UK TOP 40 POLL: 25/03/1995

Bucketheads could be a good shout for the win

Taking a leaf from Geir's book and voting for Mike and the Mechanics. Great drivetime anthem.

Alysha Warren - I Thought I Meant The World To You

Just a reminder that there are chart singles I cannot remember and willl never hear again...

don't fancy yours much in that photo

Went for Scarlet, but will be surprised if it's not a two-horse race between Bucketheads and N-Trance.

and that's why i voted for MN8

Ini Kamoze ftw. Normally I vote for the Human League by default but it's one of their weaker efforrts.

What a shitey chart. There's a lot of good stuff in there but the overall picture is one of shiteness. Exactly the sort of chart Dale would play on POTP to prove he was still "with it."

I predict Dale to play the following:
37, 23, 21

15, 13, 11

9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1

Dutch Courage: 7, 8, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27

Double Dutch: 2, 9, 13, 17, 26, 29, 33,

McClaren's Dutch-speak: 5, 10, 12, 22, 38,

Ron Dennis: 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 21, 23, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40

Double Douche: 1, 6, 20, 30, 32, 39

I was honest with myself and voted for 'Poison'

so we know at least 2 of the 'poison' voters .

The Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On

I heard this while out dancing a month or so again and there was this sort of mass 'omg I remember this' that went round the room. It's great.

01. Cher, Chrissie Hynde And Neneh Cherry With Eric Clapton - Love Can Build A Bridge

What the hell is ^this^??!! I remember most of the records here, but this rings no bells at all

Not a chart that's aged terribly well. Bucketheads and N-Trance are a lot of fun and would be worthy winners, as would be Outhere Brothers. Boo Radleys are the opposite of fun. I'm going to give it to Prodigy though because Poison is pretty swampy and unusual. (I was about to say it might be their finest moment, but it clearly isn't while Charly and Out of Space exist)

I was at Ibrox for a friendly match around this time, and a fat skinhead behind me was trying to get a chant going to the tune of the Outhere Brothers. "Boom boom boom," he called. "Let me hear you say Gazza! (Laudrup!)" It didn't catch on.

Going with Nightcrawlers here, it's louche in the best possible way.

WTF at Ned's Atomic Dustbin charting in 1995.

01. Cher, Chrissie Hynde And Neneh Cherry With Eric Clapton - Love Can Build A Bridge

What the hell is ^this^??!! I remember most of the records here, but this rings no bells at all

It was the Comic Relief single for that year, cover of some Class Of '89 country song.

Sounds like a barrel of laughs. They should've stuck with Hale & Pace

"Here Comes the Hotstepper". I suppose.

"Wake Up Boo!" Genius!

Surprisingly poor chart - I remember 95 as much better than this, but maybe that was the summer. Went with Bucketheads over Boo Radleys.

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If I'd seen this, I woulda voted for Neds, as I put that song on quite a few mixtapes that summer (it was on a CMJ sampler, and I was 16). Unfortunately, when I tried to put that song on a mix tape for a pal's hot younger sister a couple years later (because I knew she loved Neds), she told me that it was the worst song they ever recorded and that it was pandering. I was like, I know, I have a crush on you, of course I'm pandering! Most of the music you like is crap!

We never hooked up, and soon after she broke her leg playing soccer, and got both fat and mean, confined to the sofa for nearly six months.

Take that, Neds!

Hotstepper is classic but "You Gotta Be" deserved at least one vote!