26 Neil Finn – She Will Have Her Way * !!!

J U N E 1 3 T H 1 9 9 8

The initial bit :

In the last chart of 1997, I posted my Top 50 singles of theyear, picking out the Top 10 first. During 1998, I’ll be going through thelist one by one.

This week : 13 new entries, 5 climbers, 1 non-movers & 21 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…

13 new entries this week :

  • 36 Sonique – I Put A Spell On You
  • 32 Elton John – If The River Can Bend
  • 30 Ultrasound – Stay Young
  • 27 Wombles – Wombling Song (Underground Overground)
  • 26 Neil Finn – She Will Have Her Way * !!!
  • 21 Chumbawamba – Top Of The World (Ole, Ole, Ole) :O ===
  • 18 Shania Twain – When
  • 17 Alexia – Gimme Love
  • 15 Del Amitri – Don’t Come Home Too Soon
  • 14 K.P. & Envyi – Swing My Way
  • 12 2 Pac – Do For Love
  • 9 England United – (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World
  • 4 Mariah Carey – My All so the following dropped out :
  • 40 Robyn – Do You Really Want Me
  • 39 Spiritualized – The Abbey Road EP
  • 38 Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
  • 37 Collapsed Lung – Eat My Goal
  • 36 Kenickie – I Would Fix You
  • 35 Simply Red – Say You Love Me
  • 34 Bran Van 3000 – Drinking in LA
  • 33 Imaani – Where Are You
  • 29 James – Runaground * !!!
  • 28 Arsenal FC – Hot Stuff
  • 27 Fog – Been A Long Time
  • 23 Levert/Sweat/Gill – Curious
  • 12 Super Furry Animals – Ice Hockey Hair 5 climbers :
  • 2 (3) Mousse T Vs Hot’n’Juicy
  • 6 (7) Mavericks
  • 7 (8) Lutricia McNeal
  • 8 (11) Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas
  • 25 (32) Rod Stewart 1 non-movers :
  • 1 B*witched – C’est La Vie and 21 going down. Big fallers include :
  • 22 (6) Embrace
  • 28 (18) N-Tyce
  • 29 (16) Public Enemy
  • 34 (19) Natalie Imbruglia
  • 38 (21) Cleopatra
  • 39 (24) Next

    Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

    26 Neil Finn – She Will Have Her Way * !!!

    One of my favourite bands came to an end in 1996 when Crowded House calledit a day, with the members going their separate ways almost. Tim and NeilFinn carried on as Finn with an album and two singles in the UK, “Suffer Never”and “Angel’s Heap”.

    “Recurring Dream” was the compilation album which was released in June 96,with limited edition copies containing an extra CD of live material. There weretwo new songs on it were released as singles. “Instinct” was the first, and itmade No.12 in that month. The second was the slower, “Not The Girl You ThinkYou Are” which made No.20 the following August, and their last single was are-release of their first hit “Don’t Dream It’s Over” with a new video,making only No.25 that time round.

    “She Will Have Her Way” is Neil Finn’s first solo single since the break upand is a slow, but excellent tune and deserves a much higher placing than thisbut it won’t get it. The only thing that does surprise me is that it got aTop 40 placing at all since UK radio stations tend to ignore anything remotelyalong the lines of Crowded House save for “Weather With You” which is theonly thing they ever play.

    21 Chumbawamba – Top Of The World (Ole, Ole, Ole) :O ===

    The first of three football songs to enter the charts this week and this is theworst of the lot.

    It’s like a watered-down version of the overrated “Tubthumping” and sucks bigtime, the only thing making it football-like, save for the video, is the chorusof “Ole, Ole, Ole”.

    15 Del Amitri – Don’t Come Home Too Soon

    The second football song is the most depressing one of the lot. You won’t findtoo many Scotland football fans chanting this slow suicide-inducing effort onthe terraces.

    They may as well have written 5 minutes of “You’re going to lose anyway, sowhy bother entering”.

