Dominator's UK Top 40 Chart Analysis (w/e January 25th 1997)
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Dominator's UK Top 40 Chart Analysis (w/e January 25th 1997)
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The initial bit...
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In the last chart of 1996, I posted my Top 50 singles of the year, picking
out the Top 10 first. During 1997, I'll be going through the list one by one
starting with the Top 10, describing why I like them etc. First the Top 10
in alpha order, followed by the remaining 40 in the same way.
The Websites are now available from the Web version of this posting avaiable
from Sonic State (www.sonicstate.com) or my homepage. Listings for a couple
of IRC channels for interactive chat about pop music are listed below still.
Got a laserdisc player? Thinking about getting one? Want to read some reviews?
Then get to the following Websites. The first one has the first of the new
releases from Odyssey (Toys, Miracle on 34th Street, and Halloween),
and the second has reviews of the latest Pioneer releases, with the first two
Beverly Hills Cop films coming shortly.
The UK Widescreen Review :
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/widescreen/
London Calling Internet :
http://www.demon.co.uk/london-calling/laser.html
Dominator's Chart Chat Room is now open for discussion on any music-related
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For all film fans out there, you need to head for...
The Internet Movie Database. The world's largest and most comprehensive
on-line movie database.
Search for your favourite film at : http://uk.imdb.com/
In my charts, the Top 200 comes from someone who wishes to remain anonymous.
The chart is first sent out ASAP without this info, and then a few days later
again, when I get the full Top 200.
New Release info for singles comes from T.Zyweitz (10042...@compuserve.com).
Email him to get onto the Z-UK Top 75 chart each week.
This week : 13 new entries, 3 climbers, 1 non-movers & 23 downers.
It's goodbye to : Chicane, 3T, The Absolute featuring Suzanne Palmer,
Lighthouse Family, Woolpackers, Kinks, Faithless, Celine Dion, Kenickie,
Boyzone, Terrorvision, Chakra, and 3 Colours Red.
And it's hello to : Wedding Present, Virus, Arkarna, Mr Jack, Thunder, Enigma,
The Outhere Brothers, Ginuwine, Byron Stingly, NAS, Reef, Suede,
and White Town.
CHART TIME! :
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(* - 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)
40 NEW ENTRY : Wedding Present - Montreal
39 (26) FALLER : Damage - Forever :O ===
38 (23) FALLER : Mary Kiani - 100%
37 (32) FALLER : Spacehog - In The Meantime
36 NEW ENTRY : Virus - Moon
35 (31) FALLER : Warren G featuring Adina Howard
- What's Love Got To Do With It? (R)
34 (29) FALLER : Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl *
33 NEW ENTRY : Arkarna - House on Fire
32 NEW ENTRY : Mr Jack - Wiggly World
31 (25) FALLER : Beautiful South - Don't Marry Her *
30 (21) FALLER : QFX - Over and Over
29 (20) FALLER : Puff Johnson - Over and Over
28 (13) FALLER : Erasure - In My Arms *
27 NEW ENTRY : Thunder - Don't Wait Up
This is Thunder's first single in September 1995 when they hit No.26 with
a cover of the Python Lee Jackson & Rod Stewart song, "In a Broken Dream".
Don't Wait Up is a very unremarkable song with the only noticeable difference
between this and the last time we heard from the band, being that the lead
singer has had a haircut.
26 NEW ENTRY : Enigma - Beyond the Invisible
Last time we heard from Enigma was the single "Age of Loneliness" which made
No.21 in September 1994, which was much better than their dire "Return to
Innocence" single which did a lot better.
This new single is just too weird, and I don't like it.
25 (15) FALLER : MC Lyte - Cold Rock a Party
24 (17) FALLER : Mark Morrison - Horny :O ===
23 (11) FALLER : Orbital - Satan
22 (12) FALLER : Lightning Seeds - Sugar Coated Iceberg *
21 (16) FALLER : Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One & One *
20 (19) FALLER : The Prodigy - Breathe
19 (14) FALLER : Kavana - I Can Make You Feel Good
18 NEW ENTRY : The Outhere Brothers - Let Me Hear You Say 'Ole Ole'
'Ole Ole'. There, I've said it. Now please drop out of the chart!
17 (18) CLIMBER : Whitney Houston - Step By Step :O ===
God knows how this one made No.5 in the Chart Show's Top 10 chart, but
then perhaps it was temporary divine intervention for this gospel-ish claptrap.
16 NEW ENTRY : Ginuwine - Pony
If this is the record I'm thinking of, then the bloke doing it sounds like he
keeps burping all the way through it. I get the same effect going down the pub
and drinking heavily, and it's a lot more fun :)
15 (3) FALLER : East 17 - Hey Child
Oh how the mighty have fallen...
For those not in the know, at 9am on Friday 17th of this month, Brian Harvey
said in a radio interview that it's safe to take drugs, especially Ecstacy,
and not only did he once take 12 tablets in one night, but he also went for
a drive after taking them...
