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...I will never say anything bad about Britney Spears again. Or the Spice Girls. Or Puff Daddy.

Certain boomers lament the '70s. I LAUGH AT YOU, BOOMERS. YOU HAVE NOT SUFFERED.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

It's bookended by a fucking Michael Bolton song and Santana's "Smooth". That says it all.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)

How *do* you talk to an angel?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Very carefully, my friend.

02-08 I'M TOO SEXY w Right Said Fred [3]

02-29 TO BE WITH YOU w Mr. Big [3]

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Or from the ridiculous to the whatthefuckular.

HOPE YOU LIKE MARIAH CAREY! Jesus, no wonder I spent the first 2/3 of the decade listening to Led Zeppelin. (If I was born 10 years later I'd probably be all "fuck old people music! GET CRUNK" so there is a certain envy at work here)

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

(The remaining 1/3 was spent listening to anything/everything on Astralwerks)

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, all the Mariah Carey entries were starting to make my head spin after a bit.

06-03 HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN w Bryan Adams [5]

But then there's THIS.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

02-08 I'M TOO SEXY w Right Said Fred [3]

02-29 TO BE WITH YOU w Mr. Big [3]

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 22nd, 2005.

haha that would make a great medley. I'M TOO SEXY TO BE WITH YOU

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually Mariah Carey is pretty far down on the list of horrific revelations; most of the atrocities involve balding white guys with lite-R&B loverman pretensions. EW.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The one saving grace is that the Rembrandts' "I'll Be There For You" isn't a #1 and "Hypnotize" is.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Boyz II Men sort of... wow. Went on a Ken Griffey trajectory.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

there are ton's of great songs on this list nate!

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Name ten.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't realize that Snow was #1 for SEVEN WEEKS and I had no idea that Ina Kamoze was #1 at all.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

11-09 CREAM w Prince & The N.P.G. [2]
03-13 INFORMER w Snow [7]
04-09 BUMP N' GRIND w R. Kelly [4]
12-17 HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER w Ini Kamoze [2]
01-28 CREEP w TLC [4]
07-08 WATERFALLS w TLC [7]
09-09 GANGSTA'S PARADISE w Coolio Featuring L.V. [3]
05-18 THA CROSSROADS w Bone Thugs-N-Harmony [8]
07-13 HOW DO U WANT IT - CALIFORNIA LOVE w 2 Pac Featuring K-Ci & Jojo [2]
11-09 NO DIGGITY w Blackstreet Featuring Dr. Dre [4]
05-03 HYPNOTIZE w The Notorious B.I.G. [3]
08-30 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS w The Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Daddy
02-14 NICE & SLOW w Usher [2]
06-06 THE BOY IS MINE w Brandy & Monica [13]
11-14 DOO WOP (THAT THING) w Lauryn Hill [3]
04-10 NO SCRUBS w TLC [4]
07-17 BILLS, BILLS, BILLS w Destiny's Child [1]

are all good to great.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:32 (twenty-one years ago)

And there's tons of songs period, and a lot of them are great (Sinead, Prince, Madonna, Biggie, MIX-A-LOT!), but for every 5 weeks of "Baby Got Back" there's 14 months of the fucking "Macarena". I will say that once you excise Bryan Adams, 1995 looks pretty good. But 1994 is so, so awful (that year in general actually ate it hard, though, so it's apropos).

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

1. 05-19 VOGUE w Madonna [3]
2. 01-05 JUSTIFY MY LOVE w Madonna [2]
3. 11-09 CREAM w Prince & The N.P.G. [2]
4. 02-08 I'M TOO SEXY w Right Said Fred [3]
5. 01-28 CREEP w TLC [4]
6. 04-15 THIS IS HOW WE DO IT w Montell Jordan [7]
7. 05-18 THA CROSSROADS w Bone Thugs-N-Harmony [8]
8. 11-09 NO DIGGITY w Blackstreet Featuring Dr. Dre [4]
9. 05-03 HYPNOTIZE w The Notorious B.I.G. [3]
10. 07-17 BILLS, BILLS, BILLS w Destiny's Child [1]

I could come up with at least 20 more too.

