Future's made of the 30th August 1996 edition of Top of the Pops!
Top hat hit
30-8-96: Presenter: Simon Mayo
(12) SHED SEVEN – On Standby
Getting Simon Mayo's last ever edition underway but the song got no higher.
(15) MN8 – Tuff Act To Follow
Performing their penultimate hit but it got no higher.
(4) REM – E-Bow The Letter (video) (and charts)
At its peak.
(19) DE’LACY – That Look
With their second of three top 40 hits but it go no higher.
(5) LOUISE – Undivided Love
In the studio tonight but the song was at its peak.
(2) GEORGE MICHAEL – Spinning The Wheel (video)
At its peak.
(NEW) FLUFFY – Nothing
Here in the studio but the song would only peak at number 52.
(3) JAMIROQUAI – Virtual Insanity
Performing the second single from their number 2 album, Travelling Without Moving, but it got no higher.
(1) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe
Sixth of seven weeks at number one.
(NEW) BIG SOUL – Baby Shake (video) (and credits)
Failed to chart.
Last show of the original 30 minutes format, as the following week would see the re-emergence of the TOTP 35-minute format not seen since 1985 when the show was forcibly rammed in between the news and Eastenders, and would stay at 30 minutes for the next 11 years.
ReplyDeleteChart rundown - Rozalla was back with a new entry at No.30 with a remix of her 1991 Top 10 single Everybody's Free, and this got no higher second time round in 1996. This turned out to be her final single in this five-year run, and would come back in 2003 only to peak at No.55 with a comeback single called Live Another Life.
Also noticed a peak position for another new entry and returning group just outside the Top 40 at No.43 for Chaka Demus & Pliers with Every Kinda People. it seemed that after their successful 1993 era, they were only coming back in the summer of each year with a single, but this one in 1996 was the first to fail to get into the Top 40, and their final single in the summer of 1997 followed the same summer flop result with a paltry peak of No.51 with Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.
The 30s in this week's two episodes have had some of my personal fave minor 96 hits from the likes of Tiger and Catatonia and yet we get Fluffy and endless Macarenas. bah.
ReplyDeleteShed Seven, Jamiroquai and REM the standouts here but this is the weaker of the two episodes.