I had no idea about rollercoaster being denied that many sales !!

Affirmation remains my fave Savage Garden single.

Oops at Ronan, I did hear about that at the time, and that Five should not have had a No.1 with this. I take it the sales of that disqualified CD were excluded from its overall total too?

Try Again is such a classic, it sounded like the future looking back! An early taste of that Timbaland production sound of the early 00s a few years before anyone else did it. Aaliayah <3

Lovely to see a performance for When I Said Goodbye with a live vocal, it is a lovely ballad and underrated.

I'll Never Stop did surprisingly badly, but then it had such a poor video and little promo. It's not as good as Bye Bye Bye, but isn't bad, I enjoyed hearing it again. Shame we didn't hear I Turn To You by Christina Aguilera down at No.19, I know it flopped but I absolutely adore this and she put a great vocal in on it.

Shout out to No.29 on the first week, Chicane's absolutely gorgeous No Ordinary Morning, this deserved to be a much bigger hit, but isn't very commercial so I see why it wasn't.

We Will Rock You was my least favourite No.1 of the year, as covered in my No.1s rank last year. It didn't suit Five much, particularly Ritchie who had a large part on the song. The single remix with Queen was at least better than the underbaked version on their album though.

Amazing looking back that 2 Faced by Louise got to No.3 as it's all but completely forgotten now (apart from by British pop fans of a certain vintage). It's quite a unique track and the 'hi girls, hi Louise' intro is unforgettable. Two great entries in the top ten for Destiny's Child and Savage Garden too, songs I still listen to a lot now, with very deep lyrics for a pop song for the latter which I remember we used to discuss at school.

Sing-a-Long was a bit limp from Shanks & Bigfoot, and isn't on Spotify, I don't know why it didn't land because Sweet Like Chocolate was cutesy too but had better execution.

Another week, another unfortunate flop at No.29, this time Cleopatra's comeback single Come and Get Me, which was good and deserved top 20!

5TH AUGUST



Craig David’s new single can’t quite match the opening tally of 165,000 that “Fill Me In” managed to attain but “7 Days” repeats the latter’s No 1 berth making David the youngest male soloist to achieve two chart toppers since Donny Osmond back in 1973. The track sold 149,000 to also allow David the distinction of being only the second act to score two No 1 hits this year (after Britney Spears) and creates the perfect launch pad for his debut album “Born To Do It” out in a fortnight. The “Groundhog Day” video has been a regular fix on music channels for the last month and cements his place as pretty much the hottest thing around at present.

Following Darude into the charts as part of the Finnish invasion are Bomfunk Mc’s. “Freestyler” has already been a massive hit across Europe over the summer and now comes to the UK as a No 2 smash with sales of 79,500- hardly a disgrace.

“Maria Maria” marks Santana’s 2nd top 10 single on the bounce and was another US chart topper for 10 weeks earlier this year. It’s co-written and co-produced by Wyclef Jean and is pulled from their “Supernatural” album which has crossed the half million mark itself, the single meanwhile makes its debut at No 6 (30,000).

Five & Queen are removed from the top spot 1-3 (56,000) but keep ahead of Ronan Keating 2-4 (52,000)- just, and another former chart topper drifts 4-5 (32,000) for Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady” has moved 1-2-3-4-5 the first track to do so since Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” in 1995. Destiny’s Child retreat 5-7 (29,000), Louise tumbles 3-8 (28,000) and Limp Bizkit drop 7-10 (25,000). The Corrs remain atop the album charts but “Breathless” continues to fade 6-9 (26,000).

1- 7 DAYS- Craig David (149,000)
2- FREESTYLER- Bomfunk Mc’s (79,500)
3- WE WILL ROCK YOU- Five & Queen (56,000)
4- LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER- Ronan Keating (52,000)
5- THE REAL SLIM SHADY- Eminem (32,000)
6- MARIA MARIA- Santana Ft The Product G&B (30,000)
7- JUMPIN JUMPIN- Destiny’s Child (29,000)
8- 2 FACED- Louise (28,000)
9- BREATHLESS- The Corrs (26,000)
10- TAKE A LOOK AROUND (THEME FROM MI:2)- Limp Bizkit (25,000)

