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This one's been in the calendar for a while because Johnny Mandel,
co-writer of the MASH theme, died earlier this year. Since then, Toots Hibbert, who also finds one of his songs covered here, has died, and it
turns out one of the other songs was written by 2020 COVID victim John
Prine.

Playlists are here. Strangely enough, when I started there was only one Spectrum track on Spotify but now there are many more. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35Sxf1c6PfEq9qrAMIkqV1?si=_ww4xYJLQ6GKzRcyzjVVbw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrsup2_SD-FWlBi9Lm0QS_3

Chart dated: 3rd October 1992


1. (1) Shamen Ebeneezer Goode
2. (2) Dr Alban It's My Life
3. (3) Undercover Baker Street
4. (13) Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellite
5. (6) Bob Marley & The Wailers Iron Lion Zion
6. (14) Boyz II Men End Of The Road
7. (8) Lionel Richie My Destiny
8. (5) Brian May Too Much Love Will Kill You
9. (7) Manic Street Preachers/ Fatima Mansions Theme From M*A*S*H/ (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
10. (4) Snap! Rhythm Is A Dancer
11. (12) The Prodigy Fire/Jericho
12. (9) Luther Vandross And Janet Jackson The Best Things In Life Are Free
13. (11) East 17 House of Love
14. (NE) R.E.M. Drive
15. (10) Jon Secada Just Another Day
16. (NE) Mike Oldfield Sentinel (Single Restructure)
17. (NE) Bizarre Inc. feat Angie Brown I'm Gonna Get You
18. (26) Stereo MC's Connected
19. (21) Messiah feat Precious Wilson I Feel Love
20. (20) Daniel O'Donnell I Just Want To Dance With You
21. (15) Pearl Jam Jeremy
22. (NE) Doctor Spin Tetris
23. (NE) Neneh Cherry Money Love
24. (27) Crowded House It's Only Natural
25. (17) Suede Metal Mickey
26. (16) Def Leppard Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad
27. (NE) The Sundays Goodbye
28. (22) Boy George The Crying Game
29. (18) Annie Lennox Walking On Broken Glass
30. (19) Felix Don't You Want Me
31. (30) Bryan Adams Do I Have To Say The Words
32. (NE) Patty Smyth With Don Henley Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
33. (32) Vegas Possessed
34. (NE) C&C Music Factory with Q Unique and Deborah Cooper Keep It
Comin' (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More)
35. (NE) Crystal Waters / Sabrina Johnston Gypsy Woman (Remix)/Peace (Remix)
36. (48) Catherine Zeta Jones For All Time
37. (NE) Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK
38. (NE) GSP The Banana Song
39. (NE) Salt N Pepa Start Me Up
40. (NE) Innocence One Love In My Lifetime

41. (23) Michael Jackson Jam
42. (56) The Black Crowes Sting Me
43. (24) Peter Gabriel Digging In The Dirt
44. (NE) Betty Boo I'm On My Way
45. (NE) Eric Clapton Layla - Unplugged
46. (47) The Beautiful South 36D
47. (28) INXS Baby Don't Cry
48. (38) Soul II Soul Just Right
49. (NE) Wag Ya Tail Xpand Ya Mind (Expansions)
50. (33) ABBA Dancing Queen {1992 reissue}
51. (29) Del Amitri Just Like A Man
52. (37) Orbital Radiccio (EP)
[Halcyon; The Naked And The Dead; Sunday]
53. (31) Happy Mondays Stinkin Thinkin
54. (36) Inspiral Carpets Generations
55. (NE) Chaos Farewell My Summer Love
56. (25) The Smiths How Soon Is Now {1992 reissue}
57. (53) Omar Music
58. (NE) Jimmy Nail Laura
59. (40) Freddie Jackson Me And Mrs Jones
60. (50) Maxi Priest Groovin' In The Midnight
61. (NE) Prefab Sprout All The World Loves Lovers
62. (67) Thomas Dolby Silk Pyjamas
63. (NE) Vince Neil You're Invited
64. (NE) The Sugarcubes Birthday (Remixes)
65. (34) EMF They're Here
66. (35) Sinead O'Connor Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home
67. (39) Extreme Rest In Peace
68. (45) Izzy Stradlin Pressure Drop
69. (42) KWS Rock Your Baby
70. (NE) New Atlantic Into The Future
71. (43) Richard Marx Take This Heart
72. (NE) Dance Conspiracy Dub War
73. (NE) The Grid Heartbeat
74. (41) The Christians What's In A Word
75. (NE) Awesome 3 Don't Go
76. (NE) Killing Joke Change
77. (NE) Soup Dragons Pleasure
78. (NE) Radiohead Creep
79. (57) Was Not Was Somewhere In America (There's A Street Named After
My Dad)
80. (NE) Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy Famous And Dandy
81. (RE) E-Zee Possee and Dr Mouthquake Love On Love
82. (75) Lemon Trees Love Is In Your Eyes
83. (81) Spill Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil
84. (NE) kd lang Miss Chatelaine
85. (74) Lil' Louis And The World Saved My Life
87. (NE) Asia Blue Connect
88. (NE) 25th of May It's All Right
89. (NE) Marshall Hain Dancing In The City (Summer '92 remix)
90. (87) Beijing Spring We Can Keep This Together
91. (NE) Ce Ce Rogers All Join Hands
92. (NE) Club Ice Manhassett
93. (70) Spectrum True Love Will Find You In The End
94. (76) Euphoria Love You Right
95. (NE) Nancy Davis Higher And Higher
96. (RE) U2 Even Better Than The Real Thing
97. (91) Suede The Drowners/To the Birds
98. (82) The Party Free
99. (RE) Acen Trip II The Moon
100.(NE) Bob Geldof My Hippy Angel

