19th September 1993

 

It's 2 weeks at 1 for Go West, Shara Nelson goes where Massive Attack went twice - top 5 - and Roxette return 3 years after topping my chart courtesy of a TV showing of Pretty Woman I think, which made it a hit again. Pauline Henry is the highest new track, as she is mid-solo stab at a career with rock-soul goodies, after her Chimes' hits, sadly she didn't get a long-term career out of it. Al Green is back 22 years on from Tired Of Being Alone (as covered by Texas recently), Depeche Mode make it 12 years of action, and M People start their run of big hits, Moving On Up.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 2 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

3 ( 4 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

4 ( 6 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

5 ( 11 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson

6 ( 10 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

7 ( 7 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

8 ( NEW ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette

9 ( 3 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

10 ( 70 ) SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers

 

11 ( 5 ) VENUS AS A BOY Bjork

12 ( 59 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young

13 ( 13 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury

14 ( 8 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller

15 ( 22 ) HEAVEN HELP Lenny Kravitz

16 ( 12 ) PRAY Take That

17 ( 9 ) TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran

18 ( 73 ) BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle

19 ( 15 ) SOMETIMES James

20 ( 20 ) BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian

 

21 ( 16 ) WORLD New Order

22 ( 19 ) MR VAIN Culture Beat

23 ( 53 ) CANTALOUPE US3

24 ( 17 ) LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle

25 ( 46 ) CREEP Radiohead

26 ( NEW ) TOO MANY PEOPLE Pauline Henry

27 ( 18 ) (DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

28 ( 49 ) LOVE SCENES Beverley Craven

29 ( 23 ) IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS IN MY EYES) Bitty McLean

30 ( 30 ) RUBBERBAND GIRL Kate Bush

 

31 ( 14 ) NUMB U2

32 ( NEW ) FASCINATED Lisa B

33 ( 21 ) THE KEY THE SECRET Urban Cookie Collective

34 ( NEW ) BREAKADAWN De La Soul

35 ( 38 ) LIFE Haddaway

36 ( 40 ) I'M IN A PHILLY MOOD Daryl Hall

37 ( 56 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

38 ( 31 ) DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD

39 ( 71 ) ALL I GAVE World Party

40 ( 50 ) SO YOU'D LIKE TO SAVE THE WORLD Lloyd Cole

 

41 ( 27 ) DISCO INFERNO Tina Turner

42 ( 39 ) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys

43 ( 26 ) SHE KISSED ME Terence 'Trent' D'Arby

44 ( 34 ) FACES 2 Unlimited

45 ( 44 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba

46 ( 35 ) IF Janet Jackson

47 ( 29 ) HIGHER GROUND UB40

48 ( 32 ) LA TRISTESSA DURERA The Manic Street Preachers

49 ( NEW ) TWO STEPS BEHIND Def Leppard

50 ( 28 ) OUR TOWN Iris DeMent

 

51 ( 45 ) DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

52 ( 25 ) LET ME WAKE UP IN YOUR ARMS Lulu

53 ( 52 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

54 ( 24 ) SLAVE TO THE VIBE Aftershock

55 ( NEW ) LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Al Green

56 ( 33 ) TRIPPIN' ON YOUR LOVE Kenny Thomas

57 ( 57 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel

58 ( 37 ) SOMEBODY TO SHOVE Soul Asylum

59 ( NEW ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode

60 ( 60 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

 

61 ( 42 ) SO CALLED FRIEND Texas

62 ( NEW ) MOVING ON UP M People

63 ( 63 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

64 ( 61 ) I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher

65 ( 55 ) COME UNDONE Duran Duran

66 ( NEW ) SOLITARY MAN Chris Isaak

67 ( 66 ) METAL GURU T.Rex

68 ( 48 ) HOW LONG Yazz/ Aswad

69 ( NEW ) MOVE Moby

70 ( 36 ) STRIKE ME PINK Deborah Harry

 

71 ( NEW ) ONE WOMAN Jade

72 ( 67 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson

73 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN Jamiroquai

74 ( NEW ) I'VE GOT THE MUSIC Mount Rushmere

75 ( NEW ) HEART-SHAPED BOX Nirvana

 

 

Playlist oldies

1 ELUSIVE DREAMS Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

2 SAND Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

3 SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

26th September 1993

 

3 Go West weeks on top, Life is giving Haddaway a chance at the top slot at 2, Depeche rocket into the top 10 with Condemnation, and Paul Young adds to his tally too. Chumbawumba debut at 25 ahead of a 4-year-wait for a monster hit, a 33-year-old party classic Hoots Mon debuts, and Peter Gabriel is on 16 years of solo hits, 19 with Genesis-inclusion. It's also the week I went to see Madonna at Wembley, leaving my tape cassette set to record the concert broadcast live on Radio 2 with help from dad - the BBC had waved that red flag at the bull by asking her not to use the F word, so she of course created a new expletive record for a radio broadcast. It's almost as if producers had never listened to her before! That was my 3rd Madonna concert, I think, Who's That Girl was the first, again in 1990, and this would be the last till the Cardiff Dancefloor tour in 2005/6, her best tour. I havent bothered seeing any of the Ticketmaster bleed-the-fans-dry-cash-era tours, my policy is "if poorer people can't afford to go, I won't go"

