Those of you who have any interset in this series might recall that the indie charts in May 1988 were topped by an act which made a living out of sampling. Three months on, they reached the pinnacle again, but this one is much trickier to recall in comparion to ‘Theme…’ :-
1 August 1988 : S’Express – Superfly Guy
Ten years on and a cover of a Womack and Womack song was #1 in the indie charts.
1 August 1998 : Lovestation – Teardrops
I’d never heard this till a few minutes ago. It came out on a specialist dance label – Fresh Records. I include it under duress as it’s quite ghastly.
1 August 2008 : mp3 : Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris – Dance Wiv Me
It was the middle of a seven week stay at the top of the chart….which means it will be featuing again next month…..except that I’m now killing the series. It’s been a long time coming but this, the least ‘indie’ of the near 2,000 posts on this blog, has delivered the fatal blow.
Hadn’t heard the Lovestation cover of Teardrops before – thank you for that. My idea of what a cover version should be, rather than the myriad of covers which just have the vocalist sing verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry slowly in a horrible voice.
Superfly Guy was a great tune, especially the Fluffy Bagel mix, proper acid sounds.
More than any other series, this one makes me feel old. For that reason I’m glad it’s stopping. It was nice to hear Superfly Guy again though – one I tend to forget about following the brilliance of its predecessor.
I’ve liked this series although, and this really does make me feel old, I would’ve probably related even more to a 40, 30, 20…. though I realise there was no such thing as an official indie chart until 1980. Perhaps in two years’ time you could tackle that one!