Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

WHITE TOWN - "Your Woman" (356 points, 19 votes)

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I just wonder if Momus sat sulking in the ICA cafe the day White Town hit no.1 with 'Your Woman' ?
-- flannery culp

Fukkit.

When the Aaliyah track came out, it seemed like US R&B, an incredibly popular yet seemingly closed (even moribund) system of production, had completely reinvented itself. The arrangement was totally unique, showcasing Timbaland's almost drum n bass approach to drum programming (although he denies having heard any dnb prior to recording this track). The eerie almost sci-fi sonics and slow bass with double time snare and hat fills directly influenced countless R&B and then hip-hop and pop releases. Aaliyah's later tracks are denser and more immediate, but "One In a Million" was quite a shot in the dark and made me reconsider R&B completely. I still think it's one of the 10 sexiest songs ever - actually it's just pure sex music of the highest order. It's also a kind of key to a clearer understanding of subsequent Timbaland productions.

you're really unbelievable sometimes, Deej. Do you have any idea how unorthodoxly high a placement #48 is for a song like "One in a Million"? I'm shocked it even made it at all--I've never seen it make a 90s poll like this.

I swear, if Breaking Atoms was nominated and made #7 on the list, you'd be bitching about how it should've been top five.

I didn't vote for either "One in a Million" or "Fade Into You" (though I did vote for "Are You That Somebody?") but I'm very pleased to see both of them so high. They certainly deserve it. And "Your Woman" is still only sort of a good song.

I guess it's not fair to judge based on this, but I hate that smile face he uses. It's the kind that appears on forums with "avatars" and for some reason it always has the effect of getting me mad when someone uses it to try to be concilatory. Anyway, he was even on EMI briefly. How about that?

MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "To Here Knows When" (357 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)

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This one right here is the tune that SOLD me on MBV, after several years of denial.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - "Stars of Track and Field" (365 points, 22 votes)

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R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion" (369 points, 26 votes)

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As for Losing My Religion.. it's by far their best single, and the one that will probably be remembered best fifty years from now
--may pang

MBV were pretty. That song is amazing.

I think I lost my ballot, somewhere.

THE ORB - "Little Fluffy Clouds" (372 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)

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"...what really got me, 'Little Fluffy Clouds'. You can't imagine, or maybe you can, what hearing that for the first time, under the covers in the dark with my headphones on, sounded like."
-- Alba

THE ORB - "Little Fluffy Clouds" (372 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)

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"...what really got me, 'Little Fluffy Clouds'. You can't imagine, or maybe you can, what hearing that for the first time, under the covers in the dark with my headphones on, sounded like."
-- Alba

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - "100,000 Fireflies" (380 points, 21 votes)

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Are you crazy "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)",“The Hitman”, “RIP”, “Dread Bass”, “Open Your Mind”, "Activ-8", "Lords of the Null Lines", "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)", "Bombscare", "Anasthasia" were on my list and I KNOW I cut a bunch of other ones!

BLUR - "Coffee and TV" (387 points, 24 votes)

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" "Coffee and TV" alone was better than anything off of parklife or modern life is rubbish."
--Felcher

ICE CUBE - "It Was A Good Day" (387 points, 25 votes)

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Ice Cube's last great moment, maybe?

Complete crazy talk.

"I can't believe how weak that Magnetic Fields song sounded when I listend back."

Even more crazy talk. Frankly Stephen Merritt should have probably quit after that song.

The superchunk cover is a diservice to the original.

It is with this track that we get our first glimpse of Stephen Merritt's lyrical and musical genius. The line 'You won't be happy with me/ but give me one more chance/ you won't be happy anyway' is both desvastatingly sad and strangely funny. Pure joy!

Complete crazy talk.

How do you know what my favourite rave tracks are?