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 35 ) LIFE Haddaway

3 ( 2 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

4 ( 5 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson

5 ( 6 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

6 ( 4 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

7 ( 7 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

8 ( 59 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode

9 ( 9 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

10 ( 12 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young

 

11 ( 3 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

12 ( 8 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette

13 ( 10 ) SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers

14 ( 18 ) BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle

15 ( 14 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller

16 ( 23 ) CANTALOUPE US3

17 ( 13 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury

18 ( 37 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

19 ( 19 ) SOMETIMES James

20 ( 34 ) BREAKADAWN De La Soul

 

21 ( 11 ) VENUS AS A BOY Bjork

22 ( 16 ) PRAY Take That

23 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE World's Apart

24 ( 17 ) TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran

25 ( NEW ) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Chumbawumba/ Credit To The Nation

26 ( 15 ) HEAVEN HELP Lenny Kravitz

27 ( 32 ) FASCINATED Lisa B

28 ( 26 ) TOO MANY PEOPLE Pauline Henry

29 ( 20 ) BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian

30 ( 24 ) LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle

 

31 ( NEW ) HOOTS MON Lord Rockingham's XI

32 ( 21 ) WORLD New Order

33 ( NEW ) HERE WE GO Stakker Bo

34 ( NEW ) ON THE ROPES The Wonder Stuff

35 ( 36 ) I'M IN A PHILLY MOOD Daryl Hall

36 ( 62 ) MOVING ON UP M People

37 ( 22 ) MR VAIN Culture Beat

38 ( 39 ) ALL I GAVE World Party

39 ( 55 ) LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Al Green

40 ( 28 ) LOVE SCENES Beverley Craven

 

41 ( 25 ) CREEP Radiohead

42 ( 29 ) IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS IN MY EYES) Bitty McLean

43 ( 42 ) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys

44 ( 38 ) DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD

45 ( 27 ) (DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

46 ( 45 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba

47 ( 31 ) NUMB U2

48 ( 46 ) IF Janet Jackson

49 ( 30 ) RUBBERBAND GIRL Kate Bush

50 ( 41 ) DISCO INFERNO Tina Turner

 

51 ( 33 ) THE KEY THE SECRET Urban Cookie Collective

52 ( 51 ) DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

53 ( 53 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

54 ( 43 ) SHE KISSED ME Terence 'Trent' D'Arby

55 ( 40 ) SO YOU'D LIKE TO SAVE THE WORLD Lloyd Cole

56 ( 48 ) LA TRISTESSA DURERA The Manic Street Preachers

57 ( 57 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel

58 ( 44 ) FACES 2 Unlimited

59 ( 47 ) HIGHER GROUND UB40

60 ( 60 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

 

61 ( 49 ) TWO STEPS BEHIND Def Leppard

62 ( 65 ) COME UNDONE Duran Duran

63 ( 63 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

64 ( 50 ) OUR TOWN Iris DeMent

65 ( 71 ) ONE WOMAN Jade

66 ( 64 ) I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher

67 ( 67 ) METAL GURU T.Rex

68 ( 52 ) LET ME WAKE UP IN YOUR ARMS Lulu

69 ( 73 ) WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN Jamiroquai

70 ( 66 ) SOLITARY MAN Chris Isaak

 

71 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY OMD

72 ( 72 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES Janet Jackson

73 ( NEW ) I LIKE IT D:Ream

74 ( 68 ) HOW LONG Yazz/ Aswad

75 ( NEW ) KISS THAT FROG Peter Gabriel

 

Madonna’s “Girlie Show” Live at Wembley Stadium

1. Express Yourself

2. Rain

3. Holiday

4. In This Life

5. Vogue

6. La Isla Bonita

"You're The One That I Want" became the first and very successful entry for Debbie Gibson. In my chart she is one hit wonder.

 

You did a misprint in Ace of Base name in all charts on the previous page. :lol:

Edited October 24, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

"You're The One That I Want" became the first and very successful entry for Debbie Gibson. In my chart she is one hit wonder.

 

You did a misprint in Ace of Base name in all charts on the previous page. :lol:

 

Only one hit for Debbie Gibson in your chart? Ooh, surprising! Though her records havent generally aged well, I think, I quite liked her at the time :) Yes, Ace Of Base/Bass was always a spelling issue back in the day and I still have to check I don't do it :lol: Obv missed that one! :)

Only one hit for Debbie Gibson in your chart? Ooh, surprising! Though her records havent generally aged well, I think, I quite liked her at the time

 

I like some her modern songs from Christmas album, but I'm not a fan of the modern music in summary and it's much harder to discovery fresh good music, not just checking the official charts like I did for the previous decades (from 70s to 00s). That's a main reason why 2012 is the last year for retrospective charts in my plans.

Edited October 24, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

well it's been a hectic 3 months so I'll try and get this sorted now. I've done 1994 in 2014 (I think) so won't re-run it on BJ, I'll just concentrate on getting 1992, 1993 and 1995 finished all of them are needing it!!

