Gina G is pure cheese :kink:

Kula Shaker - Tattva (2 weeks)

 

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/25872.jpg

 

Hayley Mills' son fronted Kula Shaker, an Indian influenced indie band. Saw them live once, they were great!

 

"Like a flower and the scent of summer"

 

 

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (3 weeks)

 

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:lol: I still love this song, it is completely bonkers! Should have been #1 though :(

 

"He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink"

 

 

Radiohead – Karma Police (3 weeks)

 

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/radiohead%20karma%20police%20gatefold.jpg

 

Superb Radiohead tune. Complex and deep, and with the best B side ever - Meeting In the Aisle.

 

"Arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo is making me feel ill"

The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work (2 weeks)

 

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Beautiful classic Verve song. Somehow summed up the mood of the nation for two weeks.

 

"Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown"

 

 

 

Sash! feat. La Trec - Stay (1 week)

 

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/9863nsns.jpg

 

The best Sash! song, imo. The video is set in La Defense in Paris. La Trec is fab too!

 

"You were there, you held my hand so tight"

 

 

 

Oasis – Stand By Me (1 week)

 

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/26050.jpg

 

The best song from Be Here Now, imo, sees Noel and Liam on top form.

 

"Nobody knows the way its gonna be"

Chumbwawamba now that reminds when they gave John Prescott a ducking :rofl:

Dont Speak :o :wub: One of my faves of all time ^_^

 

Loving The Verve too! Sash is an excellent Tune ^_^

 

Was never keen on Stand By Me by Oasis though :(

Dario G - Sunchyme (2 weeks)

 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000007NXZ.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

 

Rework of Life In A Nothern Town, Dario G's first and best song.

 

"Heeeeeyaaaa!"

 

 

Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life (1 week)

 

http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/Spice_Girls_Spice_Up_Your_Life_Album_Cover.jpg

 

One of the Spice's songs that has aged rather well, Spice Up Your Life was a storming comeback.

 

"Slam it to the left, shake it to the right"

 

 

 

Aqua – Barbie Girl (2 weeks)

 

http://hitparade.ch/cdimages/aqua-barbie_girl_s_1.jpg

 

:blush:

 

"Come on barbie, lets go party"

Spice Up Your Life is the most random song EVER :rofl: Fab :wub:

 

Aqua is just Amazing :lol:, the only thing i hated about it, was that Baldy thing, that was supposed to be Kenneth :(

Don't speak is my all time favorite single, and as for Verve that's a classic, one of their best hits to date.

Pulp – Help The Aged (3 weeks)

 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000009FZZ.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

 

Epic Pulp comeback track, showed real depth. Deserved to do better than it did :(

 

"Drinking, smoking cigs sniffing glue"

 

 

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (4 weeks)

 

http://www.yle.fi/vega/bilder/hundrahits/natalie_imbruglia-torn_s.jpg

 

Classy debut from the lovely Natalie Imbruglywoogly :wub:

 

"I'm cold and I am chained, lying naked on the floor"

 

 

Spice Girls – Too Much (1 week)

 

http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/15045.jpg

 

Christmassy Spice Girls tune, taken from their rather bollocks movie :lol:

 

"I want a man not a boy who thinks he can"

 

 

thats it for 1997, will post 1998 tomorrow night! Thanks to mikey and Ryan for their comments :P

Some truly amazing songs! 1996-1997 was the first time I really got into music (down to the Spice Girls I think)

 

Man I love Chumbawumba's song, I remember them doing that at the Brits the same year (I think) that Geri wore the Union Jack dress :D

Thanks, Perry! Yes, it was the same year with Geri's fab dress!