At 4pm that day, and no doubt prompted by someone with a brain, he ate his
words, but by then the damage was done. Many radio and TV stations dropped their
single from the playlist, and stopped inviting them onto TV shows...
The newspapers on Saturday morning announced that he had officially been kicked
out of the band. Mind you, it was clear to see the effect that the drug had
on him. It clearly makes you want to shave your head, grow a gross goatee beard
and do all those weird hand gestures that he does in the videos.
Seriously though, the first to jump on the 'I'm-glad-he's-been-kicked-out'
bandwagon was the parents of Leah Betts who died after taking the drug on
her 18th birthday. Also mentioned in the papers was how a few people so far
this year have also died after taking Ecstacy.
However, considering that more people die each year after an allergic reaction
from taking asprin, rather than the allergic reaction to taking Ecstacy, and
that no-one exactly straps these kids down and forces them to take it - they
do so of their own free will, and that if they choose to take it they know that
they're risking their life...but hey it's an election year, and it's a vote
winner to condemn this drug in particular.
Of course, I hope that the drug never ever plays a part in my life, but
perhaps if the media didn't keep telling us how bad Ecstacy is for you, perhaps
not as many kids would be as tempted to try it?
Little bit of politics, little bit of politics...
14 NEW ENTRY : Byron Stingly - Get Up (Everybody)
13 (8) FALLER : Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart
12 NEW ENTRY : NAS - Street Dreams
11 (6) FALLER : Spice Girls - 2 Become 1
10 (4) FALLER : Lisa Stansfield vs The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- People Hold On (The Bootleg Mixes) :O ===
9 (9) NON-MOVER : En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
8 NEW ENTRY : Reef - Come Back Brighter
7 (5) FALLER : Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
6 NEW ENTRY : Suede - Saturday Night *
This could easily have turned up as record of the week, but there's one to
come later which is even better.
This is the third single from "Coming Up", following "Trash" and "Beautiful
Ones" and is quite a slow song, and one that everyone deserves to hear at
least once.
5 (10) *HIGHEST CLIMBER* : No Mercy - Where Do You Go
Peter Sarstedt goes Latino..sort of. Although the main line of the track
is 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely', it's completely different and there's
definitely no 'for a laugh, a ha-ha-ha'.
4 (2) FALLER : Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (with my heart) :O ===
3 (4) CLIMBER : Texas - Say What You Want *
The first new single from Texas in three years, and certainly the first since
my charts began, and it wins the vote for most-hyped-single-of-the-week-by
a-Radio-1-DJ.
Last week, love him or hate him, Chris Evans continued to profess about his
love for the lead singer, Sharleen.
Texas have performed this song twice on TFI Friday in recent weeks, and
received the biggest hyping when he continually told listeners to go out and
buy this single only, including getting the co-presenters (definitely a case
of 'jobs a good un' the wages they're on) to each go out and buy a copy and
bring back their receipt to prove this wasn't another freebie for them.
The next day, they spent around 20 minutes talking about it with the members
of the crew each detailing the shop where they bought it.
This sort of thing probably won't last long though, as Chris Evans will be
leaving Radio 1 from March 27th as his boss, Matthew Bannister, won't let
him have Friday's off to do TFI Friday. While I do like the radio show, I'm
glad that the favourite to replace him is the late-night DJ Mark Radcliffe.
Any DJ who spends a whole radio show interviewing Frank Sidebottom is okay
by me :)
2 (1) FALLER : Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) (R)
1 *HIGHEST NEW ENTRY* : White Town - Your Woman * !!! *1st Week At No.1*
This is the first hit single from White Town, who have had singles out in
the past, but I don't recall hearing them before.
White Town is Jyoti Mishra, and this single sounds like it could've come out
of the early 80's which is my favourite era for music. The vocals sound as
if they've been digitised, and synthesisers are the order of the day for the
tune, with the addition of a sampled violin riff (if violins can be 'riffed'),
and a black and white video to accompany it all.
White Town have a Website and email address, both of which are listed on my
WWW links page, but if you're reading the text version of this, they're
reachable at :
WWW page : http://www.white-town.com
Email : white...@dial.pipex.com
The Webpage features a discography, a biography and samples. If you get in
contact with them, please tell them you saw the address on my music chart!
The Top 200 in full...
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Coming soon...