    9 England United – (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World

    And the third football song of the week is the official England football teamsong, but despite the fact that it features the talents of Ian McCulloch andthe lead singers of Ocean Colour Scene and Space, it’s hardly the most catchyof songs around and certainly won’t be sung on the terraces, unlike the two thatwill, both of which will be fighting it out for the top slot next week.

    The other five ‘artists’ on the record are the Spice Girls (pre-Geri’s split),proving yet again as they can’t get another No.1 since their last single “Stop”did just that at No.2.

    1 (1) B*witched – C’est La Vie *2nd Week at No.1*

    New Irish 4-piece female band, one of them being the sister of Shane fromBoyzone, so they were destined for a hit anyway.

    Cynicism aside, this is actually a very good poppy debut, up there in pophistory with All Saints’ “I Know Where It’s At” and SpiceGirls’ “Wannabe”, and since the Spice Girls could now be on their wayout, this could be just the band to take over. After all, post-Take That,it’s been Boyzone who’s taken their limelight.

    Up to the top of this page

    New releases :

    May 25th : DO FOR LOVE……………………2pac feat. Eric Williams (Amaru/Jive) PUPANANNY [rm]………………………………Afrika Bambaataa (ZYX) SPECIAL WORLD………………………………Astralasia (Magick Eye) THE BOY IS MINE………………………….Brandy & Monica (Atlantic) EVERYBODY HERE WANTS YOU…………………….Jeff Buckley (Columbia) ISOLATION…………………………………………Bullet (London) C’EST LA VIE…………………………….B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic) SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME AGAIN…..Annie Christian (Equipe Ecosse/V2) TOP OF THE WORLD (OL=C9 OL=C9)…………………….Chumbawamba (EMI) CHAPTER 8 – SEASHORE & HORIZON…………………..Cornelius (Matador) TRY MY LOVE……………………………….Shauna Davis (Solid/OSM) COME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW (EP) / LOVE IS BACK / IF YOU FEEL LIKE A SINNER / PERFECT WAY…………………………..Embrace (Hut/Virgin) THE GREAT ESCAPE…………………..The England Supporters’ Band (V2) HEAVEN’S WHAT I FEEL………………………….Gloria Estefan (Epic) BEEN A LONG TIME…………………………………..The Fog (Pukka) ORANGE COLOURED LIQUID (EP) / BIG EYE STARE / BLUE RINSE………….. …………………………………………….Formula One (Vaclav) UNTIL THE DAY……………………..Funky Green Dogs (Twisted UK/MCA) COLOURED ONLY…………………………….Laurent Garnier (F Comm) IT’S TIME…………………………………………Tommy Gee (R&S) SWEET JOHNNY………………………..Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci (Fontana) SUMMER HERE KIDS…………………………….Grandaddy (Big Cat/V2) MEAT PIE, SAUSAGE ROLLS (C’MON ENGLAND, GI’S US A GOAL)……………. ……………………………..Grandad Roberts & His Son Elvis (WEA) WISHING I WAS THERE…………………………Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) HOKUS POKUS……………………………Insane Clown Possee (Island) RUNAGROUND…………………………………James (Fontana/Mercury) LET ME LOVE YOU FOR TONIGHT……………………….Kariya (Sidewalk) I WOULD FIX YOU…………………………………….Kenickie (EMI) CURIOUS……………………….Levert Sweat Gill (East West-Elektra) STUFFED (EP)…………………………..Liberty 37 (Beggars Banquet) WHEN SUSANNAH CRIES………………………….Espen Lind (Universal) THE BUSINESS………………………………..Brian May (Parlophone) ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED………………………Shernette May (Virgin) ANYTIME…………………………….Brian McKnight (Motown/Mercury) THE DAY OF YOUR LIFE……………………………Midget (Radarscope) MAYBE I’M DEAD…………………………………Money Mark (Mo Wax) HORNY [rm]………………………..Mousse T. vs. Hot’n’Juicy (AM:PM) TOO CLOSE…………………………………………..Next (Arista) LONDON RAIN………………………………Heather Nova (Big Cat/V2) ANYTIME [rm]……………………………….Nu-Birth (Locked On/XL) HE GOT GAME………..Public Enemy feat. Stephen Stills (DefJam/Mercury) THE TRUTH………………………………………Qattara (Positiva) SECRET LOVE………………………………………Shah (Evocative) CHEMISSINYADISS……………………Silvah Bullet (Arthrob/Coalition) I’VE PUT A SPELL ON YOU…………………………..Sonique (Serious) THE ABBEY ROAD EP: COME TOGETHER / BROKEN HEART…………………… ………………………………………..Spiritualized (Dedicated) CLEAR……………………………..Statik Sound System (Cup Of Tea) ICE HOCKEY HAIR (EP) / SMOKIN’ -/ MU-TRON / LET’S QUIT SMOKIN’……… ……………………………………Super Furry Animals (Creation) FAST MACHINE………………………………………..Tin Star (V2) FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL……………………..Emma Townshend (East West) HOMESICK…………………………………..Ultra Living (Creation) SLAIN BY ELF…………………………Urusei Yatsura (Ch9/Coalition) SCRATCH & SNIFF EP: BADDEST DJSON 2 TURNTABLES….Wax Assasins (Easy DB) THE INSIDE………………………….Michelle Weeks (Cleveland City) RARE AMERICAN SHOES………………………………Whistler (Wiiija)

