Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)Ī summer dominated by commercial dance tracks, with Sonique's Feels So Good taking the top spot for 3 weeks in June, and Modjo taking the tail end of summer with the Chic-sampling Lady (Hear Me Tonight). A massive tune, even though you don't want to admit it.Ģ000 Spiller feat.
While Lou's Mambo No.5 was a guilty pleasure, so was Ricky's Livin La Vida Loca, so due to its slightly more seasonal chart-topping date (Ricky ruled in July, while Lou hit top spot in September - although imports had been doing well for some time prior to this), we're going for the Puerto Rican superstar. The year of the Latin invasion, the summer belonged to Ricky Martin and Lou Bega. Released in mid-June, it peaked at number 2, with both the song and the accompanying video becoming equally legendary. A procession of transient number 1s followed, with B*Witched's C'est La Vie, Another Level's Freak Me, Jamiroquai's Deeper Underground and Spice Girls' Viva Forever all taking top spot, but the song of the summer was undoubtedly the towering Bittersweet Symphony released by a revitalised Verve. A funk sample, big Willie on the mic and some dancing aliens - you really can't go wrong.Īnother football tournament summer arrived and Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds scored another number 1, with the reworked Three Lions '98 topping the charts throughout June. However, our winner is Will Smith's epic funkathon Men in Black, which was number 1 for a month from the middle of August. We're still dreaming lads.Ī strong summer of hits in '97 saw highly commended awards go to Hanson, for the are-you-sure-that-lead-singer's-not-a-girl MmmBop, which topped the charts for 3 weeks in June, and the Police-sampling Biggie tribute, I'll be Missing You performed by Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112, which spent a total of 6 weeks atop the chart. The soundtrack to those epic moments - Gazza's wonderstrike, the Shearer & Sheringham-inspired destruction of the Dutch, winning a penalty shoot-out against Spain - was provided by the best football song ever written: Three Lions, courtesy of Ian Broudie's Lightning Seeds and Fantasy Football stars Frank Skinner and David Baddiel. The summer where football came home, the nation believed, and then we lost to the Germans on penalties again. Just try it.ġ996 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
It is scientifically impossible for anyone to say those words and for you not to respond with "Let me hear you say way-o" before the other person agrees, stating: "way-o". However, seeing as very few people bought that who were either: a) under 65, or b) not a fan of Soldier Soldier (or both), the real song of the summer was undoubtedly the Outhere Brothers' highbrow follow up to Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) which took the formula and perfected it: creating the 4-week number 1 hit Boom Boom Boom.
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The early stages of Simon Cowell's reign of terror, the TV double act of Robson & Jerome ruled the hit parade over May, June and July with their double A-side of Unchained Melody and (There'll be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover. However, the true sound of the summer belonged to a slinky Michael McDonald sample, Warren G's flow, and Nate Dogg's luscious tones - which combined to create Regulate: an all-time classic. Unfortunately in terms of sales, there was no competition, as the song that dominated 1994, Wet Wet Wet's Four Weddings behemoth Love is All Around, spent 15 weeks at number 1 throughout the summer months. The reggae takeover continued unabated in the summer of 1994, with Big Mountain, Dawn Penn, Red Dragon and Aswad all making appearances, but none laying claim to being the definitive summer track. If you didn't buy 100% Reggae that year, you missed out on the greatest compilation album of all time.
The biggest of them all though was Chaka Demus and Pliers' bootylicious Tease Me, which spent 10 weeks in the top 10 through June, July and August, peaking at number 3.
While the summer chart-toppers were Gabrielle, who spent 3 week at the top with Dreams, and Take That, who scored their first number one with Pray (scoring extra summer marks for a beach video), the real sound of the summer was undoubtedly reggae, as Inner Circle, UB40, Ace of Base and Shabba Ranks all scored top 10 hits. We take a look at the Song of the Summer for each of the last 20 years: sit back and remember those hazy, lazy summer days of yore.Ĭheck out the Spotify Playlist of our choices There's nothing quite like that moment when the sun breaks through, the shorts come out, and the ice cream man finally starts making some money, even if it normally doesn't happen until September.Īnd as the barbecues start, the radio comes on, and one tune begins to take over as the summer anthem that everyone is listening to.
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