Track Notes Maynard’s Classics 1995-2000
It’s so last century people!

CD1

1. The Grease Megamix- John Travolta/Olivia Newton John
Re-released for the 20th anniversary of the movie in 1998, and it charted again! The whole soundtrack in 3 minutes! Saves time and is the perfect medley to mime with a loved one.

2. The Bad Touch- Bloodhound Gang
1999 Best publicity the Discovery Channel ever received. Film clip shot in Paris for no apparent reason. Jimmy Pop from the band wrote it when he was 16. From the “Hooray for Boobies!” album.

3. The Impression That I Get- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
1998 Ska crazy band formed in late 80’s. Lead singer Dicky once was stabbed in the throat in a bar that contributes to his rough vocals. Follow up was “Rascal King”

4. Your Woman- White Town
1997 White Town is Jyoti Mishra and he recorded this in his bedroom in just 2 hours. He mustn't’t sleep much.

5. Wannabe- The Spice Girls
“If you wannabe my lover you gotta get with my friends”. Strange advice from the girlpower band of the 90’s. My fave was Ginger, strangest merchandise- girlpower g-string undies.

6. Mambo No.5- Lou Bega
1999Sampling most of Prez Prado’s original track of the same name from the 50’s, Lou had a massive with this one. Lou loves wearing those baggy pants.

7. Break My Stride- Unique II
1996 A cover of Mathew Wilder’s much slower version from 1984. A song about moving up, moving on, and getting your laundry done.

8. Tubthumping- Chumbawamba
1997 Biggest hit by an anachosyndicist collective in this country. (They usually don’t chart well) Great drinking song and much respect to the band for encouraging Jarvis Cocker to run onstage during Michael Jackson’s performance at the Brit Awards.

9. Steal My Sunshine- Len

1999 This summer classic borrows heavily from the intro of the Andrea True Connections, “More More More” from 1976. Sunshine, bike riding and disco. What more do you want to finish off the century.

10. Spinning Around- Kylie Minogue
2000 Opening track of her “Light Years” album and the song that launched Kylie’s bottom onto the international stage.

11. A Little Bit- Pandora
1998 Real name Anneli Pandora Magnusson, a Vegetarian from central Sweden. Followed it up with “Smile ‘n Shine” in 99. She recently finished a “conscious breathing” course and got a motorbike license.

12. Horny- Mousse T Featuring Hot N’ Juicy
1998 Real name Mustafa Gundogdu from the Peppermint Jam Label from Hanover. Describes himself as a “DJ and trend scout”. Nice work if you can get it. Followed up with “Sexbomb”.

13.Don’t Call Me Baby- Madison Avenue
1999 Madison Ave were Andy Van and trained dancer (they always come in handy) Cheyne Coates. They were the first dance act to top the charts here and in the UK. Like all good dance acts, they met each other in a club. Their follow up was the equally demanding “Who The Hell Are You?” from album “Polyester Embassy”.

14. We Like To Party (The Vengabus)- Vengaboys
1999 Pronounced “Bengaboys”. Formed by Spanish DJs Danski& Delmundo they added Kim, Robin, Roy & Denice and toured Ibiza beaches in a bus. Followed it up with “Boom, Boom ,Boom,Boom” later in the year.

15. Blue (Da Ba Dee)- Eiffel 65
#1 from 1999. Written and recorded in an hour by Italian trio of Jeffrey, Gabry & Maurizio. Their computer chose their name at random and the song is about a character called Zorotl and the way he lives life- blue. I'm not making this up people.

16. This Is How We Party - S.O.A.P.
1998 Heidi Sorenson and her younger sister Line from Denmark, had a huge hit with this off their “Not Like Other Girls” album. Probably helped by the fact they had the same manager as The Spice Girls.

17. You Sexy Thing- T Shirt
1997 Released in the UK week of Princess Diana’s death and sold virtually no copies at all. Did much better here, Chloe & friends toured Australia and had a very good time indeed.

18. 5,6,7,8- Steps
1998 Claire, Ian, Lee, Lisa and Faye were produced by Pete Waterman (of Stock, Aitken, etc) and he described their sound as “ABBA on speed”, which might explain the group’s philosophy of “life is always sunny in Stepsworld. They proved this by supporting Britney Spears on her first tour. Had hits with “Last Thing On My Mind” & “Tragedy”.

19. C’est La Vie- B*Witched
1998 Dublin girls Edele, Keavy, Sinead & Lindsay were given that name by their producer, he found them “bewitching” probably because of all that denim. They put that asterisk in there to make the name stand out. Helps with copyright too.

20. Teenage Dirtbag- Wheatus
2000 Got their name from what they were called as kids. Only song ever written that mentions anyone having two tickets to Iron Maiden. Best loser anthem of all time.

21. Lemon Tree- Fools Garden
2000 Germans Peter, Thomas, Roland, Ralf and Volker did band and dance versions of this track.

DISC TWO

1. I’m Outta Love- Anastascia
2000 Anastacia describes herself as “a freak” because she doesn't look like she sounds, which is loud. from a showbiz family, she used to sing along to Barbara Striesand records with her mum. She has an Egyptian tattoo on the small of her back, ask to see it next time you see her.

2. Lovefool- The Cardigans
1997 featuring Nina Persson on vocals & finger snapping. Swedish band formed when members gave up playing heavy metal. This track was used on the “Romeo & Juliet” soundtrack. From their “First Band On The Moon” album. Nina said of this song “I think I like almost all of our other songs better than ‘Lovefool’’.

3. Silence- Delerium
1999 Delerium (Bill Leeb & Rhys Fulber) used Sarah McLachlan on vocals. Original version came out in 1995. Leeb once said “I hate England, it’s the curse of the world. Every three months it saturates the world with something like the Spice Girls”. He must have been having a bad day.

4. Pray- Tina Cousins
1998 Like all great dance artists she is a model/TV presenter/singer from Finland, where somehow she found her way into a Rolling Stones clip when she was 20. This was only her 3rd single after "Mysterious Times" with Sash!, what is mysterious is what she's up too these days.

5. If You Read My Mind- Stars On 54

1998 Used to promote the movie "54" about the legendary Studio 54 disco in NYC, starring Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Neve Campbell and even Valerie Perrine who was often seen at the original club anyway. The stars didn't do a lot of press for the film due to a dispute in the way the film was finally edited. The gay subplot was dropped and I don't think it turned out to be the project they signed on for.

6. Groove Jet (if this ain't love)- Spiller

2000 That's the vocals of Sophie Ellis Baxtor, adding her lyrics to what was originally a deep house instumental from Italian DJ & producer Spiller on his "Miami" EP. Sophie's best known for "Murder On The Dancefloor", (perhaps you've heard it?) and being stick thin. She was in indie UK band Theaudience and describes her sound as "sophisicated pop" and says "whoever's on stage should look like they're supposed to be on stage". She's a size 8 if you want to buy her something.