Take me back to my sweet 28th of August 1999 edition of Top of the Pops!
Spice to see you
26-8-99: Presenter: Gail Porter
(10) APOLLO 440 – Stop The Rock (from Edinburgh)
Getting TOTP on tour underway with their third and final top ten hit, and it was at its peak.
(5) TEXAS – Summer Son (from Edinburgh)
Here in Edinburgh tonight but it got no higher.
(NEW) SUPERGRASS – Moving (from Edinburgh)
Performing what will become their sixth and final top ten hit when it peaks at number 9.
(11) BINARY FINARY – 1999 (from Edinburgh)
Here with their second and final and biggest top 40 hit, but it got no higher.
(14) HEPBURN – Bugs (from Edinburgh)
With their second of three top 40 hits, and it was at its peak.
(6) TLC – Unpretty (via satellite)
At its peak.
(ALBUM TRACK) TEXAS – Tell Me The Answer (from Edinburgh)
Performing a track from their number one album, The Hush.
(2) ALICE DEEJAY – Better Off Alone (from Edinburgh)
In Edinburgh tonight and the song was now at its peak.
(NEW) SUPERGRASS – Mary (from Edinburgh)
From their number 3 album, Supergrass, and it will also become a single peaking at number 36.
(4) BRAN VAN 3000 – Drinking In L.A.
Had already peaked at number 3.
(1) GERI HALLIWELL – Mi Chico Latino (from Edinburgh) (and credits)
Here tonight with her first of four solo number ones, this one topping the chart for one week.
Quite astonishing to see a 45-minute TOTP show for the first time since the early 80s in the days where the show was typically anywhere between 35-45 minutes in length, although this was not a throwback to the past, but rather an extended show due to the Edinburgh setting for the show at the same time as the Edinburgh Festival.
ReplyDeleteApollo 440 - is it me or did anyone else notice the likeness to Status Quo's 1973 single Caroline right from the start of the song? Good Lord!