― deej., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

1990 to 1991 are DEFINITELY the dregs. Ick.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

songs on the list that I smile at the appearance of (not necessarily my favorites):

09-08  BLAZE OF GLORY w Jon Bon Jovi  [1]
01-22 ALL FOR LOVE w Bryan Adams / Rod Stewart / Sting  [3]
12-17 HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER w Ini Kamoze  [2]
10-03 THE FIRST NIGHT w Monica  [5 non-consecutive weeks]
09-04 BAILAMOS w Enrique Iglesias  [2]

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

03-22 CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN w Puff Daddy Featuring Mase [6]

Hmm ... why don't I remember a thing about this song? Puffy had a six-week #1 hit before "I'll Be Missing You"? So this was the post-Biggie sympathy #1 Hit Part 1, and the Police rip-off was a more successful Part 2?

Everytime I see a list of 1992's #1 Hits, I'm reminded of why I've blocked most of 1992 from my musical memory.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm totally going BAILAMOOOOOOS in my head over and over right now (xp)

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha I totally missed both Sir Mix-A-Lot and Kriss-Kross, but obv both those songs are great.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

ARRRRRGH now I am too. Haha fuck you, Al.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

1990 to 1991 are DEFINITELY the dregs. Ick.

Did Soundscan kick in after that point for the singles as well as the albums, or did that even practically matter given the collapse of the commercial singles market as such?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

LET THE RHYTHM TAKE YOU OVER BAILAMOS

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1994 is redeemed by closing inexplicably with "Here Comes The Hotstepper"!!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

God, was I hearing a cover of "Bailamos" recently, I can't recall. Maybe it was the original.

Thing about "Hotstepper" is I remember TWO videos -- the original which was basic if okay enough, and then this utterly horrible movie-tie-in one intercutting bits of Kamoze with the film the song was appearing in...Altman's Pret-a-Porter. You can imagine how much sense THAT made.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Call me the "r" word, call me Nate in STP, but these all give me brain hemmorhages:

01-20 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU w Michael Bolton [3 weeks]
02-10 OPPOSITES ATTRACT w Paula Abdul [3]
03-03 ESCAPADE w Janet Jackson [3]
03-24 BLACK VELVET w Alannah Myles [2]
06-09 HOLD ON w Wilson Phillips [1]
06-16 IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE w Roxette [2]
09-08 BLAZE OF GLORY w Jon Bon Jovi [1]
09-15 RELEASE ME w Wilson Phillips [2]
09-29 LOVE AND AFFECTION w Nelson [1]
11-03 ICE ICE BABY w Vanilla Ice [1]

04-13 I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU w Londonbeat [1]
04-20 YOU'RE IN LOVE w Wilson Phillips [1]
04-27 BABY BABY w Amy Grant [2]
05-11 JOYRIDE w Roxette [1]
06-08 MORE THAN WORDS w Extreme [1]
07-27 EVERYTHING I DO I DO IT FOR YOU w Bryan Adams [7]
09-21 I ADORE MI AMOR w Color Me Badd [2]
10-05 GOOD VIBRATIONS w Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch [1]
11-23 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN w Michael Bolton [1]

02-01 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME w George Michael & Elton John [1]
02-08 I'M TOO SEXY w Right Said Fred [3]
02-29 TO BE WITH YOU w Mr. Big [3]
03-21 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST w Vanessa Williams [5]
11-14 HOW DO YOU TALK TO AN ANGEL w The Heights [2]
11-28 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU w Whitney Houston [14]

03-06 A WHOLE NEW WORLD w Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle [1]
03-13 INFORMER w Snow [7]
07-24 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE w UB40 [7]
11-06 I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) w Meat Loaf [5]

01-22 ALL FOR LOVE w Bryan Adams / Rod Stewart / Sting [3]
02-12 THE POWER OF LOVE w Celine Dion [4]
05-21 I SWEAR w All 4 One [11]
08-06 STAY (I MISSED YOU) w Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories [3]
08-27 I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU w Boyz II Men [14]
12-03 ON BENDED KNEE w Boyz II Men [6 non-consecutive weeks]

06-03 HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN w Bryan Adams [5]

08-03 MACARENA w Los Del Rio [14]
12-07 UN-BREAK MY HEART w Toni Braxton [11]

11-11 CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 - SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT w Elton John [14]

02-28 MY HEART WILL GO ON w Celine Dion [2]
09-05 I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING w Aerosmith [4]
10-17 ONE WEEK w Barenaked Ladies [1]

10-23 SMOOTH w Santana Featuring Rob Thomas [12]

(xp) ROBERT ALTMAN IS RAGGA, BLOODCLAAT

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Notice how significantly less shitty it gets from 1995 onwards. When I graduated from high school. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!!?1

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

y'know I had no idea until just now googling "Here Comes The Hotstepper" lyrics that the word being said after every line of the song was "murderer". I always heard it in my head as "word 'em up" or something like that.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I ever saw either video, but the idea of Robert Altman doing dancehall videos amuses me greatly.

