The 10 Worst UK Number Ones of the 1990s

Posted in: Musicouching by Alistair Briggs on March 22nd, 2009 | 31 Comments

Here we will take a look at some of the worst UK number one songs of the 1990’s. It begs the question, what were the buying public thinking.

The Millenium Prayer by Cliff Richard

There was a time when Cliff Richard was seen as Britains answer to Elvis. Oh how times changed. A couple of number ones in the late 80s and early 90s, both Christmas number ones were the only way for people to realise that Cliff was still recording. That and an improptu performance at Wimbledon during a rain break in a tennis match. It all changed at the tale end of 1999 when this song was released. Whoever decided to put the words of the Lord’s Prayer to the song of Auld Lang Syne may well have been taking something that day but that is exactly what this song was. Radio stations refused to play it, so few people heard it but somehow it managed to outsell every other song and still reach the top of the charts.

Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

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Long before Eminem turned up to prove a white man can rap, Vanilla Ice tried to corner that market. He failed. Real name Robert Van Winkle, obviously used the bass line to the Queen song Under Pressure for this song but when it went to court some lawyer managed to persuade the judge that there was no similarity between the two songs as the beat in Ice Ice Baby had an extra bear that Under Pressure didn’t. Ha, you can’t full us that easily. One line from the song goes ‘Anything less than the best is a felony’. Well he must be guilty as charged then because this song is nowhere near the best.

World In Motion by Englandneworder

Neworder are a quality band who have written some quality tunes and this one would have been had it not been for a couple of things. Firstlty, they teamed up with the England football squad to record this song as the teams World Cup tune and secondly they let John Barnes sing. Actually they let Barnes rap. The release of this single was always going to alienate the bands fans from outwith England (especially those in Scotland and Wales). Seriously though the tune itself is relatively decent but as soon as the John Barnes rap kicks in you will ask yourself, what is going on? The fact remains though that as a football World Cup song this is one of the most popular and it did get to number one. Perhaps the English fans got carried away with their expectations of their teams performances at the World Cup and we know how that all ended. Gazza crying, missed penalties and England out.

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