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SPACE WITH CERYS OF CATATONIA - THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES (SONG)
Entry:26/04/1998 (Position 40)
Last week in charts:31/05/1998 (Position 50)
Peak:27 (2 weeks)
Weeks:6
Place on best of all time:6918 (102 points)
Year:1997
Music/Lyrics:Space [UK Band]
Tommy Scott [II]
Producer:Jeremy Wheatley
Space [UK Band]
World wide:
au  Peak: 46 / weeks: 2
nz  Peak: 27 / weeks: 6

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AVAILABLE ON FOLLOWING MEDIA
VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
4:09Now That's What I Call Music! 39Virgin
CDNOW39 / 4946872
Compilation
CD
06/04/1998
4:11Smash Hits Summer '98Circa / Virgin
VTDCD 186
Compilation
CD
18/05/1998
4:10Huge Hits 1998Sony TV
MOODCD62
Compilation
CD
26/10/1998
4:12100% Hits Volume 25EMI
565130-2
Compilation
CD
1998
4:12Indie 2000 Volume 4Columbia
493241 2
Compilation
CD
23/03/1999
4:10Now That's What I Call Music! 1998 [The Millennium Series]Virgin
NOWMIL-1998 / 5231612
Compilation
CD
04/10/1999
4:10Greatest Hits [Limited Edition Double Pack]Blanco Y Negro
0927 49194 2
Album
CD
06/09/2002
4:11Greatest Hits & Unheard BitsMusic Club / Demon
MCCD 527
Album
CD
22/09/2003
4:10The Pop Years - 1998-1999Crimson / Demon
CRIMPOP905
Compilation
CD
24/04/2009
4:10100 Hits - 90s PopDemon
DMG 100 035
Compilation
CD
27/07/2009
4:10Now Yearbook '98 Extra [Collectors Edition]Now
CDYBENOW98
Compilation
CD
28/03/2025
MUSIC DIRECTORY
Cerys MatthewsCerys Matthews: Discography / Become a fan
Space [UK]Space [UK]: Discography / Become a fan
CERYS MATTHEWS IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
The Ballad Of Tom Jones (Space with Cerys of Catatonia)26/04/1998276
SONGS BY CERYS MATTHEWS
A Bird In Hand
Baby, It's Cold Outside (Tom Jones & Cerys From Catatonia)
Blue Light Alarm
Caught In The Middle
Elen
Grace Cathedral Hill
Morning Sunshine
Only A Fool
Open Roads
Oxygen
Ruby
Seed Song
Soul Love
Streets Of New York
The Ballad Of Tom Jones (Space with Cerys of Catatonia)
The Endless Rain
What Kind Of Man
ALBUMS BY CERYS MATTHEWS
Baby, It's Cold Outside... Christmas Classics From Cerys Matthews
Cockahoop
Don't Look Down
Dylan Thomas - A Child's Christmas, Poems And Tiger Eggs
Explorer
Hullabaloo
Never Said Goodbye
Tir
 
SPACE [UK] IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Neighbourhood23/02/1997229
The Ballad Of Tom Jones (Space with Cerys of Catatonia)26/04/1998276
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Spiders11/05/1997453
Tin Planet17/05/1998114
SONGS BY SPACE [UK]
1 O'Clock
20 Million Miles From Earth
Avenging Angels
Bad Days
Be There
Begin Again
Blow Up Doll
Charlie M.
Dangerous Day
Dark Clouds
Diary Of A Wimp
Drop Dead
Falling In Love
Favourite Gods
Female Of The Species
Fortune Teller
Frightened Horses
Give Me Something
Good Times
Gravity
Growler
If It's Real
Kill Me
Killing Me In Widescreen
Looney Tune
Love You More Than Football
Lovechild Of The Queen
Major Pager
Me And You Versus The World
Mister Psycho
Money
Neighbourhood
No One Understands
Strange World
Suburban Rock 'N' Roll
Sunny Afternoon (Tom Jones with Space)
The Bad Days EP
The Ballad Of Tom Jones (Space with Cerys of Catatonia)
Voodoo Roller
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
ALBUMS BY SPACE [UK]
Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits
Spiders
The Best Of Space - Avenging Angels
Tin Planet
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.43 (Reviews: 14)
***
Ich find's langweilig, # 4 in GB 1998.
*****
Finde ich faszinierend, vor allem die Stimme von Cerys!!! («I've never thrown my knickers at you...»!)
****
dieses leicht durchgeknallt und gruselig wirkende Duett mit Donnergrollen befindet sich auf dem 1998er Album Tin Planet von Space – 3.5 (aufgerundet auf 4*)...
******
Ridiculously cool and highly amusing. It has a great sound and fantastic lyrics.
******
Mezmerizingly brilliant!
***
Gefällt mir nicht besonders.
****
Err, fascinating lyrical storyline. I do like the vocal interplay though, and you can't really go wrong with an intro like that.
****
<br>Ganz ok.
*****
Ein sehr geiles Lied, leider damals total verpennt (ich hätte die UK Charts aufmerksamer durchhören müssen)!<br><br>War in UK ihr grösster Hit, und ihre einzige Chartplatzierung in Irland : #26 im März 1998!
***
Not really my thing sorry.
******
"You stopped us from killing each other, you'll never know but you've saved our lives!" A classic!
*****
Sehr tolle Indienummer
****
Recht interessante Kombi, die da am Start war.
****
Zunächst etwas eigenwillig, erinnert es mich letztlich ein wenig an die Machart der Werke von Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood.
Last edited: 18.07.2024 15:24
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