UK #1s of 1995

Blur, but I'm not happy about it.

horrible. went w/ coolio.

excellent. went with TT

this fucking country. esp in light of how great the US '95 No 1s were! really this is only between 'dreamer' and 'don't stop (wiggle wiggle)', but god, this country has such terrible taste in pop.

Cue Geir.

Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton - "Love Can Build a Bridge"

^^^this may be the worst track all four have been involved in, which is really saying something

Nooh, I won't have that!

Eric's done much worse...

there's 5 or 6 good #1s on the US list, and 5 or 6 good #1s on this list

about right. half as many songs in the UK, but about the same # of 'any good's. that madonna #1 in the US - oof. did that even go top 10 here?

half as many AGAIN i meant

Take A Bow is great but did strangely poorly here - #16

mind you, UK does have more DO NOT WANTS

rly. is boooring

whyen we do bad, we do REALLY FUCKING BAD. but we didn't have blando bollocks like seal and madonna shitting it up either so

there's 5 or 6 good #1s on the US list, and 5 or 6 good #1s on this list

so wrong. the US list has like 8 great trax which i would happily still jam. this has three at most.

^^^

Take A Bow is great but did strangely poorly here - #16

another point scored by the US, then.

Oh jesus, I could conceivably vote Simply Red here.

So so easy. "Some Might Say".

i give 8 of these 7 or more out of 10. note - mostly without relistening.

7 Rednex - "Cotton Eye Joe"
2 Céline Dion - "Think Twice"
2 Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
7 Outhere Brothers - "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)"
10 Take That - "Back for Good"
FUCK OFF Oasis - "Some Might Say"
9 Livin' Joy - "Dreamer"
DISQUALIFIED Robson Green & Jerome Flynn
7 Outhere Brothers - "Boom Boom Boom"
10 Take That - "Never Forget"
4 Blur - "Country House"
5 Michael Jackson - "You Are Not Alone"
8 Shaggy - "Boombastic"
4 Simply Red - "Fairground"
9 Coolio featuring L.V. - "Gangsta's Paradise"
1 Robson & Jerome - "I Believe / Up on the Roof"
1 Michael Jackson - "Earth Song"

:-D

another point scored by the US, then.

unusual for a Madonna single to chart higher in US than in the UK after 'Erotica', so i dunno if one point will "save them" here

Good tracks: "Some Might Say, "Back For Good", Shaggy, Coolio, and I suppose Blur (even though it's one of their worst singles) (sorry Geir))

I don't need to hear any of the rest ever again.

note - mostly without relistening.

this is key for me, i don't have any particular antipathy towards stuff like 'cotton eye joe' or the take that singles, but i really wouldn't want to hear them again. whereas the US list sends me scurrying to itunes to dig the best ones out again, reminds me how great they are, makes me want to relive them now.

this defence of the UK is kinda futile really!

So so easy. "Some Might Say".

wtf people can actually think this? or are you jesting?

so it would seem xp

i mean despite the really stiff competition, 'some might say' is still easily the most repulsive thing on this list

people be thinking things other than what you are thinking.

jeez, you guys like Take That that much?

xp's

I'm completely serious. Probably their best single, and the only time I thought they might actually be worth their hype (then "What's the Story Morning Glory?" was released and I realized they weren't.)

liked the b-side 'Acquiese' more

wtf were you listening to oasis b-sides for

WORK IT OUT

Yeah, that song was another reason for the "believing the hype" feeling I had at the time.

xposts

I've realised over the years that I really like "Earth Song". Don't think I'll take it over "Dreamer" or "Boombastic" or maybe even "Back for Good" tho. Or "Fairground" even, as long as I can put the video out of my head.

welcome to the "Height Of Britpop"(TM)

Coolio by a furlong.

"Country House" is perhaps the best single of the entire 90s.

http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headz.gif

Livin' Joy - "Dreamer" by a fucking mile.

Of the ones I've heard (which is most), easily Rednex. Doubt anybody could beat them, though I should check out Take That someday.

Cotton Eye Joe.

Outhere Bros was always good to hear out too.

Boy howdy, this thread has been a trainwreck!!

