"Loser" and "Gin and Juice" tower over everything for me, "Loser" especially. (It'll do poorly--does not seem to be remembered fondly by ILM.) I also liked "Whatta Man" and "All That She Wants" (still kind of spooky and disturbing when I heard it a few weeks ago) at the time. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" is pretty good.
― clemenza, Monday, 20 April 2015 23:07 (nine years ago) link
Whoops -- did not see "Whatta Man" or "Loser." Add them to my list.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 April 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
At the risk of being pilloried - fo real, it's out of my wheelhouse - but I'm gonna rep for MMM MMM MMM - it still kinda grabs my attention when I hear it, compared to most on the poll.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 20 April 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
So does a noose around your neck.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 April 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
Mmmm mmmm mmmm >>>> Loser
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
Anyways I love a lot of this stuff and I have no clue how I'm voting yet
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 00:39 (nine years ago) link
whatta man vs the sign
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
the sign
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 02:16 (nine years ago) link
Prince's only UK #1, weirdly
― the velvet dope (Andre Gunder Frank 3000), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 02:26 (nine years ago) link
line from "Whatta Man" you would most like uttered in reference to you (DUDES ONLY NO GURLZ ALOWD)
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
I like that Prince song, btw. I even bought the cassingle!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 02:58 (nine years ago) link
Alfred whats your thoughts on Diamonds and Pearls? (I agree with you btw re: MBGITW, its p second-rate and that aspect of Prince--him as a middle ground between PM Dawn and, like, those Linda Ronstadt/Aaron Neville ballads, was my unfortunate introduction to his music; it put me off for a minute
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
LEMME RIDE THAT DUNKIE DUNKIEEEEEEEEE
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:21 (nine years ago) link
I remember this time so well. getting bullied daily in school, hating my life. was all about those All-4-One jams, especially "So Much In Love".
hard for me to vote against "Gin and Juice". rap to me at that time was all fucking MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice type shit given my parents' tight control over what I listened to. moment I heard this on late night radio opened a whole new fuckin world, even if it was the lame edited version and I had no idea what "indo" was.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
there's only like three songs on this list I don't like, Bolton, Adams, etc
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
That's how I felt about the 1987 one a few weeks back.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money),
"Cream" and "Money Don't Matter 2 Nite" are fine, the other singles middling to horrible (and I'll take Ronstadt-Neville over TMBGITW).
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 11:05 (nine years ago) link
A lot of this stuff is completely mysterious to me. It falls into that twilight zone between the time I stopped listening to top 40 radio around 1992-ish and when I began working at a mall record store in 1995 where I started picking top 40 music back up.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 April 2015 22:10 (Yesterday) Permalink
This, swapping out some dates and details (I mostly just went all "alternative" around '93). It's a little shocking how unfamiliar much of this stuff is to me given how intensely familiar I am with pretty much every charting pop song released from my birth up until this point.
Anyway. In most cases where Zhane is a possible answer, Zhane is probably the right answer.
― I Stepped On Your Samwich (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
I know ilxors will probably disagree with me on this but Ace of Base are the worst
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:04 (nine years ago) link
I always feel that 1994 was when I started to really fall out of love with pop music, but these say otherwise:
3 6 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD –•– Prince – 9 (3)12 15 I’LL REMEMBER –•– Madonna – 5 (12)15 8 WHATTA MAN –•– Salt N’ Pepa Featuring En Vogue – 15 (3)16 16 GIN AND JUICE –•– Snoop Doggy Dogg – 14 (8)19 19 BECAUSE OF LOVE –•– Janet Jackson – 14 (10)25 39 ANYTHING –•– SWV – 4 (25)28 26 GROOVE THANG –•– Zhane – 16 (17)
― Eric H., Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:05 (nine years ago) link
"I'll Remember" >>>>> anything on Ray of Light
It's as good a song as any of its Patrick Leonard co-compositions but w/out his gewgaws.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:21 (nine years ago) link
his = William Orbit's
Is there a Spotify playlist for this?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
I didn't have time to make one yesterday, but anyone who wants to attempt it can do.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Random thoughts...Lol someone had a top 40 hit with a reggae cover of Peter Frampton...wait it gets worse, that General Public song is reggae-fied cover of the Staple Singers song...you know your Top 40 years is in trouble when Michael Bolton isn't even the worst song that year...the white guy in the All-4-One video looks like Edward Snowden...Gin And Juice is going to win this, but 2nd best hip-hop has some real contenders with Ice Cube, Outkast, and Masta Ace.
