If you're fancying a trip back to what was tearing up the UK charts as the London Eye was being erected on the South Bank, or as the latest James Bond film hit the big screen (The World Is Not Enough), then you've come to the right place, as we bring you another chapter from … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 48)
Welcome to this week's installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, the weekly retelling of all the UK singles chart action from two whole decades ago. This week: our last chart topper this series to come from clubland... Well. I tell a slight lie there. We do have one more dancefloor oriented record to cover … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 47)
ARTIST: The Script SONG: Run Through Walls SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Something strange happened with Dublin rockers The Script on their last album, 2017's chart topping 'Freedom Child'. They tried to move towards a more contemporary sound than what we usually know and love them for, evidenced by that … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: The Script – ‘Run Through Walls’
It's midday, it's Thursday, and time as always for us to hop aboard our little musical pre-Y2K pop tardis we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a second chart topper for a man who had one of the top 10 biggest selling albums for two years running... At the start of … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 46)
ARTIST: Dua Lipa SONG: Don't Start Now SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Despite her eponymous debut album in 2017 being a huge hit, spawning off chart toppers like 'New Rules' and 'IDGAF', I will hold my hands up and say Dua Lipa and indeed her success had passed me by. … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Dua Lipa – ‘Don’t Start Now’
Welcome to this week's edition of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back at the all the big movements in the UK charts of twenty years ago. And I suggest you strap yourselves in for this week people, because we have not one, but TWO - yes, two - songs to cover. Prepare … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 45)
ARTIST: Rick Astley SONG: Every One of Us SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Even though some would argue the concept has been made redundant when a self built playlist of an artist's back catalogue is available online in seconds, that hasn't stopped many from still giving a greatest hits album … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Rick Astley – ‘Every One of Us’
The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the series, every Thursday at midday here on the blog, where we take you back to the sights and sounds of the UK charts as we bade goodbye to an old millennium and welcomed in a new one. This week: seventh time's the charm for one of Britain's biggest … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 44)
ARTIST: B*Witched SONG: Hold On SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? What are they loike? Five years on from their (actually quite briliant) self released EP 'Champagne or Guinness', the B*Witched ladies have returned with a cover of a song you're surprised they hadn't seen sense to do so before now. … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: B*Witched – ‘Hold On’
It's midday, it's Thursday, and that can mean only one thing - time for another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back at the biggest hits from the year we all went Y2K crazy. This week: one of that autumn's biggest singles that launched the career of this gravelly voiced soul … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 43)
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