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Real Real Real: Jesus Jones

Basket Case by Green Day - 1994

Basket Case by Green Day - 1994

Were you born in the 2000s?

So many to choose from... which one will I select first?

How about...

"Everything I Do, I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams:
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This one began a 7-week run at #1 on the U.S. charts on this date in 1991.

Today it's a random selection for me. I choose "Carnival" by Natalie Merchant, her 1995 solo debut hit:

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This is the entire album version, 6 minutes. (Actually 5 1/2 minutes, but there is a "playback" at the end for the last few seconds.)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIGCGu9L90
Ghetto Superstar- Pras

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From 1990/1991, UB40's cover of "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4msPpieNUw

This version was a hit in the U.S. around mid 1991.

The 22-second "intro" is usually omitted when played on the radio. Also there is a portion during the main part of the song that is sometimes skipped over on some radio stations, namely the instrumental bridge from 2:31 to 2:51 (but I like to hear all 20 seconds of it).

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Eurotrash Pop Modo: Ein Zwei Polizei

NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4gT1kIy3kY
Vanilla Ice- Stop That Train

From 1990, "Just The Way It Is, Baby" by The Rembrandts:
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I've known of this song's existence for a long time, but I only learned that it contained this relatable bit of lyrics.  :D

"There ain't a single night
When I haven't held you tight
But it's always inside my head
Never inside my bed"

From 1995, "Somebody's Crying" by Chris Isaak, which I posted in the "90's hit songs you loved" thread:
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=58111.msg3739885#msg3739885

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Queer - Garbage

I've been listening to this a lot lately tbh

Today I'm randomly selecting "Would I Lie To You" by Charles & Eddie (1992):

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This is probably one of my favourite 90's one hit wonder songs.

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This one is very raunchy and NSFW.  :) I'm not quite sure what exactly the point of this video was? Clearly, it wasn't a great video, to begin with

Stay by Shakespear's Sister:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCYaALgW80c

Stay by Shakespear's Sister:



I remember this one too (sort of). I'm tempted to say this band was also a one hit wonder, even though one of its members had previously been in another band - Bananarama.

I remember this one too (sort of). I'm tempted to say this band was also a one hit wonder, even though one of its members had previously been in another band - Bananarama.


I believe they were technically a one-hit-wonder group, although another single from them did chart in the UK. Stay was a Number One hit for six weeks in the UK as well as in Australia, Japan and most of Europe. Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama (and ex-wife of The Eurythmic's Dave Stewart) was co-founder of the band with American-born singer Marcella Detroit.

This video has that perfect almost 2000s but still totally 90s balance.

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My list in the What do you remember about 1990? thread made me run into this video.

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This video has that perfect almost 2000s but still totally 90s balance.

Luscious Jackson Ladyfingers

And all this time I thought this band was a one hit wonder with their 1997 single "Naked Eye", which I enjoy listening to.

For today, "Theme From Mission Impossible" by half of U2 (1996):
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=49262.msg3743295#msg3743295

One of few instrumental hits to come out in the decade.

For today, "Theme From Mission Impossible" by half of U2 (1996):
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=49262.msg3743295#msg3743295

One of few instrumental hits to come out in the decade.


That was Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen.  :) I loved that they worked together on that one.  :)

That was Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen.  :)

Yes, I knew that. U2's bassist and drummer, respectively. O0


I loved that they worked together on that one.  :)

Me too!

My selection for today on this thread, will be a Madonna song (since she had lots of hits in the 90s as well), namely "Hanky Panky" (1990), from the soundtrack of the Dick Tracy film:

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Happy 60th birthday

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And all this time I thought this band was a one hit wonder with their 1997 single "Naked Eye", which I enjoy listening to.


I don't know if Ladyfingers was much of a hit. I had seen this song/video on an episode of Buffy (Beer Bad).

I don't know if Ladyfingers was much of a hit. I had seen this song/video on an episode of Buffy (Beer Bad).

Apparently it did get released as a single in '99 but must not have done well on the charts, if at all. I for one have not heard it on radio, for one thing.

However, their album Fever In Fever Out, which contained the single "Naked Eye", did spawn two other singles ("Under Your Skin" and "Why Do I Lie"), one of which was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Good Will Hunting (which I've seen, but didn't pay attention to any music).

Far Behind by Candlebox:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9EeIscC8zA

Secret by Madonna:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHUZenprKc

From 1997, "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai:

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A Change Would Do You Good by Sheryl Crow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25m3vSFMhPc

^ That's a good one too. O0

My choice for today is "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins:

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This one was a hit in late 1995 but kinda sounds like a 60s song in a way.

