impossible to choose between "big bang baby" and "Interstate love song". big bang baby wins if we include the video, i guess.
― brimstead, Saturday, 31 May 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
weiland does such a great "lennon w/ shredded larynyx" whine for the chorus
― brimstead, Saturday, 31 May 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
Cobain, in other words i guess lol
― brimstead, Saturday, 31 May 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
"Interstate Love Song" is good and all but "Big Bang Baby"'s novelty endeared itself to me more.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Saturday, 31 May 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 1 June 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
A lot of pre-1999 songs in the list were famous casualties of the Billboard airplay rule (all STP/Soundgarden songs, "Buddy Holly", "Better Man", "Live Forever", etc.) "Don't Speak" definitely would've been a #1 Hot 100 hit had the label issued a physical single (second longest stay atop the airplay chart, right behind "Iris"). Pretty sure the success of "Iris" was what finally made BIllboard give in and let airplay-only singles chart on the Hot 100, which also resulted in some ridiculously low peaks for some of the big airplay hits which were already declining in popularity (#9 for "Iris", #42 for "Torn").
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Sunday, 1 June 2014 09:22 (ten years ago) link
And the Rembrandts - I'll Be There for You
― LimbsKing, Sunday, 1 June 2014 11:58 (ten years ago) link
god, if Billboard had incorporated the viewership of Friends into Hot 100 metrics we would've been in trouble
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Sunday, 1 June 2014 12:18 (ten years ago) link
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― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 June 2014 12:34 (ten years ago) link
best song that reached #1 on airplay but was never allowed to chart on the billboard hot 100 1995-1998
Voted Garbage, surprising myself - it 'felt' more like a #2 genre chart hit, and I've gotten to vote for E-Bow, Pretty Noose etc. in many other polls. Some weird disparities in weight class here - some momentum-driven fanbase things, some legitimate megahits, and some oddball things that I perceive as wayyy lower-tier hits, Modern Rock #14s if you will. Much as I'd love to live in a world where E-Bow was this actually popular song just barely denied the crown (an ''O Superman'' if you will)....
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 1 June 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
If you will, if you will.
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 2 June 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Hmmm, surprised about some of the goose eggs in these poll results – would've expected "Don't Speak" to get at least one vote, guess not.
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Monday, 2 June 2014 10:42 (ten years ago) link
It's vile, so yeah..
― ۩, Monday, 2 June 2014 13:59 (ten years ago) link
"Don't speak" is better than most of this crap.Fucking stone roses.
― brimstead, Monday, 2 June 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link