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This Week In 1994: July 3, 1994
Most songs are lucky to be a hit once. But there are plenty of successful tunes that go on to have a second lease of life thanks to a hit...
Jul 3, 20194 min read
This Week In 1994: June 26, 1994
At the start of June, we saw how it took Take That quite some time to establish themselves as a chart force in Australia. This week in 1994, another British act that had been around for a number of years finally started to take of here. Better late than never — Roachford finally broke through in Australia in 1994 In this case, the band in question had been releasing music since 1988, and scored a top 5 single at home the following year. They didn't quite reach those dizzy hei
Jun 26, 20193 min read
This Week In 1994: June 19, 1994
In 1979, sports-related singles "Up There Cazaly" and "C'mon Aussie C'mon" had both topped the Australian singles chart. While in 1983,...
Jun 19, 20194 min read
This Week In 1994: June 12, 1994
Australia sure did love an overblown ballad in the 1990s. The best-selling singles of 1990, 1991 and 1993 had all been big ballads, while...
Jun 12, 20196 min read
This Week In 1994: June 5, 1994
They had been landing top 10 singles at home in the UK for the previous couple of years, but Britain's premier boy band had yet to really...
Jun 5, 20194 min read
This Week In 1994: May 29, 1994
Having a song I liked from my youth featured in an animated movie is a double edged sword. On the plus side, it brings an often forgotten track back to prominence and introduces it to a new audience. I doubt Reel 2 Real could've predicted where their song would end up On the down side, kids are only aware of trolls and dancing lemurs performing the tracks, and not the original artists. This week in 1994, a song that was quite an edgy dance track at the time but has since beco
May 29, 20194 min read
