DANCE.

CHART COMMENTARY

For the first time this year it is a dead heat at the top of the Upfront Chart, with Janet Jackson's All For You and Fatboy Slim's Star 69 picking up exactly the same number of points from our panel of DJs. Jackson gets the number one purely on the strength of the fact her record was charted by four more DJs. With the original mix by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and a remix by Thunderpuss, it is Jackson's sixth Club Chart number one and replaces Jan Johnston's Flesh ... The resurgence of trance on the chart continues, with the highest new entry this week being German duo Schiller's Das Glockenspiel, a trance hit from 1999 now remixed by the likes of DJ Tiesto and Humate for the third millennium. It is off to a fast start in the clubs, bounding into the chart at number 12 a couple of notches ahead of Get It Up, Ultra Nate's best since Desire ... Motown's Moscow-based Black Russian had a minor club hit with Mystified in 1980. The latest Russian pop sensation Alsou wasn't even born then but she makes her mark in Club Chart history this week, as her UK debut Before You Love Me shoots 7-1 on the Pop Chart, while debuting at number 36 on the Upfront Chart. It is only a handful of points ahead on the Pop ranking, leaving Virtuoso stranded at number two for the second week with their Shakespears Sister remake Stay With Me ... Sony artists have the Top Five all sewn up on the Urban Chart -- kind of. Epic's rising soul star Jon B jumps to the top of the chart with his current US hit Don't Talk, while Columbia has QB Finest moving 8-4 with their love it/hate it debut Oochie Wally, and Destiny's Child closing 20-5 with Survivor. That leaves another Epic artist, Macy Gray, to claim second and third positions -- both via guest spots with Universal acts. Macy took time off from recording her second solo album to record Geto Heaven with Common (up 10-2) and Request Line (new at number three) with Black Eyed Peas. The success of the two records has pushed new artist Sunshine Anderson's Heard It All Before back a couple of notches to number nine -- the irony being that Sunshine is managed by ... Macy Gray.

 
COOL CUTS CHART 
as featured on Tall Paul's Saturday night show on Kiss 100 and 
Emap Big City network 
 
 1   (41)    KEEP CONTROL                                     Fuel 
             Sono 
             (Excellent unusual German vocal 
             house track now with new Hydrogen 
             Rockers remix) 
 
 2   [NEW]   ROMEO/WHERE'S YOUR HEAD                            XL 
             Bassment Jaxx 
             (First single and a taste of the 
             forthcoming album) 
 
 3   [NEW]   WE COME ONE                                    Cheeky 
             Faithless 
             (Anthemic Rollo production with 
             mixes from Dave Clarke, DJ Garth 
             and Wookie) 
 
 4    (5)    LIFETIMES                                        Soma 
             Slam feat. Tyrone 
             (The first single from their 
             forthcoming album -- Alien Radio) 
 
 5   [NEW]   OVER YOU                                     Defected 
             Warren Clarke 
             (Featuring mixes from Cevin Fisher, 
             Spen & Karizma and ATFC) 
 
 6   [NEW]   PLAY TO WIN                                AM:PM/Blue 
             Cosmos 
             (Tom Middleton conjures up an epic 
             house groove) 
 
 7    (7)    BLACKOUT                                  White Label 
             Lil Louis vs Hydrogen Rockers 
             (The Rockers take on a classic 
             early Lil Louis house track) 
 
 8   [NEW]   DEEP DOWN AND DIRTY                            Island 
             Stereo MCs 
             (The first single for 10 years with 
             mixes from Jon Carter and Different 
             Gear) 
 
 9   [NEW]   NEVER ENOUGH                           Peppermint Jam 
             Boris Dlugosch with Roisin Murphy 
             (It's the Chocolate Puma mix that 
             has set this track alight) 
 
10   (12)    GET IT GOT IT GOOD EP                        Defected 
             Mr G 
             (Doublepack EP of solid house 
             grooves) 
 
11   [NEW]   WASTELAND                                        Data 
             Kamaya Painters 
             (Powerful progressive trance with 
             mixes from Chab and HitchHiker) 
 
