Top of the Pops Take Away

 Take me away to the 16th of June 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Have I got hits for you

16-6-94:   Presenter:  Angus Deayton

(8) THE GRID – Swamp Thing

Getting the show underway with their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 3.

(ALBUM TRACK) 2 UNLIMITED – No-One

From their number one album Real Things, and it would go on to peak at number 17.

(9) MARIAH CAREY – Anytime You Need A Friend  (video)  (and charts)

Went up one more place.

(19) D:REAM – Take Me Away

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

(NEW) TONI BRAXTON – Love Shoulda Brought You Home

Performing a song that will eventually peak at number 33.

(NEW) THE SPIN DOCTORS – Cleopatra’s Cat  (via satellite)

Became their fourth and final top 40 hit when it peaked at number 29.

(24) CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS – I Wanna Be Your Man

Here tonight and the song peaked at number 19.

(NEW) ROBERT PALMER – Girl U Want

Performing in the studio but the song only made it to number 57.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around

Third of fifteen weeks at number one.

(NEW) GUN – Word Up  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Became their only top ten hit when it peaked at number 8.

23rd of June is next.

Top of the Pops is All Around

 I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in the 9th of June 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Big night out

9-6-94:   Presenters:  Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer

(16) MANIC STREET PREACHERS – Faster

Getting the show underway but the song got no higher.

(15) KYM MAZELLE & JOCELYN BROWN – No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

In the studio tonight and this disco cover went up two more places.

(7) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – Absolutely Fabulous  (video)  (and charts)

Went up one more place.

(22) BLUR – To The End

Here with the second single from their number one album Parklife, and it peaked at number 16.

(28) BRAND NEW HEAVIES – Back To Love

From their top 4 album Brother Sister and it peaked at number 23.

(10) GUNS N’ ROSES – Since I Don’t Have You  (video)

Their penultimate hit and it was at its peak.

(4) MAXX – Get-A-Way

A second studio performance but the song could get no higher.

(9) DAWN PENN – You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)

Performing her only hit and it peaked at number 3.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around  

Second of fifteen weeks at number one.

(NEW) BRAVADO – Harmonica Man  (studio montage)  (and credits)

His only hit and it peaked at number 37.

16th of June is next.

Babies of the Pops

 Well, it happened years ago, when you were on the 2nd of June 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Top of the panties

2-6-94:   Presenter:  Simon Mayo  

(7) BIG MOUNTAIN – Baby I Love Your Way

Getting this live show underway with this Peter Frampton cover that was to be their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 2.

(15) THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH – Everybody’s Talkin’  

Performing this Harry Nilsson cover and it peaked at number 12.

(11) THE GRID – Swamp Thing  (video)  (and charts)

Became the duo's only top ten hit when it peaked at number 3.

(ALBUM TRACK) ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT – Fountain Of Youth

From their final charting album Zingalamaduni which reached number 16.

(13) SALT-N-PEPA – Shoop  (via satellite)

Got no higher.

(19) PULP – Babies

Making their studio debut are the third of Britpop's big four, and this was the third and most successful single from their top ten album His n Hers, and number 19 was its peak.

(23) PINK FLOYD – Take It Back  (video)

From their number one album The Division Bell, number 23 was its peak.

(NEW) MARIAH CAREY – Anytime You Need A Friend

Here tonight and this latest lung busting song would peak at number 8.

(1) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around  (and credits)

First of fifteen weeks at number one!

9th of June is next.

Top of the Pops I Swear

 By the moon and the stars in the sky it's the 26th of May 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Mind your language

26-5-94:   Presenter:  Mark Goodier

(5) MAXX – Get-A-Way

Getting tonight's show underway and it went up one more place.

(26) CARLEEN ANDERSON – Mama Said

Performing her second of five top 40 hits but this one got no higher.

(9) THE PRODIGY – No Good (Start The Dance)  (video)  (and charts)

Peaked at number 4.

(28) BRUCE DICKINSON – Tears Of The Dragon

Here in the studio but this song got no higher.

