Ooh baby, every time I look around it's the 2nd of August 1996 edition of Top of the Pops!
Kiwi of the pops
2-8-96: Presenter: Jas Mann
(14) SEAN MAGUIRE – Don’t Pull Your Love
Getting tonight's show underway with his seventh of eight top 40 hits, but it got no higher.
(19) OMC – How Bizarre
Performing his only top 40 hit and it will peak at number 5.
(7) ALANIS MORISSETTE – Head Over Feet (video) (and charts)
At its peak.
(15) ALISHA’S ATTIC – I Am I Feel
Making their studio debut with their first of eight top 40 hits, and it went up one more place.
(9) NENEH CHERRY – Woman
A second studio performance bug the song was now at its peak.
(5) MANIC STREET PREACHERS – Everything Must Go
Here with the storming title track from their number 2 album, but it got no higher.
(NEW) ETERNAL – Someday
Performing a song that will soon peak at number 4.
(4) LOS DEL RIO – Macarena
A second studio performance and the song went up another two places.
(1) SPICE GIRLS – Wannabe
Finally making their studio debut to celebrate their second of seven weeks at number one.
(NEW) ROBBIE WILLIAMS – Freedom (video) (and credits)
Will peak at number 2.
OMC - what made this single stand out and very watchable was the two sexy girls on stage in cute black miniskirts and dancing gently to the smooth rhythm, and not the man in the caption above - sorry Angelo!
ReplyDeleteChart rundown - Prince, now called The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (T.A.F.K.A.P) was a new entry in the Top 40, with his first single of the year following a busier 1995, and now also at peak position at No.36 with his first single in 1996, with only two more singles to come until early 1997 which was to be his final Top 40 single.
Los Del Rio - corr, those girls in the group - did you see how the TOTP presenter had to have the sweat wiped off his brow at the end? Good Lord, I was feeling the same after watching that stage performance, and not surprising that this single was at No.1 in America that week for a total of 14 weeks at the top spot until November!
Also spotted just outside the Top 40 a new entry and peak position for Francis Rossi in a rare solo effort outside of Status Quo, with his new single called Give Myself To Love. The only other time that Rossi released a solo single was in 1985 which also failed to trouble the Top 40.
Jas Mann was a very annoying presenter, although his fifteen minutes of fame are coming to a close anyway.
ReplyDeleteSean M is poor. OMC isn't my personal fave, biyt it's catchy.
Love Alanis, shame she's not in the studio, but she's starting a run of five excellent songs in a tow, all of which I bought at the time. Karen Poole from Alisha's Attic has had a very successful songwriting career, not sure what her sister ended up doing though. They're getting their money's worth out of the orchestra with both Neneh and the Manics! And Eternal with a track from Hunchback which is such an underrated Disney film
Then two absolute classic 1996 hits and playing out with Robbie who must be a bit disappointed he got snubbed by the Spicies but he'll go onto bigger and better things soon enough.