14 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

I'm not sure I 100% agree, it's got that bounciness that was present in early 90s pop/dance songs and sounds a bit more advanced than an 80s SAW production.

I agree and it def was more advanced than most of SAW work of that time, i always thought Kylie needed to have released something like touch me all night long instead of word is out at the time as i think it would have worked well for her.

Never knew touch me was a cover version though i read it here in the thread but ive always liked Cathys song and her album was great too.

Gypsy Woman is obviously fantastic! Never knew that it was nearly Ultra Nate.

Loved Cathy Dennis as pop star, and Touch Me is just delicious, classy with a top hook, and the resissued follow-up was even better. Blur were welcome in the top 10 too, a good track and they sounded promising. The Marc Almond revamp wasnt a patch on the original. Marc had long been bothered by some of his vocals on the originals of some early Soft Cell tracks, not getting that was part of the charm, and the next one was an inferior re-record - technically vocally better, but emotional conviction counts for more in my book than wobbling a note here or there. Stick with the originals with the late Dave Ball. Promise Me I have mentioned many times. Got on my nerves after the first few weeks then and I still havent warmed back up to it much. Prefer the follow-up. Gypsy La-da-dee-da-da-da ditto. The groove is better though, and the track would be much improved without the hook getting into your brain and refusing to go away.

Catching up ….

Crazy For You is my fav ever song and to think it lost out to Frankie , DTBM and a re-release. There was also no promotion!

It worked but the record company released this before rescue me ,

a new track, which is crazy!!!

As a Dannii fan and her debut single she managed two weeks on TOTP which was rare according to her biograpy which made L&K climb the charts. She got one week for ‘new entry’ and the next week for ‘biggest climber’ or something like that!!

Lol I first discovered 'Promise Me' through Scooter's 2012 track '4AM' which sampled the opening lines of the song, mashing it up with Otto Knows Million Voices!

The Beverley Craven original song is a really nice piano ballad anyway, and like Oleta James' Get Here, gained poignancy because of the Gulf War.

'Tainted Love' was recently on another thread on this forum 'The UK Top 40 singles of the 1980s: listening sessions + polls'

'Gypsy Woman' is very influential, with lots of songs sampling it and I remember in 2014 Down On My Luck by Vic Mensa reminding me a lot of it, and the whole deep house trend of 2013-15 was probably influenced a lot by 'Gypsy Woman'. Its good but still not one of my favourite 90s dance songs.

Edited November 6, 2025Nov 6 by TheSnake

25TH MAY

For the first time since it rose to the top Cher’s “Shoop Shoop Song” was under genuine pressure this week as it sold 60,048 just 10,000 more than Crystal Waters who rises to No 2, the two should swap places next week given the 7% decrease for Cher and the 48% increase for “Gypsy Woman”

The rest of the market isn’t really in with a shout to be honest, Beverley Craven rises 6-3 (34,176) but is way off pace however her ascension marks an all female top 3 for the third time in chart history and the first since November 1988, The KLF drop 2-4 (33,456) and Marc Almond/ Soft Cell rise 10-5 (30,416) with Cathy Dennis down 5-6 (26,880) despite a sales increase.

The first of two new hits arrives 27-7 (24,400) for US band Color Me Badd whose new hit “I Wanna Sex You Up” features in the new film “New Jack City” which isn’t out here until August though the US got it in March. The distinctive “Tick Tok” start is sampled from the Doug E Fresh song “La Di Da Di” in case you wondered, they’ve certainly come a long way since supporting Bon Jovi.  An alternative version is available to radio called "I Wanna Love You Up" to get around any censorship which is primarily aimed at the US with the UK seemingly happy to get sexed up.

If 1991 will be remembered for anything it will be the year of the re-issue, Amy Grant’s “Baby Baby” did nothing at retail when issued earlier this year, since then it’s topped the US chart which allowed for a re-issue and the song responds by racing 26-9 (17,936) to become a smash here. Originally titled “Heart In Motion” (that’s now being used as the album title instead) it marks a continual evolution from US Christian music which is where she first found fame, and in hitting the top in the US “Baby Baby” becomes her second No 1 there after a duet with peter Cetera in 1986 called “Next Time I Fall” which bombed here.

OMD fall 4-8 (19,936) and Paul Young & Zucchero slump 7-10 (16,000).


1- THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS)- Cher (60,048)
2- GYPSY WOMAN (LA DA DEE)- Crystal Waters (50,112)
3- PROMISE ME- Beverley Craven (34,176)
4- LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL- The KLF (33,456)
5- TAINTED LOVE- Soft Cell/ Marc Almond (30,416)
6- TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG)- Cathy Dennis (26,880)
7- I WANNA SEX YOU UP- Color Me Badd (24,400)
8- SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS- OMD (19,936)
9- BABY BABY- Amy Grant (17,936)
10- SENZA UNA DONNA (WITHOUT A WOMAN)- Zucchero & Paul Young (16,000)

Baby Baby is so good!

