55 Lou Bega - I Got a Girl

In the last chart of 1998, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 1999, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 13 new entries, 1 climbers, 4 non-movers & 22 downers.

new entry re-entry climber faller non mover

CHART TIME !

(* – my current favourites)
(!!! – Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)

A brief analysis on the current chart situation…

13 new entries :

39 Nine Inch Nails – We’re in this Together

36 LeAnn Rimes – Crazy

32 TLC – Dear Lie

31 The Charlatans – My Beautiful Friend

28 Beastie Boys – Alive

20 Daniel O’Donnell – A Christmas Kiss

17 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews – Baby It’s Cold Outside

14 Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure (Remix) :O ===

13 B*Witched feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – I Shall Be There :O ===

8 Len – Steal My Sunshine *

7 Progress Presents The Boy Wunda – Everybody

4 William Orbit – Barber’s Adagio For Strings :O ===

3 Vengaboys – Kiss When the Sun Don’t Shine so the following dropped out :

40 Ann Lee – 2 Times

39 Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton – What I Am

38 Mariah – Heartbreaker

37 Travis – Turn

36 Shania Twain – Man I Feel Like a Woman

35 Garbage – The World is Not Enough

34 Another Level – Bomb Diggy

33 Texas – When we are Together

32 Michael Moog – That Sound

28 Leftfield/Roots Manuva – Dusted

25 Glamma Kid – Why

24 Phats & Small – Tonite

22 Salt ‘n Pepa – Brick Track 1 climbers :

27 (29) Westlife 4 non-movers :

1 Cliff Richard

2 Artful Dodger feat. Craig David

11 Macy Gray

30 Eiffel 65 and 22 going down. Big fallers include :

12 (5) Mario Piu

22 (10) Atomic Kitten

24 (12) Celine Dion

25 (15) Bob Marley feat. Lauryn Hill

26 (19) Whitney Houston

37 (21) A Teens

40 (20) Jamiroquai New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

43 Thunderbugs – It’s About Time You Were Mine

45 Enrique Iglesias – Rhythm Divine

47 Bryan Adams – The Best of Me

49 Y Tribe Feat. Elisabeth Troy – Enough is Enough

55 Lou Bega – I Got a Girl

57 Longpigs – The Frank Sonata

65 Andrea Bocelli – Ave Maria

74 Machine Head – From This Day

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

55 Lou Bega – I Got a GirlI hope I’m not being tricked as I was with Vengaboys’ Ibiza cover version,which turned out to chart at No.69 as it was an import version, when I thoughtthe single-buying public had actually got some taste.

However, if this really has sold so badly then it serves him right becauseit’s just the same as “Mambo No.5”, but with place names instead of girls’names.

47 Bryan Adams – The Best of Me
45 Enrique Iglesias – Rhythm Divine
43 Thunderbugs – It’s About Time You Were MineOh dear. All of these have had recent hits in the Top 10, but now areperforming so badly they’ve failed to grace the Top 40.

32 TLC – Dear Lie
31 The Charlatans – My Beautiful FriendThese two have had big hits in the past, but perhaps the party’s over?

17 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews – Baby It’s Cold OutsideCover version from the two Welsh people, but it’s pretty poor.

14 Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure (Remix) :O ===I love the original, even if a bar of music was taken out when thetrack was transferred onto the “Greatest Hits II” album.

This new version is a dire remix that does nothing for the original,appears on the cheap cash-in “Greatest Hits III” which is arag-tag and bobtail collection of leftovers, and must have Freddieturning in his grave.

13 B*Witched feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo – I Shall Be There :O ===After having four No.1s in a row with their first four singles, andthen not doing so with the lacklustre “Jesse Hold On”, this new tracksounds like an incredibly dull compilation of everything we’ve heardfrom them to date.

8 Len – Steal My Sunshine *Brilliant dance track which feels like it’s been around for weeks, andI’ve certainly heard it a fair few times.

4 William Orbit – Barber’s Adagio For Strings :O ===One of my favourite pieces of classical music ever is Samuel Barber’s AdagioFor Strings. You know the one – at the end of Oliver Stone’s Platoonwhen Charlie Sheen is giving his “The war is over for me now…” speechfollowed by the end credits.

Well, now I have heard something horrible. Many other classical works have beendesecrated before now, but this one had been left untouched. However, I had themisfortune to hear a horrible synthesizer break-forth with this rot, beforethe dance beats kicked in, making it sound like a slowed-down version ofFaithless’ Salva Mea.

If Nicolas Cage thought he had problems coping with what he saw in8mm, just think how much counselling you’ll need after you hear thisequivalent of musical rape.

