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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 : 12 new entries, 4 re-entries, 2 climbers, 0 non-movers &22 downers
It’s goodbye to :
And hello to :
(* – 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…
12 new entries this week, 4 re-entries and 2 climbers (Tina Moore – 11to 9, and Puff Daddy – 6 to 5).
Big fallers include Ocean Colour Scene (5 to 20), Ginuwine (10 to 24),Radiohead (8 to 29), Fugees (18 to 33), No Mercy (16 to 36) and Bentley RhythmAce (17 to 38).
Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…
35 Eels – Your Lucky Day In Hell
After two excellent Top 10 singles, Novacaine for the Soul (10) and Susan’sHouse (9), this third single is another good track, but perhaps it’s down tothe fact that I’ve only heard this once on the radio, that it hasn’t beenheard by many people and hence has made a very low chart entry.
30 Echo & The Bunnymen – I Want To Be There When You Come
Second single from their new album, Evergreen, “I Want To Be There When YouCome” is another slow, moody piece and pretty good, but also getting littleairplay.
Similarly, this one also enters low, after the No.8 peak of “Nothing LastsForever”.
26 Ce Ce Peniston – Finally (remix) (R) :O ===
She last had a hit in August 1994 with Hit By Love (33), but this track wasa minor hit when it first came out making No.29 in 1991, and then a bigger hitmaking No.2 in March 1992, even if it went on and on and on.
This re-release is an even more dancified version, and thus unnecessary.Still, someone must be buying it…
21 Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love *
Last year, this Led Zepplin classic was trashed by Goldbug along with the Pearland Dean advertising theme, when they reached No.3 in January 96 with theirdance version of “Whole Lotta Love”.
The guitar solo riff was also bootlegged by the Comic Strip ‘band’ Bad News(aka Adrian Edmondson as Vim Fuego, Rik Mayall as Colin Grigson, Nigel Planeras Den Dennis, and Peter Richardson as Spider Webb) when each of the bandintroduced themselves with their own ‘break’, Vim trying to pass off thisas his own.
It was also used at one time as the theme tune to the little-known BBC1 popmusic show, “Top of the Pops”. 🙂
Why, do you ask, does this single NOT have an (R) for re-release? It’sbecause it’s the first Led Zepplin single ever released in the UK. Yes,they never released any singles when they originated, only albums. I couldn’tbelieve that when I first heard it either 🙂
17 Chicane – Offshore 97 (R) *
It made No.14 last December, and here it is again. I’ve not heard it playedin its new form…unless it sounds just like the last one 🙂
16 Kavana – Crazy Chance 97 (R) :O ===
Kavana‘s first single “Crazy Chance”, written by ex-Take That’sHoward Donald, made No.35 last May, and now he’s hit the big time, and becomeone of the UK pop industry’s top gay acts, it gets a more uptempo re-release.
10 Finlay Quaye – Even After All *
The third single for Finlay, uncle to trip-hop soloist Tricky, following theflop “Ultra Simulation EP” in Febraury, and the excellent No.16 June hit,“Sunday Shining”, is a more laidback affair than “Sunday Shining”, and stillwell worth a listen.
7 Cast – Live The Dream *
In contrast to the more upbeat examples from their repetroire, Cast go fora slow and melodic tune, and very good it is too.
6 (4) All Saints – I Know Where It’s At *
I missed out this one last week, but have now heard it and it’s well worth alisten.
More like a poppy version of Eternal, this is good radio fodder for blastingout of the car on a sunny day (although there’s precious few of those now).
4 Hanson – Where’s The Love :O ===
Bleah! Second song from the new Jackson 3, and follow-up to their first single,the catchy, but irritating “Mmmbop” which went straight in at No.1 in June.
1 (NEW) Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work *1st Week at No.1*
Second single from the Verve, who after a number of years of trying finallycame to the fore in June with the No.2 classic, “Bitter Suite Symphony”.
Finding a song to top that would seem to be a hard task, especially as thisone didn’t quite hit home the first few times I heard it, and I thought it wouldonly be a minor hit. I’ve since heard it a number of times, and it’s definitelya grower.
Chances are this may be deposed next week as Elton John‘s tribute to Diana,Princess of Wales, a new re-written version of “Candle in the Wind” played ather funeral on Sunday 7th September, goes on sale in shops this Saturday,13th September.
