19 hours ago, gooddelta said:

I loved Move Your Body, and the single had an album megamix on it that immediately persuaded me to get that - one of the best Europop (that was even the title) albums of its time.

I always think it's funny that Eiffel 65 managed another top three hit before disappearing from the UK charts for good yet Lou Bega's follow up couldn't even breach the top 40. Both could so easily have gone the same way, for better or for worse. Too Much Of Heaven deserved to be a third hit for Eiffel 65, not sure if the UK release was canned or if it was never even planned.

Also, around this time we went on holiday to Tenerife, my first ever holiday abroad, and Kim Lukas was all over the radio there with All I Really Want, which had been a top 10 hit all over Europe. Eiffel 65 produced the hit version of that and it so easily could have been a hit here at the time, I have no idea why they fumbled the bag there, she's even a British singer herself despite being more popular in Europe, kind of like Ann Lee. Eiffel 65 also produced some memorable remixes of Bloodhound Gang's The Bad Touch and S Club 7's Reach (this one has to be heard to be believed, the vocoder makes Jon sound like a robot).

I think as I recall they did that remix of "Reach" as a peace offering to S Club after they kept "S Club Party" off number one with "Blue" the previous autumn. That was what I heard, it seem plausible enough though. And yes Jon sounds interesting on that remix 🤣

You can tell this was a slower week overall though because nobody was bothering to go up against Oasis. Although this definitely marked the point where they were more fallible critically than they had been before.

I’ve mainly gotten into Go Let It Out more in the last couple of years. Never rated this era for Oasis and have never listened to the album. I quite enjoy GLIO to listen to now but it was so fleeting at the time I never paid it much attention.

I've also become a lot more fond of 'Go Let It Out' in recent years.

I actually prefer 'Move Your Body' to their big one, it's so bizarre they didn't even release one more single after scoring a pretty big top 3 hit. The Joey track is also good!

aah still memories of my brand new toy for this era - Sony's minidisc, the format that should have taken off. Perfect copying sound and you could move tracks, edit, turn mono speaker on old tapes to two speakers. I may have mentioned it before, but sadly downloads and ipods did for it bigtime. I must play those recordings sometime....

Rise is my fave Gabrielle track, bar none, great choice of sample.

32 minutes ago, Popchartfreak said:

aah still memories of my brand new toy for this era - Sony's minidisc, the format that should have taken off. Perfect copying sound and you could move tracks, edit, turn mono speaker on old tapes to two speakers. I may have mentioned it before, but sadly downloads and ipods did for it bigtime. I must play those recordings sometime....

Rise is my fave Gabrielle track, bar none, great choice of sample.

I used minidisc at the time too, to record tracks off the radio and split them up so it was more like listening to a CD than a tape.

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I was always quite fond of Go Let It Out, actually I like it far more than D'you Know What I Mean and I'd have rather heard it on their reuinon tour than that, but it wasn't on the setlist as isn't considered one of their classics. The drum pattern at the start is exactly the same as Roxette's Wish I Could Fly from a year earlier.

9 hours ago, gooddelta said:

I used minidisc at the time too, to record tracks off the radio and split them up so it was more like listening to a CD than a tape.

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I was always quite fond of Go Let It Out, actually I like it far more than D'you Know What I Mean and I'd have rather heard it on their reuinon tour than that, but it wasn't on the setlist as isn't considered one of their classics. The drum pattern at the start is exactly the same as Roxette's Wish I Could Fly from a year earlier.

You mean they use the same sample

7 minutes ago, Gezza said:

You mean they use the same sample

I didn’t actually know that they sampled the same track until just now.

Interesting that two songs released within 12 months by very different acts decided to sample that though.

Yes and not of a well known track either by your average pop fan.

Well spotted though!

On 29/07/2026 at 11:54, gooddelta said:

I used minidisc at the time too, to record tracks off the radio and split them up so it was more like listening to a CD than a tape.

