Steps - "Tragedy" I would do the dance at every possible occasion. Cringe worthy.

Interesting topic :D I got into music in 1988 - this was when my sister used to listen to the top 40 on Radio 1 nearly every Sunday and I quickly became interested in chart hits (ie; aged 7 and wanting 'Got To Be Certain' by Kylie to be #1 and being gutted when Wet Wet Wet were announced as #1 instead - don't you just love youth naivety :lol: ).

 

My all times faves from throughout the 90s:

 

1990 = Bombalurina feat. Timmy Malette - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

 

As a kid, Timmy Malette was my TV hero ^_^ Yes, this song is utter garbage but when it's your fave TV personality singing a track on Top Of The Pops it really doesn't get better than that :P )

 

1991 = The Simpsons - Do The Bartman

 

First song I bought on cassette single - still love watching the video to this. The Simpsons at their ultimate best. Just a shame they've insisted on flogging the cartoon over the last 10 years as each new episode I've seen has been severely lacking in humour. Oh, the shame!!! :( ).

 

1992 = Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer

 

The song that defined the summer of 1992, and the track that had just spent six weeks at no. 1 when I started secondary school in the September. All my mates loved this song - if you didn't like this track, you weren't cool. That's how important this song was for 11 year olds in Greater Manchester. :lol:

 

1993 = 2 Unlimited - No Limit

 

You may laugh but this really was another of those defining musical moments of Eurodance. Probably the most famous Eurodance song of the 90s. Once again, another track all my mates thought was genius at the time. I ended up buying this on casette single too.

 

1994 = MC Sar & The Real McCoy - Another Night

 

I started writing up my own personal chart in the summer of 1994 and 'Another Night' took my chart by storm. I bought the track on the week of its release (it entered the UK chart at #17) and I concluded that it would drop down the chart after. Regardless, the track entered my chart at #4 and climbed to no. 1 the following week (the same week the track climbed 17-07 in the UK). 'Another Night' spent seven weeks at no. 1 for me and even though I never did an end of year chart, I'm sure this would've been high up. My personal chart #1s of 1994 (dates are guesses but the order is correct):

 

11-06-94 = The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) (5 wks @ #1)

16-07-94 = Aswad - Shine (3 wks @ #1)

06-08-94 = Sonic Surfers - Don't Give It Up (4 wks @ #1)

03-09-94 = Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me (1 wk @ #1)

10-09-94 = Whigfield - Saturday Night (4 wks @ #1)

08-10-94 = Bon Jovi - Always (2 wks @ #1)

22-10-94 = Pato Banton - Baby Come Back (2 wks @ #1)

05-11-94 = MC Sar & The Real McCoy - Another Night (7 wks @ #1)

24-12-94 = Oasis - Whatever (1 wk @ #1)

31-12-94 = Zig & Zag - Them Girls, Them Girls (1 wk @ #1)

 

1995 = Take That - Back For Good

 

Following on from their most cringe worthy/embarrassing UK chart topper in the shape of 'Sure' ( :puke: ), Take That returned six months later with...a song. An actual song with melody, decent lyrics and a anthemic chorus. This is what pop music is all about. I still regard this as Take That's most "classic" song in the sense that it's stood the test of time. Whether more recent hits like 'Patience', 'Rule The World' and 'The Flood' are as fondly remembered sixteen years after release is left to be seen.

 

1996 = Spice Girls - 2 Become 1

 

Probably the only year throughout the 90s where I didn't really bother with the UK charts. I still watched MTV quite a lot but this was the year I discovered Nickelodeon. Hence I spent more of my free time watching such classic shows as Clarissa Explains It All, Sister Sister and Are You Afraid Of The Dark? rather than checking out the latest music videos on MTV Europe. Anyways, one of my fave singles from 1996 came from the world dominating Spice Girls. '2 Become 1' was an excellent slice of pop balladry and to this day has always remained as fave Spice Girls song (not like there's much competition but still :D ).

 

1997 = Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One

 

Easily my fave track of 1997. I saw this on The Chart Show and thought it was excellent. Upon its release, I bought this on CD single from Woolworths. Their chart had it at #4 so I wasn't expecting it do well but hoped it'd be #1. That weekend I went on holiday and only found out on the Monday morning that Eternal had indeed topped the UK chart. There was a moment of celebration in my chalet. :lol:

 

1998 = Cher - Believe

 

This song came from out of nowhere to become a global smash hit. The first time I heard this when when Cher appeared on The Des O' Connor Show (I think it was :D ). I thought the track was surprisingly good and not what I'd have expected to hear from Cher.

 

1999 = Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

 

Well it was all about the leapard skin suit, right? :D I thought 1999 was a real mixed bag for #1 singles - some excellent tracks but also some woeful crap hitting the top spot. This track failed to top the UK chart but managed to become one of 1999's most consistant selling singles. 'That Don't Impress Me Much' ended up as the 8th biggest selling single of 1999 and rightly so - thus proving that chart positions are often meaningless if it isn't backed up with strong sales and lonevity.