New releases :
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January 13th :
Arkana: HOUSE ON FIRE (WEA)
Az Yet: LAST NIGHT (LaFace/Arista)
Chameleon: THE WAY IT IS [ri?rm] (Stress)
Da Techno Bohemian: BANGIN' BASS (Hi-Life /Polydor)
Enigma: BEYOND THE INVISIBLE (Virgin)
Gabrielle: WALK ON BY (Go.Beat)
Ginuwine: PONY (Epic)
Goldbug: REAL HIP MARY (EMI)
Ronan Hardiman: CRY OF THE CELT (PolyGramTV)
Mr. Jack: WIGGLY WORLD (Extravaganza/Edel)
KRS One: WORD PERFECT (Jive)
Doug Lazy: ROLLIN' ON (Champion)
George Michael: OLDER EP: OLDER / I CAN MAKE YOU LOVE ME (Virgin)
NAS feat. R. Kelly: STREET DREAMS (Columbia)
The Outhere Brothers feat. Kim English: LET ME HEAR YOU SAY OLE OLE
(Stip/Eternal/WEA)
Party Animals: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MELLOW? (EP) [2nd ri] (Mokum)
Pusherman: SOLD (Ignition)
Reef: COME BACK BRIGHTER (Sony S)
Cliff Richard: BE WITH ME ALWAYS (EMI)
Secret Life: VEHICLE (Pulse-8)
Skunk Anansie: HEDONISM (One Little Indian)
Byron Stingily: GET UP (EVERYBODY) / DON'T FALL IN LOVE (Manifesto/Mercury)
Sub.Merge: TAKE ME BY THE HAND (AM:PM)
Suede: SATURDAY NIGHT (Nude)
Thunder: DON'T WAKE UP (Raw Power)
Virus: MOON (Perfecto)
The Wedding Present: MONTREAL (Cooking Vinyl)
White Town: >ABORT RETRY FAIL?_ EP: YOUR WOMAN / GIVE ME SOME
PAIN / THEME FROM A MID-AFTERNOON GAME SHOW / THEME FROM LATE
NIGHT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DRUG ABUSE (Brilliant!/Chrysalis)
January 20th :
Baby Bird: CANDY GIRL (Echo)
Blue Boy: REMEMBER ME (Pharm)
Blur: BEETLEBUM (Food/Parlophone)
The Boo Radleys: RIDE THE TIGER (Creation)
Gene: WE COULD BE KINGS (Costermonger/Polydor)
Beth Orton: TOUCH ME (Heavenly)
SL2 - On a Ragga Tip 97
The Supernaturals: THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S MAN (Food/Parlophone)
January 27th :
808 State feat. James Dean Bradfield: LOPEZ (ZTT)
Amen UK!: PASSION (Feverpitch)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: INTO MY ARMS (Mute)
Morcheeba: THE MUSIC THAT WE HEAR (MOOG ISLAND) (Indochina)
Nu Yorican Soul: RUNAWAY (Talkin Loud)
The Orb: TOXYGENE (Island)
Pavement: STEREO (Big Cat)
January (dates unconfirmed)
Abbacadabra: WATERLOO / MAMMA MIA (Almighty)
Natalie Brown: IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW (Almighty)
The Candyskins: MONDAY MORNING (Ultimate)
Chelle: STAND BY ME (Energise)
Coldcut: ELECTRONIC MOOG (Ninja Toons)
Dee-Lite: GROOVE IS IN THE HEART (East West)
Robert Ferrera: THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY (Krunchie)
G Sensation: IN HEAVEN (All Around The World)
Sylvia Mason James: TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING (Neoteric)
Donna Lewis: WITHOUT LOVE (Atlantic)
LL Cool J: AIN'T NOBODY (DefJam/Mercury)
Robert Owens: I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND (Musical Directions)
Passion: SHARE YOUR LOVE (Charm) [30.12.96]
Republica: READY TO GO [ri] (Deconstruction)
Bally Sagoo: [tba] (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Sexus: HOW DO YOU () KISS (ZTT)
Tiger: ON THE ROSE (Trade 2)
Tin Tin Out: ALL I WANNA DO (VC)
Baby Fox: RAIN (Malawi)
David Bowie: LITTLE WONDER (RCA)
Michelle Gayle: DO YOU KNOW (1st Ave./RCA)
InXS: ELEGANTLY WASTED (Mercury)
Cyndi Lauper: YOU DON'T KNOW (Epic)
Dannii Minogue: SOMEONE NEW (Mushroom?)
Mark Morrison: MOAN & GROAN (WEA)
Placebo: NANCY BOY (Elevator Music/Hut)
Seal: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE (ZTT)
Space: SPIDERS (Gut)
Spearhead: WHY OH WHY (Capitol)
U2: DISCOTHEQUE (Island/Atlantic)
February 3rd :
Apollo Four Forty: [tba] (Stealth Sonic/Epic)
Depeche Mode: BARREL OF A GUN (Mute)
Public Demand: INVISIBLE (ZTT)
February 10th :
Fugees: FU-GEE-LA [ri] (Columbia)
Top 10 ALBUM chart :
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10 (11) CLIMBER : Toni Braxton - Secrets
9 (12) CLIMBER : George Michael - Older
8 (9) CLIMBER : Simply Red - Greatest Hits
7 (8) CLIMBER : Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
6 (5) FALLER : Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
5 (6) CLIMBER : Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive
4 (4) NON-MOVER : Celine Dion - Falling Into You
3 (3) NON-MOVER : Beautiful South - Blue is the Colour
2 (2) NON-MOVER : Evita - Original Cast Recording
1 (1) NON-MOVER : Spice Girls - Spice
Other new entries in the Top 40 Album chart :
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19 NEW Slade - Greatest Hits - Feel The Noize
32 (62) No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
New releases :
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January 13th :
Best of Britpop - Various
Best of New Country Line Dance - Various
Curdled - Film Soundtrack
Flirting With Disaster - Film Soundtrack
Slade - Feel The Noise (Very Best of)
January 20th :
Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection
Ballykissangel - TV Soundtrack
Deee-Lite - Remix Album
Johns - Film Soundtrack
Eric Serra - The Best of Eric Serra
Shamen - The Collection
Virtuosity - Film Soundtrack
- a bit late in the day for this one isn't it?