Ordinary World by Duran Duran:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLiVwpv89s

Ordinary LoveWorld by Duran Duran:


That was a great hit too. One of the several bands that kept their success from the 80s going into the 90s. O0

That was a great hit too. One of the several bands that kept their success from the 80s going into the 90s. O0

Haha...not sure why I typed Love instead of World. Must have been thinking of the Sade song No Ordinary Love...  :D ;D :D

Haha...not sure why I typed Love instead of World. Must have been thinking of the Sade song No Ordinary Love...  :D ;D :D

Hey, that might make for a good Combined Song Title...
http://www.amiright.com/names/duets/

And speaking of 80's bands continuing to hit big in the 90's, here is Siouxsie And The Banshees with "Kiss Them For Me" (1991):

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This actually turned out to be the band's biggest hit.

Here's my choice for today... "Crush" by Jennifer Paige. The song was a big hit 20 years ago, in the summer of 1998.

The singer, best known for this song, turns 45 today. (She released a few other songs as singles, but they weren't as popular.)

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Maria by Blondie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juy-yBKEthw

Maria by Blondie:

Great tune from 1999. O0 That was their comeback hit, which I enjoyed at the time (and still do).

From 1991, "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm" by C&C Music Factory:

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From 1990, "Poison" by Bell Biv DeVoe:

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Ricky Bivins, a member of this band, turns 51 today.

Found Out About You by Gin Blossoms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB6XdAkkAo

From 1992, "Am I The Same Girl" by Swing Out Sister:

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I've always loved this one. It is a "lyrical" version of the instrumental classic "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited. 8)

Corinne Drewery, lead singer of this band, turns 59 today.

Here's one that's been forgotten, from 1995. I haven't heard this song in 23 years!

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Here's one that's been forgotten, from 1995. I haven't heard this song in 23 years!



I enjoyed that one too, when it was popular!

Also, the singer, Martin Page, has a birthday today; he's 59. O0

Will Smith turns 50 years old today!

Here is "Men In Black," the title song from the 1997 movie in which he starred (one of a handful of instances in which a performer stars in a certain movie and sings the title song):

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She by Elvis Costello (from the film "Notting Hill" (1999)). Honouring the passing of the songwriter Charles Aznavour, who passed away on Sunday.

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Sting turns 67 today. I already "liked" a post on the 1980s Song Of The Day containing one of his hits from that decade. O0

He also had many great hits in the 1990s. Here is one of my favorites from that decade... "All This Time" from early 1991:

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Not a song, but a tune.

Schlinder's List by John Williams (1993)

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"In the night in my dreams I'm in love with you,
'Cause you talk to me like lovers do, I feel joy I feel pain,
'Cause it's still the same, when the night is gone I'll be alone."

Yesterday was John Mellencamp's 67th birthday, so here's one of his 90's hits... "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)", a lost hit from 1996:

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I forgot all about that song!  And I've been missing 1996 like crazy lately.  Great flashback.  Thank you for sharing that, Nally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g98E2nLF5xI
SWV- You're The One

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SWV- You're The One

I remember that one from summer 1996. At the time it was one I enjoyed listening to. O0

Paradisio - Bailando (1996)

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Long Train Running by Bananarama (1991)

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I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell
I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
you know you wouldn't want it
any other way.

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I'm hungry
I'm dirty
I'm losing my mind
EVERYTHING'S FINE

I'm freezing
I'm starving
I'm bleeding to death
EVERYTHING'S FINE

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell
I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
you know you wouldn't want it
any other way.

I remember that one very well from 1997. At the time I was surprised that a song with that title was allowed to get radio airplay. But then again, the Rolling Stones also had a song with that name from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers (and remains a hit on classic rock radio), and Elton John scored a hit later in the 1970s with that word in the title ("The Bitch Is Back").

I also think the artist, Meredith Brooks, ended up being a one hit wonder with that song (at least as a soloist).

Anyways, I was going to post a song on here yesterday, but I forgot to do so; still, I always say, better late than never.

Yesterday was Natalie Merchant's 55th birthday, and we all know that she went solo in the mid 1990s after spending time as lead vocalist of 10,000 Maniacs. Here is a track from her second solo album, Ophelia, from 1998... "Kind and Generous":

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Duran Duran: Ordinary World

What is happening to me?
Crazy some would say
Where is my friend when I need them most?
Gone away.

But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
somehow I have to find
and as I try to make my way
to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive.



If you don't mind, I'd like to use this one for today (since lead vocalist Simon Lebon is 60 today). :)

Caribbean Blue by Enya (1991)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE
Happy Birthday Vanilla Ice.  :)

"Over The Rainbow" by Eva Cassidy (1999)

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Died this day in 1996.  :\'( :\'( :\'(

From 1992, here is "Constant Craving" by K.d. lang, who turns 57 today:

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"Over The Rainbow" by Eva Cassidy (1999)

Died this day in 1996.  :\'( :\'( :\'(

Well, if she died in 1996, how could she have a hit three years later??

