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You said your body was young, but this 1996 chart is 17 years old
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Chris Brown
2015-10-11 13:53:59 UTC
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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though its
inspiration was thirty years old. Unusually for a 1996 chart, there are
no Oasis singles featured but their influence is still visible/audible.
Includes two classic rock acts of the 1990s who were in different stages
of coping with the loss of an important member.

Playlists are here:
http://www.deezer.com/playlist/1394557175
https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/6pM1w1Tgc4UTmrsEfek0G6
On the YouTube version I found the original 1996 promo for the single at
46 but I had to give up looking for the one at 92.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpqpx4AfOjj-ywP9v3SbzAw

Chart date: 12 October 1996

1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
5. (5) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever
6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
7. (3) BBE Seven Days And One Week
8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
10. (4) Dina Carroll Escaping
11. (NE) Jeremy Healy And Amos Stamp!
12. (NE) Damage Love II Love
13. (7) LL Cool J Loungin
14. (NE) Luther Vandross Your Secret Love
15. (8) Peter Andre Flava
16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
17. (13) Clock Oh What A Night
18. (NE) Super Furry Animals If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
19. (9) Phil Collins Dance Into The Light
20. (12) Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
21. (14) Stretch 'N' Vern Presents 'Maddog' I'm Alive
22. (15) Gabrielle If You Really Cared
23. (16) The Bluetones Marblehead Johnson
24. (NE) Runrig Rhythm Of My Heart
25. (11) CJ Bolland Sugar Is Sweeter
26. (21) OMC How Bizarre
27. (NE) Horace Brown Things We Do For Love
28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
29. (27) George Michael Spinning The Wheel
30. (NE) Sarah Washington Everything
31. (23) Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy
32. (NE) Hyper Go-Go High {1996 remix - Rhythm Masters}
33. (19) Ocean Colour Scene The Circle
34. (NE) Third Dimension Don't Go ft Julie McDermott
35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
36. (31) Underworld Born Slippy {NUXX}
37. (25) Daniel O'Donnell Footsteps
38. (20) Everything But The Girl Single
39. (22) Longpigs Lost Myself
40. (28) Belinda Carlisle Always Breaking My Heart
41. (39) Lighthouse Family Goodbye Heartbreak
42. (17) Sleeper Statuesque
43. (NE) AKA Warning
44. (30) Skunk Anansie All I Want
45. (NE) X-Press 2 Tranz Euro Xpress
46. (33) The Cardigans Lovefool
47. (NE) Trickbaby Indie-Yarn
48. (38) Metallica Hero Of The Day
49. (24) Reel 2 Real Are You Ready For Some More?
50. (36) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Tha Crossroads
51. (35) Apollo 440 Krupa
52. (37) The Charlatans One To Another
53. (NE) Joe Cocker Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
54. (NE) Imperial Drag Boy Or A Girl
55. (NE) Man With No Name Teleport/Sugar Rush
56. (73) Gary Barlow Forever Love
57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
58. (40) Morcheeba Trigger Hippie
59. (44) Kula Shaker Hey Dude
60. (39) DJ Supreme Tha Wild Style
61. (62) Fugees Killing Me Softly
62. (48) 3T Why ft Michael Jackson
63. (NE) Power Station She Can Rock It
64. (NE) Technohead Banana-Na-Na (Dumb Diddy Dumb)
65. (43) Suggs And Louchie Lou/Michie One No More Alcohol
66. (42) Space Me And You Versus The World
67. (65) Robbie Williams Freedom
68. (49) Way Out West The Gift ft Miss Joanna Law
69. (NE) Kerbdog Sally
70. (NE) Mr And Mrs Smith Gotta Get Loose
71. (NE) DJ Krush Only The Strong Survive
72. (51) Placebo Teenage Angst
73. (69) Eternal Someday
74. (66) Pet Shop Boys Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
75. (58) Bryan Adams Let's Make It A Night To Remember