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Same here, great for shuffling order and editing out talk-over bits. Also great for borrowing CD's and getting great copies, oops! 😇- it wasnt a "lost sale". I have always bought music I'm enthusiastic about, but happy to listen to other people's faves that I'm never going to buy! I've still got that OK Computer mini disc album unplayed, it was a gift from friends unloading their mini-discs for streaming and it's staring at me right this moment begging to be played. Maybe one day soon! 😄

I was instantly attracted to 'Go Let It Out' back in the day as its psychedelic sound is so Beatles it hurts. I found the call to arms lyrically quite endearing too. It hasn't held up as one of their biggest classics for me or anything but is comfortably my favourite new entry this week. A sale as strong as 180k being such a drop off from their previous lead is quite something, wow!

26TH FEBRUARY



Since it was released to radio shortly after the new year All Saints comeback single “Pure Shores” has been gaining momentum ensuring that its release date would be met with high sales. It features in the new Leonardo Di Caprio film “The Beach” which currently sits atop the cinema listings and is produced by the hottest man around William Orbit, all of which contribute a massive sale of 199,084- that’s a best yet for the year 2000 and for the group themselves. It is a fourth chart topper for the girl group drawing them level with B*Witched and behind only The Spice Girls in that league, it also gives them some revenge on Oasis who knocked “Never Ever” from No 1 in January 1998, Oasis were of course No 1 last week with “Go Let It Out” which suffered a particularly savage cut in sales of 76% week on week to sell just 43,000 as it moves 1-4 this week. Their revenge could have been so much sweeter though as “Pure Shores” was scheduled to go head to head with Oasis single until London records shied away from the conflict. Don’t feel sorry for the brothers Gallagher though as the single is the third biggest seller of the year so far.

Gabrielle once again plays runner up with “Rise” which sold a further 62,000 at No 2 raising its total to 309,000 easily the biggest selling single of the year to date, her album remains No 1 as well.





Just below her is the new Christina Aguilera single “What A Girl Wants”, already a No 1 Stateside it is has been remixed for single release and enters at No 3 (49,000). Aguilera’s album has been a disappointment so far making No 21 and vanishing after 4 weeks last November, it returned in January and this week lifts 48-33 but has yet to sell 100,000 copies.

The success of Shania Twain continues into a new decade, her album “Come On Over” is still at No 2 this week having sold almost 2.6 million since its 1998 release, it had generated five singles four of which had gone top 10 but this week it gives her a sixth single and a fifth top tenner to boot. Again remixed from the album “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)” has emerged in a dance remix and enters at No 5 (41,000), it was originally a US single two years ago making no 40, if you’re wondering how many singles she can pull from this album well she’s already managed 10 on the US Country chart so there may be more!

You may recall that Aqua saw their first three singles all fly to No 1 so it has probably come as something of a shock that a first single from their second album should only make No 7. “Cartoon Heroes” convinced only 36,000 buyers last week which doesn’t bode well for the forthcoming album campaign.

The power of TV strikes again, cast your mind back to 1998 when the cast of “Casualty” scored a No 5 hit with a cover of “Everlasting Love”, that track featured actress Rebecca Wheatley who plays receptionist Amy Howard and provided lead vocals on the single. She’s now released a solo single which also featured in a recent episode of the soap and it’s another cover this time of the Lorraine Ellison classic “Stay With Me Baby”, the song has been a hit three times already in the UK the biggest of which was the Walker Brothers version back in 1967 (#26) making this new version the biggest yet debuting as it does at No 10 (26,000).

Eiffel 65 drift 3-6 (38,000), Sash descends 4-8 (31,000) and Britney slides 6-9 (28,000).

1- PURE SHORES- All Saints (199,084)
2- RISE- Gabrielle (62,000)
3- WHAT A GIRL WANTS- Christina Aguilera (49,000)
4- GO LET IT OUT- Oasis (43,000)
5- DON’T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU)- Shania Twain (41,000)
6- MOVE YOUR BODY- Eiffel 65 (38,000)
7- CARTOON HEROES- Aqua (36,000)
8- ADELANTE- Sash! (31,000)
9- BORN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY- Britney Spears (28,000)
10- STAY WITH ME BABY- Rebecca Wheatley (26,000)

Ooh as an avid Casualty viewer (back in the day!), i LOVED that Rebecca Wheatley song.

