Top 30 in 1999 Reviewed: Week 15

Here's my weekly look at the Top 30 from 26 years ago. The plan is for these posts to go out at 17:30 on a Sunday.

Here is the Top 40 in full.

I've decided against repetition from previous weeks moving forward so will only feature the records I'm reviewing for the first time. I also won't repeat the reviews from the Top 20 in 1999 Reviewed posts.

Once again my opinions are inevitably going to differ from other people, but I'm not trying to convince anyone something is good or rubbish, I'm simply giving my opinion.

So this is the records new to the top 30 from this week in 1999 with my verdict on each record:

23. Bus Stop - Jump

The 3rd and final Top 40 hit to date for Bus Stop. They weren't done as individuals though, Daz Sampson went on to represent the UK at Eurovision in 2006 whilst the other two would have future hits as Flip & Fill. This is a eurodance cover of the Van Halen record and it is bad.

Verdict - Rubbish

21. Bon Jovi - Real Life

Bon Jovi went on hiatus in 1996 and this wasn't really the big comeback we were expecting from them. It passed me by and I'm sure it passed others by too. They rectified that the following the year after turning to Max Martin for their big comeback record "It's My Life", almost like this record never existed. It's not very memorable.

Verdict - Rubbish

If we give the records which were good 1 point each and those which were OK half a point, the final score is 12/30, or 40%. No such luck this week, we've dropped.