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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 : 13 new entries, 4 climbers, 3 non-movers & 20 downers

It’s goodbye to :

And hello to :

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 this week, 4 climbers (Backstreet Boys from 8 to 7, Clock from18 to 16, Tina Moore from 23 to 21, and Will Smith from 25 to 24),3 non-movers (Eternal at 11, Jimmy Ray at 26, and one other),and 20 going down.

Big fallers include Diana King (17 to 31), Puff Daddy (20 to 32),Goldie (13 to 35) and Roy Davies Jr. (22 to 36).

POP NEWS

Nothing to report this week.

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

37 Rialto – Monday Morning 5:19

Excellent first Top 40 hit at last for this band, who performed this onTFI Friday last week. Deserved a Top 10 placing like that from Embrace.

33 Sundance – Sundance

Average dance tune, which I thought would’ve gone in higher.

27 North and South – Breathing

Third single from the teenypop band with no talent, going for a slower song,but getting further and further lower chart positions.

18 Bee Gees – Still Waters (Run Deep)

Their first hit of the year, Alone, made No.5 in late February, and theyreceived the Brits 97 Award for Outstanding Contribution at the time.

In June, the follow-up, I Could Not Love You More made No.14, and thendisappeared the following week.

Now their new single, a fairly average effort for the Bee Gees, makes onlyNo.18 on its first week out.

However, all of this is by the by after their performance on Clive AndersonTalks Back last week when the three brothers, Barry especially, couldn’t seethe funny side of Clive’s sarcasm, when after announcing that they used tobe called “Les Tossers”, Clive said, “You’ll always be Les Tossers to me”,and later when they mentioned an old song, “Don’t Forget To Remember”, Clivesaid, “I’ve forgotten it already”.

Barry said “You would wouldn’t you!”, and later followed with “We’re going downlike a storm aren’t we Clive? In fact I think I might just leave”. He gets up,so does a second one, later followed by a third. When Barry left, he pointedat Clive and said, “You’re the tosser pal”. It then took a while before Cliverealised they weren’t coming back…

8 Embrace – All You Good Good People EP

Third Top 40 hit for Embrace, and a reissue for the one that got away, onlymaking No.157 back in February. Excellent powerful song, and getting a fairbit of airplay.

2 Natalie Imbruglia – Torn *

Debut single for the ex-Neighbours star where she played Beth Brennan, thenwith long hair, who left the show after her character married Brad Willis.

She quit to start a singing career, and it’s taken about three years, but thefirst results has struck a No.2 hit instantly, even though it was originallydue out two weeks ago. Perhaps a good thing they did put it back, probablybecause the Spice Girls put their record back to the same week. They could’vehad a No.1 if they hadn’t reckoned with a force stronger than the Spice Girls,namely Aqua.

1 (1) Aqua – Barbie Girl *2nd 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.

New releases :

(* – my current favourites)

October 27th :

COAL BLACK HORSES………………………………16 Horsepower (A&M) 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 (RUN DEEP)………………………The Bee Gees (Polydor) ROCK FREAK (EP)……………………………..Black Star Liner (WEA) THE BEST OF LOVE / GO THE DISTANCE………….Michael Bolton (Columbia) BENEDICTUS / NIGHTMARE [rm]……………………..Brainbug (Positiva) HOW COULD AN ANGEL BREAK MY HEART……………………………….. …………………………Toni Braxton with Kenny G. (LaFace/Arista) FRANTIC…………………………………Bullyrag (Fontana-Vertigo) 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) LOST & FOUND……………………………………D*Note (Dorado/VC) HATE THE DISCO………………………………..The Driven (Polydor) 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) DON’T LET IT GET YOU DOWN……………….Echo & The Bunnymen (London) 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 (Wyze) BREATHING……………………………………..North & South (RCA) MIRACLE [2nd ri]………………………………………Olive (RCA) MEMO FROM TURNER………………….Patti Palladin (Eruption/Creation) TO BE THE ONE [ri]……………………….Passion Star (MGL/Granite) CHOOSE LIFE………………..PF Project feat. Ewan McGregor (Positiva) ECHO DEK………………………………….Primal Scream (Creation) 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) MONDAY MORNING 5:19……………………………..Rialto (East West) THE AGE OF LOVE [rm]………………………Scooter (Club Tools/Edel) 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) SUNDANCE…………………………………………Sundance (React) 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 … ETC…………………………….Bambino (Broken) OPEN ROAD……………………………………….Gary Barlow (RCA) HUNCHBACK OF SAN FRANCISCO………………………….Perry Blake (-) JANIE, DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN……..Jon Bon Jovi (Jambco/Mercury) I NEED…………………………………..Meredith Brooks (Capitol) FEED IT………………………………….The Candyskins (Ultimate) I’M SO LONELY………………………………………Cast (Polydor) 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 LATEST CRAZE…………………………………Showgirls (Poppy) 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 :

