I've been searching everywhere, just to find someone who cares about this old chart from 1996

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Chris Brown

2020-11-08 13:10:33 UTC

Another 90s chart, and another tribute since sadly James Broad the
singer of Silver Sun, died last week. If you want to be tenuous, this
chart also includes the follow-up to 'Three Lions', which mentions Nobby
Stiles.
Also includes a song named after a place I could walk by a band who are
from further away. And a song by 75% of a great band.

Playlists are here. Sadly Symposium still aren't on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uTY4zhUTMwf6UKNR2R2aF?si=XhwTwpIoR0qMSi-xToluIA
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNq3dbUQYR5iJLl2qaQdx5jz

Chart dated: 9th November 1996

1. (NE) Robson & Jerome What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?
2. (1) Spice Girls Say You'll Be There
3. (2) East 17 ft Gabrielle If You Ever
4. (NE) Simply Red Angel
5. (4) Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart
6. (NE) Gina G I Belong To You
7. (7) Babybird You're Gorgeous
8. (5) Faithless Insomnia
9. (3) Boyzone Words
10. (NE) 911 Don't Make Me Wait
11. (8) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
12. (NE) Babyface This Is For The Lover In You
13. (NE) Bjork Possibly Maybe
14. (6) Reef Place Your Hands
15. (NE) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 1st Of Tha Month
16. (12) Alisha's Attic Alisha Rules The World
17. (9) Livin' Joy Follow The Rules
18. (13) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
19. (11) Space Neighbourhood {reissue}
20. (15) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever
21. (16) The Beautiful South Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)
22. (NE) Underworld Pearl's Girl {reissue}
23. (18) Blackstreet ft Dr Dre No Diggity
24. (10) Madonna You Must Love Me
25. (RE) Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over {1996 reissue}
26. (NE) BT ft Tori Amos Blue Skies
27. (20) Suede Beautiful Ones
28. (14) Lightning Seeds What If...
29. (17) Cast Flying
30. (32) Spice Girls Wannabe
31. (23) Mark Morrison Trippin'
32. (24) LL Cool J Loungin'
33. (21) The Braids Bohemian Rhapsody
34. (NE) My Life Story Sparkle
35. (26) Damage Love II Love
36. (NE) Tricky Christiansands
37. (27) B.B.E. Seven Days And One Week
38. (NE) El Mariachi Cuba
39. (25) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
40. (28) Fugees Ready Or Not

41. (NE) Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Patio Song
42. (30) Duke So in Love With You
43. (33) Clock Oh What A Night
44. (NE) Cool Jack Jus' Come
45. (22) Gene Fighting Fit
46. (31) Huff + Puff Help Me Make It
47. (NE) Status Quo with Maddy Prior All Around My Hat
48. (35) Dina Carroll Escaping
49. (37) Peter Andre Flava
50. (NE) Lucky Monkeys Bjango
51. (NE) Pauline Taylor Constantly Waiting
52. (34) E-Motion The Naughty North & The Sexy South
53. (19) R.E.M. Bittersweet Me
54. (NE) Bis Atom Powered Action!
[Starbright Boy; Wee Love; Team Theme; Cliquesuck]
55. (29) Presidents Of The United States Of America Mach 5
56. (NE) Speedy Boy Wonder
57. (39) Future Sound Of London My Kingdom
58. (41) Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
59. (60) Robbie Williams Freedom
60. (NE) Heads With Shaun Ryder Don't Take My Kindness For Weakness
61. (36) Sneaker Pimps 6 Underground
62. (47) George Michael Spinning The Wheel
63. (57) Phil Collins Dance Into The Light
64. (46) Jeremy Healy & Amos Stamp!
65. (38) Alexander O'Neal Let's Get Together
66. (44) Felix Don't You Want Me
67. (53) Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
68. (48) Stretch & Vern Present Maddog I'm Alive
69. (40) Mazzy Star Flowers In December
70. (66) Los Del Rio Macarena
71. (NE) T-Empo The Look Of Love/The Blue Room
72. (49) MN8 Dreaming
73. (52) Luther Vandross Your Secret Love
74. (NE) DJ Shadow Stem
75. (NE) L.A. Ganz Like A Playa
76. (NE) Urban Soul Back Together
77. (42) Lost Boyz Music Makes Me High
78. (45) Express Of Sound Real Vibration (Want Love)
79. (54) Silver Sun Lava
80. (NE) Star Turn Parklife/Roll With It
81. (RE) Fugees Killing Me Softly
82. (55) OMD Universal
83. (NE) Lamb God Bless
84. (88) Ant & Dec Better Watch Out
85. (RE) 3T ft Michael Jackson Why?
86. (NE) The Real People Rayners Lane
87. (64) Natural Born Grooves Forerunner
88. (77) Eternal Someday
89. (59) Keith Murray The Rhyme
90. (81) East 17 Someone To Love
91. (NE) Tony De Vit Are You All Ready/UFO
92. (RE) Backstreet Boys We've Got It Goin' On
93. (63) Victor Simonelli presents Solution Feels So Right
94. (NE) Symposium Drink The Sunshine
95. (RE) Louise Undivided Love
96. (100) Tori Amos Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow
97. (NE) Lionrock Project Now (Undefinable Modern Music)
[Call A Cab; Reel And Stepout; Sun Up In The Centre; Obviously Oblivious]
98. (78) Suede Trash
99. (99) Prodigy Firestarter
100. (RE) Let Loose Take It Easy

