Every UK #1 Single of The 1990's Discussion Thread.

Week Ending 30 May 1998

06 - 02 - 01 - Tamperer Featuring Maya - FEEL IT
04 - 01 - 02 - All Saints - UNDER THE BRIDGE / LADY MARMALADE
02 - 05 - 03 - Lutricia McNeal - STRANDED
05 - 08 - 04 - Mavericks - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
03 - 04 - 05 - Wyclef Jean - GONE TILL NOVEMBER
05 - 07 - 06 - Steps - LAST THING ON MY MIND
03 - 03 - 07 - Aqua - TURN BACK TIME
03 - 10 - 08 - Corrs - DREAMS
13 - 11 - 09 - LeAnn Rimes - HOW DO I LIVE
03 - 06 - 10 - Cleopatra - LIFE AIN'T EASY
1 - NEW - 11 - Smashing Pumpkins - AVA ADORE
02 - 13 - 12 - Bus Stop Featuring Carl Douglas - KUNG FU FIGHTING
04 - 12 - 13 - Madonna - RAY OF LIGHT
1 - NEW - 14 - NYCC - FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)
02 - 09 - 15 - Arsenal FC - HOT STUFF
1 - NEW - 16 - Rod Stewart - OOH LA LA
14 - 14 - 17 - Savage Garden - TRULY MADLY DEEPLY
1 - NEW - 18 - Collapsed Lung - EAT MY GOAL
1 - NEW - 19 - BBE - DEEPER LOVE (SYMPHONIC PARADISE)
1 - NEW - 20 - Robyn - DO YOU REALLY WANT ME
1 - NEW - 21 - Beverley Knight Featuring Redman - MADE IT BACK
03 - 16 - 22 - Simply Red - SAY YOU LOVE ME
11 - 17 - 23 - Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - IT'S LIKE THAT
04 - 15 - 24 - Imaani - WHERE ARE YOU
1 - NEW - 25 - Tricky Featuring Polly Jean Harvey - MONEY GREEDY / BROKEN HOMES
15 - 20 - 26 - Celine Dion - MY HEART WILL GO ON
07 - 23 - 27 - K-Ci And JoJo - ALL MY LIFE
05 - 21 - 28 - Catatonia - ROAD RAGE
1 - NEW - 29 - Shawn Colvin - SUNNY CAME HOME
03 - 24 - 30 - Adam Garcia - NIGHT FEVER
05 - 22 - 31 - Boyzone - ALL THAT I NEED
1 - NEW - 32 - Therapy? - LONELY, CRYIN', ONLY
02 - 19 - 33 - Ruff Driverz - DEEPER LOVE
07 - 28 - 34 - Busta Rhymes - TURN IT UP / FIRE IT UP
04 - 31 - 35 - Queen Pen Featuring Eric Williams - ALL MY LOVE
04 - 29 - 36 - Bluetones - IF...
04 - 35 - 37 - Massive Attack - TEAR DROP
1 - NEW - 38 - Jesus And Mary Chain - ILOVEROCKANDROLL
02 - 18 - 39 - Shed Seven - THE HEROES
03 - 34 - 40 - Hinda Hicks - YOU THINK YOU OWN ME
1 - NEW - 41 - Debbie Pender - MOVIN' ON
04 - 32 - 42 - Jungle Brothers - JUNGLE BROTHER
1 - NEW - 43 - Simple Minds - WAR BABIES
04 - 37 - 44 - Garbage - PUSH IT
08 - 40 - 45 - Billie Myers - KISS THE RAIN
1 - NEW - 46 - CLS - CAN YOU FEEL IT
03 - 39 - 47 - Air - KELLY WATCH THE STARS
02 - 36 - 48 - Vanilla - TRUE TO US
02 - 25 - 49 - Montell Jordan - LET'S RIDE
02 - 38 - 50 - MJ Cole - SINCERE
02 - 33 - 51 - Puressence - THIS FEELING
09 - 43 - 52 - Sash! - LA PRIMAVERA
10 - 55 - 53 - Robbie Williams - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
1 - NEW - 54 - Lionrock - SCATTER AND SWING
11 - 52 - 55 - Spice Girls - STOP
05 - 41 - 56 - Kula Shaker - SOUND OF DRUMS
1 - NEW - 57 - Dandys - ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN
05 - 42 - 58 - Perpetual Motion - KEEP ON DANCIN' (LET'S GO)
02 - 27 - 59 - Theaudience - A PESSIMIST IS NEVER DISAPPOINTED
07 - 51 - 60 - Ultra Nate - FOUND A CURE
06 - 48 - 61 - Tzant Featuring The Original ODC MC - SOUNDS OF WICKEDNESS
25 - 61 - 62 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH!
02 - 30 - 63 - Pearl Jam - WISHLIST
10 - 59 - 64 - Tin Tin Out Featuring Shelley Nelson - HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS
04 - 53 - 65 - Aretha Franklin - A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE
04 - 70 - 66 - Reds United - UNITED CALYPSO '98
1 - NEW - 67 - Brooklyn Bounce - THE MUSIC'S GOT ME
13 - 64 - 68 - Madonna - FROZEN
02 - 26 - 69 - Black And White Army - BLACK AND WHITE ARMY
03 - 45 - 70 - 808 State - PACIFIC / CUBIK
05 - 62 - 71 - Usher - NICE AND SLOW
07 - 74 - 72 - Ultra - SAY YOU DO
03 - 50 - 73 - Phunky Phantom - GET UP STAND UP
1 - NEW - 74 - Verve - SONNET
03 - 54 - 75 - Cornershop - SLEEP ON THE LEFT SIDE

