Ah, what an excellent year. D:Ream spent their final week at #1 with the anthem Things Can Only Get Better which sold 60,000 copies in it's final week at #1 before being replaced by Mariah Carey who debuted at #1 the week after with Without You selling 115,000 copies. All in all, what an excellent top 10: D:Ream, Toni, Enigma, Aretha, Wendy Moten and Deep Forest. Too bad there's some right crud ruining that top 10! :angry:

 

UK Top 75 Singles Week Ending 12 February 1994

 

11 - 01 - 01 - D:Ream - THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER :wub: :wub:

05 - 02 - 02 - Toni Braxton - BREATHE AGAIN :wub: :wub:

03 - 04 - 03 - Enigma - RETURN TO INNOCENCE :wub:

03 - 07 - 04 - Celine Dion - THE POWER OF LOVE

1 - NEW - 05 - Aretha Franklin - A DEEPER LOVE :wub: :wub:

05 - 03 - 06 - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting - ALL FOR LOVE

10 - 05 - 07 - K7 - COME BABY COME

02 - 22 - 08 - Wendy Moten - COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN :)

1 - NEW - 09 - Reel 2 Real Featuring The Mad Stuntman - I LIKE TO MOVE IT

02 - 12 - 10 - Deep Forest - SWEET LULLABY

02 - 09 - 11 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - GIVE IT AWAY :wub: :wub: :wub:

09 - 10 - 12 - Haddaway - I MISS YOU :heart:

05 - 08 - 13 - Culture Beat - ANYTHING :dance:

09 - 11 - 14 - Chaka Demus And Pliers Featuring Jack Radics And Taxi Gang - TWIST AND SHOUT

04 - 06 - 15 - Tori Amos - CORNFLAKE GIRL :wub: :wub:

02 - RE - 16 - Cranberries - LINGER :wub: :wub:

03 - 13 - 17 - Richard Marx - NOW AND FOREVER

02 - 19 - 18 - Orb - PERPETUAL DAWN :cheer:

1 - NEW - 19 - Shara Nelson - UPTIGHT

1 - NEW - 20 - Elastica - LINE UP

02 - 18 - 21 - Rozalla - I LOVE MUSIC :heart:

03 - 23 - 22 - Joe Roberts - LOVER

1 - NEW - 23 - D Mob Featuring Cathy Dennis - WHY?

02 - 37 - 24 - Gin Blossoms - HEY JEALOUSY

11 - 15 - 25 - East 17 - IT'S ALRIGHT

05 - 16 - 26 - Eternal - SAVE OUR LOVE :w00t:

1 - NEW - 27 - Carleen Anderson - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN :D

1 - NEW - 28 - Texas - SO IN LOVE WITH YOU :heart: :heart:

02 - 30 - 29 - Captain Hollywood Project - IMPOSSIBLE

04 - 14 - 30 - Garth Brooks - THE RED STROKES / AIN'T GOING DOWN

02 - 25 - 31 - Bass Bumpers - THE MUSIC'S GOT ME

03 - 21 - 32 - Therapy? - NOWHERE

05 - 20 - 33 - Bitty McLean - HERE I STAND

12 - 26 - 34 - Bee Gees - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

1 - NEW - 35 - Urban Species - SPIRITUAL LOVE

1 - NEW - 36 - Manic Street Preachers - LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE :D :D

1 - NEW - 37 - Cud - NEUROTICA

02 - 24 - 38 - Charlatans - CAN'T GET OUT OF BED :wub:

1 - NEW - 39 - Snoop Doggy Dogg - GIN AND JUICE

02 - 29 - 40 - Slo-Moshun - BELLS OF NY

02 - 32 - 41 - POV Featuring Jade - ALL THRU THE NITE

02 - 39 - 42 - Ruby Turner - STAY WITH ME BABY

04 - 31 - 43 - Joe - I'M IN LUV

10 - 33 - 44 - Peabo Bryson And Regina Belle - A WHOLE NEW WORLD (ALADDIN'S THEME)

1 - NEW - 45 - Paul Rodgers - MUDDY WATER BLUES

02 - 55 - 46 - House Of Zekkariyas - SECRET STAR

03 - 27 - 47 - ZZ Top - PINCUSHION

1 - NEW - 48 - Boo Radleys - BARNEY (... AND ME)

