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    "Out Of Control" LOVE it - there are so many great parts to that track and the Chemical Brothers are one of the few artists that I have loved all the way from when I was a teenager in the late 90s/early 2000s through to the current day. They've had two number 1s on my personal chart since I started it in late 1999; "Star Guitar" and "Galvanize".

     

    Thanks for sharing with us Tony, it has been a fascinating trip down memory lane for me (and I'm sure others). Would love to see you do a 2000s one (so I can compare your taste with my actual chart of the time) though from 2006 onwards it gets a bit difficult because many of the best songs didn't actually make the T75 and when downloads come in 2007 I found a huge decrease in % of songs that I was charting concurrently with UK Top 75 hits. These days it is rare to have more than 2 T75 hits in my chart at the same time. :(

     

    Also, I did expect you to put "Adagio for Strings" as your last #1 - it was held off #1 for me by Len's "Steal My Sunshine" (my first ever #1).

     

    Aye. All I need is about 6 or 7 songs per month to keep my Top 3s going.

     

    You may not have heard the last of Adagio for Strings. :D

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    Top 20 artists based on Points

     

    1 Manic Street Preachers 149

    2 Erasure 102

    3 Tori Amos 99

    4 The Prodigy 84

    5 Suede 83

    6 Depeche Mode 74

    7 REM 68

    8 Massive Attack 48

    9 Crowded House 47

    10 Mansun 46

    11 Radiohead 44

    11 Orbital 44

    13 Blur 41

    14 Pet Shop Boys 37

    15 Madonna 36

    16 Bjork 32

    16 Aphex Twin 32

    16 Daft Punk 32

    19 Shakespear's Sister 30

    19 New Order 30

    Top 20 of 1999

     

    1 Windowlicker (1)

    2 Out of the Blue (2)

    3 No Scrubs (3)

    4 Every You, Every Me (1)

    5 Tsunami (1)

    6 Gouryalla (1)

    7 Be There (1)

    8 Hey Boy, Hey Girl (1)

    9 No Distance Left to Run (1)

    10 Charlie Big Potato (1)

    11 Carte Blanche (1)

    12 Once Around the Block (1)

    13 No Regrets (1)

    14 Everything Will Flow (1)

    15 Bills Bills Bills (1)

    16 Turn (1)

    17 Nothing Left (1)

    18 Out of Control (1)

    19 I Try (3)

    20 Three Drives (1)

     

     

    As you might note, my three best singles of 1999 were released on the same day :(

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    I like all of those, Alex, except Womanizer. Which I really hate.

     

    You're welcome. I enjoyed doing it. Thanks for commenting, thanks also to Doctor Blind, Dandy*, SKOB, Sinner, Mattias and others who commented. It made it easier to carry on.

     

    I think I'll be doing a 00s one but I only have Musicweek scans up to the end of 2007 so I'm not sure how complete 2008 or 2009 would be. I'll probably forget lots of good stuff from those years

     

    18/12/1999

     

    The Charlatans - My Beautiful Friend

     

    3 Weeks

     

    And now at the end of my favourite decade for music we have a band that thus far never troubled this chart very much. This is is my favourite Charlatans song by far. It has a snaking guitar line that hooked me instantly.

     

    Perhaps an unremarkable song to end the decade on but that's the way it is.

     

    Top 3s

    18/12/1999

    1 - My Beautiful Friend - The Charlatans

    2 - No Distance Left to Run - Blur

    3 - Adagio for Strings - William Orbit

     

    25/12/1999

    1 - My Beautiful Friend - The Charlatans

    2 - Adagio for Strings - William Orbit

    3 - No Distance Left to Run - Blur

     

    01/01/2000

    1 - My Beautiful Friend - The Charlatans

    2 - Adagio for Strings - William Orbit

    3 - Re-rewind - Artful Dodger

     

    27/11/1999

     

    Blur - No Distance Left to Run

     

    3 Weeks

     

    Blur were amazing at sad songs. One of their best sad songs, No Distance Left To Run was the pick of the three singles taken from 13 - it should really have been Trim Trabb which would have been a worthy single of the year. Coffee + TV was good (I killed it by overplaying). I never liked Tender.

     

    This is heartbreaking.

     

    Top 3s

    27/11/1999

    1 - No Distance Left to Run - Blur

    2 - Turn - Travis

    3 - Swastika Eyes - Primal Scream

     

    04/12/1999

    1 - No Distance Left to Run - Blur

    2 - Turn - Travis

    3 - Swastika Eyes - Primal Scream

     

    11/12/1999

    1 - No Distance Left to Run - Blur

    2 - Turn - Travis

    3 - Northern Star - Mel C

     

     

     

    20/11/1999

     

    Travis - Turn

     

    1 Week

     

     

    A second one weeker for one of THE bands of 99. Anthemecism a-go-go. Google Chrome says anthemecism isn't a word :(

     

    I can't decide if this or Driftwood is better. Whichever it is they're both better than Why Does it Always Rain on Me? which I've always found overrated.

