37 (42 RE) Spice Girls – Goodbye

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The initial bit :

In the last chart of 1998, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, pickingout the Top 10 first. During 1999, I’ll be going through the list one by onestarting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week : 12 new entries, 1 re-entry, 0 climbers, 1 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…

12 new entries and 1 re-entry :

  • 40 David Sylvian – I Surrender
  • 37 (42 RE) Spice Girls – Goodbye
  • 36 Men Of Vizion – Do You Feel Me?
  • 34 Take 5 – Never Had It So Good
  • 22 Echo & The Bunnymen – Rust
  • 20 Spacedust – Let’s Get Down
  • 16 Delirious? – See the Star
  • 15 Tina Cousins – Killin’ Time
  • 12 Underworld – Push Upstairs
  • 9 Andy Williams – Music To Watch The Girls Go By *
  • 8 Kele Le Roc – My Love
  • 4 Robbie Williams – Strong :O ===
  • 1 B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman * so the following dropped out :
  • 40 Jay-Z featuring Amil & Ja Rule – Can I Get A Decent Record
  • 39 Status Quo – The Way It Goes
  • 38 A+ – Enjoy Yourself
  • 37 Cher – Believe
  • 36 Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C – When You’re Gone
  • 35 Nsync – I Want You Back
  • 34 QFX – Say You’ll Be Mine
  • 33 Skunk Anansie – Charlie Big Potato
  • 31 Elton John & Leann Rimes – Written in the Stars
  • 30 Barenaked Ladies – One Week
  • 29 Kavana – Will You Wait For Me?
  • 28 Ginuwine – What’s So Different?
  • 27 Lauryn Hill – Ex-Factor 0 climbers : 1 non-movers :
  • 3 Britney Spears and 26 going down. Big fallers include :
  • 39 (26) E-17 – Betcha Can’t Wait
  • 38 (18) Daniel O’Donnell – The Way Dreams Are
  • 33 (13) Orbital
  • 28 (10) REM
  • 19 (11) Roxette
  • 14 (5) Manic Street Preachers New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
  • 43 Goo Goo Dolls – Slide
  • 44 Capriccio – Everybody Get Up
  • 45 Moloko – Sing It Back
  • 46 Blackout – Gotta Have Hope
  • 51 Tilt – Children
  • 53 Keith Sweat – I’m Not Ready
  • 56 Johnson – Say You Love Me
  • 62 Jamestown featuring Jocelyn Brown – I Believe
  • 72 The Creatures – Say

    Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

    37 (42 RE) Spice Girls – Goodbye

    You say Goodbye, and they say hello again. Why are they back in the charts withthe same single? Good question, although it may be down to them taking part inthe current NSPCC TV advertising campaign against child abuse which shows howpeople are more likely to look away rather than face the truth.

    9 Andy Williams – Music To Watch The Girls Go By *

    It only made No.33 in May 1967, but this time the classic, catchy tune getsa Top 10 placing from a re-release thanks to an advert for Fiat Punto cars.I’ve got one of these, but I don’t get that many girls ogling it. Then again,there’s so many Puntos on the road that they’re probably done ogling for theday.

    4 Robbie Williams – Strong :O ===

    Replace “Strong” with “Weak and bland”, which is just how this slow, turgideffort treads out. Very dull indeed.

    1 B*witched – Blame It On The Weatherman * *1st Week at No.1*

    Four singles and four instant No.1’s. B*witched are the first group ever togo straight in at No.1, which should be congratulated… if it wasn’t theresult of obvious marketing strategies which are causing it.

    This is the 9th single to go straight in at No.1.

  • 1. Fatboy Slim – Praise You
  • 2. 911 – A Little Bit More
  • 3. Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
  • 4. Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden – You Don’t Know Me
  • 5. Blondie – Maria
  • 6. Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
  • 7. Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
  • 8. Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough
  • 9. B*witched – Blame It On The Weatherman

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    New releases :

    March 8th :

