Revisiting the UK chart hits from the year Jamie Oliver made his TV debut in The Naked Chef, and when Zoe Ball got engaged to a certain Mr Fatboy Slim, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week - a former resident of Britain's most famous town square bursts the soap bubble and pops … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 15)
ARTIST: Donel SONG: Planets SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? With another series of The Voice UK drawing to a close tomorrow night, it only seems fitting that one of last year's finalists should be behind the totally stonking new single we're digging this week. Though it's common percieved wisdom (and … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Donel – ‘Planets’
Welcome once again to The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly series where we set the musical Wayback machine to 1999, and revisit the stars and the hits that were making the UK charts. And this week - if you've been waiting for some good old, honest rock music from the Valleys, then boy you're … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 14)
ARTIST: Westlife SONG: Better Man SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I think before we go any further, it's worth having a customary refresh of my words twelve weeks ago, back when we had Westlife's last single 'Hello My Love' as my #SongoftheWeek. Chiefly, that I said I could see it … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Westlife – ‘Better Man’
Flashing back to the UK chart hits of a time when wrap around skirts and trousers were an in thing and when The Blair Witch Project haunted cinema goers with wobbly camera angles and bobble hats, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week - a monster chart topper courtesy of a well known … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 13)
ARTIST: Jonas BrothersSONG: SuckerSO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK?Between Alphabeat a couple of weeks ago and our favourite new song of the week this week, you may be mistaken for thinking we're writing about pop from 11 years ago (to the people who said 'You are' - RUDE). But no, 2008 … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jonas Brothers – ‘Sucker’
It's Thursday, meaning that it's time for us, as always, to throw things back two decades to the hits and hitmakers of the pre-Y2K charts. This is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: four girls from Dublin make chart history - and cement their place in the record books in the process... In less … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 12)
The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story, week by week, of the songs and stars that were riding high in the UK charts twenty years ago this very week. We continue onwards and into double figures, and this week - a comeback and then some from one of the greatest female vocalists of all … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 11)
ARTIST: Alphabeat SONG: Shadows SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's funny really, how cyclical things are in pop. When I first laid eyes on Alphabeat back in 2008 (God that seems further back than I thought) they came along at just the right time. Dullard landfill indie bands like Razorlight … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Alphabeat – ‘Shadows’
Welcome to another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back to the UK chart hits of 20 years ago. And it seems quite fitting that this week, with Red Nose Day for Comic Relief just around the corner again next Friday, that we profile one of its former fundraising hits... It … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 10)
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