![]() ![]() See the retro Top 5 the week Black Eyed Peas were ruling the Official Singles Chart. Enya would go on to have ten more Top 10 singles, including another Number 1 as part of the Mario Winans smash I Don’t Wanna Know. This ethereal symphony, with strings and harmonies a go-go, was a surprise hit for the Irish singer, but while she may have been a wonder, she was after more than one hit. Bounding 24 places was Enya with Orinoco Flow. With the initial verse, the writer states that she wants to live each day to the fullest and give her very best. New York rockers Wheatus, also had a hit with A Little Respect, taking it all the way to Number 3 in 2001.Īt Number 5 was a lady who was well on her way to the top spot. On One Moment in Time, the narrator (Whitney Houston) expresses her resolve to utilize the chances she gets in a day to the best of her abilities and make her mark. It was covered by ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again in October 1992, peaking at Number 25. A Little Respect would return to the Official Singles Chart twice. They would go on to have 11 more, including a Number 1 in June 1992, with Abba-esque, an EP of ABBA covers. The kings of ‘80s bleeps and beats were at the peak of their career, this being their fifth Top 10 hit on the Official Singles Chart. ![]() We're not sure what fourth place is in the Olympics, but you definitely don't get a medal, do you? (That's enough of the Olympics references, thanks – Sport & Leisure Ed.) Anyway, climbing three places to Number 4 was electronic duo Erasure with the anthemic A Little Respect. He had four more Top 40 huts, including C’Mon And Get My Love, which helped to launch the career of Cathy Denniswho many years down the line would pen smashes like Toxic for Britney Spears and Can’t Get You Out Of My Head for Kylie Minogue. Some may have written D Mob off as a one-hit wonder, but he had other plans. The track was one of the first to bring the music craze of acid house into the Official Singles Chart, much to the dismay of mums and dads who wished their offspring would just “turn that racket down”. Her first and only Christmas-themed album, One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003), produced the top twenty adult contemporary charted single, 'One Wish (For Christmas)', continuing her success on the adult contemporary charts. Taking bronze at Number 3, zooming up 17 places was D Mob – aka house music mogul Dancin’ Danny D – with We Call It Acieed. Never again would he hum, click and beatbox his way into the Official Singles Chart Top 40. ![]() The album tied in to this theme, with songs like 'Reason To Try' by Eric Carmen and 'Willpower' by Taylor Dayne. Around this time, television coverage of the Olympics was becoming less about competition and more about the athlete's stories. Bobby also gets a free pass into our one-hit wonder hall of fame. Houston recorded this for the album One Moment in Time: 1988 Summer Olympics Album. Now better known from oodles of adverts and appearing as a slogan on T-shirts, Don’t Worry Be Happy would never advance on its peak. She also had the record for the most WMAs won in a single year, winning five awards at the 6th World Music Awards in 1994. The Manhattan tunesmith’s a cappella hit was feature on the soundtrack to Tom Cruise’s bonkbuster movie Cocktail and was a worldwide smash. In silver medal position at Number 2, and climbing one place, it was Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t Worry Be Happy. Watch the video for One Moment In Time before we check out the rest of our retro Top 5, which is pretty cool, we have to say. It’s a little-known song – you may have heard of it – called I Will Always Love You. ![]() She would go on to have one more chart-topper in her career. One Moment In Time was Whitney’s third Number 1 and has sold 326,000 copies – finishing 14th in the year-end chart for 1988. While the video doesn’t feature Whitney herself, it does show a range of athletes achieving their dreams, pushing themselves to be the best they can be for their country, waving flags, cheering, getting medals. Specially recorded for a star-studded commemorative album, One Moment In Time was Whitney doing what she did best – belting it out and making you blub in the process. It was released on August 27, 1988, as the first single from the compilation album, 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Whitney Houston's tenth top 10 hit.What better way to follow 12 months of nonstop success than basically own the Olympics? One Moment In Time wasn’t the official anthem of the 1 988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but by the end of the event, it was the only track anybody was talking about. Released in August 1988, this was the first single from The 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time, the soundtrack to the Games in Seoul, South Korea. ARTIST(S): Whitney Houston COMPOSER(S): Albert Hammond, John Bettis ARRANGER(S): Jacob White Description: ![]()
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