      Inside Out – Bryan Adams (A&M/Mercury)
      [tba] – Afro Celt Sound System (Realworld-Virgin)
      Honey To The Bee – Billie (Innocent/Virgin)
      Blame It On The Weatherman – B*Witched (Glow Worm/Epic)
      Never There – Cake (Fontana)
      Like We Used To Say – Common (-)
      You Gotta Be – Des’ree (Dusted Sound/Sony S=B2)
      [tba] – Deus (Island)
      Rust – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
      Heavy High – Liz Horsman (-)
      Power / Fish Dances – Irresistible Force (Ninja Tune)
      My Love – Kele Le Roc (1st Ave./Wild Card/Polydor)
      Made It Back – Beverley Knight feat. Redman (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
      Walk My Way – Mathew Marsden (Viper/Columbia)
      Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista) 8.02
      Do You Feel Me – Men Of Vizion (MJJ/Epic)
      [tba] – Alex Reece (Fourth&Broadway)
      At My Most Beautiful – R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)
      I Wish I Could Fly – Roxette (EMI)
      Hit The Ground Running – Smog (Domino)
      Talk About The Blues – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Mute)
      Step Out – The Tamperer feat. Maya (Time/Pepper/Jive)
      Year Of The Apocalypse – Jimi Tenor (Warp)
      No Scrubs – TLC (LaFace/Arista)
      Bitterscene – Velocette (Wiiija)
      Juice – Whale (Hut/Virgin)

    March 15th :

      Never Gonna Give You Up ’99 – Rick Astley (-)
      [tba] – Gary Barlow (RCA)
      If You Really Want To Know – Marc Dorsey (Jive)
      Korean Bodega – Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Difontaine/Chrysalis)
      Flowerz – Armand van Helden (ffrr)
      Big Love – Peter Heller (Junior Boys Own)
      If You Believe – Sasha (-)
      [tba] – Todd Terry (VC/Virgin)
      Push Upstairs – Underworld (Junior Boy’s Own/V2)
      Strong – Robbie Williams (Chrysalis)

    March 22nd :

      Windowlicker – The Aphex Twin (Warp)
      Keep A Lid On It – Crash Test Dummies (RCA)
      Day In, Day Ou – Feeder (Echo)
      I Got Something To Say – Reef (Sony S=B2)
      The Living Dream [rm] – Sundance (React)

    March 29th :

      Cassius TBCCatatonia Dead From The Waste DownCranberries TBCDeetah El ParadisoDes’ree You Gotta BeElectronic VividHeller, Pete Big LoveLynden David Hall Medicine 4 My PainMarsden, Mathew Walk My WayTexas Once in a Lifetime

    April 5th :

      Glamma Kid TabooGroove Armada If Everybody LookedMcCutcheon, Martine Perfect MomentPuressence This FeelingRhymes, Busta Whats It Gonna BeSasha TBCUB40 TBC

    April 12th :

      Fatboy Slim Right Here, Right NowHappy Mondays TBCNail, Jimmy Blue Beyond The GreyStar Power X Ray OK (Remixes)Suede Electricity

    April 19th :

      Cast Beat MammaSara Evans No Place For ThatMike & The Mechanics TBCMishka Give You All The LoveSalt N Pepa Push It ’99Terry, Todd TBC

    April 26th :

      Cardigans TBCGay Dad JoyMeja How Crazy Are YouVictoria Fall

    Other forthcoming releases

    MARCH :

      Aquila (EP) [rm] – Anjali (Wiiija)
      [tba] – Aya (Universal)
      Remote Control – Beastie Boys (Grand Royal/Capitol)
      Just Say – Blood (Oyster)
      Sure Thing – Brassy (Wiiija)
      [tba] EP – Brothers In Sound (Regal/Parlophone)
      [tba] – Cay (East West)
      [tba] – Chicane feat. M=E1ire Brennan (Xtravaganza)
      Button Down Disco – Clinton (Wiiija)
      Angel – Deep Venus (24 Stroke)
      Buddy X – Dreem Teem vs. Neneh Cherry (4 Liberty/Deconstruction)
      Club Lonely – Sam Ellis (Paral.lel/ZTT)
      [tba] – Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
      Joy – Gay Dad (London)
      At The River – Groove Armada (Pepper/Jive)
      [tba] – Geri Halliwell (EMI)
      Love Of A Lifetime – The Honeyz (1st Ave./Mercury)
      Relax – Robbie Rivera pres. Invasion (Stoney Boy Music)
      [tba] – Jamelia (Rhythm Series/Parlophone)
      I Believe – Jamestown feat. Jocelyn Brown (Playola/Edel)
      [tba] – Mike Koglin (Multiply)
      [tba] – Koot (WEA)
      [tba] – Laptop (Island)
      Afrika Shox – Leftfield feat. Afrika Bambaataa (Hard Hands/Columbia)
      [tba] – Lobster (MCA)
      [tba] – Marvin & Tamara (Epic)
      [tba] – Mero (RCA)
      The Jag – Micronauts (Science/Virgin)
      [tba] – Monk & Canatella (Multiply)
      Mambo ’99 – Mucho Mambo (Ministry Of Sound)
      Positivism – NT (Response/Epic) ~ [tba] – N-Trance (All Around The World)
      Cut Chemist Suite – Ozomatli (Almo Sounds)
      [tba] – Plone (Warp)
      [tba] EP – DJ Pulse (FutureFlex/WEA)
      Peace & Mind – Qattara (Steel Fish)
      [tba] – Queeny Dreena (Blanco Y Negro/WEA)
      [tba] – Karen Ramirez (Manifesto/Mercury)
      [tba] – Raylex (Universal)
      Desert Music – Steve Reich (Arthrob/Coalition)
      You Got Me – Roots feat. Erykah Badu (Universal)
      Nomansland – DJ Sakin & Friends (Additive)
      Sweet Like Chocolate [rm] – Shanks & Bigfoot (Chocolate Boy)
      [tba] – Super Collider (Loaded)
      [tba] – Taxi Driver (Estereo)
      Sun Is Shining – Technique (Creation)
      [tba] – Touch & Go (V2)
      Skylines Over Rooftops – Two Banks Of Four (Sirkus)