Dominator's Top 10 of 1996
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4. Lush - Single Girl
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Lush have become one of my favourite bands in the last few years, ever since
I heard the atmospheric "Sweetness and Light" in the early 90s. In fact the
whole 'Gala' album was very ambient.
Now they've gone for more of a rock sound, notching up three almost-Top 20
hits in 1996, with "Single Girl" being the best of them.
Single Girl made No.21 in January, Ladykillers reached No.22 in March, and
in July, they made No.21 with 500 (Shake Baby Shake).
Lead singer, Miki Berenyi got one of my votes last year for 'babe of the year',
and overall, if you like their singles from last year, buy the album,
"Love Life". It won't disappoint.
Music-related IRC channels :
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Neil Morgenstern is on-line at :
telnet : crafti.com.au 7000, and look for; Blackcat
You can discuss music there if you want and there's a room now called
Saturnalia.
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Marcus (melo...@airmail.net) has the first of this chart's IRC channels.
The Channel Name: #EuroHits_Heaven
It's on the DalNet system of IRC servers (liberator is a DalNet Server in
Britain), so all you need is IRC software (mIRC for Windows, Ircle for Mac),
log into a server and type "/join EuroHits_Heaven"
it's that easy ;-)
And be sure to bring your smilie
P.S. I work Sunday through Thursday (15:00-22:30, sometimes later) this
means that when I am home from work, most people in Europe will be up...so
maybe we can chat live with computer users in Britain and the
Continent...(maybe some new mailing list subscribers :-)
The end bit :
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Bye for now,
Dominator
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TW LW WoC Peak
1 NEW ENTRY White Town: Your Woman
2 1 3 1 Tori Amos: Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)
3 7 2 3 Texas: Say What You Want
4 2 2 2 Backstreet Boys: Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
5 10 2 5 No Mercy: Where Do You Go
6 NEW ENTRY Suede: Saturday Night
7 5 5 3 Madonna: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
8 NEW ENTRY Reef: Come Back Brighter
9 9 3 5 En Vogue: Don't Let Go (Love)
10 4 2 4 Lisa Stansfield vs. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: People Hold
On (The Bootleg Mixes)
11 6 5 1 Spice Girls: 2 Become 1
12 NEW ENTRY NAS feat. R. Kelly: Street Dreams
13 8 13 2 Toni Braxton: Un-Break My Heart
14 NEW ENTRY Byron Stingily: Get Up (Everybody)
15 3 2 3 East 17: Hey Child
16 NEW ENTRY Ginuwine: Pony
17 18 6 13 Whitney Houston: Step By Step
18 NEW ENTRY The Outhere Brothers: Let Me Hear You Say Ole Ole
19 14 3 8 Kavana: I Can Make You Feel Good
20 19 10 1 The Prodigy: Breathe
21 16 11 3 Robert Miles feat. Maria Nayler: One & One
22 12 2 12 Lightning Seeds: Sugar Coated Iceberg
23 11 4 3 Orbital: Satan Live
24 17 6 5 Mark Morrison feat. Q Tee: Horny
25 15 2 15 MC Lyte: Cold Rock A Party
26 NEW ENTRY Enigma: Beyond The Invisible
27 NEW ENTRY Thunder: Don't Wait Up
28 13 2 13 Erasure: In My Arms
29 20 2 20 Puff Johnson: Over and Over
30 21 2 21 QFX: Freedom 2
31 25 7 8 The Beautiful South: Don't Marry Her
32 NEW ENTRY Mr. Jack: Wiggly World
33 NEW ENTRY Arkana: House On Fire
34 29 8 6 Jamiroquai: Cosmic Girl
35 31 10 2 Warren G feat. Adina Howard: What's Love Got To Do With
It
36 NEW ENTRY Virus: Moon
37 32 10 29 Spacehog: In The Meantime
38 23 2 23 Mary Kiani: 100%
39 26 7 6 Damage: Forever
40 NEW ENTRY The Wedding Present: Montreal
41 27 4 12 Terrorvision: Easy
42 28 7 1 Boyzone: A Different Beat
43 33 6 6 Celine Dion: All By Myself
44 22 2 22 3 Colours Red: Nuclear Holiday
45 37 6 20 Lighthouse Family: Loving Every Minute
46 60 12 1 Robson Green & Jerome Flynn: What Becomes Of The Broken
Hearted / You'll Never Walk Alone / Saturday Night At The Movies
47 30 3 24 Kenickie: In Your Car
48 35 2 35 The Kinks: The Days EP
49 36 11 5 The Woolpackers: Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll
50 34 6 9 Faithless: Salva Mea
51 40 6 14 Chicane: Offshore
52 NEW ENTRY Cliff Richard: Be With Me Always
53 24 2 24 Chakra: I Am
54 39 8 3 3T: I Need You
55 55 16 3 Baby Bird: You're Gorgeous
56 42 14 1 Spice Girls: Say You'll Be There
57 47 8 1 Peter Andr: I Feel You
58 41 13 2 East 17 feat. Gabrielle: If You Ever
59 45 9 2 Fugees: No Woman, No Cry
60 54 9 3 Mark Owen: Child
61 96 44 1 The Prodigy: Firestarter
62 NEW ENTRY Passion: Share Your Love (No Diggity Mix)
63 NEW ENTRY Da Techno Bohemian: Bangin' Bass
64 50 12 4 Simply Red: Angel
65 38 2 38 The Absolute feat. Suzanne Palmer: I Believe
66 48 7 12 Snoop Doggy Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson: Snoop's Upside Ya
Head
67 46 9 13 2pac: I Ain't Mad At Cha
68 43 3 30 Runrig: The Greatest Flame (1996 Remix)
69 44 6 1 Dunblane: Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns
Away
70 49 6 23 Salt'n'Pepa: Champagne
71 59 7 11 The Artist: Betcha By Golly Wow!
