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Dominator’s Voting List – The Best and Worst of 1997
Time to vote!Please send votes for the following to : vote@festive.demon.co.uk
All votes must correspond with singles released or anything else that happenedin 1997 only.
In the last chart of 1996, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, picking out the Top 10 first. During 1997, I’ll be going through the list one by one. I’ve finished the Top 10, and have now moved onto the rest.
This week : 12 new entries, 4 climbers, 7 non-movers & 17 downers
It’s goodbye to :
And hello to :
(* – 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…
Given that it’s Xmas, the charts tend to stagnate with many more singles beingsold and the only ones shooting into the top 5 being the Xmas sure-things,hence no new entries in the Top 10 this week – the first time this year even.
12 new entries this week, 4 climbers (All Saints from 5 to 4, Robbie Williamsfrom 7 to 5, Natalie Imbruglia from 9 to 8, and Elton John from 11 to 10),7 non-movers for Teletubbies at 1, Perfect Day at 2, Aqua at 3, Barbra Streisand& Celine Dion at 13, Lutricia McNeal at 14, Reds United at 16, and BackstreetBoys at 25, and 17 going down.
Big fallers include Blackstreet (18 to 33), Will Smith (23 to 36), Mariah Carey (22 to 37) and Jamiroquai (20 to 39).
Nothing to report this week.
Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
40 Serious Danger – Deeper *
Debut single from this band, and an excellent uptempo effort. Perfecttune to drive to, but a shame it won’t do any better than this because theirrecord company have stupidly released it so close to Christmas.
However, I predict their next single will be bigger, whenever that is dueout, and this will get a re-release and go Top 10. Watch this space!
38 Powerhouse – Rhythm of the Night
Dreadful cover of the DeBarge song.
21 Bjork – Bachelorette * !!!
Second single from “Homogenic”, and doing much better than the first one,“I Miss You” which made No.36 in March.
19 Propellerheads featuring Miss Shirley Bassey – History Repeating
Shirley Bassey gets her first Top 20 hit since 1973 with a dance-beattune collaboration with the fast-rising Propellorheads, last in the chartswith David Arnold doing a cover of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, andtaken from the album, “Shaken and Stirred”.
This isn’t the first time she has accompanied on a track which usually isn’ther style. In August 1987 she made No.54 with Yello on “The Rhythm Divine”,although the track was a hit across Europe, and last year Chris Rea playedwhile Shirley sang on “Disco La Passione”, taken from his film, “La Passione”,but it became one of those tunes which unfortunately only gets as far as No.41
I’ve heard this new track in two versions, one with many more beats in itwhich isn’t as good, and another which is more of a swing-style effort whichis the one used in the video.
18 Bryan Adams – Back To You :O ===
First single released from Bryan Adams‘s “Unplugged” set, and what a dullone it is too. Years ago he made decent songs like “Heaven” and “In The Heatof the Night”, neither of which set the charts on fire, but it always seems tobe those that sell well which are so duff.
17 Sting And The Police – Roxanne 97 :O ===
Remixed, or bastardised, by “Puff” (!) Daddy, and turned into a (c)rap song.Far removed from the original, and just as bad as the No.1 hit “I’ll Be MissingYou”, itself a bastardised version of “Every Breath You Take”, used as a tributeto murdered rap star The Notorious BIG.
Why Sting gave his approval to these songs is beyond me.
12 U2 – If God Will Send His Angels *
Fifth single from U2‘s “Pop” album, and the first to miss the Top 10.A slow tune, but doesn’t beat my favourite from them this year, “Staring AtThe Sun”.
11 Celine Dion – The Reason :O ===
No reason at all to release this. Carole King, who duets, should know better.
4 (5) All Saints – Never Ever
This, and “I Know Where It’s At”, but their next single, “Under The Bridge”is a dire “cover” of the Red Hot Chili Peppers classic (which made No.26 inMarch 92, and then No.13 when reissued in April 94). I loved the original, butthis, as performed on TFI Friday, is a pale imitation of it.
They’ve also massacred another classic tune by Labelle, namely “Lady Marmalade”,their one and only hit as a group, which made No.17 in March 1975, and had thetop-notch chorus, “Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi, Ce Soir?”