'Gypsy Woman' is so overplayed these days. Although not quite to the degree of 'Show Me Love' and 'Finally'

2 hours ago, Jester said:

Baby Baby is so good!

The most Mariah sounding song that is not by Mariah?!

I remember someone on here said that Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me reminds them melodically of Amy Grant - Baby Baby.

The ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh of the Color Me Bad song is good and sort of carries the song when the rest of it isn't as interesting melodically.

Edited November 6, 2025Nov 6 by TheSnake

Not a fan of Gypsy Woman. I don't like her tone of voice at all.

Baby Baby is great, bought it back in the day and still listen to the song.

baby baby is a good pop track, perfectly pleasant, though I don't see it as a classic or anything. I Wanna Sex You Up a lot of folk not keen on it on BJ, but I still think its dreamy production and laid-back grooves are quite engaging. The lyrics are really very tame compared to the 21st Century, so they get a free pass from me!

It's amazing that when George Michael titled a track with the word sex in it, it got banned by the BBC and Totp, yet 4 years later no one batted an eyelid.

1ST JUNE





The expectation this week was that Crystal Waters would rise to the top but it seems that it may become more irritating than catchy with the public as it relents 2-3 (37,024) being overtaken at the death by the fast rising Colour Me Badd (37,904) but none of that ended up affecting Cher who triumphs again on a sale of 47,616.  It was helped by “Mermaids” going on general release and the soundtrack only debuting at No 14, she joins Chesney Hawkes and Elton John as the longest chart toppers of the 90s on 5 weeks a piece, can she do 6 weeks?

It seems that 1991 is the year that R.E.M have arrived, a constantly growing fanbase has been matched with improved chart position for the US group and last single “Losing My Religion” became their first top 20 single helping parent album “Out Of Time” become their first chart topper. Second single to be lifted from it “Shiny Happy People” has gone even better shooting 13-9 (16,432). It features co-vocals by The B52’s Kate Pierson and helps the album remain in the top 10 where it’s been for the first 11 weeks of its chart life.

Sisters Dannii & Kylie Minogue narrowly fail to become the first sisters to have simultaneous top 10 solo hits as “$uccess” holds at No 11 for Dannii whilst Kylie’s “Shocked” debuts straight in at No 10 (15,344). It’s a 13th single for Kylie and a 13th top 10 single the best start to any chart career ever! The single version has been remixed by DNA and marks the first time that a Kylie single has been issued which is not mixed by S/A/W in its main format, it’s also the first single to be available in picture disc by the star, neither fact is helping the album which is still missing from the top 75, it will be re-issued in a fortnight in a gold edition with additional mixes including this one.

Talking of albums Beverley Craven’s album re-enters at No 3 whilst “Promise Me” drops 3-4 (33,200) just holding off a climbing Amy Grant 9-5 (28,912). Three tracks are also falling, Soft Cell/ Marc Almond dip 5-6 (24,400) impacted by the compilation best of arriving at No 8, The KLF tumble 4-7 (20,928) and Cathy Dennis trips 6-8 (19,488).


1- THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS)- Cher (47,616)
2- I WANNA SEX YOU UP- Color Me Badd (37,904)
3- GYPSY WOMAN (LA DA DEE)- Crystal Waters (37,024)
4- PROMISE ME- Beverley Craven (33,200)
5- BABY BABY- Amy Grant (28,912)
6- TAINTED LOVE- Soft Cell/ Marc Almond (24,400)
7- LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL- The KLF (20,928)
8- TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG)- Cathy Dennis (19,488)
9- SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE- REM (16,432)
10- SHOCKED- Kylie Minogue (15,344)

This was the month that Matt Aitken left S/A/W (who became S/W) so "Shocked" is the last top 10 single written by the trio.

Dannii’s $uccess stayed at 11 for three consecutive weeks!! Kylie keeping her there for one week!

8TH JUNE

Color Me Badd are the nation’s favourite track this week “I Wanna Sex You Up” nudging Cher aside after 5 weeks making some chart history, it’s the first time that three consecutive chart toppers have come from current film soundtracks. It sold 45,456 copies last week, a 23% increase again impacted by another bank holiday, Cher is deposed 1-2 (44,096) which is still selling well thanks to the movie being on general release finally, and the difference between the top 2 is the smallest since W/E 29/9/90 when 884 sales separated Steve Miller and Maria McKee.  Total sales of “The Shoop Shoop Song” now stand at 418,720 as it moves to No 2 on the YTD list behind The Simpsons and indeed should surpass them before the half yearly update in 4 weeks.

