The UK Top 50 of 1993 Poll

My distaste of reissues making singles charts means I will not vote for the best single here (Bluebells), so I vote for the second best (Pet Shop Boys) instead.

"The Key, the Secret"! Eurodance at its best.

2 Unlimited - No Limit

without question.

Spin Doctors vs Fresh Prince

1. Chaka Demus & Pliers
2. Pet Shop Boys
3. Robin S
4. The Goodmen
5. Snow

1. Go West
2. Tease Me
3. The Key, The Secret
4. Pray
5. Relight My Fire
6. Show Me Love
7. Right Here
8. Informer
9. Little Bird (esp. the Todd Terry remix on the 12")
10. Are You Gonna Go My Way?
11. Give It Up
12. Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)

esp. the Todd Terry remix on the 12"

ooh i've only heard the Utah Saints one (which, of course, re-uses the 'There Must Be An Angel' vocal hook again)

"All That She Wants". But "No Limit" comes second. This year was disastrous BTW.

Awful list. I thought it was the very early 90s that Smash Hits writers said was a poor time for pop. Looks like it continued then.

because Ace Of Base and 2 Unlimited set standards no-one else could hope to match thereafter? xp

Herman ur mad there was lots of good pop this year

Not a particularly good vintage for mainstream singles, no. But from around 1993 onwards, the quality of albums in general was going in the right direction.

Robin S ... no contest.

Some ice cold solid gold eurodance headbangers in here. Most of which I remember rocking clammy Llorat de Mar disco-pubs in that summer. The stink of cheesburger/kamakaze jello shot vomit is still a vivid memory. Anyway.

1. "Right Here"
2. "Ain't No Love"
3. "No Limit"
4. "Show Me Love"
5. "The Key, The Secret"
6. "All That She Wants"
7. "Dreams"

Difficult choice. I'm tempted to vote for M People as a cop-out. Anyway:

10. Mr Loverman
9. Mr Vain
8. Are You Gonna Go My Way
7. No Limit
6. All That She Wants
5. Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)
4. Go West
3. Dreams
2. That's The Way Love Goes
1. Relight My Fire

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/mr_blobby-gal-cashins.jpg

I was too busy flopping my fringe about to Suede to notice much of this... however, I was working in a record shop when that Janet Jackson album dropped, and I do have a lingering fondness for it. (Which I didn't, at the time.)

it's one of my favourite janet tracks, which is saying a lot. still...gotta go with sistas with voices.

1. right here
2. that's the way love goes
3. ain't no love (ain't no use)
4. dreams
5. no limit
6. boom! shake the room
7. what is love?
8. mr loverman
9. go west
10. the key, the secret
11. show me love
12. mr vain
13. love song for a vampire
14. i will always love you

pleased to see people repping for gabrielle!

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

What a year for comedy dancehall!

PSB, just over Shaggy.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

never in doubt

Sheesh.

Horrible, horrible year! I actually don't regret missing out on this one.

Oh, come on

wtf

ub40 at #1 and the key the secret only gets one vote. you people are weird

2 - Elton John & Kiki Dee True Love Nov 1993

I must have really missed this year/month! (thank god!)

There's obviously a secretive cabal of UB40 fanatics on ILM as they hijacked the New Pop albums poll too.