And I had such high hopes for them as well…
1 (1) Teletubbies – Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! *2nd Week at No.1*
Does this need any introduction? Well, just in case you haven’t been livingin Britain, the Teletubbies are four fat teddy-bear-like creatures namedTinky Winky (who’s purple), Dipsy (green), Laa-Laa (yellow), and Po (red),and who each have a television in their stomachs.
They spend 30 mins a day running about in Teletubbyland doing various dances,eating Tubbytoast, or Tubbycustard, and instead of saying “Hello”, they say”Eh-Oh”. At some point the TV’s in their stomachs light up, and one of themplays an educational video of sorts. Elsewhere in the show, the hoover,Noo-Noo, will attempt to clean up.
Created by Ragdoll Productions, the Teletubbies are this years hot toy, withshops selling out as soon as they open and stocks being limited to one percustomer. Why the creators didn’t organise enough toys is anyone’s guess afterthe farce last year when the Buzz Lightyear dolls sold out in droves.
The Teletubbies have a connection with Shakespeare in that their home isalso Stratford-Upon-Avon, and courted controversy when the first “Tinky Winky”,played by Dave Thompson, was sacked for not playing his part properly….
All said and done, this single is just the programme’s theme tune, and ishotly-tipped to make No.1 for Xmas ahead of the Spice Girls.
This is now the second single to go straight in at No.1 in a row :
(* – my current favourites)
December 8th :
BACK TO YOU……………………………………..Bryan Adams (A&M) TUBTHUMPING / LA BAMBA………………………Bianca & Co. (Almighty) GET DOWN GET FUNKY…………………………………Blue Max (Heat) LOST YOU SOMEWHERE……………………….Chicane (Xtravaganza/Edel) A LONG DECEMBER…………………………….Counting Crows (Geffen) LET IT ROLL………………………………..De Donatis III (Upbeat) THE REASON……………………………………..Celine Dion (Epic) SHELTER ME (THE GARAGE MIXES)……….Divine Intervention (Fifty First) MONSTER……………………………Electric Frankenstein (Au-Go-Go) EVE 20…………………………….Eve [Pablo Gargano] (Eve/Flying) FOLLOW ME………………………………..Force & Styles (UK Dance) THE RIGHT WAY………………………………..Eric Gadd (Hevi Floe) THE RHAPSODY………………….Warren G feat. Sissel (DefJam/Mercury) CAN’T LEAVE YOU ALONE………………………..Martine Girault (Opaz) THIS IS…………………………………..Gravity Wheel (Distance) 24…………………………………………….Hybrids (Heavenly) CHANDELIER…………………………………Idlewild (Fierce Panda) GOOD GIRLS…………………………………………….Joe (Jive) DOG TRAIN……………………………………The Levellers (China) VERTIGO…………………………………………….Loki (Loaded) MY DESIRE…………………………………………..Moke (Dorado) SKIRT…………………………………………Nightnurse (Better) SUNDAY MORNING………………..No Doubt (Trauma/Interscope/Universal) BEING WITH YOU………………………………..Obsession (Almighty) ALL MY TIME.Paid & Live feat. Lauryn Hill & Robert Kool Bell (One World) HISTORY REPEATING…………………………………..Propellerheads ………………………….feat. Miss Shirley Bassey (Wall Of Sound) EQUAZION PART 8………………………………….Q-Tex (Evolution) WOT DA FUK…………………………………..Receiver (Cup Of Tea) LIFT ME UP……………………………Red 5 (House Nation/Multiply) DRIVING IN MY CAR……………………………..Maureen Rees (Eagle) ARE YOU READY……………………………Robbie Robinson (PR Media) DEEPER……………………………………..Serious Danger (Fresh) PENNY LOVER………………….Sly & Robbie feat. Amblique (East West) ODE TO THE DAY…………………………………………Snug (WEA) ROXANNE ’97 / WALKING ON THE MOON [rm]……The Sting & The Police (A&M) ROCK THE DISCO…………………………….Supercharger (Indochina) FREE BEAT EP…………………………………..DJ Suv (Full Cycle) ELEMENTS……………………………….Danny Tenaglia (Twisted UK) IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS / MOFO [rm]………………….U2 (Island) FINDING A NEW WORLD……………………………..Utsumi (Disorient) YOUR LOVE…………………………….Richard Winsborough (Phoenix) MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY (THEME FROM BOOTS TV CAMPAIGN)………………….. ……………………………………….Paul Young (CBL/East West)