    June 1st

      Do For Love – 2pac feat. Eric Williams (Amaru/Jive)
      Counting The Days – Abi (Kuku/Total)
      Gimme Love – Alexia (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
      Freak Me – Another Level (Maximum Level)
      1998 [rm] – Binary Finary (Aquarius)
      Breakbeat Era / Breakbeat Tera – Breakbeat Era (XL)
      Before My Head Explodes – Caesar (China)
      All I Am – Capricorn (Sperm)
      My All – Mariah Carey (Columbia)
      Top Of The World (Ol=E9 Ol=E9 Ol=E9) – Chumbawamba (EMI)
      Can You Feel It [rm] – C.L.S. (3 Beat/Satellite)
      What A Fool Believes – Peter Cox (Chrysalis)
      Submission To The Master – Crowd Pleasers (Almo Sounds)
      Need Your Love So Bad – Elvis Dacosta & Neil Hannon feat.
      Pinchers (Redbridge UK/Setanta)
      I Smell Voodoo EP: Mary Louise / Ballad Of A Thin Man / Myrrh
      Tingles / Dual Converter – Dawn Of The Replicants (East West)
      Be Quiet & Drive (Far Away) – Deftones (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
      Don’t Come Home Too Soon – Del Amitri (A&M)
      Heavens Wall – The Devlins (Universal)
      Lost In Space – Electrasy (MCA)
      (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World – England United (London)
      See Through – Federation (Cup Of Tea)
      She Will Have Her Way – Neil Finn (Parlophone)
      With Tongues Twisting Words EP: Hammock Style / Baby’s Cat & Jaws /
      Hope – Ganger (Domino)
      Park Avenue – Girls Against Boys (Geffen)
      16 Tons – Gold Blade (Ultimate)
      Get Myself Arrested – Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
      Heaven’s Above – Hillman Minx (Mewrcury)
      Shorty (You Keep Playing With My Mind) – Imajin (Jive)
      Lovely Daze – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (Jive)
      If The River Can Bend – Elton John (Rocket/Mercury)
      Sweet Thang – Jonestown (Universal)
      Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Ang=E9lique Kidjo (Island)
      Gl=F6md – Koop (Colombe d’Or/Universal)
      Swing My Way – K.P. & Envyi (East West-Elektra)
      Theme E / Waves On [Adventures In Stereo] / Protection [Revolutionary
      Corps Of Teenage Jesus] / Mars Bonding [Space Hopper] –
      The Leopards (Creeping Bent)
      Lost In Space – Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor)
      Blue Earth Angel – Lovebabies (V2)
      Holy Smoke – Magoo (Chemikal Underground)
      Ola Chica – Montepulciano (Ciano)
      Let Me See – Morcheeba (Indochina)
      Kirsten’s Beach – Pecadiloes (Fine Art/A&M)
      Bad Girl – DJ Rap (Higher Ground)
      Pagan Thing – Salt City Orchestra (Pagan)
      Psycho – Satellite Beach (Polydor)
      Get Down – Stephen Simmonds (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
      Instant Repeater ’99 [rm] – The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Coalition)
      Testify – Byron Stingily (Manifesto)
      Take U Up – Sweet Peach (99 Degrees)
      When – Shania Twain (Mercury)
      Stay Young – Ultrasound (Nude)
      Love Is So Nice – Urban Soul feat. Ceybil Jeffries & Troyetta Knox
      (King Street/VC)
      Rumble – You Am I (Roo Art)

