As promised, I am continuing my flashback today of the previous 308 number 1s of Enrico’s Hitlist.
First one up is a song most people are probably surprised with given my favouritism towards 90’s pop, Eurovision and Country music! Nevertheless it did eventually reach number one back in an eventful Summer 2001.
Next one up probably as controversial as the first tune above. However no charts would be complete with the incredible Nana Mouskouri. ‘Guten Morgen Sonnenschein’ rose to success during a swimming training camp to wake up the entire team early in the morning. I also guess not many people know that she has sold over 300 million (!) records and is currently the 2nd most successful female artist of all time
September 2001 is stuck in most peoples mind due to tragic events taking place in the United States Of America. ‘Only Time’ by Enya has become a signature song on various news channels and it was only a matter of time that it reached the top spot in Enrico’s Hitlist where it remained for two weeks.
‘Suavemente’ stood for summer, sunshine and party and that was exactly the lifestyle I was living during my 4 months on the sunny island of Fuerteventura (Canary Island/Spain). The first song to keep everyone at bay for 6 continuous weeks despite a shitty video!
I remember this fabulous song debuted at number one on the 26th of November 2001 and I’m not sure how and Petula Clark’s ‘Downtown’ will remain a classic sing along song forever, well in my charts at least!
And we are back in the 90’s with a very controversial song that despite it’s simple lyrics reached the charts top spot in the country of pop itself, the UK, well and Enrico’s Hitlist, though only a few years later.
We have now reached 2002 and after the amazing success of Luv’s ‘You’re The Greatest Lover’ in 2001 their success would continue with another five further number one songs! ‘U.O.Me’ was the only good video I could found. Song of the year eventually would become the groups ‘If You Love Me’.
The next song brings me back to my time in Cologne/Germany whilst at the army, but not that I was thinking about escaping the city! It was just because I wanted to head back to sunny Spain where I had so much fun. This song gained popularity in Enrico’s Hitlist as it was constantly played on train journeys homewards bound where I grew up.
Who knew that this one would climb up to the top spot and cling onto it for an amazing 4 weeks?! I also remember it accumulated 425 points in total. Madonna might have had the original, but the Dutch Eurodance group surely did justice to it with an incredible pop cover version.
You can always rely on English Pop music and it was no real surprise that Atomic Kitten’s ‘I Want Your Love’ rose to number one and became their most successful hit in Enrico’s Hitlist. The violin elements in the latter part of the song are just fantastic.
2002 went down as the year of pop themed cover songs as previously Mad’house’s ‘Like A Prayer’ demonstrated and the genius revival of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time’ was not only popular in Germany where this group comes from, but also in Enrico’s Hitlist.
And I’m finishing off tonights flashback with another pop song which lasted six weeks on the top spot and scored over 600 points during it’s appearance in Enrico’s Top 20! And yes it is another very well done cover song of ‘A Little Less Conversation’ by Elvis vs. JXL. I do remember how much I liked and danced along to this video.
And here are the songs which didn’t make the cut tonight. Hope you enjoyed this flashback
| Name | Artist |
| Joseph Megamix | Joseph |
| Das Finale | Tanz Der Vampire |
| P.A.S.S.I.O.N. | Passion Fruit |
| The Chase (Extended Edit) | Rednex |
| La Nina | Los Del Rio |
| Don Juanita De Carnaval | Luv |
| If You Love Me | Luv |
| I.M.U.R. | Luv |
| Mony, Mony | Tommy James & The Shondells |
| Zahma Zahma | Iberostar Ole |
| A’ama Beachmix | 2 Hawaii |
| Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride | Lilo & Stitch |
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