December 15th :
PINK…………………………………………Aerosmith (Columbia) STRATEGY / VORTEX……………………….Aquasky (Passenger/Polydor) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER………………Miss B. feat. Maxine Berry (Klone) THE ONLY ONES………………………………….Blueseed (Ultimate) SHELTER…………………………The Brand New Heavies (ffrr/London) THE LAST SUMMER…………………………………..Calliope (Thick) CHRISTMAS PARTY HOP / HI TECH SANTA / MY CHRISTMAS DREAM / ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE………………………Cheap Seats (Gemini) I’M IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD…….Chicken Shed Theatre Company (Columbia) CHROME………………………………………..Chromium (Platipus) TEKNOG…………………………………………..Cooler (Polydor) NO RESOLVE…………………………………………..Fade (Limbo) I WANT AN ALIEN FOR CHRISTMAS….Fountains Of Wayne (Scratchie/Atlantic) THE TRIPODS………………………………..Ken Freeman (Freestyle) SHAKE IT UP…………………………..The Fruit Loop (Tripoli Trax) SOUND BWOY BURIAL / ALL NIGHT LONG…………………..Gant (Positiva) LET’S PRETEND WE’RE GAY……………………………Griswold (Smile) EISBEAR……………………………………..Groovezone (Additive) HIGH………………………….Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) FEEL SO GOOD………………………………Mase (Puff Daddy/Arista) BEAUTIFUL NIGHT…………………………Paul McCartney (Parlophone) INTELLIGENCE UNKNOWN……………………….Mental Power (Formation) STAY THE NIGHT…………………………………………Mira (JVC) TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN [rr]………………………..Queen (Parlophone) GUESS WHO’S BACK / IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME……………Rakim (Universal) ARECIBO CALLING EP………………………..Silicon Attic (Blue Room) JUDAS!…………………………………………….Skylab (Eye-Q) TOO MUCH……………………………………..Spice Girls (Virgin) SLOW…………………………………………Spy 51 (Firec Panda) MY SWEET ROSE……………………………Rachel Stamp (Bitch Vinyl) HORNS OF JERICHO…………………..DJ Supreme (All Around The World) UPSIDE DOWN…………………………………..Annette Taylor (ZYX) ONE STYLE / 911…………………………………Tekniq (Formation) SEASONS IN THE SUN………………….Television Personalities (Twist) I FEEL LOVE……………………………………..Vanessa-Mae (EMI)
December 29th :
FLAMING JUNE [rm]………………………………….B.T. (Perfecto) AMNESIA…………………………………………Chumbawamba (EMI) DON’T DIE JUST YET [rm]………………………David Holmes (Go.Beat) AVENGING ANGELS……………………………………….Space (Gut)
January 5th :
ALL NIGHT, ALL RIGHT……………..Peter Andre feat. Coolio (Mushroom) STAY…………………………………….Bernard Butler (Creation) GHETTO HEAVEN [rm]………………………Family Stand (Perfecto Red) ADVENTURES IN FREESTYLE (REVENGE OF THE B-BOY) EP: B-BOY STANCE / FEEL DA PANIC / BREAKER BEATS……………………Freestylers (Freskanova) RENEGADE MASTER [rm]…………………….Wildchild (Hi-Life/Polydor)
January 12th :
MY STAR……………………………………….Ian Brown (Polydor) LOSING MY HEROES……………………..Foo Fighters (Roswell/Capitol) OVERTHROWN………………………………………….Libido (Fire) EVER REST………………………………..Mystica (Perfecto Fluoro) STORY OF LOVE………………………………………….OTT (Epic) NO SURPRISES………………………………..Radiohead (Parlophone)
January 19th :
RIDE ON THE RHYTHM…………Little Louie & Marc Anthony (Perfecto Red) ALL FALL DOWN………………………..Midget (Pet Sounds/Radarscope) CARRY ON………………………………………Spacehog (Sire/WEA) (YOU MAKE ME FEEL) MIGHTY REAL…………….Byron Stingily (Manifesto)
