Posted March 24, 200817 yr UK Top 40 Singles weekcommencing 20th March 1994 1 (1) Doop – Doop 2 (3) The Sign – Ace Of Base 3 (4) Streets Of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen 4 (2) Without You – Mariah Carey 5 (New) Ur The Best Thing – D:Ream 6 (5) Girls And Boys - Blur 7 (9) I Like To Move It – Reel 2 Real 8 (15) What A Man – Salt N’ Pepa 9 (11) Shine On – Degrees Of Motion 10 (New) Dry County – Bon Jovi 11 (12) I Believe – Marcella Detroit 12 (8) Return To Innocence - Enigma 13 (6) Renaissance – M-People 14 (New) Sleeping In My Car - Roxette 15 (New) Dream On Dreamer – Brand New Heavies 16 (16) The Way Your Work It - EYC 17 (New) I Believe – Sounds Of Blackness 18 (27) Whispering Your Name – Alison Moyet 19 (18) Linger – The Cranberries 20 (New) Could It Be I’m Falling In Love – Worlds Apart 21 (New) Hot Love Now EP – The Wonderstuff 22 (New) Only To Be With You - Roachford 23 (26) I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff 24 (14) Let The Beat Control Your Body – 2 Unlimited 25 (13) Violently Happy - Bjork 26 (20) Things Can Only Get Better – D:Ream 27 (New) Shapes That Go Together – A-ha 28 (10) Breathe Again – Toni Braxton 29 (7) Pretty Good Year – Tori Amos 30 (New) The Hollow Man - Marillion 31 (23) Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) – Beautiful South 32 (New) Somebody To Shove – Soul Asylum 33 (25) Move On Baby - Cappella 34 (New) Skip To My Lou – Lisa Lisa 35 (17) Rocks – Primal Scream 36 (22) Loser - Beck 37 (30) Let’s Face The Music And Dance – Nat ‘King’ Cole 38 (21) Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Rupaul 39 (33) Again – Janet Jackson 40 (28) All For Love – Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting
March 24, 200817 yr I have these on CD single: 2 (3) The Sign – Ace Of Base 3 (4) Streets Of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen 6 (5) Girls And Boys - Blur :cheer: 19 (18) Linger – The Cranberries 35 (17) Rocks – Primal Scream Classic 94. I presume that Lets Face The Music and Dance was there due to the Torville and Dean skating at the Lillehammer Winter 94 Olympics?
March 24, 200817 yr I have these on CD single: 2 (3) The Sign – Ace Of Base 3 (4) Streets Of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen 6 (5) Girls And Boys - Blur :cheer: 19 (18) Linger – The Cranberries 35 (17) Rocks – Primal Scream Classic 94. I presume that Lets Face The Music and Dance was there due to the Torville and Dean skating at the Lillehammer Winter 94 Olympics? I think so, it used to be in an advert too.
March 24, 200817 yr was that Toni Braxton song deleted? A drop to 28 seems a bit steep after 8 weeks in the top 10
March 24, 200817 yr James Masterton's chart commentary for that week (top 10 only and sorry for the formatting) No. 10: NEW ENTRY. Bon Jovi - Dry County With what is for them a comparatively swift 18 months between albums, Bon Jovi crash into the charts with their first single since the No.11 peak in October of... you've guessed it: 'I Believe'. What a single it is too, the seven minute acoustic epic making for one of the more innovative singles the US rockers have ever released. Whether it gets any further is really immeterial, it now being their 4th Top 10 single - an impressive total given that the chart climate is usually quite hostile to US rock. No. 9: CLIMBER. Degrees Of Motion - Shine On No. 8: CLIMBER. Salt n' Pepa featuring En Vogue - Whatta Man A climb for this single marks the 5th Top 10 hit for Salt n' Pepa, more than any other rap act ever in the UK. It's also the 3rd Top 10 hit for En Vogue to follow 'Hold On' and 'My Lovin' No. 7: CLIMBER. Real 2 Reel - Like To Move It Possibly the most erratic track to make the charts this year, 'Like To Move It' achieves its highest position to date, despite dropping from an initial No.9 and spending 2 weeks at No.12 before climbing the chart once more... it's not as if it is any good.... No. 6: FALLER. Blur - Girls And Boys No. 5: NEW ENTRY. D:Ream - U R The Best Thing Now that the masses have discovered the pop brilliance of D:Ream there is clearly no time to waste. Whilst 'Things Can Only Get Better' continues to slide down the charts the followup crashes into the Top 10. Like the previous hit, it is not the first time the track has been in the Top 40 and in actual fact it is the third time 'U R The Best Thing' has made the UK charts. Originally released on an independent label in April 1992 as their first single it made No.72 before being reissued in a remixed form in April 1993 where after a steady climb it made No.19 as a followup to the original release of 'Things...' which had peaked at No.24. So despite this exposure the track is a hit once more, now prompting speculation as to whether 'Unforgiven' will be next to be re-promoted. No. 4: FALLER. Mariah Carey - Without You No. 3: CLIMBER. Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia Now confirmed as an Oscar-winner, Bruce Springsteen gets his biggest UK hit ever. Media exposure following it's award-winning success this week will certainly keep the profile of the single high and a surprise No.1 may well not be out of the question. No. 2: CLIMBER. Ace Of Base - The Sign No. 1: SECOND WEEK. Doop - Doop If Bruce is going to do so he will have to dislodge Doop though, now firmly entrenched at the top. Current press panic over the way records have difficulty climbing the charts from initial low entries is certainly not calmed by looking at the list of recent No.1 hits. All recent chart toppers have started life as a new entry inside the Top 10, the last not to be was Jazzy Jeff's 'Boom Shake The Room' which entered at No.12. The last to come from outside the Top 20 was Culture Beat's 'Mr Vain' which started life at No.24 whilst to find a record that came from outside the Top 40 to top the charts you would have to go back to 'Oh Carolina' by Shaggy which made No.1 over a year ago. So far this year there have been 4 No.1 hits and of these only D:Ream's 'Things Can Only Get Better' charted lower than No.3 first week out. ***************************************************************************** James Masterton 23/3/94 http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.music...a3?dmode=source Edited March 24, 200817 yr by Mark.
March 25, 200817 yr was that Toni Braxton song deleted? A drop to 28 seems a bit steep after 8 weeks in the top 10 Not sure, it does seem like a rather large drop. It dropped from 4 to 10 the previous week.
March 25, 200817 yr Just seen Elton John up there, and well where is he? Has he released any new music?
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