― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)
I remembered because of their exclamation mark. Weren't they meant to be the teenage UK garage hopes that UK garage never had? I bet you don't remember those cold pre-Blazin' Squad days.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)
however, they did spawn Jonny Shentall, Most Superfluous Band Member Ever. (for his 'involvement' with the 'relaunched' Hear'Say)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)
What was Hear'Say's song after the first one where they all stood about in a fiery hall? I can't remember the first either, I keep thinking it is Never Ever.
3. BELFAST by Boney M.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Hear'Say's second one was:
4) Show Me The Way To Your Love
Now there's a pub quiz question for you (poss. because I heard it during a pub quiz, or maybe a FAP, I am unsure)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)
IIRC, her goth song also featured her poncing about a beach, but this time it was in the dark and she was dressed like a poncy elf in a cloak.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)
5. Peach - On My Own. Never a hit anywhere, as far as I know, I bought it for 50c because I liked the orange cover.
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)
(5) PURE AND SIMPLE, that was it.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)
crumbs.
7. Hanging Around by Me Me Me
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)
Diana King 'Shy Guy'Ray Parker Jr 'I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone'3T ft Michael Jackson 'Why'Brownstone 'If You Love Me'Peter Andre 'Flava'
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)
Gordon Haskell 'How Wonderful You Are'
it was only two years ago
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)
16. Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)
20) CJ Lewis - Sweets For My Sweet
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)
I'd forgotten all of those songs apart from FLAVA. Marvellous.
Craig McLachlan - Mona (or Moira, or Maura, or Mary, or Madge, Mungo, Midge ect ect).
Did Men Without Hats have a follow-up to Safety Dance? I would say that but of course everyone remembers it.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
Total twaddle. Terrible name that gave more than a passing nod to Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne".
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
"Pop Goes the World"
I certainly don't but I've heard of it and people assure me it's not a lie...
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)
The Supernaturals 'I Wasn't Built To Get Up At This Time'
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)
Win - Freaky Trigger!!!! (I think Tico Tico played it to me once but I HAVE FORGOTTEN IT or was that the name of the album?)
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)
Jonny Shentall snuggles up to Groop Dogdrill and Lesley Garrett as Doncaster's prime contribution to all of pophistory ever. Rah!
fucking BRILLIANT, Ed triumphs again. Peach-boffins did some things of on Fever by Kylie but I forget exactly which.
27(?). Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)
Boyzone 'A Different Beat'Bad Boys Inc. 'Don't Talk About Love', 'Take Me Away'Deuce 'Call It Love'Kim Appleby 'G.L.A.D'Worlds 'inexplicably big in France' Apart 'Everlasting Love'
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)
37. Northern Uproar - Anyway You Look
Northern Uproar in 'tune' shocker. Sort of.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)
The Word is great for forgotten songs so think back to what you saw on that - If?! The Aloof! The Millionaire Hippies!
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)
Did it even Top Ten?
I love the way Smash Hits stopped calling him "Monkey Chops" after he came out as An Gay.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)
And it was about #5 or 6, I think.
On that topic -
41 - Mikey Graham - You're My Angel
(think that was his name - he was the least memorable member of Boyzone, anyway)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)
crashed into the top 5, then buggered off again double sharpish - don't recall it getting much airplay or mention in the weeks after
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)
Lena Fiagbe - "Gotta Get It Right"
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)
good choice! also, Efua's 'Somewhere'
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)
Or whatever the song they had to play on the Top 40 instead of Smack My Bitch Up was called. Think it was something like that though.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
I know A GOFF who goes by the screen name of "doop". I still can't think of it without laughing. I don't think he even knows. ARRRRRHAHAHAHAHAHHA.
― Sarah (starry), Monday, 8 December 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)
This HAS been done before, agreed. It's grrrrreat
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― cis (cis), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)
Just noticed the mighty SHIVAREE made #63 with Goodnight Moon. How cruel - it should have been massive.
