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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 : 18 new entries, 1 climbers, 2 non-movers & 19 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…
18 new entries this week, 1 climber, 2 non-movers (Elton John at 3, andSash at 4) and 19 going down.
Big fallers include Jimmy Ray (13 to 26), Smash Mouth (19 to 31) andAsh (10 to 32).
Nothing to report this week.
Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
20 Puff Daddy and the Family – Been Around the World :O ===
Once again Puff Daddy comes up with a dreadful record, following up themassacre of the Police’s “Every Breath You Take”, with what is essentiallya cover of Lisa Stanfield’s “All Around The World” which made No.1 in October1989.
17 Diana King – I Say A Little Prayer
Having been very quiet since making No.2 in 1995 with “Shy Guy” for thesoundtrack of Bad Boys and then following it up exactly two years ago this week with acover of “Ain’t Nobody”, making No.13, this cover of Aretha Franklin’s classic,which made No.4 in 1968, is too slow to get involved with, and as such justdoesn’t compare at all.
16 Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories *
Still taking hits from the same album, and now with the title track, theCharlatans get another Top 20 hit with this memorable tune, but still nowherenear as good as tracks like “The Only One I Know”, “Then” and “One To Another”.
15 Dannii – Everything I Wanted * !!!
Definitely one of the comebacks of the year is Dannii Minogue‘s who, forme, brought back the sound of mid-80s music to the charts with “All I WannaDo”, and this is just as catchy, and if there’s such a word, “unputdownable”.
When’s the album coming out? That’s what I want to know, and certainlysomething I wouldn’t have said for her last one.
7 N-Trance featuring Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
Rod Stewart with extra beats. It was fine as it was, and didn’t need thisextra ‘treatment’.
“Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” originally made No.1 in November 1978.
1 (2) Aqua – Barbie Girl *1st Week at No.1* First ever hit, and this week knocking the Spice Girls off their perch aftera week, for this weird band with a black-haired girl as ‘Barbie’, thepopular young girls doll, singing an endless chanting chorus of :
Yes, it’s catchy, but so is impetigo.
1 (2) Aqua – Barbie Girl *1st Week at No.1*
(* – my current favourites)
October 20th :
PARTY PEOPLE … FRIDAY NIGHT…………………….911 (Ginga/Virgin) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY………………………..Bing Abrahams (Hands On) DON’T THINK ABOUT IT……………………Adeva (Distinct’ive/Avex UK) CALL TO FREEDOM…………………………………Akimbo (Acid Jazz) AIN’T NO NEED TO HIDE……………………………Sandy B (Champion) LONG TIME NO SEE……………………Chico de Barge (Kedor/Universal) SUNDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY NIGHT….Matraca Berg (Rising Tide/Universal) GET HIGHER……………………………….Black Grape (Radioactive) WILLPOWER……………………………….Blue Star Blue (Coalition) GET READY TO BOUNCE………………..Brooklyn Bounce (Club Tools/Edel) SATURDAY SAM………………………….Peter Bruntnell (Almo Sounds) BONEDRIVEN……………………….Bush (Trauma/Interscope/Universal) KEEP IT CALM…………………………………..Phil Campbell (EMI) BLACK NOSTALJACK…………………………………Camp Lo (Profile) TELLIN’ STORIES…………………….The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet) EMOTIONS……………………………China Black (Wild Card/Polydor) GABRIEL………………………Roy Davis Jr. feat. Peven Everett (XL) ROCCO……………………………………Death