 

3rd October 1993

 

It's straight in again on top for Frankie, 9 years on from having a decent run on top after getting banned. Not so banned second time around. Meanwhile The Beatles Red & Blue albums are out on CD for the first time and that gives me an excuse to chart two old 60's faves that were number ones for others acts, rather than the creators, so justice is served as Michelle debuts at 4 and Ob La Di at 5. Kylie's sis debuts her latest at 28 with This Is The Way, anticipating The Mandalorian by over 26 years or so. She get it remixed.

 

Eternal drop Stay at 39, it's all downhill from hereon creatively, give or take the odd slight bump upwards. Lene Fiagbe doesn't sadly breakthrough into the UK charts, at 50, Prince is still going through foodstuffs at 55, this time Peach as opposed to cream and lemon crush, the naughtiness continuing. Crowded House join Prince as Year of 1980 debutants still charting (albeit as Split-Enz) with Distant Sun.

 

Aswad are in a Dancehall Mood, and I don't blame them, while Go West cover Tracks Of My Tears, the Smokey Robinson Motown classic that many have covered before. Blur have a modest Sunday Sunday, The Spin Doctor's reference Superman's Pal, comics I used to buy as a kid, and Norman Cook has another go at chart success in a fourth guise, this one Freak Power, which will take a while to catch on, but is fab.

 

 

1 ( NEW ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2 ( 2 ) LIFE Haddaway

3 ( 1 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

4 ( NEW ) MICHELLE The Beatles

5 ( NEW ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles

6 ( 4 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson

7 ( 3 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

8 ( 10 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young

9 ( 7 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

10 ( 6 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

 

11 ( 5 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

12 ( 8 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode

13 ( 12 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette

14 ( 14 ) BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle

15 ( 9 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

16 ( 18 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

17 ( 13 ) SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers

18 ( 23 ) EVERLASTING LOVE World's Apart

19 ( 16 ) CANTALOUPE US3

20 ( 11 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

 

21 ( 33 ) HERE WE GO Stakker Bo

22 ( 17 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury

23 ( 15 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller

24 ( 28 ) TOO MANY PEOPLE Pauline Henry

25 ( 20 ) BREAKADAWN De La Soul

26 ( 22 ) PRAY Take That

27 ( 38 ) ALL I GAVE World Party

28 ( NEW ) THIS IS THE WAY Dannii Minogue

29 ( 25 ) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Chumbawumba/ Credit To The Nation

30 ( 19 ) SOMETIMES James

 

31 ( 40 ) LOVE SCENES Beverley Craven

32 ( 36 ) MOVING ON UP M People

33 ( 34 ) ON THE ROPES The Wonder Stuff

34 ( 27 ) FASCINATED Lisa B

35 ( 21 ) VENUS AS A BOY Bjork

36 ( 24 ) TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran

37 ( 41 ) CREEP Radiohead

38 ( 30 ) LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle

39 ( NEW ) STAY Eternal

40 ( 73 ) STAR/ I LIKE IT D:Ream

 

41 ( 42 ) IT KEEPS RAININ' (TEARS IN MY EYES) Bitty McLean

42 ( 29 ) BOOM SHACK A LACK Apache Indian

43 ( 37 ) MR VAIN Culture Beat

44 ( 43 ) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys

45 ( 31 ) HOOTS MON Lord Rockingham's XI

46 ( 46 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba

47 ( 26 ) HEAVEN HELP Lenny Kravitz

48 ( 44 ) DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD

49 ( 32 ) WORLD (THE PRICE OF LOVE) New Order

50 ( NEW ) GOTTA GET IT RIGHT Lena Fiagbe

 

51 ( 47 ) NUMB U2

52 ( 39 ) LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Al Green

53 ( 53 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

54 ( 48 ) IF Janet Jackson

55 ( NEW ) PEACH Prince

56 ( 52 ) DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

57 ( NEW ) DISTANT SUN Crowded House

58 ( 57 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel

59 ( 35 ) I'M IN A PHILLY MOOD Daryl Hall

60 ( 60 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

 

61 ( 63 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

62 ( 62 ) COME UNDONE Duran Duran

63 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Go West

64 ( 45 ) (DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

65 ( NEW ) DANCEHALL MOOD Aswad

66 ( 55 ) SO YOU'D LIKE TO SAVE THE WORLD Lloyd Cole

67 ( 66 ) I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher

68 ( 67 ) METAL GURU T.Rex

69 ( 69 ) WHEN YOU GONNA LEARN Jamiroquai

70 ( NEW ) HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward

 

71 ( 56 ) LA TRISTESSA DURERA The Manic Street Preachers

72 ( NEW ) SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur

73 ( NEW ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power featuring Norman Cook

74 ( 59 ) HIGHER GROUND UB40

75 ( NEW ) JIMMY OLSEN’S BLUES The Spin Doctors

 

3rd Oct

 

oldies playlist

1 SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue

2 “Very” Pet Shop Boys

3 “Beatles 1967-70” The Beatles

10th October 1993

 

It's up to the top spot for Haddaway and his Life, a great dance track and goes higher than What Is Life? Apart from that, though,

there's some more oldies courtesy of a 2-Tone EP and reissue of Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow, a 1983 chart-topper which recharts at 2. Gangsters is the top ska track at 6 for The Specials, last that high in 1979, as was On My Radio, Selecter back at 42, and ditto Tears Of A Clown at 44 for The Beat, and Madness' The Prince at 67. Bung in Chain Reaction hitting again at 9 for Diana Ross a mere 7 years from going top 3 and it's a VERY old-looking chart, only 4 new ones in the top 10. There's also Johnny csh classic Ring Of Fire debuting at 29.