Also in cinema’s at the moment is the new Oliver Stone biopic “The Doors” which has seen the band have two albums in the top 20, the soundtrack at No 16 and a best of at No 18. One of their most famous singles “Light My Fire” has also been given a re-release, the original incredibly only made No 49 when released in 1967 (US No 1) though it was subsequently taken into the top 10 by both Jose Feliciano (No 6, 1968) and Amii Stewart (No 5, 1979, and No 7, 1985) which helped its fame. For a group of the stature of the Doors it is surprising to note they haven’t had a Top 10 single here, until this week anyway. The re-issued single flies 29-10 (16,672) almost 20 years after Jim Morrison’s death.

The rest of the top 10 just rearranges itself, Amy Grant lifts 5-3 (33,824), Beverley Craven holds at No 4 (28,832), Kylie rockets 10-6 (20,432) and R.E.M inch 9-8 (18,320). All heading the wrong way are Crystal Waters 3-5 (27,392), Marc Almond/ Soft Cell 6-7 (18,336) and The KLF drive 7-9 (17,936).


1- I WANNA SEX YOU UP- Color Me Badd (45,456)
2- THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS)- Cher (44,096)
3- BABY BABY- Amy Grant (33,824)
4- PROMISE ME- Beverley Craven (28,832)
5- GYPSY WOMAN (LA DA DEE)- Crystal Walters (27,392)
6- SHOCKED- Kylie Minogue (20,432)
7- TAINTED LOVE- Marc Almond/ Soft Cell (18,336)
8- SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE- REM (18,320)
9- LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL- The KLF (17,936)
10- LIGHT MY FIRE- The Doors (16,672)

Shocked is decent kylie but the song not quite as strong as recent ones. Shiny Happy People was catchy for a few weeks thanks to Kate on loan but too much airplay overkill made it less essential than Losing My Religion.

Light My Fire is a classic and as i have opined before is a bulletproof song in any version or genre. Justice is served 24 years late.

I never got that Colour Me Badd song at all. Oh well.

That makes 4/4 Kylie essentials from this album campaign for me, possibly her best and most flawless run of singles.

15TH JUNE

It holds at No 2 Stateside but in the UK Color Me Badd effortlessly take a second week at the top selling a healthy 56,288 into the bargain and actually stretching its lead over Amy Grant to 22,000 copies despite “Baby Baby”’s climb 3-2. Cher drops 2-3 (29,152) just above the very persistent Beverley Craven at No 4 (23,568) who is still losing sales every week albeit slowly.  Their American position mean they narrowly missing out on becoming the first act to simultaneously top the UK and US chart since Tiffany in 1988.

Incidentally US acts have now held the top 3 positions for 3 weeks in a row- the first such domination since June 1980.

The first of two new tracks this week comes from Madonna, it’s her 7th top 10 single of the 90s matching the current leaders NKOTB in that respect. It’s “Holiday”’s third release and a third appearance in the top 10, simply incredible and equalled only by the Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” in that respect, though the track has done it in just 7 years compared to 26 years for YLTLF.  "Holiday" made No 6 in 1984, then No 2 a year later and is now a climber 13-5 (23,136) thanks to being used to continue to promote “The Immaculate Collection” which is still floating around just outside the top 20. It comes with a picture disk and tracks not included on the aforementioned album, namely "True Blue" "Where's The Party" and "Everybody" on either the & or 12".

Former Boxer and BT Technician Kenny Thomas has been touted in some circles as Britain’s new voice of soul, his first single, a cover of the Gap Band’s “Outstanding”, made No 12 on re-issue back in February and his new single “Thinking About Your Love” performs fantastically jumping 22-10 (17,104) this week, it previews his debut album due in the autumn and is produced by ex-Dead Or Alive members Tim Lever and Mike Percy.

R.E.M continue northward 8-6 (22,448) beating The Doors who rise 10-7 (19,520) whilst Crystal Waters tumbles 5-8 (17,520). A big week in the Minogue household, Kylie’s “Shocked” falls 6-9 (17,248) as her re-issued “Rhythm Of Love” re-enters at a lowly No 62, 54 places below her sister Dannii’s album “Love & Kisses”.



1- I WANNA SEX YOU UP- Color Me Badd (56,288)
2- BABY BABY- Amy Grant (34,224)
3- THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS)- Cher (29,152)
4- PROMISE ME- Beverley Craven (23,568)
5- HOLIDAY- Madonna (23,136)
6- SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE- REM (22,448)
7- LIGHT MY FIRE- The Doors (19,520)
8- GYPSY WOMAN (LA DA DEE)- Crystal Waters (17,520)
9- SHOCKED- Kylie Minogue (17,248)
10- THINKING ABOUT YOUR LOVE- Kenny Thomas (17,104)