    June 8th

      I Got The Music – 49ers (Nukleuz)
      Got The Feelin’ – 5 (RCA)
      Sing Along – A (Tycoon/London)
      October – Aerial M (Domino)
      Tribus Cantare – The Ambassadors (Swing City)
      Nobody’s Wife – Anouk (BMG)
      Fishsounds – Arnold (Creation)
      Kafka – Ashtrax (Deviant)
      Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? – Atlanta feat. Nicola Hawkins (Klone)
      Chanson Sans Issue – Autour De Lucie (Nettwerk)
      Din Daa Daa [rm] – Kevin Aviance (Distinct’ive)
      Three Lions ’98 – Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds (Epic)
      Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus (Small Wonder)
      Marco Polo – The Blue Boy (Shinkansen)
      Can’t See Me – Ian Brown (Polydor)
      Fade Away – Cartoon (Shine)
      Diva – Dana International (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
      Carnaval De Paris – Dario G (Amato/Eternal/WEA)
      Bring It On – N’dea Davenport (V2)
      Romario – Depth Charge (DC Recs.)
      Life – Des’ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
      Nobody Does It Better / Holding Out For A Hero – Dezire (Branded)
      Kou Cou – El Nino (Ignition)
      Best Friend – Ether (Parlophone)
      The Fan – The Fans feat. Kes (EMI)
      Rockefeller Skank / Always Read The label / Tweakers Delight –
      Fatboy Slim (Skint)
      Vin-da-loo – Fat Les (Turtle Neck/Telstar)
      Masquerade – Gerideau (Fat Boy/Inferno)
      Beat The Street – Lonnie Gordon (Bounce)
      Thinking Of You – Hanson (Mercury)
      Alive – Innerself (Stress)
      Go Deep – Janet Jackson (Virgin)
      Why Are We Waiting? – Les Kelly (OFA)
      Forever – Key To Life feat. Sabrina Johnson (Catch)
      Spend The Night – Danny J. Lewis (Locked On/XL)
      Excuse Me Mister – John Martyn (Independiente)
      Love Me The Right Way – Kym Mazelle (Sunday Flavas)
      Oh Romeo – Mindy McCready (BMG)
      Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) – Pras Michel feat.
      Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Mya (Universal)
      Sexy Way – Midnight Funk Association (Domino)
      Reefer Song [ri] [icn] – Mindless Drug Hoover (Deviant)
      The Flipside – Moloko (Echo)
      Shine – The Montrose Avenue (Columbia)
      Too Much Heaven – Nana (Motor/London)
      Transylvanian Express – Natural Born Grooves (Houzy Style)
      La Cour Des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play?) [The Official World Cup
      Theme] – Youssou N’Dour & Axelle Red (Sony France)
      Squashy Lemon Squeezy – Pocket Size (EMI)
      Bang On! [rm] – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
      A Little Soul / Cocaine Socialism – Pulp (Island)
      Looking For Love – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto)
      Go Jamaica Go – The Reggae ’98 Crew (Charm)
      Kick It – The Reggae Boyz (Universal)
      Closest Thing To Heaven – Lionel Richie (Mercury)
      Strawberry Blonde – Ron Sexsmith (Interscope)
      Too Much, Too Little, Too Late – Silver Sun (Polydor)
      One More Hour – Sleater-Kinney (Matador)
      Don’t Walk Just Wander – Square Window (Electric MELT)
      Ring Of Fire – The Advent Mixes – System 7 (Butterfly/Big Life)
      Are You Looking For Me? – The Underground Sound Of Lisbon (Twisted UK)
      Spoiled Children – Velocette (Wiiija)
      The Power Of Love – Wagon Christ (Personal Stereo/Virgin)
      Barbarella – Scott Weiland (Atlantic)
      I Love Football – Wes (Saint George/Epic)
      Wizards Of The Sonic [rm] – Westbam vs. Red Jerry (Wonderboy-Low Spirit)
      Hot Stuff – Who’s Eddie (Euphoric)

