Oct 8, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
Saturday 8 October 1994: Electronic Arts' Urban Strike, the third Strike helicopter game, had just gone to number one in Gallup's cartridge chart on the Mega Drive, knocking Mortal Kombat II off the…
Mark WebbHostBut first, the radio.
The number one single was "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, which is pretty handy because the 8th was a Saturday.
Uh, Whigfield was really a Danish singer called Sannie Carlson fronting an Italian, uh, dance project, and she was the first act ever to go straight in at number one in Britain with a debut single.
She did it by knocking off Wet Wet Wet, who'd been sat up there for 15 weeks with "Love Is All Around." Here's Whigfield.
Like it, baby.
I'll make you mine, you know I'll take you to the top.
Oh, that takes me right back, Lee, because you couldn't walk into a school disco or a wedding that autumn without hearing it.
I'll be honest, I still know every single de-de-na-na-na in that song.
That doesn't surprise me at all, Lee, because you hum it every time you put the kettle on.
I've been meaning to ask you to stop for about 30 years now, and I think today might finally be the day.
Well, fair enough.
But first, the radio.
The number one single was "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, which is pretty handy because the 8th was a Saturday.
Uh, Whigfield was really a Danish singer called Sannie Carlson fronting an Italian, uh, dance project, and she was the first act ever to go straight in at number one in Britain with a debut single.
She did it by knocking off Wet Wet Wet, who'd been sat up there for 15 weeks with "Love Is All Around." Here's Whigfield.
Like it, baby.
I'll make you mine, you know I'll take you to the top.
Oh, that takes me right back, Lee, because you couldn't walk into a school disco or a wedding that autumn without hearing it.
I'll be honest, I still know every single de-de-na-na-na in that song.
That doesn't surprise me at all, Lee, because you hum it every time you put the kettle on.
I've been meaning to ask you to stop for about 30 years now, and I think today might finally be the day.
Well, fair enough.
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