Spice The Movie wasnt Bollocks :o :(

 

Ok well it was, but it was so bad, it was fab :lol:

 

Torn amazingness :wub:

I loved the Spiceworld movie! Shoulda bombed but was actually amazing :D

Hi Jester :D heres what i like from your 1996 :D

 

Gina G – Ooh Aah…Just A Little Bit (2 weeks)

Spice Girls - Wannabe (2 weeks)

Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffanys (1 week)

Babybird – You’re Gorgeous (1 week)

Spice Girls – Say You’ll Be There (3 weeks)

Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 (3 weeks)

 

And for the rest, Texas :wub: an amazing song i used to love it one of my fave songs ever, no number 1's for Mama and Stop for Spice Girls :o who else was theree ermm oh yeh Aqua :lol: i hope to see a no.1 from Doctor Jones :lol: and as for Dont Speak No Doubt :wub:

What I like from 1994-6 Matt. :D

 

1994

Whigfield – Saturday Night (2 weeks)

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay (I Missed You) (1 week)

East 17 – Stay Another Day (1 week)

Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You (1 week)

 

1995

N-Trance – Set You Free (4 weeks)

Pulp – Common People (7 weeks)

Oasis - Wonderwall (4 weeks)

 

1996

Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger (2 weeks)

Gina G – Ooh Aah…Just A Little Bit (2 weeks)

Baddiel Skinner and The Lighning Seeds – Three Lions (1 week)

Spice Girls - Wannabe (2 weeks)

Beautiful South - Rotterdam (1 week)

Spice Girls – Say You’ll Be There (3 weeks)

Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 (3 weeks)

 

Loads I've not heard, but there was so much rock stuff round back then wasn't there? :o Love that Beautiful South song, Gina G and Spice Girls ones. :heart:

Aqua – Barbie Girl (2 weeks)

 

http://hitparade.ch/cdimages/aqua-barbie_girl_s_1.jpg

 

:blush:

Oh David Jester :(

1998 :cheer:

 

All Saints - Never Ever (2 weeks)

 

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s76069.jpg

 

Slow burner from All Saints giving them their biggest hit. 90s pop classic.

 

"The alphabet runs right from A to Z"

 

 

Robbie Williams - Angels (2 weeks)

 

http://hitparade.ch/cdimages/robbie_williams-angels_s.jpg

 

Well, not much that I can say about this except - Genius!

 

"And through it all, she offers me protection"

 

 

 

Catatonia - Mulder and Scully (1 week)

 

http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/gallery/ca/catatmas4980002464596630.jpg

 

Huge hit for Catatonia, and the start of their brief if excellent career. Smart, clever song and well observed.

 

"Things are getting strange i'm starting to worry"

Radiohead – No Surprises (1 week)

 

http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/gallery/ra/radions4970692206153700.jpg

 

Third and last single from OK Computer, this twinkly little number is easily one of my fave Radiohead tunes. The video is amazing - Thom York actually had his head immersed in water in a helmet for over a minute!

 

"You look so tired, unhappy, bring down the government"

 

 

 

Cornershop – Brimful Of Asha (Fatboy Slim remix) (2 weeks)

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsc/images/cornershop.jpg

 

Funked up to heaven by Fatboy Slim, this was everywhere back in early 98. Chooooon!

 

"Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow"

 

 

 

Space and Catatonia – The Ballad Of Tom Jones (1 week)

 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006EAU.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

 

Witty song about murdering your partner, and being saved by Tom Jones! Dream duet, it works on every level, imo.

 

"And I know an atom bomb thats going for a song"

Pulp – This Is Hardcore (2 weeks)

 

http://www.jamiesummers.dsl.pipex.com/blog/hc3.jpg

 

Amazing epic Pulp track. The video is simply stunning!

 

"The part that men in stained raincaots pay for"

 

 

Spice Girls - Stop (2 weeks)

 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000007N42.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

 

Slight change of direction :lol: The only Spice Girls song not to get to #1 on the official chart. Boo! Its a great song!

 

"Hey you, always on the run"

 

 

Robbie Williams – Let Me Entertain You (1 week)

 

http://www.txhighlands.com/images/recordings/images/contributions/c99letmeentertainyourobbiewilliamsuk.jpg

 

Legendary Robbie classic and his first post Angels hit proving he had the potential for a long career.

 

"Hell is gone and heavens here"