In Vegas (Concrete) STRANDED………………………………..Deep Dish (Deconstruction) LIE DETECTOR…….David Devant & His Spirit Wife (Kindness/Rhythm King) SEROTONALITY…………………………..Dr. Didg (Hannibal/Rykodisc) LOST & FOUND……………………………………D*Note (Dorado/VC) 4 HERO EP……………………………..Earth Pioneers (Talkin Loud) DON’T LET IT GET YOU DOWN……………….Echo & The Bunnymen (London) LOVE ON THE PHONE……………………..Eleanor Rigby (Future Legend) SHE COULD FLY…………………………………..Ether (Parlophone) MY NOISE…………………………Pablo Eve 18 [Pablo Gargano] (Eve) OH BOY………………………………Fabulous Baker Boys (Multiply) EVERYBODY NEEDS A 303 [rm] – EVERYBODY LOVES A CARNIVAL…………….. ……………………………………………..Fatboy Slim (Skint) LUVER (ALL THAT I WANTED)…………………Gold Dust Twins (99 North) BLOW YOUR OWN ……………………………..Happy Human (Sugarcube) ONE DAY………………………..Carolyn Harding (NRK Sound Division) I’VE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET……………….The Harmony Rockets (Big Cat) TOURNIQUET………………………………………..Headswim (Epic) GETTING SCARED……………………………Imogen Heap (Almo Sounds) STEP INTO MY WORLD [rm]……………………..Hurricane #1 (Creation) NOTHING……………………………………..Jaguar (Warner Bros.) PLASTIC DREAMS (REVISITED)…………………………….Jaydee (R&S) FURYO [rm]……………………………………..Kayashi (Additive) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER…………………….Diana King (Work/Columbia) LOVELY [ri]……………………………………….Kwesi (Sony S2) SPILLER FROM RIO (DO IT EASY)……………………..Laguna (Positiva) REAL HEAVY SCIENCE………………………..Mad Doctor X (Freskanova) THIS LIFE…………………………………………..Mandalay (V2) MAYDAY ANTHEM………..Westbam pres. Members Of Mayday (Low Spirit/RCA) SAD HERO (EP)……………………………….Mimicry (More Protein) PC STREETS……………………………………..Mindstore (Marina) EVERYTHING I WANTED / HEAVEN CAN WAIT…….Dannii Minogue (Eternal/WEA) MOVE OVER……………………………..Mover (Superior Quality/A&M) ROCK THE FUNKY BEAT [rm]……………Natural Born Chillers (East West) BREATHING……………………………………..North & South (RCA) DO YA THINK I’M SEXY…N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart (All Around The World) GET WASTED TIME……………………………………The O (Polydor) MIRACLE [2nd rm]………………………………………Olive (RCA) ANGELA DAVIS……………………………One Inch Punch (Hut/Virgin) THE MOON AFTER THE FALL……………………………Outside (Dorado) THEME FROM PM3………………………….Palefield Mountain (Stress) ATOMIC…………………..Party Animals (Mokum/Deep Blue/Roadrunner ) CHOOSE LIFE………………..PF Project feat. Ewan McGregor (Positiva) DOIN’ JOBZ 4 THA MOB [rm]…………………………Pigforce (Island) MON AMOUR TOKYO……………………………Pizzicato Five (Matador) BANG ON……………………………..Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound) BEEN AROUND THE WORLD / IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BANJAMINS……………….. ………………………..Puff Daddy & The Family (Puff Daddy/Arista) SPACE JAM…………………………………Quad City DJs (Atlantic) MONDAY MORNING 5:19……………………………..Rialto (East West) INTERNAL CODE ERROR……………………..The Saafi Bros. (Blue Room) EXTRA SUAVE…………………………Sarah H. B. & G-Force (G Force) ANOTHER LOVE…………………………………………..Sn’u (WEA) RATZE OF CHANGE……………………………….Space DJz (Novamute) TRAFFIC………………………………………..Stereophonics (V2) SING A SONG……………………………..Byron Stingily (Manifesto) SLY…………………………….Sugar Ray feat. Supercat (Atlantic) YA ROCKIN’ [rm] / OPINION [rm]………………..Swoosh (Back 2 Basics) RENTED ROOMS…………………………….Tindersticks (This Way Up) PIRANHA BREAKS……………………………..Amon Tobin (Nunja Tune) ALWAYS THERE………………………………..UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin)
October 27th :