10 - 34 - 49 - Dina Carroll - THE PERFECT YEAR

04 - 17 - 50 - Bobby Brown And Whitney Houston - SOMETHING IN COMMON

02 - 36 - 51 - Hyper Go-Go - RAISE

1 - NEW - 52 - Pavement - CUT YOUR HAIR

09 - 42 - 53 - Take That - BABE

1 - NEW - 54 - Richard Darbyshire - WHEN ONLY LOVE WILL DO

11 - 46 - 55 - Mr Blobby - MR BLOBBY

04 - 28 - 56 - Depeche Mode - IN YOUR ROOM :heart: :heart:

05 - 38 - 57 - Phil Collins - EVERYDAY

15 - 59 - 58 - Mariah Carey - HERO

04 - 35 - 59 - Inspiral Carpets - SATURN 5

02 - 45 - 60 - Titiyo - TELL ME (I'M NOT DREAMING)

19 - 58 - 61 - Meat Loaf - I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT)

04 - 47 - 62 - Soul Asylum - BLACK GOLD

02 - 50 - 63 - Neil Arthur - I LOVE I HATE

02 - 73 - 64 - Best Shot - UNITED COLOURS

05 - 43 - 65 - Daryl Hall - STOP LOVING ME, STOP LOVING YOU

02 - 44 - 66 - Inner City - DO YA

03 - 40 - 67 - Pauline Henry - CAN'T TAKE YOUR LOVE

08 - 53 - 68 - Shabba Ranks Featuring Patra - FAMILY AFFAIR

16 - 65 - 69 - Bryan Adams - PLEASE FORGIVE ME

09 - 52 - 70 - Meat Loaf - BAT OUT OF HELL

05 - 48 - 71 - Def Leppard - ACTION

04 - 56 - 72 - Domino - GETTO JAM

1 - NEW - 73 - Shawn - ROUND OF BLUES

1 - NEW - 74 - Me'shell Ndegeocello - IF THAT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND (HE WASN'T LAST NIGHT) :lol: :lol:

04 - 49 - 75 - Thomas Dolby - HYPERACTIVE!

 

UK Top 20 Artist Albums for Week Ending 12th February 1994.

 

TW LW TITLE, Artist (Label)

 

1 NEW UNDER THE PINK, Tori Amos (East West) [1st week at #1] :wub: :wub: :wub:

2 NEW IN PIECES, Garth Brooks (Capitol)

3 1 TEASE ME, Chaka Demus & Pliers (Mango)

4 2 ONE WOMAN-THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, Diana Ross (EMI United Kingdom)

5 14 MUSIC BOX, Mariah Carey (Columbia)

6 10 SO FAR SO GOOD, Bryan Adams (A&M)

7 5 D:REAM ON VOLUME 1, D:ream (Magnet/FXU) :D

8 11 ELEGANT SLUMMING, M People (Deconstruction)

9 9 DEBUT, Bjork (One Little Indian) :wub: :wub:

10 8 SO CLOSE, Dina Carroll (A&M/PM/1st Avenue)

11 3 ANTENNA, ZZ Top (RCA)

12 6 BOTH SIDES, Phil Collins (Virgin)

13 18 SERENITY, Culture Beat (Dance Pool)

14 15 BAT OUT OF HELL II-BACK TO HELL, Meat Loaf (Virgin)

15 23 TONI BRAXTON, Toni Braxton (Arista/LaFace)

16 4 JAR OF FLIES/SAP, Alice In Chains (Columbia)

17 17 EVERYTHING CHANGES, Take That (RCA)

18 20 INGENUE, k.d. lang (Sire/WB) :wub: :wub:

19 13 PROMISES AND LIES, UB40 (DEP International/Virgin)

20 16 ALWAYS AND FOREVER, Eternal (EMI United Kingdom/1st Avenue)

 

UK Top 100 Airplay Chart Week Ending 12 February 1994

 

1 ( 1 ) Things Can Only Get Better (By D:Ream) 11 Wks

2 ( 3 ) Breathe Again (By Toni Braxton) 5 Wks

3 ( 8 ) Something In Common (By Bobby Brown / Whitney Houston) 8 Wks (What the hell? :lol: )