January 26th :
I WILL BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND………………….Dubstar (Food/Parlophone) EVERYDAY I FALL APART……………………..Superstar (Camp Fabulous) BUTTERFLY………………………………..Tilt feat. Zee (Perfecto) ROCK…………………………………………..Utah Saints (Echo)
February 2nd :
KEEP THAT DREAM………………………………………..Akin (WEA) DON’T STOP………………………………NA No Authority (MJJ/Epic) SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE…………………….Chris Rea (East West) Y (HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE)………………..DJ Scott Project (Perfecto)
February 9th :
SEXY BOY…………………………………………….Air (Virgin) ENERVATE………………………………….Transa (Perfecto Fluoro)
February 16th :
SHOW ME LOVE………………………………………….Robyn (RCA)
February 23rd :
BIG MISTAKE………………………………..Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) STREETLIGHT………………………………………Pelvis (Setanta)
March 23rd :
SUPERSTAR [ri]……………………………Superstar (Camp Fabulous)
Other forthcoming releasesDECEMBER :
I WONDER IF HEAVEN’S GOT A GHETTO……….2pac feat. Maxee (Amaru/Jive) RUNNING SONG…………………………Ambersunshower (Gee Street/V2) CARRERA RAPIDA (THEME FROM RAPID RACER)…………………………… …………………………….Apollo Four Forty (Stealth Sonic/Epic) SPACE MARCH / JAMES BOND THEME…………………………David Arnold …………………………………Leftfield / LTJ Bukem (East West) BAMBOOGIE…………………………………………….Bamboo (VC) BASS ODDITY……………………………………….Bass Oddity (-) DESIRE…………………………………………….BBE (Positiva) [tba]……………………………..The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone) BACHELORETTE……………………………..Bjork (One Little Indian) DANCE………………………………..Black Magic (Strictly Rhythm) CALL ME – THE CITY IS MINE…….Blackstreet feat. Jay-Z (LaFace/Arista) NO OTHER LOVE…………………………Blue Amazon (Jackpot/Sony S3) DEATH OF A PARTY…………………………….Blur (Food/Parlophone) I’M AFRAID OF AMERICANS…………………………..David Bowie (RCA) FOREVER MORE………………………………….Chris de Burgh (A&M) LET ME SHOW YOU……………………………………Camisra (white) CASTRO EP……………………………………….Castro (Handmade) [tba]…………………………………..Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro) NO CHORUS………………………..Michael John Charles (Good Groove) ESCAPE FROM THE BOX EP……………………………….Chaser (Quad) EVERYBODY…………………………..Continental Trash (Continental) GIRL TALK…………………………..Cosa Nostra (Anthrob/Coalition) RAIDERS…………………………………..Lara Croft (Dance Naked) WOMAN IN LOVE FUNNY GIRL / RIGHT BESIDE YOU…….Suzanne Dee (Energise) COSMIC FUNK………………………………….Joey Ducane (Montana) DAMN I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER……………………..En Vogue (East West) RAIN / SOMETIMES / IN MY ARMS………………………..Erasure (Mute) MIGHT AS WELL BE ME………………………….Eternal (1st Ave./EMI) MUSIC IN MY MIND………………………Adam F. (Feverpitch/Positiva) RECORD SHOP EP………………..Funky DL & DJ Stix (Wild Card/Polydor) SMOKIN’ ME OUT……………………………Warren G (DefJam/Mercury) BE STRONG [rm]………………………………Rosie Gaines (Pop Top) HELL’S PARTY………………………………………Glam (Babushka) [tba]…………………………….Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (RCA) BELO HORIZONTI [rm]……………………………..The Heartists (VC) DOWN THE RIVER………………………………Hong Kong Trash (Glow) WHAT YOU WANT…………………..Industry Standard Vol. 1 (Satellite) [tba]……………………………………..James (Fontana/Mercury) GET UP / WARNING…………………………………J.J. (Stoney Boy) HEY GIRL…………………………………….Billy Joel (Columbia) EVERYTHING CHANGES………………………………..Kapta (Freeflow) GENERATION X……………………………….Kooky Ballerina (Slamm) UP & DOWN……………………………….Billy Lawrence (East West) EXPAND THE ROOM……………………………………The Light (AAA) STAND UP [rm]…………………………………..Love Tribe (AM:PM) JUS MEE & U……………………………….Luniz (Noo Trybe/Virgin) DRUGLORD SUPERSTAR……………………..MC Lyte (East West/Atlantic) [tba]……………………………….Virginia MacNaughton (M17-GMG) ALANE…………………………………………..Wes Madiko (Epic) IS IT REAL?