76. (34) Julian Cope Planetary Sit-In
77. (NE) Frente What's Come Over Me
78. (NE) Jools Holland & His R&B Orchestra Count To Ten
79. (NE) Kim Wilde Shame
80. (78) Mark Morrison Crazy
81. (RE) Paul Weller Peacock Suit
82. (53) Bitty McLean She's Alright
83. (64) Gina G Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
84. (52) Fluffy Nothing
85. (92) Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
86. (47) Inner City Do Me Right
87. (50) Weezer El Scorcho
88. (76) Beth Orton She Cries Your Name
89. (99) Mariah Carey Always Be My Baby
90. (77) Dune Hand In Hand
91. (RE) Neneh Cherry Woman
92. (NE) Passion Passion
93. (NE) Dave Angel Timeless
94. (NE) Danny Tenaglia Oh No
95. (59) Butthole Surfers Pepper
96. (68) House Of Pain Fed Up
97. (RE) Tina Turner Missing You
98. (RE) Keith Sweat Twisted
99. (RE) The Charlatans Jesus Hairdo
100. (82) The Blue Nile Happiness

Chris
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2015-10-11 14:55:28 UTC
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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though
... I've never heard of it. :p
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Chart date: 12 October 1996
1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
see above
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2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
OK
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
I think I've heard this one?
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7. (3) BBE Seven Days And One Week
OK
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
I wish I *hadn't* heard this one. :)
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35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
I liked this one, and even remember it from the time!
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46. (33) The Cardigans Lovefool
OK
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61. (62) Fugees Killing Me Softly
Not keen on this.
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83. (64) Gina G Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
One of our better Eurovision entries.
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Chris Brown
2015-10-12 20:55:10 UTC
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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though
... I've never heard of it. :p
Well you can't get much more 90s than that!
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Chart date: 12 October 1996
1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
see above
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2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
OK
Vaguely surprised you've heard this one.
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
I think I've heard this one?
In theory, you'd know better than I would.
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7. (3) BBE Seven Days And One Week
OK
Not really my thing.
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
I wish I *hadn't* heard this one. :)
Too many people on it who weren't Geri?
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35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
I liked this one, and even remember it from the time!
Yeah, it was one of those songs that crossed over to people who didn't
follow music. Or even like it.
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46. (33) The Cardigans Lovefool
OK
First time around, before it was massively overplayed.
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61. (62) Fugees Killing Me Softly
Not keen on this.
Thought you'd appreciate the lack of rapping though.
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83. (64) Gina G Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
One of our better Eurovision entries.
Sadly true.

Chris
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2015-10-13 06:22:22 UTC
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Chart date: 12 October 1996
2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
OK
Vaguely surprised you've heard this one.
It was a staple on the oldie music channels for a long time
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
I wish I *hadn't* heard this one. :)
Too many people on it who weren't Geri?
No - because it's more annoying than fingernails on a blackboard! :)
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Chris Brown
2015-10-13 21:30:14 UTC
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Chart date: 12 October 1996
2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
OK
Vaguely surprised you've heard this one.
It was a staple on the oldie music channels for a long time
That is in turn vaguely surprising. Though I suppose it didn't take them
long to decide which Deep Blue Something song to play.
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
I wish I *hadn't* heard this one. :)
Too many people on it who weren't Geri?
No - because it's more annoying than fingernails on a blackboard! :)
Seems an odd song to pick on.

Chris
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2015-10-14 06:12:45 UTC
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
I wish I *hadn't* heard this one. :)
Too many people on it who weren't Geri?
No - because it's more annoying than fingernails on a blackboard! :)
Seems an odd song to pick on.
Well, there wouldn't be much point picking on one that *wasn't* in this
week's featured chart... :p
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Chris Brown
2015-10-14 22:12:00 UTC
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
I wish I *hadn't* heard this one. :)
Too many people on it who weren't Geri?
No - because it's more annoying than fingernails on a blackboard! :)
Seems an odd song to pick on.
Well, there wouldn't be much point picking on one that *wasn't* in this
week's featured chart... :p
I post them every week you know (assuming I get round to deciding which
one to post this week, of course).

Chris
Mark Goodge
2015-10-11 18:57:08 UTC
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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though its
inspiration was thirty years old. Unusually for a 1996 chart, there are
no Oasis singles featured but their influence is still visible/audible.
Includes two classic rock acts of the 1990s who were in different stages
of coping with the loss of an important member.
http://www.deezer.com/playlist/1394557175
https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/6pM1w1Tgc4UTmrsEfek0G6
On the YouTube version I found the original 1996 promo for the single at
46 but I had to give up looking for the one at 92.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpqpx4AfOjj-ywP9v3SbzAw
Chart date: 12 October 1996
Very much of its time. Some definite 90s classics in here.

