DANCE.

CHART COMMENTARY

For only the second time this year, the same track simultaneously tops the Club and Pop Charts -- and it is probably because of the postal strike. Earlier this year, M&S present The Girl Next Door shot to the top of both charts with Salsoul Nugget (If U Wanna) exploding into action after a very lengthy gestation on limited promo. The record subsequently proved its mettle by reaching number six on the CIN chart, and is currently the 41st biggest seller of the year. Fast forward to the present day, and Eddy Grant's Electric Avenue repeats the feat, surging 10-1 on the Club Chart and 4-1 on the Pop Chart (where, incidentally, he deprives Texas of their second number one of the year with the newly-remixed version of their 1989 debut hit I Don't Want A Lover). Grant is massively ahead on the Pop Chart, where only a very small minority of DJs are not reporting Electric Avenue, but on the Club Chart, Grant's margin of victory is equivalent to getting just one more number one on a DJ chart than his runner-up, Code Blue's Sono with Keep Control ... We have had very little post all week at our London Bridge office. Consequently more than 90% of the DJ returns used for this week's chart were faxed in. The split is usually closer to 50/50, so as not to penalise the DJs who do not have a fax, but those which arrive by post are invariably and for obvious reasons a couple of days behind the more instantaneous faxed charts. It looked as though the Sono record was ahead in the early part of the week, and was only overtaken by Grant at the very end of the week and, given our normal mix, would probably have been number one. With the postal strike apparently now over, we should start getting back to normal next week, though inevitably many of the charts that arrive will be late ones from this week, and will have to be discounted in order to prevent the chart reflecting an earlier period and going into reverse ... Turning briefly to the Urban Chart, R Kelly & Jay-Z's Fiesta is number one for the third week in a row, though its lead over Indle Arie's Video (now serviced in new mixes) has all but shrunk away, and the stylish new Motown vocalist may get her shot at the top next week.

 
COOL CUTS CHART 
 
as featured on Tall Paul's Saturday night show on Kiss 100 and Emap 
Big City Network 
 
 1       2   ANOTHER CHANCE Roger Sanchez                      Defected 
             (Featuring mixes from Miguel Migs and 
             Mr G) 
 
 2       4   WHY CAN'T YOU FREE SOME TIME 
             Armand Van Helden                                    Armed 
             (Armand's back with some filtered 
             guitar licks and disco loops) 
 
 3       1   MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE Da Hool              Manifesto 
             (Back in vogue and set to be huge again 
             with new mixes from Pete Heller and 
             Fergie) 
 
 4   [NEW]   SUN Slusnik Luna                               white label 
             (Catchy crossover Euro-trance set to be 
             huge, though still unsigned as yet) 
 
 5       8   SWEET MUSIC EDP feat Ashley Slater                 Scorpio 
             (Hot tune from last year gets a full 
             release with new mixes from Triple X) 
 
 6   [NEW]   ALRIGHT Kidstuff                                 Fluential 
             (Simple but very infectious house track 
             from Mark Wilkinson and Paul Jackson) 
 
 7   [NEW]   SUPERSTRING Cygnus X                           Xtravaganza 
             (Its big synth breakdown makes this a 
             surefire trance hit) 
 
 8   [NEW]   WHAT'S YOUR MAN GOT TO DO WITH GAN 
             Greenkeepers                                       Classic 
             (Excellent genre-defying four-track EP 
             of jazz, funk and house) 
 
 9   [NEW]   THE MUSIC IN YOU Monoboy                          Perfecto 
             (Theme to C4's Around the World In 80 
             Raves docudrama with mix from Oliver 
             Lieb) 
 
10   [NEW]   AIN'T GONNA Brent Lawrence feat. 
             Maureen Parker                                Black & Blue 
             (Big underground track on import now 
             out here with new mix from Piece 
             Process) 
 
11      12   QUESTIONS MUST BE ASKED David Forbes               Serious 
             (Tough house track with a new mix from 
             Mike Monday) 
 
12   [NEW]   ROCK ROSE Star                                    Platipus 
             (Tough progressive track with remixes 
             from Chabb and ddH) 
 
13   [NEW]   SHARP TOOLS VOL.5 Sharp                   Sharp Recordings 
             (The Sharp Tools underground house 
             series returns in style) 
 
14   [NEW]   LTD7 Circulation                               Circulation 
             (Tougher and dirtier than their 
             previous work and a genuine 
             floorfiller) 
 
15   [NEW]   TAKE IT BACK Vortex                                 Craven 
             (Excellent well-produced underground 
             house groove) 
 
16   [NEW]   EVIL ACID Wink                                        Ovum 
             (Hard electro-acid workout from Josh 
             Wink) 
 
17   [NEW]   HAVE MERCY/BLISTER BOY Justin Robertson         Bugged Out 
             (Bugged Out resident produces the 
             legendary club's first release as a 
             label) 
 
 
18   [NEW]   SONIC BLUE Cequenza                                Spot On 
             (Quality progressive trance with a mix 
             from John Johnson and Atlantis) 
 
19   [NEW]   SIGNS Badmarsh & Shri                             Outcaste 
             (Featuring UK Apache on vocals and 
             mixes from Bonobo and Blowfelt) 
 
20   [NEW]   THE SUN New Sector Movements                        Virgin 
             (Cool jazzy excursion with mixes from 
             Kenny Dope) 
 
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       1       7   FIESTA R Kelly feat. Jay-Z                  Jive 
 
 2       3       3   VIDEO India Arie                          Motown 
 
 3       2       4   ALL I WANT Mis-Teeq              Inferno/Telstar 
 
 4       5       2   SATISFIED Rhona                             Epic 
 
 5       8      10   DON'T TALK Jon B                            Epic 
 
 6      10       3   ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE 
                     Brandy & Ray J                               WEA 
 
 7       7      13   HEARD IT ALL BEFORE 
                     Sunshine Anderson                        Soulife 
 
 8      13       9   WHO'S THAT GIRL? Eve          Interscope/Polydor 
 
 9       6       7   RIDE WIT ME Nelly feat. 
                     City Spud                              Universal 
 
10   [NEW]   [NEW]   DANCE FOR ME Sisqo                      Def Soul 
 
11   [NEW]   [NEW]   HEAVEN & HELL Masai                Concept Music 
 
12      18      12   GET UR FREAK ON 
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