3 Vengaboys – Kiss When the Sun Don’t Shine :O ===And they can stick it WHERE the sun don’t shine…

1 (1) Cliff Richard – The Millennium Prayer :O === *3rd Week at No.1*The Lord’s Prayer set to the music of Auld Lang Syne. Sounds like a dreadfulprospect, and I’ve now heard the record. It’s even worse.

The music and the lyrics don’t go together at all. None of it scans, andthe worst bit is that which made me cringe – the ending. As he’s about toclose, he starts going on chanting “Amen…Amen…Amen…Amen…” etc.

It makes me want to scream at him to stuff his God shite up his arse!Definitely the worst single ever made.

And thanks to Cliff, he breaks the record-breaking run of 32 singles goingstraight in at No.1 which concluded, thus :

1. Fatboy Slim – Praise You

2. 911 – A Little Bit More

3. Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

4. Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden – You Don’t Know Me

5. Blondie – Maria

6. Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away

7. Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

8. Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough

9. B*witched – Blame It On The Weatherman

10. Mr Oizo – Flat Beat

11. Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment

12. Westlife – Swear It Again

13. Backpassage Boys – I Like It That Way

14. Boyzone – You Needed Me

15. Shanks and Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate

16. Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

17. S Club 7 – Bring It All Back

18. Vengaboys – Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

19. ATB – 9pm (Till I Come)

20. Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca

21. Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All

22. Westlife – If I Let You Go

23. Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino

24. Lou Bega – Mambo No.5

25. Vengaboys – We’re Going To Ibiza

26. Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee)

27. Christina Aguilera – Genie in a Bottle

28. Westlife – Flying Without Wings

29. 5ive – Keep on Movin’

30. Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up

31. Robbie Williams – She’s The One/It’s Only Us

32. Wamdue Project – King of my Castle

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New releases :

December (date unknown) :

6th December :

13th December :

January (date unknown) :

February (date unknown) :

March (date unknown) :

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Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

2 George Michael – Songs from the Last Century

70 The Notorious BIG – Born Again The top 5 goes like this :

1 Shania Twain – Come On Over

2 George Michael – Songs from the Last Century

3 Travis – The Man Who

4 Celine Dion – All the Way: A Decade of Songs

5 Steps – Steptacular

New releases :

6th December :

20th December :

[tba] – DMX (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/Mercury)

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Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998Next week I shall disclose my Top 50 of 1999, but for now here is thecomplete rundown of last year’s Top 50, plus the other tunes I liked.

Top 10 singles (in alphabetical order)Alisha’s Attic: The IncidentalsBaby Bird: Bad Old ManBrand New Heavies: ShelterCarleen Anderson: Maybe I’m AmazedCatatonia: Road RageFatboy Slim: Rockafeller SkankMadonna: Drowned World (Substitute For Love)Neil Finn: She Will Have Her WayPulp: This Is HardcoreShawn Colvin: Sunny Came Home

No.’s 11-50 (in alphabetical order)Air: Sexy BoyBeautiful South: Perfect 10Bernard Butler: StayBryan Adams: I’m ReadyCardigans: My Favourite GameChef: Chocolate Salty Balls (PS. I Love You)Dandy Warhols: Every Day Should Be A HolidayDario G feat. David Bowie: SunmachineDavid Morales pres. The Face: Needin’ UDubstar: I Will Be Your GirlfriendEric Clapton: My Father’s EyesFastball: The WayFat Les [Keith Allen, Damien Hirst & Alex James]: Vin-da-looGarbage: I Think I’m ParanoidGeorge Michael: OutsideHigh Llamas: The Sun Beats DownIan Brown: My StarImani Coppola: Legend Of A CowgirlIndo: R U SleepingJames: RunagroundKenickie: Stay In The SunLenny Kravitz: If You Can’t Say NoLucid: I Can’t Help MyselfManic Street Preachers: If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be NextMatthew Marsden: The Heart’s Lone DesireMeja: All ‘Bout The MoneyNatalie Imbruglia: SmokePaul McCartney: Beautiful NightPeach: On My OwnPlacebo: Pure MorningR.E.M.: DaysleeperRadiohead : No SuprisesRoachford: Naked (Without You)Robbie Williams: No RegretsSkinny feat. Lee Stevens: FailureSpace feat. Cerys Matthews: The Ballad Of Tom JonesSwirl 360: Hey Now NowTanita Tikaram: Stop ListeningTheaudience: I Know Enough (I Don’t Get Enough) / Harry Don’t Fetch The WaterTouch & Go: Would You …?