Possibly a little unusually, I haven't seen any of the acts in this chart
play live as such, although I have seen one act as a member of another act
(yes, this time I remembered that Phil Collins was also in Genesis!). But
only last week I was in a room in Manchester where I told the lead singer
of one of these acts that I disagree with him on the issue of the EU
Digital Single Market :-)
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1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
Good song. Bit Prodigy-like, though.
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2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
Very memorable song. One hit wonder, though.
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
Not quite a one hit wonder, but very much an only remembered for one hit
wonder.
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4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Apparently, Meat Loaf was very annoyed that she got to record this song
before he did.
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5. (5) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever
Don't really remember this one.
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place" song for me.
But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes is a supermarket in
Stoke-on-Trent.
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7. (3) BBE Seven Days And One Week
Bit bland.
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8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
Enya threatened to sue them for using a sample without permission.
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9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
Not one of their best, IMO.
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10. (4) Dina Carroll Escaping
Bland.
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
Little did we know, eh.
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17. (13) Clock Oh What A Night
Uninteresting cover.
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24. (NE) Runrig Rhythm Of My Heart
Not their best.
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28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
There are no words.
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31. (23) Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy
Good song. Recently on the Absolute Radio iPod.
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35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
The song that everybody knows, but nobody admits to liking.
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36. (31) Underworld Born Slippy {NUXX}
Great song. If you'd predicted then that this band would provide the theme
to the 2012 Olympics, you'd have been laughed off the planet.
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46. (33) The Cardigans Lovefool
Another good song. Very reminiscent of the era.
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56. (73) Gary Barlow Forever Love
Back in the days when everyone expected that he, not Robbie Williams, would
have the most successful post-TT solo career.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
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67. (65) Robbie Williams Freedom
Back in the days when everyone expected that he wouldn't have as successful
a post-TT solo career as Gary Barlow :-)
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83. (64) Gina G Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
Another of those songs that everyone knows, but wishes they didn't.
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85. (92) Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
One of their better songs.
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88. (76) Beth Orton She Cries Your Name
Very much of its time.
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96. (68) House Of Pain Fed Up
Another not-quite one hit wonder. But they did seem to only have one
musical idea. This wasn't the song in which it worked.

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2015-10-12 22:15:55 UTC
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On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 14:53:59 +0100, Chris Brown put finger to keyboard and
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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though its
inspiration was thirty years old. Unusually for a 1996 chart, there are
no Oasis singles featured but their influence is still visible/audible.
Includes two classic rock acts of the 1990s who were in different stages
of coping with the loss of an important member.
http://www.deezer.com/playlist/1394557175
https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/6pM1w1Tgc4UTmrsEfek0G6
On the YouTube version I found the original 1996 promo for the single at
46 but I had to give up looking for the one at 92.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpqpx4AfOjj-ywP9v3SbzAw
Chart date: 12 October 1996
Very much of its time. Some definite 90s classics in here.
Possibly a little unusually, I haven't seen any of the acts in this chart
play live as such, although I have seen one act as a member of another act
(yes, this time I remembered that Phil Collins was also in Genesis!). But
only last week I was in a room in Manchester where I told the lead singer
of one of these acts that I disagree with him on the issue of the EU
Digital Single Market :-)
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1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
Good song. Bit Prodigy-like, though.
More Beatles-like, surely?
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2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
Very memorable song. One hit wonder, though.
Technically they did have another Top 40 hit. But it probably only got
there because this song was on the CD single.
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
Not quite a one hit wonder, but very much an only remembered for one hit
wonder.
At least one too many.
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4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Apparently, Meat Loaf was very annoyed that she got to record this song
before he did.
And she wasn't even the first.
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5. (5) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever
Don't really remember this one.
It seemed to be promoted here mainly on the novelty of a Welsh person
having a hit in the US.
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place" song for me.
But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes is a supermarket in
Stoke-on-Trent.
I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is very
similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.
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7. (3) BBE Seven Days And One Week
Bit bland.
Did it really take a fortnight to make?
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8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
Enya threatened to sue them for using a sample without permission.
Though it presumably got sorted out eventually.
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9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
Not one of their best, IMO.
I do like it, partly because it's such an unlikely hit.
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10. (4) Dina Carroll Escaping
Bland.
But sounds like it's trying not to be in a very 1990s way.
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
Little did we know, eh.
...That it would be Number 34 in the physical singles chart this week in
2015?
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17. (13) Clock Oh What A Night
Uninteresting cover.
Except that they've changed the title.
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24. (NE) Runrig Rhythm Of My Heart
Not their best.
They have best?
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28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
There are no words.
If only there weren't.
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31. (23) Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy
Good song. Recently on the Absolute Radio iPod.
Glad somebody else
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35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
The song that everybody knows, but nobody admits to liking.
Because they're all pretending they prefer the Los Del Mar version?
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36. (31) Underworld Born Slippy {NUXX}
Great song. If you'd predicted then that this band would provide the theme
to the 2012 Olympics, you'd have been laughed off the planet.
Unless you backed it up by pointing out that they were already doing a
lot of music for adverts and things under pseudonyms.
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46. (33) The Cardigans Lovefool
Another good song. Very reminiscent of the era.
Though of course a bigger hit in 1997.
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56. (73) Gary Barlow Forever Love
Back in the days when everyone expected that he, not Robbie Williams, would
have the most successful post-TT solo career.
In fairness you can see why they thought that.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
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67. (65) Robbie Williams Freedom
Back in the days when everyone expected that he wouldn't have as successful
a post-TT solo career as Gary Barlow :-)
Perhaps he would have ended up working in that supermarket in Stoke.
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85. (92) Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
One of their better songs.
Agreed.
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88. (76) Beth Orton She Cries Your Name
Very much of its time.
Even though it wasn't a proper hit until the following year.
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96. (68) House Of Pain Fed Up
Another not-quite one hit wonder. But they did seem to only have one
musical idea. This wasn't the song in which it worked.
Maybe the samples were more important than what they did.