GUNMAN [rm]………………………….187 Lockdown (East West Dance) THIS IS MY HOLLYWOOD [ri]…………………..3 Colours Red (Creation) THE ONE I GAVE MY HEART TO…………….Aaliyah (Blackground/Atlantic) DUST………………………………………….Addict (Big Cat/V2) NEVER EVER…………………………………….All Saints (London) OVERDRIVE……………………………………………A.N.D! (EMI) LONELY……………………………………..Peter Andre (Mushroom) ANORAC IS … EP……………………………..Anorac (More Protein) CARRERA RAPIDA………………..Apollo Four Forty (Stealth Sonic/Epic) NAXALITE……………………………..Asian Dub Foundation (London) I GOT THE WHEREWITHALL……………………….The Audience (Mercury) RUMOURS………………………………….Awesome (Futurescope/MCA) AIN’T NO NEED TO HIDE……………………………Sandy B (Champion) APPLE TREE (TO BE FREE)………………..Erykah Badu (Kedor/Universal) DEADWEIGHT………………………………………….Beck (Geffen) STILL WATERS………………………………..The Bee Gees (Polydor) ROCK FREAK (EP)……………………………..Black Star Liner (WEA) THE BEST OF LOVE / GO THE DISTANCE………….Michael Bolton (Columbia) FRANTIC……………………………………..Billy Bragg (Fontana) BENEDICTUS / NIGHTMARE [rm]……………………..Brainbug (Positiva) HOW COULD AN ANGEL BREAK MY HEART………………………………… …………………………Toni Braxton with Kenny G. (LaFace/Arista) C.L.E.O.P.A.T.R.A. (GONNA BLOW IT)…………………..Cleopatra (WEA) I NEED A MIRACLE…………………………………..Coco (Positiva) REMINDING ME (OF SEF)………….Common feat. Chantay Savage (Columbia) IF YOU WALK AWAY……………………………..Peter Cox (Chrysalis) GIVE ME THE NIGHT……………………………..Randy Crawford (WEA) I WILL GO……………………………Patrick Jean-Paul Denis (Opaz) WORDS………………………………………Paul van Dyk (Deviant) THE S.A.S. AND THE GLAM THAT GOES WITH IT………Earl Brutus (Fruition) HERE COMES THE BIG RUSH……………………………Echobelly (Epic) SOCK IT 2 ME………………….Missy ‘Misdemeanour’ Elliott (Elektra) ALL YOU GOOD GOOD PEOPLE [ri]…………………..Embrace (Hut/Virgin) EPIDEMIC [rm]……………………………Exit EEE (Tripoli Trax/XL) 2 1/2 % INSTINCT EP: 50 WAYS TO SAY NO / GULLIBLES TRAVELS / APPETITE / DEFEND ME…………………………………………Gluebound (EMI) FADED…………………………………………Ben Harper (Virgin) ULTRAFUNKULA………………………………Armand van Helden (ffrr) THE KEY TO THE HOUSE OF LOVE (GIES IT)…………Hibee-Nation (Bubbles) DON’T DIE JUST YET…………………………..David Holmes (Go.Beat) TORN………………………………………Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) MR. BLUE…………………………………………..Junkster (RCA) SLUT………………………………The Kings Of Infinite Space (V2) AS (UNTIL THE DAY) [rm]………………………..The Knowledge (ffrr) FREE…………….Robert Miles feat. Cathy Sledge (Deconstruction/RCA) JAMES BOND THEME (TOMORROW NEVER DIES)…………………..Moby (Mute) DESIRE [rr]………………………………………Mulu (Dedicated) ALL OR NOTHING……………Natural Born Grooves (Natural Born Grooves) CLOSER………………………………Nitebredd – Night Breed (Wyze) BREATHING……………………………………..North & South (RCA) MIRACLE [2nd ri]………………………………………Olive (RCA) TO BE THE ONE [ri]……………………….Passion Star (MGL/Granite) ABSOLUTE E’SENSUAL………………………..Pure Gossip (Pure Gossip) I CAN’T LIVE WIITHOUT YOU [rr]……………………Queen (Parlophone) SIMPLE SINCERITY………………………………….Radish (Mercury) BROWN PAPER BAG………………Reprazent feat. Roni Size (Talkin Loud) THE AGE OF LOVE [rm]………………………Scooter (Club Tools/Edel) JUST CRUISIN’………………………………..Will Smith (Columbia) MF – NEW AVENGERS………………………………Snowboy (Acid Jazz) PLEASURE DOME………………………………..Soul II Soul (Island) MANTRA SLIDER………………..The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Coalition) 5, 6, 7, 8…………………………………………..Steps (Jive) TRAFFIC………………………………………..Stereophonics (V2) EVERYDAY…………………………….Angie Stone & Deveaux (Arista) THE KAZOO SONG……………………………….The Sweeney (Rotator) WHY…………………………………………….Sybil (Coalition) ANY OLD LOVE……………………..Ultra Nate (Strictly Rhythm/AM:PM) I SEE RED………………………………………..Unun (Deceptive) PRESSURE……………………………………..Urban Spirits (Jive) AJARE………………………………..Way Out West (Deconstruction) DON’T GIVE UP…………….Michelle Weeks (Definity/Ministry Of Sound) TULAROSA………………………………..Paul Young (CBL/East West)
