Slave to Top of the Pops

 Dance for the vibe, dance for the 19th of August 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Good vibes

19-8-93:   Presenter:  Mark Franklin

(21) THE POGUES – Tuesday Morning

Getting the show underway with Spider on lead vocals performing their sixth and final top 40 hit (not including countless re-entries of a certain xmas song) and it peaked at number 18.

(8) UB40 – Higher Ground  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(3) BITTY McLEAN – It Keeps Rainin’ (Tears From My Eyes)

A second time in the studio and the song went up one more place.

(17) AFTERSHOCK – Slave To The Vibe

Performing their only hit and it peaked at number 11.

(40) THE BREEDERS – Cannonball  (video)   (Breakers)

Their only top 40 hit and it got no higher.

(14) MARIAH CAREY – Dreamlover  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 9.

(31) TASMIN ARCHER – Arienne

In the studio tonight and the song went up one more place.

(32) THE BEE GEES – Paying The Price Of Love  (via satellite)

Peaked at number 23.

(37) SINCLAIR – Ain’t No Casanova

Here with his only top 40 hit and it peaked at number 28.

(1) FREDDIE MERCURY – Living On My Own  (video)

Second and final week at number one.

26th of August is next.

Anarchy In Top of the Pops

 And I want to be the 12th of August 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Modern stone-age anarchy

12-8-93:   Presenter:  Tony Dortie

(30) GREEN JELLY – Anarchy In The U.K.

Getting tonight's show underway with this Sex Pistols cover and it went up three more places.

(20) SARAH WASHINGTON – I Will Always Love You

Performing this dance version of Dolly's tune which became her first of three top 40 hits and this was her biggest peaking at number 12.

(6) BILLY JOEL – River Of Dreams  (video)  (and charts)

Went up three more places.

(22) BAD BOYS INC – Don’t Talk About Love

In the studio with their first of six top 40 hits and this one peaked at number 19.

(12) CULTURE BEAT – Mr. Vain

Here tonight performing their first of six top 40 hits and this was the biggest making it all the way to number one.

(36) ICE CUBE feat. DAS EFX – Check Yo Self  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(33) ALI & FRAZIER – Uptown Top Ranking  (video)   (Breakers)

Their only hit and it got no higher.

(32) JAMIROQUAI – Emergency On Planet Earth  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(28) THE SPIN DOCTORS – Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 23.

(8) APACHÉ INDIAN – Boom Shack-A-Lak

Performing the main tune from the Nuff Vibes ep, and it went up three more places.

(31) YAZZ & ASWAD – How Long

In the studio with this Ace cover but it got no higher.

(1) FREDDIE MERCURY – Living On My Own  (video)

First of two weeks at number one.

19th of August is next.

Looking Up Top of the Pops

 Rejoice! Rejoice! It's the 5th of August 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Frog twenty hit

5-8-93:   Presenter:  Mark Franklin

(26) JULIET ROBERTS – Caught In The Middle

Getting the show underway with her first of eight top 40 hits and it went up two more places.

(31) DANIEL O’DONNELL – Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love

In the studio tonight and the song went up ten more places.

(7) MADONNA – Rain  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(6) URBAN COOKIE COLLECTIVE – The Key, The Secret

A second time in the studio and the song went up four more places.

(17) MICHELLE GAYLE – Looking Up

Making her studio debut with her first of seven top 40 hits and it peaked at number 11.

(34) YAZZ & ASWAD – How Long  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 31.

(29) THE GOODMEN – Give It Up  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 5.

(24) CULTURE BEAT – Mr. Vain  (video)   (Breakers)

On their way to number one.

(21) BON JOVI – I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 17.

(NEW) UB40 – Higher Ground  (via satellite)

Peaked at number 8.

(19) BITTY McLEAN – It Keeps Rainin’ (Tears From My Eyes)

Performing his first of three top ten hits and this was his biggest peaking at number 2.