It means that marketing people woke the fuck up and realized that children are the future and you better start selling to them (rather than their parents or whoever the fuck bought Bryan Adams' records.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

POV per year (make yr own)

1990

05-19 VOGUE w Madonna [3]
04-21 NOTHING COMPARES 2 U w Sinead O'Connor [4]
03-03 ESCAPADE w Janet Jackson [3]
11-03 ICE ICE BABY w Vanilla Ice [1]
10-06 CLOSE TO YOU w Maxi Priest [1]

1991

01-05 JUSTIFY MY LOVE w Madonna [2]
07-20 UNBELIEVABLE w E.M.F. [1]
11-09 CREAM w Prince & The N.P.G. [2]
02-09 GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT w C&C Music Factory Featuring Freedom Williams [2]
05-18 I LIKE THE WAY (THE KISSING GAME) w Hi-Five [1]

1992

04-25 JUMP w Kris Kross [8]
07-04 BABY GOT BACK w Sir Mix-A-Lot [5]
02-08 I'M TOO SEXY w Right Said Fred [3]
02-01 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME w George Michael & Elton John [1]
06-20 I'LL BE THERE w Mariah Carey [2]

1993

05-15 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES w Janet Jackson [8]
07-10 WEAK w SWV [2]
05-01 FREAK ME w Silk [2]
03-13 INFORMER w Snow [7]
11-06 I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) w Meat Loaf [5]

1994

2-17 HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER w Ini Kamoze [2]
03-12 THE SIGN w Ace Of Base [6 non-consecutive weeks]
04-09 BUMP N' GRIND w R. Kelly [4]
08-06 STAY (I MISSED YOU) w Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories [3]
12-03 ON BENDED KNEE w Boyz II Men [6 non-consecutive weeks]

1995

01-28 CREEP w TLC [4]
07-08 WATERFALLS w TLC [7]
09-30 FANTASY w Mariah Carey [8]
08-26 KISS FROM A ROSE w Seal [1]
02-25 TAKE A BOW w Madonna [7]

1996

11-09 NO DIGGITY w Blackstreet Featuring Dr. Dre [4]
07-13 HOW DO U WANT IT - CALIFORNIA LOVE w 2 Pac Featuring K-Ci & Jojo [2]
08-03 MACARENA w Los Del Rio [14]
12-07 UN-BREAK MY HEART w Toni Braxton [11]
07-27 YOU'RE MAKIN' ME HIGH - LET IT FLOW w Toni Braxton [1]

1997

08-30 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS w The Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Daddy [2]
05-03 HYPNOTIZE w The Notorious B.I.G. [3]
05-24 MMMBOP w Hanson [3]
02-22 WANNABE w Spice Girls [4]
03-22 CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN w Puff Daddy Featuring Mase [6]

1998

01-31 TOGETHER AGAIN w Janet Jackson [2]
06-06 THE BOY IS MINE w Brandy & Monica [13]
11-14 DOO WOP (THAT THING) w Lauryn Hill [3]
10-03 THE FIRST NIGHT w Monica [5 non-consecutive weeks]
02-14 NICE & SLOW w Usher [2]

1999

01-30 …BABY ONE MORE TIME w Britney Spears [2]
07-17 BILLS, BILLS, BILLS w Destiny's Child [1]
04-10 NO SCRUBS w TLC [4]
07-31 GENIE IN A BOTTLE w Christina Aguilera [5]
05-08 LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA w Ricky Martin [5]

some years admittedly are stronger than others

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh geez, there's only one Australian band in that whole decade and it is bloody Savage Garden. ARRGH.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

POV charttopping ballads might be hard

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

The second half of the decade is also clearly stronger than the first.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll let matos and eddy come in and rep - HARD - for londonbeat and amy grant

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahha whoa al you just reminded me of a 5th or 6th grade bus debate where i remember kids literally shouting at each other that it was "murderer" or "worrrrd up"

btw...
11-14 HOW DO YOU TALK TO AN ANGEL w The Heights [2]

This song will always be associated with the local grocery store to me. We used to go there and get hot dogs and i got caught stealing a candy bar once but the guy let me go and i never stole from them again. Ergo, classic. Also, what's w nate hating on "I'll make Love to You."

