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''The Chart Show'' (also known as ''The ITV Chart Show'' between 1989 and 1998) was a popular weekly syndicated
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programme which ran in the United Kingdom from April 1986 until August 1998, with revivals in 2003 and 2008–2009. ''The Chart Show '' originally ran in the United Kingdom on
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from 11 April 1986 up to 2 January 1989 in a 45-minute-long Friday evening slot (with some episodes in late 1988 airing on Monday evenings due to late schedule changes on the channel). By the beginning of 1989, the popularity of the show persuaded the show's production team to move it from Channel 4 onto the ITV network. In its ITV transmission run between 7 January 1989 and 22 August 1998, ''The Chart Show'' was normally broadcast in the 11:30 am timeslot on ITV on Saturday mornings, with an early morning repeat later in the week in most regions; ITV episodes were generally one hour in length. From 29 August 1998 onwards, ''The Chart Show'' was dropped and replaced by CD:UK, which ran until 2006. ''The Chart Show'' name returned to UK television as a short-lived revival by Channel 4 from 6 to 12 January 2003, and a second revival aired from 6 August 2008 to May 2009 on Chart Show TV. The original production company was Video Visuals, and (when shown on ITV) was credited as "A
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Presentation" from 1993 and 1998 (prior to this, no ITV Franchisee's logo was shown at the end).


History

The show was designed to compete with established pop shows such as the
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'' and was influenced by the video formats of MTV. The show was unique in that it had no presenters, instead computer-generated displays took their place in between promotional videos of artists. The "pop-up" information snippets were represented as "windows" in a mock-up graphical user interface called HUD. In 1987 this was replaced with the more familiar display which featured a "mouse-pointer" and "icons" generated on an Amiga computer. Although commonplace nowadays, such interfaces were relatively cutting-edge at the time. The look of the icons was updated on the move to ITV on 7 January 1989, and again upon the show's relaunch on 7 December 1991 as part of a competition prize from ''Amiga Computing'' magazine. However, this update only lasted one show and the previous 1989 icons returned the following week and lasted until 11 May 1996 when the show's look and production was completely overhauled and was replaced with an animated text banner at the bottom of the screen. (From 3 February 1996, info boxes developed informal humour and tend to use the mark: EXCLUSIVE!) Graphics mimicking those of a video recorder in operation were also used, and are one of the show's most well remembered features. The show was very important when it was first launched, being one of the few outlets for music videos on British television, in the days before the widespread takeup of satellite and cable television, and channels such as
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. Many music videos got their UK Television premieres during ''The Chart Show''. Shortly after launching, The Chart Show found itself being taken off air during a dispute with the Musicians' Union over the showing of music videos on ITV & Channel 4 which lasted throughout the summer of 1986. During this time, a show called ''Rewind'', made by the same production team, was aired. This consisted of performances from other music shows. The dispute was resolved by the end of the summer, and The Chart Show returned at the end of August. On Channel 4, the show ran on Friday nights, mainly filling gaps between series of '' The Tube''. After moving to ITV it ran on Saturday mornings and also had a late night repeat in some ITV regions, though the day and time of this varied over time and between regions. One such late night repeat on 31 August 1997 was interrupted to report the breaking news of Diana, Princess of Wales' car accident. The show was so popular that it became a regular with five editions in July 1987 going out as 60-minute long "Summer Specials". The last regular edition to air on Channel 4 was on 30 September 1988. The final episode on Channel 4 was a Review of 1988 special on 2 January 1989; the first edition on ITV aired 5 days later. The show was renamed "The ITV Chart Show" that September after ITV launched its new corporate identity. The name reverted to The Chart Show on 22 October 1994. Earlier Channel 4 editions were 45 minutes long, and later ones were 60 minutes, but were split into two 30-minute segments before moving to the 60-minute format in 1988. However, some later editions were shortened due to ITV buying rights to
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motor racing in 1997. The last edition was shown on 22 August 1998, after being axed in favour of a live, performance-based show, CD:UK, which began the following week. The show featured various messages from viewers saying goodbye to the show and how upset they were that the show was finishing. There were also messages from artists, including Mel B and
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. The first video on The Chart Show was " What You Need" by INXS. The Chart Show mistakenly mentioned on the final show that Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love was the first artist to appear on The Chart Show. The video clip of Robert Palmer with the original graphics on, shown on the last episode, was taken from the 4th episode, rather than the first, as revealed by the date shown in the H.U.D. In the show's later days, the programme was broadcast "live", with all the elements of the show programmed into a computer and laid back to tape, the song title graphics and info banners being added live as the show was broadcast. This fact was played up over the first few months of the show being made this way, with a "Live" graphic appearing at the beginning of each part, in addition to the interactive Battle of the Bands segment. Both of these were dropped after a minor revamp in 1997, although live phone-in competitions continued to appear occasionally until the end of the show's run.