Loser/Gin And Juice should dominate this, so throwing my vote away on Stan Lynch's last top 40 appearance.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
it would be fun to do these for bottom 40 lists too
― maura, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
I wish I had access to those. I've been using this site.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
I found a treasure trove of weekly top 100 .txt files a while back but only up through the mid-'90s or so, IIRC.
― Au Jus On My Dungarees (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Richard Marx's last top ten.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:56 (nine years ago) link
that Bonnie Raitt tune isn't bad either
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
Scribble drabble scrabble on the microphone I babble
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
I feel like the people discounting the "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" should hear the vastly superior album version
It's much, much better than everything on Diamonds and Pearls which I pretty much hate aside from "Gett Off"
― DJP, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
it would be fun to do these for bottom 40 lists too― maura, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:46 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― maura, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:46 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Bubbling Under Hot 100 imo
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
shoutout to Rottin Razkals and Nuttin' Nyce
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" is much better MOR Prince than "TMBGITW," but I actually kinda like both of them.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
jf the hot 100 is now available in full on billboard's site for every single week all the way back to its first publication date in 1958! :)
for example this is the 'bottom 40' for the week represented by this poll: http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1994-04-30
60 Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)61 Danzig - Mother62 M.C. Hammer - It s All Good63 Rod Stewart - Having A Party64 Xscape - Understanding65 Celine Dion - Misled66 Dawn Penn - You Don t Love Me (No, No, No)67 Xscape - Love On My Mind68 Queen Latifah - Just Another Day69 John Michael Montgomery - I Swear70 A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation (Relax Yourself Girl)71 Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas72 Simple E - Play My Funk (From "Sugar Hill")73 Mint Condition - U Send Me Swingin74 H-Town/Al B. Sure! - Part Time Lover/I m Still In Love With You75 Gabrielle - I Wish76 Cracker - Low77 Gang Starr - Mass Appeal78 Billy Joel - Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)79 Shaquille O Neal - I m Outstanding80 Erasure - Always81 I To I - The Right Time (From "Four Weddings And A Funeral")82 K7 - Zunga Zeng83 Color Me Badd - Choose84 Expose - In Walked Love85 Candlebox - You86 2 In A Room - El Trago (The Drink)87 James - Laid88 Patra - Worker Man89 FRENTE! - Bizarre Love Triangle90 After 7 - Gonna Love You Right (From "Sugar Hill")91 NAS - It Ain t Hard To Tell92 Tori Amos - God93 Jocelyn Enriquez - I ve Been Thinking About You94 Neal McCoy - No Doubt About It95 Little Texas - My Love96 Ovis - Regular Thang97 The Knack - My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")98 SWV - Always On My Mind99 Guns N Roses - Since I Don t Have You100 Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I didn't know they'd opened that info up w/o a subscription. Nice!!