72 61 6 8 The Smurfs: Your Christmas Wish
73 62 7 7 Manic Street Preachers: Australia
74 68 29 2 Underworld: Born Slippy
75 52 2 52 Geoffrey Williams: Drive
76 65 84 34 Oasis: Whatever
77 67 7 9 Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti: Live Like Horses
78 69 11 4 Michael Jackson: Stranger In Moscow
79 70 8 9 Eternal: Secrets
80 51 4 28 Tricky: Tricky Kid
81 64 12 6 Gina G: I Belong To You
82 66 15 1 Boyzone: Words
83 76 60 5 Oasis: Wonderwall
84 63 14 3 Faithless: Insomnia '96
85 74 10 10 Garbage feat. Tricky: Milk
86 80 6 33 Dina Carroll: Only Human
87 98 12 10 911: Don't Make Me Wait
88 81 10 7 Kula Shaker: Govinda
89 53 3 31 The One: One More Chance
90 78 10 13 Bryan Adams: Star
91 71 13 10 Madonna: You Must Love Me
92 73 5 32 Heller & Farley Project: Ultra Flava
93 75 6 36 SWV: It's All About U
94 56 2 56 OMC: On The Run
95 124 11 8 Backstreet Boys: I'll Never Break Your Heart
96 58 3 36 Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives Me Crazy
97 84 9 12 Sheryl Crow: Everyday Is A Winding Road
98 86 10 12 Ant & Dec: When I Fall In Love
99 91 45 1 Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger
100 82 9 9 Louise: One Kiss From Heaven
101 92 73 40 Oasis: Some Might Say
102 83 9 20 Belinda Carlisle: Love In The Key Of C
103 94 72 38 Oasis: Cigarettes & Alcohol
104 57 2 57 Serial Diva: Keep Hope Alive
105 90 28 1 Spice Girls: Wannabe
106 142 19 62 The Prodigy: Poison
107 130 10 27 Upside Down: If You Leave Me Now
108 117 11 11 Dodgy: If You're Thinking Of Me
109 88 6 34 Diana Ross: In The Ones You Love
110 114 12 12 Babyface: This Is For The Lover In You
111 99 12 15 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: 1st Of Tha Month
112 95 13 6 Reef: Place Your Hands
113 93 11 20 Fluke: Atom Bomb
114 106 10 17 Shed Seven: Chasing Rainbows
115 163 24 52 The Prodigy: Out Of Space / Ruff In The Jungle Bizness
116 97 16 1 The Chemical Brothers feat. Noel Gallagher: Setting Sun
117 101 65 42 Oasis: Live Forever
118 100 7 30 Phil Collins: It's In Your Eyes
119 169 23 57 The Prodigy: No Good (Start The Dance)
120 102 10 14 Pet Shop Boys: Single
121 109 67 48 Oasis: Shakermaker
122 72 3 43 Nut: Scream
123 108 10 24 John Alford: If / Keep On Running
124 79 3 51 Global Communication: The Way / The Deep
125 185 19 66 The Prodigy: Charly
126 87 17 3 Celine Dion: It's All Coming Back To Me Now
127 105 65 47 Oasis: Supersonic
128 110 70 55 Oasis: Roll With It
129 123 21 5 Donna Lewis: I Love You Always Forever
130 187 18 69 The Prodigy: Everybody In The Place (EP)
131 115 9 26 Skunk Anansie: Twisted (Everyday Hurts)
132 104 12 13 Bjrk: Possibly Maybe
133 103 8 27 Deep Blue Something: Josey
134 77 3 46 S-J: Fever
135 85 13 14 Lightning Seeds: What If ...