Chris
Mark Goodge
2015-10-13 07:02:46 UTC
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
Not quite a one hit wonder, but very much an only remembered for one hit
wonder.
At least one too many.
I wouldn't go quite that far.
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4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Apparently, Meat Loaf was very annoyed that she got to record this song
before he did.
And she wasn't even the first.
No, although the first wasn't a big hit.
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place" song for me.
But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes is a supermarket in
Stoke-on-Trent.
I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is very
similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.
What, even the bit about "everyone is blonde, and everyone is beautiful"?
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8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
Enya threatened to sue them for using a sample without permission.
Though it presumably got sorted out eventually.
Yes, it was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
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36. (31) Underworld Born Slippy {NUXX}
Great song. If you'd predicted then that this band would provide the theme
to the 2012 Olympics, you'd have been laughed off the planet.
Unless you backed it up by pointing out that they were already doing a
lot of music for adverts and things under pseudonyms.
Fair point. And, of course, if you'd said that Danny Boyle would be the
director, that's a lot less implausible.
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56. (73) Gary Barlow Forever Love
Back in the days when everyone expected that he, not Robbie Williams, would
have the most successful post-TT solo career.
In fairness you can see why they thought that.
Well, the reason is that Barlow was generally agreed to be the best
songwriter in the band. But it's possibly as little naive to think that
being a good songwriter is the best qualification for a successful solo
career.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
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67. (65) Robbie Williams Freedom
Back in the days when everyone expected that he wouldn't have as successful
a post-TT solo career as Gary Barlow :-)
Perhaps he would have ended up working in that supermarket in Stoke.
Quite possibly, yes.
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Very much of its time.
Even though it wasn't a proper hit until the following year.
The second time around, it benefitted from the album containing it being
nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

I actually have a copy of the 1997 Mercury Music Prize Nominations
compilation CD. As I recall, it came free with something else - completely
non-music related - that I bought. As well as Beth Orton, it contains two
other acts from this chart. Although I suppose that's fairly unremarkable.

