The 90's Billboard #1s Rate: 1990-1994 - AND WE ARE DONE

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Mike

phoenix123 said:
I agree with Eric. The song isn't much in the first place.

Pet Shop Boys was a far far better cover partly because it was a far far better song in the first place.

I vaguely remember Sliver being a terrible film.

The best thing about it was the Aftershock song.
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Yes, Slave To The Vibe is a banger! What fascinated me about the film is that they re-shot the ending after test audiences reacted in disgust, and managed to replace it with one that was also terrible but in a completely different way. Consider that Sharon Stone couldn't move for offers after Basic Instinct and she chose this.

Other than Kingston Town, Red Red Wine and maybe Higher Ground if I'm being generous, UB40 get no house space from me.

I think we're surely ready to lose a Wilson Phillips song (other than Hold On) aren't we?
 
phoenix123

phoenix123

Mike said:
Yes, Slave To The Vibe is a banger! What fascinated me about the film is that they re-shot the ending after test audiences reacted in disgust, and managed to replace it with one that was also terrible but in a completely different way. Consider that Sharon Stone couldn't move for offers after Basic Instinct and she chose this.

Other than Kingston Town, Red Red Wine and maybe Higher Ground if I'm being generous, UB40 get no house space from me.

I think we're surely ready to lose a Wilson Phillips song (other than Hold On) aren't we?
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Noooo we can't lose Wilson Phillips yet!

The only UB40 songs I like seem to be in the 1989/90 sweet spot. So it's stuff like Homely Girl, Kingston Town and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.

Kriss Kross needs to go NOW.
 
ohnoitisnathan

ohnoitisnathan

Eric Generic said:
Bloody hell, I am amazed someone was able to find out what it was! It was really bugging me, haha. Yep, that's the one. I remember the red-head girl.
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I only know it 'cause it aired on a 'Vault' episode, where they dig out videos that haven't been aired in a loooong time, of the Australian music video TV program rage in 2013. Interestingly, it was shown on the first episode of the show, in April 1987.

phoenix123 said:
Can't seem to find a release date but it seems to be from 1987.
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Its Australian release date was 27 April 1987. Given the typical delay for releases by UK/European artists who aren't mega-huge back then, I'd say it was likely released in January or February 1987 in the UK. I'd need to check, but I think I saved a singles review page from Number One (there is a facebook group that posts full scans of the issue from 30 years ago each week) early this year that featured it, which would give more of a clue as to its release date.
 
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Mike

Empty Shoebox said:
I honestly had no idea that was a cover.
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I didn't know for years either. It's funny, I've seen people practically burned at the stake for things like this, and yet how are you supposed to know otherwise if that's what you grew up with? Referring back to other songs in the rate, I heard Set Adrift On Memory Bliss and Ice Ice Baby long before I knew Spandau Ballet's True or Queen's Under Pressure even existed.
 
ohnoitisnathan

ohnoitisnathan

@Eric Generic @phoenix123

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It's from the 14 March 1987 edition of Number One.
 
phoenix123

phoenix123

Thanks for the tip. Have found the website and Facebook group.

The UK chart they printed isn't the Official one. Was it the "Network" chart? That was different from the NME chart wasn't it?
 
Eric Generic

Eric Generic

It didn't make the UK Top 100, which since I junked all my Record Mirror / Music Week magazines, is the only way I can place a single now. I'm still amazed that you managed to identify it so quickly!
 
Eric Generic

Eric Generic

phoenix123 said:
The UK chart they printed isn't the Official one. Was it the "Network" chart? That was different from the NME chart wasn't it?
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Yeah. Originally No.1 would print the NME charts, but when The Network Chart launched in September 1984, they switched to that. I think the Network Chart was based on the same data source as the Gallup chart, but with two differences; the top 10 had an airplay element, and the "chart week" wasn't Monday to Sunday but probably midweek to midweek.
 
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