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so the following dropped out :

1 climbers :

4 non-movers :

and 22 going down.

Big fallers include :

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

55 Lou Bega - I Got a Girl

However, if this really has sold so badly then it serves him right because it's just the same as "Mambo No.5", but with place names instead of girls' names.

47 Bryan Adams - The Best of Me
45 Enrique Iglesias - Rhythm Divine
43 Thunderbugs - It's About Time You Were Mine

32 TLC - Dear Lie
31 The Charlatans - My Beautiful Friend

17 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews - Baby It's Cold Outside

14 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Remix) :O ===

This new version is a dire remix that does nothing for the original, appears on the cheap cash-in "Greatest Hits III" which is a rag-tag and bobtail collection of leftovers, and must have Freddie turning in his grave.

13 B*Witched feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - I Shall Be There :O ===

8 Len - Steal My Sunshine *

4 William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings :O ===

Well, now I have heard something horrible. Many other classical works have been desecrated before now, but this one had been left untouched. However, I had the misfortune to hear a horrible synthesizer break-forth with this rot, before the dance beats kicked in, making it sound like a slowed-down version of Faithless' Salva Mea.

If Nicolas Cage thought he had problems coping with what he saw in 8mm, just think how much counselling you'll need after you hear this equivalent of musical rape.

3 Vengaboys - Kiss When the Sun Don't Shine :O ===

1 (1) Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer :O === *3rd Week at No.1*

The music and the lyrics don't go together at all. None of it scans, and the worst bit is that which made me cringe - the ending. As he's about to close, he starts going on chanting "Amen...Amen...Amen...Amen..." etc.

It makes me want to scream at him to stuff his God shite up his arse! Definitely the worst single ever made.

And thanks to Cliff, he breaks the record-breaking run of 32 singles going straight in at No.1 which concluded, thus :

New releases :

December (date unknown) :

Far & Away - Aida (48K/Perfecto)
Dooms Night - Azzido D Bass (Club Tools/Edel)
Never Love A Stranger - Babyface & Madonna (Epic)
Someone Else's Dream - Michael Ball (Columbia)
Alive - Three MCs & One DJ Beastie Boys (Grand Royal)
Let The Freak - Big Ron (48K/Perfecto)
Apparently Nothing - The Brand New Heavies (ffrr/London)
Speak To Me - Brick Nation feat. Craig Thomas (Velocity)
Got To Be Rewal - Britallics (Rosenburg)
A Woman's Heart - Chris de Burgh (A&M/Mercury)
Tokyo Magic - Caf‚ Noire (Catch 22)
My Beauiful Friend - The Charlatans (MCA/Universal-Island)
24-7 Man - Robert Cray (-)
I Feel Love - CRW (Nukleuz)
Lost In Emotion - John '00' Fleming (React)
Memory - Flip & Fill (Bellodisco)
Somrthing For The Weekend - Fred & Roxy (Echo)
Give Me Your Love - Full Intention pres. Deepdown (Dtension)
This Groove - Gardeweg (Club Tools/Edel)
The Westerner - General Midi (Boombox)
Do Something [ri] - Macy Gray (Epic)
Deep Down - Richard Grey (Subliminal)
Dancin' - Guy (MCA-Interscope)
We're Going To Miss You - James (Fontana/Mercury)
Back To The Funkl - Kluster (Neo)
It Wouldn't Have Made A Difference - Alison Krauss (CRS)
Black Velveteen - Lenny Kravitz (Virgin)
MusicIs My Way Of Life - Lab Ratsfeat. Lisa Mullet (Soulfuric)
Open Off My Love - Jennifer Lopez (Columbia)
Gloria - Lovechild (48K/Perfecto)
The Quest - MaUVe (Ultravinyl)
Here Comes My Baby - The Mavericks (MCA Nashville/Universal-Island)
Blaxxtraxx 3 (Funky Nassau) - Mr. Sping pres. (West 2)
Just Me & You [US imp] - New Vision (Strictly Rhythm)
Sweet Substance - N-Fluence (48K/Perfecto)
Dead Wrong - The Notorious B.I.G. (Puff Daddy/Arista)
Blue Lagoon - Nudge & Shouter (Endeavor)
Belafst / Nothing Left - Orbital (ffrr)
Everybody - Progress pres. The Boy Wunda (Manifesto/Mercury)
Shake It - Jark Prongo (Subversive)
Breathe & Stop - Q-Tip (Arista)
Touch Me Woith Your Smile - Ripjazz (In Sync)
The Beat Goes On - Ripple (Audio Deluxe)
Intro To (R)Evolution / Asphalt Yards - Carl Hancock Rux (Giant Step)
Dance Among Strangers - Shades Of Rhythm (-)
Spente Le Stelle - Emma Shapplin (EMI)
Innerside - Shazz (Distance)
Lover Tonight - Silkie (Blue Planet)
Dear Lie - TLC (LaFace/Arista)
Future Grooves EP - v.a. (Hooj Choons)
PMT - Wayward Soul & Divine Styler (PIAS)
Enough Is Enough - Y Tribe feat. Elizabeth Troy (Deconstruction)
Make A Move On Me - Z-Factor feat. Taka Boom (Azuli)

