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Another great hit from 1993, “The Rhythm of the Night” was a hit for Corona. I don’t know how she danced around so much with those gigantic gold earrings but I love this track. Reminds me of fairgrounds and junior discos.

More black waistcoats without anything underneath from 1993 – Yay! Some great dancing in this. I love the bass line and the way it reminds me of proper clubbing. Is it just me or is Haddaway wearing coloured contact lenses in this video? Good irony, too: “Baby don’t hurt me” to the vampiress.

I love the black leather waistcoat the guy wears in this video. This was the true era of clubbing when people really went for it with the outfits. Nowadays it seems everyone wants to look like Girls Aloud and pick up a footballer rather than experience some truly banging music and prance around in PVC […]

In line with their striking pedigree of hit adverts and soundtracks, Levi’s took TV by storm once more with a montage of twisty dancers throwing their limbs about and doing Exorcist-style tricks with their necks to the wonderful sound of Pepe Deluxe “Woman in Blue” otherwise known as “Before you Leave” – shown below the […]

Levi’s continued their advertising history with a little yellow puppet that aimed to shift more of their jeans. The music and the furry little fiend took the world by storm – topping the charts and bringing out a popular imitation puppet. The response was so immense that Levi’s broke their one-campaign-only rule and brought Flat […]

This was, very possibly, the album of the 1990s. Nirvana didn’t produce one better and, for me, only Pearl Jam’s 10 has stood the test of time anything like as well as Nevermind by Nirvana. It amazes me a little to think this album dropped onto the scene in the very beginning of last decade, […]

George Formby was born George Hoy Booth on 26 May 1904 in Wigan, Lancashire. He started out as a professional jockey because his father didn’t want his son to follow him into showbusiness. Once his Father died, George went into stand-up. He bought a ukelele from an actor for £2.50 with a bet that he […]

The Mr Bombastic Levi’s advert was hugely popular in the nineties as the cartoon was clever and funny, but mostly as the soundtrack was so incredibly sexy. Everyone wanted to use it for their program features, soundtracks and parties. Apparently this is the Sting remix of Shaggy‘s classic. A great excuse to grind and an […]

Just look at Mr Bombastic with his bad boy shaven haircut and nineties waistcoat trying to a pull a girl in a pink velvet catsuit! What a charmer! Shaggy was also well known for one of the sexiest songs ever “Mr Bombastic” which was featured on a highly successful Levi’s advert. Lyrics for “Oh Carolina” […]

When you think of Queen, you most probably think of Bohemian Rhapsody. The longest radio played song (five minutes and fifty five seconds!!), the first pop video ever and using ground-breaking multi-layered vocals, Queen were to change pop and rock for ever and to stay at number one for nine weeks with this fantastic and […]

I only went to school for a few years in the 1980s and 1990s, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t just me who had to sing at least one song while they were at school! Here I’m not talking about school songs – only posh schools have them, sometimes in latin, and never in tune […]

In 1999 DJ Luck and MC Neat released “Do you really like it” which sparked a small phenomenon in people saying “we’re loving it” (like the MacDonald’s slogan) and “wicked”. Their blend of UK Garage was somewhat more palatable than what had been heard before as they lent a house touch to the rather DIY […]

Check out the leopard-print waistcoats and camp-as-hell dancing from Jason. Some classic big hats from the smiley face 90′s dance era. Lyrics for “Relight My Fire” Help me escape this feelin’ of insecurity I need you so much but I dont think you really need me But if we all stand up in the name […]

In May 2000, the little UK garage upstarts, Oxide and Neutrino made this completely budget tune (which I love for the novelty value) using a Casualty sample and some words out of the 1998 film -Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The rapper sounded quite a lot like MC Neat but was in fact part […]

Famous for coining the term “Scrubs” and Lisa LeftEye Lopez getting into trouble, TLC were one of the best-selling girl bands of all time. Despite selling millions of records, the members of the band were only taking home a tiny percentage and thus ended up in massive debt.