UK TOP 40 POLL: 27/03/1993

First all reggae top three!

01. Shaggy - Oh Carolina
14. PM Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes
22. Robin S - Show Me Love
23. Suede - Animal Nitrate
27. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
28. Alice In Chains - Them Bones

These are the only ones worth keeping out of that whole bunch.

A lot of re-releases/remixes for a week!

Also, don't like Annie Lennox a bit, so why do I find "Little Bird" um, alright actually?

31. Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love {1993}

^^^OG Mondeo Poppers showing these new jacks how it's done in the 93.

TIP TOP POPS:
1-5 inclusive, 14, 21-23, 25, 27, 32, 40.

MIDDLE ENGLAND:
6-10, 12, 13, 17, 29, 30, 36, 37.

PUB WITH NO BEER:
11, 19, 39.

NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST IN FOUR MINUTES:
15, 38.

I'LL SIT THIS ONE OUT:
16, 20, 24, 35.

TO PARAPHRASE GILBERT O'SULLIVAN: WHY OH WHY OH WHY?
26, 31, 33, 34.

GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE, SIDCUP:
28.

Youtubing for "Stick It Out", which like most people I haven't heard in 15 years, I found out that last year Right Said Fred released a cover of "Where Do You Go To My Lovely?". It's easily as good as the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKgZFBD7-DA

Some things remain unheard for 15 years for good reason.

I bet Dale plays it though.

We really do need a "worst line from 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely'" poll at some point. "An even tan, on your legs, and on your back". Awesome.

"For a laugh" and, as it were, "ha ha ha ha."

thought it was crap at the time but also like 'Little Bird' now (the Utah Saints remix of it knowingly throws in the 'There Must Be Angel' sample AGAIN)

the opposite applies re Kravitz, Ugly Kid Joe and Alice In Chains

Bananarama's cover of Andrea True Connection is alright, bouncier than Rachel's

great use of The Moments 'Sexy Mama' on 'It Was A Good Day' but i will vote, unironically, for Snow

Great top three! Tempted to go for Robin S though.

ShortSharpShock ep = Screamager = yoga flame

Therapy? passim <<<< "Get Some Therapy" by Steve Wright and the Sisters of Soul (RCA, 1983; #75).

I like 25 of these songs, it may well count as an all-time record.

01. Shaggy - Oh Carolina
02. Snow - Informer
03. Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman {1993}
04. 2 Unlimited - No Limit
09. Michael Jackson - Give In To Me
11. Therapy? - ShortSharpShock (EP)
14. PM Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes
17. Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
18. Monie Love - Born To BREED
19. Sunscreem - Pressure Us
20. Jade - Don't Walk Away
21. kd Lang - Constant Craving {1993}
22. Robin S - Show Me Love
23. Suede - Animal Nitrate
24. Bananarama - More More More
25. East 17 - Deep
26. Van Halen - Jump (Live)
27. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
30. Madonna - Bad Girl
32. Apache Indian - Chok There
33. Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss {1993}
34. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music {1993}
35. West End Featuring Sybil - The Love I Lost
39. Grid - Crystal Clear

These all win, although that's only 24.

I voted for Deep, btw. Very underrated in the E17 canon.

Bought them on single at the time: Shaggy, Snow, Kravitz (he's done about 3 or 4 great singles, and this was one of them), Lennox (Todd Terry & Utah Saints remixes on 12", yummy!), Jamiroquai (I don't think the dull debut album had dropped yet, so it was still OK to like him), PM Dawn, Sybil (soundtrack to Satdeh night slutting), Whitneh x2 (nothing wrong with her Chaka cover IMO, she sings it rather well), Monie Love (residual late 80s loyalty), kd lang's ode to Constance Craven (there must have been some extra tracks on the CD single worth getting, can't remember), Robin S, Suede, Ice Cube (MUST dig that out again), Apache Indian, West End/Sybil (more slutty soundtracking). I, er, was buying a lot of singles in 1993.

Also good: 2 Unlimited (much as I loathed it at the time), Bluebells(once saw them supporting Orange Juice @ The Venue near Victoria, summer 1981), maybe Michael Jackson (had a lot of time for Dangerous, but can't recall this one; was it that rocky power ballad effort? Hmmm...) East 17 (their best?).

Favourite then: Suede.

Favourite now: I'll make my mind up when I've played the Ice Cube.