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2015-10-13 21:45:57 UTC
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
Not quite a one hit wonder, but very much an only remembered for one hit
wonder.
At least one too many.
I wouldn't go quite that far.
There are a couple of Babybird songs I like, actually, but this isn't
one of them.
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4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Apparently, Meat Loaf was very annoyed that she got to record this song
before he did.
And she wasn't even the first.
No, although the first wasn't a big hit.
At least not in the US.
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place" song for me.
But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes is a supermarket in
Stoke-on-Trent.
I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is very
similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.
What, even the bit about "everyone is blonde, and everyone is beautiful"?
Some people probably are. But the song is about ennui, isn't it?
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8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
Enya threatened to sue them for using a sample without permission.
Though it presumably got sorted out eventually.
Yes, it was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
And presumably subsequent uses of that sample have been cleared properly.
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56. (73) Gary Barlow Forever Love
Back in the days when everyone expected that he, not Robbie Williams, would
have the most successful post-TT solo career.
In fairness you can see why they thought that.
Well, the reason is that Barlow was generally agreed to be the best
songwriter in the band.
Or any boy band of the time, indeed. Whether you agree or not.
He was certainly the only member of Take That to have made significant
songwriting contributions to the band.
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But it's possibly as little naive to think that
being a good songwriter is the best qualification for a successful solo
career.
Indeed.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.
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Very much of its time.
Even though it wasn't a proper hit until the following year.
The second time around, it benefitted from the album containing it being
nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
And from the increase in her profile after a few other hits.
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I actually have a copy of the 1997 Mercury Music Prize Nominations
compilation CD.
I've never actually bought one of those, even though I sometimes look at
them.
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As I recall, it came free with something else - completely
non-music related - that I bought.
Ah, you haven't bought that one either.

As well as Beth Orton, it contains two
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other acts from this chart.
Off the top of my head... Spice Girls and Chemical Brothers?
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Although I suppose that's fairly unremarkable.
In 1996/7, it was unremarkable.

Chris
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place" song for me.
But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes is a supermarket in
Stoke-on-Trent.
I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is very
similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.
What, even the bit about "everyone is blonde, and everyone is beautiful"?
Some people probably are. But the song is about ennui, isn't it?
Yes, but it's also about a bland samey-ness, which doesn't apply
particularly well to Stoke. Apart from its association with that one
supermarket, I've always felt it applied more to places like Basingstoke or
Peterborough.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.
I can't say I remember it particularly well.

The NME review is priceless:
http://www.nme.com/reviews/babylon-zoo/598

See also this clip of Jas Mann on Brass Eye:

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I actually have a copy of the 1997 Mercury Music Prize Nominations
compilation CD.
I've never actually bought one of those, even though I sometimes look at
them.
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As I recall, it came free with something else - completely
non-music related - that I bought.
Ah, you haven't bought that one either.
It's not a bad album. But it suffers, as does the Mercury Prize itself, for
being just a bit too eclectic.
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other acts from this chart.
Off the top of my head... Spice Girls and Chemical Brothers?
Yes, indeed.

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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place" song for me.
But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes is a supermarket in
Stoke-on-Trent.
I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is very
similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.
What, even the bit about "everyone is blonde, and everyone is beautiful"?
Some people probably are. But the song is about ennui, isn't it?
Yes, but it's also about a bland samey-ness, which doesn't apply
particularly well to Stoke.
I think that's more a passing mention really.
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Apart from its association with that one
supermarket, I've always felt it applied more to places like Basingstoke or
Peterborough.
Or Rotterdam?
Actually, I think that's just where they wrote the song.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.
I can't say I remember it particularly well.
My brother bought a cheap promo copy of the album and played it quite a
bit. Although I don't remember the other songs, they were obviously less
memorable.
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http://www.nme.com/reviews/babylon-zoo/598
I think I read that at the time.

I suppose it's hard to tell how seriously he really wanted to be taken.
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I actually have a copy of the 1997 Mercury Music Prize Nominations
compilation CD.
I've never actually bought one of those, even though I sometimes look at
them.
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As I recall, it came free with something else - completely
non-music related - that I bought.
Ah, you haven't bought that one either.
It's not a bad album. But it suffers, as does the Mercury Prize itself, for
being just a bit too eclectic.
It's hard to imagine really listening to it.
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As well as Beth Orton, it contains two
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other acts from this chart.
Off the top of my head... Spice Girls and Chemical Brothers?
Yes, indeed.
I remember Robbie 'Williams was also nominated, but his album came out
too late for the 1997 prize.