November 3rd :
THE SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS……………Alabama 3 (Elemental) LITTLE DARLING……………………………………Bambino (Broken) OPEN ROAD……………………………………….Gary Barlow (RCA) JANIE, DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN……..Jon Bon Jovi (Jambco/Mercury) I NEED…………………………………..Meredith Brooks (Capitol) FEED IT………………………………….The Candyskins (Ultimate) THIS STRENGTH……………………………….Guy Chadwick (Setanta) TELL ME………………………………………Cath Coffey (Island) WRONG NUMBER……………………………………The Cure (Fiction) RHINO RAYS……………………….Dawn Of The Replicants (East West) TELL HIM………………………Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand (Epic) BEST GOT BETTER……………………………..Dub Pistols (Concrete) JOY & PAIN…………………………………..Eternity (Mastercuts) DON’T LEAVE [ri]………………………………..Faithless (Cheeky) POND…………………………………….God’s Boyfriend (Trade 2) HEY GIRL…………………………………….Billy Joel (Columbia) JUNGLE BROTHERS………………….The Jungle Brothers (Gee Street/V2) SHE’S LOOKING FOR ME………………….The Montrose Avenue (Columbia) WOMAN OF IRELAND……………………………….Mike Oldfield (WEA) EARTHBOUND / READ MY MIND……………Conner Reeves (Wildstar/Telstar) THE WORLD IS GREAT…………………………………..Showgirls (-) FREE BEAT……………………………………..DJ Suv (Full Cycle) PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME…………………………….Texas (Mercury) GRADUATE…………………………………Third Eye Blind (Elektra) CHAMELEON (SHED YOUR SKIN) [internet]…………Trigger (Aegean/Virgin) YOU AND ME SONG [2nd ri]……………………The Wannadies (Indolent) TRY MY LOVE……………………………Lalomie Washburn (Soulciety) [tba]………………………………………..Wireless (Chrysalis)
November 10th :
THE DELICIOUS EP…………………….The Catherine Wheel (Chrysalis) I’M LEAVIN’ U (GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO)……………………Bootsy Collins …………………………………feat. MC Lyte (Black Culture/WEA) YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME [ri]…………………………Jewel (Atlantic) ALANE…………………………………………..Was Madiko (Epic) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER………David McAlmont con David Arnold (East West) NAKED & SACRED…………………….Maria Nayler (Deconstruction/RCA) BETTER DAY………………………………..Ocean Colour Scene (MCA) OVER…………………………………………Portishead (Go.Beat) HELP THE AGED……………………………………….Pulp (Island) NO SURPRISES………………………………..Radiohead (Parlophone) ARE U READY?………………………………….Salt’n’Pepa (London) CRY………………………………………The Sundays (Parlophone)
November 17th :
WHO’S LOVING MY BABY…………………….Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) MISSING YOU……………………………..Mary J. Blige (Uptown/MCA) BUTTERFLY………………………………….Mariah Carey (Columbia) DAMN I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER……………………..En Vogue (East West) SUNDAY MORNING…………………………No Doubt (Traume/Interscope) ON MY OWN [ri]……………………………………….Peach (Mute) SMACK MY BITCH UP / NO MAN ARMY…………………….The Prodigy (XL) IT’S GREAT WHEN WE’RE TOGETHER……………..Finlay Quaye (Haiku/Epic) WAY OUT………………………………………….Santa Cruz (MCA) DON’T CRY FOR ME…………………..Lisa Stansfield (Big Life/Arista) PERFECT DAY………………….v.a. [Children In Need ’97] (Chrysalis)
November 24th :
SHOOTING STAR / BABY CAN I HOLD YOU TONIGHT…………Boyzone (Polydor) THE NIGHT THE EARTH CRIED……………….The Gravediggaz (Gee Street) DEMONS………………………………Super Furry Animals (Creation)
December 1st :
[tba]………………….The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin) SLAM DUNK DA FUNK………………………………………Five (RCA) [tba]……………………………………………Hanson (Mercury)