This is the second song in a row to go straight in at No.1 :
(* – my current favourites)
September 1st :
LONELY WITHOUT YOU………………………..Deborah Anderson (Mo Wax) THE GIRLS OF SUMMER (EP)……………Arab Strap (Chemikal Underground) TRUE TO MYSELF……………………………Eric Ben=E9t (Warner Bros.) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH………………………………………….. ………………..Boris Dlugosch pres. Boom! (Peppermint Jam/Positiva) GOD GAVE ME GRAVITY……………………………..Cable (Infectious) IN REMEMBERANCE OF THAT FINE FINE FEELING………Interpreters (Volcano) CRAZY CHANCE [ri]…………………………..Kavana (Nemesis/Virgin) A FRIEND / HEARTBEAT / STEP INTO A WORLD………………KRS One (Jive) YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED – STRANGEST THING…..George Michael (Aegean/Virgin) SHINE……………………………………………Monaco (Polydor) THE PERFECT DRUG……………………………….Nine Inch Nails (-) TURN ME OUT (TURN TO SUGAR) [rm]……….Praxis feat. Kathy Brown (frr) EVEN AFTER ALL……………………………Finlay Quaye (Haiku/Epic) HEROES………………………Reprazent feat. Roni Size (Talkin Loud) SUGAR CANE………………………….The Space Monkeys (Factory Too) ANYTHING YOU WANT………………………….Speed (Good Cop Bad Cop) JOY……………………………………………..Staxx (Champion) MISS MODULAR……………………………..Stereolab (Duophonic UHF) SEMI-CHARMED LIFE…………………………Third Eye Blind (Elektra) STRINGS FOR YASMIN………………..Tin Tin Out feat. Tony Hadley (VC) DRUGS DON’T WORK…………………………………..The Verve (Hut) CARRY ON…………………………………..Martha Wash (Delirious)
September 8th :
BIG BAD MAMA………………….Foxy Brown & Dru Hill (DefJam/Mercury) SUNCHYME…………………………………Dario (Amato/Eternal/WEA) CATHEDRAL PARK……………………………Dubstar (Food/Parlophone) SQUIRT……………………………………….Fluke (Circa/Virgin) PATCHES………………………………………………Manmade (-) MARIA [rm] [UN DOS TRES MARIA]……………….Ricky Martin (Columbia) SOME KIND OF BLISS……………………Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction) WHO’S THE MACK…………………………………Mark Morrison (WEA) ALL MINE / COWBOYS [rm]………………………..Portishead (Go.Beat) BUTTERFLY……………………………Sylvia Powell (Deconstruction) LOVE ANYWAY…………………………………Mike Scott (Chrysalis) SUMMERTIME………………………………..The Sundays (Parlophone) HURRICANE………………………………….Warm Jets (This Way Up)
September 15th :
YOGA…………………………………….Bjork (One Little Indian) BURNIN’………………………………………..Daft Punk (Virgin) DIGITAL……………………………………Goldie & KRS One (ffrr) STRANDED……………………………………The Hybrids (Heavenly) BEEN AROUND THE WORLD……..Puff Daddy & The Family (Puff Daddy/Arista)
September 22nd :
AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME……………………….Backstreet Boys (Jive) I.O.U. EVERYTHING……………………………………..Dweeb (WEA) BABYSHAM………………………………………….Flyscreen (MCA) GOT TILL IT’S GONE…………………………..Janet Jackson (Virgin) SHOULDER HOLSTER……………………………..Morcheeba (Indochina) STAND BY ME………………………………………Oasis (Creation) SHE’S A GOOD GIRL……………………………Sleeper (Indolent/RCA)
September 29th :
COME TO DADDY………………………………..The Aphex Twin (Warp) I NEED…………………………………..Meredith Brooks (Capitol) CLOSED FOR BUSINESS EP………………………….Mansun (Parlophone)
October 3rd:
[tba]………………………………………..Spice Girls (Virgin)
October 13th :
ARE YOU JIMMY RAY?……………………………..Jimmy Ray (Sony S2)
November 10th :
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER…………………………….David McAlmont (-)
Other forthcoming releasesSEPTEMBER
GUNMAN……………………………………..187 Lockdown (Nu Jack) OH LA LA LA…………………………….2 Eivissa (Club Tools/Edel) [tba]………………………………………….911 (Ginga/Virgin) [tba]……………………………………………Addict (Big Cat) DIRTY CA$H [rm]………………The Adventures Of Stevie V. (Avex Trax) REAL PEOPLE…………………………………….Apache (Coalition) – DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW……………………………..Ash (Infectious) SWITCH………………………………………….Howie B (Polydor) BABY BOOM / A LITTLE LOVEW………………….Baby Blue (Tin Tin Club) PARTAY FEELING…………………….B-Crew (Strictly Rhythm/Positiva) SAMBA DE JANEIRO…………………………….Bellini (Orbit/Virgin) SONG FOR MY BROTHER [US imp]………….George Benson (Giant Step [US]) BERGAMOT…………………………………….Bergamot (Chromatone) NO STOPPIN……………………………..Big Band Experience (Pukka) COSMIC WINDOW………………………………….Black Rock (Loaded) D. DISCO / THE LINE…………………………………………….. ………………Black Science Orchestra vs. Lisa Stansfield (Big Life) FIX…………..Blackstreet feat. Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Slash (Universal) I BRING YOU LOVE…………………………………Blu Peter (React) [tba]………………………………….Boyz II Men (DefJam/Island) – MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE / EXPERIENCIA RELIGIOSA..[9712?]…Boyzone (Polydor) SOUL TO BARE…………………………Joi Cardwell (Activ/Eightball) BUTTERFLY KISSES……………………………….Bob Carlisle (Jive) BINGO………………………………………………….Catch (-) GHOSTS [rm]……………….Chris & James feat. Sally Rodgers (Stress) SEADOG…………………………………………Clanger (Platipus) SHAKE YOUR BODY……………………Dave Clarke (Bush/Deconstruction) I’M NOT FOLLOWING YOU……………………….Edwyn Collins (Setanta) GLOBAL HOUSE………………………………..Coloured Oxygen (Glow) – SUNNY CAME HOME…………………………….Shawn Colvin (Columbia) OOH LA LA………………………………………Coolio (Tommy Boy) GIVE ME THE NIGHT ’97………………………….Randy Crawford (WEA) BE FREE…………………………………………..Cristiana (ZYX) CHINESE BURN…………………………………….Curve (Universal) GABRIEL………………………………………..Roy Davis Jr. (XL) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE / THE AVENGERS………………………………… ………………………….Dimitri From Paris / Impulsion (Concrete) LOST & FOUND……………………………………D*Note (Dorado/VC) SATURDAY [rm]………………………….East 57th St. (AM:PM-D:Tour) YOUR LUCKY DAYS IN HELL…………………………..Eels (Dreamworks) LEARN II LOVE…………………………Kim English (Hi-Life/Polydor) ANGEL OF MINE……………………………….Eternal (1st Ave./EMI) WHERE THERE IS LOVE………………………Yvette Fauche (Relentless) SLAM DUNK DA FUNK………………………………………Five (RCA) THE WORLD IS A GHETTO…………………………….Flipside (Poncho) MOVE ON (I’M LEAVING)………………………Forte feat. Pras (Qwest) IF I HAD YOU……………………………………….Frankie (Epic) DANCEHALL QUEEN……………….Chevelle Franklin feat. Beenie Man (-) DISCOBUG ’97…………………………..Freakyman (Xtravaganza/Edel) TE AMO……………………………………….Nicki French (Logic) FUDGI [ri]…………………………………..Goofy (Northwestside) LOVERWOMAN………………………………….Groove Kittens (Pukka) FALLING INTO YOU……………………………..Guess Who? (Neoteric) TOURNIQUET………………………………………..Headswim (Epic) PSYCHE ROCK………………..Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier (Philips) WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?………………………..Ronnie Hewson (Motown) BITCH……………………………………….Jackie “O” (Euphoric) [tba]……………………………………..James (Fontana/Mercury) PLASTIC DREAMS……………………………………….Jaydee (R&S) THE HUSTLERS EP………………………………Jay-Z (Northwestside) NINEWAYS……………………………………..JDS (Crosstrax/ffrr) THE LOVE SCENE…………………………………………Joe (Jive) SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOVE………….Elton John (Rocket/Mercury) I LIKE THE WAY……………………………………..Kaleef (Unity) PIPER……………………………………………….Jonny L (XL) TILL THE HEART CAVES IN………………….kd Lang (Sire/Warner Bros2) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE……………………………Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) RAINCLOUD……………………..Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) VISION INCISION………………………..Lo-Fidelity Allstars (Skint) ARMS AROUND THE WORLD…………………………Louise (1st Ave./EMI) THE EXCERPTS EP………………………………….LSG (Hooj Choons) EVERYTIME……………………………………Lustral (Hooj Choons) IS IT REAL?……………………………………….Marsha (Diesel) THE BELL SONG…………………………Malcolm McLaren (Red Parrott) [tba]…………………………………Dannii Minogue (Eternal/WEA) IN THE CITY…………………………….Montage (Wild Card/Polydor) JUST FOR YOU……………………………..M People (Deconstruction) FEELS SO GOOD / JOANNA [rm]……………………….Mrs. Wood (React) I WANT U……………………Craig Nelson pres. Gift (Bay City Recs2) PLANET FUNK 2………………………..Alexis Neris pres. (Manifesto) VIDEO 586……………………………………….New Order (Touch) CLOUDBURST………………………………………Niagra (Freeflow) WE COME TO PARTY………………………………….N-Tyce (Telstar) SWEET TEARS / RUNAWAY [rm]………………Nuyorican Soul (Talkin Loud) FAR FROM YOURS………………O.C. feat. Yvette Michelle (Payday/ffrr) RELEASE YOURSELF (EP)……………….Paganini Traxx (Moolite/Sony S3) THEME FROM PM3………………………….Palefield