Chris
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
This is one of those songs that's a real "spirit of place"
song for me. But, somewhat bizarrely, the place it evokes
is a supermarket in Stoke-on-Trent.
I've never been to Stoke-On-Trent, but my stereotype of it is
very similar to the mood evoked by this song. Sorry Stoke.
What, even the bit about "everyone is blonde, and everyone is beautiful"?
Some people probably are. But the song is about ennui, isn't it?
Yes, but it's also about a bland samey-ness, which doesn't apply
particularly well to Stoke.
I think that's more a passing mention really.
Apart from its association with that one supermarket, I've always
felt it applied more to places like Basingstoke or Peterborough.
Or Rotterdam? Actually, I think that's just where they wrote the
song.
Paul Heaton told The Guardian, that he wrote the song
in a bar in Rotterdam (The Netherlands):

<https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/30/beautiful-south-how-we-made-rotterdam-or-anywhere>


But yes, that was in an article from march 2020 :-)

And Jacqui Abbott explains the "blond and beautiful" line.

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57.    (32)    Babylon Zoo    The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.
I can't say I remember it particularly well.
My brother bought a cheap promo copy of the album and played it quite a
bit. Although I don't remember the other songs, they were obviously less
memorable.
I found the album with the same name on YouTube and I think it's great !



Want to play it on the speakers loud, but it's 1:30 AM, so not possible
for the neighbours.
How did I missed this album?

From the Dutch wikipedia I understood that there also is a second
album, which was not promoted by the artist as a protest to the record
company.
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Zoo>



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57.    (32)    Babylon Zoo    The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.
I can't say I remember it particularly well.
My brother bought a cheap promo copy of the album and played it quite
a bit. Although I don't remember the other songs, they were obviously
less memorable.
I found the album with the same name on YouTube and I think it's great !
http://youtu.be/aKLWXkeehl8
Want to play it on the speakers loud, but it's 1:30 AM, so not possible
for the neighbours.
How did I missed this album?
From the Dutch wikipedia I understood that there also is a second
album, which was not promoted by the artist as a protest to the record
company.
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Zoo>
http://youtu.be/a-SD73UtKJI
Yeah, my brother borrowed the first album and then bought the second
one. A promotional copy, which was the only evidence of the album being
promoted at all really.

Chris
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57.    (32)    Babylon Zoo    The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
Not quite a one hit wonder. But might as well have been.
I recall the album as a series of identical songs with different intros.
Their entire output was essentially just the one song.
Doubtless you remember their comeback single 'All The Money's Gone'.
I can't say I remember it particularly well.
My brother bought a cheap promo copy of the album and played it quite
a bit. Although I don't remember the other songs, they were obviously
less memorable.
I found the album with the same name on YouTube and I think it's great !
http://youtu.be/aKLWXkeehl8
Want to play it on the speakers loud, but it's 1:30 AM, so not
possible for the neighbours.
How did I missed this album?
 From the Dutch wikipedia I understood that there also is a second
album, which was not promoted by the artist as a protest to the record
company.
<https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Zoo>
http://youtu.be/a-SD73UtKJI
Yeah, my brother borrowed the first album and then bought the second
one. A promotional copy, which was the only evidence of the album being
promoted at all really.
    Chris
Somebody uploaded a live concert from Babylon Zoo.
It's a BBC World Service Radio CD.
I can't find which year.



I guess, I'm busy the next 50 minutes....

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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though its
inspiration was thirty years old. Unusually for a 1996 chart, there are
no Oasis singles featured but their influence is still visible/audible.
Includes two classic rock acts of the 1990s who were in different stages
of coping with the loss of an important member.
1996 wasn't a bad year for the charts but I prefer the two years either
side of it (especially 1995)
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http://www.deezer.com/playlist/1394557175
https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/6pM1w1Tgc4UTmrsEfek0G6
On the YouTube version I found the original 1996 promo for the single at
46 but I had to give up looking for the one at 92.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpqpx4AfOjj-ywP9v3SbzAw
Chart date: 12 October 1996
1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
Good single. Features Noel Gallagher singing on something that was far
better than anything Oasis topped the charts with. And of course the
drum sequence is a complete rip-off of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' by The
Beatles.
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2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
By 1996 most number 1 records were starting to enter the charts at
number 1 but this one had a perfect climb sequence of 3-2-1 after a
brief top 75 chart run some two months earlier. Decent single.
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
Unlike this one, which I've always disliked. I found it annoying then
and still do now.
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4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Not too bad a record for a Celine Dion track. You can tell it's a Jim
Steinman song though.

