I Love No.1's - 1989

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

August saw 'Toxic' walkover the 2004 vote, with 33 ticks, whilst even Band Aid 20 got more ticks than Brian McFadden. Ha! Today we have a curious mix of soap stars, charity singles and... Jive Bunny. It's 1989!


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[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Ride on Time is ace - it was the biggest hit of the year, spending 6 weeks at number one and was the best selling too (just shy of a million).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2sjAnu_5ek

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

ride on time - blackbox VS numero uno - starlight (aka blackbox)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

vs Mixmaster 'Grand Piano' vs Wood Allen 'Airport 89' (both also Daniele Davoli iirc)

i must find an mp3 of Starlight's Magic Atto II someday tho - i remember it as having v weird/naff vocal hook but also v great L Holloway rip-off chorus (shockah)

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[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

They were forced to rerecord the vocals though, if I recall correctly, as they hadn't cleared the sample.

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

they got the BB girl to mimic Holloway's voice...is that right? she DID sound like her and obv herself on subsequent Blackbox singles. what a mindfeck.

still...why on earth would Hartman not want the credit for what was effectively a rework of his song?

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Whoops, thought I'd got away with that one.

ANYWAY, just because Hartman doesn't want his name listed on the album sleeve etc doesn't mean he's not getting any money, IYGWIM.

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[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I think it was much more complicated than that - the original copies used a Holloway sample, but they got in trouble, so they reissued it using the BB's girl's voice - except it wasn't her voice at all either, it was actually Martha Wash's, which then came out later when Martha Wash sued them or something. Martha Wash then sang on all subsequent singles, although BB girl mimed to them in videos and performances.

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

wow really? martha wash! i didn't think she sounded quite like that. it's a bit jocelyn brown too i guess, but not quite that deep.

it makes sense given Katrine was really just a thin model so unlikely to have that kind of voice! i remember a Blackbox interview (probably in Smash Hits again) where they talk about the girl not being able to speak English but learning to sing in it for the performances!

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[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

She also did the vocals on the C&C Music factory hits as well, I think, which were also mimed by a skinny girl

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Although this track is renowned throughout the industry as being a cover version of Love Sensation by Dan Hartman, after months of research the letter from [EMI] confirms that they make no claim to this title and Dan Hartman is not to receive a writer credit. EMI also request that this work is left as it is crediting the writers of the group Black Box only.