    June 15th

      Black White – Asian Dub Foundation (ffrr/London)
      The Strutt – Bamboo (VC)
      Seven Days / Round & Round – Mary J. Blige (Uptown/MCA)
      Naked In The Rain ’98 – Blue Pearl (Malarky)
      Rain – Brainbug (Positiva)
      Smack My Dick Up – Brock Landers (Blue Planet/Parlophone)
      A Change Of Heart – Bernard Butler (Creation)
      Second Round Knock-Out – Canibus (Universal)
      The Delicious EP: Delicious / Future Boy / Judy Staring At The Sun /
      Heal – The Catherine Wheel (Chrysalis)
      What Would You Do If …? – Code Red (Polydor)
      The Proof Of You [ri] – Comfort (Insoussiance)
      With Me – Destiny’s Child (Columbia)
      Contact – Eat Static (Planet Dog-Ultimate)
      Turn Around [ri] – FAB! (Break Records 2000/Peermusic)
      Crescent Moon – Lynden David Hall (Cooltempo)
      Love Will Destroy Us In The End – Hefner (Too Pure)
      Lolita EP: Lolita Elle / Three O’Clock In The Morning / The Ballad
      Of Swing / Solar – Jack (Too Pure)
      Rise Up – Jamaica United (Columbia)
      No-One In The World – Locust (Apollo/R&S)
      Always Round Here Having Fun … – Lodger (Island)
      3.00am – Matchbox 20 (Lava/Atlantic)
      The Rascal King – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Big Rig/Mercury)
      High Life – Mono (Echo)
      Bullets For Words / Pheromone – Purity (Tommy Boy)
      Bogeyman – Red Snapper (Warp)
      Product Of Society – Sharkey (React)
      Begin Again – Space (Gut)
      Greece 2000 – Three Drivers (Hooj Choons)
      My Way – Usher (LaFace/Arista)
      Four Big Speakers – Whale (-)
      Science Fiction EP – The Young Offenders (Columbia)

    June 22nd

      Wanna Get Up – 2 Unlimited (Big Life)
      Freak Me – Another Level (Satellite/Northwestside)
      Intergalactic – Beastie Boys (Grand Royal/Capitol)
      Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry (Diesel/Polydor)
      Sober – Drugstore (Roadrunner)
      Rendez-Vous ’98 – Jean Michel Jarre feat. Apollo Four Forty &
      Tetsuya Komuro (Columbia)
      Saint Joe On The Schoolbus – Marcy Playground (EMI)
      The Heart’s Lone Desire – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
      Because We Want To – Billie Piper (Innocent/Virgin)
      Liar – Royal Trux (-)
      Leave ‘Em Something To Desire -/ Don’t Wanna Work No More –
      Sprinkler (1st Ave./Island)
      Against The World – A Tribe Called Quest (Jive)

    June 29th

      Let Me Go (EP) – Chicks (Supremo)
      Ride My Rock – The Rock – Delakota (Go.Beat)
      Home – Sean Lennon (Grand Royal/Capitol)
      The Legacy EP: Legacy / Check Under The Bed / Can’t Afford To Die /
      Railings –/ Wide Open Space [rm] – Mansun (Parlophone)
      Monday Morning 5:19 [rm] – Rialto (China)

    July 6th :

      I Think I’m Paranoid – Garbage (Mushroom)
      Angel – Massive Attack (Virgin)
      Be My Lover – Naomi (Gut)

    July 13th :

      I Belong To You – Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)

    July 20th :

      Love Unlimited – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
      Deeper Underground – Jamiroquai (Sony S=B2)

