Dutch Top 40 1995: Week 5

These were the new entries in the Dutch Top 40 that never made the UK Top 40:

T-Spoon ft Jean Shy - Mercedes Benz

In the UK T-Spoon are known for the hit "Sex On The Beach" in 1998. However they were charting in their native Holland long before that with their first hit coming in 1993. This record is a cover of the Janis Joplin song done in a pretty similar style to "Sex On The Beach".

Bit Machine ft Daisy Dee - Somebody Real

Bit Machine never had any Top 40 hits in the UK as Bit Machine. But like with many dance acts, they had other aliases. The most famous of these aliases was Black Box who had a chart topper in the UK with "Ride On Time". Daisy Dee is a Dutch singer which no doubt helped this into the Dutch Top 40. In a way it's an evolution of Black Box into the 90s, it's piano driven house music but without the screeching.

Andre Van Duin - Het Naaimachine Lied

We're only 5 weeks into the year and already we've had a few non-musicians having Dutch Top 40 hits. Andre Van Duin is another example of this, he's a comedian and whilst I have no idea what he's singing I gather it's supposed to be funny. Despite not being a musician though, he's been quite prolific in the Dutch Top 40 with his first hit coming in 1972 and his most recent in 2009 and he also topped the charts 3 times, though not with this.

Assekruus - Slavenkoor Carnavalesque 

When watching the video to this I gather there's some sort of celebration going on. I also gathered from the title that it has something to do with carnivals. That's basically what it is, a cover of a Verdi piece which is played a lot at carnivals.