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Not even close. The time is coming though.

i don't know if britain has *bad* taste, but it's certainly schizophrenic. i mean, it likes robson & jerome AND 'dreamer' AND 'some might say'. what a fucked-up country.

because obviously the sales of recorded music from more than a decade ago are a really telling indicator of just what a racist, intolerant place this is.

the last great oasis single

'Boombastic' by a short head from 'Dreamer'.

it likes robson & jerome AND 'dreamer' AND 'some might say'. what a fucked-up country.

would love to meet the people who bought all three.

actually no i would not.

that Think Twice chart climb again:
53-42-52-30-28-22-20-9-8-5-6-4-2-2-2-1

lol at who it takes to get a judds (well, paul oversteet-john jarvis) tune on uk charts

rednex over coolio and oasis

UK,,US,, Who gives a fuck.They`re both shite. Why you even wasting your time looking at the fucking charts???

controversial

Country House by a country mile!

ugh i can't stand that awful matey thumbs in braces cheeky mockney cockney shitpop anthem.

back for good ftw

Some of these charts...they have no cohesion. I think that is what is distasteful here. I'm not saying the charts have to all have the same style, but normally when you look at an old chart (say - 1960s-80s), you have a sense of what is going on that year.

That said, I'm tempted to vote for "Cotton Eyed Joe", even though I haven't heard it in about twelve years. At least it is an historical marker of some sort.

they have no cohesion. I think that is what is distasteful here.

hatin' on diversity?

Doesn't Tony McCarrol drum on Some Might Say?

"Drum" being an advisable term.

the big questions

i think the answer is yes tho

Dreamer by a fucking mile, then Coolio.

what a shit year for number 1s. the only ones id ever want to hear again are these:

Take That - "Back for Good"
Oasis - "Some Might Say"
Michael Jackson - "You Are Not Alone"

Michael Jackson - "You Are Not Alone"

what the fuck?

great song.

i did actually hear back for good on the radio the other week and it has a few ropey parts that id completely forgotten. but still good for gary barlow.

it's horrible. HORRIBLE.

xpost

this is between livin joy, coolio and perhaps shaggy.

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

omg

missed this thread. woulda voted for oasis

ugh. and ugh.

Balls to this. Voted 'Dreamer' in the end. Got robbed by gurning scrotes from Essex. But no votes for You Are Not A Loon, so not all bad news.

Blur - "Country House" 11
Oasis - "Some Might Say" 9

^^^oh just fucking die, won't you? if you seriously think either of those are the best hear you may as well be dead anyway

godddd ilm and its sucky taste! never fucking ends!

*here

see what you made me do, you losers

can someone pass me another mojito

What about elephants?

Robson Green & Jerome Flynn - "Unchained Melody" / "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dov 1

ok waht

Eww @ 95

Outhere Bros deserved better

coolio got that many votes?!

and earth song got more votes than you are not alone lol.

they're both shit.

do not get the coolio love at all.

you are not alone is garbage that doesn't ask about elephants

coolio track is pretty boring but like his lyrics

in a lolrap way or for actual?

coolios best (maybe only good?) single was fantastic voyage.

I don't get how "Gangsta's Paradise" is "lolrap". Certifiable classic.

im probably being a bit unfair, but basically 15-y-o english indie me (im white btw) felt it wasn't 'real' coz it was promoting a michelle pfeiffer movie, lacked swearing and other gangsta signifiers, that sort of thing. still think it's kinda a sluggish beat tbh.

It's a MAMMOTH beat. "Gangsta's Paradise" is the "What You Know" of the 90's!

of roughly contemporary tracks, 'i got five on it' is a more mammoth-y beat.

Really? "5 On It" has always sounded kinda small (or maybe just constrained?) to me.

'1st Of Da Month' is always slower than I remember

lol i just prefer 'i got five on it' is all.

five (5)

I liked "I Got Five On It" more as "Why You Treat Me So Bad?"

Loved "I Got 5 On It" as a, what, 14-year-old but the remix of it is so much better.

Yeah, I prefer "Why You Treat Me So Bad?" too.

"1st of the Month" is the best song mentioned in this thread.

'I Got 5 On It' has that organ bass note progression like going down 4 steps and then back up again over the course of 8 bars. maybe 'Gangsta's Paradise' could've used something like that instead of the same less fun (this is also key in that GP isn't a fun rap track at all) bass pattern over only 2 bars.

^^ droppin musicology