Top Of The Box

I remember the first time I heard this track, earlyish one morning I was awoken by my clock radio and this was just starting. I couldn’t get it out of my head at the time.
While it stands the test of time, it somehow seems less groundbreaking than it did in 1990. But it did manage [...]

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Ride On Time was a massive hit for Black Box in 1989. The song spent six weeks at the top of the UK chart and was the biggest selling single of the year.
The song was written and produced by Italian production team Groove Groove Melody and was first a hit in Italy before going worldwide.
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M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume, 1987
In 1987 musicians from two groups on the 4AD record label, A.R. Kane & Colourbox decided to collaborate in the studio for a one-off recording calling themselves MARRS (an acronym of their initials) which, to their surprise reached #1 in the UK singles charts.
Pump Up The Volume was also [...]

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Underworld - Cowgirl
Karl Hyde and Co. giving it “everything, everything.” Not sure where this is from but I remember seeing them at Glastonbury in I think (memory may be a bit addled!) 1998 - Saturday afternoon about 5 o’clock, probably muddy, jumping about like a nutter!
Anyone who says dance music is dull and [...]

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