……………………………………Marsha (Diesel/WEA) REACH FOR MY HEART………………………..Massif (Koch Dance Force) MATERIAL GIRL……………………………Moon Girl (Academy Street) SATAN REJECTED MY SOUL…………………………..Morrissey (Island) HORNY / BAD BOY…………………………..Mousse T (Peppermint Jam) MUSICA………………………………………Mu-Tron (Global Beat) WHEN I DIE / MEGAMIX MEDLEY……………………….No Mercy (Arista) ADDICTED TO LOVE [rm]…………………………..Robert Palmer (EMI) PEACE TRAIN……………………………….Dolly Parton (Universal) MOVIN ON…………………………………….Debbie Pender (Azuli) CARWASH [rm]……………………………Phat’n’Phunky (Eternal/WEA) BOILER……………………………………………..Pob (Seismic) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD…..Iggy Pop (Wall Of Sound/East West) RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT……………………Powerhouse (3 Beat/Satellite)- IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS…………………………………….. …..Puff Daddy feat. Little Kim, Busta Rhymes, &al. (Puff Daddy/Arista) THE TRUTH………………………………………Qattara (Positiva) THIS IS MY LIFE……………………….Queen Nadine (Academy Street) PLANET LOVE…………………….DJ Quicksilver (Dos Or Die/Positiva) [tba]…………………………………………Jimmy Ray (Sony S2) HOW COULD I? (INSECURITY)………………………Roachford (Columbia) SO GOOD……………………………..Juliet Roberts (Delirious/RCA) LOVE, LOVE, LOVE – HERE I COME [rm]..Rollo Goes Mystic (Cheeky-Champion) [tba]………………………………………Scott Four (Satellite) MY FAMILY DEPENDS ON ME…………………….Simone (Strictly Rhythm) I FEEL DIVINE…………………………………………S-J (React) AGUAS DE MARCO (JOGA BOSSA)……………………….Smoke City (Jive) DREAMS…………………………Smokin’ Beats feat. Lyn Eden (AM:PM) I REFUSE (WHAT YOU WANT)………………………Somore (Locked On/XL) JUMP……………………………………………..Edwin Starr (-) COVER ME………………………………………Sunscreem (Pulse-8) NEVER GIVE UP…………………………………………….TBA (-) HERE I COME…………………………………….Thriller U (Adept) SUMMATION EP……………………………………….Tipple (Limbo) 14 HOURS TO SAVE THE EARTH…………Tomski (Firefly/Extravaganza/Edel) ANY OLD LOVE……………………..Ultra Nate (Strictly Rhythm/AM:PM) YOU MAKE ME WANNA ……………………………Usher (LaFace/Arista) EVERYTHING SHE WANTS ’97………………………………Wham! (Epic) IT’S MY LIFE (IT’S MY TURN) [US imp]………….Michelle Wilson (Waako) THE BAND……………………………Marco Zaffarano (Silver Planet)
JANUARY :
THE BOTTLE………………………………7th District Inc. (Exit 8) UNDER THE BRIDGE……………………………….All Saints (London) MUCH LOVE………………………………Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) DOCTOR JONES……………………………………..Aqua (Universal) AUTOPSY IN B FLAT…………………………………..Attaboy (Toko) A PESSIMIST IS NEVER DISAPPOINTED………The Audience (eLLeFFe/Mercury) MARBLES………………………………….Black Grape (Radioactive) DEADWOOD STAGE……………………………….Becky Brown (Optical) THAT’S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)………Clock (Power Station/Media/Universal) NIGHTBIRD……………………………………..Convert (Wonderboy) BRIMFUL OF ASHA [rm]……………………………Cornershop (Wiiija) HERO……………………………………….Suzanne Dee (Energise) HIDEAWAY [rm]………………….De’Lacy (Slip’n’Slide/Deconstruction) FIRST DEGREE FUNK………Desert Eagle Discs (Boiler House!