    Other forthcoming releases

    JUNE :

      Runnin’ [rm] – 2pac feat. Notorious B.I.G. (Jammin’)
      Colour The Roads – Colonel Abrams (Freetown)
      One Of The People – Adamski’s Thing feat. Gerideau (ZTT)
      Hole In My Head – Agnes (Island)
      [tba] – Alisha’s Attic (Mercury)
      Rollercoaster – Amoeba Assassin (Pefrecto)
      Best Of My Life – Peter Andr=E9 (Mushroom)
      The Arc – Arcane (Deconstruction)
      [tba] Fortune Teller – Ash (Infectious)
      Straight Ahead – Aubrey (Offshoot)
      Personal Feeling – Audioweb (Mother)
      What’s The Deal – AZ (Cooltempo)
      Disco Babes From Outer Space – Babe Instinct (Positiva)
      Burnin’ – Baby Bumps (Offworld/Delirious)
      Limousine – Baby Doc (Positiva)
      Gangster, Soldier, Cowboy – Bandit Queen (-)
      Stardust – Thomas Bangalter (Roule)
      Rescue Me – Bell Book & Candle (Arista)
      I Who Have Nothing / Goldfinger – Miss B. feat. Maxine Berry (Klone)
      Still Not A Player – Big Punisher (Loud/RCA)
      Alarm Call – Bj=F6rk (One Little Indian)
      7 Ignitions – Boom Boom Satellites (R&S)
      Can’t Let Her Go – Boyz II Men (Motown)
      Will Be Yours – Boyzone (Polydor)
      Feel The Beat – Camisra (VC)
      357 (Magnum P.I.) – Cam’ron (Undertainment)
      Found Love – Joi Cardwell (Eightball/Activ)
      UFOs – The Chihuahuas (Backyard)
      The Boy’s Evil – Chocolate Layers (Evil)
      Rock Your Body – Clock (Power Station/Universal)
      Do The Freak – Bootsy Collins (Black Culture/WEA)
      [tba] – Color Me Badd (Giant)
      All Night Long – Common feat. Erika Badu (Relativity)
      Dreaming Of You – Control Z (Automatic)
      I’m A Tree – Imani Coppola (Columbia)
      Deeper Shade Of Blue – Tina Cousins (Eastern Bloc)
      Coming Back – The Crystal Method (Sony S=B2)
      Meet Him At The Blue Oyster – Da Fool (-)
      Boys Better – The Dandy Warhols (Tim Kerr/Capitol)
      Jammin’ – Da Regiment (II Dark)
      Feel Like Dancing – D-Bop (Fluff)
      Junk Science – Deep Dish (Deconstruction)
      Full Cooperation – Def Squad (Def Jam)
      More – De’Lacy (Slip’n’Slide/Deconstruction)
      Lose It (To Te Sound) – Desert (Glow)
      Spank – D’Menace (Inferno)
      [tba] – Dodgy (A&M)
      The Horn Song – The Don (Strictly Rhythm/Positiva)
      [tba] – Paul van Dyk (Deviant)
      Each Time We’re Alone – East 17 (Telstar)
      Hit ‘Em Wit Da Hee – Missy ‘Misdemeanour’ Elliott (East West)
      Needin’ You – David Morales pres. The Face (Azuli)
      Water – Fathers Of Sound (Renassance)
      Allez La France, Allez Les Bleus – France (-)
      Ruffneck / Spaced Invader – Freestylers feat. MC Navigator (Freskanova)
      The Old Groove / Meteor Attack – Paul Gaarn (Telica)
      Come Into My Life – Gala (Big Life)
      The Wild Style Theme – Grandmaster Caz (Beyongolia)
      Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Happy Nation (Sum)
      Feel The Love – High Society feat. Carol Leeming (-)
      Lifting Me Up – Loleatta Holloway (Sunshine State/Eagle)
      Skyscraper [rm] – Intastella (Planet3)
      Tisco / Dechno – Interfearance (Electronically Enhanced)
