Britain’s 90s pop charts weren’t just packed with classics like “Nothing Compares 2U” or “...Baby One More Time” – they also went wild for some seriously oddball #1s. Imagine a TV host duetting on “Phantom of the Opera,” Iron Maiden sneaking in their only chart-topper with a banned, tongue-in-cheek metal anthem, or hardcore gabber raving its way to the top. Add gregorian-style New Age from Enigma, slam-dance beats from the Dutch duo Doop, and you’ve got a smorgasbord of genre mash-ups that make you ask, “How did this happen?”
Then there are the pure novelty hits: Mr Blobby’s inexplicable carnival banger, the Teletubbies theme leading kids (and curious adults) to the checkout, Chef’s cartoon-character jam “Chocolate Salty Balls,” Baz Luhrmann turning a sunscreen speech into a pop single, and even Cliff Richard closing the decade with his Millennium Prayer. It’s a tongue-in-cheek tour of the decade’s strangest chart-toppers, proving that sometimes the weirdest songs are the ones that stick around.
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