Chris

Vidcapper

2020-11-08 15:30:09 UTC

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Chart dated: 9th November 1996
8. (5) Faithless Insomnia
18. (13) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
30. (32) Spice Girls Wannabe
37. (27) B.B.E. Seven Days And One Week
58. (41) Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
70. (66) Los Del Rio Macarena
81. (RE) Fugees Killing Me Softly
96. (100) Tori Amos Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow
99. (99) Prodigy Firestarter

More than I usually know from a 90's chart.

--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Chris Brown

2020-11-08 23:14:22 UTC

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Chart dated: 9th November 1996
8.    (5) Faithless    Insomnia
18. (13) Deep Blue Something    Breakfast At Tiffany's
30. (32) Spice Girls    Wannabe
37. (27) B.B.E.    Seven Days And One Week
58. (41) Jamiroquai    Virtual Insanity
70. (66) Los Del Rio    Macarena
81. (RE) Fugees    Killing Me Softly
96. (100) Tori Amos    Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow
99. (99) Prodigy    Firestarter

More than I usually know from a 90's chart.

Yeah, that's even a bit more than I expected from you (I'm presuming
you're referring to only one side of the Tori Amos single, otherwise I'm
even more impressed).

This still isn't going to stop me doing the list of other versions
though I think some of them are pretty obvious anyway:

1. (NE) Robson & Jerome What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted? {cover of
the Jimmy Ruffin hit}
3. (2) East 17 ft Gabrielle If You Ever {UK hit and almost US
chart-topper for Shai as 'If I Ever Fall in Love'}
4. (NE) Simply Red Angel {cover of the Aretha Franklin hit}
9. (3) Boyzone Words {cover of the Bee Gees hit}
11. (8) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now {later a Top 10 hit
for Meat Loaf}
23. (18) Blackstreet ft Dr Dre No Diggity {samples 'Grandma's Hands' by
Bill Withers}
25. (RE) Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over {1996 reissue} [also ahit
for Paul Young, sampled on 'Don't Dream' by Dove}
33. (21) The Braids Bohemian Rhapsody {cover of the Queen hit, obviously}
34. (NE) My Life Story Sparkle {reworking of their earlier single 'You
Don't Sparkle (In My Eyes)'}
38. (NE) El Mariachi Cuba {cover of Gibson Brothers hit}
40. (28) Fugees Ready Or Not {based on the Delfonics hit, also samples
'Boadicea' by Enya}
43. (33) Clock Oh What A Night {cover of 'December 1963' by the Four
Seasons}
46. (31) Huff + Puff Help Me Make It {samples Gladys Knight & The Pips'
cover of the Kris Kristofferson song}
47. (NE) Status Quo with Maddy Prior All Around My Hat {cover of the
Steeleye Span hit}
48. (35) Dina Carroll Escaping {rewritten cover of the UK chart single
by Asia Blue}
50. (NE) Lucky Monkeys Bjango {based on a rejected remix of Bjork's
'Hyperballad'}
52. (34) E-Motion The Naughty North & The Sexy South {samples 'Ant Rap'
by Adam & the Ants}
59. (60) Robbie Williams Freedom {cover of George Michael's 'Freedom 90'}
67. (53) Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy {based on 'I Wanna Be A Hippy'
by Technohead}
68. (48) Stretch & Vern Present Maddog I'm Alive {samples 'Boogie
Wonderland' by Earth, Wind & Fire}
70. (66) Los Del Rio Macarena {rival version by Los Del Mar}
80. (NE) Star Turn Parklife/Roll With It {covers of Blue and Oasis
respectively}
81. (RE) Fugees Killing Me Softly
{cover of the Roberta Flack hit}

Chris

James Heaton

2020-11-08 21:13:23 UTC

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Not what I wanted to keep hearing on the radio living in a very noisy
flat...

11. (8) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now

Aka the Sunday morning song

14. (6) Reef Place Your Hands

It's your letters...

16. (12) Alisha's Attic Alisha Rules The World

Very keen on these 2 at the time, sibling harmony can be so tight it's
incredible

20. (15) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever

Valleys girl, funnily enough I heard this the other day. Her dob is listed
as 1973 but I'm sure she was in her late 30s when this was a hit...

54. (NE) Bis Atom Powered Action!

One of the most bizarre lead vocalists I can recall

57. (39) Future Sound Of London My Kingdom

No Humanoids were harmed in the making of this record...

