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

PULP - "Do You Remember the First Time?" (350 points, 22 votes)

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"Oh Jesus it must be great, to be straight"

I guess we still have "Babies," "Disco 2000" and "Common People" at least to go before the list's end. We might only have "He's on the Phone" left from St. Etienne, at least.

Is this definitely in praise of 'Cherub Rock'.

I've read this way back on the thread and I'm still laughing...

oh, and yes, Alba, it was in praise of "Cherub Rock" (though in a dysfunctional kind of way). I completely forgot I wrote this, but I stand by it.

MAZZY STAR - "Fade Into You" (351 points, 26 votes)

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classic, if only for the fact that fade into you is my favorite song of all time
-- V

AALIYAH - "One In A Million" (356 points, 15 votes)

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The original Aaliyah "One in a Million" changed the face of American pop music. Since its release it has been on my top ten. I remember freaking all my Berkeley friends out listening to it (granted, it was about 1000 times in a row and they were used to hearing MBV blaring).
-- Spencer Chow

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