Compliments On Your Top of the Pops

 You're number one girl and every time I think of you I think of the 10th of August 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Snog of the pops

10-8-94:   Presenter:  Simon Mayo

(7) RED DRAGON with BRIAN & TONY GOLD – Compliments On Your Kiss

Getting this live show underway and the song peaked at number 2.

(13) BRAND NEW HEAVIES – Midnight At The Oasis

Here tonight but it got no higher.

(14) FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Life Forms  (video)  (and charts)

Got no higher.

(12) SHAMPOO – Trouble

A second time in the studio and the song went up one more place.

(10) D.J. MIKO – What’s Up

Here with his only hit and it peaked at number 6.

(17) JOE COCKER – Simple Things  (video)

From his top ten album Have a Little Faith, but it got no higher.

(24) CARLEEN ANDERSON – True Spirit

In the studio but it got no higher.

(3) LET LOOSE – Crazy For You

A fourth time in the studio and the song went up one more place.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around  (video)  (and credits)

Eleventh of fifteen weeks.

18th of August is next.

Top of the Pops in a Peaceful World

 Strange after all these years to find you there in the 4th of August 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Century Quo

4-8-94:   Presenter:  Mark Goodier

(10) MAXX – No More (I Can’t Stand It)

Getting tonight's show underway and the song went up two more places.

(31) LEVEL 42 – Love In A Peaceful World

Performing their 20th and final top 40 hit.

(33) CE CE PENISTON – Hit By Love  (video)  (and charts)

Got no higher.

(22) STATUS QUO – I Didn’t Mean It

Making a landmark 100th appearance on the show and the song went up one more place.

(35) ROZALLA – This Time I Found Love

In the studio and the song went up two more places.

(25) WHITESNAKE – Is This Love  (video)

Had peaked at number 9 in 1987, this time it had to settle for number 25.

(9) P.J. & DUNCAN – Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble

A second studio performance but the song was now at its peak.

(18) YOUSSOU N’DOUR feat. NENEH CHERRY – 7 Seconds  (video)

Very slowly climbing the charts and it will eventually peak at number 3.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around  (and credits)

Back in the studio to celebrate their tenth week at number one.

10th of August is next.

Trouble of the Pops

 We've been out all night and we haven't been home, and when we get in we're gonna get the 28th of July 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Double trouble

28-7-94:   Presenter:  Bruno Brookes

(14) SHAMPOO – Trouble

The original girl power brit poppettes get the show underway and the song peaked at number 11.

(13) EYC – Black Book

In the studio but they got no higher.

(2) ALL-4-ONE – I Swear  (via satellite)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(4) LET LOOSE – Crazy For You

A third studio performance and the song peaked at number 2.

(17) RED DRAGON with BRIAN & TONY GOLD – Compliments On Your Kiss

Performing their only hit and it peaked at number 2.

(21) THE 3 TENORS – Libiamo/La Donna E. Mobile  (video)

Got no higher.

(7) CHINA BLACK – Searching

A second studio performance and the song peaked at number 4.

(6) ERASURE – Run To The Sun

Here tonight but the song got no higher. It would be nine years until their next top ten hit.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around

Ninth of fifteen weeks.

(NEW) ROBERT PALMER – Who Could Ask For Anything More  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Did not chart.

4th of August is next.

Top of the Pops Get Ready to Rhumble

 Let's get, let's get, let's get ready for the 21st of July 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

I'm a pop star get me out of here!

21-7-94:   Presenter:  Julian Clary

(21) CLUBHOUSE feat. CARL – Living In The Sunshine

Getting tonight's show underway with their third and final top 40 hit, and 21 was its peak.

(15) BAD BOYS INC – Take Me Away

In the studio but it got no higher.

(9) WARREN G. & NATE DOGG – Regulate  (video)  (and charts)

Performing his first of three top ten hit and this one peaked at number 5.

(4) THE GRID – Swamp Thing

A third time in the studio although they had already peaked at number 3.

(10) C.J. LEWIS – Everything Is Alright (Uptight)

Performing his second of two top ten hits but it got no higher.

(3) THE BC52’S – (Meet) The Flintstones  (video)

Their sixth and final top 40 hit was now at its peak.

(19) SKIN – Tower Of Strength

Here tonight but the song got no higher.

(18) P.J. & DUNCAN – Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble

Straight outta Byker Grove, Ant and Dec make their studio debut with their first of five top ten hits, this one peaking at number 9.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around

Eighth of fifteen weeks at number one.

(NEW) SHAMPOO – Trouble  (studio montage)  (and credits)

First of five top 40 hits and this one was the biggest peaking at number 11.

28th of July is next.

Crazy For Top of the Pops

 There's nothing that I won't do for the 14th of July 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Loosen up

14-7-94:   Presenter:  Simon Mayo

(28) KILLING JOKE – The Pandemonium Single

Getting the show underway but the song got no higher.

