| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
8th Jan |
Chaka Demus & Pliers |
Twist & Shout |
2 |
Jamaican reggae/rap (ragga)
duo who scored 3 Top 10 hits in 1993, but this
was their only UK No 1. |
22nd Jan |
D:Ream |
Things Can Only Get Better |
4 |
Only No 1 for this British
pop act, whose early minor hits made the Top
10 upon reissue in 1994. This
hit was used by New Labour in their 1997 campaign,
and hit the Top 20 again. |
19th Feb |
Mariah Carey |
Without You |
4 |
A 1st UK No 1 for this major
US star with 16 Top 10s in the 1990s. In
the US she had 14 No 1s! The song was No
1 for Nilsson in 1972. |
19th Mar |
Doop |
Doop |
3 |
Dutch instrumental duo, who
revived the 1920s Charleston dance for this off-the-wall
hit. One-hit Wonders. |
9th Apr |
Take That |
Everything Changes |
2 |
This was their 4th UK No 1
and Gary Barlow was now becoming a song writer
of note, composing most of their major hits. |
23rd Apr |
Prince |
The Most Beautiful Girl In
The World |
2 |
From 1980 to 1999 he accumulated
50 UK hits although this was his only ever UK
No 1. |
7th May |
Tony Di Bart |
The Real Thing |
1 |
British house music performer
whose recordings were well known in the clubs
before he burst on to the charts with this No
1. |
14th May |
Stiltskin |
Inside |
1 |
Only UK No 1 for this Scottish
band, virtually unknown until Levi's chose this
track for a new jeans TV ad. |
21st May |
Manchester United 1994 Football
Squad |
Come On You Reds |
2 |
They were very much the top
team of the 1990s, with one of the biggest fan
clubs in the world. Incredibly, from 1976
to 1999, the players scored 8 chart hits, 4 of
which made the Top 10. |
4th Jun |
Wet Wet Wet |
Love Is All Around |
15 |
A 3rd and final UK No 1 with
this song, taken from the film "Four
Weddings & A
Funeral". They successfully continued until
the end of the decade, when they broke up. |
17th Sep |
Whigfield |
Saturday Night |
4 |
Only UK No 1 for this former model from Denmark,
with a Euro dance track written and produced in
Italy. |
15th Oct |
Take That |
Sure |
2 |
A 5th No 1 and the start of a second run of
4 No 1s, after the relative failure of "Love Ain't
Here Anymore" which
peaked at No 3. |
29th Oct |
Pato Banton (with Robin & Ali
Campbell) |
Baby Come Back |
4 |
UK reggae/rap performer with an Equals No 1 from
1968. For Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40, this
was their third involvement in a chart topper that
was a former No 1 song. |
26th Nov |
Baby D |
Let Me Be Your Fantasy |
2 |
UK dance music trio who scored two further Top
3 hits after this chart topper but never reached
the top spot again. |
10th
Dec |
East 17 |
Stay Another Day |
5 |
Only UK No 1 for this boy band from east London,
who had to live in the shadow of Take That. They
did, however, score 12 Top 10s between 1992 and
1998. |
