ITV Chart Show - Dance Chart (12th September 1992)

Now you don't get many Euro-dance acts at number 1 on the Dance Charts, which is not surprisingly, because most of them suck. But there were always exceptions, especially with the track "Its my Life", which was a massive top ten hit around Europe. This track had the best dance beats with not exactly the best rapper in the world, but that really didn't make a difference.

Dr Alban was a Nigerian, who settled in Sweden and studied Dentistry. While studying, he made music to earn some money and met a record producer, who then produced an album in 1991, which didn't really lit the charts. However his second album became more popular with the catchy "Its My Life". That song went straight to number 1 in several European countries and later on became a top ten hit in the UK.

The follow up, "Sing Hallelujah", was of a poor standard, although it did hit the top 20 in the UK. Many euro-dance acts don't tend to really last that long. Maybe because alot of them sound too much alike, and there is no room in diversity. The doctor (well not too sure whether he completed his phD) still makes music, but he's one of the guys who does these retro early 90's euro-dance tours around Europe, which Kim Wilde and others in Britain do for the retro-80's tour.

Britain seems to be the only place, where they've not produced Euro-dance acts that have been successful. Some people considered Steps as a Euro-Dance act, but to me, they were just a bad Butlins pop group, who made awful records, that made me cringe. Many of their solo acts were so bad, that all of them were forced into Reality TV retirement !!!