Now Yearbook 1999

Step back into one of the most exciting years in pop history – a time when the charts were filled with dancefloor anthems, global megastars and with a new wave of pop from new artists – and all on the cusp of a new Millennium. Now – Yearbook 1999 celebrates an unforgettable year of hits with 82 essential tracks. Opening with one of the biggest pop hits and biggest debut hits of all time from Britney Spears with ‘-Baby One More Time’ – the years’ biggest seller. A pair of global chart-toppers are next from Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin. Shania Twain had 1999’s best-selling album with ‘Come On Over’ – and from it ‘That Doesn’t Impress Me Much’ was a huge hit. New Radicals enjoyed a smash with ‘You Get What You Give’ and Lenny Kravitz hit #1 with ‘Fly Away’ – and 17 years after their last original hit, Blondie returned and scored a #1 with ‘Maria’. Texas had one of their biggest hits with ‘Summer Son’ and Robbie Williams secured another #1 with ‘She’s The One’. R.E.M. released one of their most beautiful tracks, and Moby had a hit with ‘Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad’ – one of 8 singles from his huge selling album ‘Play’ – and Pet Shop Boys feature with one of their greatest, ‘New York City Boy’. 1999 was a stellar year for slick R&B production and two of the best examples are up next: TLC with the massive ‘No Scrubs’ and Whitney Houston who returned with ‘It’s Not Right But It’s Okay’. Great pop from Geri Halliwell leads into the Groove Armada’s chill-out staple ‘At The River’- and established chart stars Sting and the Pretenders come ahead of anthemic indie-pop to close Disc 1 from Semisonic and Travis with ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’ – from their massive selling album ‘The Man Who’. Both the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC enjoyed huge success around the world and open CD2 ahead of Boyzone who celebrated a 5th UK #1 with their cover of ‘When The Going Gets Tough’. Vengaboys were one of the biggest pop-dance acts of the year and went to the top with ‘We’re Going To Ibiza!’. Lou Bega had one the years’ biggest sellers with his ear-worm ‘Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of-)’ and is followed by a run of upbeat pure-pop from Steps, S Club, Atomic Kitten and Adam Rickitt, plus ballads from Westlife, 911, A1 and Billie Piper. Another Level, Len and Hepburn are joined by two Spice Girls; Emma Bunton, featuring with Tin Tin Out on ‘What I Am’ – and Melanie C with the title track from her debut solo album ‘Northern Star’. B*Witched completed their run of four #1 singles with ‘Blame It On The Weatherman’ and The Corrs hit with a remix of ‘Runaway’ , and it’s left to another #1 chart debut to close the disc – ‘Perfect Moment’ from Martine McCutcheon. CD3 celebrates the dance-floor-fillers of 1999. The line-up is massive: William Orbit, Chicane feat. Moya Brennan, Alice Deejay, Basement Jaxx, Phats and Small and The Chemical Brothers plus #1s from ATB, Fatboy Slim, Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden and Wamdue Project- Garage crossed over to the mainstream charts with Artful Dodger introducing Craig David with ‘Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)’ and Shanks & Bigfoot having a huge hit with ‘Sweet Like Chocolate’. Sophisticated dance-pop nuggets from Jamiroquai and Moloko are up next before The Cardigans open the discs’ closing run of alt-pop from Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Stereophonics and Terrorvision. The final disc is a hit-packed journey through some of ’99’s biggest pop tunes – opening with the #1 cover of ‘Tragedy’ from Steps alongside S Club’s debut ‘Bring It All Back’, Five’s biggest hit (and #1) ‘Keep On Movin’ and A1’s opener ‘Be The First To Believe’. Second appearances on this collection from Backstreet Boys, Vengaboys and Shania Twain lead into anthemic tracks from Cher and Tina Turner plus a hit collaboration covering ‘Burning Down The House’ from Tom Jones & The Cardigans- A sequence of beautiful songs is next from Roxette, Des’Ree, Gabrielle and Whitney Houston. Britney Spears followed up her debut with ‘Sometimes’ and Jordan Knight returned to the charts five years after his last hit with New Kids On The Block. ‘Lullaby’ gave Shawn Mullins an enduring radio hit and leads into the closing trio of ballads: Robbie Williams with ‘Strong’, Ronan Keating enjoyed his first solo #1 with ‘When You Say Nothing At All’ from the film ‘Notting Hill’ and signing off, Westlife with their third consecutive #1 in 1999 with one of their signature songs ‘Flying Without Wings’- Now – Yearbook 1999: A giant year for huge singles from an incredible diversity of artists – enjoy and celebrate a truly magical year in pop. Tracklist CD 1 Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time Christina Aguilera – Genie In a Bottle Ricky Martin – Livin’ la Vida Loca Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much