(23) BLACKGIRL – 90’s Girl

Performing their only hit but it got no higher.

(21) MARIAH CAREY – Anytime You Need A Friend  (video)  (and charts)

Peaked at number 8.

(17) CHINA BLACK – Searching

In the studio with what became their only top ten hit when it peaked at number 4.

(19) HOUSE OF PAIN – On Point

Here tonight but it got no higher.

(NEW) THE THREE TENORS – The Brindisi  (video)

From the number one album, The Three Tenors in Concert 1994.

(10) LET LOOSE – Crazy For You

Back in the studio and on their way to number 2.

(NEW) JULIAN COPE – I Gotta Walk

Performing at track from his top 20 album Autogeddon.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around  (via satellite)

Seventh of fifteen weeks.

(14) THE ROLLING STONES – Love Is Strong  (studio montage)  (and credits)

From their number one album Voodoo Lounge, but the single got no higher.

21st of July is next.

Top of the Pops in My Veins

 It feels good, it's all right, even if it's just the 7th of July 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Reg Reg Reg

7-7-94:   Presenter:  Mark Goodier

(8) GUN – Word Up

Starting tonight's show with a bang, this was the band's only top ten hit and it got no higher.

(11) TWO COWBOYS – Everybody Gonfi-Gon

Performing their only hit and it peaked at number 7.

(5) THE BC52’S – (Meet) The Flintstones  (video)  (and charts)

Went up two more places.

(9) ASWAD – Shine

A second studio performance and the song went up another four places.

(15) ELTON JOHN – Can You Feel The Love Tonight 

Went up one more place.

(25) THE PRETENDERS – Night In My Veins

In the studio but the song got no higher.

(2) ALL-4-ONE – I Swear  (via satellite)

At its peak.

(3) TAKE THAT – Love Ain’t Here Anymore

Here tonight but they couldn't budge the Wets from the top and this song got no higher.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around

Reg Presley watches on as the band perform their sixth of fifteen weeks at number one.

(NEW) ABIGAIL – Smells Like Teen Spirit  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Became her only hit when it peaked at number 29.

14th of July is next.

Shakermaker of the Pops

 I'd like to be somebody else and know that I've been to the 30th of June 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

I'd like to teach the world to snarl

30-6-94:   Presenter:  Bruno Brookes

(14) JULIET ROBERTS – Caught In The Middle

Getting the show underway with a remixed version of her number 24 hit from last year, and this time it peaked at number 14.

(18) LET LOOSE – Crazy For You

Performing what became their first of three top ten hits when it peaked at number 2.

(7) REEL 2 REAL feat. THE MAD STUNTMAN – Go On Move

In the studio but the song got no higher.

(38) THE BOOMTOWN RATS – I Don’t Like Mondays  (video)  (and charts)

Re-issued to promote the top ten album Loudmouth - Best of the Boomtown Rats and Bob Geldof, but it got no higher.

(11) OASIS – Shakermaker

ShakerMaking their studio debut with the second of 26 top 40 hits, the fourth of Britpop's big four finally make it to the party, and the 1990's can well and truly begin at long last! Number 11 was the peak for this one.

(40) CRYSTAL WATERS – Ghetto Day

Here in the studio but the song got no higher.

(NEW) THESE ANIMAL MEN – Speeed King

Performing a track from their number 39 album, Too Sussed.

(3) THE GRID – Swamp Thing

A second studio performance but the tune was now at its peak.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around  (video)

Fifth of fifteen weeks at number one.

(NEW) CLUBHOUSE feat. CARL – Living In The Sunshine  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Their third and final top 40 hit and it peaked at number 21.

7th of July is next.

Dolphin of the Pops

 There's something in my head and it's the 23rd of June 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

ShedMaker

23-6-94:   Presenter:  Simon Mayo

(19) ASWAD – Shine

Getting tonight's show underway with what became their second and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 5.

(3) DAWN PENN – You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)

A second studio performance but the song was now at its peak.

(5) ACE OF BASE – Don’t Turn Around  (video)  (and charts)

This Aswad cover was now at its peak.

(7) ALL-4-ONE – I Swear

Back to perform their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 2.

(28) SHED SEVEN – Dolphin

Making their studio debut with their first of fifteen top 40 hits but this one got no higher.

(NEW) THE BC52’S – (Meet) The Flintstones  (video)

Became their second and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 3. Yabbadabbadoo!

(12) CAPPELLA – U And Me

Performing what became their fourth and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 10.

(NEW) ELTON JOHN – Can You Feel The Love Tonight

In the studio with the first of his Lion King songs and this one roared to number 14.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around

Fourth of fifteen weeks.

(NEW) THE PRETENDERS – Night In My Veins  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Peaked at number 25.

30th of June is next.