And the rest187 Lockdown: Gunman ’98Adamski’s Thing feat. Gerideau: One Of The PeopleAir: Kelly, Watch The StarsAlanis Morissette: Thank UApollo Four Forty: Lost In SpaceB*Witched: C’est La VieBaddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds: 3 Lions ’98Bamboo: BamboogieBeautiful South: DumbBernard Butler: Not AloneBillie: Because We Want ToBis: EurodiscoBryan Adams: On A Day Like TodayBryan Adams feat. Melanie C.: When You’re GoneCatatonia: Mulder & ScullyCatatonia: Strange GlueCe Ce Peniston: Somebody Else’s GuyCeline Dion: My Heart Will Go OnChris Isaak: PleaseDannii Minogue: DisremembranceDario G: Carnival De ParisDavid Holmes: My Mate Paul [rm]Divine Comedy: The Certainty Of ChanceDivine Comedy: I’ve Been To A Marvellous PartyDivine Comedy: Generation SexDon Henley: The Boys Of SummerDust Junkys: What Time Is It?Eagle-Eye Cherry: Falling In Love AgainEagle-Eye Cherry: Save TonightElectrasy: Morning AfterglowEmbrace: My Weakness Is None Of Your Business # / You’ve Got To Say YesEric Clapton: PilgrimFaithless: God Is A DJ ## She’s My BabyFamily Stand: Ghetto HeavenFatboy Slim: Gangster TrippinFinley Quaye: Your Love Gets SweeterFire Island feat. Loleatta Holloway: Shout To The TopFreakpower: No WayGarbage: Push ItGoldie: TempertemperGomez: 78 Stone WobbleGreen Day: Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)Hurricane #1: Only The Strongest Will SurviveIggy Pop: The PassengerJames: Destiny CallingJanet Jackson: Go DeepJamiroquai: Deeper UndergroundJennifer Paige: CrushJimmy Page & Robert Plant ## MW: P&P: Most HighJohn Travolta & Olivia Newton-John: You’re The One That I WantKaren Ramirez: If We TryKaren Ramirez: Looking For LoveKristine Blond: Love ShyKylie Minogue: BreatheLenny Kravitz: I Belong To YouLilys: A Nanny In ManhattanLiquid: StrongLodger: Always Round HereLodger: I’m LeavingLuniz: I Got 5 On It [rm]Madonna: FrozenMadonna: Ray Of LightMadonna: The Power Of Good-Bye / Little StarManic Street Preachers: The EverlastingMaria Nayler: Naked & SacredMark King: Bitter MoonMetallica: Unforgiven IIMoney Mark: Hand In Your Head [rm] [icn]Money Mark: Maybe I’m DeadMorcheeba: Blindfold [ltd.]Morcheeba: Let Me SeeMorcheeba: Part Of The ProcessNatalie Imbruglia: Wishing I Was ThereNeil Finn: SinnerOcean Colour Scene feat. P.P. Arnold: It’s A Beautiful ThingPortishead: Only YouPulp: A Little Soul / Cocaine SocialismPulp: Party HardPuressence: This FeelingR.E.M.: LotusRepublica: From Rush Hour With LoveRialto: Dream Another DreamRialto: UntouchableRose Royce feat. Gwen Dickey vs. Monday Night Club: Car Wash 1998 ## ann: Carwash ’98Rubbadubb: A Tribute To Our AncestorsSaint Etienne: Bad PhotographerSaint Etienne: SylvieShed Seven: She Left Me On FridaySheryl Crow: My Favourite MistakeSilver Sun: I’ll See You AroundSimply Red: The Air That I BreatheSpace: Avenging AngelsSpace: The Bad Days (EP): / The Unluckiest Man Alive / We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This PlaceSpacehog: Carry OnStardust: Music Sounds Better With YouSuggs: I AmTexas: InsaneThe Bluetones: If …The Bluetones: Solomon Bites The WormThe Corrs: DreamsThe Corrs: What Can I Do (To Make You Love Me)?The Dandy Warhols: Boys BetterThe Dandy Warhols: Not If You Were The Last Junkie On EarthThe Mavericks: Dance The Night AwayThe Montrose Avenue: ShineThe Montrose Avenue: Where Do I StandThe Rolling Stones: Saint Of MeThe Supernaturals: I Wasn’t Built To Get UpThe Young Offenders: (That’s Why We) Lose ControlThunder: Play That Funky MusicTin Tin Out feat. Shelley Nelson: Here’s Where The Story EndsTin Tin Out feat. Shelley Nelson: SometimesTodd Terry: Ready For A New DayU2: Sweetest ThingUltra Nate: New Kind Of MedicineUltra Nate: Found A CureUltrasound: Stay YoungWill Smith: Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ ItWimbledon Choral Society: World Cup ’98 – Pavane By Faure

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Well, that’s it for now. If you want to be added to the WidescreenVideo and Laserdisc lists, just mail me atCharts Request to tell me.

Bye for now,

Dominator

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Dom Robinson

Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.

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