69 Vengaboys – We’re Going To Ibiza :O ===

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

69 Vengaboys – We’re Going To Ibiza :O ===I had this down for another instant No.1, but the fact that it’s bombed sospectacularly proves that there is a god!

37 Dove – Don’t Dream :O ===Godawful rap-cover of the classic Crowded House song, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”which became their first AND last single.

30 Sheryl Crow – Sweet Child O’ Mine :O ===Want a more tuneless version than Axl Rose’s original? It’s right here!

6 Martine McCutcheon – I’ve Got YouSecond single and not another No.1. I haven’t heard it unless the bit ofwarbling I caught on Jerry Springer’s new UK chat show was it, but with hernew long blonde tresses, she looks like she’s trying to be England’s answer toMariah Carey with a Sarah Jessica Parker haircut.

4 Enrique Iglesias – BailamosJulio Iglesias Jr. Not a bad song either.

1 Lou Bega – Mambo No.5 *2nd Week at No.1*

After becoming the first single to climb into the Top 40, when only beingavailable on import, since The Jam’s That’s Entertainment, the UK release ofthis single secures it a top slot, one place about Shaft’s similar “Mucho Mambo”

It’s not a bad tune, but isn’t the most impressive since it’s the rapping thatspoils it. Without the rapping, those who saw the recent Guiness advert willremember it accompanying the one where the old man swims for exactly 119.5seconds as the perfect pint is scored and his brother and the town cheer him on.On TV it was quite a short ad, but at the cinema it seemed to go on forever.

This is the 24th single to go straight in at No.1.

New releases :

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

30th August :95 North The RequestAll Seeing I 1st Man In SpaceAllison, Dot Close My eyesAngel, Dave Knockout EPAydin The Funky Child The VoiceAyla AylaCornell, Chris Can’t Change MeDJ Flavours Your Caress 99DJ Jean The LaunchDJ Rap Good To Be AliveElliot, Missy All N My GrillFatt Jack Who Let The Dogs OutFountains Of Wayne Troubled TimesGarnier, Laurent Sound Of The Big BobouGomez Rhythm & Blues AlibiGopher, Alex Party PeopleHeliotropic AliveHell CopaHybrid If I SurviveKaylif, Layla Apricot TimeNaughty By Nature JamboreePavement Major LeaguesRahzel All I KnowRising Star Touch MeRoots StrategyRuff Driverz Waiting 4 The SunShaft Mucho MamboStone Factory SunsetStrike U Sure DoSupergrass Movin’T – Spoon SummerloveTorrini, Emiliana To Be FreeUsual Suspects StalkerVengaboys We’re Going To Ibiza

6th September :A-Sides RevolverATB Don’t StopBalearic Bill Destination SunshineBenet, Eric Spend My Life With YouBlaze Wishing You Were HereBlur SetBrother Brown Under The WaterBryan, Kelle Higher Than HeavenCole, Andy OutstandingCosmos Summer In SpaceCruzeman AstecEchobeatz Africa 2000Eiffel ’65 BlueFlaming Lips Waitin’ For A SupermanFragma Toca MeGenelab Anorak LouJamiroquai SupersonicJuno Reactor PistoleroL, Jonny SpikeLeftfield Afrika Shox/Phat PlanetLeila SodastreamLolly MickeyMedal Porno SongMullins, Shawn What Is LifeMuse CaveN Sync Drives Me CrazyPhoenix HeatwaveRegular Fries Dust It (Don’t Bust it)Ross, Diana Not Over You YetSixpence None The Richer There She GoesSugar Ray SomedaySupergrass Movin’ (NCQ 7″)Sylvian, David God ManTwain, Shania Man I Feel Like A Woman

13th September :Bentley Rhythm Ace TBCBlackstreet Think About YouBocelli, Andrea Canto Della TerraBrainchild Symmetry CBrooks, Garth Lost In YouCube It Happens To Me All The TimeDe Burgh, Chris TBCEstefan, Gloria Santo SantoEtienne, Valerie MisunderstandingEverything But The Girl Five FathomsHouston, Whitney Heartbreak HotelJamiroquai 12″ Box SetJones, Tom & The Cardigans Burning Down The HouseLit ZiplockMarley, Bob Sun Is ShiningNorthern Line Run For Your LifeRemy Zero ProphecySanchez, Junior Be With YouSting Brand New DayTamperer Hammer To The HeartTyrese Sweet LadyYork The Awakening

20th September :21st Century Girls Teenage AttackBarlow, Gary ArmsBowie, David Thursday’s ChildBrooks, Meredith Lay DownC, Melanie TBCCarroll, Dina Say You Love MeDaddy’s Favourite I Feel Good Things For YouEternal What’cha Gonna DoIdlewild A Little DiscouragedInsane Clown Posse TBCJamelia Thinking Of YouKelly, R Turn Back The Hands Of TimeLongpigs TBCS Club 7 S Club PartySpace Brothers TBCSpears, Britney (You Drive Me) Crazy

27th September :911 WonderlandBackstreet Boys Larger Than LifeGabrielle SunshineGlamma Kid WhyGuano Apes Open Your EyesHoneyz TBCJames TBCKnight, Jordan Give It To YouPet Shop Boys New York City BoyRickett, Adam Everything My Heart Desires

4th October :B*Witched Jesse Hold OnBeck TBCCharlatans, The ForeverChemical Brothers Out Of ControlCranberries Just My ImaginationEurythmics I Saved The World Today

18th October :Aguilera, Christina Genie In A BottleFive TBC

25th October :Westlife Fly Without Wings

8th November :Fun Lovin’ Criminals Up On The HillWilliams, Robbie She’s The One/It’s Only Us

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998

37. Natalie Imbruglia – Smoke

The fourth single from her “Left of the Middle” album was a ballad that grewon me with each play. It’s also one of the few slow songs that translatedperfectly to a fast dance track and still gets the occasional play onGalaxy 102 FM in Manchester.

In its original form, the track made No.5 in October last year. Her onlyother single last year was “Wishing I Was There” (No.19, June 98), but she’sdone nothing in the charts so far this year.

The end bit :

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Bye for now,

Dominator