here we are again, this time with the misleading adjective 'forgotten' dropped from the thread title. this list is the result of the same kind of calculation by sean ross as the last poll featured: the bigger the hit it was back in its day (as evidenced by year-end charts) + the less play it gets on the radio today, the higher it will appear in the ranking. they might not be missing from collective memory, but they're generally missing from yr nearby jack-fm variant's playlist.
what's ur fav/whaddya remember? i'll be honest, there's a lot of stuff here that i don't know. one song i looked up a few years ago specifically because i saw that it had been a big chart hit and my honest but unfortunate first impression was that it was one of the worst songs i had ever heard. just in case someone really likes that song i won't mention which it is.
tho i don't know if i'll vote for it, i'm perhaps most dismayed at seeing janet's "if" on this list. in 1993 it was as natural a hit as any for both pop and r&b radio, but nowadays that means it's too left-field for either of those formats' 'grown-up' variants.
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
17. Madonna - Deeper And Deeper | 9 |
31. Madonna - Justify My Love | 6 |
29. Erasure - Always | 4 |
16. Michael Jackson - In The Closet | 4 |
41. Janet Jackson - If | 4 |
7. Shakespear's Sister - Stay | 4 |
23. P.M. Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes | 3 |
34. Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat | 3 |
50. George Michael - Praying For Time | 2 |
36. George Michael - Too Funky | 2 |
3. Natural Selection - Do Anything | 1 |
40. Wilson Phillips - Release Me | 1 |
25. Meat Loaf - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through | 1 |
33. Hammer - Addams Groove | 1 |
10. The Cover Girls - Wishing On A Star | 1 |
9. Janet Jackson - Because Of Love | 1 |
26. 95 South - Whoot, There It Is | 1 |
35. Milli Vanilli - All Or Nothing | 0 |
32. Wilson Phillips - Impulsive | 0 |
38. Eternal - Stay | 0 |
37. Dino - Romeo | 0 |
39. DRS - Gangsta Lean | 0 |
49. Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of The Dark | 0 |
48. Tara Kemp - Piece Of My Heart | 0 |
42. Richard Marx - Take This Heart | 0 |
43. Elton John - The One | 0 |
44. Firehouse - When I Look Into Your Eyes | 0 |
45. Karyn White - The Way I Feel About You | 0 |
46. Surface - The First Time | 0 |
47. Mariah Carey - Anytime You Need A Friend | 0 |
30. Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven | 0 |
13. Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground | 0 |
12. Vanilla Ice - Play That Funky Music | 0 |
11. Immature - Never Lie | 0 |
8. M.C. Hammer - Have You Seen Her | 0 |
1. Glenn Medeiros ft. Bobby Brown - She Ain't Worth It | 0 |
6. Rythm Syndicate - P.A.S.S.I.O.N. | 0 |
5. Tommy Page - I'll Be Your Everything | 0 |
4. Shanice - Saving Forever For You | 0 |
14. Michael Bolton - Time, Love And Tenderness | 0 |
15. The Escape Club - I'll Be There | 0 |
28. Paula Abdul - Blowing Kisses In The Wind | 0 |
27. Tracie Spencer - This House | 0 |
20. Jeremy Jordan - The Right Kind Of Love | 0 |
24. Paula Abdul - The Promise Of A New Day | 0 |
22. Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Wildside | 0 |
21. Tyler Collins - Girls Nite Out | 0 |
19. Genesis - No Son Of Mine | 0 |
18. Bad English - Price Of Love | 0 |
2. Sweet Sensation - If Wishes Came True | 0 |