/Rhythm King) HAPPY SONG……………………………..Charles Dockins (Groove On) COME TASTE MY MIND…………………………..Earl Brutus (Fruition) LE DISC-JOCKEY……………………………………Encore! (Tasted) [tba]………………………………Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista) MASQUERADE…………………………………………The Fall (Jet) INTO BATTLE EP 2………………..Fat Buddhas vs. Fathead (Freskanova) TEMPER TEMPER……………………………..Goldie (Metalheadz/ffrr) TIME OF YOUR LIFE (GOOD RIDDANCE)………………..Green Day (Reprise) YOU2NITE……………………………………Green Fridge (Estereo) IS IT SCARY……………………………..Michael Jackson (MJJ/Epic) SOLID GROUND……………………….Jasper Street Company (Basement) WHEN SHE SHAKES HER THING……………………………Jeff (Polydor) SANDS OF TIME………………………………………Kaleef (Unity) YOU EITHER LIKE IT OR YOU DON’T………………………………….. ……………………….Christine Levine (Boiler House!/Rhythm King) IF YOU THINK I’M JUGGY…………………..The Lox (Puff Daddy/Arista) MASSIVE………………………………………………Massive (-) HOT STUFF…………………………………..Men Of Steel (Branded) FEELS REAL………………………………….The Mudmen (Extatique) BEACHBALL [rm]……………………………..Nalin & Kane (Superfly) MOURN YOU TILL I JOIN YOU………………Naughty By Nature (Tommy Boy) ALL ROUND THE WORLD……………………………….Oasis (Creation) GIVEN TO FLY……………………………………..Pearl Jam (Epic) [tba]……………………………………..Photek (Science/Virgin) PING PONG (YOU SERVE)………………..Mrs. Ping & Mr. Pong (Enriched) NEW YEAR’S DAY………………………………………Prima (Klone) UNTOUCHABLE [ri]………………………………..Rialto (East West) SOME DAY……………………………………..Roachford (Columbia) SYLVIE……………………………………Saint Etienne (Heavenly) [tba]……………………………………………The Smiles (A&M) MY LOVE IS SHHH!…………………………..Somethin’ For The People ……………………………….feat. Trina & Tamara (Warner Bros.) I THINK I’M IN LOVE……………………….Spiritualized (Dedicated) TEMPTATION……………………………………….Staxx (Champion) DJANGO / STANDBY………………………………The Swimmer (Spirit) BREAKBEAT FEVER…………………………………..Thinkhead (ffrr) FREE [rm]……………………………..Ultra Nate (Strictly Rhythm) THE TWISTER [rm]……………………………….Viper (Hooj Choons) SET IT DOWN………………………………….Vitro (Independiente) WOMBLING SONG……………………………………..The Wombles (-) INFECTIOUS………………………………………….X-Cabs (Hook) GOTTA KEEP ON………………………………………..Z Factor (Z)
FEBRUARY :
[tba]……………………………………………………5 (RCA) [tba]………………………….The Bluetones (Superior Quality/A&M) [tba]……………………………………..Daft Punk (Soma/Virgin) [tba]…………………………………………Mansun (Parlophone) BE MY LOVER…………………………………………..Naomi (Gut) ADRENALIN / POLLEN………………………………Purity (Tommy Boy) [tba]…………………………………….Simple Minds (Chryslais) THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES…………..Space feat. Cerys [Catatonia] (Gut) SAY WHAT YOU WANT [rr]……………………………..Texas (Mercury)
MARCH :
[tba]…………………………………………..Eels (Dreamworks) NAKED WITHOUT YOU……………………………..Roachford (Columbia) SHE LEFT ME ON A FRIDAY………………………..Shed Seven (Polydor)
APRIL :
RENDEZ-VOUS……………………………………..Jean Michel Jarre …………………….feat. Apollo Four Forty & Tetsuya Komuro (Sony) LA COUPE DE LA VIE (THE CUP OF LIFE)……………..Ricky Martin (Sony) LA COUR DES GRANDS (DO YOU MIND IF I PLAY?)……………………….. ………………………………..Youssou N’Dour & Axelle Red (Sony)
This week’s Top 40 sees new entries for no-one!The only thing that did happen was Celine Dion swapping places with theSpice Girls so she could become No.1 again.
The Top 50 have been counted down, and next week sees the votes being counted.
For the record, my Top 50 of 1997 were :
The Top 10 ! (in no particular order)
And the other 40 (in alphabetical order)
The end bit :
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
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.