    APRIL :

      I Know My Love – The Corrs (143/Lava/Atlantic)
      [tba] – Tina Cousins (Ebul/Jive)
      [tba] – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
      [tba] – Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
      Mad Dog – Elastica (Deceptive)
      My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston (Arista)
      Viva La Radio – Lolly (Polydor)
      Shut Your Mouth – Made In London (RCA)
      [tba] – Martine McCutcheon (Innocent/Virgin)
      [tba] – Jez Metcalf (Ebul/Jive)
      [tba] – Ocean Colour Scene feat. P.P. Arnold (MCA)
      [tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
      [tba] – Suede (Nude)
      [tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      [tba] – Supergrass (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Teenage Rampage (19 Recs.)
      [tba] – Westside (RCA)
      We’re Going Out – Younger Younger 28s (V2)

    MAY :

      The F-Word – Baby Bird (Echo)
      Dove L’Amore – Cher (WEA)
      [tba] – Collette (RCA)
      Oh Jim – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Gintare (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
      [tba] – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
      Out Of Your Tree – Papa Mantra (Telstar)
      [tba] – Adam Rickit (Polydor)

    JUNE :

      [tba] – Archive (Independiente)
      [tba] – BB Mak (Telstar)
      Big Boys Don’t Cry – Lolly (Polydor)

    JULY :

      [tba] – Whitney Houston (Arista)

    AUGUST :

      [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)

    SEPTEMBER :

      ~ [tba] – Oasis (Creation)

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    Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

    This week there are new entries for

  • 1 Blur – 13
  • 17 Beth Orton – Central Reservation
  • 29 Silverchair – Neon Ballroom
  • 34 Rick Wakeman – Return To The Centre of the Earth
  • 42 Ginuwine – 100% Ginuwine
  • 49 Thunder – Giving The Game Away
  • 70 Duran Duran – Strange Behaviour
  • 74 Jeff Beck – Who Else! The top 5 goes like this :
  • 1 Blur – 13
  • 2 Stereophonics – Performance and Cocktails
  • 3 Corrs – Talk On Corners
  • 4 Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You
  • 5 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

    New releases :

    March 15th :

      13 – Blur (Food/Parlophone)
      Adventure – Furslide (Virgin)
      100% Ginuwine – Ginuwine (Epic)
      Aida – Elton John (Rocket/Mercury)
      Best Of … – Kool & The Gang (Mercury)
      [tba] – Roxette (EMI)
      Dead Bees On A Cake – David Sylvian (Virgin)
      The Best Choral Album In The World … Ever! – v.a. (VirginEMI)

    March 22nd :

      Social Dancing – Bis (Wiiija) 22.02
      Give Yourself A Hand – Crash Test Dummies (RCA)
      [tba] – Beverley Craven (Epic)
      [tba] – King Crimson (Virgin)
      Post Orgasmic Chill – Skunk Anansie (Mercury)

    March 29th :

      [tba] – Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint/Parlophone)
      Twisted Tenderness – Electronic (Parlophone)

    April 5th :

      What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? – Echo & The Bunnymen (London)
      Middle Of Nowhere – Orbital (ffrr)

    April 19th :

      [tba] – Gary Barlow (RCA)
      [tba] – Texas (Mercury)

    April 26th :

      Us & Them – Godflesh (Earache)

    May 3rd :

      [tba] H – Suede (Nude)

    May 10th :

      Supreme Clientele – Ghostface Killah (Epic)

    Other forthcoming releases

    MARCH :