6th December :

I Got A Girl - Lou Bega (RCA)
Millennium Chimes - Big Ben (ffrr)
Silent Night / Ave Maria - Andrea Bocelli (Sugar/Philips Classics)
I Shall Be There -/ Are You A Ghost - B*Witched feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Glow Worm/Epic)
Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia - Cuban Boys (EMI)
The Final Countdown '2000 - Europe (Epic)
I Want Than Man '99 - Deborah Harry (EMI Catalogue)
I Learned From The Past - Whitney Houston (Arista)
Baby it's Cold Outside - Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews (Gut)
The Dolphin's Cry - Live (Radioactive)
Barber's Adagio For Strings - William Orbit (WEA)
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk - Pet Shop Boys (Parlophone)
1999 [ri] - Prince (Warner Bros.)
Disco 2000 [ri] - Pulp (Island)
Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie (Parlophone)
Two In A Million - S Club 7 (Polydor)
Pop Y2K - Robin Scott (The White Label)
1-2-1 - Solid Gold Chartbusters (Virgin)

13th December :

Thank God I Found You - Mariah Carey (Columbia)
Imagine / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon (Parlophone)
Horny Horns - Perfect Phase (Two Play/Positiva)
Say You'll Be Mine / Better The Devil You Know - Steps (Ebul/Jive)
Whatever You Need - Tina Turner (Parlophone)
It's Only Rock'n'Roll - v.a. (Universal)
I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun - Westlife (RCA)

January (date unknown) :

Le Soleil Est PrŠs De Moi - Air (Source/Virgin)
I Walk [rm] - The All Seeing I (Earth/ffrr/London)
Show Me The Meaning - Backstreet Boys (Jive)
Roxanne - George Michael (Epic)
New Times Square - Chris Rea (East West)
So Fresh - Will Smith feat. Biz markie & Slick Rick (Columbia)

February (date unknown) :

Bright Eyes - Stephen Gately (Polydor)
[tba] - Mike Graham (/Universal-Island)
Body Rock - Louchie Lou & Michie One (Interscope)
Go Let It Out - Oasis (Creation)
Why Can't We - Guy Oseary feat. Stevie J. (Maverick/Warner Bros.)