 

Some actual new tracks start with, err, Right Said Fred Bumped to 33 - but without the oldies they'd have been 23. Bowie also falls short of the 40 with Miracle Goodnight, now 24 years into a chart career, Meat Loaf a mere 15 years span with his comeback monster, back with Jim Steinman on I'd Do Anything For Love at a modest 54, though again it would be top 40 without all t'oldies. Bat Out Of Hell Part II is due any day then. David Arnold & Bjork collab on the cinematic fab Play Dead, her best ever record IMHO. In at 56.

 

Bon Jovi, Manics, Gabrielle, Lemonheads, Lisa Stansfield and 4-Non Blondes also all add to their currently growing list of chart entries, Linda Perry from the latter currently still writing stuff for big names after a career of fabulous hits for Gwen Stefani, Pink, Aguilera and many more. The other newie is from Aeosmith, Cryin' one of their big ballads of the 90's.

 

1 ( 2 ) LIFE Haddaway

2 ( NEW ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield

3 ( 1 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4 ( 3 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

5 ( NEW ) GANGSTERS The Specials

6 ( 4 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

7 ( 16 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

8 ( 5 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles

9 ( NEW ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross

10 ( 6 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson

 

11 ( 8 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young

12 ( 14 ) BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle

13 ( 7 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

14 ( 9 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

15 ( 10 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV

16 ( 11 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

17 ( 39 ) STAY Eternal

18 ( 12 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode

19 ( 32 ) MOVING ON UP M People

20 ( 15 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey

 

21 ( 13 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette

22 ( 17 ) SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers

23 ( 21 ) HERE WE GO Stakker Bo

24 ( 40 ) STAR/ I LIKE IT D:Ream

25 ( 52 ) LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING Al Green

26 ( 18 ) EVERLASTING LOVE World's Apart

27 ( 51 ) NUMB U2

28 ( 20 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead

29 ( NEW ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash

30 ( 22 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury

 

31 ( 19 ) CANTALOUPE US3

32 ( 27 ) ALL I GAVE World Party

33 ( NEW ) BUMPED Right Said Fred

34 ( 23 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller

35 ( 57 ) DISTANT SUN Crowded House

36 ( 26 ) PRAY Take That

37 ( 28 ) THIS IS THE WAY Dannii Minogue

38 ( 24 ) TOO MANY PEOPLE Pauline Henry

39 ( 73 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power featuring Norman Cook

40 ( 63 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Go West

 

41 ( 31 ) LOVE SCENES Beverley Craven

42 ( NEW ) ON MY RADIO The Selecter

43 ( 55 ) PEACH Prince

44 ( NEW ) TEARS OF A CLOWN The Beat

45 ( NEW ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

46 ( 46 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba

47 ( 44 ) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys

48 ( 30 ) SOMETIMES James

49 ( 35 ) VENUS AS A BOY Bjork

50 ( 38 ) LOOKING UP Michelle Gayle

 

51 ( 36 ) TOO MUCH INFORMATION Duran Duran

52 ( 48 ) DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD

53 ( 53 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

54 ( NEW ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

55 ( 25 ) BREAKADAWN De La Soul

56 ( NEW ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork

57 ( 43 ) MR VAIN Culture Beat

58 ( NEW ) BREAKDOWN One Dove

59 ( 72 ) SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur

60 ( 60 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

 

61 ( NEW ) I BELIEVE Bon Jovi

62 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles

63 ( 56 ) DANCING IN THE STREET Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

64 ( 58 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Unity 2/ Steel

65 ( NEW ) WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEONE Bad Boys Inc

66 ( 62 ) COME UNDONE Duran Duran

67 ( NEW ) THE PRINCE Madness

68 ( 29 ) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Chumbawumba/ Credit To The Nation

69 ( NEW ) CRYIN' Aerosmith

70 ( NEW ) ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL The Manic Street Preachers

 

71 ( NEW ) GOING NOWHERE Gabrielle

72 ( NEW ) JOY Staxx

73 ( NEW ) INTO YOUR ARMS Lemonheads

74 ( NEW ) SO NATURAL Lisa Stansfield

75 ( NEW ) SPACEMAN 4-Non Blondes

 

 

playlist oldies

1 GEORGY GIRL The Seekers

2 “Very” Pet Shop Boys

3 LOVE AND AFFECTION Joan Armatrading

17th October 1993

It's 2 weeks on top for Haddaway's Life as the rest of the top 10 shuffle about a bit, with Eternal grabbing a first (and last) top 10 at 9 with Stay, and Right Said Fred getting a second as Bumped shoots up from 33. The highest new entry is a suprise cover of The Shadows' Wonderful Land by the man himself, Hank B. Marvin with an assist from Mark Knopfler at 13. The original classic will eventually top my charts in the 2000's as an oldie.

