You are only a heartbeat away from the 27th of November 1998 edition of Top of the Pops!
Top Step Hit
27-11-98: Presenter: Jayne Middlemiss
(5) STEPS – Heartbeat
Getting the show underway with a record that will get to number one next year!
(6) THE CORRS – So Young
In the studio but got no higher.
(4) VENGABOYS – Up And Down
Making their studio debut with their first of seven top ten hits and this one was at its peak.
(3) CELINE DION & R. KELLY – I’m Your Angel
At its peak but edited out of the broadcast tonight.
The uncut version can be downloaded here thanks to anonymous.
(8) SASH! feat. SHANNON – Move Mania
Here with their sixth of ten top ten hits but it got no higher.
(10) RUFF DRIVERZ – Dreaming
Performing their only top ten hit and it was at its peak.
(2) FIVE – Until The Time Is Through
In the studio with their fifth of eleven top ten hits but it could get no higher.
(1) CHER – Believe (and credits)
Fifth of seven weeks at number one.
Sash! feat Shannon - not much liking for this tune, but this is the same Shannon who had her own solo single in 1983 with Let The Music Play which got to No.14 but never featured on TOTP at the time. Let The Music Play was one of the standout 80s tracks for any dancefloor:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-0sUuGufmw&list=RD_-0sUuGufmw&start_radio=1
Chart rundown - check out the Mike Koglin video at No.20 called The Silence. It is actually a sampling of Depeche Mode's 1990 single called Enjoy The Silence, but with the Enjoy dropped off the single title, and worth a watch, as this tune was spruced up for 1998 quite well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ievnd-lP5pY&list=RDIevnd-lP5pY&start_radio=1
Further down the chart at No.86 was a new entry and peak position for Dolly Parton with Peace Train. Parton had her last Top 75 single in 1994.