      Lo-Fi Elvis On Acid – The International Pop Assassins (-)
      The City Is Mine / I Know What Girls Like – Jay-Z feat. Blackstreet
      (Northwestside)
      Never Gonna Change My Mind – Joey va. Jason (Curb/The Hit Label)
      I’ll House You ’98 – The Jungle Brothers vs. The Hitmen (ffrr)
      [tba] – Kele Le Roc (Wild Card/Polydor)
      [tba] – Kent (RCA)
      Reasons – Kle’shay (Jerv)
      Angels – Lawrence (Eurozone)
      Never Gonna Change My Mind – Joey Lawrence (Curb/The Hit Label)
      Zorba’s Dance – LCD (Virgin)
      Strong – Liquid (Higher Ground)
      Frozen / My Heart Will Go On – Lola / Leonora Decapo (Box 21)
      Teardrops – Lovestation (Fresh)
      La Coupe De La Vie (The Cup Of Life) – Ricky Martin (Sony)
      24 Hours To Love – Mase (Puff Daddy/Arista)
      The Groove Thang – Minimal Funk 2 (Cleveland CXity)
      Too Far – Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction)
      Girl At My Bus Stop – My Drug Hell (Voltone)
      N.O.R.E. – Noreaga (Penalty)
      In My Life – Jos=E9 Nunez (Subliminal)
      It’s Over (Distortion) [rm] – Pianoheadz (INCredible)
      Indica – Pink Bomb (Quad)
      Busiest Rhymes – The Porn Kings feat. MC Young (All Around The World)
      The One – Prince (NPG) . Victory – Puff Daddy (Puff Daddy/Arista) . Come With Me – Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page (Puff Daddy/Arista) . Far Out – DeeJay Punk-Roc (Independiente) . I Hate Everybody – DeeJay Punk-Roc (Independiente)
      Delirious – DJ Q (Filter)
      Initiate The Creative – The Quest Project (4th & B’way)
      Symphonica [rm] – DJ Quicksilver (Positiva)
      Black Shine – Radiator (Chrysalis) – Airbag (EP) / Pearly / Meeting In The Aisle / A Reminder / Polythylene
      Pt. 1 / Polythylene Pt. 2 / Melatonin / Palo Alto -/ How Am I
      Driving? – Radiohead (Parlophone)
      I Get Rolled – Jimmy Ray (Sony S=B2)
      Love For Free – Rell feat. Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella)
      It’s Tricky – Run-DMC vs. Jason Nevins (Sm:)e/Profile)
      Universal – The Shamen (Moksha)
      The Air That I Breathe – Simply Red (East West)
      Just The Two Of Us – Will Smith (Columbia)
      This Is How We Party – Soap (Columbia)
      Sunday – Sonic Youth (SYR/Geffen)
      Take Control – State Of Mind (Minstry Of Sound)
      Travelling Man – Studio 2 (Multiply)
      Animal – Sunhouse (Independiente)
      Rainfalls – Sunshine State feat. Lisa Michaelis (All Around The World)
      Lady Marmalade – Taboo feat. Maxine Francis (Neoteric)
      Because We Want To – Tall Paul vs. Billie (Innocent)
      Tourisme – Danny Tenaglia (Twisted UK)
      Back Jack – Tha Kid Chris (Henry Street)
      Messin’ With My Mind – The Thomson Project feat. Gary L. (Soulfuric)
      The Final Score – TPE (Big Fish)
      [tba] – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own)
      King Of My Castle – Wamdue Project (Eruption)
      No Good For Me – Bruce Wayne (Logic/Arista)
      Feel The Funk / Got Your Own – Doug Willis (Z)
      Sixth Sense – Wink (Ovum/Sony S=B3)
      Heartbeat – Kathy Yoo (-)
      Baby (You Bring Me Up) – Y Tribe (Deconstruction)

