Friday, 21 November 2025

Girlfriend of the Pops

 Do you have a 16th of October 1998 edition of Top of the Pops!


Piper of the pops


16-10-98:   Presenter:  Jayne Middlemiss

(2) B*WITCHED – Rollercoaster
Last week's number one get tonight's show underway.

(NEW) 911 – More Than A Woman  (via satellite)
This Bee Gees cover will peak at number 2.

(15) GARBAGE – Special
With the third single from their number one album, Version 2.0, but it got no higher.

(14) THE CARDIGANS – My Favourite Game
In the studio but the song was at its peak.

(6) MONICA – The First Night
Here tonight with her second and final top ten hit but it got no higher.

(5) NATALIE IMBRUGLIA – Smoke
Performing her third of five top ten hits but this one got no higher.

(3) FATBOY SLIM – Gangster Trippin’  (video)
His second of seven top ten hits was at its peak.

(1) BILLIE – Girlfriend  (via satellite)  (and credits)
Just the one week at number one.


3 comments:

  1. Good Lord, another sexy performance by Garbage, as presenter Jayne Middlemiss quite rightly pointed out. More singles please.

    Weird video by Fatboy Slim, and not so family friendly by showing rooms in an average house being blown up to pieces, but still it gets to No.3 somehow with video shown by TOTP. Could not see how Fatboy Slim could have performed this tune in the TOTP studio.

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  2. Technically there was a link with Jayne Middlemiss mentioning JS in the original broadcast version - as she mentions his joggy bottoms.

    https://bsky.app/profile/lottielonglegs.bsky.social/post/3m65yrka2qc2c

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  3. That being the case, is there a link to the original episode anywhere? Thanks

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