 

Tamperer Featuring Maya - FEEL IT
A who's who of stolen samples again....but I like it!!!
4/5

 

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Week Ending 30 May 1998
Nowt for me this week again....Zzzzzzz

 

Now for what I'd recall from this stretch . . .

#29 was perhaps Ms. Colvin's biggest and best-known hit:

You will notice I have never said what I think of those that passed through the US airwaves in the weeks in question, all through this . . . - well, almost never . . .

 

The Tamperer & Maya - Feel it
Tampere is a Finnish city known for its excellent blood sausage. I like the first thirty seconds of the song, goes downhill after that.

 

Next...

B*Witched "C'est La Vie"

6th June 1998

2 Weeks at No1

14th No1 of 1998 and No 792 in total.




"C'est la Vie" is a song by Irish girl group B*Witched. It served as their debut single and the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album (1998). Written by band members Edele Lynch, Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou, and Sinéad O'Carroll, Ray "Madman" Hedges, Martin Brannigan and Tracy Ackerman, it was released by Epic Records on 25 May 1998.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the song was a huge success for the band after it reached number one on the charts in various countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. In the process, B*Witched became the youngest girl group ever to have a UK number one. In the United States, "C'est la Vie" reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1999, it was nominated for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" in the Ivor Novello Awards. The accompanying music video for the song features the four girls dancing around a lush green field full of bright flowers with a puppy as they playfully tease a teenage boy.

"C'est la Vie" has been featured in numerous films and television shows since its release in 1998, including Smart House (1999), Daria (1999), What Women Want (2000), and Life-Size (2000).

 