    JULY :

      Under 4 Ever – 16C+ (Low Sense/ffrr)
      How Do You Want Me To Love You – 911 (Ginga/Virgin)
      Chemical Generation – 99 Allstars (99 North)
      My Funny Valentine [rm] – Big Muff (Sm:)e)
      Rollercoaster – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
      Higher Statement – Circle Sounds (Junior Boy’s Own)
      Give Me Love – DJ Dado vs. Michelle Weeks (VC)
      Cab Riding EP – Mr. Dan (Dust II Dust)
      The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) – Deep Dish with Everything
      But The Girl (Deconstruction)
      Nagasaki Badger – Disco Citizens (Xtravaganza/Edel)
      Caf=E9 Del Mar [rm] – Energy 52 (Hooj Choons)
      Breath From Another – Esthero (Columbia)
      Papillon – Flower Power (Undiscovered)
      Panic – Goon (Sum)
      Self-Preservation Society – Headrush (All Around The World)
      It’s Only A Game – Jam & Spoon (-)
      Delicious – Kulay (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
      Luxury: Cococure – Maxwell (Columbia)
      Lover – Rachel McFarlane (Multiply)
      Buffalo Gals – Malcolm McLaren (Virgin)
      Knee Deepen – Moloko (Echo)
      Slimcea Girl [ri] – Mono (Echo)
      I’ll Take You – Montelimar (Cola)
      Wrapped Up – Jolynn Murray (Raw Sienna)
      Super Sonic – Music Instructor feat. Flying Steps (Fuel/East West)
      Movin’ On – Prospect Park feat. Carolyn Harding (AM:PM)
      It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Puressence (Island)
      Be Yourself Be Free – Sao Paulo (Ministry Of Sound)
      Perfect – The Smashing Pumpkins (Hut/Virgin)
      You’re Mine – Guy S’mone & MJ Cole (Prolific)
      [tba] – Soundbuggy (Innocent/Virgin)
      [tba] – Sparklehorse (Parlophone-Capitol)
      Viva Forever – Spice Girls (Virgin)
      Too Much Luv – Edwin Starr (-)
      African Child – Sacha Stone (-)
      Carry On – Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder (Almighty)
      I Don’t Wanna Lose At Love – Tanita Tikaram (Mother)
      Casanova [rm] – Ultimate Kaos (Mercury)
      I Want Your Love – Sam Walker (Pro-Activ)
      [tba] – Pete Wylie (Columbia)

    AUGUST :

      Sunmachine – Dario G feat. David Bowie (Amato/Eternal/WEA)
      God Is The DJ – Faithless (Cheeky)
      She’s Gone – Matthew Marsden (Columbia)
      [tba] EP – Merz (Epic)
      I Dream I’m Dancing – Billie Piper (Innocent/Virgin)
      Tears Never Dry – Stephen Simmonds (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
      [tba] – Space (Gut)

    SEPTEMBER :

      [tba] – Dana International (Dancepool/Sony S=B2)
      Heaven Sent – Esthero (Columbia)
      EP: Bye Bye Baby / You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory / She
      Talks To Rainbows / Don’t Worry Baby – Ronnie Spector (Creation)
      [tba] – Sister Said (-)

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    Top 40 ALBUM chart analysis :

    This week there are new entries for

  • 2 Rod Stewart – When We Were The New Boys
  • 5 Smashing Pumpkins – Adore
  • 9 Shed Seven – Let It Ride
  • 16 Gloria Estefan – Gloria!
  • 23 Brian May – Another World
  • 24 Madness – The Heavy Heavy Hits
  • 31 David Essex – Greatest Hits
  • 33 Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volumes 1, 2, 3
  • 39 Hanson – 3 Car Garage – Indie Recordings 95-96 The top 5 goes like this :
  • 1 Simply Red – Blue
  • 2 Rod Stewart – When We Were The New Boys
  • 3 The Corrs – Talk On Corners
  • 4 Boyzone – Where We Belong
  • 5 Smashing Pumpkins – Adore

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    Dominator’s Top 10 of 1997

    24. Gary Barlow – Open Road

    This was the fourth single, and the the title track from the album, and isquite a jaunty pop song that sounds perhaps less in-depth than it actually is.

    After the Take That split, he scored No.1 hits with “Forever Love” and “LoveWon’t Wait”, but misfired with a cover of “So Help Me Girl” which made No.11.”Open Road” reached No.7 in November last year.

    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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