Chris
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On 27/09/2020 13:20, Chris Brown wrote:

Chart dated: 3rd October 1992

10. (4) Snap! Rhythm Is A Dancer

29. (18) Annie Lennox Walking On Broken Glass

50. (33) ABBA Dancing Queen {1992 reissue}

Only three I know.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
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"Chris Brown" <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:rkq02p$tbi$1@dont-email.me...

This one's been in the calendar for a while because Johnny Mandel,
co-writer of the MASH theme, died earlier this year. Since then, Toots Hibbert, who also finds one of his songs covered here, has died, and it turns out one of the other songs was written by 2020 COVID victim John Prine.

Playlists are here. Strangely enough, when I started there was only one Spectrum track on Spotify but now there are many more. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35Sxf1c6PfEq9qrAMIkqV1?si=_ww4xYJLQ6GKzRcyzjVVbw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrsup2_SD-FWlBi9Lm0QS_3

Chart dated: 3rd October 1992

1. (1) Shamen Ebeneezer Goode

Did anyone ever actually listed to this before passing it for airplay? E's are good.....

3. (3) Undercover Baker Street

Bizarre cover.

4. (13) Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellite

Number one the next week I suspect. Huge, but her one really big hit.

7. (8) Lionel Richie My Destiny

He seemed so old on ToTP. Probably younger than me now!

8. (5) Brian May Too Much Love Will Kill You

I think the only song recorded both with a lead vocal by Brian and Freddie
in their history?

9. (7) Manic Street Preachers/ Fatima Mansions Theme From M*A*S*H/ (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Was this a charity record or something like that? A strange combination. I travelled past the real Fatima Mansions at the time they were being cleared, about 12-15 years ago now, on the Luas.

18. (26) Stereo MC's Connected

Soon to be ruined by a million and one carphone warehouse adverts

22. (NE) Doctor Spin Tetris

Grim.

28. (22) Boy George The Crying Game

Strange cover of a strange song. Not ineffective though.

35. (NE) Crystal Waters / Sabrina Johnston Gypsy Woman (Remix)/Peace
(Remix)

Interesting linking of 2 songs from a while before.

45. (NE) Eric Clapton Layla - Unplugged

A lot of radio play.

46. (47) The Beautiful South 36D

Pretty much down the dumper by now, only to be saved by their greatest hits album a couple of years later.

65. (34) EMF They're Here

Didn't realise this archetype of 1990 was even still around in late 82.

89. (NE) Marshall Hain Dancing In The City (Summer '92 remix)

I remember Rick Wakeman doing a live version of this on the stylophone, on a retro show hosted by Danny Baker - Question of Sport type format. Probably around this time.

James

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On 28/09/2020 22:03, James Heaton wrote:

"Chris Brown" <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote in message

3.-a-a (3) Undercover Baker Street

Bizarre cover.

It was that era of lazy dance cover versions of songs from the 1970s.
'Please Don't Go' being a prime (and a very successful) example in 1992.

7.-a-a (8) Lionel Richie My Destiny

He seemed so old on ToTP.-a Probably younger than me now!

I've just checked and he was 43.

9.-a-a (7) Manic Street Preachers/ Fatima Mansions Theme From M*A*S*H/
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Was this a charity record or something like that?-a A strange
combination.-a I travelled past the real Fatima Mansions at the time they were being cleared, about 12-15 years ago now, on the Luas.

It was part of a project which NME and Radio 1 had put together to
celbrate the 40th anniversary of the NME. Acts were asked to choose
their favourite number 1 singles with the outcome being an album called
'Ruby Trax'.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ruby-Trax-The-NMEs-Roaring-Forty/release/1187528

All profits went to what was then The Spastics Society, now called Scope.

22. (NE) Doctor Spin Tetris

Grim.