― deej., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

the second half is when top 40 managed to completely cave to hip-hop at the hands of PUFFY!

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

First half of this decade really puts even the second half of the 90s to shame though:

http://home.planet.nl/~haan0654/hot100/nrs1/decade/00s.htm

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Puffy basically saved music.

― deej., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Puffy v. Nirvana = not even a contest.

― deej., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The %age of great #1 songs per year ... keep in mind that I dislike most of TLC's hits, and at this moment I'm having trouble keeping Mariah Carey's 584 #1's straight in my head

1990 5/25 = 20%
1991 8/27 = 30%
1992 2/12 = 17% (and this was a BIG stretch, as somehow Sir Mix-A-Lot, RSF, and Kriss Kross added up to two great songs)
1993 5/10 = 50%
1994 2/9 = 22%
1995 3/11 = 27%
1996 3/8 = 38%
1997 5/9 = 56%
1998 2/15 = 13%
1999 3/14 = 21%

So 1997 leads the way with great stuff from Biggie, Puffy, Spice Girls and Hanson.

1992 and 1998 bring up the rear, hence confirming that those years were as shitty as I remember them.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Puffy basically saved music.

And he invented the remix!

xpost -- actually Puffy and Nirvana are sorta tied for me (in the 'hm, well, okay' category)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

fuckit POV CHATTOPPING BALLADS

04-21 NOTHING COMPARES 2 U w Sinead O'Connor [4]
02-25 TAKE A BOW w Madonna [7]
08-26 KISS FROM A ROSE w Seal [1]
04-09 BUMP N' GRIND w R. Kelly [4]
06-15 RUSH RUSH w Paula Abdul [5]

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You hate "Creep"?!

― deej., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)

refers to MIR obv.

― deej., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I was about to say, I'm not hating on "Creep," sheesh!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, what's w nate hating on "I'll make Love to You."

I don't like using this argument, being as how I like "Digital Love", but it had the absolute tritest lyrics ever. Also, unlike "Digital Love", it had nothing in the production to interest me.

Eddy likes a lot of weird shit that I will never understand because I was poisoned by college radio. So he can rep away. I can't promise to comprehend a damn fool thing.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Also: context is everything.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 06:00 (twenty-one years ago)

heh, i like how 92 and 94 both started with a song called "all for love (or "all 4 love") at number one.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 06:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Skipping 11 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

Hahahah. Oh, the images.

"WE CAN'T GO ONNNNNNNN...HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL?"

*buzzsaw guitar, Collins gets molested*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 06:34 (twenty-one years ago)

That's what I was referring to, dammit!
Haha, of course the comment worked both ways because I've been quite vocal about my distaste for Radiohead around here (this is what you were going for, Ned?)

Anyhow, so much for doing something productive before bed:

The %age of great 80's #1 songs per year ... boy, did Lionel Richie ever suck. And Whitney Houston. And 1989. 1988 was a strange one, because I like almost all of those songs, but relatively few earned the point for being "great". Its low %age isn't really indicative of the overall #1 song quality.

1980 4/16 = 25%
1981 7/16 = 44%
1982 8/15 = 53%
1983 5/10 = 69%
1984 11/19 = 58%
1985 15/26 = 58%
1986 17/30 = 57%
1987 15/29 = 52%
1988 12/32 = 38%
1989 8/32 = 25%

Not too many surprises there, I'd say.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 06:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Early 1970...
01-03 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD w B.J. Thomas [4 weeks]
01-31 I WANT YOU BACK w Jackson Five [1]
02-07 VENUS w Shocking Blue [1]
02-14 THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN) w Sly & The Family Stone [2]
02-28 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER w Simon & Garfunkel [6]
04-11 LET IT BE w Beatles [2]
04-25 ABC w Jackson Five [2]

Pretty damn impressive imho!