61. (36) Sneaker Pimps 6 Underground

One of those songs which seemed to be everywhere for a little while

96. (100) Tori Amos Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow

B side to be a huge hit in Jan 97?

James

Chris Brown

2020-11-09 22:46:21 UTC

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Post by Chris Brown
Another 90s chart, and another tribute since sadly James Broad the
singer of Silver Sun, died last week. If you want to be tenuous, this
chart also includes the follow-up to 'Three Lions', which mentions
Nobby Stiles.
Also includes a song named after a place I could walk by a band who
are from further away. And a song by 75% of a great band.
Playlists are here. Sadly Symposium still aren't on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uTY4zhUTMwf6UKNR2R2aF?si=XhwTwpIoR0qMSi-xToluIA
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNq3dbUQYR5iJLl2qaQdx5jz
Chart dated: 9th November 1996
8. (5) Faithless Insomnia

Not what I wanted to keep hearing on the radio living in a very noisy
flat...

I never particularly wanted to hear it any context. With hindsight it's
a decent track but still massively overplayed.

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11. (8) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now

Aka the Sunday morning song

If you're awake on Sunday morning...

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14. (6) Reef Place Your Hands

It's your letters...

Ha, between the people who think of that and the people who think it's
called "Put Your Hands On".

According to https://twitter.com/PlaceYourHands it sold 1325 last week,
exactly the same as the week before.

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16. (12) Alisha's Attic Alisha Rules The World

Very keen on these 2 at the time, sibling harmony can be so tight it's
incredible

I wasn't paying a lot of attention at the time but I think their singles
have aged well (I don't really know the albums).

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20. (15) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever

Valleys girl, funnily enough I heard this the other day. Her dob is
listed as 1973 but I'm sure she was in her late 30s when this was a hit...

Hmm, even though she sings in that little-girlish voice she does seem a
bit older than 22-23 here. In fact I notice Wikipedia quotes an
interview from 1996 where she's been married for 9 years... so I hope
she wasn't 23 then eh.

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54. (NE) Bis Atom Powered Action!

One of the most bizarre lead vocalists I can recall

Speaking of people who pretended to be little girls.

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57. (39) Future Sound Of London My Kingdom

No Humanoids were harmed in the making of this record...

Heh.
Ironically, it sounds like a lot of humanoids being harmed, and that's
just part 1 (I haven't listened to the whole EP yet).

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61. (36) Sneaker Pimps 6 Underground

One of those songs which seemed to be everywhere for a little while

Yep, it was in adverts and al the trailers that weren't using 'Miserlou'.

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96. (100) Tori Amos Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow

B side to be a huge hit in Jan 97?

Yep - it is the same remix version that was later released as a single
in its own right. Presumably it was already making some impact in clubs
to get joint billing.

Chris

Robbie

2020-11-14 21:17:22 UTC

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On 08/11/2020 13:10, Chris Brown wrote:

I seem to have overlooked this one so here's a quick run through some of
the records.

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Chart dated: 9th November 1996
1. (NE) Robson & Jerome What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?

We were told that 'Unchained Melody' was a one-off...

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2. (1) Spice Girls Say You'll Be There

This record seemed to split opinion. I quite liked it but after the
poptastic 'Wannabe' this was seen by some as a disappoiuntment.

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3. (2) East 17 ft Gabrielle If You Ever

I quite liked this but radio just wouldn't let go of it.

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5. (4) Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart

I love the remix version of this that propelled the single back up the
charts.

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7. (7) Babybird You're Gorgeous

This was one record that I found highly annoying.

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8. (5) Faithless Insomnia

An excellent track. Their record label (Cheeky Records) was located next
my office in Harlesden at this time.

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14. (6) Reef Place Your Hands

I think Radio X seem to have forgotten to take this off their playout
system. Not that I listen to the station that much these days (so
perhaps they have removed it).

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20. (15) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever

I remember this record climbing the chart in what by 1996 seemed an old
fashioned way, that is making good progress up the charts for a few
weeks. 34-20-11-9-{5}-5-7-9-15-20-32-44-56-66.

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21. (16) The Beautiful South Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

The record that made me start to go off the band. I just couldn't get
into this at all.

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27. (20) Suede Beautiful Ones

Great lyrics!

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37. (27) B.B.E. Seven Days And One Week

Great dance track.

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47. (NE) Status Quo with Maddy Prior All Around My Hat

Status Quo seemed to be teaming up with anyone by this point in their
career. The original, by Maddy's band Steeleye Span, entered the charts
21 years previously, in November 1975.

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Chris

Chris Brown

2020-11-15 18:12:56 UTC

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Post by Robbie
I seem to have overlooked this one so here's a quick run through some of
the records.

Post by Chris Brown
Chart dated: 9th November 1996
1. (NE) Robson & Jerome What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?

We were told that 'Unchained Melody' was a one-off...

At least Jerome stopped after this, although I know Robson eventually
released a solo album.
I wonder if they're the most successful recording act in the UK that
never performed live?