Well, if she died in 1996, how could she have a hit three years later??
From wiki:

Two years after her death, Cassidy's music was brought to the attention of British audiences, when her versions of "Fields of Gold" and "Over the Rainbow" were played by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2. Following the overwhelming response, a camcorder recording of "Over the Rainbow", taken at Blues Alley in Washington by her friend Bryan McCulley, was shown on BBC Two's Top of the Pops 2. Shortly afterwards, the compilation album Songbird climbed to the top of the UK Albums Chart, almost three years after its initial release. The chart success in the United Kingdom and Ireland led to increased recognition worldwide. Her posthumously released recordings, including three UK number-one records, have sold more than ten million copies. Her music has also charted within the top 10 in Australia, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

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Our country reeks of trees
our yaks are really large
and they smell like rotting beef carcasses

And we have to clean up after them
and our saddle sores are the best
we proudly wear women's clothing
and searing sand blows up our skirts

And the buzzards they soar overhead
and poisonous snakes will devour us whole
and our bones will bleach in the sun

And we will probably go to hell
and that is our great reward
for being the Royal
Canadian Kilted Yaksman

Our country reeks of trees
our yaks are really large
and they smell like rotting beef carcasses

And we have to clean up after them
our saddle sores are the best
we proudly wear women's clothing
and searing sand blow up our skirts

And the buzzards they soar overhead
and poisonous snakes will devour us whole
and our bones will bleach in the sun

And we will probably go to hell
and that is our great reward
for being the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksman!

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From wiki:

Two years after her death, Cassidy's music was brought to the attention of British audiences, when her versions of "Fields of Gold" and "Over the Rainbow" were played by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2. Following the overwhelming response, a camcorder recording of "Over the Rainbow", taken at Blues Alley in Washington by her friend Bryan McCulley, was shown on BBC Two's Top of the Pops 2. Shortly afterwards, the compilation album Songbird climbed to the top of the UK Albums Chart, almost three years after its initial release. The chart success in the United Kingdom and Ireland led to increased recognition worldwide. Her posthumously released recordings, including three UK number-one records, have sold more than ten million copies. Her music has also charted within the top 10 in Australia, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Thanks for that info, that is helpful.

teenage waste man
teenage waste man

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I'll Stand By You by The Pretenders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nobHZ3nOp38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vaN01VLYSQ
Happy Birthday to Pepa from Salt And Pepa. :)

Yesterday was Bonnie Raitt's 69th birthday, and she had a number of hits during the 1990s.

Here is a single of hers that was a hit around late 1991/early 1992 (from her 1991 album Luck Of The Draw), "Not The Only One":
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Leonard Cohen
"The Future"
1992

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH1XTOBF0YQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIY
Happy Birthday Warren G. :)

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Bring the wind to carry me over
lead me home to my town
Tell me when that breeze is blowing
taking me home to my town.

Now That We Found Love by Heavy D & The Boyz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Y8x2O6ls4

Now That We Found Love by Heavy D & The Boyz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Y8x2O6ls4
That was being played when I was shopping in the supermarket today.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
"Love and Only Love"
1990

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7-HYljEJO8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PccRs1HR7VI
Color Me Badd- All For Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-z94RCld34
Go West- King Of Wishful Thinking

Mike Scott
"Bring Em All In"
The title cut from his extraordinary 1995 album


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuEhb35y2SM

Think Twice by Celine Dion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwIaL0jOUg

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1994

Push just a little too late
is this what you want
is this what you need
is this what you wanted ME to be
Push just a little too late
always love me strapped to you
lock it down and drag me through.

Unfortunately, the best part of the whole video was cut out.  I suppose the uploader didn't want a copyright strike against his account.

Shiny, Happy People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOKMUTTDdA


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHuGG_FsC20
LFO- Summer Girls

One which I think is suitable for today (at least in the US)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7ufj66Btg
Adam Sandler's "Thanksgiving Song". He first performed it on Saturday Night Live in 1992, right before Thanksgiving Day. He re-recorded it the following summer and it appeared on his first music album, They're All Gonna Laugh at You!, released September 1993.

Get Up (Before the Night Is Over) by Technotronic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUOLGiJ9Xw

Baby, Baby by Amy Grant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXuuYnoRdI

Another Adam Sandler in honor of Hanukkah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5Z-HpHH9g


Cat

Happy Birthday Britney Spears
Here is "Sometimes" from (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5xyaAgV47A

The one song of hers I truly like.

Another Adam Sandler in honor of Hanukkah.