― Freddie Fresh, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

That's what I was referring to, dammit! (For a while there in 1995 on alt.music.alternative I think it was me and Tom (and Dan and Nicole, but I can't remember if they had joined by then) who were the only people talking about how great it was.)

Really? I was talking about how great "Creep" was? I didn't even like Radiohead until I heard "Just"!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, 1991 wasn't so awful. Londonbeat, Roxettte, Amy Grant, "Cream," EMF. You had those last few Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" singles, R.E.M. getting the 90210 generation to lose its religion, while U2 and Nirvana beckoned at the end of the year.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

none of those lists are anything like as bad as people have been making out! not even 1990 and 1991! lots of great songs there.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Really? I was talking about how great "Creep" was? I didn't even like Radiohead until I heard "Just"!

TLC! We're talking about the "Creep" that hit in 1995! TLC!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

(heh heh heh)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

There are some great songs no this list, etc., etc.

Not least of which Step by Step!

STEP ONE!

*deep voice* We can have lots of FUN!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

*straining, "bad new kid" voice*

There's so much we can dooo-oo!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

*Stephanie Tanner*

It's just you and meeeeee!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

God I hate the New Kids.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I can give you M-O-O-O-O-RE!

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

STEP FIVE

*lamest of New Kids, head turned AWAY from the camera*

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE TIME HAS ARRI-I-I-VED!?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Santana's "Smooth" is a great song, dummies.

― RS, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The British version of the above.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

So is what happened between the nineties and the noughties basically that people over the age of 25 stopped buying singles? That might explain both the collapse of the market and the retreat of the mega-ballad as a reigning force.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"04-15 THIS IS HOW WE DO IT w Montell Jordan [7]"

Oh, now I know when I got online. 1995. I remember distinctly playing this on repeat while trying to get on Compuserve.

― nathalie barefoot in the head (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

From the UK point of view, 1996 would appear to be the drop-off point; that's when we start seeing a new number one virtually every week. Though it is a sobering reminder that 1995, the Year of Britpop, could only give Blur and Oasis three weeks at the top between them; otherwise it was Celine, Jacko, Simply Red, the Singing Squaddies and the Outhere Brothers all the way.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

God. How vapid. Ultimately depressing.

I had no idea Lisa Loeb hit number one. I don't remember hearing that song very much.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Or, as Tom Jones pronounced her name at the Brit Awards: "Lisa Lobey."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

The UK number ones >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> times > to the >th power the US number ones

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

1989-1992: worst period in the history of modern, mainstream pop music.

― Jason Toon, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

POV 90S!!!

1990
"Escapade" Janet Jackson
"Nothing Compares 2U" Sinead O'Connor
"It Must Have Been Love" Roxette
"Step By Step" New Kids On The Block
"Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice

1991
"I've Been Thinking About You" Londonbeat
"I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" Hi-Five
"I Adore Mi Amor" Color Me Badd
"Cream" Prince & The NPG
"Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" P.M. Dawn

1992
"All 4 Love" Color Me Badd
"I'm Too Sexy" Right Said Fred
"Jump" Kris Kross
"Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-A-Lot
"End Of The Road" Boyz II Men

1993 (LAMEST YEAR)
"Informer" Snow
"That's The Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson
"Dreamlover" Mariah Carey
"I'd Do Anything For Love" Meat Loaf
"Again" Janet Jackson

1995
"Take A Bow" Madonna
"This Is How We Do It" Montell Jordan
"Kiss From A Rose" Seal
"Fantasy" Mariah Carey
"Exhale" Whitney Houston

1996 (NO, WAIT. NEW LAMEST YEAR)
"Tha Crossroads" Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
"You're Making Me High" Toni Braxton
"No Diggity" Blackstreet

1997 (NO, WAIT. NEW LAMEST YEAR. PUFFY EAT ONE DICK)
"MMMbop" Hanson
"4 Seasons Of Loneliness" Boyz II Men

1998
"Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden
"Nice & Slow" Usher
"Too Close" Next
"The Boy Is Mine" Monica & Brandy
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" Lauryn Hill

1999
"Livin' La Vida Loca" Ricky Martin
"Genie In A Bottle" Christina Aguilera
"Bailamos" Enrique Iglesias
"Unpretty" TLC
"Smooth" Rob Thomas & Santana

REALIZATION: I LIKE HITPOP WHEN IT'S MUY CALIENTE (except J. Lo, oddly enough)

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm looking over the 00s and the 80s and I don't think the 90s were exceptionally ass.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

there were MORE hits but the ratio of class to ass is pretty similar

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

89-92 (my high school years) were exceptionally ass though. Otherwise the 90s were actually pretty decent.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Are there #1 albums lists posted anywhere? I assume it would be a much better list.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

The number one hits of the '00s are FAR FAR WORSE, but we've already discussed that.

