Take one member of Daft Punk, a French house pioneer, an old Chaka Khan sample, and what have you got? One of 1998's biggest dance anthems by far...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 33)
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The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 31)
No other dance DJ and producer felt quite so keenly the pain of being the eternal chart best man - and never the groom - as Sash! did in the 90s...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 23)
What "Horny" lacked in subtlety, it made up for in being one of 1998's most enduring dancefloor anthems for Mousse T...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 21)
Few questions asked in pop over the course of 1998 were as important as this one: "What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?"
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 44)
After playing the long game and paying his dues on the club scene in his native Spain, it took a soaring cover of a Bryan Adams classic to send DJ Sammy into the global stratosphere...
The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 7)
Italy has long been a hotpot of European dance music, and with the debut release from the team of collaborators known as DB Boulevard, that success continued to sweep dancefloors across the world...
Pop Essays #3: Scent, ‘Up and Down’
Hello all, welcome to this week's Pop Essays - I trust I find you all well? I'm quite well aware of the fact these seem to be the only posts I've been doing with regularity on here recently but I think I'll cut myself some slack for once. Unusual times and all that! Shall we … Continue reading Pop Essays #3: Scent, ‘Up and Down’
The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 41)
The Story of Pop: 2000. It's your weekly visit every Thursday at midday back to the sights and sounds of the UK singles chart exactly as it looked two whole decades ago this week. So without any ado, here comes another classic hit from 2000... Electronic ambient band Delerium had been active since 1987, but … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 41)
The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 34)
Revisiting all the biggest hits and hitmakers of the UK charts from twenty years ago, as we do every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And when we say we've got two songs to cover this week, you know it's going to be an epic entry. Brace yourselves as we cast … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 34)
The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 16)
Revisiting the sights and sounds of the UK charts from the year Professor Robert Winston started chronicling the lives of 21st century newborns in Child of Our Time on BBC One, and when Billy Elliot hit the box office, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the tale of two underperforming dance tracks … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 16)
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