Cat

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Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish friends. :) It starts right now in fact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hiUuL5uTKc

Happy Birthday to Montell Jordan. :)

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This is the best "go |=|_|CK yourself" song I ever heard in the year that I turned 20.  :)

Christmas in Our Hearts by Filipino singer-songwriter Jose Mari Chan (1990)

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Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias (1999)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkFDyzp2FiU
Happy 49th to Jay-Z.  :)

I have hated so many of these song choices!

Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias (1999)


Good choice O0

"Connected" - Stereo MC's (1993):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR6cfi-0Wwc

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Menswear Daydreamer part 3 of the British Invasion that included acts like Blurr, Oasis, Pulp, Elastica, Manic Street Preachers, Tricky, Radiohead and others.  Released in 1995 and a little warning if you have a phobia against ventriloquist dummies or if you just have a phobia of puppets, in general, I don't recommend that you watch this video

Something About the Way You Look Tonight by Elton John:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZYXbxqJCE0

From 1990, "Close To You" by Maxi Priest:

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I actually don't remember this song when it was popular, but I love it now.

From 1992, a Christmas offering from Enya, "Silent Night".

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Can't Let Go by Mariah Carey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU1knfz15xI

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From 1992, a Christmas offering from Enya, "Adeste Fideles".

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With Latin Subtitles!

Naked Eye by Luscious Jackson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NhqN0KcWAE

^ Good selection O0

The River of Dreams by Billy Joel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM

A British school disco classic.

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This song was released when I turned 20.  It's a beautiful song that shows just how vulnerable he was.  Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael.

This song was released when I turned 20.  It's a beautiful song that shows just how vulnerable he was.  Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael.

I remember that one. O0 It seemed to get minor radio airplay in the US.

Definitely a "lost" hit for some.

I remember that one. O0 It seemed to get minor radio airplay in the US.

Definitely a "lost" hit for some.


He wrote that song after his life partner died.  He didn't quite know how to overcome that hurdle so he wrote a song about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT4d1LQy4es
Alannah Myles- Black Velvet

Alannah Myles- Black Velvet

I always liked this one. O0 Also I believe it's her birthday today.

In addition it could be considered a "decade cusp" song because it was first released in '89 in her native Canada, but later became a U.S. hit in 1990, so it's perfectly okay. O0

My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANt33vX_brs

My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow:


I remember that one from 20 years ago. Great tune that brings back memories. O0

From 1990/91, "Hold You Tight" by Tara Kemp:

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I love this one; it was one of those catchy dance tunes of the early 90's. 8)

A Kylie classic from 1991.

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Pixies
"Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)"
1990

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BC061qfj_o

I remembered this song a few days ago. I hadn't listened to it since 1992 lol.

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I remembered this song a few days ago. I hadn't listened to it since 1992 lol.


I love that one. O0

I also enjoy listening to many of her other songs.

A classic from 1991... "Losing My Religion" by REM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKvCV8MFIaw

Lead vocalist Michael Stipe turns 59 today.

Here's another one I remembered today! I think it's a one hit wonder.

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Heart Like a Wheel by The Human League:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5utFhSMXo

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Jurassic Park a parody of MacArthur Park

I recall the time they
found those fossilized mosquitos
and before long they were cloning
DNA.

Now I'm being chased by
some irate velociraptors
well, believe me, this has
been one lousy day

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
all the dinosaurs are running wild
someone shut the fence off in the rain
I admit it's kind of eerie
but this proves my chaos theory
and I don't think I'll be coming back again
oh no!

I cannot approve of this attraction
cause getting disemboweled always
makes me kind of mad.
A huge tyrannosaurus ate our lawyer
well, I suppose that proves they're
really not all bad.

Jurassic Park is frightening  in the dark
all the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone let t-rex out of his pen
I'm afraid those things will harm me
cause they sure don't act like Barney
and they think that I'm their dinner
not their friend oh no!

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
all the dinosaurs are running wild
what a crummy weekend this has been
Well this sure ain't no ticket
think I'll tell em where to stick it
Cause I'm never coming back this way again!
Oh no! OH NO!

She's So High by Tal Bachman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ElORM9O-0U

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Alan Frew: So Blind 1994

Lovefool by The Cardigans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6aOFI7hms

^ I remember that one very well from late 1996/early 1997. I wanna say that it might have been that band's only hit in the States.

A few months later, the Dave Matthews Band had a hit with "Crash Into Me":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv5a62hms4

Dave is 52 years old today.

Move Any Mountain by The Shamen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfQ98A-6mG8

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Late 90s R&B is so dreamy, and quite nostalgic.

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It's the big 5-0 for Dave Grohl today. Happy birthday Dave!

It's the big 5-0 for Dave Grohl today. Happy birthday Dave!

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That's right!! I remember that tune. And they also had big hits with "Big Me" (95), "My Hero" (97?) and "Learn To Fly" (99). :)

Chorus by Erasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8LV75PMseU