34 Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive 'n' Wail *

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 : 11 new entries, 0 climbers, 0 non-movers & 29 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…

11 new entries :

34 Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jump Jive ‘n’ Wail *

31 Feeder – Day In Day Out

16 Aphex Twin – Windowlicker

15 Sash! – Colour The World

14 System F – Out of the Blue

10 Des’ree – You Gotta Be (remix)

7 TLC – No Scrubs

5 New Radicals – You Get What You Give * !!!

3 Billie – Honey To The Bee

2 Cartoons – Witch Doctor :O ===

1 Mr Oizo – Flat Beat :O === so the following dropped out :

40 David Sylvian – I Surrender

39 E-17 – Betcha Can’t Wait

38 Daniel O’Donnell – The Way Dreams Are

37 Spice Girls – Goodbye

36 Men Of Vizion – Do You Feel Me?

34 Take 5 – Never Had It So Good

33 Orbital – Style

28 REM – At Your Most Beautiful

22 Echo & The Bunnymen – Rust

20 Spacedust – Let’s Get Down

16 Delirious? – See the Star 0 climbers : 0 non-movers : and 29 going down. Big fallers include :

9 (1) B*witched

13 (4) Robbie Williams

17 (8) Kele Le Roc

18 (9) Andy Williams New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

42 Ellie Campbell – Sweet Lies

43 Hurricane #1 – The Greatest High

47 DJ Rap – Everyday Girl

48 Christian Fry – Won’t You Stay

52 Lamb – B Line

53 Mount Rushmore presents The Knack – You Better

58 Jark Prongo – Movin’ Through Your System

65 Black Dog featuring Ofra Haza – Babylon

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

34 Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jump Jive ‘n’ Wail *

The first of three new entries this week which feature in adverts, BrianSetzer’s (Stray Cats) track is used in the current adverts for the overpricedGap designer clothing company, although anything with a designer label isoverpriced.

A very funky tune, and completely different from the Stray Cats, but unlikelyto go any further.

10 Des’ree – You Gotta Be (remix) (R)

Best known for “Feel So High” (No.51, Aug 91; No.13, Jan 92), this track andthe dreadful “Life” (you look it up, I hated it), “You Gotta Be” features inthe adverts for Ford Focus cars and is the third time it has had a chart entryfollowing No.20 in April 1994, and No.14 in March 1995 (in remix form).

I liked the song at first, but this endless re-releasing is taking the piss,but what can you do when your music career is heading for Dumperville? Well, itmust be. Who else would break off from singles releases from your current albumto re-release an old one?

5 New Radicals – You Get What You Give * !!!

Best new single of the week is this upbeat 80s’ sounding tune which reminds meof B52’s “Follow Your Bliss” from the Cosmic Thing album, but with lyrics.

3 Billie – Honey To The Bee

Fourth single from Billie. Okay, but nothing special. Still, at least it’s adamn sight better than the pointless “She Wants You”, and has a much bettervideo.

2 Cartoons – Witch Doctor :O ===

Aqua Mk.II – if you’ve not heard this group, I’ve summed them up for you.I can’t believe this shit is allowed to be sold in shops.

1 Mr Oizo – Flat Beat :O === *1st Week at No.1*

Who is Mr. Oizo? Seen the Levi’s ads with the puppet tapping away to amonotonous drum beat? That’s the one. The puppet is “Flat Eric” and he isapparently the latest trend, such that everything containing his image, eg.T-shirts, are the hottest property in town.

Sad. Sad. Sad.

This is the 10th single to go straight in at No.1.

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

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New releases :

If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know

March 29th :Cassius TBCCatatonia Dead From The Waste DownCranberries TBCDeetah El ParadisoDes’ree You Gotta BeElectronic VividHeller, Pete Big LoveLynden David Hall Medicine 4 My PainMarsden, Mathew Walk My WayTexas Once in a Lifetime

April 5th :Glamma Kid TabooGroove Armada If Everybody LookedMcCutcheon, Martine Perfect MomentPuressence This FeelingRhymes, Busta Whats It Gonna BeSasha TBCUB40 TBC

April 12th :Fatboy Slim Right Here, Right NowHappy Mondays TBCNail, Jimmy Blue Beyond The GreyStar Power X Ray OK (Remixes)Suede Electricity

April 19th :Cast Beat MammaSara Evans No Place For ThatMike & The Mechanics TBCMishka Give You All The LoveSalt N Pepa Push It ’99Terry, Todd TBC

April 26th :Cardigans TBCGay Dad JoyMeja How Crazy Are YouVictoria Fall

Other forthcoming releases

APRIL :

MAY :

JUNE :

JULY :

[tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)

AUGUST :

[tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)

SEPTEMBER :

[tba] – Oasis (Creation)

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Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

15 Vengaboys – The Party Album

16 Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill

27 Blackstreet – Finally

29 Elton John And Friends – Aida

45 Barbara Windsor – You’ve Got A Friend

56 Adam And The Ants – Very Best Of

64 Deus – The Ideal Crash The top 5 goes like this :

1 Blur – 13

2 Corrs – Talk On Corners

3 Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails

4 Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You

5 Corrs – Forgiven, Not Forgotten

New releases :

If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know

March 29th :

April 5th :

April 19th :

April 26th :

Us & Them – Godflesh (Earache)

May 3rd :

[tba] H – Suede (Nude)

May 10th :

Supreme Clientele – Ghostface Killah (Epic)

Other forthcoming releases

APRIL :

MAY :

JUNE :

JULY :

AUGUST :

SEPTEMBER :

OCTOBER :

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Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998

14. Bryan Adams – I’m Ready

I didn’t really like this ballad at first, but after a few plays of the liveMTV Unplugged version, it really grew on me. The track made No.20 in March lastyear.

Other singles released in 1998 were another grower with an interesting video,”On A Day Like Today” (No.13, Oct) and “When You’re Gone” (No.3, Dec), thelatter also having a fairly good video, and while it’s another duet for BryanAdams, it’s Melanie C’s first time in the charts without the Spice Girls, whocollectively released “Goodbye” shortly after and went on to have the Xmas No.1for the third year running.

If I had any complaints about this duet though, it’d be that Bryan’s voicetends to drown out Mel C’s, and that he’s wearing far too much eye make-up inthe video, making him look like an actor in “A Clockwork Orange” !

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

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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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