Week Ending 06 June 1998

1 - NEW - 01 - B*Witched - C'EST LA VIE
1 - NEW - 02 - Brandy And Monica - THE BOY IS MINE
1 - NEW - 03 - Mousse T Vs Hot'N'Juicy - HORNY
07 - 01 - 04 - Tamperer Featuring Maya - FEEL IT
05 - 02 - 05 - All Saints - UNDER THE BRIDGE / LADY MARMALADE
1 - NEW - 06 - Embrace - COME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW
06 - 04 - 07 - Mavericks - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
03 - 03 - 08 - Lutricia McNeal - STRANDED
06 - 06 - 09 - Steps - LAST THING ON MY MIND
14 - 09 - 10 - LeAnn Rimes - HOW DO I LIVE
03 - 12 - 11 - Bus Stop Featuring Carl Douglas - KUNG FU FIGHTING
1 - NEW - 12 - Super Furry Animals - ICE HOCKEY HAIR
04 - 05 - 13 - Wyclef Jean - GONE TILL NOVEMBER
04 - 07 - 14 - Aqua - TURN BACK TIME
04 - 08 - 15 - Corrs - DREAMS
1 - NEW - 16 - Public Enemy - HE GOT GAME
1 - NEW - 17 - Gloria Estefan - HEAVEN'S WHAT I FEEL
1 - NEW - 18 - N-Tyce - BOOM BOOM
1 - NEW - 19 - Natalie Imbruglia - WISHING I WAS THERE
15 - 17 - 20 - Savage Garden - TRULY MADLY DEEPLY
04 - 10 - 21 - Cleopatra - LIFE AIN'T EASY
05 - 13 - 22 - Madonna - RAY OF LIGHT
1 - NEW - 23 - Levert Sweat Gill - CURIOUS
1 - NEW - 24 - Next - TOO CLOSE
02 - 14 - 25 - NYCC - FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)
12 - 23 - 26 - Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - IT'S LIKE THAT
1 - NEW - 27 - Fog - BEEN A LONG TIME
03 - 15 - 28 - Arsenal FC - HOT STUFF
1 - NEW - 29 - James - RUNAGROUND
16 - 26 - 30 - Celine Dion - MY HEART WILL GO ON
08 - 27 - 31 - K-Ci And JoJo - ALL MY LIFE
02 - 16 - 32 - Rod Stewart - OOH LA LA
05 - 24 - 33 - Imaani - WHERE ARE YOU
1 - NEW - 34 - Bran Van 3000 - DRINKING IN LA
04 - 22 - 35 - Simply Red - SAY YOU LOVE ME
1 - NEW - 36 - Kenickie - I WOULD FIX YOU
02 - 18 - 37 - Collapsed Lung - EAT MY GOAL
02 - 11 - 38 - Smashing Pumpkins - AVA ADORE
1 - NEW - 39 - Spiritualized - THE ABBEY ROAD EP
02 - 20 - 40 - Robyn - DO YOU REALLY WANT ME
1 - NEW - 41 - Nu-Birth - ANYTIME
06 - 28 - 42 - Catatonia - ROAD RAGE
1 - NEW - 43 - Jeff Buckley - EVERYBODY HERE WANTS YOU
06 - 31 - 44 - Boyzone - ALL THAT I NEED
1 - NEW - 45 - Money Mark - MAYBE I'M DEAD
02 - 19 - 46 - BBE - DEEPER LOVE (SYMPHONIC PARADISE)
04 - 30 - 47 - Adam Garcia - NIGHT FEVER
1 - NEW - 48 - Brian McKnight - ANYTIME
02 - 21 - 49 - Beverley Knight Featuring Redman - MADE IT BACK
1 - NEW - 50 - Shernette May - ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED
1 - NEW - 51 - Brian May - THE BUSINESS
08 - 34 - 52 - Busta Rhymes - TURN IT UP / FIRE IT UP
1 - NEW - 53 - Insane Clown Posse - HOKUS POKUS
1 - NEW - 54 - Tartan Army - SCOTLAND BE GOOD
1 - NEW - 55 - Wiseguys - OOH LA LA
05 - 35 - 56 - Queen Pen Featuring Eric Williams - ALL MY LOVE
02 - 29 - 57 - Shawn Colvin - SUNNY CAME HOME
12 - 55 - 58 - Spice Girls - STOP
05 - 37 - 59 - Massive Attack - TEAR DROP
1 - NEW - 60 - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - SWEET JOHNNY
04 - 40 - 61 - Hinda Hicks - YOU THINK YOU OWN ME
03 - 33 - 62 - Ruff Driverz - DEEPER LOVE
1 - NEW - 63 - Urusei Yatsura - SLAIN BY ELF
05 - 44 - 64 - Garbage - PUSH IT
05 - 36 - 65 - Bluetones - IF...
03 - 39 - 66 - Shed Seven - THE HEROES
1 - NEW - 67 - Tanita Tikaram - STOP LISTENING
11 - 53 - 68 - Robbie Williams - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
1 - NEW - 69 - Shah - SECRET LOVE
02 - 25 - 70 - Tricky Featuring Polly Jean Harvey - MONEY GREEDY / BROKEN HOMES
10 - 52 - 71 - Sash! - LA PRIMAVERA
09 - 45 - 72 - Billie Myers - KISS THE RAIN
26 - 62 - 73 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH!
06 - 56 - 74 - Kula Shaker - SOUND OF DRUMS
1 - NEW - 75 - Full Intention - YOU ARE SOMEBODY