A Different Chart

Confusion often arose from the chart used on the show, as they initially used the chart compiled by
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(which was used at the time by commercial radio, and was adopted by
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in 1988) and later on compiled their own chart, as opposed to using the " official" Gallup/ CIN chart used by
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, which in addition to the show's initial Friday and later Saturday airdate (therefore not taking account of the full week's sales) meant that the chart shown was different, sometimes slightly, other times more significantly, from that broadcast by Radio 1. Indeed, there were many occasions when the single shown to be Number One by The Chart Show differed from the official number one- including on the show's very first top 10 countdown in May 1987.


No Videos

Many singles featured in the charts had no music videos produced for them. Most of these songs were in the specialist charts, though they occasionally appeared in the Top Ten. In the early years, the problem was solved by showing a photo of the artist over a short excerpt from the song. As the show progressed, they had produced many various computer-generated sequences to accompany the audio clips. These included onscreen games of pong, close-ups of turntables playing, cars being crushed, silhouettes of people dancing, lava lamps amongst other stock footage. Due to the lack of an actual music video, the songs in question were never played in full. There were exceptions to this; the first being
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. The music video wasn't completed for several months after the song was released. In its first week at number one on the Top Ten, a photo of
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, the band's vocalist, was shown over a short excerpt from the single. However, as it was still number one the following week, a performance that was filmed for then Saturday morning show ''
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'' was shown, which had Catherine and an unknown organist performing on a stage. Another exception was Always by Bon Jovi. The music video wasn't shown two weeks after being first played. In its first week at number one on the Rock Chart which aired on 17 September 1994, slowed-down clips of
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were shown. Another notable example was Music Sounds Better with You by Stardust. This was number one on 15 August 1998 edition of the show and, similarly to Ride on Time, the music video wasn't completed until several months later. This time, a montage of past graphics from the show was put together, partially in response to viewer requests to see old graphics before the final episode. In 1997,
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had refused to allow the Chart Show to show the video for their single Lucky Man. When the song was mentioned in the top ten and in the indie chart, a message was shown on the screen explaining that they refused to let the video appear on the show, unless the show was redesigned. It remains unclear whether or not The Verve took a dislike to the new look show, or if the band simply wanted the video to be shown clean and uninterrupted. Accompanying both messages was the music that had been used to introduce the 'Worst Video' on the end of year specials. This was the message that appeared on 6 December 1997 Indie Chart: "''Okay everybody... No change from last week. The band and their manager Jazz are still refusing to let us show their video unless we redesign the show for them. In the words of
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... 'No way, no way, Ma Numma Nah.''" Vanilla then went on to coincidently win the 'Worst Video of 1997' award with the song referenced in the caption, 'No Way No Way', in the end of year special. Sometimes, when an artist didn't have a video for their single, footage of a previous video would be used, and sometimes slowed down or distorted to accompany the track that had no video or a live performance of the single. One notable example was Pearl Jam: From 1993 to 1997, Pearl Jam refused to make promo videos for their singles, and so The Chart Show often used footage from the band's "
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" video to accompany a few seconds of their singles from that time, whenever they appeared on the Rock Chart. Apart from when Spin the Black Circle had first appeared in which the clip would be a distorted piece of their previous video,
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Sponsorships

The show had three sponsors over the span of its life. These were
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(1997). Tizer also sponsored The Chart Show's replacement, CD:UK, for several years. Unlike most sponsorships on UK television, these were incorporated into the show's titles as opposed to being shown as separate clips wrapped around the show in questions. When Tizer became the new sponsor, the stings caused criticism as they were played at random moments during the titles and end credits, interrupting the show deliberately. Due to the irritation this caused, they were eventually dropped so that the show would run clean. As part of 'The Vault' repeats, the sponsorships are now either blurred or edited out of the title sequences/end credits to avoid controversy.