(13) GLOWORM – Carry Me Home

Performing what became their only top ten hit when it peaked at number 9.

(NEW) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – Absolutely Fabulous  (video)

The Pet Shop Boys and the cast of the sitcom with this year's Comic Relief record and it peaked at number 6.

(15) GALLIANO – Long Time Gone

Their first of two top 40 hits, this was the biggest but it got no higher.

(NEW) ALL-4-ONE – I Swear

Here with what became their only top top hit when it peaked at number 2.

(1) MANCHESTER UNITED FC – Come On You Reds  (video)

Second of two weeks at number one.

(NEW) TIM McGRAW – Indian Outlaw  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Did not chart.

2nd of June is next.

Lost in Top of the Pops

I'm looking for a girl with a job and car and the 19th of May 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Snakes out

 19-5-94:   Presenters:  Bruno Brookes & Alice Cooper

(9) 2 UNLIMITED – The Real Thing

Getting the show underway with what was their 8th and final top ten hit and it peaked at number 6.

(4) WET WET WET – Love Is All Around

Here it is folks. From the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, a cover of a Troggs song that is about to spend fifteen weeks at number one.

(10) BAD BOYS INC – More To This World

Performing their only top ten hit and it went up two more places.

(20) DEEP FOREST – Deep Forest  (video)  (and charts)

Got no higher.

(16) SEAL – Prayer For The Dying

Here tonight with his first hit for two years and it went up two more places.

(NEW) JULIA FORDHAM – I Can’t Help Myself

Became her final chart hit when it peaked at number 62.

(3) EAST 17 – Around The World

In the studio but the song was at its peak.

(NEW) ALICE COOPER – Lost In America

Became his eleventh of twelve top 40 hits when it peaked at number 22.

(1) MANCHESTER UNITED FC – Come On You Reds  (video)

First of two weeks at number one.

(NEW) ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – Absolutely Fabulous  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Peaked at number 6.

26th of May is next.

Top of the Pops Inside

 Swing low in a dark glass hour, it's the 12th of May 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Jack Dee-J

12-5-94:   Presenter:  Jack Dee

(31) EYC – Number One

Getting tonight's show underway and the song peaked at number 27.

(39) JOE ROBERTS – Back In My Life

Had originally made it to number 59 last year, this time around the peak was number 39.

(7) EAST 17 – Around The World  (video)  (and charts)

Peaked at number 3.

(16) GLOWORM – Carry Me Home

Performing their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 9.

(15) MICHAEL BOLTON – Lean On Me

Went up one more place.

(35) MARCELLA DETROIT & ELTON JOHN – Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing

Here in the studio and this duet went up eleven more places.

(19) R. KELLY – Your Body’s Callin’  (via satellite)

His first of 31 top 40 hits, but edited out due to his conviction.

(NEW) IGGY POP – Beside You

In the studio tonight but the song only made it to number 47.

(1) STILTSKIN – Inside

Here to perform their one and only week at number one.

(NEW) MAXX – Get-A-Way  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Became their first of two top ten hits when it peaked at number 4.

19th of May is next.

The Real Top of the Pops

 I've been holding on, I've been looking for the 5th of May 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Dreamy lady

5-5-94:   Presenter:  Simon Mayo

(3) C.J. LEWIS – Sweets For My Sweet

Getting the show underway with a second studio performance but the song was now at its peak.

(36) THE CRANBERRIES – Dreams

Performing the second single from their number one album, Everybody Else I Doing It So Why Can't We, and it peaked at number 27.

(8) MANCHESTER UNITED FC – Come On You Reds  (video)  (and charts)

With a little help from Status Quo, on their way to number one.

(34) KILLING JOKE – Millennium

In the studio tonight but this raucous song got no higher.

(17) JUDY CHEEKS – Reach

Performing her second of five top 40 hits and this one was the biggest but it got no higher.

(32) RICHARD MARX – Silent Scream  (via satellite)

Got no higher.

(5) STILTSKIN – Inside

Here tonight with a storming song that next week will be number one.