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link
so much R&B
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
bonus - here is the bubbling under hot 100 for that week (not available on the billboard site sadly but i found it in their google books archive):
1 Doug E. Fresh - Freaks/I-ight (Alright)2 Sweet Sable - Old Times' Sake3 Taylor Dayne - I'll Wait4 The Breeders - Divine Hammer5 Teddy Pendergrass - Believe in Love6 Robin S. - I Want to Thank You7 Sarah McLachlan - Possession8 Zapp & Roger - Computer Love9 Sounds of Blackness - I Believe10 Lisette Melendez - Will You Ever Save Me11 Live - Selling the Drama12 South Central Cartel - Gang Stories13 Bee Gees - For Whom the Bell Tolls14 George Strait - Love Bug15 M People - Moving on Up16 Faith Hill - Piece of My Heart17 Angela Winbush - Treat U Rite18 Heart - The Woman in Me19 Aretha Franklin - Willing to Forgive20 Intro - Ribbon in the Sky21 Terminator X and the Godfathers of Threatt - It All Comes Down to the Money22 For Real - You Don't Wanna Miss23 Tony! Toni! Tone! - Leavin'24 Mega Banton - Sound Boy Killing25 Phil Collins - We Wait and We Wonder
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
xp yeah they only opened it up recently, like within the past few months
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that bottom 40 is WAY better.
― Au Jus On My Dungarees (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
i remember these polls that matos used to do: Billboard Hot 100 New Entries, December 2003
he polled new hot 100 entries for every month from jan 2000 to dec 2003, it was p fun
― dyl, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Wow, I totally missed all that.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Voted "Whatta Man," but big love to "I'll Remember" and "Gin & Juice." Of the many terrible covers, I'll take the 10,000 Maniacs one, even though Natalie Merchant could drain the sexiness out of a sex swamp. I had happily forgotten that Richard Marx and Michael Bolton were still charting into the mid-'90s. I respect the Bruce song more than I love it, "Bump n Grind" suffers from knowing too much about R. Kelly.
I think in my mind I had fused the Big Mountain version of "Baby I Love Your Way" with the Will to Power version, to the extent that I remembered them as the same song.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
lol I didn't even notice it was the Big Mountain version. I just glanced and thought it was Will to Power and briefly thought "wasn't that from earlier than 1994?"
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
Hint: Will To Power is way, way better.
I'm surprised by all of the positive mentions of "I'll Remember" because, personally, I'll remember "I'll Remember" as the second blandest hit Madonna had had at that point (after the drippy "This Used To Be My Playground").
― Honey Mustard On My Tunic (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
lol 1994...I'll Remember is on a soundtrack with Mudhoney's Run Shithead Run.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
"Playground" does nothing for me, but I love the melodic turns in "I'll Remember" (basically, I love most Patrick Leonard-Madonna compositions).
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
that'll be the With Honors soundtrack, also home to Kristen Hersh's "Your Ghost"
The keyboard bedrock of I'll Remember is absolutely lovely.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
I saw With Honors at least a couple times, but never really looked at the soundtrack. It's absurd and great at the same time.
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
I love that the bassline starts below the root on each repetition. I love those backwards strings in the bridge. I love the patient undulations of the synths. It's perfect balladry.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
How many fucking versions of Baby I Love Your Way can there be?
― pplains, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_I_Love_Your_Way
3, apparently?
― DJP, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
Had to have been a UB40 version in there somewhere. Had to have been.
― pplains, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Lol Alfred I was talking about the song, my bad
Really stoked about the love for I'll Remember after its somewhat lackluster performance on the Madonna poll; it was def top 5 on my ballot though. Def in the running for me, tho Snoop Dogg, Crash Test Dummies, "Dunkie Butt" and "All that She Wants" are also huge for me. And I dont remember Player's Ball making top 40
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 25 April 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
"Bubbling Under: The Breeders - Divine Hammer" - that could be the name of my memoir
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 25 April 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
Haha
― you can now get married in a church of bacon (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 25 April 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 26 April 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Didn't vote Because of Love cause I was sure somebody else would, ilm has failed me
― tsrobodo, Sunday, 26 April 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
Loser, huh?
― Small Town Pizza Lawyer (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 26 April 2015 00:11 (nine years ago) link
"Loser" is complete and utter garbage and you are in denial if you think otherwise.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 26 April 2015 06:12 (nine years ago) link
this is like Skeletor fatally wounding He-Man
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 26 April 2015 06:23 (nine years ago) link