Flashback 1993 Billboard Top 10 Singles - 1/16/1993 - 19 years ago today

Original vs Remake #22

Today December 7th 2011 would have been the 69th birthday of singer/songwriter Harry Chapin.  Tragically he died in a car accident in July of 1981, leaving behind a great legacy of music for future generations to appreciate.


Here from 1974 is his only Billboard #1 single "Cat's In the Cradle" which he wrote about his son.   The song spent one week at #1 in December of that year.

In 1993 the american hard rock group Ugly Kid Joe covered "Cat's in the Cradle" and managed to take it to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 in the UK.  Strangely enough they topped the Australian Top 40 for one week in March of 1993.

#1 Song of the Week

This week we go a little newer and softer than before with the Billboard Hot 100 Chart topper from March 6th 1993.
"A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, which spent 1 week in the #1 spot.

This was the pop single version of the Oscar winner for Best Song from the Disney movie Aladdin.   This was also the song that knocked Whitney Houston and her mega smash "I Will Always Love You" from the top spot after a then record 14 weeks at #1.

#1 Song of the Week

This weeks song goes back to this day in 1993 when Meatloaf had his first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Top 40.
The song he took to the top was "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That)". Meatloaf spent 5 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and 7 weeks on the UK Top 40, becoming the UK's #1 single of 1993.