Ooh, January 1998 - a great month for music (I was 12
). Great to see what you were liking back then Bill.
Particularly liking number 2 and number 6 there.
Here's the UK singles chart from this week in 1998:
18.01.19981 - NEW - 01 - Oasis - ALL AROUND THE WORLD 10 - 01 - 02 - All Saints - NEVER EVER
02 - 02 - 03 - Bamboo - BAMBOOGIE
1 - NEW - 04 - Radiohead - NO SURPRISES
1 - NEW - 05 - Ian Brown - MY STAR 02 - 03 - 06 - Wildchild - RENEGADE MASTER '98
03 - 07 - 07 - Lighthouse Family - HIGH
07 - 05 - 08 - Janet Jackson - TOGETHER AGAIN
07 - 06 - 09 - Robbie Williams - ANGELS
09 - 04 - 10 - Various Artists - PERFECT DAY
1 - NEW - 11 - OTT - THE STORY OF LOVE 12 - 10 - 12 - Natalie Imbruglia - TORN
1 - NEW - 13 - Goldie - TEMPER TEMPER 03 - 08 - 14 - Space - AVENGING ANGELS
10 - 16 - 15 - Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8
1 - NEW - 16 - Peter Andre Featuring Warren G - ALL NIGHT ALL RIGHT 02 - 11 - 17 - Clock - THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT)
03 - 17 - 18 - Warren G Featuring Sissel - PRINCE IGOR
05 - 09 - 19 - Spice Girls - TOO MUCH
08 - 14 - 20 - Boyzone - BABY CAN I HOLD YOU / SHOOTING STAR
1 - NEW - 21 - Somore Featuring Damon Trueitt - I REFUSE (WHAT YOU WANT) 09 - 24 - 22 - Lutricia McNeal - AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY
07 - 15 - 23 - Teletubbies - TELETUBBIES SAY EH-OH!
14 - 18 - 24 - Aqua - BARBIE GIRL
03 - 19 - 25 - Allure - ALL CRIED OUT
1 - NEW - 26 - Kaleef - SANDS OF TIME 09 - 22 - 27 - Steven Houghton - WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
02 - 13 - 28 - Queen - NO-ONE BUT YOU / TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN
02 - 12 - 29 - Bernard Butler - STAY
1 - NEW - 30 - S-J - I FEEL DIVINE 05 - 25 - 31 - Mase - FEEL SO GOOD
19 - 21 - 32 - Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND '97 / SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
1 - NEW - 33 - Ultra Nate - FREE (THE MIXES) 02 - 20 - 34 - Rialto - UNTOUCHABLE
06 - 27 - 35 - Vanilla - NO WAY NO WAY
1 - NEW - 36 - Snoop Doggy Dogg - THE DOGGFATHER 06 - 31 - 37 - Celine Dion - THE REASON
07 - 26 - 38 - Five - SLAM DUNK (DA FUNK)
08 - 32 - 39 - Verve - LUCKY MAN
07 - 28 - 40 - Sheryl Crow - TOMORROW NEVER DIES
16 - 36 - 41 - Backstreet Boys - AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME
02 - 23 - 42 - Smokin' Beats Featuring Lyn Eden - DREAMS
07 - 37 - 43 - Seahorses - YOU CAN TALK TO ME
1 - NEW - 44 - Gravediggaz - THE NIGHT THE EARTH CRIED 11 - 34 - 45 - Barbra Streisand And Celine Dion - TELL HIM
03 - 35 - 46 - 2Pac - I WONDER IF HEAVEN GOT A GHETTO
07 - 33 - 47 - BT - FLAMING JUNE
02 - 29 - 48 - Faith No More - ASHES TO ASHES
08 - 39 - 49 - Reds United - SING UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS!
06 - 40 - 50 - Propellerheads And Shirley Bassey - HISTORY REPEATING
03 - 38 - 51 - Brand New Heavies - SHELTER
02 - 30 - 52 - Family Stand - GHETTO HEAVEN
05 - 46 - 53 - Chicken Shed - I AM IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD
1 - NEW - 54 - DJ Shadow Vs Peshay And DJ Die - WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE (PART 1) 09 - 42 - 55 - Louise - LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN
17 - 53 - 56 - Oasis - STAND BY ME
11 - 43 - 57 - PF Project Featuring Ewan McGregor - CHOOSE LIFE
06 - 47 - 58 - Bryan Adams - BACK TO YOU
14 - 50 - 59 - Spice Girls - SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
09 - 49 - 60 - Prodigy - SMACK MY BITCH UP
03 - 41 - 61 - Industry Standard - INDUSTRY STANDARD VOLUME 1 (WHAT YOU WANT WHAT YOU NEED)
1 - NEW - 62 - Mystica - EVER REST 03 - 45 - 63 - David Holmes - DON'T DIE JUST YET
08 - 67 - 64 - Texas - PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME
18 - 59 - 65 - Dario G - SUNCHYME
03 - 44 - 66 - Joe - GOOD GIRLS
06 - 67 - 67 - U2 - IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS
09 - 68 - 68 - Peter Andre - LONELY
09 - 75 - 69 - Woolpackers - LINE DANCE PARTY
08 - 48 - 70 - Gala - LET A BOY CRY
08 - 61 - 71 - M People - FANTASY ISLAND
08 - 57 - 72 - Todd Terry Presents Shannon - IT'S OVER LOVE
06 - 54 - 73 - Sting And The Police - ROXANNE '97
08 - RE - 74 - Pulp - HELP THE AGED
07 - 62 - 75 - Space Brothers - FORGIVEN (I FEEL YOUR LOVE)
At the time I was really into dance/pop - if I had been doing a chart back then, BT's "Flaming June" would have been very high, and so would Five's "Slam Dunk..."