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

That's crazy. There are all sorts of good #1s in the 00s.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

1998: worst year for music ever??

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I have to admit I find a startling lack of albums I truly adore from 1998, but there's plenty of fine singles. I know some people that think the year was stellar.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

The British #1s seem a lot worse than the American #1s in the later half of the 90s. Weird.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

1998 was awesome.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

05-18 I LIKE THE WAY (THE KISSING GAME) w Hi-Five [1]

holy crap, i never realized that hi-five had a number one! their second album was the first pop cassette i ever owned, not counting the top gun soundtrack or the beach boys' greatest hits. i still have their first three cassettes in a box somewhere next to cooleyhighharmony and silk.

― marc h., Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

11-14 HOW DO YOU TALK TO AN ANGEL w The Heights [2]

thankee to whoever posted to this link, b/c i had SUCCESSFULLY forgotten all about this dried-up yet still smelly TURD of a song.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

1990 (probably the worst year):

5. Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract"
4. Whitney Houston - "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
3. Madonna - "Vogue"
2. Janet Jackson - "Black Cat"
1. Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby"

1991:

5. Janet Jackson - "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
4. Extreme - "More Than Words"
3. C&C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
2. Madonna - "Justify My Love"
1. EMF - "Unbelievable" (possibly the best #1 of the decade)

1992:

5. Mariah Carey - "I'll Be There"
4. Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy"
3. Mr. Big - "To Be With You"
2. Kriss Kross - "Jump"
1. Boyz II Men - "End of the Road"

1993 (good year):

5. Snow - "Informer"
4. SWV - "Weak"
3. Silk - "Freak Me"
2. Janet Jackson - "That's the Way Love Goes"
1. Mariah Carey - "Dreamlover"

1994 (yikes, this might be worse than '90):

5. R. Kelly - "Bump n Grind"
4. Ini Kamoze - "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
3. Boyz II Men - "I'll Make Love To You"
2. Ace of Base - "The Sign"
1. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - "Stay (I Missed You)"

1995:

5. Madonna - "Take a Bow"
4. TLC - "Waterfalls"
3. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men - "One Sweet Day"
2. Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
1. TLC - "Creep"

1996:

5. Mariah Carey - "Always Be My Baby"
4. Toni Braxton - "You're Making Me High" / "Let it Flow"
3. 2Pac - "California Love" / "How Do U Want It"
2. Blackstreet f/ Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
1. Bone Thugz n Harmony - "Tha Crossroads"

1997:

5. Boyz II Men - "Four Seasons of Loneliness"
4. Mariah Carey - "Honey"
3. Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
2. Hanson - "MMMMBOp"
1. Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"

1998:

5. Janet Jackson - "Together Again"
4. Next - "Too Close"
3. Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply"
2. Will Smith - "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
1. Monica - "The First Night"

1999:

5. Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"
4. Mariah Carey f/ Jay-Z - "Heartbreaker"
3. Santana f/ Rob Thomas - "Smooth"
2. Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"
1. Monica - "Angel of Mine"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

The number one hits of the '00s are FAR FAR WORSE, but we've already discussed that.

uhhh....

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

haha I forgot to do 1994! wtf!

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

It's just this black stain in your memory, oh I know.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

1994:
BUMP N' GRIND | R. Kelly
THE SIGN | Ace Of Base
HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER | Ini Kamoze
PUNT!

1996:
NO DIGGITY | Blackstreet Featuring Dr. Dre
HOW DO U WANT IT - CALIFORNIA LOVE | 2 Pac Featuring K-Ci & Jojo
UN-BREAK MY HEART | Toni Braxton
PUNT!

