40 (RE-51) Martine McCutcheon - Talking in your Sleep

F E B R U A R Y 1 9 T H 2 0 0 0 [This week’s digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

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 : 7 new entries, 2 re-entries, 2 climbers, 3 non-movers & 26 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…

7 new entries and 2 re-entries :

40 (RE-51) Martine McCutcheon – Talking in your Sleep

39 (RE-53) Robbie Williams – She’s The One

26 Simply Red – Your Eyes

24 Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says

16 Hepburn – Deep Deep Down

8 Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom – Must Be The Music

5 Ian Brown – Dolphins Were Monkeys

3 Eiffel 65 – Move Your Body :O ===

1 Oasis – Go Let it Out :O === so the following dropped out :

40 Lovestation – Teardrops

39 Manic Street Preachers – Masses/Classes

36 The Space Brothers – Shine 2000

34 Aurora – Hear You Calling

33 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside

32 Byron Stingily – That’s The Way Love Is

31 Tomski featuring Jan Johnston – Love Will Come

27 Tina Turner – Whatever You Need

24 Korn – Falling Away from Me 2 climbers :

30 (37) R Kelly

33 (35) S Club 7 3 non-movers :

10 DJ Luck & MC Neat

13 Daphne & Celeste

38 Steps and 26 going down. Big fallers include :

11 (3) Fierce

12 (6) The Tamperer featuring Maya

18 (12) Q-Tip

20 (9) Death In Vegas

35 (18) Armin New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

48 My Life Story – Walk/Don’t Walk

53 Soul U*nique – Be My Friend

55 Peshay feat. Kym Mazelle – Truly

58 Aida – Far and Away

73 Puff Daddy Ft R. Kelly – Satisfy You

75 Campag Velocet – Vivo Satan

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

40 (RE-51) Martine McCutcheon – Talking in your Sleep
39 (RE-53) Robbie Williams – She’s The OneA couple of re-entries for two of last year’s dullest songs.

16 Hepburn – Deep Deep DownAnd this girl band definitely were feeling down last week. As Virgin arearguing over money that they reckon they don’t owe, they are refusing tostock singles from certain record companies and bands such as Hepburnare caught in the middle of it all.

They could have had a Top 5 hit this week, but the lack of sales pushedthem ‘Deep Deep Down’ to No.16.

5 Ian Brown – Dolphins Were MonkeysNo, that’s just Ian Brown, the idiotic air-rage fool, who’s the monkey.

3 Eiffel 65 – Move Your Body :O ===Last year’s “Blue” went to No.1 and was the third biggest-selling single ofthe year. “Move Your Body” is another endless and repetitive song but while”Blue” was entertaining after a fashion, this new track isn’t.

1 Oasis – Go Let it Out :O === *1st Week at No.1*Jeez! After their last lifeless effort, the boys Gallagher said they weregoing to go the dance route, but instead just did exactly as they’ve donebefore and repeated the same old tripe.

This single is the 5th 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

Up to the top of this page

New releases :

February (date unknown) :

February 7th :

February 14th :

February 21st :

February 28th :

March (date unknown) :

March 6th :

March 13th :

March 20th :

Don’t Say You Love Me – M2M (Atlantic/East West)

April (date unknown) :

May (date unknown) :

[tba] – Goldfrapp (Mute)

Up to the top of this page

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

8 Marvin Gaye – Love Songs

18 Crowded House – Afterglow

27 Andy Williams – Best Of

46 Andreas Johnson – Liebling

60 Lambchop – Nixon The top 5 goes like this :

1 Gabrielle – Rise

2 Travis – The Man Who

3 Shania Twain – Come On Over

4 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

5 Macy Gray – On How Life Is

New releases :

February (date unknown) :

February 7th :

February 14th :

February 21st :

February 28th :

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)

Up to the top of this page

Dominator’s Top 50 of 1999

7. Pet Shop Boys – I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any MoreOf two singles released last year this one was the best. With one of thelongest song titles ever written, this was another classic slice of PSBwhich will be loved by all their fans, including me, but largelyignored by everyone else. It made No.15 in July last year.

It was followed by New York City Boy (No.14, Oct 99) and another longtitle, You Only Love Me When You’re Drunk (No.8, Jan 2000).

I went to see the Pet Shop Boys on Dec 10th last year at the M.E.N. (ManchesterEvening News) Arena, formerly known as the Nynex Arena, which was excellentand featured seven songs from their latest album, Nightlife, which hasa very ambient feel and I recommend it wholeheartedly, including For YourOwn Good, which opened the gig, plus I Don’t Know What You Want But ICan’t Give It Any More, Happiness is an Option, Vampires, New York City Boy,Footsteps and an acoustic version of their last single, YouOnly Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk.

I last saw the Pet Shop Boys on their 1989 tour at the Birmingham NEC whichwas more of a theatrical experience and featured several short films createdexclusively by the late director Derek Jarman. The new backdrops which appearedbehind every song, had some that were more specific than others but each playedtheir part and the only time we saw an actual promo video was when selectedclips of What Have I Done To Deserve This ? were played as Neil sangthe duet with the late Dusty Springfield.

Other tunes played throughout the two-hour concert included West End Girls,Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money), It’s a Sin, Young Offender, BeingBoring, Only The Wind, Se A Vida E (That’s The Way Life Is),It’s Alright and a rousing finale of Go West.

The only thing that played a partial downer on the gig was that within foursongs, a number of people including the rows around us walked out and neverreturned – quite odd considering they’d paid at least £25 per ticket(and mine were closer to £30 each after you add the booking fee andP&P). However, this wasn’t such a bad thing as it meant we could move aboutmore and do our best to avoid the tall people in front obscuring the stage,plus it got rid of one particularly annoying bottle blonde bimbo who justwouldn’t shut up!

And yes, they did wear THOSE wigs, but for the first half only.

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

[Up to the top of this page]

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.

DVDfever.co.uk

Follow DVDfever.co.uk