1991: Do The Bartman- The Simpsons ( I loved The Simpsons when I was younger and I apparently loved this too)

 

1992: Stay- Shakespears Sister (First song I actually remember, I was born in '89, obsessed with and scared of the video)

 

1993: No Limit- 2 Unlimted (obsessed with this)

 

1994: I Swear- All 4 One/Crazy For You- Let Loose/Stay Another Day- East 17/Saturday Night- Whigfield

 

1995: Run Away- Mc Sar & The Rel McCoy/Gangstas' Paradise- Coolio ( I LOVED "Run Away")

 

1996: Anything by Spice Girls/Anything- 3T/Return Of The Mack- Mark Morrison

 

1997: Barbie Girl- Aqua/I'll Be Missing You- Puff Daddy/Don't Speak- No Doubt/MmmBop- Hanson/As Long As You Love Me + Everybody (Backstreet's Back)- Backstreet Boys/Bitch- Meredith Brooks/I'm A Man Not A Boy- North & South/Men In Black- Will Smith (First single I ever bought!!)

 

1998: Believe- Cher/It's Like That- Run-DMC Vs. Jason nevins/C'est La Vie + Rollercoaster- B*Witched/Doctor Jones- Aqua/I Don't Want To Miss A Thing- Aerosmith/The Boy Is Mine- Brandy & Monica/Tragedy- Steps/Crush- Jennifer Paige/Beacause We Want To + Girlfriend- Billie/Truly Madley Deeply + To The Moon & Back- Savage Garden /Frozen- Madonna/Vindaloo- Fat Les/Freak Me- Another Level/Millennium- Robbie Williams (obsessed with "Believe")

 

1999: Baby One More Time- Britney/Blue- Eiffel 65/Mambo No.5- Lou Bega/Livin' La Vida Loca- Ricky Martin/S Club Party + Bring It All Back- S Club 7/Sweet Like Chocloate- Shanks & Bigfoot/Genie In A Bottle- Christina Aguilera/Better Off Alone- Alice DeeJay/We're Going To Ibiza + Boom Boom Boom!!- Vengaboys/Maria- Boondie/I Want It That Way- Backstreet Boys/I Try- Macy Gray/You Get What You Give- New Radicals/Re-Rewind- Artful Dodger feat. Craig david/Waiting For Tonight- Jennifer Lopez

Edited May 23, 201114 yr by gagafan

1992:

 

I Love your smile (Shanice)

 

1993:

 

Wanna Girl (Jeremy Jordan)

 

1994:

 

Crazy for you (Let Loose)

 

1995:

 

Back for Good (Take That)

 

1996:

 

Fast Love (George Michael)

 

1997:

 

The Day we find love (911)

 

1998:

 

Outside (George Michael)

 

1999:

 

No Regrets (Robbie Williams)

I liked ABBA as a young man.

I liked ABBA as a young man.

I wonder if Jim Colyer enjoyed ABBA as a young man?

I used to (and probably still do) LOVE this song. You continue to surprise me.

 

:o It's beautiful. I would play the cassette of it in my mom's car literally almost every day before pre-school. I'd just play Sunny Came Home and then rewind. I was so obsessed. Was it a hit in the UK?

 

I also loved this:

 

If there's one song that is just absolutely 'mine' then it's Mad'House - Like a Prayer. I'm sure Madonna lovers will hate this - I loved it (still do). (Adding fuel to the fire by saying this was a #1 hit in the Netherlands while Madonna's original stalled at #2). I was in love with the video for the song as well. Crazily obsessed with this song at the time - I don't even want to know how many times I played the single.

Other favorite songs when I was younger were

- Kate Ryan - Désenchantée

- PPK - Resurrection

- Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses at Night

and probably more standouts I'm forgetting.

Most of the songs that i remember from young age (5-8 years old) where used as soundtrack in a luna park or in carnival parade. Alongside, Men at Work - Down Under, the rest were:

 

Mr. President - Coco Jambo

 

Modern Talking - Brother Louie

 

Los Lobos - La Bamba

 

King africa - Bomba

 

Also, The Lambada (Kaoma) and Samba de Janeiro (Bellini).

I remember liking this (below) when I was really young. Especially Steps, S Club 7 and Busted :drama: :drama: more Steps than anything else, I remember watching their videos a lot (back before video tapes didn't EXIST and everything was DVD) I also remember getting Busted's last live concert on DVD before they split

 

The Cheeky Girls

Fast Food Rockers

Steps

S Club 7

Girls Aloud

Cha Cha Slide

Crazy Frog

Busted

 

Shocking taste I know... :lol: Then I grew up into anything my mum would put on in the car, then dance compilations and chart music - now I'm a bigger fan of chart/dance music :D

Edited January 5, 201213 yr by *xmasG*

it was 1999 when I was 7 when I first got into music, I think my two first 'favourite' songs were Eiffel 65's Blue Da Ba Dee and Lou Bega's Mambo No.5 (and the Bob The Builder cover :lol: ), I could also play Livin' La Vida Loca on my keyboard :D so yeah, I guess my tastes have developed since then :P

Edited January 5, 201213 yr by C.W

I remember as a small kid the only albums my mum played in the car were "Different Class" and "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?". I loved all of the latter and knew pretty much every word, she used to skip the slightly creepier Pulp tracks but I loved "Disco 2000" - that was my first proper favourite song. I also remember listening to U2, Queen and Bruce Springsteen before my uncle got me into The Smiths and Green Day when I was about 10 or 11.

- Kate Ryan - Désenchantée

- Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses at Night

 

Hope you know the original versions of these.. I mean those covers are great but originals are astounding!

I do know the originals but in either case I prefer the covers. Actually come to think about it all four songs I mentioned are non-originals :lol:

The early 2000s really were the years of cheap dance covers but they're also the years of my youth (at least when I got into music) and so all of these covers mean more to me than the originals.

I sort of like that Madhouse's version Like a Prayer though, it sounds good when you're in a club where that sort of music is played.