1997:
WANNABE | Spice Girls
HYPNOTIZE | The Notorious B.I.G.
MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS | The Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Daddy
CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 - SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT | Elton John (BWAH HAH HAH!)
CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN | Puff Daddy Featuring Mase

1998:
DOO WOP (THAT THING) | Lauryn Hill
PUNT!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

80s, why not

1980 (good fucking year):

5. Blondie - "Call Me"
4. Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust"
3. Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
2. Michael Jackson - "Rock With You"
1. Lipps, Inc. - "Funky Town"

(no room for "Upside Down" or "Crazy Little Thing Called Love")

1981:

5. Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
4. Hall and Oates - "Private Eyes"
3. Rick Springfield - "Jesse's Girl"
2. Blondie - "The Tide is High"
1. Blondie - "Rapture"

1982:

5. Hall and Oates - "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
4. Steve Miller Band - "Abracadabra"
3. John Cougar - "Jack and Diane"
2. Human League - "Don't You Want Me"
1. J. Geils Band - "Centerfold"

(no room for "Mickey," "I Love Rock & Roll," "Eye of the Tiger," "Who Can It Be Now?," "Maneater")

1983:

5. Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
4. The Police - "Every Breath You Take"
3. Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come on Eileen"
2. Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
1. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"

(no room for "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

1984:

5. Yes - "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
4. Cyndi Lauper - "Time After Time"
3. Van Halen - "Jump"
2. Prince - "Let's Go Crazy"
1. Prince - "When Doves Cry"

1985:

5. Madonna - "Crazy for You"
4. Wham! - "Everything She Wants"
3. Tears for Fears - "Shout"
2. Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill"
1. Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

(no room for "Take on Me" or "Careless Whisper")

1986:

5. Berlin - "Take My Breath Away"
4. Prince - "Kiss"
3. Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
2. Madonna - "Live to Tell"
1. Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls"

1987:

5. Tiffany - "I Think We're Alone Now"
4. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
3. Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
2. U2 - "With or Without You"
1. U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

1988:

5. Guns n Roses - "Sweet Child O Mine"
4. George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set On You"
3. Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
2. UB40 - "Red, Red Wine"
1. INXS - "Need You Tonight"

1989:

5. New Kids on the Block - "Hangin' Tough"
4. Janet Jackson - "Miss You Much"
3. Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"
2. Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
1. Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

My POV:

1990
03-24  BLACK VELVET w Alannah Myles  [2]
05-19  VOGUE w Madonna  [3]
02-10  OPPOSITES ATTRACT w Paula Abdul  [3]
10-27  BLACK CAT w Janet Jackson  [1]
04-21  NOTHING COMPARES 2 U w Sinead O'Connor  [4]

1991
02-09  GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT w C&C Music Factory Featuring Freedom Williams  [2]
06-15  RUSH RUSH w Paula Abdul  [5]
07-20  UNBELIEVABLE w E.M.F.  [1]
11-30 SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS w P.M. Dawn  [2]
11-09 CREAM w Prince & The N.P.G.  [2]

1992
02-01 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME w George Michael & Elton John  [1]
03-21 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST w Vanessa Williams  [5]
07-04 BABY GOT BACK w Sir Mix-A-Lot  [5]
08-08 THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND w Madonna  [1]
08-15 END OF THE ROAD w Boyz II Men  [13]

1993 -- All of these songs suck. But if I have to:
03-06 A WHOLE NEW WORLD w Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle  [1]
03-13 INFORMER w Snow  [7]
05-15 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES w Janet Jackson  [8]
12-11 AGAIN w Janet Jackson  [2]
12-25 HERO w Mariah Carey  [4]

1994
04-09 BUMP N' GRIND w R. Kelly  [4]
05-21 I SWEAR w All 4 One  [11]
08-06 STAY (I MISSED YOU) w Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories  [3]
08-27 I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU w Boyz II Men  [14]
12-17 HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER w Ini Kamoze  [2]

1995
01-28 CREEP w TLC  [4]
02-25 TAKE A BOW w Madonna  [7]
07-08 WATERFALLS w TLC  [7]
08-26 KISS FROM A ROSE w Seal  [
09-30 FANTASY w Mariah Carey  [8]
1]

1996
05-04 ALWAYS BE MY BABY w Mariah Carey  [2]
05-18 THA CROSSROADS w Bone Thugs-N-Harmony  [8]
07-13 HOW DO U WANT IT - CALIFORNIA LOVE w 2 Pac Featuring K-Ci & Jojo  [2]
11-09 NO DIGGITY w Blackstreet Featuring Dr. Dre  [4]
12-07 UN-BREAK MY HEART w Toni Braxton  [11]