Vault Repeats

Satellite channel The Vault began repeating 1991–92 and 1996–97 episodes from December 2006 on Saturday mornings, similar to the shows original timeslot on ITV, though not in chronological order. The first episode to be broadcast was the 1992 special. The Vault also aired repeats of the repeats on the following Thursday. Due to the sponsors of the show being included in the show's titles, The Vault had to re-edit the episodes and blur out the sponsors' logos, as they are no longer affiliated with the show. The Video Visuals logo was also cut from the episodes despite Video Visuals being part of
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, which owns and operates The Vault. The repeats also aired without the channel's "V" graphic in the corner of the screen, but on-screen competition graphics were aired and proved unpopular with viewers - such competition graphics still air to this day across the
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network. On several occasions, episodes were cut off abruptly to unplanned commercial breaks and blank screens, and some airings were accidentally ones that had already been shown on The Vault's run of the show. One scheduled episode failed to air completely and was replaced with another programme, which led to a double bill being shown the following weekend. The Vault has yet to air pre–1990 editions of the show or editions from 1993 to 1995 as said episodes were (and still are to this day) stored on unplayable formats, and the network does not have compatible machines equipped to play the episodes. The shows were allowed to be converted, but the conversions were apparently very expensive, and the chances of The Vault converting the episodes depended on the popularity of the repeats. However viewing figures began to drop, which led to the showings being axed in July 2007, and the incompatible editions of the show were ultimately not converted. In March 2008, Classic Chart Show returned to The Vault by popular demand. Unlike the previous run, the repeats were not advertised; the news only broke on The Vault's website. However, only four episodes were broadcast - two reportedly from the last run of repeats and two new repeats that suffered technical problems, one of which consisted of the first part being repeated three times. The repeats were axed the following month, and it remains unknown what the reason behind the axing was. Eventually, on 19 May 2008, a post by a forum administrator on The Vault's website stated that The Vault were "we're making a few changes to heirschedule at the moment - rest assured the Chart Show repeats will be back, but we don't have a date set for them yet." The same admin also stated that The Vault were considering converting incompatible episodes. Eventually, the repeats returned for a third time on Friday 28 November 2008, though re-edited. Instead of blurring the sponsor's logo during the title sequence, scenes displaying the sponsor are entirely cut, and the show starts from when the logo disappears. Forum users on Digital Spy claim that the run consists of, yet again, only a handful of episodes being played repeatedly. On 17 January 2009, a scheduled episode of the show failed to air for unknown reasons, and a regular run of music videos took its place. Since May 2010, the Vault have been showing repeats of Chart Show episodes from 1997 and 1998 on the channel each day, at 3 pm and 10 pm.


Format Revivals


Channel 4

For two weeks in January 2003, The Chart Show returned to Channel 4 in 60-minute segments in the morning, although these followed a different format, with a voiceover and absent of the faux video recorder graphics that the show was well known for. A similarly formatted version also ran on
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during its first few months on air.


Chart Show TV

On 6 August 2008, a revival of The Chart Show aired on Chart Show TV. This version is somewhat closer to the original format than that of the short-lived 2003 version. The revival retains some of the original features of the show, including the faux video recorder graphics and the Video Vault, including the original 1996 ident. New features include an Airplay Chart, Urban Chart, Download Chart and Interactive Chart. An
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Video Chart features which consists of music video as voted by users of the NME TV website. The traditional specialist charts, Dance, Rock and Indie, are expected to appear under new identities, as the second episode featured a
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Dance Chart. If this is correct, the Rock Chart would become the Scuzz Rock Chart. It is unknown what identity would carry with the Indie Chart as NME TV, which is based around indie music, has its own video chart. Artist interviews is now a regular feature, under the name "Chart Show Meets...". Neither The Chart News or Hot Shot feature in this run.


End-of-year specials

Excluding 1994, the show would have an 'end-of-year' episode that featured 'best' and 'worst' awards as well as countdowns of the best-selling songs of the year. Winners:


Best New Act

* 1986 -
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- Happy Hour * 1987 -
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- Sweet Little Mystery * 1988 -
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- Tribute (Right On) * 1989 -
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- You Keep It All In * 1990 -
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- Dub Be Good To Me * 1991 - Kenny Thomas - Outstanding * 1992 -
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- Sleeping Satellite * 1993 -
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- Too Young To Die * 1995 - Supergrass - Alright * 1996 - Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There * 1997 - The Seahorses - Blinded by the Sun (as voted by the public)


Best Solo Artist

* 1988 -
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- Fast Car * 1989 -
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- All Around The World * 1990 -
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- We Are in Love * 1991 -
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- Crazy * 1992 -
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- I Wonder Why * 1993 - Björk - Big Time Sensuality * 1995 - Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket * 1996 - Louise - Undivided Love * 1997 - Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road (as voted by the public)


