I had a dream last night that I would feature a chart from 1999 and lo, it has come to pass. I remember most of these except the trance ones.

Playlists are here. I didn’t put the duplicate AtB track on both times.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrur46EU9VzLw_sWo7JOXyz
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5dyF1Y7qCD9YusL3SUievY?si=lvZdLJnOQFqnCT49WnPHYA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Chart dated 26th June 1999

1. (NE) Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
2. (1) S Club 7 - Bring It All Back
3. (NE) Britney Spears - Sometimes
4. (2) Madonna - Beautiful Stranger
5. (NE) Adam Rickitt - I Breathe Again
6. (4) Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
7. (3) Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
8. (5) Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate
9. (NE) *N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
10. (6) The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
11. (7) Cartoons - Doodah!
12. (8) Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
13. (NE) Aerosmith - Pink
14. (10) Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
15. (11) Another Level - From The Heart
16. (NE) Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
17. (9) Wiseguys - Ooh La La
18. (13) Chicane ft Maire Brennan - Saltwater
19. (NE) Jason Nevins vs Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
20. (12) Cher - All Or Nothing
21. (14) Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
22. (16) TLC - No Scrubs
23. (NE) Marilyn Manson - Rock Is Dead
24. (NE) Blank & Jones - Cream
25. (15) Brandy - Almost Doesn't Count
26. (18) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
27. (17) Geri Halliwell - Look At Me
28. (22) Sugar Ray - Every Morning
29. (19) Boyzone - You Needed Me
30. (25) New Radicals - You Get What You Give
31. (27) Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
32. (23) Phats & Small - Turn Around
33. (21) Precious - Say It Again
34. (20) Tatyana Ali - Everytime
35. (26) Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo
36. (NE) The Moffatts - Until You Loved Me
37. (28) DJ Sakin & Friends - Nomansland (David's Song)
38. (NE) Jewel - Down So Long
39. (NE) The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
40. (29) Hepburn - I Quit

41. (30) Stereophonics - Pick A Part That's New
42. (34) the Supertroupers - Thank Abba For The Music
43. (38) Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment
44. (NE) Shack - Comedy
45. (32) Shed Seven - Disco Down
46. (31) 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls
47. (55) AtB - 9pm (Till I Come) {German import}
48. (39) Westlife - Swear It Again
49. (35) Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
50. (NE) Dark Star - About 3am
51. (24) Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
52. (45) Bryan Adams - Cloud Number 9
53. (NE) Art Of Noise - Metaforce
54. (40) Mauro Picotto - Lizard (Gonna Get You)
55. (52) Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
56. (60) 1999 Manchester United Squad - Lift It High (All About Belief)
57. (41) Nas ft Puff Daddy - Hate Me Now
58. (42) Cartoons - Witch Doctor
59. (43) Feeder - Insomnia
60. (46) The Chieftains ft The Corrs - I Know My Love
61. (54) Texas - In Our Lifetime
62. (53) Blondie - Nothing Is Real But The Girl
63. (NE) Nightmares On Wax - Finer
64. (57) Pete Heller - Big Love
65. (36) Raphael Saadiq & Q-Tip - Get Involved
66. (44) Travis - Driftwood
67. (47) Garbage - You Look So Fine
68. (37) My Life Story - It's A Girl Thing
69. (59) Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job?
70. (51) Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat
71. (65) 911 - Private Number
72. (33) Next Of Kin - More Love
73. (NE) Muse - Uno
74. (94) Billie - Honey To The Bee
75. (70) Steps - Better Best Forgotten
76. (63) AtB - 9pm (Till I Come) {Australian Import}
77. (NE) Cay - Princes And Princesses
78. (NE) Micronauts - The Jag
79. (NE) Kristin Hersh - Echo
80. (90) Mariah Carey - I Still Believe
81. (87) Blondie - Maria
82. (48) Timbaland ft Jay-Z - Lobster & Scrimp
83. (NE) Dave Holmes - Samsara
84. (RE) Blur - Tender
85. (RE) Robbie Williams - Strong
86. (NE) The Herbaliser - The Missing Suitcase
87. (NE) Handy Andy - If I Had A Hammer
88. (NE) Sebadoh - It's All You
89. (61) Grooverider - Where's Jack The Ripper
90. (58) Marc Dorsey - If You Really Wanna Know
91. (100) AtB - Don't Stop {import}
92. (82) Robbie Williams - No Regrets/Antmusic
93. (NE) Ron Hagen & Pascal M - Forever
94. (NE) Dog Eat Dog - Expect The Unexpected
95. (68) Lange - I Believe
96. (NE) XTC - I'd Like That
97. (99) Catatonia - Dead From The Waist Down
98. (91) Billie - She Wants You
99. (96) Denise And Johnny - Especially For You
100. (RE) Cher - Believe