1997
02-22 WANNABE w Spice Girls  [4]
03-22 CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN w Puff Daddy Featuring Mase  [6]
05-03 HYPNOTIZE w The Notorious B.I.G.  [3]
05-24 MMMBOP w Hanson  [3]
08-30 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS w The Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Daddy  [2]

1998 -- The worst year that's not 1993.
03-14 GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT w Will Smith  [3]
04-04 ALL MY LIFE w K-Ci & Jojo  [3]
05-23 MY ALL w Mariah Carey  [1]
10-17 ONE WEEK w Barenaked Ladies  [1]
11-14 DOO WOP (THAT THING) w Lauryn Hill  [3]

1999
01-30 …BABY ONE MORE TIME w Britney Spears  [2]
04-10 NO SCRUBS w TLC  [4]
05-08 LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA w Ricky Martin  [5]
07-17 BILLS, BILLS, BILLS w Destiny's Child  [1]
09-18 UNPRETTY w TLC  [3]

My favorite years are 1990, 1995 and 1999.

― Lyra Jane (Lyra Jane), Thursday, 24 March 2005 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

I'm sorry, I just wanted to say that Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" is the worst fucking song ever. Just awful, awful, awful.

Also, this thread was quality.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 13 May 2005 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh geez, there's only one Australian band in that whole decade and it is bloody Savage Garden. ARRGH.

Chick-a-cherry cola!

Actually, I REALLY liked that song when it came out. Then that "Truly Madly Deeply" song came out and, well, yeah. I lost my curiosity for their album at that point.

Oh man. Looking at those charts... shit. Comparing it to the '80s list is, well -- the '80s completely shits over everything from the '90s. Even the cliched, overplayed stuff from the '80s, like Michael Sembello's "Maniac". And Lionel Richie's "Hello". Hell, looking a tthe '80s list, I'm thinking, "I would actually enjoy listening to every one of those tracks back-to-back." This is SO not the case with the '90s and beyond.

This must mean the best of the '90s and beyond = the less chart-friendly stuff.

― Goodbye Indian Summer (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

And if you get a chance to see that movie about the woman from the Russian mental hospital who believes she's engaged to Bryan Adams, you will understand why it is that I can no longer say any bad things about "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman". I just can't.

― Goodbye Indian Summer (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Despite my well-documented passion for all things 90s, I'm afraid I agree with you here. Maybe it's because I grew up with all those 90s songs that they're so ingrained in my mind I can't listen to them normally or something, but I'd tend to think that would endear me to them, not isolate me from them. Weird.

Elaborate?

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

03-24 BLACK VELVET w Alannah Myles [2]

this is my mom's second favorite pop song of all-time. she says it reminds her of korea. though she didn't explain why

― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 13 May 2005 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Geez, I have no idea why it is that you would feel that way about the '90s, then! I guess -- I guess maybe it's because what that list shows is that only a very select few musical genres have had an intense stranglehold on the charts from approx. 1990 onward. I mean, if you look at the '80s list, the variety of stuff that's on that is dizzying, from pop to R&B to rock and modern rock, the '80s were WAY more diverse when it came to chart hits. And all that sameness from the '90s and beyond gets REALLY old REALLY fast, esp if you're like me and not really interested in the "bump & grind" variety of R&B that's been popular in the past decade and a half. And, well, I pride myself on loving the '80s because of what was going on underneath the surface with all the obscure-ish artists and whatnot, but this '80s chart-toppers list manages to make me feel proud about my '80s love.

(And I did quite enjoy the '90s. It's just -- I guess what I was listening to wasn't exactly chart-friendy.)

Elaborate?

House Of Fools, which is the movie I'm talking about, uses "If You Ever Really Love A Woman" to great dramatic effect in a few scenes that -- well, you'd have to see the movie in order to see what I'm talking about. I'm sorry about that! It's just -- it's so hard to describe without giving away part of the magic of seeing what I saw.

― Goodbye Indian Summer (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 13 May 2005 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I love and adore the Janet/Mariah school of R&B, but without any sort of edgy pop or rock to balance it out, it does get kind of overwhelming. You're right about the 80s having the edge diversity-wise in that respect.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 13 May 2005 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

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