136 89 5 30 The Mike Flowers Pops: Don't Cry For Me Argentina
137 144 11 25 Jimmy Nail: Country Boy
138 129 7 38 Neneh Cherry: Kootchi
139 121 13 9 Livin' Joy: Follow The Rules
140 153 3 140 Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre: No Diggity
141 112 7 28 Gloria Estefan: I'm Not Giving You Up
142 127 6 42 Ann Nesby: The Witness EP: Can I Get A Witness
143 135 13 11 Space: Neighbourhood
144 113 6 32 Tina Turner feat. Barry White: In Your Wildest Dreams
145 189 32 39 Keith Sweat: Twisted
146 137 27 7 Wink: Higher State Of Consciousness '96 Remixes
147 136 22 2 George Michael: Spinning The Wheel
148 125 8 22 Kaleef: Golden Brown
149 120 11 17 Fine Young Cannibals: The Flame
150 126 8 18 Ice-T: The Lane
151 149 13 12 Alisha's Attic: Alisha Rules The World
152 107 5 58 PJ Proby & Marc Almond & My Life Story Orchestra:
Yesterday Has Gone
153 122 18 3 BBE: Seven Days And One Week
154 146 20 6 Stretch & Verne pres. Maddog: I'm Alive
155 128 5 44 Luther Vandross: I Can Make It Better
156 148 17 11 CJ Bolland: Sugar Is Sweeter
157 118 6 27 No Way Sis: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
158 138 10 42 Tony Ferrino: Help Yourself / Bigamy At Christmas
159 133 5 40 Soundgarden: Blow Up The Outside World
160 111 12 22 Underworld: Pearl's Girl
161 132 9 17 Queen: You Don't Fool Me - The Remixes
162 150 9 28 Mory Kante: Yeke Yeke - 96 Remixes
163 152 25 17 2pac feat. KC and Jojo: How Do You Want It?
164 145 20 1 Fugees: Ready Or Not
165 154 22 2 Robbie Williams: Freedom
166 157 33 1 Fugees: Killing Me Softly
167 198 2 167 CJ Bolland: Sugar Is Sweeter (US Import)
168 143 9 40 The Red Hill Children: When Children Rule The World
169 156 16 9 Manic Street Preachers: Kevin Carter
170 256 10 49 The Corrs: Runaway
171 131 14 4 Cast: Flying
172 140 24 1 Deep Blue Something: Breakfast At Tiffany's
173 134 14 8 Suede: Beautiful Ones
174 159 7 41 702: Steelo
175 155 14 22 Duke: So In Love With You
176 151 13 22 Gene: Fighting Fit
177 215 26 1 George Michael: Fastlove
178 182 15 128 Jamiroquai: Space Cowboy
179 186 15 75 The Prodigy: Voodoo People
180 160 35 2 Los Del Rio: Macarena
181 141 6 35 The Shamen: Move Any Mountain '96
182 NEW ENTRY Lovebeads feat. Courtney Grey: This Is The Way
183 174 8 51 Merril Bainbridge: Mouth
184 173 10 33 A Tribe Called Quest feat. Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq:
Stressed Out
185 175 23 1 Gary Barlow: Forever Love
186 165 6 60 Kenickie: Millionaire Sweeper
187 166 11 22 Beck: Devil's Haircut
188 119 3 95 Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams: I Finally Found Someone
189 192 16 12 Damage: Love II Love
190 164 8 19 Metallica: Mama Said
191 212 5 38 No Doubt: Just A Girl
192 204 14 28 Hysteric Ego: Want Love
193 179 8 43 The Mighty Dub Katz: Just Another Groove
194 116 3 116 Luce Drayton: I Said Hey
195 139 15 8 Mark Morrison: Trippin'
196 184 10 21 Smashing Pumpkins: Thirty Three
197 171 10 30 Wildchild: Jump To My Beat
198 278 NEW ENTRY Hole In One: Life's Too Short
199 221 14 71 The Prodigy: Wind It Up (Rewound)
200 178 12 26 B.T. feat. Tori Amos: Blue Skies
January 20th :
Adonis: NO WAY BACK - THE ADVENT MIXES (Trax)
Baby Bird: CANDY GIRL (Echo)
The Blue Boy: REMEMBER ME (Pharm)
Blur: BEETLEBUM (Food/Parlophone)
The Boo Radleys: RIDE THE TIGER (Creation)
Boutique: STRAWBERRIES & CREAM (Trade 2)
David Bowie: LITTLE WONDER (RCA)
The Braxtons: SO MANY WAYS (Atlantic)
Coldcut: ATOMIC MOOG (Ninja Toons)
The Corrs: LOVE TO LOVE YOU / RUNAWAY (143/Lava/Atlantic)
Crustation: PURPLE (Jive)
Paul van Dyk: BEAUTIFUL PLACE (Deviant)
