Top of the Pops BBC4

Pretty sure Debbie Harry was often asked it too, in fact a Blondie ultimate music guide issue I got last year with archived music press interviews definitely asks her that....only it might have been more graphic (as in, do you mind the thought of boys/guys whacking off to you)....
The way women were viewed by the music press back then was really gross, even the ones who had female journalists. I would have said things had improved since then, but then there is that creep in jail in Romania who seems to have brainwashed some young guys … *sighs*
 
Just wanted to say that seeing Whigfield perform Another Day on tonight's second episode made me so happy. Took me right back to being 9 years old and being obsessed with her. Also, noted that Saturday Night was still in the Top 20. Always hate it when people say she was a one hit wonder... I still stan.

Also, completely forgot that the Power Rangers single was a Stock/Aitken production. I always assumed it was just the theme licenced but it is different. I'll admit I sang along tonight.
 
Nice to see the rise of Celine Dion in the UK with Think Twice. Of course, it will get bigger and better come 1995...
Interesting to see that that performance clearly propelled Think Twice into the Top Ten.

Noticing that international artists are making an effort for their TOTP satellite performances - Niagara Falls, the stylised All I Want For Christmas performance etc.

Also, I remember more of the songs on TOTP 1994 compared to, say, 1992? Songs such as Crazy For You, Stay (I Missed You) and Sweetness climbed the charts slowly and had 3 or 4 performances.

You can see Ric Blaxill's experience as a radio show producer - TOTP feels like a hit radio station on TV, if that makes sense. In other words, there were performances on high rotation.
 
This is why I partly wish they’d go back to just showing one year’s worth of episodes in a year. That way, Christmas would only be in December and not June as well!

At least the random episodes from previous years do at least match the week!
 
I love Whigfield and remember rushing out on release day to buy Another Day though it didn't need the Saturday Night plinky plonky piano added to it. I always loved this version of it, a banger in its own right!


Loved this when I was 12. I also for some reason preferred the MBRG mix of "Think of You" which is just crazy because as good as it is, the original is close to perfection and it kills me that the UK just let that one fade away from its collective memory.

My secret kink is when "Sexy Eyes" comes on at a family event I get to tell middle-aged family members who did this and watching them go WHAT! NO WAY!
 
Loved this when I was 12. I also for some reason preferred the MBRG mix of "Think of You" which is just crazy because as good as it is, the original is close to perfection and it kills me that the UK just let that one fade away from its collective memory.

My secret kink is when "Sexy Eyes" comes on at a family event I get to tell middle-aged family members who did this and watching them go WHAT! NO WAY!
I wonder why Sexy Eyes didn't get a proper UK release? It was massive in the clubs and I worked in a record shop at the time and so many people came in asking for it. I've got an import CD single but I always felt that would have been a really big hit for Whigfield if it had got a proper release.
 
It always annoys me when people refer to Whigfield and Corona as one hit wonders when they both had a string of Top 20 hits in 94 and 95. In those dark pre-internet days it seemed like they fell off the face of the earth after that as the UK didn't get their second albums or singles.
 
It always annoys me when people refer to Whigfield and Corona as one hit wonders when they both had a string of Top 20 hits in 94 and 95. In those dark pre-internet days it seemed like they fell off the face of the earth after that as the UK didn't get their second albums or singles.

I remember getting online for the first time in 1998 and being amazed at seeing how many of my Euro favourites had gone on to release more music. Got to hear clips of them thanks to the amazing EuroDanceHits website and their Real Video collection.
 
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It always annoys me when people refer to Whigfield and Corona as one hit wonders when they both had a string of Top 20 hits in 94 and 95. In those dark pre-internet days it seemed like they fell off the face of the earth after that as the UK didn't get their second albums or singles.
I HATE when the term one hit wonder gets misused. It should literally mean one top 40 entry and nothing else, instead it's become "only one song that everyone remembers". I've seen right said fred referred to as a one hit wonder - and even MC Hammer! Grinds my gears.
 
I HATE when the term one hit wonder gets misused. It should literally mean one top 40 entry and nothing else, instead it's become "only one song that everyone remembers". I've seen right said fred referred to as a one hit wonder - and even MC Hammer! Grinds my gears.

A colleague was saying the other day, in astonishment, that B*Witched had THREE hits yet get called one hot wonders. I pointed out they had FOUR number 1s and a few other top 20s after that before disappearing. He was amazed!
 

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