It was the year of SM:TV Live on Saturday mornings, Pokemon cards in the school playground, and a solar eclipse. Oh - and also the year of some stellar pop music. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, our new weekly look back at the biggest UK chart hits of 20 years ago. This week: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 8)
ARTIST: Jack & Jack SONG: Daydreaming SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I fully anticipate that my traffic for this week's #SongoftheWeek blog is going to be abnormally higher - chiefly because of the two young rapscallions behind it. But first the facts. Pop's not had a proper duo since the … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jack & Jack – ‘Daydreaming’
It's time once again to head back two whole decades to a different time in pop music, as we bring you another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999. And you won't believe who's next for us to cover in the story... Since he got his breakthrough producing Madonna's 1990 hit 'Justify My Love', soul/funk/rock … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 7)
It's Thursday, and time once again for another slice of retro chart pop action from twenty years ago, with The Story of Pop: 1999. This week's song comes from a band who made an unexpected comeback in style - let's see who they are and the chart topper that did it for them... Fronted by … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 6)
ARTIST: mate SONG: Myself SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? If you're looking at the cover art for this week's #SongoftheWeek, and thinking 'Hang on a minute, isn't that...?' then yes, you'd be correct in thinking that mate is actually a pseudonym for one time Loveable Rogue now solo artist and … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: mate – ‘Myself’
It's Thursday afternoon, meaning it's time to bring you yet another veritable musical smorgasbord from the year where we bade the 20th century farewell - this is The Story of Pop: 1999. And here comes the story of yet another huge hit from 1999... Boston based DJ, remixer and producer Armand Van Helden was a … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 5)
ARTIST: Unperfect SONG: Gots To Give The Girl SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? You know it's a good time for pop music when you've got more than one girl group on the go. So no sooner have Four of Diamonds offered up a blinding new single, then Brian Higgins, the … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Unperfect – ‘Gots To Give The Girl’
Ever wondered what was topping the UK singles chart exactly oooh...twenty years ago? Then wonder no longer, as we continue to bring you the story behind the hits of that time in The Story of Pop: 1999. And to use the intro for this week's song and thus this week's post: Gunter, glieben, glauchen, globen... … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 4)
ARTIST: Four of Diamonds SONG: Blind SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? When we last had the Four of Diamonds girls as our #SongoftheWeek back in June last year with their still brilliant debut 'Name On It', we mentioned they were our new favourite girl group. Fast forward six months and … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Four of Diamonds – ‘Blind’
Time for that part of the week where we bring you the movers and shakers from the year that bought us Y2K bug fever, a solar eclipse and a whole lot of mad musical goings on - it's The Story Of Pop: 1999. This week - another chart topper, and a long overdue one for … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 3)
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