12TH AUGUST

If there is such a thing as a foregone conclusion where the charts are concerned then surely it was that Robbie Williams would be No 1 this week and “Rock DJ” did it in style posting the best weekly tally of 2000 so far, a mighty 199,307. It was spurred on by “that” video where Robbie rips his own flesh off and of course those tiger pants, not to mention his new found “romance” with Geri Halliwell which worked so well for her and Chris Evans back in November, it’s Robbie’s third chart topper in just under 2 years and lead cut from his forthcoming third album “Sing When You’re Winning”. The track itself samples Barry White’s “It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me” marking White’s second showing at No 1 this year following on from Black Legend a few months ago. Incidentally for only the second time this year the gap between the top 2 exceeded 100,000 with Craig David limping in at No 2 with 87,000, a whole 112,000 behind!

A spot of German Trance for you at No 3 this week in the form of Storm’s “Time To Burn”, storm are actually Markus Löffel and Rolf Ellmer who also hit the top 10 in 1995 under the name Jam & Spoon. The single samples X101’s dance track “Sonic Destroyer” and scorches into the charts at No 3 (64,000) after charting on imports for the last few weeks peaking at No 77.

Mansun’s fourth top 10 single arrives in the form of “I Can Only Disappoint U” a first single from their forthcoming third album “Little Six”. It has been available on vinyl as a 12” promo with a remix by Paul Oakenfold which has been popular on the dancefloor, a full release sees the song debut at No 8 (29,000).

One of the hottest DJ’s around for the last few years Jason Chue is the real name of Wookie who has been big in Garage circles as producer and remixer. His decision to venture into the world as a popstar himself led to a bidding war and the production of his second full release “Battle” featuring Lain on vocals. It enters at No 10 (24,000) and is a marked improvement on the No 45 peak of his first hit “What’s Going On”.

Craig David slips 1-2 as previously noted but his former neighbours Bomfunk MC’s are also falling 2-4 (46,000). Former chart toppers aplenty in the middle of the top 10 with Ronan Keating, Five & Queen, and Eminem all next to each other and dropping 4-5 (36,000), 3-6 (33,000) and 5-7 (31,000) respectively, unusually Keating does best given that his album makes a big splash at No 1 this week!

Louise completes the top 10 by inching 8-9 (25,000) but “2 Faced” is her first single to spend 3 weeks inside the top tier!

1- ROCK DJ- Robbie Williams (199,307)
2- 7 DAYS- Craig David (87,000)
3- TIME TO BURN- Storm (64,000)
4- FREESTYLER- Bomfunk Mc’s (46,000)
5- LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER- Ronan Keating (36,000)
6- WE WILL ROCK YOU- Five & Queen (33,000)
7- THE REAL SLIM SHADY- Eminem (31,000)
8- I CAN ONLY DISAPPOINT YOU- Mansun (29,000)
9- 2 FACED- Louise (25,000)
10- BATTLE- Wookie Feat Lain (24,000)

'Freestyler' is so fun. I remember it from the time. An early drum and bass hit.

'Maria Maria' is a lovely song and I remember it too a lot from the time, my parents had the Santana album.

'Time To Burn' is a good tune too.

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I bloody adore Battle - garage classic.

The first TOTP episode tonight aired on the day of my 3rd birthday *.*

Two of my all-time favourite garage records appeared in the second TOTP episode with Wookie's 'Battle' at #10 and MJ Cole's 'Sincere' at #13 I forgot the former was a top 10 hit! I feel like it's following me around at the moment, as I've heard it twice on 6Music in the past fortnight, plus as part of the BuzzJack Presents: Garage compilation and now here not complaining though.

I'm glad MJ Cole capitalised on the success of 'Crazy Love' by re-releasing 'Sincere', #13 was much more like it rather than the measly #38 peak from its original release! I mean, #1 would've been ideal, but I'll take what I can get.

'7 Days' and 'Freestyler' was a pretty good top 2! The former still feels quotable and the latter is a full fat banger.

Woah those sales for 'Rock DJ' were impressive!! Slightly annoying that it fell short of a more round 200k though

Elsewhere, the TOTP performance of 'You' by Point Break was hilarious, they were singing a ballad but the upbeat choreography didn't go with the song at all

Second TOTP episode was covered on the Chart Music Podcast lol