Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

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Can I point out to Matt that my 'glaring omission' choice was 'Back For Good' and I have said so, though I imagine that's on the 'your votes' thread.

Alba, Rapper's Delight was a huge hit well before Grandmaster Flash.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 18 November 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link

dance was to the uk what hip-hop was to the us
One has to consider the club culture element ... sure, the Cream, Perfecto, Ministry of Sound, etc. comps were big sellers, but if you're comparing radio play/chart prescence, UK Dance Anthems vs US Hip-Hop Anthems is a mismatch, no?

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link

see it had been my understanding that it wasn't, that uk dance actually did chart/get airplay in the uk.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

apparently i was wrong!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I think it did get chart/airplay in the UK, but nothing close to that of hip-hop in the US (i.e. it's still a mismatch).

I mentioned the various club comps because I believe they were the biggest cash cows (and chart successes) of the UK club scene, but if I'm way off in that assumption then someone please clarify.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Martin - my early rap chronologies are all hazy. You're quite right of course.

I don't know enough about USA charts to comment on MindInRewind's comparison. Certainly there was a lot of dance in the charts here, though obv. daytime radio tended towards the poppier stuff.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I've been listening to "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and blount's comparison was brilliant (even though he took it back later). This I do get.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 19:15 (nineteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

All the whining ruined this thread, I hope people eventually realize.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 6 August 2005 08:38 (eighteen years ago) link

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