December 8th :
BEAUTIFUL NIGHT…………………………Paul McCartney (Parlophone)
December 15th :
TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN [rr]………………………..Queen (Parlophone)
December 29th :
AMNESIA…………………………………………Chumbawamba (EMI) FEEL SO GOOD………………………………………..Mase (Arista)
February 2nd :
MY STAR…………………………………………….Ian Brown (-)
Other forthcoming releasesNOVEMBER :
101………………………………………………Afrowax (white) FEELIN’ YOU [US imp]……………………………….Ali (Island US) ALL CRIED OUT………………………………….Allure (Crave/Epic) FUNK MUSIC…………………………….Dave Angel (Fourth&Broadway) DON’T SAY / SHINE / BAD GIRL / LET ME KNOW………………………… ……………………………………Jon B (550 Music/Yab Yum/Epic) FROM THE DIZZY HEIGHTS OF LOVE………………….The Beatnik (Cheeky) BIZZI’S PARTY………………………Bizzi (Rhythm Series/Parlophone) BACHELORETTE……………………………..Bjork (One Little Indian) DANCE (TO THAT THING)……………………….Black Magic (Diffusion) CRAZY FOR YOU……………………………Blonde Ambition (Energise) I’M AFRAID OF AMERCANS……………………………David Bowie (RCA) CAN’T LET HER GO………………………………Boyz II Men (Motown) FEELIN’ INSIDE…………………………………..Bobby Brown (MCA) 20 HZ…………………………………………….Capricorn (R&S) [tba]…………………………………….Paul Carrack (Ark21/EMI) I’M SO LONELY………………………………………Cast (Polydor) SHOW ME HEAVEN [rm]……………………………..Chimera (Neoteric) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT [rm]…….Club Artists United (Fat Boy/Nervous) I’VE JUST SEEN A FACE……………………….Holly Cole (Parlophone) [tba]………………………………………….Coolio (Tommy Boy) THE HORN (LE TREN)……………………………..DJ Dero (Manifesto) MANKIND / MUSIC FIRST…………………..DJ Die & DJ Suv (Full Cycle) LOVETHING………………………………………….Down Low (ZYX) WHAT WOULD WE DO?…………………………………..D.S.K. (Fresh) [tba]……………………………………Dubstar (Food/Parlophone) NON STOP OPERATION……………………………Dust Junkys (Polydor) RAIN………………………………………………Erasure (Mute) [tba]………………………………………….Feline (Chrysalis) FIRM BIZ………………….The Firm [Nas, Foxy Brown & AZ] (Columbia) SOLID SESSION…………………………………Format #1 (Brothers) LOVE IS LIKE OXYGENE……………………………Freebass (Freeflow) BARRIO GROOVES (EP)………………………..Freddy Fresh (Harthouse) AMERICA (I LOVE AMERICA) [rm]………………..Full Intention (Stress) GOT FUNK………………………….The Funkjunkies (Strictly Rhythm) THE RIGHT WAY………………………………..Eric Gadd (Hevi Floe) IT’S MY LIFE……………………………………..Gigabyte (Spore) THE GROOVE…………………………Global Communication (Dedicated) STOMP…………………………………..God’s Property (Universal) [tba]…………………………………………Green Day (Reprise) [tba]…………………………….Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (RCA) ENTROPY……………………………………..G.T.B. (Yum Yum/Epic) I BELIEVE [2nd rm]……………………….Happy Clappers (Coalition) [tba]…………………..Jools Holland & his R&B Orchestra (Coaltion) SURE SHOT…………………………………..House Builders (Spore) WORD IS LOVE…………………………….Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley (Silk) SCREAM………………………………………Invisible (Excession) FOOLING WITH MY LOVE [US imp]…………………Gisele Jackson (Waako) HIGH TIMES……………………………………Jamiroquai (Sony S2) SHINDO………………………………….Jon The Dentist (Additive) HAPPINESS……………………Kamasutra feat. Jocelyn Brown (Sony S3) [tba]…………………………Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) SAY WHAT YOU SAY…………………………….Lightning Seeds (Epic) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF………………………………Lucid (Delirious) AIN’T THAT JUST THE WAY……………Lutricia McNeal (Wildstar/Telstar) CIRCUSCLOWN………………………..Mega ‘Lo Mania (No Respect/Edel) DID IT AGAIN…………………………Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction) BACKSTABBERS…………………………………..Mark