Jade's "Don't Walk Away" for the kill (the woodblock percussion!), but I love the Annie Lennox remix, Bowie's "Jump They Say," and "Animal Nitrate."

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Basically, this was a bloody good chart, and I remember thinking so at the time. It felt as if a corner was being turned...

Yeah, it's not bad. Diverse, too.

Toronto resident votes for song that mentions Toronto.

;-)

Actually, "Don't Walk Away" was rather DC Go-Go in its own way and I should promote it to the TIP TOP POPS section...

I think I'mma get that PM Dawn best of thing in HMV this afternoon - I got to listen to the album with the really long title that has "Set Adrift..." on, and it was fairly great.

That said, I have no idea how the one here goes.

This was the one which sampled "Father Figure" by George Michael.

At the time I justified my approval of the Take That single by contending that it could've been on 'Republic'

altho Barlow & Co. covering 'Ruined In A Day' might've been better still

Whoa, Portrait. I really loved that "Here We Go Again" song in 1993, but I haven't thought about it since. And I was nine at the time.

Robin S - Show Me Love

Handbag house par excellence, up there with Kym Sims' "Too Blind To See It" and Livin' Joy's "Dreamer". All time, hall of fame, genius classic.

Suede - it's the one that sounds the least dated. And I'm really surprised I'm saying that, what with Suede being such a 90's band. I'd have thought that they'd have dated the most.

I love these polls.

Liked at the time (having just turned 12): 2 Unlimited, The Bluebells, Michael Jackson, Bowie, Therapy?, Right Said Fred, East 17, Suede.

Like now: Shaggy, 2 Unlimited, Therapy?, Jade, Ice Cube, KD Lang, Suede.

Actually the Jacko one might still sound decent, Slash on guitar wasn't it? Basically a re-write of 'Dirty Diana' as far as I can remember.

Another dreadful chart, with Suede an obvious highlight.

Great chart. Shaggy ftw.

I voted for Sybil's 'When I'm Good and Ready' because unfortunately I overlooked Robin S (which I would have voted for, had I seen it). 'When I'm Good and Ready' isn't as good but I'm a sucker for a majestic, noble chord progression and the changes into the bridge from the verse get me every time. The beat (PWL take on the deep house/garage of the day) is a bit toytown but the pads compensate for that.

NO NO
NO NO NO NO
NO NO NO NO

Robin S nudges out Suede

lol, just about.

20-25 is an absolutely KILLER run.

Jade vs kd vs the criminally underrated "Bad Girl".

hmm.. "Constant Craving" it is.

'show me love', still love that stonebridge sound - 'do it for love'; that was great. if it had been 'paper doll' by pm dawn then maybe it would've been a fight. i bought the joey negro remix of 'labour of love' that i think is the one up there and liked it a lot at the time, haven't listened to it in over a decade though.

the todd edwards remix of 'show me love' from a few years later may even top the original.

this chart is off-the-hook awesome.

It isn't awesome just because New Order aren't in it.

Worlds Apart - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

Can any devotees of failed boy bands remember how this went?

Imagine the tavares song being sung by 4 gary barlows while a drum machine keeps rebooting.

1993 is a belter of a year for #1 singles actually. Might poll the whole year later.

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Are we nearly there yet?

No we are not.

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Worlds Apart - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

Or "Cheeks Apart", as Gary Barlow cheekily dubbed them on the first Take That comeback tour. They were Big In France, no?

I'm not sure whether any of them went out with Carla Bruni.

Monie Love - Born To BREED

Or rather, make that B.R.E.E.D. ("Build Relationships where Education and Enlightenment Dominate"). How very Local Authority Mission Statement!

Produced by Prince, which I had quite forgotten.

#18 was it's decent chart peak - I didn't like it but 'Slice Of The Pie' released 7 years later is GREAT (and I rediscovered 'Grandpa's Party' last week).

Wasn't Nathan Moore in Worlds Apart for a while?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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

See, this is what happens.. Polls end, no-one goes back!

Hard to justify going back really when you get crap lurker results like this.

Colin Murray played "It Was A Good Day" on R1 last night, as it happens.

But, yeah, Therapy?!?!?!?!?!

Marcello not a Therapy? fan then?

http://www.therapyquestionmark.co.uk/press/interviews/1993/kerrang.php