David Arnold meanwhile helps Bjork to her greatest single as Play Dead bounds into the top 20, while Norman Cook makes it a 4th alias to go top 20, with Freakpower. Pauline Henry enters an unlikely cover of Bad Company's Feel Like Making Love, at 35, when many might think it was the Roberta Flack song. In at 40, it's the late Schnozzel, aka Jimmy Durante, loveable star of movies and recordings of croon-era classics, bringing his great take on As Time Goes By, the Dooley Wilson Casablanca classic from 1942, that was a belated chart hit in 1977. The song dates from 1931, and 62 years old seemed quite old for a song to make the charts in the 90's. Now that actual tracks dating back to the 70's never leave the charts, not so much. It's from a Rom Com, this one.

Texas continue to drop minor hits, Americana-stylee, Junior Murvin has his great 1980 reggae hit back and on CD, Dina Carroll moves towards a more MOR/Musical style, Tom Petty covers Thunderclap Newman's 1969 classic, my 3rd-ever single bought and former number one, Phil Collins releases a fairly pleasantly forgettable track, INXS give us The Gift at 74, and Curiosity are still killing the cat 4 years on.

1    (    1    )    LIFE    Haddaway

2    (    4    )    GO WEST    Pet Shop Boys

3    (    3    )    RELAX    Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4    (    2    )    MOONLIGHT SHADOW    Mike Oldfield

5    (    5    )    GANGSTERS    The Specials

6    (    7    )    RELIGHT MY FIRE    Take That / Lulu

7    (    9    )    CHAIN REACTION    Diana Ross

8    (    6    )    MICHELLE    The Beatles

9    (    17    )    STAY    Eternal

10    (    33    )    BUMPED    Right Said Fred

11    (    11    )    NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE    Paul Young

12    (    8    )    OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA    The Beatles

13    (    NEW    )    WONDERFUL LAND    Hank B. Marvin/ Mark Knopfler

14    (    10    )    ONE GOODBYE IN TEN    Shara Nelson

15    (    19    )    MOVING ON UP    M People

16    (    13    )    PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE    The Bee Gees

17    (    56    )    PLAY DEAD    David Arnold/ Bjork

18    (    15    )    RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE)    SWV

19    (    14    )    THE RIVER OF DREAMS    Billy Joel

20    (    39    )    TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT    Freak Power featuring Norman Cook

21    (    12    )    BIGSCARYANIMAL    Belinda Carlisle

22    (    24    )    STAR/ I LIKE IT    D:Ream

23    (    16    )    BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

24    (    45    )    MIRACLE GOODNIGHT    David Bowie

25    (    29    )    RING OF FIRE    Johnny Cash

26    (    21    )    IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE    Roxette

27    (    20    )    DREAM LOVER    Mariah Carey

28    (    58    )    BREAKDOWN    One Dove

29    (    18    )    CONDEMNATION    Depeche Mode

30    (    NEW    )    MY BOY LOLLIPOP    Millie

31    (    22    )    SHE DON'T LET NOBODY    Chaka Demus & Pliers

32    (    43    )    PEACH    Prince

33    (    35    )    DISTANT SUN    Crowded House

34    (    73    )    INTO YOUR ARMS    Lemonheads

35    (    NEW    )    FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE    Pauline Henry

36    (    30    )    LIVING ON MY OWN    Freddie Mercury

37    (    61    )    I BELIEVE    Bon Jovi

38    (    23    )    HERE WE GO    Stakker Bo

39    (    28    )    ACE OF SPADES    Motorhead

40    (    NEW    )    AS TIME GOES BY    Jimmy Durante

41    (    54    )    I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT)    Meatloaf

42    (    25    )    LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING    Al Green

43    (    36    )    PRAY    Take That

44    (    72    )    JOY    Staxx

45    (    69    )    CRYIN'    Aerosmith

46    (    27    )    NUMB    U2

47    (    46    )    EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN    Abba

48    (    34    )    WILD WOOD    Paul Weller

49    (    RE    )    HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO    Nick Heyward

50    (    NEW    )    YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME    Texas

51    (    44    )    TEARS OF A CLOWN    The Beat

52    (    47    )    CAN YOU FORGIVE HER    Pet Shop Boys

53    (    31    )    CANTALOOP    US3

54    (    59    )    SUNDAY SUNDAY    Blur

55    (    53    )    20th CENTURY BOY    T.Rex

56    (    26    )    EVERLASTING LOVE    World's Apart

57    (    55    )    BREAKADAWN    De La Soul

58    (    42    )    ON MY RADIO    The Selecter

59    (    32    )    ALL I GAVE    World Party

60    (    NEW    )    POLICE AND THIEVES    Junior Murvin

61    (    60    )    YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'    The Righteous Brothers

62    (    52    )    DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME)    OMD

63    (    62    )    HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION    The Beatles

64    (    RE    )    GOTTA GET IT RIGHT    Lena Fiagbe

65    (    74    )    SO NATURAL    Lisa Stansfield

66    (    NEW    )    DON'T BE A STRANGER    Dina Carroll

67    (    63    )    DANCING IN THE STREET    Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