Mountain (Stress) [tba]……………………………………………..The Pastels () MADE IN VAIN…………………………………………Peach (Mute) FINALLY [rm]………………………………..Ce Ce Peniston (AM:PM) C LINE WOMAN……………………………The People Movement (Eye-Q) CARWASH [rm]……………………………….Phat & Phunky (Eternal) DISCO MIRROR…………………………………..Plastica (Additive) ICEOLATION…………………………….The Priest (Plastic Surgery) BURNING WHEEL……………………………..Primal Scream (Creation) SMACK MY BITCH UP…………………………………The Prodigy (XL) LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING………………….Fatima Rainey (Coalition) TAKE IT TO THE STREETS……………………………Rampage (Elektra) ONE MORE TIME…………………………The Real McCoy (Logic/Arista) AVENUES…………Refugee Camp Allstars feat. Pras (Ruffhouse/Columbia) THE WAY I FEEL………………………………..Roachford (Columbia) CAN’T FIGHT THE FEELING…………………Sessomato (Junior Boy’s Own) SERENADE………………………………………….Shades (Motown) HIGH NOON………………………………………DJ Shadow (Mo Wax) NIGHT NURSE……………………….Sly & Robbie feat. Simply Red (-) CLIMB ON TOP………………………………….SM-Trax (Club Tools) DOGGUMENTARY………………………….Snoop Doggy Dogg (Interscope) X-RAY………………………………………..Space Frog (Sony S3) TINTED EYES…………………………….Sprinkler (Fourth&Broadway) FLYING HIGH………………………Byron Stingily (Nervous/Manifesto) TALLER THAN GOD…………………………………Strawpeople (Epic) PLAY IT COOL…………………………Super Furry Animals (Creation) ALL ABOUT US………………Keith Sweat feat. Montell Jordan (Elektra) SOUL FREAK…………………………….Three’n’One (Low Sense/ffrr) PLACES……………………………………………Tilt (Perfecto) WHAT ABOUT US………………………………..Total (LaFace/Arista) CAN YOU FEEL IT…………………………………..Uncle Sam (Epic) EVERYTHING IS LARGE……………….Underground Distortion (Satellite) MOANER……………………………….Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own) NO WAY NO WAY……………………………………….Vanilla (EMI) FEEL MY LOVE / GET LOOSE………………………….Tony de Vit (TdV) SONIC EMPIRE………………………………….Westbam (Low Spirit) OVER ME………………………………………….Whiplash (Sharp) WHOOSH…………………………………………Whoosh (Wonderboy) BAD BOY………………………………..Wildchild (Hi-Life/Polydor) SOUTH OF THE BORDER……………………..Robbie Williams (Chrysalis) QUELLE SENSATION BIZARRE………………..La Yellow 357 (Yellow Prod2)
OCTOBER
[tba]………………………………….Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) TELLIN’ STORIES…………………….The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet) [tba]…………………………………………Howard Donald (RCA) [tba]……………………………………….Steven Houghton (RCA) [tba]……………………………………..Natalie Imbruglia (RCA) CRY ME A RIVER…………………………………….Jai (M&G/Wired) ECHO DEK………………………………….Primal Scream (Creation) [tba]…………………………………..Triple A [Jimmy Cauty] (-)
NOVEMBER :
[tba]………………………………………….The Cure (Fiction) [tba]……………………………………Spiritualized (Dedicated)
DECEMBER :
ALL ROUND THE WORLD……………………………….Oasis (Creation) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD………………………Iggy Pop (-) [tba]…………………………………………Jimmy Ray (Sony S2)
This week’s Top 10 sees new entries for Genesis (Calling All Stations, 2)and Shola Ama (Much Love, 6). Also, two albums climb back into the Top 10 forWet Wet Wet (70 to 8), Spice Girls (11 to 9).
Elsewhere there are new entries for Chumbawamba (Tubthumper, 19), Jimi Hendrix(Experience – The Best of, 21), Coolio (My Soul, 28) and David Holmes (Let’sGet Killed, 34).
37. Chris Rea – Girl In A Sportscar
Although a flop in terms of chart position, making No.81 in December 96, andNo.117 in May this year on its re-release, this song is taken from Chris Rea‘sown film that he wrote, “La Passione”, about his passion for racing car fromyears gone by.
It was re-released in May when the film went on release in selected cinemas,with the video due out on sale in September 1997.
Also released from the soundtrack album was a duet with Shirley Bassey,“Disco La Passione” which just missed the Top 40 by peaking at No.41 inNovember 1996.
“Girl in a Sportscar” was heavily promoted at the time on Chris Evans‘ Radio 1morning show, and if you’ve never heard this single before..you haven’t lived.
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.