4 ( 2 ) Save Our Love (By Eternal) 5 Wks

5 ( 6 ) I Miss You (By Haddaway) 10 Wks

6 ( 17) Cornflake Girl (By Tori Amos) 5 Wks

7 ( 4 ) All For Love (By Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart And Sting) 9 Wks

8 ( 11) Now And Forever (By Richard Marx) 5 Wks

9 ( 24) Return To Innocence (By Enigma) 3 Wks

10 ( 12) A Deeper Love (By Aretha Franklin) 4 Wks

11 ( 5 ) Twist And Shout (By Chaka Demus And Pliers) 12 Wks

12 ( 19) I Love Music (By Rozalla) 4 Wks

13 ( 7 ) Everyday (By Phil Collins) 8 Wks

14 ( 9 ) Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You (By Daryl Hall) 8 Wks

15 ( 14) Here I Stand (By Bitty McLean) 8 Wks

16 ( 22) Come In Out Of The Rain (By Wendy Moten) 5 Wks

17 ( 39) Secret Star (By Womack And Womack) 3 Wks

18 ( 27) Saturn 5 (By Inspiral Carpets) 5 Wks

19 ( 13) Come Baby Come (By K7) 13 Wks

20 ( 20) Anything (By Culture Beat) 5 Wks

21 ( 37) Without You (By Mariah Carey) 4 Wks

22 ( 33) The Power Of Love (By Celine Dion) 4 Wks

23 ( 21) I'm In Luv (By Joe) 5 Wks

24 ( 29) Lover (By Joe Roberts) 5 Wks

25 ( 16) Pin Cushion (By ZZ Top) 8 Wks

26 ( 23) Can't Take Your Love (By Pauline Henry) 5 Wks

27 ( 10) I'm In The Mood (By Ce Ce Peniston) 5 Wks

28 ( 64) Rock And Roll Dreams (By Meat Loaf) 2 Wks

29 ( 26) Action (By Def Leppard) 5 Wks

30 ( 38) Why (By D-Mob Featuring Cathy Dennis) 2 Wks

31 ( NE) Forever Now (By Level 42) 1 Wk

32 ( 15) It's Alright (By East 17) 12 Wks

33 ( 30) For Whom The Bell Tolls (By Bee Gees) 14 Wks

34 ( 34) Perpetual Dawn (By Orb) 4 Wks

35 ( 40) Can't Get Out Of Bed (By Charlatans) 5 Wks

36 ( 31) Uptight (By Shara Nelson) 4 Wks

37 ( 32) Nowhere (By Therepy?) 5 Wks

38 ( 85) Stay Together (By Suede) 2 Wks

39 ( 46) Bluebird (By Cocteau Twins) 3 Wks

40 ( 36) Linger (By Cranberries) 3 Wks

41 ( 18) The Perfect Year (By Dina Carroll) 11 Wks

42 ( 45) The Red Strokes (By Garth Brooks) 3 Wks

43 ( 25) A Whole New World (By Peabo Bryson / Regina Belle) 11 Wks

44 ( 66) Locked Out (By Crowded House) 4 Wks

45 ( 48) Can't Wait To Be With You (By Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince) 3 Wks

46 ( 49) Let's Get Married (By Proclaimers) 4 Wks

47 ( 82) Because Of You (By Gabrielle) 2 Wks

48 ( 28) Don't Look Any Further (By M People) 14 Wks

49 ( 62) Hey Jealousy (By Gin Blossoms) 6 Wks

50 ( 81) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (By Elton John And RuPaul) 2 Wks