On 21/06/2021 00:24, Chris Brown wrote:

> Chart dated 26th June 1999
>
> 2. (1) S Club 7 - Bring It All Back
> 3. (NE) Britney Spears - Sometimes

> 6. (4) Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
> 7. (3) Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
> 8. (5) Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

> 10. (6) The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

> 14. (10) Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

> 18. (13) Chicane ft Maire Brennan - Saltwater
e > 27. (17) Geri Halliwell - Look At Me

> 31. (27) Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

> 47. (55) AtB - 9pm (Till I Come) {German import}

> 49. (35) Basement Jaxx - Red Alert

> 70. (51) Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat

> 81. (87) Blondie - Maria

> 100. (RE) Cher - Believe
>

A surprisingly high number that I know, from a 1999 chart!

They are mainly the sort of songs that featured on MTV Dance...

--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:24:59 -0700 (PDT), Chris Brown
<extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I had a dream last night that I would feature a chart from 1999 and lo, it has come to pass. I remember most of these except the trance ones.
>
>Playlists are here. I didn’t put the duplicate AtB track on both times.
>https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrur46EU9VzLw_sWo7JOXyz
>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5dyF1Y7qCD9YusL3SUievY?si=lvZdLJnOQFqnCT49WnPHYA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
>
>Chart dated 26th June 1999

I have mixed memories, or lack of them, of this. I had, at the time,
fairly recently upgraded my car and got one with a CD player in it, so I
was listening much less to the radio than previously. But I'd also got
Sky installed, and was watching the music channels (specifically, Q), so
I was stil hearing new stuff but via a different route and with a
different playlist. So whether I have strong memories of any particular
song depends a lot on where it was played and whether it was from an
artist that I would buy an album by.

Possibly a little unusually for a 90s chart, I've only seen one act in
here play live, and I have no interesting anecdotes about any of them.

>1. (NE) Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!

For some bizarre reason, I foubnd myself looking up Vengaboys on
Wikipedia the other day.

The lyrics of this song sound like the text of a typical porn spam
email.

>2. (1) S Club 7 - Bring It All Back

I don't have many memories of this. Fortunately.

>3. (NE) Britney Spears - Sometimes

I suppose she's topical.

>4. (2) Madonna - Beautiful Stranger

Good song. This was from her collaboration with William Orbit, and
sounds a lot like the Ray of Light album, which is one of my favourites.

>5. (NE) Adam Rickitt - I Breathe Again

Don't really remember this.

>6. (4) Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

This was a staple of Q.

>7. (3) Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

A the time, this was a great song. Or, rather, monologue set to music.
I'm not sure it has aged that well, though.

>8. (5) Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

Classic of the era.

>9. (NE) *N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart

Meh.

>10. (6) The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

Great song. Classic of the era.

>11. (7) Cartoons - Doodah!

Not a classic of any era.

>12. (8) Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

I can't hear this song without my mind slipping off into the Al Yankovic
parody of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ

>13. (NE) Aerosmith - Pink

Apparently I can't watch this song on Youtube without verifying my age.
What the actual...?

This was a staple on Q as well.

>14. (10) Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

Good song.

>18. (13) Chicane ft Maire Brennan - Saltwater

Very much of its era.
>26. (18) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

Very much a Q staple at the time. Also currently a regular on the
Absolute Radio iPod.

>30. (25) New Radicals - You Get What You Give

A staple of 90s compilation albums. And deservedly so.

>35. (26) Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo

This seems to crop up on Absolute Radio quite often as well.

>42. (34) the Supertroupers - Thank Abba For The Music

That reminds me, I've always fancied seeing Bjorn Again play live.
Speaking of which, this has got to be one of the best recursively
referential musical jokes ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNBZQ_uQQBU

>47. (55) AtB - 9pm (Till I Come) {German import}

Good song. Classic of the era, even. Why was it charting twice as an
import?

>55. (52) Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now

Classic song, classic video.

>66. (44) Travis - Driftwood

Rather bizarrely, I heard this on the in-store playlist in Morrisons the
other day. Which is a bit odd, really. It's a nice song, but it wasn't a
massiv hit at the time and has been considerably overshadowed by their
later singles.

>70. (51) Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat

Very much of its era.

>76. (63) AtB - 9pm (Till I Come) {Australian Import}

Good song. Classic of the era, even. Why was it charting twice as an
import? Why am I getting a strange feeling of deja vu?

>92. (82) Robbie Williams - No Regrets/Antmusic
>94. (NE) Dog Eat Dog - Expect The Unexpected

A vaguely amusing juxtaposition here, with Robbie covering a song by
Adam and the Ants closely followed by a band which chares their name
with a song by Adam and the Ants.

>100. (RE) Cher - Believe

Do you believe in chart re-entry after number one?

Mark