68    (    40    )    TRACKS OF MY TEARS    Go West

69    (    NEW    )    SOMETHING IN THE AIR    Tom Petty

70    (    50    )    LOOKING UP    Michelle Gayle

71    (    NEW    )    BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY    Phil Collins

72    (    64    )    CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION    Unity 2/ Steel

73    (    NEW    )    THE GIFT    INXS

74    (    57    )    MR VAIN    Culture Beat

75    (    NEW    )    GIMME THE SUNSHINE    Curiosity (Killed The Cat)

Playlist oldies                   

            1    SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU    The Partridge Family

            2    DRIVE    The Cars

            3    “Very”    Pet Shop Boys

24th October 1993

It's 3 weeks on top for Haddaway's Life as the next challenger looks to be Bjork's Play Dead with David Arnold on creative duties at 3. Texas return to the top 10 for a 3rd tenner as You Owe It All To Me appeals to me, even if not the UK record-buyer who are clearly wrong about the band. The highest new entry is Bitty McLean returning at 15 with Pass It On, with Jean-Michel Jarre not far behind as the synth pioneer grabs his biggest chart hit in my charts since 1977's brilliant Oxygene Part IV, Chronologie Part IV keeping the theme of part 4's being the best track, at 19.

U2 returm with yet another non single Lemon at 37 - they seemed to lack the will to release the more experimental tracks as singles (or the record label did at any rate), while Madonna's in more reflective mood on Rain at 38. US holiday hit, Soul Asylum's Runaway Train pops in at 47, still a great record, and PM Dawn cover The Beatles' Norwegian Wood, fitting nicely into the Daisy Age style at 54. The Levellers also slip into the chart at 59 with This Garden.

The Shamen have a modest new entry at 68 with Comin' On, behind bigger name Billy Joel at 64 with All About Soul, a decent track and that's about all he wrote from Billy until 2024. That would have been utterly unthinkable in 1993! Given his current health problems I'm glad I saw him at Cardiff on his last UK date. Chris Rea has his health problems too, these days, but Julia glides in at 62 in 1993. Finally, there's a cluster down the tail end of the chart:

The Other Two grab another hit outside New Order on Soul Fish, Aopache Indian follows-up with Movin' On, Wet Wet Wet Shed A Tear, 10,000 Maniacs cover Because The Night, the old Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen classic, and one at least I still remember unlike the other 3. Finally, by virtue of a fabulous mystery radio play (I didnt know the title at the time or if it was available, so it got stuck in my Playlist chart rather than the top 75) gets a bonus number 76 slot retrospectively as For Whom The Bells would otherwise have been a high new entry. Watch the next chart for a more realistic chart slot.


1 ( 1 ) LIFE Haddaway
2 ( 2 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
3 ( 17 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork
4 ( 6 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu
5 ( 9 ) STAY Eternal
6 ( 3 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7 ( 4 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield
8 ( 5 ) GANGSTERS The Specials
9 ( 10 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred
10 ( 50 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas

11 ( 8 ) MICHELLE The Beatles
12 ( 28 ) BREAKDOWN One Dove
13 ( 11 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young
14 ( 7 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross
15 ( NEW ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean
16 ( 20 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power featuring Norman Cook
17 ( 24 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie
18 ( 12 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles
19 ( NEW ) CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre
20 ( 16 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees

21 ( 64 ) GOTTA GET IT RIGHT Lena Fiagbe
22 ( 14 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson
23 ( 13 ) WONDERFUL LAND Hank B. Marvin/ Mark Knopfler
24 ( 19 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel
25 ( 18 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV
26 ( 15 ) MOVING ON UP M People
27 ( 45 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith
28 ( 33 ) DISTANT SUN Crowded House
29 ( 30 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie
30 ( 32 ) PEACH Prince

31 ( 25 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash
32 ( 73 ) THE GIFT INXS
33 ( 49 ) HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward
34 ( 23 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
35 ( 41 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf
36 ( 29 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode
37 ( NEW ) LEMON U2
38 ( NEW ) RAIN Madonna
39 ( 65 ) SO NATURAL Lisa Stansfield
40 ( 22 ) STAR/ I LIKE IT D:Ream

41 ( 26 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette
42 ( 21 ) BIGSCARYANIMAL Belinda Carlisle
43 ( 31 ) SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers
44 ( 27 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey
45 ( 35 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry
46 ( 38 ) HERE WE GO Stakker Bo
47 ( NEW ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
48 ( 47 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba
49 ( 54 ) SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur
50 ( 43 ) PRAY Take That

51 ( 36 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury
52 ( 48 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller
53 ( 34 ) INTO YOUR ARMS Lemonheads
54 ( NEW ) NORWEGIAN WOOD PM Dawn
55 ( 39 ) ACE OF SPADES Motorhead
56 ( 66 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll
57 ( 60 ) POLICE AND THIEVES Junior Murvin
58 ( 55 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
59 ( NEW ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers
60 ( 40 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

61 ( 52 ) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys
62 ( NEW ) JULIA Chris Rea
63 ( 61 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
64 ( NEW ) ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel
65 ( 63 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles
66 ( 37 ) I BELIEVE Bon Jovi
67 ( 62 ) DREAM OF ME (LOVE'S THEME) OMD
68 ( NEW ) COMIN' ON The Shamen
69 ( 51 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN The Beat
70 ( 75 ) GIMME THE SUNSHINE Curiosity (Killed The Cat)

71 ( 71 ) BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins
72 ( NEW ) BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10000 Maniacs
73 ( NEW ) SOUL FISH The Other Two (New Order)
74 ( NEW ) MOVIN' ON Apache Indian
75 ( NEW ) SHED A TEAR Wet Wet Wet
76 ( NEW ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees


Playlisted:
1 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees
2 “Greatest Hits” Jonathan King
3 DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

Play Dead is a wonderful track, hope it does make the leap to #1 here

My 90s charts are very far from mainstream/UK.

