best song that reached #1 on airplay but was never allowed to chart on the billboard hot 100 1995-1998

i cant vote for fly in good conscience b/c my sister was a sugar ray superfan all thru her hi school years and i had to listen to them effectively 24/7 (a fandom which culminated in a photo being mailed to her of mark mcgrath on a date with soleil moon frye???). "torn" wins out for me, im such a sucker for shirt-rending bummer-pop

love Hey Baby, like Hella Good, don't really care for any other No Doubt joints but don't mind most of them

also love Let Me Blow Ya Mind

had never even heard of Fly until this thread

Lovefool >>>>> Torn >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't Speak >>>>>>>> Men In Black >> Fly >>>>>>>> I'll Be There For You >>> Iris

Torn >>>>> Iris > (don't need to hear the rest of them ever again but as long as we're all ranking them) > Don't Speak > Lovefool > Fly > Men In Black > Friends theme

I always had a soft spot for radio-friendly indie pop circa 1998 (Goo Goo Dolls, Semisonic, Matchbox 20), probably because I was spending too much time in bars and heard those bands' songs a million times.

Torn is great. I remember really liking it when it came out so I hunted down the Ednaswap version. One of thos2e cases of the cover being better than the original.

Don't Speak > Torn > Men In Black > Lovefool >>>>>>>>> Iris > I'll Be There For You. Don't think I've heard the Sugar Ray song.

A strange list, in that at least five of those were physical singles here in Europe, and also sold well.

"Don't Speak" and "Men In Black" topped the Norwegian charts, and Norwegian charts are based on sales alone, with no airplay factor.

When she sings "That's what's going on," I think of it as a response to Marvin Gaye's question, 25 years later.

lol

I really resented 'Don't Speak' at the time! the only other No Doubt song i'd heard was 'just a girl', which was fast and fun and poppy and female-sung and strong, and I was really excited about it -- and then the next song was a ballad and it was about a boy and it was just, ugh, total betrayal.

Gwen Stefani only sounds good on ballads, otherwise she just has this naff hyperactive kids TV presenter vibe, no matter how glammed up or rocked up she is.

take a chance, you stupid ho

voting 'men in black' by a process of elimination. i hated 'don't speak' at the time but wasn't necessarily right. recall 'torn' as being an mor pop song nme writers would stan for, i.e. inoffensive enough. 'lovefool' is probably better if you follow the lyrics? assume it's a fluffy sounding pop ditty 'with a sting in its tail' or somesuch. it's kind of pretty but a bit weak either way. didn't hear 'fly' or 'iris' at the time and still never knowingly heard the latter. rembrandts is unspeakable.

I don't think I've ever heard "Fly" before, and I LIKE Sugar Ray.
"Spiderwebs" the best song ND recorded by a mile. Their ballads are boring.
Voted "Lovefool."

I don't think I've ever heard "Fly" before, and I LIKE Sugar Ray.

How is this possible??

yeah for real

bizarre imo

Lovefool also classic bcz of its appearance in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet which I can't help but love ecstatically in spite of myself...

Gwen Stefani only sounds good on ballads, otherwise she just has this naff hyperactive kids TV presenter vibe, no matter how glammed up or rocked up she is.

The main problem about most of her recent stuff is that it's just too loud plain and simple. One of the worst cases of extreme dynamic range compression overkill in modern music.

Play it on the stereo, and it still sounds like its on the radio... for shame.

I thought you were quoting "Pass the Dutchie" for a moment.

lol

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

The main problem about Gwen Stefani is that it's just too loud, plain, and simple.

Sarah Plain & Loud

I don't think I've ever heard "Fly" before, and I LIKE Sugar Ray.

How is this possible??

Sorry, I thought Sugar Ray was the band that did "Every Morning" and "Closing Time" but it transpires that "Closing Time" is by someone else. And it seems "Fly" was just as big as "Every Morning," which for me was kind of inescapable. I guess I listened to more radio in 1998 than 1997.

Closing Time=Eve 6= I WANT TO VOMIT OUT OF MY EARS

closing time is semisonic

I don't like "Closing Time".

lol. they're so generic I confused the two bands.

cardigans over natalie over no doubt

closing time is better than all these songs

"Closing Time" is fantastic

I like "Closing Time" too! But now that I know it's not by Sugar Ray I'm not sure how much I like Sugar Ray.

Lovefool by a mile.

The main problem about Gwen Stefani is that it's just too loud, plain, and simple.

That too ;)

too many notes

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

It seems so obvious now. Figured 'Iris' would do better.

glad it didn't

"Fly" votes count 8x.

And it seems "Fly" was just as big as "Every Morning," which for me was kind of inescapable. I guess I listened to more radio in 1998 than 1997.

I'm the total opposite! "Fly" was inescapable for me, while I never knowingly heard "Every Morning" until a few months ago.

All around this poll, faith in ILXors crumbled for me.

I went to a 90s dance like a year ago "dressed as" mark mcgrath (white tanktop, saggy 90s jeans, spiked hair which I was unfortunately not dedicated enuff to frost the tips of). fairly well-received. feels like people miss the 90s "good old days" more than they r willing 2 let on.

Then feel free to visit OC anytime. It's like a goddamn Ren Fest for that era around here.

ha

I never liked "Torn." When Ms. Imbruglia started working as a makeup model for Cover Girl or some other drugstore chain, I thought, that's a career that makes a lot more sense for her. The first time I heard "Torn" on the radio, the DJ introduced it by spending a very long time (for non-drivetime radio) describing her amazingly piercing and gorgeous giant blue eyes. So, if your eyes are better than your music, maybe you should be doing something with them. I hope this doesn't sound mean, as she is very pretty, and she seems like a pleasant person, but her music is just dullsville.

And it seems "Fly" was just as big as "Every Morning," which for me was kind of inescapable. I guess I listened to more radio in 1998 than 1997.

I'm the total opposite! "Fly" was inescapable for me, while I never knowingly heard "Every Morning" until a few months ago.

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i totally missed 'fly' & remember hearing 'every morning' constantly (although maybe not as much as 'someday'

My favorite thing about "Fly" is the little Gilbert O'Sullivan reference.

i heard "fly" (and "someday") way more than "every morning".