Gabrielle: WALK ON BY (Go.Beat)
Gene: WE COULD BE KINGS (Costermonger/Polydor)
Martine Girault: REVIVAL [ri] (RCA)
Jayn Hanna: LOST WITHOUT YOU (VC)
Laika: BREATHER (Too Pure)
Cyndi Lauper: YOU DON'T KNOW (Epic)
George Michael: OLDER (EP): OLDER / I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME (Virgin)
Napalm Death: IN TONGUES WE SPEAK EP (Earache)
Nipper: DOPE ON WAX (Hi-Life/Polydor)
Offspring: ALL I WANT (Epitaph)
Shaquille O'Neal: CAN'T STOP THE REIGN (Interscope)
Placebo: NANCY BOY (Elevator Music/Hut)
Pregnant: MOODMASTER (Swarf Finger)
Redd Kross: GET OUT OF MYSELF (This Way Up)
Rosa Mota: SPACE JUNK (13th Hour/Mute)
Bally Sagoo: TUM BIN JIYA (Higher Ground/Columbia)
Sidi Bou Said: LIKE YOU (Ultimate)
Skunk Anansie: HEDONISM (JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL GOOD) (One Little Indian)
Subcircus: 86'D (Echo)
Twister: DOG'S LIFE (Damaged Goods)
Undercover: BRING BACK YOUR LOVE (Control)
The Wonders: THAT THING YOU DO! (Play-Tone/Epic Soundtracks)
January 27th :
808 State feat. James Dean Bradfield: LOPEZ (ZTT)
Amen UK!: PASSION (Feverpitch)
Apollo Four Forty: AIN'T TALKIN' 'BOUT DUB (Stealth Sonic/Epic)
Audioweb: BANKROBBER (Mother)
Autechre: ENVANE (Warp)
Edward Ball: LOVE IS BLUE (Creation)
The Beatles: CRY FOR A SHADOW (Presstige 2)
The Beatles feat. Tony Sheridan: IF YOU LOVE ME BABY (Presstige 2)
The Beatles feat. Tony Sheridan: SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (Presstige 2)
The Beatles feat. Tony Sheridan: YA YA (Presstige 2)
The Bitter Springs: ABSENCE MAKES THE HAIR GROW BLONDER (Trade 2)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: DAYZ OF OUR LIVEZ (East West)
The Candyskins: MONDAY MORNING (Ultimate)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: INTO MY ARMS (Mute)
Cinnamon Smith: REVOLVE AND ANGEL (Trade 2)
Iris DeMent: WASTELANDS OF THE FREE (Warner Bros.)
Dex Dex Ter: ANOTHER CAR CRASH (Trade 2)
Electronic: SECOND NATURE (Parlophone)
Adriana Evans: REALITY (Loud)
Michelle Gayle: DO YOU KNOW (1st Ave./RCA)
Geneva: INTO THE BLUE [ri] (Nude)
Goldbug: REAL HIP MARY (EMI)
Gravity Kills: ENOUGH (Virgin)
Jackie "O": BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S / ONE OF US (Euphoric)
Jhana: THE SENTIENT EP (Wired)
Jocasta: GO (Epic)
Juno Reactor: JUNGLE HIGH (Perfecto Fluoro)
Komeda: ROCKET PLANE (MUSIC ON THE MOON) (Nons)
Donna Lewis: WITHOUT LOVE (Atlantic)
Lithium feat. Sonya Madan: RIDE A ROCKET (Subversive/ffrr)
LL Cool J: AIN'T NOBODY (Geffen)
Love Inc.: RESPECT (Force Inc.)
Marnie: YOU COME FROM EVERYWHERE / UNBURDENED (Progression)
Midget: KYLIE & JASON (Pet Sounds/Radarscope)
Money Mark: GOT MY HAND IN YOUR HEAD (Mo Wax)
Morcheeba: THE MUSIC THAT WE HEAR (MOOG ISLAND) (Indochina)
Me'shell Ndgegeocello: WHO IS HE AND WHAT IS HE TO YOU? (Maverick)
Newton: SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH (Dominion)
Nu Yorican Soul: RUNAWAY (Talkin Loud)
The Offset feat. Minty: IT'S A GAME (Poppy)
Martin Okasili: FREEDOM (WEA)
The Orb: TOXYGENE (Island)
Beth Orton: TOUCH ME WITH YOUR LOVE (Heavenly)
Paganini Traxx: ZOE / MAKE ME COME (Moolite/S )
Partizan: DRIVE ME CRAZY (Multiply)
Pavement: STEREO (Domino)
Jean Jacques Perry: E.V.A. (Ace)
Pigforce: DOING JOBS FOR THE MOBS (Fourth&Broadway)
Pusherman: SOLD (Ignition)
Quartz Lock: NO REGRETS (Vortex)
Ragga & The Jack Magic Orchestra: WHERE ARE THEY NOW (EMI)
Rochelle: I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER (Almighty)
Sexus: HOW DO YOU () KISS (ZTT)
Silver Sun: LAST DAY (Polydor)
Skylab vs. Roni Size: THE TRIP (Eye Q)