March (date unknown) :

Life Story - Angie Stone (Arista)
[tba] EP - Leeroy Thornhill (Copasetik)

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

The top 5 goes like this :

New releases :

6th December :

Live - Sheryl Crow (A&M/Polydor)
There Can Only Be One - Vol. 3 - Jay-Z (Rock-A-Fela/Def Jam/Mercury)
Lil' Kim - Lil' Kim (Atlantic/East West)
[tba] - Method Man (Def Jam/Mercury)
Songs From The Last Century - George Michael (Virgin)
Born Again - The Notorious B.I.G. (Puff Daddy/Arista)
[tba] - Redman (Def Jam/Mercury)
Feel The Noize - Greatest Hits - Slade (Polydor)
Smash Hits 2000 - v.a. (Virgin\EMI)
The Sopranos OST - v.a. (Columbia)

20th December :

[tba] - DMX (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/Mercury)

Dominator's Top 50 of 1998

Top 10 singles (in alphabetical order)

Alisha's Attic: The Incidentals
Baby Bird: Bad Old Man
Brand New Heavies: Shelter
Carleen Anderson: Maybe I'm Amazed
Catatonia: Road Rage
Fatboy Slim: Rockafeller Skank
Madonna: Drowned World (Substitute For Love)
Neil Finn: She Will Have Her Way
Pulp: This Is Hardcore
Shawn Colvin: Sunny Came Home

No.'s 11-50 (in alphabetical order)

Air: Sexy Boy
Beautiful South: Perfect 10
Bernard Butler: Stay
Bryan Adams: I'm Ready
Cardigans: My Favourite Game
Chef: Chocolate Salty Balls (PS. I Love You)
Dandy Warhols: Every Day Should Be A Holiday
Dario G feat. David Bowie: Sunmachine
David Morales pres. The Face: Needin' U
Dubstar: I Will Be Your Girlfriend
Eric Clapton: My Father's Eyes
Fastball: The Way
Fat Les [Keith Allen, Damien Hirst & Alex James]: Vin-da-loo
Garbage: I Think I'm Paranoid
George Michael: Outside
High Llamas: The Sun Beats Down
Ian Brown: My Star
Imani Coppola: Legend Of A Cowgirl
Indo: R U Sleeping
James: Runaground
Kenickie: Stay In The Sun
Lenny Kravitz: If You Can't Say No
Lucid: I Can't Help Myself
Manic Street Preachers: If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Matthew Marsden: The Heart's Lone Desire
Meja: All 'Bout The Money
Natalie Imbruglia: Smoke
Paul McCartney: Beautiful Night
Peach: On My Own
Placebo: Pure Morning
R.E.M.: Daysleeper
Radiohead : No Suprises
Roachford: Naked (Without You)
Robbie Williams: No Regrets
Skinny feat. Lee Stevens: Failure
Space feat. Cerys Matthews: The Ballad Of Tom Jones
Swirl 360: Hey Now Now
Tanita Tikaram: Stop Listening
Theaudience: I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough) / Harry Don't Fetch The Water
Touch & Go: Would You ...?

