I'm giving you the 25th of October 1996 edition of Top of the Pops!
Sleeping beauty
25-10-96: Presenters: Steve Lamacq & Jo Whiley
(8) SUEDE – Beautiful Ones
Getting tonight's show underway but the song got no higher.
(3) FAITHLESS – Insomnia
Performing their first of seven top ten hits, but it got no higher.
(6) BABYBIRD – You’re Gorgeous
Had already peaked at number 3.
(13) FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – My Kingdom (video) (and charts)
At its peak.
(NEW) GINA G – I Belong To You
Performing what will become her second of three top ten hits when it peaks at number 6.
(FLASHBACK) ENYA – Orinoco Flow (clip of TOTP 20-10-88)
Number one in 1988.
(17) E-MOTION – The Naughty North And The Sexy South
Had already made it to number 20 earlier thus year, this second time around number 17 was the new peak.
(NEW) MADONNA – You Must Love Me (video)
Will peak at number 10.
(4) CAST – Flying
A second studio performance but the song could get no higher.
(1) SPICE GIRLS – Say You’ll Be There
First of two weeks at number one.
(TOTP2) U2 – New Year’s Day (clip of TOTP 20-1-83) (and credits)
Number 10 in 1983.
Quite interesting at E-Motion were back in the charts with the same single in the same year with NN&SS to have another go with it. I mean a first time peak of No.20 including the chart rundown video, is more than what a lot of pop groups would get, so not sure why they were back again with the same song.
ReplyDeleteSeems 1996 was their only year of action, as there was one completely different single in between in the summer of 1996 which only reached No.60.
Moving on, is TOTP2 ready to upload Rob?
TOTP2 26-10-1996 https://we.tl/t-jjBBp4nnNj
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob!!!
DeleteCheers!
DeleteThe best track was the first one on the show in The First Time section in 1973 when Suzy Quatro appeared for the first time in the TOTP studio with Can The Can. She then went on to appear as a regular on Happy Days in the late 70s as Leather Tuscadero.
DeleteI think her final solo appearance was on The Kenny Everett Video Show on Thames TV in 1980 with a single called Mama's Boy which only got to No.34, and I don't think was on TOTP. The discography shows she never stopped bringing out new singles even up to 2021, but none of them charted since 1982 with a No.60 achievement with Heart Of Stone.