67 Lightning Seeds - Sweetest Soul Sensations

M A R C H 1 8 T H 2 0 0 0 [This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week’s chart]

In the last chart of 1999, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 2000, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 11 new entries, 1 climbers, 1 non-movers & 27 downers.

new entry re-entry climber faller non moverCHART 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…

11 new entries :

39 Big Time Charlie feat. Soozy Q – Mr Devil

37 Chili Hi Fly – Is it Love?

35 Coldplay – Shiver

27 Kraftwerk – Expo 2000

25 Filter – Take a Picture

24 Lulu – Where the Poor Boys Dance

17 Barbara Tucker – Stop Playing with my Mind

11 Moby – Natural Blues

9 Five – Don’t Wanna Let You Go

4 Tom Jones & Stereophonics – Mama Told Me Not To Come *

1 Chicane featuring Bryan Adams – Don’t Give Up so the following dropped out :

40 Donell Jones – U Know

39 The Bluetones – Keep the Home Fires Burning

38 Oasis – Go Let it Out

37 Andreas Johnson – Glorious

36 Orbital & Angelo Badalamenti – Beached

35 DJ Luck & MC Neat – A Little Bit of Luck

33 Wisdone – Off the Wall

32 Rebecca Wheatley – Stay with me Baby

31 Colour Girl – Can’t Get Used To Losing You

30 Lynden David Hall – Forgive Me

29 98 Degrees – The Hardest Thing 1 climbers :

5 (6) Lene Marlin 1 non-movers :

22 Daphne & Celeste and 27 going down. Big fallers include :

18 (10) Mariah Carey

26 (16) Yomanda

31 (21) Dum Dums

34 (15) Northern Line

40 (27) Slipknot New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

41 Asian Dub Foundation – Real Great Britani

43 Libra presents Taylor – Eanomoly

45 Bush – Warm Machine

67 Lightning Seeds – Sweetest Soul Sensations

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

67 Lightning Seeds – Sweetest Soul SensationsIf there was ever a band that needed a hit it’s this lot. Time aftertime they produce excellent music, but it seems that if they’re notsinging about football then no-one’s interested.

24 Lulu – Where the Poor Boys DanceI had to laugh seeing Lulu on BBC Breakfast News saying how “great” itwas that the midweek chart position was in the mid-20s. It’s still there.I’d hate to think what she’d say if it had a chance of being in the top slot.

Of the song itself, it’s not bad, but it sounds very much like a coverversion but of whose original tune? Not one that’s been in the charts before,that’s for sure.

4 Tom Jones & Stereophonics – Mama Told Me Not To Come *The track that I thought would be No.1 wasn’t.

A cover of the superb Three Dog Night track which made No.3 in August 1970,this doesn’t sound particularly dissimilar but it’s still good and wasperformed at The Brits Awards 2000, and a full list of the winners can befound on this site (see left-hand side bar)

1 Chicane featuring Bryan Adams – Don’t Give Up *1st Week at No.1*Chicane remixed Adams’ “Cloud 9” single so they thought they’d have anothergo here and it’s clearly worked as it’s reached No.1. It’s not a bad songeither once you get used to it and gladly not a dance cover of the classicPeter Gabriel/Kate Bush collaboration.

This track only came second in my No.1 Singles poll (see left-hand side bar)though, as more people thought Madonna would stick at No.1 for a second week.I thought Tom Jones might do it though.

This single is the 8th in a row to go straight in at No.1.

1. Westlife – I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun

2. Manic Street Preachers – The Masses Against the Classes

3. Britney Spears – Born to Make You Happy

4. Gabrielle – Rise

5. Oasis – Go Let it Out

6. All Saints – Pure Shores

7. Madonna – American Pie

8. Chicane featuring Bryan Adams – Don’t Give Up

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New releases :

March (date unknown) :

March 6th :

March 13th :

March 20th :

March 27th :

April (date unknown) :

April 3rd :

April 10th :

April 24th :

May (date unknown) :

[tba] – Goldfrapp (Mute)

May 1st :

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Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

9 Shania Twain – The Woman In Me
73 The Wannadies – Yeah!

The top 5 goes like this :

1 Travis – The Man Who
2 Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
3 Macy Gray – On How Crap Albums Are Made
4 Santana – Supernatural
5 Tom Jones – Reload

New releases :

March (date unknown) :

March 6th :

March 13th :

March 20th :

April (date unknown) :

April 10th :

Place De Gaulle – Elliot Smith (DreamWorks)

May (date unknown) :

June (date unknown) :

July (date unknown) :

August (date unknown) :

[tba] – N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)

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Dominator’s Top 50 of 1999

11. ATB – 9pm (Till I Come)

Making No.1 in July last year, there’s not a lot I can say about this otherthan it had been around in import form for quite a while and it’s the songwith a ‘bendy synthesiser’ sound that I’d heard many times but the radiostation 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 the summer before.

It was followed by Don’t Stop (No.3, Oct 99) and this week sees the releaseof a “Killer” cover version.

The end bit :

Well, that’s it for now. If you want to be added to the WidescreenVideo and Laserdisc lists, just mail me.

Bye for now,

Dominator

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Dom Robinson

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.

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