51 ( 96) Sweet Lullaby (By Deep Forest) 2 Wks

52 ( 53) Pale Movie (By Saint Etienne) 2 Wks

53 ( 44) Spiritual Love (By Urban Species) 4 Wks

54 ( RE) If I Like It I Do It (By Jamiroquai) 3 Wks

55 ( 50) Give It Away (By Red Hot Chili Peppers) 3 Wks

56 ( NE) Sail Away (By Urban Cookie Collective) 1 Wk

57 ( 35) Cold Cold Heart (By Wet Wet Wet) 5 Wks

58 ( 58) No Excuse (By Alice In Chains) 3 Wks

59 ( NE) Nothing About Me (By Sting) 1 Wk

60 ( NE) The Sign (By Ace Of Base) 1 Wk

61 ( 74) So In Love With You (By Texas) 3 Wks

62 ( 56) In Your Room (By Depeche Mode) 4 Wks

63 ( NE) Downtown (By SWV) 1 Wk

64 ( NE) Streets Of Philadelphia (By Bruce Springsteen) 1 Wk

65 ( RE) In My Nature (By Nuttin' Nyce) 2 Wks

66 ( 55) Black Gold (By Soul Asylum) 8 Wks

67 ( 52) Hero (By Mariah Carey) 16 Wks

68 ( 63) Nervous Breakdown (By Carleen Anderson) 2 Wks

69 ( 41) Again (By Janet Jackson) 15 Wks

70 ( NE) The Music's Got Me (By Bass Bumpers) 1 Wk

71 ( 47) Ghetto Jam (By Domino) 8 Wks

72 ( RE) You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart (By Sinead O'Connor) 2 Wks

73 ( 68) Process Of Elimination (By Eric Gable) 2 Wks

74 ( 91) Ain't Going Down (Till The End) (By Garth Brooks) 3 Wks

75 ( 92) Line Up (By Elastica) 2 Wks

76 ( NE) Move Your Body (By Cappella) 1 Wk

77 ( NE) Rush (By Freakpower) 1 Wk

78 ( 72) Higher Ground (By Sasha) 2 Wks

79 ( 61) Runaway Train (By Soul Asylum) 26 Wks

80 ( NE) What Can I Do For You (By Sheryl Crow) 1 Wk

81 ( NE) Stay With Me Baby (By Ruby Turner) 1 Wk

82 ( NE) Loser (By Beck) 1 Wk

82 ( NE) There's No Business Like Showbusiness (By Paul Roberts) 1 Wk

82 ( NE) Last Train To Satansville (By Swervedriver) 1 Wk

85 ( RE) Tell Me (I'm Not Dreaming) (By Titiyo) 2 Wks

86 ( 54) Little Bit Of Heaven (By Lisa Stansfield) 12 Wks

87 ( NE) Jessie (By Joshua Kadison) 1 Wk

88 ( RE) All Thru The Nite (By POV (Duet With Jade)) 2 Wks

89 ( 71) Bat Out Of Hell (By Meat Loaf) 9 Wks

90 ( 43) I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (By Pet Shop Boys) 13 Wks

91 ( 93) Impossible (By Captain Hollywood) 2 Wks

92 ( NE) Let The Beat Control Your Body (By 2 Unlimited) 1 Wk

93 ( 80) Barney (By Boo Radleys) 2 Wks

94 ( 65) Astral Amercia (By Apollo 440) 4 Wks

95 ( NE) No Time (By Whiteone) 1 Wk

96 ( NE) Impractical Joke (By Smudge) 1 Wk

96 ( NE) Right In The Night (By Jam And Spoon) 1 Wk

96 ( NE) Doop (By Doop) 1 Wk

96 ( NE) I Want You (By Inspiral Carpets / Mark E. Smith) 1 Wk

100 ( 85) Swallow (By Sleeper) 2 Wks

Edited February 14, 200817 yr by Drastic Cynosure

I loved Depeche Mode's 'In Your Room'...but my fave on the chart is Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby - gorgeous song.

lol.. now you see why i rarely post a chart from the 90's myself..... theres not 1 track in there that i give a jot about! to me its just a nothing, no good tracks, no ok tracks, just a morass of forgettable music.

surely not this one, Rob?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvnVdMpgQOk

 

or this one...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6C_v5bWbos

sweet lullaby is ok.... but it doesnt strike me much tbh m8

Mostly $h!t - I like The Orb, Elastica, Therapy?, Cud, Slo Moshun, Boo Radleys, Pavement, Inspiral Carpets and Thomas Dolby (why was this re-released?)

 

There were some really good bands around at that time but most of them didn't seem to have stuff out.

