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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 : 9 new entries, 1 climbers, 1 non-movers & 29 downers.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…
9 new entries :
4-piece girlie pop band who had a No.8 hit in May with “I Quit”, return foranother stab at the charts. It’ll get your foot tapping, but you’ll soon stopif you’re over 19 and realise that it’s music for kids 🙂
5 Texas – Summer Son *Another track from “The Hush”, and a rather good energetic one that’s well worthblasting out of the car radio, but the promo video has been banned from mostchannels for screening pre-7pm, before which time they can only play a liveversion.
The ‘saucy’ promo though is nothing of the sort – just Sharleen writhing abouton a bed with a bloke – the sort of thing that passionate teenagers, a largepart of their audience, will be getting up to anyway, so I don’t see the bigdeal.
1 Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino *1st Week at No.1*The second single from her “Schizophonic” album and not a bad track, but nothingto shout about. The summer sun beats down as Geri parades her ginger pubes,nearly, in a bikini while writhing about on a boat.
The success of this song was nearly scuppered though, earlier in the week,when Woolworths, who account for a quarter of singles sales, realised that theircopies of CD single no.2 were mis-labelled CD1, despite containing the correctcontent of CD2. So, in their infinite wisdom, rather than stick a poster upabout it, they took all the copies off the shelves, awaiting replacements. D’oh!
This is the 23rd single to go straight in at No.1.
If anyone knows of a good site for new release info, please let me know
16th August :All Seeing I 1st Man In SpaceApollo 440 Stop The RockBen & Jason EmoticonsBinary Finary 1999Brand New Heavies Saturday NightHepburn BugsLuhrman, Baz When Doves CryMercury Rev Goddess On A Hi WayNine Yards Always Find A WayOrton, Beth Central ReservationSalt N Pepa Gitty UpTexas Summer SonTin Tin Out 11 To FlyTLC UnprettyToutes Les Filles Thats What Love Can DoUnderworld King Of SnakeYazoo Only You 23rd August :A Teens Mama MiaAdams, Bryan Inside OutAmira My DesireArab Strap CherubsAyla AylaBamboo BamboogieBig Room Girl Raise Your HandsBuck Cherry Lit UpCamisra Let Me Show YouCamisra Feel The BeatCandy Girls Fee Fi Fo FumCandy Girls Wham BamCosmos Summer In SpaceCrow, Sheryl Sweet Child O’MineEthics La LunaHeartists Belo HorizontiLa’s, The There She GoesLeftfield Afrika Shox/Phat PlanetLlama Farmers YellowMcCutcheon Martine I Got YouOcean Colour Scene I Am The NewsRaissa Walk Right ThroughShrink Nervous BreakdownSixpence None The Richer There She GoesStereophonics I Wouldn’t BelieveSuede Everything Will FlowSummer Daze Samba MagicSylvian, David God ManTall Paul Rok Da HouseThunderbugs Friends ForeverTin Tin Out All I Wanna DoTin Tin Out Dance With MeTin Tin Out Strings For JasminTin Tin Out Here’s Where The Story EndsYounger Younger 28’s Next Big Thing 30th August :95 North The RequestHell CopaJamiroquai SupersonicRegular Fries Dust It (Don’t Bust it)Supergrass Movin’Twain, Shania Man I Feel Like A Woman 6th September :Cole, Andy OutstandingJones, Tom TBCRoss, Diana Not Over You Yet 13th September :Everything But The Girl Five Fathoms 20th September :Bowie, David TBCC, Melanie TBCThis week there are new entries for
Dominator’s Top 50 of 1998
35. Matthew Marsden – The Heart’s Lone DesirePreviously known as car mechanic Chris in ITV’s “Coronation Street”, anothersoap star set his sights on a chart assault. Since he was a musician beforebecoming an actor, this probably explains why this ballad is very good indeedand it made No.13 in July last year.
It was followed up with a rather average cover of Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone”(No.24, Nov 98), but the third single, “Walk My Way”, originally scheduledfor February 22nd this year, was put back further and further until the recordlabel dropped him. Whether he continues to sing, or returns to the Street,has yet to be seen.
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.