Best Video of the Year

* 1986 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer * 1987 - New Order - True Faith * 1988 - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo * 1989 -
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- She Drives Me Crazy * 1990 - Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract * 1991 -
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- Goodbye Cruel World * 1992 -
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- Man on the Moon * 1993 - Peter Gabriel - Kiss That Frog * 1995 -
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- Angel * 1996 -
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- Virtual Insanity * 1997 - Various Artists - Perfect Day (as voted by the public)


Best Foreign Video

* 1986 -
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- Kiss * 1987 - Crowded House - Don't Dream Its Over * 1988 -
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- Don't Walk Away * 1989 - Malcolm McLaren - Waltz Darling


Best Band

* 1997 -
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- Say What You Want (as voted by the public)


Best Director

* 1993 -
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- She Kissed Me * 1995 - Tricky - Overcome


Worst Video of The Year

* 1986 -
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* 1987 -
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- Talking of Love * 1988 -
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- True Love * 1989 -
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- I Can't Get No... Edelweiss * 1990 -
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- Crazy for You * 1991 - Barry Manilow - Jingle Bells * 1992 -
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- Wild Thing * 1993 -
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& Cilla Black - Heart And Soul * 1995 -
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* 1996 -
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- I Am A Clown * 1997 -
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- No Way No Way


Funniest Video of the Year

* 1988 - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat * 1989 -
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with
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- Help * 1990 -
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- I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson


Dance Chart

* 1986 - Cameo - Word Up * 1987 -
Rick Astley Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality, who has been active in music for several decades. He gained worldwide fame in the 1980s, having multiple hits including his signature song " Ne ...
- Never Gonna Give You Up * 1988 -
Yazz Yazz (born Yasmin Evans; 19 May 1960) is an English pop singer, who remains perhaps best known for her 1988 UK number one single "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records are credited to Yazz and the Plastic Population. Career Yazz was born i ...
and the Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up * 1989 -
A Guy Called Gerald Gerald Rydel Simpson (born 16 February 1967), better known as A Guy Called Gerald, is a British record producer and musician. He was an early member of the electronic group 808 State, contributing to their debut LP '' Newbuild'' (1988) and hit ...
- Voodoo Ray * 1990 -
Adamski Adam Paul Tinley (born 4 December 1967), known professionally as Adamski, as well as Sonny Eriksson, is an English DJ, musician, singer and record producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks " N-R-G" and " Killer", a collabora ...
- Killer * 1991 -
Bizarre Inc Bizarre Inc were an English techno group. Formed in 1989 as a duo between English DJs Dean Meredith and Mark "Aaron" Archer (not to be confused with the film producer of the same name), they later re-formed as a trio consisting of Meredith, ...
- Playing With Knives * 1992 -
Snap Snap or SNAP may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Snap'', the original release title for the 2013 film ''Enter the Dangerous Mind'' *''Snap'' (TV series), a CITV programme * ''The Stanly News and Press'', a newspaper in Albemarle, North Carol ...
- Rhythm Is A Dancer


Best Dance Video

* 1997 (Voted by the public) ** 1. Puff Daddy &
Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al ...
- I'll Be Missing You ** 2.
Dario G Dario G is the stage name of English musician Paul Spencer. Dario G was originally a trio, who are best known for their 1997 hit " Sunchyme", which reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The group formed in Cheshire, England and consisted of ...
- Sunchyme ** 3.
Jamiroquai Jamiroquai () are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in th ...
- Alright


Indie Chart

* 1986 -
The Smiths The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They comprised the singer Morrissey, the guitarist Johnny Marr, the bassist Andy Rourke and the drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to eme ...
- Panic * 1987 -
M/A/R/R/S MARRS (stylised M, A, R, R, S) were a 1987 recording collective formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox, which only released one commercial disc. It became "a one-hit wonder of rare influence" because of their international hit " Pump Up ...
- Pump Up The Volume * 1988 -
Yazz Yazz (born Yasmin Evans; 19 May 1960) is an English pop singer, who remains perhaps best known for her 1988 UK number one single "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records are credited to Yazz and the Plastic Population. Career Yazz was born i ...
and the Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up * 1989 -
Inspiral Carpets Inspiral Carpets are an English rock band, part of the late-1980s/early-1990s Madchester movement. Formed in Oldham in 1980, the band's most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, drummer Craig Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassi ...
- Joe * 1990 -
Happy Mondays Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up was Shaun Ryder (vocals), his brother Paul Ryder (bass), Gary Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Mark "Bez" Berry later joine ...
- Step On * 1991 -
Curve In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight. Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point. This is the definition that ...
- Frozen E.P. * 1992 -
Suede Suede (pronounced ) is a type of leather with a fuzzy, napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, fabrics, purses, furniture, and other items. The term comes from the French , which literally means "gloves from Sweden". The term was firs ...
- The Drowners