      Premiers Symptomes – Air (Virgin)
      Out Of Alda – Alda (Wildstar/Telstar)
      [tba] – Badly Drawn Boy (XL)
      [tba] – The Blockster (Ministry Of Sound)
      [tba] – Andrea Bocelli (Universal)
      [tba] – Cay (East West)
      [tba] – Clinton (Wiiija)
      One Advice, Space – Deus (Independiente)
      Whitey Ford Sings The Blues – Everlast (Tommy Boy)
      Utopia Parkway – Fountains Of Wayne (Atlantic/East West)
      [tba] – Leftfield (Hard Hands/Columbia)
      Lovestation – Lovestation (Fresh)
      Come On Die Young – Mogwai (Chemikal Underground)
      Recycle – New Order (London)
      [tba] – Regular Fries (JBO/V2)
      [tba] – Somatic (Universal)
      [tba] – Sparky Lightbourne (Skint)
      [tba] – Straw (WEA)
      [tba] – Tam (Roadrunner)
      Everything Picture – Ultrasound (Nude)
      On The Floor At The Boutique – Mixed By Fatboy Slim – v.a. (Skint)
      Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats – v.a. (Tommy Boy)
      [tba] – Whistler (Wiiija)

    APRIL :

      [tba] – Backstreet Boys (Jive)
      [tba] – Cast (Polydor)
      [tba] – The Charlatans (Beggars Banquet)
      [tba] – Hanson (Mercury)
      [tba] – James (Fontana/Mercury)
      [tba] – Jamiroquai (Sony S=B2)
      [tba] – Laptop (Island)
      Bleach [ri] – Nirvana (Sub Pop)
      [tba] – Plone (Warp) – Bring The Noise 2000 – Public Enemy (Def Jam/Mercury)
      Reef On A Fresh Tip – Reef (Sony S=B2)
      Rhinocerose – Rhinocerose (V2)
      [tba] – Soul Assassins (Columbia)
      [tba] – Sound 5 (Gut)
      [tba] – Sting (A&M/Mercury)
      [tba] – Super Collider (Loaded)
      [tba] – Travis (Independiente)
      [tba] – Neil Young (WEA)

    MAY :

      [tba] – Archive (Independiente)
      [tba] – Catatonia (Blanco Y Negro)
      [tba] – The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust/Junior Boy’s Own/V2)
      [tba] – Dope Smugglaz (Perfecto/Mushroom)
      [tba] – Rob Dougan (Cheeky)
      [tba] – Elastica (Deceptive)
      [tba] – Fierce (Hardback/Wildstar/Telstar)
      Leisurenoise – Gay Dad (London)
      [tba] – Merz (Lotus/Epic)
      To The Surface – NT (Response/Epic)
      [tba] – Ocean Colour Scene (MCA)
      [tba] – Pocket Size (EMI)
      [tba] – Seafruit (Electric Canyon/Telstar)
      By 7:30 – Vonda Shepard (Epic)
      [tba] – Miriam Stockley (Virgin)
      [tba] – Super Furry Animals (Creation)
      Lexicon Of Melody – T-Spoon (Control/Edel)

    JUNE :

      [tba] – Baby Bird (Echo)
      [tba] – The Beta Band (Regal/Parlophone)
      God’s Big Spaceship – Gomez (Hut/Virgin)
      [tba] – Hepburn (Columbia)
      [tba] – Lolly (Polydor)
      [tba] – Monaco (Polydor)
      [tba] – Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Propellerheads (Wall Of Sound)
      Cocked – Supergrass (Parlophone)
      [tba] – Paul Weller (Island)

    JULY :

      [tba] – Aqua (Universal)
      [tba] – No Doubt (Interscope)

    AUGUST :

      [tba] – Johnson Brothers (WEA)
      [tba] – Tom Jones (Gut)

    SEPTEMBER :

      [tba] – Mary Jane Lamond (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
      [tba] – Bill Laswell (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
      [tba] – Laurel MacDonald (Wicklow/BMG Classics)
      [tba] – Varttina (Wicklow/BMG Classics)

    OCTOBER :

      [tba] – Metallica w/San Francisco Symphony Orch. (Vertigo/Mercury)
      [tba] – Oasis (Creation)
      [tba] – Radiohead (Parlophone)
      [tba] – U2 (Island)

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    Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998

    13. Bernard Butler – Stay

    The ex-Suede star goes solo and makes a superb debut single, which made No.12in January last year, and is a rather atmospheric ballad that grabs the sensesby the balls and drags you in. If only it could have made the Top 10.

    It was followed by “Not Alone” (No.27, Mar 98) and “A Change Of Heart”(No.45, June 98).

    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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