(1) TAKE THAT – Pray  (video)

Fourth and final week at number one.

12th of August is next.

Paying the Price of Top of the Pops

 When you let me get you close to me, I can't wait another day for the 29th of July 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

You sing again

29-7-93:   Presenter:  Tony Dortie

(29) D:REAM – Unforgiven

Getting tonight's show underway but the song got no higher.

(12) ROBIN S – Luv 4 Luv

In the studio and the song went up one more place.

(5) FREDDIE MERCURY – Living On My Own  (video)  (and charts)

On his way to number one.

(22) MANIC STREET PREACHERS – La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)

Performing in the studio but the song got no higher.

(13)CRAIG McLACHLAN & DEBBIE GIBSON – You’re The One That I Want  (via satellite)

Debbie's eighth and final top 40 hit and Craig's fourth and final top 40 hit was now at its peak.

(30) JULIET ROBERTS – Caught In The Middle  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 24.

(23) JANET JACKSON – If  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 14.

(21) BILLY JOEL – River Of Dreams  (video)   (Breakers)

Became his fifth and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 3.

(20) WHITNEY HOUSTON – Run To You  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 15.

(7) MADONNA – Rain  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(10) DANNII MINOGUE – This Is It

A second time in the studio but the song was now at its peak.

(NEW) THE BEE GEES – Paying The Price Of Love

Performing their new release and it peaked at number 23.

(1) TAKE THAT – Pray

Back in the studio for their third of four weeks at number one.

5th of August is next.

The Secret of the Pops

 I've got the key, I've got the secret to the 22nd of July 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Massive hit

22-7-93:   Presenter:  Mark Franklin

(23) SHARA NELSON – Down That Road

Getting the show underway with her first of five top 40 hits and it peaked at number 19.

(7) ROXETTE – Almost Unreal  (video)  (and charts)

Got no higher.

(20) URBAN COOKIE COLLECTIVE – The Key, The Secret

Performing their first of two top ten hits and this one was the biggest peaking at number 2.

(24) ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Dream Of Me (Based On Love’s Theme)

In the studio but it got no higher.

(36) DANCE 2 TRANCE – Take A Free Fall  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(34) US3 feat. TUKKA YOOT – Riddim  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(33) N-JOI – The Drumstruck E.P.  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(27) REM – Nightswimming  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(14) CRAIG McLACHLAN & DEBBIE GIBSON – You’re The One That I Want  (video)   (Breakers)

Went up one more place.

(25) UTAH SAINTS – I Want You

Jetting in from New York to be here tonight but the song got no higher.

(29) THE WATERBOYS – Glastonbury Song

Making their studio debut with their fifth and final top 40 hit and it got no higher.

(NEW) JASON DONOVAN – All Around The World

Performing his seventeenth and final charting single but number 41 was a high as it got.

(1) TAKE THAT – Pray  (video)

Second of four weeks at number one.

29th of July is next.

Pray of the Pops

 All I do each night is pray, hoping that I'll be a part of the 15th of July 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Holy ones

15-7-93:   Presenter:  Tony Dortie

(15) DANNII MINOGUE – This Is It

Getting the show underway with this Melba Moore cover and it went up five more places.

(16) PAUL WELLER – Sunflower  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(5) 4 NON BLONDES – What’s Up?

A second studio performance and it went up three more places.

(21) DEACON BLUE – Hang Your Head

In the studio but it got no higher.

(33) JON SECADA – Do You Really Want Me  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 30.

(30) JESUS JONES – Zeroes And Ones  (video)   (Breakers)

At its peak.

(28) BLUR – Chemical World  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(26) UTAH SAINTS – I Want You  (video)   (Breakers)

Went up one more place.

(22) KENNY THOMAS – Stay

Live tonight but it got no higher.

(25) OUI 3 – Break From The Old Routine

Performing their second of four top 40 hits and this was their biggest peaking at number 17.

(NEW) MADONNA – Rain  (video)

Peaked at number 7.

