 20222 yr Author 17 - Robin S - Show Me Love Ps2Jc28tQrw 52nd best seller of 1993 Chart Run 66-59-69-44......33-22-10-6-6-10-10-14-22-37-50-63 Commonly regarded as one of the best vocal house songs of all time - Mixmag included it in their 2018 article Vocal House: The 30 All-Time Biggest Anthems. I've only just discovered that it was released in 1990 in a quite different form. pqmXglZpCm4 Controversial opinion, I don't really like this and I don't like her vocal tone. It didn't outsell any number 1s from 1993. Edited October 16, 20222 yr by Colm
October 16, 20222 yr Author 16 - Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You OAfxs0IDeMs 51st best seller of 1990 Chart Run 33-23-15-11-8-8-9-11-15-18-29-40-60 I didn't really like this at the time but listening back now, Ann Wilson's vocals are flawless. The band didn't like it either and Ann has been very open about her dislike of the song. Record company pressure resulted in them recording it and releasing it as a single. The band never played it live but in 2017 Ann sang it in concert with lyrical changes as she didn't like the message of their original version. It out sold number 1 single Hangin' Tough by New Kids On the Block. Edited October 16, 20222 yr by Colm
October 16, 20222 yr I don’t remember that Heart track at all but I’ve just listened to it and can see exactly why they hate it. I assume the song was written by a man as I can’t imagine a woman wanting a narrative of picking up a stranger in a car, not being able to control herself, going to a motel (that she knew well implying she does this a lot) and then finally she gets what a woman would always have wanted, a baby :/
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