The Slingbacks: THE BOY YOU WANTED (Virgin)
Sterling: 3 HAND MAN (Mantra)
Sub.Merge feat. Jan Johnston: TAKE ME BY THE HAND (AM:PM)
The Supernaturals: THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S MAN (Food/Parlophone)
These Animal Men: LIFE SUPPORT MACHINE (Hut/Virgin)
Tiger: ON THE ROSE (Trade 2)
Tin Tin Out: ALL I WANNA DO (VC)
Velvet Jones: TWISTED (Naked)
Chrissy Ward: RIGHT & EXACT [rm] (Ore/XL)
January (dates unconfirmed)
Propellerheads: DIVE (EP) [ri] (Wall Of Sound)
Reel 2 Real: MUEVA LA CADERA (Positiva)
18 Wheeler: STAY [rm] (Creation)
Abbacadabra: WATERLOO / MAMMA MIA (Almighty)
The Aloof: WISH YOU WERE HERE ... [rm] (East West)
Baby Fox: RAIN (Malawi)
Black Box: NATIVE NEW YORKER (Manifesto/Mercury)
Natalie Brown: IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW (Almighty)
Tony Bruno: U CAN ABUSE MY BODY (Firm)
Kim Carnes: BETTE DAVIS EYES (EMI)
Chelle: STAND BY ME (Energise)
Chimera: SHOW ME HEAVEN (Neoteric)
Dee-Lite: GROOVE IS IN THE HEART (East West)
Dirty White Boy: TRIPLE XXX PORN / GOD BLESS AMERICA (Twisted)
Espiritu: BABY I WANNA LIVE (-)
Robert Ferrera: THE AMBASSADOR'S PARTY (Krunchie)
Warren G feat. Marcia Love: I SHOT THE SHERIFF (DefJam)
G Sensation: IN HEAVEN (All Around The World)
InXS: ELEGANTLY WASTED (Mercury)
James: SHE'S A STAR (Fontana)
Sylvia Mason James: TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING (Neoteric)
JX: CLOSE TO YOUR HEART (Hooj Choons/ffrreedom)
Chaka Khan: NEVER MISS THE WATER (Reprise)
Lunatic Calm: CENTISTA (MCA)
Dannii Minogue: SOMEONE NEW (Mushroom?)
Monaco? [=Peter Hook]: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME (-)
Mark Morrison: MOAN & GROAN (WEA)
No Doubt: DON'T SPEAK (MCA)
Robert Owens: I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND (Musical Directions)
Republica: READY TO GO [ri] (Deconstruction)
Robin S: SHOW ME LOVE [rm] (Champion)
SAS: AMBER GROOVE (Distinctive)
Sash!: ENCORE UNE FOIS (Belgian Byte Blue)
Simply Red: MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION [rm] (East Wset)
Souvlaki: INFERNO (Wonderboy)
Space: SPIDERS (Gut)
Spearhead: WHY OH WHY (Capitol)
Stereophonics: [tba] (V2)
Sybil: WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY (Next Plateau/Roadrunner)
Symposium: FAREWELL TO TWILIGHT (Infectious)
Xodus feat. Dawn Tallman: LIFT UP YOUR HANDS (Delirious/RCA)
Zee: SAY MY NAME (Perfecto)
Jay Z feat. Mary J. Blige: CAN'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE (Northwestside)
February 3rd :
911: THE DAY WE FIND LOVE (Ginga/Virgin)
Neneh Cherry: FEEL IT (Hut)
Depeche Mode: BARREL OF A GUN (Mute)
The Diggers: OK ALRIGHT (Creation)
Dru Hill: TELL ME (Island Black Music/Fourth&Broadway)
Eels: NOVOCAINE FOR THE SOUL (Dreamworks)
Samantha Fox: LET ME BE FREE (Living Beat)
Laurent Garnier: CRISPY BACON (F Comm.)
Georgia Satellites: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (3NM)
Jump: FUNKATARIUM [ri-rm] (Heat)
Lodestar: DOWN IN THE MIND (Ultimate)
Mansun: (SHE MAKES MY NOSE) BLEED (Parlophone)
Milk: 17 (Dog Eat Cat)
OTT: LET ME IN (Epic)
Mark Owen: CLEMENTINE (RCA)
Public Demand: INVISIBLE (ZTT)
TJ Rehmi: THE FUSIONIST EP (Nation)
SL2: ON A RAGGA TIP '97 (XL)
Speedy: ANYTIME ANYPLACE NOWHERE / HEARD SEEN DONE BEEN (Boiler House!)
U2: DISCOTHEQUE (Island/Atlantic)
Josh Wink: ARE YOU THERE (Ovum/S3)
February 10th :
Fugees: FU-GEE-LA [ri] (Columbia)
Seal: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE (ZTT)
The Source feat. Candi Staton: YOU GOT THE LOVE [ri & new mixes] (React)
March 31st :
Rootjoose: CAN'T KEEP LIVING THIS WAY (Avex UK)