(1) TAKE THAT – Pray

Back in the studio for their first of four weeks at number one.

22nd of July is next.

Can't Get Enough of Top of the Pops

 I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why, I can't get enough of the 8th of July 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Split decision

8-7-93:   Presenter:  Mark Franklin

(2) HADDAWAY – What Is Love

A third time in the studio but the song was now at its peak.

(18) TAYLOR DAYNE – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love

Performing this Barry White cover and it went up four more places.

(11) MICHAEL JACKSON – Will You Be There  (video)  (and charts)

Peaked at number 9.

(16) KIM WILDE – If I Can’t Have You

In the studio with this Bee Gees cover that became her twentieth and final top 40 hit and it peaked at number 12.

(3) CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS – Tease Me 

A second studio performance but the song was at its peak.

(29) USURA – Sweat  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(26) KENNY THOMAS – Stay  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 22.

(23) AC/DC – Big Gun  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(12) THE LEVELLERS – Belaruse  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(7) M-PEOPLE – One Night In Heaven

A second studio performance and the song moved on up one more place.

(5) GLORIA GAYNOR – I Will Survive

In the studio again but this remix was now at its peak.

(1) GABRIELLE – Dreams

Another new performance for her third and final week at number one.

15th of July is next.

What's Up of the Pops

 And I say hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah, I said hey, it's the 1st of July 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Take hat

1-7-93:   Presenter:  Tony Dortie

(16) JOEY LAWRENCE – Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix

Getting tonight's show underway and the song went up three more places.

(23) DEBORAH HARRY – I Can See Clearly  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(22) NEW ORDER – Ruined In A Day

In the studio but the song got no higher.

(19) EVOLUTION – Everybody Dance

Here to perform their second and final top 40 hit but it got no higher.

(31) SMASHING PUMPKINS – Cherub Rock  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(30) BILLY IDOL – Shock To The System  (video)   (Breakers)

His tenth and final top 40 hit and it got no higher.

(29) COVERDALE PAGE – Take Me For A Little While  (video)   (Breakers)

From their eponymous top four album but it got no higher.

(25) TAYLOR DAYNE – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 14.

(20) 4 NON BLONDES – What’s Up?

Performing their only top 40 hit and it peaked at number 2.

(13) JADE – I Wanna Love You  (via satellite)

Got no higher.

(NEW) TAKE THAT – Pray

Live in the studio with what was soon to become their first of eleven number one hits.

(1) GABRIELLE – Dreams

Second of three weeks at number one.

8th of July is next.

Top of the Dreams

 Dreams can come true, look at me I'm the 24th of June 1993 edition of Top of the Pops!

Top of the patch

24-6-93:   Presenter:  Mark Franklin

(9) M-PEOPLE – One Night In Heaven

Getting the show underway and the song would move on up three more places.

(7) ROD STEWART – Have I Told You Lately  (video)

Went up two more places.

(16) EAST 17 – West End Girls

In the studio with this Pet Shops Boys cover that peaked at number 11.

(6) CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS – Tease Me  (via satellite)

Went up another three places.

(33) SWV – Weak  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(32) JOEY LAWRENCE – Nothin’ My Love Can’t Fix  (video)   (Breakers)

Peaked at number 13.

(31) TEENAGE FANCLUB – Radio  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(21) SHABBA RANKS feat. QUEEN LATIFAH – What’cha Gonna Do  (video)   (Breakers)

Got no higher.

(23) BRIAN MAY with COZY POWELL – Resurrection

In the studio with his fourth and final solo top 40 hit and it got no higher.

(11) GLORIA GAYNOR – I Will Survive

Performing the song that got to number 1 in 1979, and this time around it made it to number 5.

(NEW) ALEXANDER O’NEAL – In The Middle

Here tonight and the song peaked at number 32.

(1) GABRIELLE – Dreams

A second studio performance for her first of three weeks at number one.

1st of July is next.