MELO MELO…………………………………………Baby Birkin (-) 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) DEMONS………………………………Super Furry Animals (Creation)

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) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF………………………………Lucid (Delirious) 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) TOMORROW NEVER DIES………………………………Sheryl Crow (A&M) THE NIGHT THE EARTH CRIED……………….The Gravediggaz (Gee Street) FEELING GOOD………………………………………Half & Half (-) WHAT YOU SAY………………………………..Lightning Seeds (Epic) FANTASY ISLAND……………………………..M People (M People/BMG)

December 1st :

THE PRIVATE PSYCHEDELIC REEL…………………………………….. ………………………The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Virgin) SLAM DUNK DA FUNK………………………………………Five (RCA) I WILL COME TO YOU………………………………..Hanson (Mercury) LUCKY MAN…………………………………………The Verve (Hut)

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 releases

NOVEMBER :

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 (550Music/Yab Yum/Epic) LONG TIME NO SEE……………………Chico de Barge (Kedor/Universal) 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) 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) CHINESE BURN…………………………………….Curve (Universal) THE HORN (LE TREN)……………………………..DJ Dero (Manifesto) MANKIND / MUSIC FIRST…………………..DJ Die & DJ Suv (Full Cycle) LOVETHING………………………………………….Down Low (ZYX) FIVE STEPS……………..Dru Hill (Island Black Music/Fourth&Broadway) 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) STEPPING STONE…………………………..G Love & Special Sauce (-) 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) YOU SEXY THING…………………………………Hot Chocolate (EMI) 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. Stefan Frank ou Jocelyn Brown (Sony S3) DOCTRAIN…………………………………….The Levellers (China) [tba]…………………………Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) LET’S GO ROUND AGAIN………………………….Louise (1st Ave./EMI) 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) SPACE JAM…………………………………Quad City DJs (Atlantic) 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 (-) (I THOUGHT IT WAS) YOU / GET LOOSE………………Sex-O-Sonique (ffrr) [tba]……………………………………Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ROMEO & ME………………………………….Sleeper (Indolent/RCA) JUST CRUISIN’………………………………..Will Smith (Columbia) 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) ALWAYS THERE………………………………..UB40 (DEP Int./Virgin) OPEN YOUR MIND………………………………..U.S.U.R.A. (Malarky) ZEITGEIST EP………………………………………..v.a. (Stress) READY…………………………………..Bruce Wayne (Logic/Arista) [tba]………………………………..Paul Weller (Go!Discs/Island) EVERYTHING SHE WANTS ’97………………………………Wham! (Epic) ENDLESS NAME……………………………..The Wildhearts (Mushroom) [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)

Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

The Verve remain at No.1 with “Urban Hymns”, while there’s onlyone new entry in the form of John Lennon (Legend: The Very Best Of, 4).

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1997

45. Sting – I Was Brought To My Senses

Four top 40 hits last year for Sting, but this was, for me, the best of themmaking No.31 in September.

Others released were “Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot”, “You Still Touch Me”,and a ‘duet’ with Pato Banton on a revised Police original, “Spirits in theMaterial World”. Also, after doing a spot on TFI Friday, he released an EPof songs from that programme, the surprisingly-named, “Live at TFI Friday EP”.

Rounding off the year came another single, “I’m So Happy That I Can’t StopCrying”, but alas it didn’t make the Top 40.

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