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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 : 14 new entries, 1 climbers, 4 non-movers & 21 downers.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…
14 new entries:
45 Tina Cousins – Forever
43 Dwight Yoakam – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
I expected more from these three this week, with chart-regulars The BeautifulSouth, new hit soulstress Tina Cousins, the song being one of the better dancereleases of the moment, and Dwight Yoakam with the music from thecountry-and-western GAP clothes ad.
33 Jungle Brothers – VIP * !!!I wouldn’t normally entertain this band on my radio but on the few times I’veheard this, it’s obvious it’s a decent, funky track for blasting out loud.
29 Celine Dion – Treat Her Like a LadyHer heart may go on, but not the hits it seems.
14 Mel G – Word Up :O ===And the same goes for the Spice Girl whose marriage is on the rocks and herchart status is going tits up as well with this flop.
6 Lolly – Viva La Radio :O ===Godawful pop pap for 5-year-olds and under.
2 Will Smith – Wild Wild WestWasn’t bad when I first heard this but I’ve grown tired of it now. It’s the themetune for his new film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and the last time they teamedup was for 1997’s Men In Black.
I wonder if Barry Sonnenfeld’s changed his name by deed poll to “the man who madeMen In Black”, as that’s all he’s ever referred to when this new film ismentioned (!)
1. ATB – 9pm (Till I Come) * *2nd Week at No.1*There’s not a lot I can say about this other than it’s been around in importform for quite a while and it’s the song with a ‘bendy synthesiser’ sound thatI’ve heard many times but the radio station NEVER said who they were playing!(Don’t you hate that?)
Probably the best dance track of the summer, although I think it’s been aroundsince last summer.
STOP PRESS: Mon 28th June: I found the cassette single in Our Pricetoday in Chester for 99p and managed to find a decent box that wasn’t smudgedwith stickyness from the price label. Since this is the first cassette singleI’ve bought in about 3 years I never thought to check the following, but whenI thought the bloke was going to get the tape from the back, he actuallychanged the box to one of those shitty cardboard ones. I only found this outwhen I was driving home. Methinks a letter to “Our Price Customer Services”is in order as it technically breaks the Trades Descriptions Act.
This is the 19th single to go straight in at No.1.
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
June 28th :Azaman CelebrationBachelor Girl Buses & TrainsBeautiful South The TableBlur Coffee & TVColdcut Autumn LeavesCousins, Tina ForeverCover U Want MoneyCranberries Animal InstinctCube Natural MillionaireDion, Celine Treat Her Like A LadyDylan Blackout (Remix)Elliot, Missy She’s A B*tchFive TBCFoul Play Red RumFreq Nasty Move BackFresh, Freddy What It IsFriends Of Matthew Out ThereG, Mel Word UpGinuwine Same Ol’ GGomez Bring It OnGoo Goo Dolls IrisGouryella GouryellaHill, Lauryn Everything Is EverythingHole AwfulHurricane #1 Remote ControlInflexion PureJunior, TR Rock With MeKnight, Beverly Greatest DayLolly Viva La RadioMAS Collective JoyMase Get ReadyMero It Must Be LoveMoby BodyworkMoogwai A Night OutPrototype SoundpiercingREM SuspicionRun DMC Walk This Way ’99Savage Garden Animal SongSemisonic Secret SmileSkinny Friday (Going Out)Smith, Will Wild Wild WestSpace Brothers LegacySporty Thievez No PigeonsStaton, Candi Young Hearts Run FreeStraw Soundtrack Of The SummerSubcircus Do You Feel LovedSurreal Madrid Freaky People (remix)Swift ReloadTaylor, Pauline Come DownWilco A Shot In The ArmYoakam, Dwight Crazy Little Thing Called Love July 5th :Alice Dee Jay Better Off AloneAphrodite Woman That RollsBarlow, Gary StrongerBis DetourBlockster GroovelineBlur Coffee & TV (12″)Cardigans Hanging AroundCarroll, Dina Without LoveCatatonia LondiniumDe Lange, Isle Flying BlindDef Leppard PromisesDestiny’s Child Bills, Bills, BillsElectronic Late At NightFridge Of EPFunky Green Dogs Can’t Help ItJ-88 The Look Of LoveManic Street Preachers TsunamiMartin, Ricky La Vida LocaMazelle, Kym A Place In My HeartMerz Many Weathers ApartMullins, Shawn ShimmerOoberman Million Sun’sOrbital Nothing LeftPeshay BluePhats & Small September ’99Roxette AnyoneSasha Expander E.P.Sepultura TBCShaboom Sweet SensationSkribble, DJ Everybody Come OnUltrasound Aire & CalderWestlife If I Let You Go July 12th :Art Of Trance Madagascar (Remix)Blue Nature A Life So ChangedCaprice Oh YeahCassius TBCCast Magic HourDoolally Straight From The HeartFreestylers Here We GoHell CopaMadness TBCMarlo How Do I KnowOrton, Beth Central ReservationShanice When I Close My EyesVan Helden, Armand Boogie MonstersYomanda Synth & Strings July 19th :Basement Jaxx Rendez-VuBrown, Jennifer AliveClock Sunshine DayEminem Guilty ConscienceGrooves, Scott/Parliament Mothership ReconnectionJames TBCKeating, Ronan When You Say Nothing At AllMartin, Billy Ray HoneyMasters At Work & India To Be In LoveMorisson, Mark My Best FriendPet Shop Boys I Don’t Know What You WantPlanet Perfecto Feat Not Over Yet ’99Richard, Cliff The MiracleSmash Mouth All StarTyrese Nobody Else July 26th :Animal House Animal House EPCostello, Elvis SheDe-Ryus Grass Aint GreenerDope Smugglaz Double Double DutchSpace Raiders (I Need The) Disko Doktor 2nd August :All Seeing I 1st Man In SpaceBlackstreet Think About YouBrand New Heavies Saturday NightMonica Angel Of MineWestlife If I Let You Go 9th August :Salt N Pepa Gitty Up 16th August :La’s, The There She GoesThis week there are new entries for
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
Other forthcoming releases JULY : [tba] – Aqua (Universal) [tba] – No Doubt (Interscope) AUGUST : [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA) [tba] – Tom Jones (Gut) SEPTEMBER : [tba] – Mary Jane Lamond (Wicklow/BMG Classics) [tba] – Bill Laswell (Wicklow/BMG Classics) [tba] – Laurel MacDonald (Wicklow/BMG Classics) [tba] – Varttina (Wicklow/BMG Classics) OCTOBER : [tba] – Metallica w/San Francisco Symphony Orch. (Vertigo/Mercury) [tba] – Oasis (Creation) [tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone) [tba] – U2 (Island)Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998
28. Imani Coppola – Legend Of A CowgirlThis one-hit wonder made No.32 for a week before dropping out again inFebruary last year. I’d heard it a number of times before I realisedwho it was as it never gives the title away.
IIRC, the promo video allows Ms. Coppola to indulge herself in her favouritefantasies.
The song was scheduled to be followed-up with “I’m a Tree” but that either nevermade the Top 200 or was withdrawn.
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.