September 28, 20204 yr Ghetto Supastar is awful. I was making a playlist over the Summer of 90s tracks and I took a listen as I remembered quite liking it but it really has aged badly - I didn't realise there was a Knightrider sample!
September 28, 20204 yr Author 2nd place - B*Witched - C'est la Vie 6.5 UvjLgjtJKsc B*Witched are to the top 10 of 1998 what the Beatles are to pop music - that's how important this song is. This counts as "world music", doesn't it?
September 28, 20204 yr Ghetto Superstar samples Knight Rider? I thought it sampled Islands in the Stream and Fire It Up sampled Knight Rider?
September 28, 20204 yr Author I didn't realise there was a Knightrider sample! It's the stuttering 2 note thing from the begging until Mya starts singing. edit - oh - it appears to be Under the Influence of Love by Love Unlimited. https://www.whosampled.com/sample/96092/Pra...luence-of-Love/ It sounds like Knight Rider to Me Edited September 28, 20204 yr by Colm
September 28, 20204 yr Author All this previously unknown Knight Rider-ness! It appears that I was wrong. I blame Boyzone, et al. I was very sleepy.
September 28, 20204 yr Author 1st place - Cher - Believe 7.4 nZXRV4MezEw It couldn't really have been anything else. Believe is very good but it's still the lowest scoring 1st place of the decade. Comment on 1998 - In a year that I hold up as a great year for singles and albums, the public seemed to have different ideas and parted with their cash for a steaming pile of odious bilge. :arrr: Edited September 28, 20204 yr by Colm
September 28, 20204 yr Author 10th place - Mr Oizo - Flat Beat 0.0 qmsbP13xu6k It's really, really difficult choosing between this and 9th place. Both are definitely among the worst things I have ever had the misfortune of hearing. Mr Blobby, where are you? Come back! I miss you. :cry: Edited September 28, 20204 yr by Colm
September 28, 20204 yr Author 9th place - Cliff Richard - Millennium Prayer 0.00000000001 Td_4Jy8TKC4 The Millennium bug was more appealing.
September 28, 20204 yr Author 8th place - Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 1.0 EK_LN3XEcnw In most other years even 10th place would be too good for it.
September 28, 20204 yr Author 7th place - Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough 3.0 zjudr5YlzuE 1998 is looking pretty decent now. Isn't it? :banghead:
September 28, 20204 yr Flat Beat isn't that bad! Certainly not worse than Cliff!! Plus, if I recall correctly, Mr Oizo prevented that hideous Fast Food Song getting to number one.
September 28, 20204 yr Author 6th place - Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca 4.5 p47fEXGabaY It's a headache in song form, but gets points for the magnificent pre-chorus and the twangy guitar. Edited September 28, 20204 yr by Colm
September 28, 20204 yr Flat Beat isn't that bad! Certainly not worse than Cliff!! Plus, if I recall correctly, Mr Oizo prevented that hideous Fast Food Song getting to number one. I lied, it was the Cartoons instead :drama:
September 28, 20204 yr Author Flat Beat isn't that bad! Certainly not worse than Cliff!! Plus, if I recall correctly, Mr Oizo prevented that hideous Fast Food Song getting to number one. Do you mean this? UNAr5tzZxdk That is awful too but not 0.0 awful
September 28, 20204 yr Author 5th place - Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate 5.7 OQCQnARnKbc Wow. This is, like, actual music. My ears are claiming refugee status from the bottom half of this top 10. Most of the points go to the bit at the start that Daniel Bedingfield stole for Gotta Get Thru This.
September 28, 20204 yr There's nothing worse in this entire thread (or maybe anywhere ever) than The Millennium Prayer. I love 1998 but it's crazy how saccharine ballad heavy it was, in a fashion that was never really seen before or repeated since. It seemed like there was space in the top 10 every week of the year for at least two or three string-laden ballads. 1999 was more varied and certainly more uptempo than 1998, looks like Eiffel 65 and ATB have both done well here, which is great, as they are both brilliant.
September 28, 20204 yr Author 4th place - ATB - 9PM "Till I Come" 6.0 RZjRGSlYxL4 Now this is more like it. I remember the first time I heard it. It screamed "Summer anthem!". In the year that trance went mainstream this appeared on a record number of dance compilations, which were going though a very bountiful period themselves, meaning that this song appeared on more sales units (either album or single) than any other song. Ever! [citation needed] Edited September 28, 20204 yr by Colm
September 28, 20204 yr Author I gotta spend some time with these final 3 songs. It's a very close contest.
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