For sample I have five non-English language songs are in my top 6 on this week.

On the next week very successful song (at least for my chart) was released by Danish girl group One Two. 4 weeks at # 1 is a great result for girl group song from 20th century. Only "Luton Airport", "Trouble" and "Third Finger Left Hand" spent more weeks on the top.

Sadly Belinda didn't reach top 10 in your chart with "Big Scary Animal" (peaked at # 3).

Edited October 26Oct 26 by Last Dreamer

3 hours ago, dandy* said:

Play Dead is a wonderful track, hope it does make the leap to #1 here

Yes I think it's my fave Bjork track, Venus As A Boy is the nearest rival, but there may be spoilers when it comes to chart-topping! 😮😄

2 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

My 90s charts are very far from mainstream/UK.

For sample I have five non-English language songs are in my top 6 on this week.

On the next week very successful song (at least for my chart) was released by Danish girl group One Two. 4 weeks at # 1 is a great result for girl group song from 20th century. Only "Luton Airport", "Trouble" and "Third Finger Left Hand" spent more weeks on the top.

Sadly Belinda didn't reach top 10 in your chart with "Big Scary Animal" (peaked at # 3).

Yes Belinda had a lot of big hits in my charts (still does!) but Bigscaryanimal didnt quite get there! Getting Better is pretty good, not heard that one, gives me Roxette vibes 👍Hopefully I will remember it and Luton Airport, along with Trouble and Third Finger as the big 20th century number one runs. Sadly as my charts are of the time, One Two wont be making my chart for 1993 unless I heard it and competely forgot about it - which is possible! 😄

I really like Haddaway, I get why you did too at the time, as his music with its synth production is very accessible and a natural progression from synth and dance-orientated music in the early 80s, not being very hardcore dance!

Go West is very good too - I remember the music video from the 90s. The use of Pachalbel's Canon probably influenced by The Farm I'd say.

What I also like - Crowded House - Distant Sun, my dad is a fan and grew up hearing that song and its one of Crowded House's best. My mum is a fan of Paul Weller so I know Wild Wood well!

14 hours ago, TheSnake said:

I really like Haddaway, I get why you did too at the time, as his music with its synth production is very accessible and a natural progression from synth and dance-orientated music in the early 80s, not being very hardcore dance!

Go West is very good too - I remember the music video from the 90s. The use of Pachalbel's Canon probably influenced by The Farm I'd say.

What I also like - Crowded House - Distant Sun, my dad is a fan and grew up hearing that song and its one of Crowded House's best. My mum is a fan of Paul Weller so I know Wild Wood well!

Aww glad you like your parents music, I picked up a lot of love for stuff my mum and dad loved, and it tends to stay with you as you get older! 🥰Haddaway had 2 bangers in a row, as they might say these days 😄Quite exciting I thought, as was Go West, and I'm sure you're right about Pachalbel - Chris and Neil were very aware of pop and classical and crossovers. Considering I wasn't that fussed by the Village People's original, what they did with it was jaw-dropping, turning it into an anthem!

31st October 1993

It's 4 weeks on top for Haddaway, holding a challenge from an orchestral David Arnold and Bjork at 2, and the new threat from Texas, the Americana-ish You Owe It All To Me up to 3. The big threat, though, might be The Bee Gees following up their chart-topper with the leaping For Whom The Bell Tolls, a lush ballad climbing 67 places to 9. Bitty McLean grabs a second top 10, and Janet Jackson is Again returning with one of the best tracks off her album, the gentle ballad, Again new in at 12 - the battle of the ballads for the next number one is a thing.

Big climbs for The Levellers and the late Hollywood movie star Jimmy Durante, and new entries further down from Capella - U Got 2 Let The Music at 49, the highest-ranking new dance track ahead of Culture Beat at 52 (Got To Get It), the catchy More And More from Captain Hollywood Project at 72, and The Goodmen's beat-tastic Give It Up at 70, as featured on a Simply Red chart-topper in two years time. One might include novelty song Tongue Tied as vaguely dance, as Danny John-Jules stars as The Cat from Red Dwarf, with cast ship-mates dancing along to it. One of the best UK sitcoms of all-time, right into the 2010's, and I met Danny a few months ago at a fan convention (summer 2025) - he was fab and enjoying meeting fans. As were co-stars Hattie Hayridge and the wonderful Chloe Annett who featured on my first ever and only celebrity selfie.