Week Ending 13 June 1998

02 - 01 - 01 - B*Witched - C'EST LA VIE
02 - 03 - 02 - Mousse T Vs Hot'N'Juicy - HORNY
02 - 02 - 03 - Brandy And Monica - THE BOY IS MINE
1 - NEW - 04 - Mariah Carey - MY ALL
08 - 04 - 05 - Tamperer Featuring Maya - FEEL IT
07 - 07 - 06 - Mavericks - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
04 - 08 - 07 - Lutricia McNeal - STRANDED
04 - 11 - 08 - Bus Stop Featuring Carl Douglas - KUNG FU FIGHTING
1 - NEW - 09 - England United - (HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE) ON TOP OF THE WORLD
06 - 05 - 10 - All Saints - UNDER THE BRIDGE / LADY MARMALADE
15 - 10 - 11 - LeAnn Rimes - HOW DO I LIVE
1 - NEW - 12 - 2Pac - DO FOR LOVE
07 - 09 - 13 - Steps - LAST THING ON MY MIND
1 - NEW - 14 - KP And Envyi - SWING MY WAY
1 - NEW - 15 - Del Amitri - DON'T COME HOME TOO SOON
05 - 15 - 16 - Corrs - DREAMS
1 - NEW - 17 - Alexia - GIMME LOVE
1 - NEW - 18 - Shania Twain - WHEN
05 - 13 - 19 - Wyclef Jean - GONE TILL NOVEMBER
05 - 14 - 20 - Aqua - TURN BACK TIME
1 - NEW - 21 - Chumbawamba - TOP OF THE WORLD (OLE, OLE, OLE)
02 - 06 - 22 - Embrace - COME BACK TO WHAT YOU KNOW
16 - 20 - 23 - Savage Garden - TRULY MADLY DEEPLY
02 - 17 - 24 - Gloria Estefan - HEAVEN'S WHAT I FEEL
03 - 32 - 25 - Rod Stewart - OOH LA LA
1 - NEW - 26 - Neil Finn - SHE WILL HAVE HER WAY
1 - NEW - 27 - Wombles - WOMBLING SONG (UNDERGROUND OVERGROUND)
02 - 18 - 28 - N-Tyce - BOOM BOOM
02 - 16 - 29 - Public Enemy - HE GOT GAME
1 - NEW - 30 - Ultrasound - STAY YOUNG
03 - 25 - 31 - NYCC - FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)
1 - NEW - 32 - Elton John - IF THE RIVER CAN BEND
06 - 22 - 33 - Madonna - RAY OF LIGHT
02 - 19 - 34 - Natalie Imbruglia - WISHING I WAS THERE
13 - 26 - 35 - Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins - IT'S LIKE THAT
1 - NEW - 36 - Sonique - I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
09 - 31 - 37 - K-Ci And JoJo - ALL MY LIFE
05 - 21 - 38 - Cleopatra - LIFE AIN'T EASY
02 - 24 - 39 - Next - TOO CLOSE
17 - 30 - 40 - Celine Dion - MY HEART WILL GO ON
02 - 12 - 41 - Super Furry Animals - ICE HOCKEY HAIR
05 - 35 - 42 - Simply Red - SAY YOU LOVE ME
1 - NEW - 43 - Westbam Vs Red Jerry - WIZARDS OF THE SONIC
1 - NEW - 44 - Abi - COUNTING THE DAYS
1 - NEW - 45 - Gomez - GET MYSELF ARRESTED
03 - 37 - 46 - Collapsed Lung - EAT MY GOAL
06 - 33 - 47 - Imaani - WHERE ARE YOU
1 - NEW - 48 - Byron Stingily - TESTIFY
1 - NEW - 49 - Jonestown - SWEET THANG
04 - 28 - 50 - Arsenal FC - HOT STUFF
03 - 40 - 51 - Robyn - DO YOU REALLY WANT ME
02 - 23 - 52 - Levert Sweat Gill - CURIOUS
02 - 34 - 53 - Bran Van 3000 - DRINKING IN LA
02 - 27 - 54 - Fog - BEEN A LONG TIME
07 - 44 - 55 - Boyzone - ALL THAT I NEED
03 - 38 - 56 - Smashing Pumpkins - AVA ADORE
13 - 58 - 57 - Spice Girls - STOP
02 - 54 - 58 - Tartan Army - SCOTLAND BE GOOD
02 - 29 - 59 - James - RUNAGROUND
1 - NEW - 60 - Electrasy - LOST IN SPACE
07 - 42 - 61 - Catatonia - ROAD RAGE
02 - 39 - 62 - Spiritualized - THE ABBEY ROAD EP
02 - 36 - 63 - Kenickie - I WOULD FIX YOU
05 - 47 - 64 - Adam Garcia - NIGHT FEVER
1 - NEW - 65 - Kevin Avience - DIN DA DA
03 - 46 - 66 - BBE - DEEPER LOVE (SYMPHONIC PARADISE)
11 - 71 - 67 - Sash! - LA PRIMAVERA
09 - 52 - 68 - Busta Rhymes - TURN IT UP / FIRE IT UP
12 - 68 - 69 - Robbie Williams - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
27 - 73 - 70 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH!
02 - 48 - 71 - Brian McKnight - ANYTIME
03 - 57 - 72 - Shawn Colvin - SUNNY CAME HOME
03 - 49 - 73 - Beverley Knight Featuring Redman - MADE IT BACK
06 - 59 - 74 - Massive Attack - TEAR DROP
1 - NEW - 75 - Urban Soul - LOVE IS SO NICE