Aqua, Shania, Christina and All Saints are all varying degrees of boppery too so consider me perched for this episode later! ❤️

4TH MARCH





Five of the top six are new entries this week but nothing can stand in the way of the All Saints making it two weeks at the top, “Pure Shores” slender early lead stretched out as the week progressed and in the end the track sold a further 155,000 copies to lift its total to 354,000. That’s already enough to make the single the 2nd biggest of the year, a mere 3,000 copies behind Gabrielle’s “Rise” which slumps 2-7 (47,000) this week, Gabrielle remains No 1 on the album charts.

Talking of successful albums Christina Aguilera’s self- titled debut leaps 33-14 to a new high and Eiffel 65’s album debuts at No 12, their singles tumble 3-8 (42,000) and 6-9 (36,000) in response. Aqua fall 7-10 (33,000)- sales all around helped by half term.





Onto the new entries then and highest comes from Artful Dodger who follow up the 500,000 selling “Re-Rewind” with “Movin’ Too Fast” which features vocals by Romina Johnson. That previous single is still in the top 40 at No 34 after making No 2 and now their second single repeats that peak after shifting 126,000, the duo are busy recording their album due later this year.

Backstreet Boys score their 10th straight top ten single as “Show The Meaning Of Being Lonely” enters at No 3 (89,000). The promo reflects the real lives of the band members with operations and deaths over the past few years including that of mentor Denniz PoP and is all rather darker than we’re used to from your average Boyband.

Backstreet Boys charted on imports last week at No 66, and 14 places higher 20 year old Kelis did the same with her single "Caught Out There”. This week with a full release she makes No 4 (72,000). Written and produced by production duo Neptunes, the instrumental track was allegedly turned down by Busta Rhymes before Kelis bagged it for her first single, it has become equally famous for its chorus line “I Hate You So Much Right Now”.

Even younger than Kelis is 19 yr old Jamelia who scores big with her third release “Money”, her debut “So High” missed the charts and second single “I Do” made it No 36 so the hits are certainly getting bigger as she now hits No 5 (57,000). This single features rapper Beenie Man though officially uncredited.

A1 continue to score top 10 singles, their latest, “Like A Rose”, arrives at No 6 (53,000) to give them their 4th top tier hit. Though they’re clearly capable of generating hit singles they’re experiencing problems moving albums, debut set “Here We Come” peaked at No 20 before Christmas before disappearing, it’s back this week at No 61 though it has only sold 150,000 copies thus far.

1- PURE SHORES- All Saints (155,000)
2- MOVIN TOO FAST- Artful Dodger Ft Romina Johnson (126,000)
3- SHOW THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY- Backstreet Boys (89,000)
4- CAUGHT OUT THERE- Kelis (72,000)
5- MONEY- Jamelia Ft Beenie Man (57,000)
6- LIKE A ROSE- A1 (53,000)
7- RISE- Gabrielle (47,000)
8- WHAT A GIRL WANTS- Christina Aguilera (42,000)
9- MOVE YOUR BODY- Eiffel 65 (36,000)
10- CARTOON HEROES- Aqua (33,000)

My goodness what a line-up we have ready for tonight!

I was 7 going on 8 at the time, so but a little child, though I remember a lot of these, especially the child-friendly tracks like Aqua.

Highlights for me:

DON’T BE STUPID (YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU) - Shania Twain

CARTOON HEROES - Aqua

ADELANTE - Sash!

MOVIN TOO FAST - Artful Dodger Ft Romina Johnson

CAUGHT OUT THERE - Kelis

RISE - Gabrielle

I saw Sash! at Dance Nation back in 2009, shortly after his renewed success with Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) reaching the Top 10 the previous autumn.

Money is such a tune and what a video !!

Moving Too Fast is good but also rather sad musically. I remember it from the time.

Pure Shores obviously one of the best songs of the year (if not the decade).

Much love as well to Movin Too Fast, Caught Out There and Cartoon Heroes.

I miss the days when the chart had massive new hits each week!

Ben's curtains

Also omg at Jamelia. I always forget she had moderate success before Superstar.

Ooh Stick You! getting its third iconic outing

Quite a decent week for them mind, climbing from #14 to #12 with 6 new entries above them!

My highlights from those two weeks are All Saints (obviously an all timer), Christina, Kelis, Shania, Aqua and I like Artful Dodger and Backstreet Boys tracks as well.