(NEW) EVAN DANDO – Big Gay Heart

Just the one Lemonhead in the studio tonight and the song peaked at number 55 for the band.

(1) TONY DI BART – The Real Thing

Back to perform his one and only week at number one.

(NEW) 2 UNLIMTED – The Real Thing  (studio montage)  (and credits)

From their number one album, Real Things, this became the duo's eighth and final top ten hit when it peaked at number 6.

12th of May is next.

Just A Step From Top of the Pops

 Don't let go coz we're just a step from the 28th of April 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Infernal

28-4-94:   Presenter:  Nicky Campbell

(18) SKIN – Money

Getting the show underway with their first of six top 40 hits - this was was the biggest and number 18 was its peak.

(12) ETERNAL – Just A Step From Heaven

In the studio and the song stepped up to number 8.

(13) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Under The Bridge  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(11) CLUBHOUSE feat. CARL – Light My Fire

Performing their only top ten hit and it peaked at number 7.

(26) LEVEL 42 – All Over You

Here tonight with their eighteenth and penultimate top 40 hit but it got no higher.

(20) BARBRA STREISAND – As If We Never Said Goodbye  (via satellite)

Got no higher.

(38) RIDE – Birdman

Performing their sixth and final top 40 hit but it got no higher.

(NEW) MICHAEL BOLTON – Lean On Me

This Bill Withers cover will peak at number 14.

(1) PRINCE – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World  (video)

Second of two weeks at number one.

(NEW) PHIL COLLINS – We Wait And We Wonder  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Peaked at number 45.

5th of May is next.

Mmm of the Pops

 Once there was a kid who got into the 21st of April 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

Mmmassive hit

21-4-94:   Presenter:  Mark Goodier

(8) BITTY McLEAN – Dedicated To The One I Love

Getting our show underway and the song went up two more places.

(11) C.J. LEWIS – Sweets For My Sweet

Performing what became his first of two top ten hits when it peaked at number 3.

(26) THE PRETENDERS – I’ll Stand By You

In the studio tonight with what will be their sixth and final top ten hit when it peaks at number 10.

(4) ERASURE – Always  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(17) CRYSTAL WATERS – 100% Pure Love

Here in the studio and the song went up two more places.

(5) CRASH TEST DUMMIES – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Mmmaking their debut with their only top ten hit and it peaked at nummmber 2.

(ALBUM TRACK) DEACON BLUE – Dignity

From their number one album greatest hits album, Our Town, this song had only made number 31 back in 1988, this time around it peaked at number 20.

(3) TONY DI BART – The Real Thing

A second time in the studio and the song will get to number one.

(1) PRINCE – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World  (video)

First of two weeks at number one.

(NEW) JOE ROBERTS – Back In My Life  (studio montage)  (and credits)

Peaked at number 39.

28th of April is next.

I Like to Top of the Pops It

 When you move your body and move it nice and sweet like the 14th of April 1994 edition of Top of the Pops!

We'll meatloaf again

14-4-94:   Presenter:  Meat Loaf

(21) TERRORVISION – Oblivion

Getting tonight's show off to a bouncy start but the song got no higher.

(7) REEL 2 REAL feat. THE MAD STUNTMAN – I Like To Move It

It's finally Move It night in the studio and the song moved up two more places.

(14) PET SHOP BOYS – Liberation  (video)  (and charts)

At its peak.

(25) FRANCES RUFFELLE – Lonely Symphony

Performing her only hit, she came 10th in Eurovision but go no higher in the charts.

(16) LOVELAND – Let The Music (Lift You Up)

Performing their first of five top 40 hits, but this one got no higher.

(NEW) GARTH BROOKS – Standing Outside The Fire

In the studio with what became his second of three top 40 hits when it peaked at number 28.

(15) TONI BRAXTON – Another Sad Love Song  (via satellite)

Got no higher.

(1) TAKE THAT – Everything Changes

Here tonight for their second and final week at number one.

(NEW) MEAT LOAF – Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are  (and credits)

Our host performs the third single from his number one album Bat Out Of Hell 11, and it peaked at number 26.

21st of April is next.