Morrison (WEA) SUNSHINE…………………………..Dr. Motte & Westbam (Low Spirit) WE CAN GET DOWN…………………………………….Myron (Island) GOODBYE…………………………………Northern Uproar (Heavenly) DON’T PUSH IT………………………………….Nu Vision (Downboy) THE EQUINOX………………………….Organized Konfusion (Priority) ADDICTED TO LOVE [rm]…………………………..Robert Palmer (EMI) KEEP YOUR LOVE…………………………………Partizan (Kartoonz) FALL DOWN……………………………..Michael Procter (Soul-furic) MAKES ME WANNA DANCE……………Rhythm Alliance (Positive Vibrations) ENTER THE SCENE…………..Rhythm Masters vs. DJ Supreme (Distinctive) INSECURITY (HOW COULD I)……………………….Roachford (Columbia) MOUTH…………………………………………Rochelle (Almighty) AFTER 12, BEFORE 6……………………….Sam Salter (LaFace/Arista) NO GREATER LOVE……………………………..Noel Sanger (Additive) FEEL FREE………………………………………..Seafield (Limbo) DEEPER……………………………………..Serious Danger (white) (I THOUGHT IT WAS) YOU / GET LOOSE………………Sex-O-Sonique (ffrr) [tba]………………………………….The Shirehorses (East West) [tba]……………………………………Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ROMEO & ME………………………………….Sleeper (Indolent/RCA) I THINK I’M IN LOVE……………………….Spiritualized (Dedicated) STORM………………………………………………….Storm (-) EVERYDAY I FALL APART……………………..Superstar (Camp Fabulous) START AGAIN……………………………..Teenage Fanclub (Creation) [tba]………………………………………Todd Terry (Manifesto) BLOWPIPE………………………………………Thursday Club (R&S) 14 HOURS TO SAVE THE EARTH…………………………Tomski (Firefly) LA LA LA…………………………….Tranquility Bass (Astralwerks) IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS…………………………….U2 (Island) OPEN YOUR MIND………………………………..U.S.U.R.A. (Malarky) ZEITGEIST EP………………………………………..v.a. (Stress) LUCKY MAN…………………………………………The Verve (Hut) READY…………………………………..Bruce Wayne (Logic/Arista) EVERYTHING SHE WANTS ’97………………………………Wham! (Epic) [tba]……………………………………….The Woolpackers (RCA) HOT SHOT ’97……………………………..Karen Young (Distinctive)
DECEMBER :
[tba]……………………………..The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone) [tba]…………………………………….Goldie (Metalheadz/ffrr) ALL ROUND THE WORLD……………………………….Oasis (Creation) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD…..Iggy Pop (Wall Of Sound/East West) [tba]…………………………………………Jimmy Ray (Sony S2) TOO MUCH……………………………………..Spice Girls (Virgin) I FEEL LOVE……………………………………..Vanessa-Mae (EMI) ANGLES…………………………………Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)
JANUARY :
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT…………………………Peter Andre (Mushroom) [tba]………………………………Faith Evans (Puff Daddy/Arista) [tba]……………………………………..Photek (Science/Virgin) SOME DAY……………………………………..Roachford (Columbia) [tba]……………………………………………The Smiles (A&M)
MARCH :
NAKED WITHOUT YOU……………………………..Roachford (Columbia)
The Verve remain at No.1 with “Urban Hymns”, while the other new entries inthe Top 10 are Lighthouse Family (Postcards From Heaven, 2), Sash (It’s MyLife, 6), The Corrs (Talk on Corners, 7) and Hot Chocolate (Their GreatestHits, 10).
Elsewhere in the Top 40, there are new entries for David Arnold (Shaken andStirred, 11) and Billy Joel (Greatest Hits Vol.3, 23).
44. Spacehog – In The Meantime
First hit of 1996 for Spacehog, making No.29 in the last week of the yearand for a song which made No.70 in May 96. It starts sounding like a phoneringing out, and slowly builds into a decent rock tune.
First class single, and it sounded like they could go far, but they’ve nothad any more Top 40 hits at all.
The end bit :
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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.