17 (8) Pet Shop Boys - You Only Love Me When You're Drunk

J A N U A R Y 2 2 N D 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 : 8 new entries, 1 re-entry, 1 climbers, 3 non-movers & 27 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…

8 new entries and 1 re-entry :

38 (45-RE) Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton – What I Am

19 Eddie Amador – Rise

18 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott – Hot Boyz

15 Justin – Let it Be Me

11 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar Deluxe – Rainbow Country

7 Point Break – Stand Tough

5 Scooch – More Than I Needed To Know

2 Donell Jones – U Know What’s Up

1 Manic Street Preachers – The Masses Against the Classes so the following dropped out :

40 Various – It’s Only Rock N Roll

39 Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up

38 ‘N Sync/Gloria Estefan – Music of my Heart

37 Martine McCutcheon – Talking in your Sleep

36 Mel C – Northern Star

35 B*Witched – I Shall Be There

34 Eiffel 65 – Blue

28 Lolly – Big Boys Don’t Cry

25 Dark Star – Graceadelica 1 climbers :

31 (32) TLC 3 non-movers :

6 Alice Deejay

9 Len

16 R Kelly and 27 going down. Big fallers include :

13 (5) Vengaboys

14 (4) Steps

17 (8) Pet Shop Boys

20 (10) John Lennon

26 (12) Cliff Richard

28 (13) Cuban Boys

29 (14) South Park

34 (24) NAS

36 (21) Choo Choo Project New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

68 Lupine Howl – Vaporizer

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

17 (8) Pet Shop Boys – You Only Love Me When You’re DrunkLast week I said :

“I wasn’t sure if this had been released this week since a couple ofshops I tried to find it in didn’t have it, including Woolies who said they’dhad no copies of any singles in all week.

It’s a slow, sombre effort which puts the PSB rightfully back in the Top 10,and was performed at their concerts with only a guitar for musicalaccompaniment. It’s brilliant and I’ll have to get both CD singles releasedsometime this week.”

This week I found only one shop that stocked them and I passed as they werefull price at 4quid each and for this release there were 3 of them. I lookedin Woolies, who had written the PSBs off by not including them at all intheir new Top 50 which includes the past week’s new releases, so I doubtif they’ve stocked them at all. I didn’t bother looking in Our Price or HMVas that’s no place for cheap anything.

If anyone knows where these can be bought for 3quid apiece or less, or wantsto sell their own, let me know. I’d like to get all three in one go thoughif possible.

7 Point Break – Stand ToughMore dreadful teen pop. Obviously the quality control dept. were out tolunch when this track was recorded.

5 Scooch – More Than I Needed To KnowWithout a doubt, the new Steps. Even my girlfriend, who doesn’t care muchfor the charts, couldn’t see the point of this band as they’re the sameas Steps but with one less member and even worse music.

2 Donell Jones – U Know What’s UpYes, increases in grammatical errors.

1 (NEW) Manic Street Preachers – The Masses Against the Classes *1st Week at No.1*A new single, with presumably a new album to follow, but I’ve not heardit anywhere so cannot comment on it yet.

For anyone who hates this band’s name being abbreviated to “The Manics”,they’ve now announced their own website :www.manics.co.uk

This single is the 2nd 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

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New releases :

January (date unknown) :

January 3rd :

January 10th :

January 17th :

January 24th :

January 31st :

February (date unknown) :

February 7th :

February 14th :

February 21st :

February 28th :

March (date unknown) :

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Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

None The top 5 goes like this :

1 Travis – The Man Who

2 Shania Twain – Come On Over

3 Macy Gray – On How Life Is

4 Westlife – Westlife

5 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

New releases :

January (date unknown) :

January 10th :

January 17th :

January 24th :

January 31st :

February (date unknown) :

February 7th :

February 14th :

February 21st :

February 28th :

March (date unknown) :

April (date unknown) :

May (date unknown) :

June (date unknown) :

August (date unknown) :

[tba] – N.W.A. (Priority/Virgin)

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Dominator’s Top 50 of 1999

3. Divine Comedy – National ExpressNational Express (No.8, Feb 99) was another classic from Neil Hannonand the band, this one being about the National Health Service, not a popularbus and coach company, but a good advert nonetheless. However, they werecensored when the arses at Top of the Pops blanked out the word “arse” fromthe song.

The single was followed up by The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count(No.17, Aug 99) and Gin Soaked Boy (No.38, Nov 99).

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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