An unlikely Andrew Lloyd-Webber project.

28. (22) Boy George The Crying Game

Strange cover of a strange song.-a Not ineffective though.

The theme tune to the film of the same name. Produced by the Pet Shop Boys.

James

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On 28/09/2020 22:03, James Heaton wrote:

"Chris Brown" <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:rkq02p$tbi$1@dont-email.me...

This one's been in the calendar for a while because Johnny Mandel,
co-writer of the MASH theme, died earlier this year. Since then, Toots
Hibbert, who also finds one of his songs covered here, has died, and
it turns out one of the other songs was written by 2020 COVID victim
John Prine.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrsup2_SD-FWlBi9Lm0QS_3

Chart dated: 3rd October 1992


1.-a-a (1) Shamen Ebeneezer Goode

Did anyone ever actually listed to this before passing it for airplay?
E's are good.....

I remember when the controversy blew up, John Humphries had to say "E's
are good, E's are good" on the Today Programme.

3.-a-a (3) Undercover Baker Street

Bizarre cover.

Bizarre in the sense that it's hard to believe anyone would think they
could improve the original, or even have a viable alternative.

4.-a (13) Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellite

Number one the next week I suspect.

2 weeks later, knocking the Shamen down to 3.

Huge, but her one really big hit.

True, although she wasn't quite the one-hit-wonder she's now remembered as. Coincidentally, last week she released a boxed set of her complete 1990s recordings.

7.-a-a (8) Lionel Richie My Destiny

He seemed so old on ToTP.-a Probably younger than me now!

*Googles* OK, so he was born in June 1949 which means he was about a
year older there than I am now.

8.-a-a (5) Brian May Too Much Love Will Kill You

I think the only song recorded both with a lead vocal by Brian and
Freddie in their history?

I'm not a Queen expert but that seems likely.
Aside from that one single in 1998, they resisted the Genesis option of promoting a singer from within their existing lineup.

9.-a-a (7) Manic Street Preachers/ Fatima Mansions Theme From M*A*S*H/
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Was this a charity record or something like that?

Yes, both tracks were from NME's Ruby Trax compilation, which marked the
40th anniversary of the singles chart, the NME itself and what was at
the time still called The Spastics Society.

A strange combination.

I can't imagine the Fatima Mansions got any airplay at all, presumably
they were just included because theirs was the most extreme track on the album.
There were two more single releases, from the Farm and Dannii Minogue,
but those just had B-sides by the same act as the A-side.

I travelled past the real Fatima Mansions at the time they
were being cleared, about 12-15 years ago now, on the Luas.

I hear they weren't a cheerful place.

18. (26) Stereo MC's Connected

Soon to be ruined by a million and one carphone warehouse adverts

And yet still not as annoying as the Dandy Warhols song that was in the Vodaphone advert.

22. (NE) Doctor Spin Tetris

Grim.

Not LLord Lloyd Webber's greatest contribution to music.

28. (22) Boy George The Crying Game

Strange cover of a strange song.-a Not ineffective though.

I've heard worse.

35. (NE) Crystal Waters / Sabrina Johnston Gypsy Woman (Remix)/Peace
(Remix)

Interesting linking of 2 songs from a while before.

Another charity single (from the Red Hot + Dance album).
Remixes are by "Joey Negro" and David Morales respectively.

45. (NE) Eric Clapton Layla - Unplugged

A lot of radio play.

Unsurprisingly. Not a big sales hit though.

46. (47) The Beautiful South 36D

Pretty much down the dumper by now, only to be saved by their greatest
hits album a couple of years later.

And possibly by the arrival of Jacqui Abbott. Ironically, this song was
one of the reasons Briana Corrigan left the band.

65. (34) EMF They're Here

Didn't realise this archetype of 1990 was even still around in late 82.

Still having hits in 1995!

89. (NE) Marshall Hain Dancing In The City (Summer '92 remix)

I remember Rick Wakeman doing a live version of this on the stylophone,
on a retro show hosted by Danny Baker - Question of Sport type format. Probably around this time.

Strangely I don't remember that at all, even though it's exactly the
sort of thing we would have been watching.

I've done a bit of YouTube and I reckon it must have been an episode of Bygones, which I probably saw but wouldn't have paid much attention to
because I wouldn't have recognised much of the stuff they were talking
about. It's not the same episode but you can see them playing that game
at the start of this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzdVhHpvFww&t=196s

Chris
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On 27/09/2020 15:40, Vidcapper wrote:

On 27/09/2020 13:20, Chris Brown wrote:

Chart dated: 3rd October 1992

10.-a (4) Snap! Rhythm Is A Dancer

29. (18) Annie Lennox-a-a-a Walking On Broken Glass

50. (33) ABBA-a-a-a Dancing Queen {1992 reissue}

Only three I know.