Steinman has claimed that the song was inspired by the novel "Wuthering
Heights" which along with the Kate Bush song of that name makes it two
records that the novel inspired.
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5. (5) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever
OK song and one which was a massive hit in the US. Again, by 1996 few
records were starting to climb up the charts, or at least climb much
further than the position the record entered the chart at, so this
record had something of an old fashioned chart climb of 34-20-11-9-5
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
Not very good. It seemed to me like their better days were behind them
by this point.
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7. (3) BBE Seven Days And One Week
Excellent dance track and one I still listen to now and again.
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8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
OK
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9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
They were finally having massive success with a slightly more commercial
sound. This isn't their best from the period but it's still OK.
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10. (4) Dina Carroll Escaping
Dull sounding song by someone who was making something of a return after
an almost 3 year break. That break seemed to lose her momentum and her
career never really recovered.
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
A bit old hat now but still a little bit of fun.
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17. (13) Clock Oh What A Night
They were still churning out the dance cover versions and doing so in an
awful way.
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19. (9) Phil Collins Dance Into The Light
His last top 10 hit. Bland.
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20. (12) Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
I still quite like the video to this one.
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21. (14) Stretch 'N' Vern Presents 'Maddog' I'm Alive
Sampling 'Boogie Wonderland' and it's a decent club track.
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26. (21) OMC How Bizarre
Another recordthat had a by then out of the norm chart climb.
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28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
I remember reading that Father Abraham was disappointed not to play a
part in the return of The Smurfs. After hearing this surely he must have
thanked his lucky stars he had nothing to do with this awful song.
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35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
Possibly the biggest dance record sensation of the year
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36. (31) Underworld Born Slippy {NUXX}
And one of the best singles of the year.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
They really struggled after 'Spaceman'
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68. (49) Way Out West The Gift ft Miss Joanna Law
Good, trippy, club tune.
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74. (66) Pet Shop Boys Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
One of their better 90s songs. And even then I think it was an old track
either re-recorded or remixed.
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One of the landmark Number One singles of the era, even though its
inspiration was thirty years old. Unusually for a 1996 chart, there
are no Oasis singles featured but their influence is still
visible/audible. Includes two classic rock acts of the 1990s who were
in different stages of coping with the loss of an important member.
1996 wasn't a bad year for the charts but I prefer the two years either
side of it (especially 1995)
I think you're probably right on that.
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http://www.deezer.com/playlist/1394557175
https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/6pM1w1Tgc4UTmrsEfek0G6
On the YouTube version I found the original 1996 promo for the single
at 46 but I had to give up looking for the one at 92.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpqpx4AfOjj-ywP9v3SbzAw
Chart date: 12 October 1996
1. (NE) The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun
Good single. Features Noel Gallagher singing on something that was far
better than anything Oasis topped the charts with.
And better than any Oasis single he sang on IMO.
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And of course the
drum sequence is a complete rip-off of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' by The
Beatles.
Indeed (as are other elements of the track). I don't think it's a
coincidence that they chose that particular backing track to hand to
Gallagher.
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2. (1) Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
By 1996 most number 1 records were starting to enter the charts at
number 1 but this one had a perfect climb sequence of 3-2-1 after a
brief top 75 chart run some two months earlier. Decent single.
Ironic that a song with the chorus "As I recall we both kind of liked
it" ended up being a song that many people vaguely recalled liking.
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3. (NE) Babybird You're Gorgeous
Unlike this one, which I've always disliked. I found it annoying then
and still do now.
I think the sense that he's trying to have joke at the listener's
expense makes it even worse.
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4. (6) Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Not too bad a record for a Celine Dion track. You can tell it's a Jim
Steinman song though.
You certainly can.
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Steinman has claimed that the song was inspired by the novel "Wuthering
Heights" which along with the Kate Bush song of that name makes it two
records that the novel inspired.
Plus that musical that Cliff Richard was in.
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5. (5) Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever
OK song and one which was a massive hit in the US. Again, by 1996 few
records were starting to climb up the charts, or at least climb much
further than the position the record entered the chart at, so this
record had something of an old fashioned chart climb of 34-20-11-9-5
I suppose it was hyped up by the US success.
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6. (NE) The Beautiful South Rotterdam
Not very good. It seemed to me like their better days were behind them
by this point.
Of course they were at rather a commercial peak but this was never one
of their more deserved hits.
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8. (2) Fugees Ready Or Not
OK
Not as pointless as 'Killing Me Softly'.
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9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
They were finally having massive success with a slightly more commercial
sound. This isn't their best from the period but it's still OK.
It's less overplayed than the other singles from this album.
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10. (4) Dina Carroll Escaping
Dull sounding song by someone who was making something of a return after
an almost 3 year break. That break seemed to lose her momentum and her
career never really recovered.
Beyond this one single, which was a big hit but quickly forgotten.
Perhaps she was the 1990s John Newman.
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16. (10) Spice Girls Wannabe
A bit old hat now but still a little bit of fun.
At least it has more character to it than most girl-group singles.
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17. (13) Clock Oh What A Night
They were still churning out the dance cover versions and doing so in an
awful way.
This one is almost so bad it's good.
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19. (9) Phil Collins Dance Into The Light
His last top 10 hit. Bland.
Upbeat blandness.
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20. (12) Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
I still quite like the video to this one.
It's clever but he is sort of annoying.
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21. (14) Stretch 'N' Vern Presents 'Maddog' I'm Alive
Sampling 'Boogie Wonderland' and it's a decent club track.
I found it ridiculously annoying at the time. It's not really that bad.
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26. (21) OMC How Bizarre
Another recordthat had a by then out of the norm chart climb.
People just couldn't believe it the first time?
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28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
I remember reading that Father Abraham was disappointed not to play a
part in the return of The Smurfs. After hearing this surely he must have
thanked his lucky stars he had nothing to do with this awful song.
I didn't realise he was still alive.
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35. (26) Los Del Rio Macarena
Possibly the biggest dance record sensation of the year
Although I never did figure out how to do the actual dance.
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36. (31) Underworld Born Slippy {NUXX}
And one of the best singles of the year.
Got boring after a while.
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57. (32) Babylon Zoo The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
They really struggled after 'Spaceman'
And even that possibly wasn't the song some people expected.
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68. (49) Way Out West The Gift ft Miss Joanna Law
Good, trippy, club tune.
Looked really dull on TotP.
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74. (66) Pet Shop Boys Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
One of their better 90s songs. And even then I think it was an old track
either re-recorded or remixed.
AFAIK it was a newly released song, though it may have been an old idea.

