Long digging, gone fishing, love the 20th of November 1998 edition of Top of the Pops!
It's a kind of Madge
20-11-98: Presenter: Jamie Theakston
(5) EAST 17 – Each Time
Getting tonight's show underway but the song had already peaked at number 2.
(2) STEPS – Tragedy
Here tonight with this Bee Gees cover that will eventually get to the top spot.
(7) JAMES – Sit Down 98
With a song that had peaked at number 2 in 1990, this remix was their fourth and final top ten hit but it got no higher.
(8) AEROSMITH – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing (via satellite)
Yet another showing for this song that had peaked at number 4.
(11) PRAS – Blue Angels
Had peaked at number 6.
(NEW) ROBBIE WILLIAMS – No Regrets
Performing a song that will peak at number 4.
(NEW) MADONNA – The Power Of Goodbye
In the studio tonight and the song will peak at number 6.
(3) STEREOPHONICS – The Bartender And The Thief
Here with their first of ten top ten hits but this one got no higher.
(1) CHER – Believe (and credits)
Fourth of seven weeks at number one.
Have to say it is now E-17, not East 17 Angelo!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, can't ever remember Madonna performing in the TOTP studio before, so is this a first in 1998, cos I only remember her for her videos on TOTP since bursting on the scene in 1983 with Holiday? Nice dress and accompanying orchestra on stage.
Chart rundown - good to see Sham Rock back up to No.17, but still no feature on the show. Excellent video I must say, and recommending watching it in full.
A couple of new entries this week at peak positions further down the charts:
No. 65 New Power Generation - Come On
Without Prince and now happily going on their own, I saw them live a few years ago at Koko in Camden Town, and they were brilliant, and even doing some Prince tracks without the great man himself.
No.74 Linda McCartney - Wide Prairie
Surprised to see Linda with a single of her own, as she was always part of Paul McCartney's singles, so not sure why this one was without Paul, but this was the first of two brief singles in 1998/99, both of which failed to trouble the Top 50, and while Paul had no new singles of his own during that period.
@Dory Madonna was in the studio in 1995 with my favourite track, You'll see.
DeleteAnd way back in 1984, with Holiday.
Good to know - didn't remember the 1995 appearance, but seems like not so rare now.
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