The history books will tell you 1995 was all about brit pop. There was the big four of Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Slade. Many other bands got a slice of the pie though such as Supergrass, Sleeper and Shed Seven amongst others. What about Teenage Fanclub though?
No doubt those into brit pop would know, but for the general public they weren't exactly a household name. Their Top 40 career consisted of 5 hits, 4 of which charted between 31 and 40.
This was Top 40 hit number 4 which was the 2nd Top 40 hit from their "Grand Prix" album. The first came earlier in the year with "Mellow Doubt" which made number 34.
From an album perspective though they'd scored their first Top 10 album. They also received praise from Liam Gallagher and were arguably at their commercial peak.
Sometimes biggest chart success follows peak of popularity and this is what appeared to happen here. Their following album "Songs from Northern Britain" became their highest charting album and from it "Ain't That Enough" became their highest charting single. This was 1997 though when the popularity of brit pop was in decline.
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