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9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
They were finally having massive success with a slightly more commercial
sound. This isn't their best from the period but it's still OK.
It's less overplayed than the other singles from this album.
For some reason XFM went through a phase a few years back of playing
this record more than any of their other singles. Perhaps it was just to
give listeners a rest from their other hit singles from this album.
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28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
I remember reading that Father Abraham was disappointed not to play a
part in the return of The Smurfs. After hearing this surely he must have
thanked his lucky stars he had nothing to do with this awful song.
I didn't realise he was still alive.
Yup, he's still alive and turned 80 this year. Because he deliberately
dressed as though he was older (it was that beard), many people are
surprised by the fact that when 'The Smurf Song' was in the charts back
in summer 1978 he was only 43.
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9. (NE) Manic Street Preachers Kevin Carter
They were finally having massive success with a slightly more commercial
sound. This isn't their best from the period but it's still OK.
It's less overplayed than the other singles from this album.
For some reason XFM went through a phase a few years back of playing
this record more than any of their other singles. Perhaps it was just to
give listeners a rest from their other hit singles from this album.
Possibly. I know that's how commercial radio likes to work.
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28. (18) The Smurfs I've Got A Little Puppy
I remember reading that Father Abraham was disappointed not to play a
part in the return of The Smurfs. After hearing this surely he must have
thanked his lucky stars he had nothing to do with this awful song.
I didn't realise he was still alive.
Yup, he's still alive and turned 80 this year. Because he deliberately
dressed as though he was older (it was that beard), many people are
surprised by the fact that when 'The Smurf Song' was in the charts back
in summer 1978 he was only 43.
I can add that to the list of things about the Smurfs that don't make
sense, then.

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Yup, he's still alive and turned 80 this year. Because he deliberately
dressed as though he was older (it was that beard), many people are
surprised by the fact that when 'The Smurf Song' was in the charts back
in summer 1978 he was only 43.
Rather like Clive Dunn as 'Corporal Jones' in Dad's Army, then...
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