Best Indie Video

* 1993 -
The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Ch ...
- Today * 1995 - Björk - It's Oh So Quiet * 1996 - Rocket From The Crypt - On A Rope * 1997 (Voted by the public) ** 1.
Super Furry Animals Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993. For the duration of their professional career, the band consisted of Gruff Rhys (lead vocals, guitar), Huw Bunford (lead guitar, vocals), Guto Pryce (bass guitar), Cian Ciar ...
- Play It Cool ** 2. Oasis - Stand By Me ** 3.
Suede Suede (pronounced ) is a type of leather with a fuzzy, napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, fabrics, purses, furniture, and other items. The term comes from the French , which literally means "gloves from Sweden". The term was firs ...
- Saturday Night


Heavy Metal/Rock Chart

* 1986 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name * 1987 -
Heart The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to t ...
- Alone * 1988 -
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...
- Can I Play With Madness * 1989 - Metallica - One * 1990 - Faith No More - Epic * 1991 -
Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
- Everything I Do * 1992 -
Ugly Kid Joe Ugly Kid Joe is an American hard rock band from Isla Vista, California, formed in 1989. The band's name spoofs the glam metal band Pretty Boy Floyd's name. To date, Ugly Kid Joe have released five full-length albums, two compilation albums a ...
- Everything About You


Best Rock Video

* 1997 (Voted by the public) ** 1.
Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2 ...
- Hedonism ** 2.
Reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock o ...
- Place Your Hands ** 3. Green Day - Hitchin a Ride


Network Album Chart

* 1986 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms * 1987 - U2 - Joshua Tree


Network Singles/The Top Ten/Top Twenty

* 1986 -
Nick Berry Nicholas Berry (born 16 April 1963) is a retired English actor and pop singer. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in ''EastEnders'' from 1985 to 1990, and as PC Nick Rowan in '' Heartbeat'' from 1992 to 1998. He sang UK chart sin ...
- Every Loser Wins * 1987 -
Rick Astley Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality, who has been active in music for several decades. He gained worldwide fame in the 1980s, having multiple hits including his signature song " Ne ...
- Never Gonna Give You Up * 1988 -
Womack & Womack Womack & Womack was the singing and songwriting partnership of married American musicians Linda Womack and Cecil Womack. The duo were successful as songwriters for other artists, and had several international hits as a singing duo in the 1980s a ...
- Teardrops * 1989 -
Black Box In science, computing, and engineering, a black box is a system which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs (or transfer characteristics), without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is "opaque" (black). The te ...
- Ride on Time * 1990 -
Adamski Adam Paul Tinley (born 4 December 1967), known professionally as Adamski, as well as Sonny Eriksson, is an English DJ, musician, singer and record producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks " N-R-G" and " Killer", a collabora ...
- Killer * 1991 -
Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
- Everything I Do * 1992 -
Snap Snap or SNAP may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Snap'', the original release title for the 2013 film ''Enter the Dangerous Mind'' *''Snap'' (TV series), a CITV programme * ''The Stanly News and Press'', a newspaper in Albemarle, North Carol ...
- Rhythm Is A Dancer * 1993 -
2 Unlimited 2 Unlimited are a Belgian/Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the ...
- No Limit * 1995 -
Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
- Think Twice * 1996 -
Mark Morrison Mark Morrison (born 3 May 1972) is a British R&B singer. His single, " Return of the Mack", became a No. 1 or top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996. The song peaked at No. 2 in the United States the following year. Career Mark M ...
- Return of the Mack * 1997 - Various Artists - Perfect Day


See also

* Chart Show Channels *
Chart Show TV Trace Hits (formerly Chart Show TV and Trace Urban) is a British free-to-air music channel owned by Trace Group. History Chart Show TV launched on 16 September 2002 and initially consisted of several different charts, mimicking the format of ...
* The Vault * B4 (music show)


References

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External links

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