And one of those is from 16 years earlier (unless you're saying you specifically remember this re-issue).


Anyway, I know you're just waiting for a long list of songs that have
other versions. So here we have:

3. (3) Undercover Baker Street {cover of the Gerry Rafferty hit}

8. (5) Brian May Too Much Love Will Kill You {later released as a
Queen single with Freddie Mercury on vocals, though obviously that
version was recorded before 1992}
9. (7) Manic Street Preachers/ Fatima Mansions Theme From M*A*S*H/ (Everything I Do) I Do It For You {covers of the film theme and the
Bryan Adams hit}
11. (12) The Prodigy Fire {samples 'Fire' by the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown}
14. (NE) R.E.M. Drive {not an official sample but arguable inflence by
David Essex's 'Rock On'}
16. (NE) Mike Oldfield Sentinel (Single Restructure) {reuses the
original theme from 'Tubular Bells'}
19. (21) Messiah feat Precious Wilson I Feel Love {cover of the Donna
Summer hit}
20. (20) Daniel O'Donnell I Just Want To Dance With You {cover of a John Prine song which was also a country hit for George Strait}
22. (NE) Doctor Spin Tetris {a version of the Russian folk tune
Korobeiniki (-U-+-C-+-#-||U-|-+-+-|-+) which is of course known from the video game}
23. (NE) Neneh Cherry Money Love {samples 'For The Love Of Money' by The O'Jays}
28. (22) Boy George The Crying Game {cover of the Dave Berry hit}
37. (NE) Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK {also covered by Megadeth and
Green Jelly}
38. (NE) GSP The Banana Song {samples the theme from the Banana Splits}
44. (NE) Betty Boo I'm On My Way {the riff at the end sounds a bit like 'Lady Madonna'}
52. (37) Orbital Radiccio (EP)
[Halcyon; {samples Opus III's cover of 'It's A Fine Day']
55. (NE) Chaos Farewell My Summer Love {cover of the Michael Jackson hit}
56. (25) The Smiths How Soon Is Now {1992 reissue} {sampled on 'Hippychick' by Soho}
59. (40) Freddie Jackson Me And Mrs Jones {cover of the Billy Paul hit} 66. (35) Sinead O'Connor Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home {cover of the Loretta Lynn song}
68. (45) Izzy Stradlin Pressure Drop {cover of a Toots & The Maytals song}
69. (42) KWS Rock Your Baby {cover of the George McCrae hit}
83. (81) Spill Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil {cover of a track by John Martyn} 93. (70) Spectrum True Love Will Find You In The End {cover of a Daniel Johnston song}
95. (NE) Nancy Davis Higher And Higher {cover of the Jackie Wilson song}
99. (RE) Acen Trip II The Moon {samples the theme from 'You only Live Twice}

So, a lot of covers in 1992 eh?

Chris

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On 29/09/2020 22:15, Robbie wrote:

On 28/09/2020 22:03, James Heaton wrote:

"Chris Brown" <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote in message

3.-a-a (3) Undercover Baker Street

Bizarre cover.

It was that era of lazy dance cover versions of songs from the 1970s. 'Please Don't Go' being a prime (and a very successful) example in 1992.

And that was even a cover of a cover.

7.-a-a (8) Lionel Richie My Destiny

He seemed so old on ToTP.-a Probably younger than me now!

I've just checked and he was 43.

Phew.

9.-a-a (7) Manic Street Preachers/ Fatima Mansions Theme From M*A*S*H/
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Was this a charity record or something like that?-a A strange
combination.-a I travelled past the real Fatima Mansions at the time
they were being cleared, about 12-15 years ago now, on the Luas.

It was part of a project which NME and Radio 1 had put together to
celbrate the 40th anniversary of the NME. Acts were asked to choose
their favourite number 1 singles with the outcome being an album called 'Ruby Trax'.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ruby-Trax-The-NMEs-Roaring-Forty/release/1187528

All profits went to what was then The Spastics Society, now called Scope.

It became quite sought after a few years later when the Manics became
more popular. Even though their track is now more widely available, the
album still fetches more than the -u4:99 I paid for it because severl of
the tracks have never been reissued elsewhere.

22. (NE) Doctor Spin Tetris

Grim.

An unlikely Andrew Lloyd-Webber project.

I was never sure exactly what he did, since presumably Nigel Wright
would have done most of the work in the studio.

28. (22) Boy George The Crying Game

Strange cover of a strange song.-a Not ineffective though.

The theme tune to the film of the same name. Produced by the Pet Shop Boys.

He's also on the Ruby Trax album. He does 'My Sweet Lord', which sort of
fits.

Funnily enough I was listening to a podcast about the album today. https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gehdp-e9229b

Chris
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