Name an unlikely duet: Frank Sinatra and Bono, doing I've Got You Under My Skin. Well it exists and it enters at 55 for a spot of retro crooning, though the song has never been a fave of mine in any version, but it is a standard of Sinatra's. Edwin Starr's 1970 Motown classic is back, War at 57 - and it's still good for "absolutely nothing!" Anti-war songs will never age. Back in 1993 the new-fangled SKY satellite thingy had loads of great American inmports that never got terrestrial showings, including video channels, one of which was a Country station, I occasionally flicked onto it and picked up some good tracks, the latest enters at 62, an album track from Willie Nelson.

That leaves three veterans to sneak in down the bottom-end, Tina Turner at 69, Why Must Me Wait Until Tonight, Bryan Adams on Please Forgive Me at 73, and Cyndi Lauper at 74 with That's What I Think. None of them are essential tracks, but worth a listen.


1 ( 1 ) LIFE Haddaway
2 ( 3 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork
3 ( 10 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas
4 ( 2 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
5 ( 4 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu
6 ( 9 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred
7 ( 6 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8 ( 5 ) STAY Eternal
9 ( 76 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees
10 ( 15 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean

11 ( 7 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield
12 ( NEW ) AGAIN Janet Jackson
13 ( 8 ) GANGSTERS The Specials
14 ( 16 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power featuring Norman Cook
15 ( 11 ) MICHELLE The Beatles
16 ( 19 ) CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre
17 ( 12 ) BREAKDOWN One Dove
18 ( 27 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith
19 ( 59 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers
20 ( 60 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

21 ( 17 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie
22 ( 13 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young
23 ( 20 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees
24 ( 14 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross
25 ( 18 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles
26 ( 29 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie
27 ( 22 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson
28 ( 32 ) THE GIFT INXS
29 ( 37 ) LEMON U2
30 ( 21 ) GOTTA GET IT RIGHT Lena Fiagbe

31 ( 25 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV
32 ( 39 ) SO NATURAL Lisa Stansfield
33 ( 24 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel
34 ( 26 ) MOVING ON UP M People
35 ( 31 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash
36 ( 62 ) JULIA Chris Rea
37 ( 56 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll
38 ( 64 ) ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel
39 ( 35 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf
40 ( 49 ) SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur

41 ( 52 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller
42 ( 34 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
43 ( 23 ) WONDERFUL LAND Hank B. Marvin/ Mark Knopfler
44 ( 33 ) HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward
45 ( 36 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode
46 ( 38 ) RAIN Madonna
47 ( 30 ) PEACH Prince
48 ( 48 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba
49 ( NEW ) U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella
50 ( 28 ) DISTANT SUN Crowded House

51 ( 44 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey
52 ( NEW ) GOT TO GET IT Culture Beat
53 ( 45 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry
54 ( 54 ) NORWEGIAN WOOD PM Dawn
55 ( NEW ) I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN Frank Sinatra & Bono
56 ( 50 ) PRAY Take That
57 ( NEW ) WAR Edwin Starr
58 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
59 ( 41 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette
60 ( 71 ) BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins

61 ( 51 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury
62 ( NEW ) WHAT IS IT YOU WANTED (LP TRACK) Willie Nelson
63 ( 63 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
64 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles
65 ( 47 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
66 ( 43 ) SHE DON'T LET NOBODY Chaka Demus & Pliers
67 ( RE ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Tom Petty
68 ( 68 ) COMIN' ON The Shamen
69 ( NEW ) WHY MUST ME WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT Tina Turner
70 ( NEW ) GIVE IT UP The Goodmen

71 ( 61 ) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER Pet Shop Boys
72 ( NEW ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project
73 ( NEW ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams
74 ( NEW ) THAT’S WHAT I THINK Cyndi Lauper
75 ( NEW ) TONGUE TIED The Cat aka Danny John-Jules

playlist oldies
1 METAL GURU T.Rex
2 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU ABBA
3 CRYING Don McLean
4 VENUS Frankie Avalon

Oops ! I forgot about fantastic ABBA-esque song "Never Change A Winning Team" from Dutch duo Chess, which had 5 weeks on the top in 1987 year (# 2 in Year-End chart).

22 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

Oops ! I forgot about fantastic ABBA-esque song "Never Change A Winning Team" from Dutch duo Chess, which had 5 weeks on the top in 1987 year (# 2 in Year-End chart).

I spot a bit of Hernando's Hideway song in there at the start, but yes this is very Abba-esque, I like it! Quite theatrical too, it could easily have come from Chess the musical, Benny & Bjorn's post-Abba project. Good one 👍

[quote]and new entries further down from Capella - U Got 2 Let The Music at 49, the highest-ranking new dance track ahead of Culture Beat at 52 (Got To Get It), the catchy More And More from Captain Hollywood Project at 72[/quote]

Yep these songs along with Haddaway meant the Eurodance era was in full swing! I am a fan because of the revival of big synth sounds that earlier 90s house didn't have as much.

'More and More' is quite subtle compared to the other ones, sounds like it could still be a hit now! I don't know why dance music hits have to be so minimalist in production these days compared to the 90s and 00s :( Although at least Casso/RAYE/D-Block Europe - Prada a few years ago was a brief revival to the 90s eurodance sound even if some of the lyrics weren't very good.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by TheSnake