I found this from its Wiki pretty wild!

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"It Wasn't Me" was originally never intended to be released as a single. Before the original version of Hot Shot was released in August 2000, Hawaiian DJ Pablo Sato downloaded the album from "a Napster like MP3 site he won't name" and discovered that "It Wasn't Me" was "the album's standout cut." He played the song on American radio the next day, and in an interview, claimed, "The phone lines lit up right away. Within a couple of days, it was our number-one requested song."^[9][10] The song was released to radio on 7 November 2000,^[11] then was given a retail release on 6 February 2001 following its airplay success.^[12]

Scott Mills really pushed it in the UK. Shaggy was going to be dropped by his label apparently so It Wasn’t Me saved him!

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Roger Sanchez – Another Chance

Date Charted: 14/07/2001

Weeks at #1: 1

UK Chart Run: {1}-3-8-11-13-20-29-32-42-62-70-73->12

Chart Commentary

A little bit of an anomaly for the standard of UK #1s from 2001 now. This dance record by Roger Sanchez made it to the top in the Summer and would go on to become his most widely recognised single to date. The American DJ had been producing music from the early 90s and achieved a couple of minor hits to his name before 'Another Chance' happened. The music video depicts a woman with a large plastic heart walking the streets of New York at night. I know this record is adored by many on BuzzJack, and it's not hard to see why at the time. It's definitely one of the standout #1s from 2001 that didn't follow the usual formula, and that makes it quite an iconic hit.

A solid dance track and an unusual No.1, it heavily samples a Toto song for its main hook - it’s interesting how many of the No.1s in this year were covers or featured samples. The video is great.

The video to Another Chance is gorgeous, it's a really nice song anyway but played alongside makes it hit a lot harder.

Another Chance is by far my favourite song to feature so far, and probably actually the only one so far that I would choose to listen to

'It Wasn't Me' was my 5th favourite #1 of the year at the time, and a memorable representative as best seller of the year.

'Another Chance' was my favourite #1 of 2001 during the year, and is still my favourite now - a dance hit that takes you through the layers.

Another Chance

I remember at the time being surprised but overjoyed this actually made #1!

“Another Chance” is fab - packing emotion into a dance track can be hard but it does it beautifully.

There’s 1 to come that I can’t believe is still in.

'Gotta Get Thru This', 'It Wasn't Me' and 'Another Chance' all top tier in their own ways. The video for the latter will forever remain iconic with the girl walking around with the massive ❤️.