     

    Top 3

    20/11/1999

    1 - Turn - Travis

    2 - Swastika Eyes - Primal Scream

    3 - Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers

     

     

     

    23/10/1999

     

    The Chemical Brothers - Out of Control

     

    4 Weeks

     

    Also closing their 90s account with an number 1 single (in this chart, at least) is the Chemical Brothers featuring Bernard Sumner from New Order. A propelling track which twists itself into a fractured New Order song with the introduction of some characteristic Sumner guitar work in a punishing but ecstatic breakdown.

     

    Top 3s

    23/10/1999

    1 - Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers

    2 - Everything Will Flow - Suede

    3 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65

     

    30/10/1999

    1 - Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers

    2 - Bug-a-boo - Destiny's Child

    3 - I Try - Macy Gray

     

    06/11/1999

    1 - Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers

    2 - Bug-a-boo - Destiny's Child

    3 - I Try - Macy Gray

     

    13/11/1999

    1 - Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers

    2 - Bug-a-boo - Destiny's Child

    3 - Bullet in the Gun - Planet Perfecto

     

    25/09/1999

     

    Suede - Everything Will Flow

     

    4 Weeks

     

    Their last very good single (I'm reluctant to call it great for some reason) and a stand out on Head Music - there weren't many :(.

     

    Watching the video again it strikes me that Brett Anserson has a very Sharleen Spiteri way of walking, or maybe it just looks like a Texas video.

     

    Top 3s

    25/09/1999

    1 - Everything Will Flow - Suede

    2 - Moving - Supergrass

    3 - Once Around The Block - Badly Drawn Boy

     

    02/10/1999

    1 - Everything Will Flow - Suede

    2 - Moving - Supergrass

    3 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65

     

    09/10/1999

    1 - Everything Will Flow - Suede

    2 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65

    3 - (You Drive Me) Crazy - Britney Spears

     

    16/10/1999

    1 - Everything Will Flow - Suede

    2 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65

    3 - I Try - Macy Gray

     

     

     

    04/09/1999

     

    Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block

     

    3 Weeks

     

    If only he'd released this a few months earlier to hit the Summer, this could have been much much bigger with the right support. It would be re-released the following year - but even later :(.

     

    Top 3s

    04/09/1999

    1 - Once Around The Block - Badly Drawn Boy

    2 - Rendezvous - Basement Jaxx

    3 - Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child

     

    04/09/1999

    1 - Once Around The Block - Badly Drawn Boy

    2 - Summer Son - Texas

    3 - Rendezvous - Basement Jaxx

     

    28/08/1999

    1 - Once Around The Block - Badly Drawn Boy

    2 - Everything Will Flow - Suede

    3 - Moving - Supergrass

     

    14/08/1999

     

    Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills

     

    3 Weeks

     

    As some DJ joked at the time, the intro harpsichord sounds like when the bad guy turns up on The Smurfs. :D

     

    Anyway, this was my first taste of Destiny's Child (and to the term automobills). I love the sparsity of the production. And the sass.

     

     

    Top 3s

    14/08/1999

    1 - Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child

    2 - Nothing Left - Orbital

    3 - Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

     

    21/08/1999

    1 - Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child

    2 - Nothing Left - Orbital

    3 - Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

     

    28/08/1999

    1 - Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child

    2 - Nothing Left - Orbital

    3 - Rendevous - Basement Jaxx

     

    08/08/1999

     

    Orbital - Nothing Left

     

    The best track(s) on their 1999 album The Middle of Nowhere. They weren't shy of opera (apparently this is the plural of opus) and this is their last proper one coming in at over 16 minutes.

     

    1 Week

     

    Top 3s

    07/08/1999

    1 - Nothing Left - Orbital

    2 - Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

    3 - Gouryella - Gouryella

     

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    24/07/1999

     

    Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

     

    2 Weeks

     

    The instant highlight on This Is My Truth, they would leave it to be the fourth single. It would easily have fitted on Everything Must Go with its torrential strings and eurphoric "in-between, in-between, in-between, in-between" climax.

     

    I got very emotional when I saw them play it live in 1999.

     

    Top 3s

    24/07/1999

    1 - Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

    2 - Gouryella - Gouryella

    3 - Nothing Left - Orbital

     

    31/07/1999

    1 - Tsunami - Manic Street Preachers

    2 - Gouryella - Gouryella

    3 - Nothing Left - Orbital