it's in chronological order by order of appearance on the top 40
― da croupier, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe "Now That We Found Love" didn't go top 10, ditto "The Humpty Dance"
also "No Myth" rules pretty hard
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
only way to forgive "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" at the bottom.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 June 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I've heard "Tic Tac Toe" since the 90s
that was totally new to me when I made these playlists and it's fucking great
― da croupier, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
omigod "Everything Changes." I worked at a Miami Subs when this thing played twice a day on the in-house system and hated when the Taylor Dayne clone sang "Everything looks the same through the eyes of love" and I thought, "Try sticking your hands in fry batter and tomato water, bitch."
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 June 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
a helluva Trevor Horn tribute, "Tic Tac Toe," with all those scratches and Yes samples in the right places.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 June 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link
I always liked how, at the end of "No Myth," the drum track turns into the intro to Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" Someone should do a mashup.
― This amigurumi Jamaican octopus is ready to chill with you (Phil D.), Friday, 28 June 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
back to the 1995 list for a second, I'd forgotten how much I love "Every Little Thing I Do"; possibly one of the greatest drops of all time when the music echoes out and the voices come back in a capella
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
thinking of "Misery", which I still hear at supermarkets & the like: Let Your Dim Light Shine went platinum! Grave Dancers Union went triple platinum so it's no New Jersey but still.
― Euler, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
lol i really like "on bended knee" :(
― dyl, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
man "I Wanna Be Down" is a good song but I heard it so so so so so many times, I'm still burned out on it 18 years later
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Let Your Dim Light Shine would qualify for the New Jersey poll if it'd gone multiplatinum.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 28 June 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
"The Rhythm of the Night" is great but why does it even bother to have verses?
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
It was a minor hit on alt-rock radio
― balls, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
re: connells
― balls, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
man, if only Corona had popped up on alt-rock radio
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
lol @ coronas popping up
― Euler, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
okay lol I never actually knew the name of "Roll To Me"
― DJP, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Every time I hear "Rhythm of the Night" I remember the time in college when my clock radio went off at 6:45 a.m. at the very precise moment she howls "THIS IS THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT!" and I laugh all over again.
― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Friday, 28 June 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
If you don't fux with "On Bended Knee" you and I are not alike, that's all I have to say.
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 June 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
"On Bended Knee" isn't the objectionable Boyz II Men song on this list IMO
― big black nemesis, Puya chilensis (DJP), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
the version of "i'll make love to you" on the playlist sounds rerecorded btw
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
that's the pitfall of Spotify
― big black nemesis, Puya chilensis (DJP), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
yeah but via spotify i just learned boyz ii men released an album in 2009 where they cover the goo goo dolls and take that
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
The biggest airplay song not included here must have been "When I Come Around."
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
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― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
xp second-biggest! biggest was the friends theme song "i'll be there for you" by the rembrandts
a few other big radio hits from that year that largely bypassed retail:
gin blossoms "til i hear it from you"live "lightning crashes"alanis morissette "you oughta know" and "hand in my pocket"
― dyl, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 04:48 (four years ago) link
more on topic, whew, "kiss from a rose"
― dyl, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 05:03 (four years ago) link
I'd completely forgotten that I created this playlist
― DJP, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link