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Post by jimmyjrg on Aug 2, 2019 5:04:32 GMT
I was interested to make a list of Mo' Wax artists in the charts, expanding on the one from Mo' Wax Please. I have access to a database which show the UK Charts as a Top 200 so I listed everything that charted outside of the Top 100 as well. This was mainly for my own interest but I thought I'd share: www.unklewiki.com/index.php?title=Charts (I haven't added much the US yet but will probably get to that next) Some take aways: Money Mark has the first Mo' Wax #1 when Push The Button reached the top of the Independent Albums Chart Top 50. Psyence Fiction later hit number one in the same chart, and also number 4 on the Top 100. TOMMY GUERRERO has the only Mo' Wax release to get in to the Jazz Charts. Heads 2 A sold better than Heads 2 B presumably. 2A charted higher and spent an extra week on the Compilations Chart Top 50. BLACKALICIOUS's ALPHABET AEROBICS charted in 2014 on Mo' Wax - but I can't find any record of this release. Possible mistake? In 2004 Berry Meditation came back in to the charts, almost entering the Top 100. The Headz 2 Samplers all entered the Top 200. Nigo only charted once, with Freediving reaching #125 in the Top 200.
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Post by kocomputer on Aug 2, 2019 8:30:37 GMT
Pretty sure Alphabet Aerobics will have had a surge in streams due to Daniel Radcliffe performing it on Jimmy Falon in the states: youtu.be/aKdV5FvXLuIDoubt there was a physical re-release, just that streams counted for UK charts by then.
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Post by jimmyjrg on Aug 2, 2019 9:29:23 GMT
Ah good point! I wonder why Berry Meditation returned in 2004?
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Post by dusted on Aug 2, 2019 10:12:09 GMT
Ah good point! I wonder why Berry Meditation returned in 2004? I remember seeing this single in Fopp around that time. I think the warehouse that stored all the CDs and Records found all this stuff and sold them off cheaply to stores? Maybe? I remember picking up another copy of the Liquid Liquid comp at this time from Piccadilly Records. It's a long time ago though, so I am probably wrong.
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Post by evil:cat on Aug 2, 2019 13:46:38 GMT
Good stuff!
Imagine how high Clubbed to Death could have gone if James had had enough copies pressed.
Actually, that's a good point, @jimmyrig -- if the edition sizes are known, could they be added? Some of these singles positions and weeks on the charts may have been constrained by their sizes - 3,000 copies are never going to hit #1.
The interesting ones for me are the ones that charted for multiple weeks; you can spot that all the MW Headz went out and bought their copies on the day of release, but the ones that spent more than a week in the charts must have reached some level of public consciousness, even if it was just a review in the NME or The Face that did it...
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Post by jimmyjrg on Aug 3, 2019 3:35:01 GMT
Actually, that's a good point, @jimmyrig -- if the edition sizes are known, could they be added? Some of these singles positions and weeks on the charts may have been constrained by their sizes - 3,000 copies are never going to hit #1. Unfortunately sales data is only known by the labels. I've contacted someone at Universal to see if they can share that stuff with me but I doubt they will. Here's a chart showing Psyence Fiction in the UK Charts from Aug 24 1998 - Mar 18 1999, as you can see it hung around the Top 200 for a long time. Quite a few releases entered the Top 100 and then sat just outside it for ages. I might add something to show that as well since it shows people were still buying them. Attachments:
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Post by MoG on Aug 5, 2019 7:59:57 GMT
I'm surprised clubbed to death #2 didn't chart due to it's inclusion in The Matrix
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Post by Timo Fett on Aug 5, 2019 8:36:04 GMT
Ah good point! I wonder why Berry Meditation returned in 2004? I remember seeing this single in Fopp around that time. I think the warehouse that stored all the CDs and Records found all this stuff and sold them off cheaply to stores? Maybe? I remember picking up another copy of the Liquid Liquid comp at this time from Piccadilly Records. It's a long time ago though, so I am probably wrong. I was going to say this too. Pretty sure the Fopp release was around 2004.
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Post by jimmyjrg on Aug 5, 2019 11:47:01 GMT
I'm surprised clubbed to death #2 didn't chart due to it's inclusion in The Matrix Weirdly it charted for a bit in 2002, but not on Mo' Wax, and The Matrix came out in 1999. I'm guessing Mo' Wax didn't have the rights anymore and no one else thought to re-release it. The Matrix soundtrack reached #16 on the UK Compilation Albums Chart and stayed in there for 41 weeks. Both sequel soundtracks came out in 2003 and Reloaded hit #2 on the Compilation Albums Chart, while Revolutions only got to #36.
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Post by Mo'Matt on Aug 5, 2019 13:25:42 GMT
It had a re-release with a load of other lesser remixes. On Cheeky records I think. Timing was a bit slow, true.
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Post by evil:cat on Aug 5, 2019 20:28:34 GMT
Clubbed to Death had so few copies pressed, Rob couldn't afford to pay the orchestra. That's why it got licensed so much - for the French film, Lola (which was renamed 'Clubbed to Death'), then the Caffrey's ad, then The Matrix. Once Mo'Wax went the way of the dodo (or at least went to XL and lost the rights to all the "hits"), Rob went off the his mate Rolo's Cheeky Records and they started actually, you know, making stuff available. The rerelease was for his album's release in 2002, rather than being a Matrix tie-in.
When did the UK charts start counting downloads? The iTunes Store went big in 2003/4 which might explain odd singles like Berry Meditation cropping up without being repressed.
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Post by jimmyjrg on Aug 5, 2019 21:48:38 GMT
When did the UK charts start counting downloads? The iTunes Store went big in 2003/4 which might explain odd singles like Berry Meditation cropping up without being repressed. Downloads started being counted in 2005 and streaming in 2014 for the UK.
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