 

B*Witched - C'EST LA VIE
I liked the denim's....
Sunny happy pop song.
3/5

 

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wk1
Week Ending 06 June 1998
1 - NEW - 03 - Mousse T Vs Hot'N'Juicy - HORNY

 

Actually...err...I loved it

 

Oh feck off...anyone who was Irish hated this... Pull out all the cliches, why don't u?

 

wk2
Week Ending 13 June 1998
1 - NEW - 18 - Shania Twain - WHEN

 

Have heard of the group, but not heard this number that I know of. As for those that have burned in my mind since "then," well . . .

 

C'est la vie - some obvious Spice Girls influences. Definitely not the "best song musically and lyrically" of 1998. (the winner of that Ivor Novello award was a certain Cher song we'll be hearing about yet)

 

Gave this a listen for no apparent reason (other than that I liked Only the Ones We Love).

It's a little on the moody side, starts rather weakly and the verses aren't up to much, but the choruses are quite attractive. Yet another song where the verses are quiet and the choruses ramp it up ...

 

Tamperer Featuring Maya - Feel It

Contains one of the most memorable (and daft) lyrics of all time!

Pretty catchy and due to those lyrics, unforgettable...

 

The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore




Weird goings on in this video!

 

I always feel I should like this band more than I actually do.
The video is compelling but the song is just not there for me.

 

In other words, "acquired taste" and "because you're supposed to like it"? (Me, I'm not one way or the other about this group or this record.)

Reminds me of one of the monologues in George Bernard Shaw's Don Juan In Hell about people going to the opera and applauding at key points because - well, they're supposed to.

