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BuzzJack Music Forum _ 20th Century Retro _ Huge 90s songs that you just don’t hear today
Posted by: Jester 18th November 2020, 07:27 PM
I thought the other day that Robbie’s Angels was everywhere in the late 90s, the 00s and the early 10s, but it’s hardly ever played now and it’s not on TV these days.
Wonder why?
Can anyone else think of any other 90s songs that are just not around or played these days?
Posted by: dandy* 18th November 2020, 08:41 PM
I've recently made myself a 90s compilation with a ridiculous amount of tracks - it's a seven disc affair with 60 tracks on each!!! (although I've done the Buzzjack hated thing of including a couple of late 80s and early 00s tracks that fit and haven't stuck to oh so strict rules! 
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There were a lot of tracks that I could remember thinking would be classics but I couldn't recall the last time I'd heard them - Angels was the main one but other notable ones (that are not necessarily huge faves of mine) were I'll Be Missing You, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, Nothing Compares 2 U, Paranoid Android, Common People... I'll stop there or nobody else will have a chance!
Posted by: Jade 18th November 2020, 08:43 PM
Anything by Robson & Jerome 
Posted by: Jester 18th November 2020, 08:46 PM
I’ll Be Missing You is a good shout. I thought of Killing Me Softly as well - the biggest seller of 1996 but nowhere near as well known now as Wannabe which was beaten at the last minute.
Posted by: Jester 18th November 2020, 08:46 PM
Eurgh Yes!
Posted by: Klumpkin 18th November 2020, 08:47 PM
I feel like some were absolutely killed by overplay! I don't feel like I need to hear Angels or I Don't Want To Miss A Thing again 
Common People and Nothing Compares 2 U definitely agree with!
I do feel like nearly all the 90's songs I know would only be because they are still played these days rather than a lost relic of their time!
Posted by: diva thin muffin 19th November 2020, 01:18 AM
Maybe it's different in the UK but I wish I heard Jennifer Paige's "Crush" more often. Amazing song!
Also, "Summer Son" by Texas I feel like I heard it everywhere when I was a kid but now the only time I hear it is when I put it on myself lol.
Posted by: Jester 19th November 2020, 08:31 AM
Yes good pint about Texas - they were omnipresent from 97 to the early 00s now hardly ever played.
Posted by: Liam.k. 19th November 2020, 09:46 AM
I still regularly hear most of the songs in here!
The first that comes to mind is Madonna's 'Beautiful Stranger' - the number one song on airplay for 1999 and experienced a record number of plays in a week, yet I can't remember the last time I heard it on radio.
Posted by: diva thin muffin 19th November 2020, 10:19 AM
Also, I suppose it's probably different in the UK, but for such a huge song on a global scale I NEVER hear "Candle In The Wind 97" on the radio. I hadn't even heard it once in my life prior to maybe 10 years ago but it was still massive in Iceland at the time of Diana's death like in a lot of places in the world.
Posted by: gooddelta 19th November 2020, 10:43 AM
The first that comes to mind is Madonna's 'Beautiful Stranger' - the number one song on airplay for 1999 and experienced a record number of plays in a week, yet I can't remember the last time I heard it on radio.
I actually heard it in Asda when I was shopping yesterday
I guess it doesn't count, but I think Asda FM is a station you can access online at least, and it reaches a lot of shoppers.I haven't heard Here's Where The Story Ends by Tin Tin Out or Corrs' Dreams on the radio for a long time, I think they were two of the biggest airplay hits of 1998. I guess the Fleetwood Mac original getting a popularity resurgence will ensure the Corrs version gets even more lost!
Posted by: Simon. 19th November 2020, 11:00 AM
I always have Heart 90's on so I hear all Madonna and Texas tracks from then quite often 
Adam Rickitt - I Breathe Again 
Quite a lot from Eternal also, their ballads inparticular.
Posted by: isanka 19th November 2020, 11:04 AM
Emilia - Big Big World
Posted by: danvember 19th November 2020, 11:05 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Candle in the Wind on British radio either, except for that one time radio 2 were doing a biggest sellers of all time countdown.
Posted by: dandy* 19th November 2020, 11:18 AM
Candle in the Wind wasn't the type of song that you'd expect to hear though, it sold through vast levels of public emotion at the circumstance rather than any genuine desire to hear it ever again...
In fact it wouldn't surprise me if the vast majority of people who bought it never even played it.
Posted by: Esmerelda 19th November 2020, 03:20 PM
Don't think I have heard Spaceman by Babylon Zoo once since the 90s.
Posted by: diva thin muffin 19th November 2020, 04:07 PM
In fact it wouldn't surprise me if the vast majority of people who bought it never even played it.
That does make sense.
Posted by: Jester 19th November 2020, 04:34 PM
That’s not a bad thing!
Posted by: dandy* 19th November 2020, 05:10 PM
Is it wrong that I still really like Spaceman? If anything, I think they were a bit ahead of their time
Posted by: Jester 19th November 2020, 06:02 PM
I like the bit on the advert, the rest is still awful!
Posted by: lewistgreen 19th November 2020, 07:03 PM
Terrorvision - Tequila from '99 is still an absolute stomper, especially the Mint Royale single version
Posted by: Bjork 19th November 2020, 07:14 PM
^Forgot that "our chart friend" Mint remixed it 
the piece of Spaceman in the ad was incredible, then when the song was released in full it was the biggest let down ever 
Posted by: Salty Melody 19th November 2020, 07:47 PM
The two Outhere Brothers #1 hits you don't really hear much any more.
Posted by: Jester 19th November 2020, 08:50 PM
the piece of Spaceman in the ad was incredible, then when the song was released in full it was the biggest let down ever
Yes! I have never been so let down by a single. I was like what the f*** is the middle bit when I heard the whole thing!
Posted by: Steve201 21st November 2020, 02:35 AM
)There were a lot of tracks that I could remember thinking would be classics but I couldn't recall the last time I'd heard them - Angels was the main one but other notable ones (that are not necessarily huge faves of mine) were I'll Be Missing You, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, Nothing Compares 2 U, Paranoid Android, Common People... I'll stop there or nobody else will have a chance!
I still hear 'Common People' loads!
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