Wishing everyone who reads and contributes to this blog a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
See you all again in 1999!
Merry Top-of-the-Popsmas!
25-12-98: Presenters: Kate Thornton, Jamie Theakston & Jayne Middlemiss
(-) SPICE GIRLS – Viva Forever
(-) THE TAMPERER feat. MAYA – Feel It
(62) STARDUST – Music Sounds Better With You (montage of TOTP clips)
(3) DENISE & JOHNNY – Especially For You
Children in Need single at its peak.
(-) ROBBIE WILLIAMS – Angels
(-) B*WITCHED – C’est La Vie
(-) MOUSSE T. versus HOT ‘N’ JUICY – Horny
(1) SPICE GIRLS – Goodbye
This year's Christmas number one!
(-) ALL SAINTS – Never Ever/Under The Bridge
(-) FAT LES – Vindaloo
(-) LeANN RIMES – How Do I Live
(-) BOYZONE – No Matter What
(-) CELINE DION – My Heart Will Go On
(10) JANE McDONALD – Cruise Into Christmas
Her only hit and it got no higher.
(4) CHER – Believe (and credits)
The year's biggest selling single.
TOTP2 Four Episodes
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Thanks Rob & Merry Christmas!
DeleteBTW Does anyone know how many Christmas TOTP2 they made?
I was trying to work it out, but with the many re-edit versions I lost count.
I think there was 7.
19th December 1998 is a Christmas special. It does end with the No.29 record currently in the single charts that week, which was released for the first time on CD and cassette single.
Delete26th December 1998 would be the Glam Rock special.
Thanks Rob!!! Merry Christmas!!! Happy new year!!!
ReplyDeletePreferred Kate Thornton and Jayne Middlemiss presenting this show over the performers themselves, but a special mention has to go to The Tamperer featuring Maya for the Wizard of Oz costume set, with Maya playing Dorothy with Toto.
ReplyDeleteAlso Fat Les with a throwback to the summer of 1998 with Vindaloo which captured the amazing party and fun atmosphere of the World Cup. Good Lord, what a year!