New Radicals – You Get What You Give Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away Blondie – Maria Texas – Summer Son Robbie Williams – She’s The One R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful Moby – Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad Pet Shop Boys – New York City Boy TLC – No Scrubs Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right but It’s Okay Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino Groove Armada – At the River Sting – Brand New Day Pretenders – Human Semisonic – Secret Smile Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me CD 2 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way *NSYNC – I Want You Back Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough Vengaboys – We’re Going To Ibiza! Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…) Steps – Better Best Forgotten Westlife – I Have a Dream 911 – A Little Bit More A1 – Everytime Billie Piper – Honey To The Bee S Club – S Club Party Atomic Kitten – Right Now Adam Rickitt – I Breathe Again Another Level – Bomb Diggy Len – Steal My Sunshine Tin Tin Out & Emma Bunton – What I Am Hepburn – I Quit Melanie C – Northern Star B*Witched – Blame It on the Weatherman The Corrs – Runaway (Tin Tin Out Remix Edit) Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment CD 3 William Orbit – Barber’s Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) Chicane feat. Moya Brennan – Saltwater ATB – 9 PM (Till I come) Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone Basement Jaxx – Red Alert Phats & Small – Turn Around Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Know Me (feat. Duane Harden) DJ Jean – The Launch Wamdue Project – King of My Castle Artful Dodger feat. Craig David – Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate Leftfield and Afrika Bambaataa – Afrika Shox The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl Fatboy Slim – Praise You Jamiroquai – Canned Heat Moloko – Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix) The Cardigans – Erase / Rewind Manic Street Preachers – You Stole the Sun from My Heart Suede – Electricity Stereophonics – Just Looking Terrorvision – Tequila (Mint Royale Shot) CD 4 Steps – Tragedy S Club – Bring It All Back Five – Keep On Movin’ A1 – Be the First to Believe Backstreet Boys – Larger Than Life Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman! Cher – Strong Enough Tina Turner – When the Heartache Is Over Tom Jones & The Cardigans – Burning Down The House Roxette – Wish I Could Fly Des’ree – You Gotta Be (’99 Mix) Gabrielle – Sunshine Whitney Houston – My Love Is Your Love Britney Spears – Sometimes Jordan Knight – Give It To You Shawn Mullins – Lullaby Robbie Williams – Strong Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All Westlife – Flying Without Wings Tracklist LP 1 Side A Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time Christina Aguilera – Genie In a Bottle Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right but It’s Okay (Radio Mix) Pet Shop Boys – New York City Boy (Radio Edit) New Radicals – You Get What You Give (Radio Edit) Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me Robbie Williams – She’s The One (Remastered 2004) LP 1 Side B Ricky Martin – Livin’ la Vida Loca Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much (Album Version) Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way Cher – Strong Enough Tina Turner – When the Heartache Is Over Sting – Brand New Day (Edit) Len – Steal My Sunshine (Single Version) Groove Armada – At the River (Radio Edit) LP 2 Side A Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away Blondie – Maria (Radio Edit) Texas – Summer Son Pretenders – Human (Tin Tin Out Mix) The Cardigans – Erase / Rewind Manic Street Preachers – You Stole the Sun from My Heart Suede – Electricity LP 2 Side B ATB – 9 PM (Till I come) (Radio Mix UK) Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone Vengaboys – We Like To Party! (The Vengabus) Wamdue Project – King of My Castle (Roy Malone’s King Radio Edit) Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Know Me (feat. Duane Harden) (Radio Edit) Basement Jaxx – Red Alert (Jaxx Radio Mix) Moloko – Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix) (Edit) Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (7″ Edit) LP 3 Side A TLC – No Scrubs Whitney Houston – My Love Is Your Love R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful Moby – Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad (2006 Remaster) Fatboy Slim – Praise You (Radio Edit) Chicane feat. Moya Brennan – Saltwater William Orbit – Barber’s Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) (Radio Edit) The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Radio Edit) LP 3 Side B Steps – Tragedy S Club – Bring It All Back Five – Keep On Movin’ A1 – Be the First to Believe *NSYNC – I Want You Back (Radio Edit) Britney Spears – Sometimes 911 – A Little Bit More Westlife – Flying Without Wings