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― cis (cis), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)
E-Motion 'Naughty North Sexy South' (the TOTP performance featured the demonstration of north/south divide via pretty girls in appropriately denominated football kits)
and the follow up
'I Stand Alone'
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)
i think i (not so) secretly like this - sounds a bit like BOC but with slushy female vocals
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)
YES I am clutching at straws now
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)
does Baby D's "I need your lovin' (everybody's gotta learn sometime)" count? Cuz I'd sure forgotten it.
2 unlimited - let the beat control your body!
― cis (cis), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)
(yeah, I do have a collection of early/mid 90's NOW! compilations, why d'you ask?)
― cis (cis), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)
Stakka Bo - Here We Go
― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Monday, 8 December 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― John Fredland (jfredland), Monday, 8 December 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ben Dot (1977), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)
i nominate anything by Cud, esp "Prawn in whitby" and "Oh no won't do"
also Shakespear's Sister "you're history", their best song by a screaming mile
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― reo, Tuesday, 9 December 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)
Kid Creole & The Coconuts: Annie I'm Not Your DaddySplit Enz: I Got YouMen At Work: It's a MistakeRobin Gibb: JulietLimahl: Too Much TroubleGalaxy: Dancing TightMick Karn & Midge Ure: After a FashionIan Hunter: All Of The Good Ones Are TakenDavid Sylvian & Ryuchy Sakamoto: Forbidden ColoursVisage: Damned Don't CryBad Manners: Walking In The SunshineDollar: Give Me Back My HeartYazoo: The Other Side Of Love
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)
I wouldn't say either of these are particularly forgotten, being that they were both b-grade hits for both bands and regularly appear on 80's compilations and are in constant rotation on VH1 Classic.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)
my own nominations for best semi-forgotten songs from the 90s: 74 75- Connells, how bizarre- OMC, closer than close- rosie gaines, nanny in manhattan- lilys.
― lid, Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:45 (twenty-two years ago)
Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight GirlG Michael / Queen / Lisa Stansfield - Five Live EPTony Di Bart - Real Thing (mentioned on EVERY thread like this yet still I had forgotten him!)Peter Andre - I Feel YouBoyzone - A Different BeatLL Cool J - Ain't Nobody (more that it got to #1 than its very existence)Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (this is surely the most forgettable, GB's second No.1 - who knew???)Another Level - Freak Me (I vaguely remember this because of a funny Tanya entry though)911 - Little Bit More (how does it go? I don't know, neither do you, neither does anyone who bought it I would guess, oh well, it's probably OK but amazingly nobody on Soulseek is sharing it)
Special mentions to Westlife whose ever-presence I remember all too well but whose songs escape me, and to Geri Halliwell all of whose songs I remember because I was a big enough fool to buy the album.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 11 December 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)
and did someone say N-TYCE and CLEOPATRA?
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Mainly cause i once wrote a song that had "I'm so in love with you that I dont know what i do" as a strap line.
But instead of "and I'm sailing on the seven seas so blue" I had "I walk head first into a tree yeah"
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Did "The rock" by Delakota get anywhere near the charts?
― Rob M (Rob M), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)
This song was virtually everywhere for a few months in 1994, but then... nothing. According to AMG, All-4-One have released 5 LP's, but has anyone ever heard any of them?
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)
(shame as it has a TEARING Grooverider mix)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Skinny, Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)
also, Lolly
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― etc, Thursday, 11 December 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)
Quite right (forgotten/understated 'classic' pop songs of the 80s and 90s I can't post links I can't post links). Let's make an annual event of it
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 11 December 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― musically, Sunday, 29 April 2007 06:27 (nineteen years ago)
Just heard "Oh How Happy" in a documentary--had totally forgotten it. Written by Edwin Starr, also recorded by him, on his own and with Blinky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF5m59gy1P8www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4FD1oUlWZIwww.youtube.com/watch?v=qt3toviVsg8
The film used the first, which I think was the hit.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 01:45 (five years ago)