 

B*Witched - C'est La Vie

Oh well, that's life, anyone who loves music hated Boyzone!

C'est La Vie isn't big, or clever, but is infuriatingly catchy. - prime motive achieved and a number one single.


B*Witched - Are You A Ghost




More kinky denim for @Yam Graham!

@jimjim play this really loud, preferably through a system with low, tight bass - it's awesome! Love her voice....

I'll get my (non-denim) coat.

 

You both may have good points.

The best (The) Smashing Pumpkins songs are very good, but they don't come around often enough for me, though I know many love them.

 

My thoughts as well.

 

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Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds "3 Lions '98"

20th June 1998

3 Weeks at No1

15th No1 of 1998 and No 793 in total.


Single by Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds
Released 8 June 1998
Format CD, cassette
Recorded 1998
Genre Alternative rock
Britpop
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Music: Ian Broudie
Lyrics: David Baddiel & Frank Skinner
Producer(s) Ian Broudie
Simon Rogers
Dave Bascombe


England lost in a penalty shootout against Germany in 1996, and so the song's lyrics rang true once again. It was subsequently re-recorded with different lyrics (under the title "3 Lions '98") as an unofficial anthem for England's World Cup campaign in 1998 (unlike in 1996, when it was the "official song of the England football team") and landed the number one spot in the singles chart for a second time, beating the official England song "(How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World?" by England United to the top spot by eight places.

This version of the song begins with the sound of crowds from the 1996 tournament singing the chorus of the original song in the stadiums. It then samples Jonathan Pearce's commentary of the decisive penalty miss by England's Gareth Southgate in a shoot-out with Germany, where England were eliminated at the semi-final stage. Pearce's commentary of earlier rounds of the tournament was also used later in the song.

Where the 1996 "Three Lions" song drew on various memorable moments from the previous 30 years, the 1998 version reflected on the Euro 96 tournament and its entry alongside previous disappointments, as well as the team's performance in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup. The verse mentioning specific players focused this time on the then-current England squad:

• Paul Ince – "Ince ready for war" – his performance against Italy in a crucial qualifier for that year's World Cup
• Paul Gascoigne – "Gazza good as before" – the long-awaited return of his 1990 World Cup form in Euro 96, particularly his goal against Scotland
• Alan Shearer – "Shearer certain to score" – with five goals, he had been the top scorer of Euro 96, despite a poor run of form in internationals before the tournament
• Stuart Pearce – "And Psycho screaming" – his primal celebration after scoring a penalty in the Euro 96 quarter-final shoot-out against Spain, which lifted the burden he had felt after failing to score in the semi-final shootout at the 1990 World Cup

However, and amid much controversy, neither Gascoigne nor Pearce were selected for England's 1998 World Cup squad, which was not announced until some time after the song had been recorded.

As well as a karaoke version of the new song, the single featured a song called "Tout est Possible" (French for "Anything is Possible") as a B-side. The song was largely composed of a recurring chorus, samples from commentators and pundits, and the occasional short verse. It also started with a French speech sample referring to "La Coupe du Monde" (The World Cup).

1998 video
The video to the 1998 version of the song portrays a match between a group of English fans (including Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds' singer Ian Broudie) and their German equivalents, most of whom have the name "Kuntz" printed on the back of their football shirts (except for one, who instead has "Klinsmann"). German player Stefan Kuntz had played an instrumental part in Germany's semi-final victory over England at Wembley in 1996, but his name is similar to the disparaging vulgarity "****s"; the segment was often cut by broadcasters. Baddiel and Skinner had previously mocked Kuntz' name on their Fantasy Football television programme.

The video also featured cameo appearances from Geoff Hurst (who also made a cameo in the music video for the original song in 1996), John Regis, Robbie Williams and Chris Evans.

The scene from the video when Frank Skinner dips his arm into custard while grasping a melon, so it bears a comical resemblance to the World Cup trophy, was shown on German public TV station Das Erste a few days before the final was to be played.