Back in 1995 I was a massive fan of Happy Hardcore, most of which never got into the charts. The handful of those which did chart in 1995 are of the more commercial variety and not quite record of the year material.
Arguably the closest genre to Happy Hardcore in the charts at the same time was Hardbag. It was slower but had a harder edge to it than House music, which I considered to be too slow at the time.
If I had to pick a favourite Hardbag record of all time I would probably say "U Girls (Look So Sexy)" by Nush, therefore it kind of makes it the number one choice to be record of the year.
This was the only Top 40 hit for Nush, who were Danny Harrison and Danny Matlock. However, like many dance music producers they didn't stick with just one name. They previously tasted chart success in 1991 under the name Congress with the record "40 Miles".
Following Nush, Danny Harrison would return to the charts as part of 187 Lockdown and then further down the line as part of Disco Tex presents Cloudburst.
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