12   (14)    THE DOOR                                 Black & Blue 
             Circuit Boy feat. Alan T 
             (Excellent deep and dark tribal 
             groove with mixes from Danny 
             Tenaglia) 
 
13   [NEW]   DJ                                     Strictly Rhythm 
             Resonance feat. The Burrells 
             (Uplifting old-school style garage 
             tune with mixes from Full Intention) 
 
14   [NEW]   SOULSHAKA                                    Infusion 
             Jan Driver 
             (Underground track from last year in 
             excellent new mixes from Trisco and 
             Tom Novy) 
 
15   (16)    STARS/GET ON UP                                 Sharp 
             Sharp Disco Sessions 
             (Two energetic disco/house 
             floorfillers from the Sharp Boys) 
 
16   [NEW]   THE SEARCHER/THE WALK                        Novamute 
             Tim Wright 
             (Very original hybrid 
             techno-breakbeat tune with an 
             awesome bassline) 
 
17   [NEW]   VOODOO                                   Soul Phusion 
             Chuck Coogan 
             (Driving funky house groove very 
             much in the style of Hatiras) 
 
18   [NEW]   OUTSKIRTS                                 Global Cuts 
             Ron Houder 
             (European progressive house with 
             twisted breaks mixes from Hybrid) 
 
19   [NEW]   EXCLUSIVE                                 White Label 
             System 
             (Latin house aimed firmly at Miami's 
             Ocean Drive) 
 
20   [NEW]   TAKE IT EASY/SHAKE ME (REMIXES)           White Label 
             Mint Rovale 
             (The Plump DJs and The Light put 
             Mint Royale through their paces) 
 
Compiled by DJ feedback and data collected from the following 
stores: Black Market/City Sounds/Flying/Plastic Fantastic/Pure 
Groove/Release The Groove/Tag/Trax/Vinyl Addiction (London); 
Eastern Bloc (Manchester); 23rd Precinct (Glasgow); 3 Beat 
(Liverpool); Flying (Newcastle); Massive (Oxford); The Disc 
(Bradford); Rhythm Syndicate (Cambridge); Plastic Surgery 
(Maidstone); Urban/Covert (Brighton); Crash (Leeds). 
URBAN TOP 20 
 
 1       3       2   DON'T TALK                                Epic 
                     Jon B 
 
 2      10       2   GETO HEAVEN                          Universal 
                     Common feat. Macy Gray 
 
 3   [NEW]   [NEW]   REQUEST LINE                        Interscope 
                     Black Eyed Peas feat. Macy Gray 
 
 4       8       3   OOCHIE WALLY QB                       Columbia 
                     Finest feat. Nas & Bravehearts 
 
 5      20       2   SURVIVOR                              Columbia 
                     Destiny's Child 
 
 6       1       4   RENDEZVOUS                            Wildstar 
                     Craig David 
 
 7      19       2   ABSOLUTELY/BIG PIMPIN'               Urbanstar 
                     Charlie Wilson 
 
 8   [NEW]   [NEW]   DIRTY SHAME/EVERYBODY C'MON/              Jive 
                     WHO'S SHE LOVIN' NOW?. 
                     Liberty City FLA 
 
 9       7       5   HEARD IT ALL BEFORE                    Soulife 
                     Sunshine Anderson 
 
10       6       4   GET UR FREAK ON                            WEA 
                     Missy Elliott 
 
11      15       3   SO FRESH, SO CLEAN                LaFace/Arista 
                     Outkast 
 
12       9       3   MY GETAWAY                            Maverick 
                     Tionne `T-Boz' Watkins 
 
13   [NEW]   [NEW]   WHO'S THAT GIRL?                    Interscope 
                     Eve 
 
14       4       7   COULD IT BE                       Divine Mill/ 
                     Jaheim                            Warner Bros. 
 
15      11       2   SMILE                                     Dome 
                     Dennis Taylor 
 
16   [NEW]   [NEW]   IT'S OVER NOW 112                  Puff Daddy/ 
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