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(Idly wonders if Steps and Hole got on like a house on fire backstage.) #TOTP

The ‘90s editions of Top Of The Pops continue next week with a double-bill of the 4 and 11 September 1998 editions, featuring Steps, Mansun, Honeyz, Faithless, Manic Street Preachers, Five, Jennifer Paige, Hole and All Saints. See you then? #TOTP

It takes five to six hours to prep each week's #TOTP facts. If you'd like to bung me a tip, you can do so via this Ko-fi link: https://t.co/isHJ0Jb5fL (I've set it at £2 minimum because PayPal swipe the first 33p!) Ta. #youcanmutethishashtag

Oh just scroll back for the Boyzone facts. #TOTP

Robbie Williams's dad, comedian Pete Conway, appeared on series one and two of New Faces in 1973 and 1974. #TOTP

"Man Machine", performed here as an "album exclusive", went on to feature on I've Been Expecting You, Williams’s second album, which was number one for three non-consecutive weeks in November 1998/January 1999/February 1999. It was never issued as a single. #TOTP

Bit of a winker. #TOTP

“A few months after it had been released and had been a hit, we actually met John Barry... backstage at a prom... He was incredibly unfriendly, I got the feeling that he thought we’d murdered his piece of music. It was a bit awkward to say the least.” 😬#TOTP

During the songwriting process, they sampled the Nancy Sinatra track, but later they re-recorded the strings. Chambers: “I think it was either in the wrong key or we couldn’t get the rights for the original.” #TOTP

“I think I came up with the idea for the football chant in the middle-eight bit, then Robbie came up with the line ‘Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough.’” #TOTP

Guy Chambers: “Rob had the idea to do something based on James Bond and I had the idea of writing a song called ‘Millennium’, mainly out of self-interest. There was a lot of talk about the millennium back then... I just thought it was an interesting word.” #TOTP

Pinched in “Millennium” (obviously): the strings from Nancy Sinatra’s Bond theme "You Only Live Twice" (a number 11 hit in July 1967), composed by John Barry. https://t.co/IL3juGkcP3 #TOTP

Robbie also appeared on the first 14 of Take That's 28 UK top 40 hits (including the first seven of their 12 number ones), as well as the 23rd, 24th and 25th. He also appeared on Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (no 1 for four weeks, December 2004/January 2005). #TOTP

The seventh of 36 UK top 40 hits credited to Robbie Williams, "Millennium" became the first of his seven number ones. It stayed at the top for one week. #TOTP

Closes as I can get

Can't believe there's no gif of Sid James going "Corrrrrrrr". #TOTP

The original album version of “What Can I Do” – which peaked at 53 in March 1998 – is in more of a doo-wop style. https://t.co/Y2wZ8OsCn7 This version was a remix by Tin Tin Out. #TOTP

The second of 13 UK top 40 hits (including one number one) for The Corrs, "What Can I Do" was at its number three peak. #TOTP

Drummers are travelling light tonight. #TOTP

As you probably know, Foo Fighters took their name from a World War II-era term for unidentified flying objects. #TOTP