And the rest

187 Lockdown: Gunman '98
Adamski's Thing feat. Gerideau: One Of The People
Air: Kelly, Watch The Stars
Alanis Morissette: Thank U
Apollo Four Forty: Lost In Space
B*Witched: C'est La Vie
Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds: 3 Lions '98
Bamboo: Bamboogie
Beautiful South: Dumb
Bernard Butler: Not Alone
Billie: Because We Want To
Bis: Eurodisco
Bryan Adams: On A Day Like Today
Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C.: When You're Gone
Catatonia: Mulder & Scully
Catatonia: Strange Glue
Ce Ce Peniston: Somebody Else's Guy
Celine Dion: My Heart Will Go On
Chris Isaak: Please
Dannii Minogue: Disremembrance
Dario G: Carnival De Paris
David Holmes: My Mate Paul [rm]
Divine Comedy: The Certainty Of Chance
Divine Comedy: I've Been To A Marvellous Party
Divine Comedy: Generation Sex
Don Henley: The Boys Of Summer
Dust Junkys: What Time Is It?
Eagle-Eye Cherry: Falling In Love Again
Eagle-Eye Cherry: Save Tonight
Electrasy: Morning Afterglow
Embrace: My Weakness Is None Of Your Business # / You've Got To Say Yes
Eric Clapton: Pilgrim
Faithless: God Is A DJ ## She's My Baby
Family Stand: Ghetto Heaven
Fatboy Slim: Gangster Trippin
Finley Quaye: Your Love Gets Sweeter
Fire Island feat. Loleatta Holloway: Shout To The Top
Freakpower: No Way
Garbage: Push It
Goldie: Tempertemper
Gomez: 78 Stone Wobble
Green Day: Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Hurricane #1: Only The Strongest Will Survive
Iggy Pop: The Passenger
James: Destiny Calling
Janet Jackson: Go Deep
Jamiroquai: Deeper Underground
Jennifer Paige: Crush
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant ## MW: P&P: Most High
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John: You're The One That I Want
Karen Ramirez: If We Try
Karen Ramirez: Looking For Love
Kristine Blond: Love Shy
Kylie Minogue: Breathe
Lenny Kravitz: I Belong To You
Lilys: A Nanny In Manhattan
Liquid: Strong
Lodger: Always Round Here
Lodger: I'm Leaving
Luniz: I Got 5 On It [rm]
Madonna: Frozen
Madonna: Ray Of Light
Madonna: The Power Of Good-Bye / Little Star
Manic Street Preachers: The Everlasting
Maria Nayler: Naked & Sacred
Mark King: Bitter Moon
Metallica: Unforgiven II
Money Mark: Hand In Your Head [rm] [icn]
Money Mark: Maybe I'm Dead
Morcheeba: Blindfold [ltd.]
Morcheeba: Let Me See
Morcheeba: Part Of The Process
Natalie Imbruglia: Wishing I Was There
Neil Finn: Sinner
Ocean Colour Scene feat. P.P. Arnold: It's A Beautiful Thing
Portishead: Only You
Pulp: A Little Soul / Cocaine Socialism
Pulp: Party Hard
Puressence: This Feeling
R.E.M.: Lotus
Republica: From Rush Hour With Love
Rialto: Dream Another Dream
Rialto: Untouchable
Rose Royce feat. Gwen Dickey vs. Monday Night Club: Car Wash 1998 ## ann: Carwash '98
Rubbadubb: A Tribute To Our Ancestors
Saint Etienne: Bad Photographer
Saint Etienne: Sylvie
Shed Seven: She Left Me On Friday
Sheryl Crow: My Favourite Mistake
Silver Sun: I'll See You Around
Simply Red: The Air That I Breathe
Space: Avenging Angels
Space: The Bad Days (EP):  / The Unluckiest Man Alive / We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Spacehog: Carry On
Stardust: Music Sounds Better With You
Suggs: I Am
Texas: Insane
The Bluetones: If ...
The Bluetones: Solomon Bites The Worm
The Corrs: Dreams
The Corrs: What Can I Do (To Make You Love Me)?
The Dandy Warhols: Boys Better
The Dandy Warhols: Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
The Mavericks: Dance The Night Away
The Montrose Avenue: Shine
The Montrose Avenue: Where Do I Stand
The Rolling Stones: Saint Of Me
The Supernaturals: I Wasn't Built To Get Up
The Young Offenders: (That's Why We) Lose Control
Thunder: Play That Funky Music
Tin Tin Out feat. Shelley Nelson: Here's Where The Story Ends
Tin Tin Out feat. Shelley Nelson: Sometimes
Todd Terry: Ready For A New Day
U2: Sweetest Thing
Ultra Nate: New Kind Of Medicine
Ultra Nate: Found A Cure
Ultrasound: Stay Young
Will Smith: Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It
Wimbledon Choral Society: World Cup '98 - Pavane By Faure

The end bit :

Well, that's it for now. If you want to be added to the Widescreen Video and Laserdisc lists, just mail me at Charts Request to tell me.

Bye for now,

Dominator

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