I know & like:

 

05 - 02 - 02 - Toni Braxton - BREATHE AGAIN

02 - 09 - 11 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - GIVE IT AWAY

04 - 06 - 15 - Tori Amos - CORNFLAKE GIRL

02 - 19 - 18 - Orb - PERPETUAL DAWN

1 - NEW - 20 - Elastica - LINE UP

02 - 37 - 24 - Gin Blossoms - HEY JEALOUSY

11 - 15 - 25 - East 17 - IT'S ALRIGHT

12 - 26 - 34 - Bee Gees - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

1 - NEW - 36 - Manic Street Preachers - LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE

02 - 24 - 38 - Charlatans - CAN'T GET OUT OF BED

1 - NEW - 48 - Boo Radleys - BARNEY (... AND ME)

1 - NEW - 52 - Pavement - CUT YOUR HAIR

09 - 42 - 53 - Take That - BABE

04 - 28 - 56 - Depeche Mode - IN YOUR ROOM

15 - 59 - 58 - Mariah Carey - HERO

04 - 35 - 59 - Inspiral Carpets - SATURN 5

 

The fact that I like just one song out of the Top10 says it all really. A very poor chart IMHO.

Typical mid 90s chart - mainly rubbish in the Top 30 with some decent stuff lower down

 

02 - 09 - 11 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - GIVE IT AWAY

02 - 19 - 18 - Orb - PERPETUAL DAWN

1 - NEW - 20 - Elastica - LINE UP

02 - 37 - 24 - Gin Blossoms - HEY JEALOUSY

03 - 21 - 32 - Therapy? - NOWHERE

1 - NEW - 36 - Manic Street Preachers - LIFE BECOMING A LANDSLIDE

02 - 24 - 38 - Charlatans - CAN'T GET OUT OF BED

1 - NEW - 48 - Boo Radleys - BARNEY (... AND ME)

1 - NEW - 52 - Pavement - CUT YOUR HAIR

04 - 28 - 56 - Depeche Mode - IN YOUR ROOM

04 - 35 - 59 - Inspiral Carpets - SATURN 5

04 - 47 - 62 - Soul Asylum - BLACK GOLD

04 - 49 - 75 - Thomas Dolby - HYPERACTIVE!

 

MEATLOAF great tune :D

1993 and 1994 were probably the least indentifiable years of the 1990s. No particular sound was most prominent, which is good in some ways because - basically - anything stood a chance of being a hit. Deep Forest? I remember that, very very random. And Slo Moshun is an absolute anthem!

 

Most of the stuff in the higher end of this chart is relatively rubbish! D: Ream were really yucky mid-90s dance pop and that truly awful song by Sting and co is just DIRE!!!

 

 

1993 and 1994 were probably the least indentifiable years of the 1990s. No particular sound was most prominent,

 

oh i dunno... ragga was popular...

But not the same extent as, say, rave in 91/92, britpop in 95 (yes I know britpop is regarded as a dirty word)...

pretty dominant in the charts though (unlike rave which was more underground)

Oh rave had more top 10 hits in 91 / 92 than ragga did in 93 / 94.

 

The Prodigy, Altern 8, SL2, Shut Up and Dance, Smart E's, Urban Hype, Liquid, Kicks Like a Mule all hit big amongst many others.

Oh rave had more top 10 hits in 91 / 92 than ragga did in 93 / 94.

 

The Prodigy, Altern 8, SL2, Shut Up and Dance, Smart E's, Urban Hype, Liquid, Kicks Like a Mule all hit big amongst many others.

 

really?...

 

id go and count but cant be arsed! :lol:

Me neither, I only listed those off the top of my head there.

 

The reggae / ragga hits of 93 / 94 - all I can think of is Shaggy, Big Mountain, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Pato Banton, Bitty McClean and Inner Circle.

Me neither, I only listed those off the top of my head there.

 

The reggae / ragga hits of 93 / 94 - all I can think of is Shaggy, Big Mountain, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Pato Banton, Bitty McClean and Inner Circle.

 

maybe they were bigger on airplay then actual chart position.... i dunno, i wasnt interested in modern music in them days as there wasnt much to interest me until the britpop explosion brought 'mod' back :)

 

my fav at that time was the occassional dance track... prodigy, jam n spoon, felix, utah saints...

Yep, I was mostly into indie that was tickling the charts occasionally like Therapy?, Carter USM, Frank & Walters, Tindersticks, Radiohead, Kingmaker, Elastica, S*M*A*S*H and These Animal Men.