"Viva Forever" is widely recognised as one of the Spice Girls' most accompolished ballads - even if it became the unofficial soundtrack to external circumstances around its release...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 30)
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 29)
Jamiroquai had gone six years deep into their career without earning a number one single. It took a film of monster proportions to do so...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 28)
Deep diving into the great big songbook of 90s R&B baby-making jams paid dividends for many - as it indeed did for Another Level on their freaky second single...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 27)
Offering a positive yet rebellious statement of intent, Billie Piper launched off the pages of Smash Hits as its advert girl to become a smash hit in her own right...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 26)
Coming from a long line of musical lineage might have had most crying "nepotism". But not in the case of Eagle-Eye Cherry, releasing one of the summer's biggest radio hits...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 25)
Described by one critic as "the sound of plastic chairs being thrown at policemen", "Vindaloo" certainly bought some rowdy, unfettered riotousness to that year's World Cup in France...
Nicole and Natalie: from All Saints to Appleton – ‘Everything’s Eventual’ at 20
WRITER'S NOTE: This is a new version of a blog I first wrote back in 2018 for the 15th anniversary of the Everything's Eventual album, now updated for its 20th anniversary and new release on vinyl. I've spoken many a time before on the blog about life after hugely successful pop bands - solo efforts … Continue reading Nicole and Natalie: from All Saints to Appleton – ‘Everything’s Eventual’ at 20
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 24)
"Three Lions" had already become an anthem for England fans at Euro 96. It's resurrection for France 98 and the World Cup affirmed it once and for all...
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 22)
Clad in double denim and wearing their Celtic influences with pride, B*Witched came from nowhere and injected some much needed loife into the charts as the summer arrived...
The Niche Reference 