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1991 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR

 

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YES THE RETRO RECORD OF THE YEARS (UP UNTIL 1997) GAME HERE!!!

 

Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1991.

 

Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points.

 

I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me).

 

For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year.

 

Please note songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey).

 

Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category.

 

For each game you will have four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend.

 

(VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top25 make the Record of The Decade Final; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs)

 

Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game

 

 

A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:)

 

Amy Grant - Baby Baby

Beverly Craven - Promise Me

Blur - There's No Other Way

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

C & C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat

Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only

Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up

Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

Divinyls - I Touch Myself

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime

Electronic - Get The Message

Enigma - Sadness part 1

Extreme - More Than Words

Guns 'N' Roses - You Could Be Mine

James - Sit Down

Julian Lennon - Saltwater

K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery

KLF - 3am Eternal

Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

Mariah Carey - Emotions

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Michael Jackson - Black Or White

Moby - Go

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nomad ft MC Mikee Freedom - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion

Oceanic - Insanity

Oleta Adams - Get Here

P M Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

Paula Abdul - Rush Rush

Prince - Cream

Prodigy - Charly

Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

REM - Losing My Religion

Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

Roxette - Joyride

Rozalla - Everybody's Free

Salt 'N' Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex

Scorpions - Wind Of Change

Seal - Crazy

Shamen - Move Any Mountain

Simply Red - Stars

Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love

U2 - The Fly

Whitney Houston - All The Man I Need

Wonder Stuff - The Size Of The Cow

Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day

 

 

B: Nominate Two songs from 1991 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist.

 

The Top 4 Songs from each year (1990 -1997) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 5th - 10th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top18 Songs will join the other 32 in the Final.

 

While your selection of missing songs will be put to a vote with the winning track (or tracks in event of a tie) joining the Record of The Decade Play-Off.

 

You have until Saturday 27th October to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year.

 

I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" from the original list for you to vote for an extra song for a place in the Record of The Decade (1990s) play-offs :thumbup:

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1. REM - Losing My Religion 20 Pts

2. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

4. Prince - Cream

5. Electronic - Get The Message

6. Shamen - Move Any Mountain

7. Divinyls - I Touch Myself

8. Blur - There's No Other Way

9. Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

10. Beverly Craven - Promise Me

11. Amy Grant - Baby Baby

12. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

13. U2 - The Fly

14. Wonder Stuff - The Size Of The Cow

15. K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery

16. KLF - 3am Eternal

17. Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

18. Julian Lennon - Saltwater

19. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

20. Metallica - Enter Sandman

 

MISSING:

Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (US Remix)

Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done

1st (20 points) Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

2 Moby - Go

3 REM - Losing my religion

4 Source - You Got the Love

5 Prodigy - Charly

6 Oleta Adams - Get here

7 James - Sit down

8 Enigma - Sadness

9 Electronic - Get the message

10 Blur - There's no other way

11 Lenny Kravitz - It aint over

12 Shamen - Move any mountain

13 Beverly craven - Promise me

14 Prince - Cream

15 KLF - 3am eternal

16 Nirvana - Teen spirit

17 K-Klass - Rhythm is a mystery

18 Queen - Days of our lives

19 Paula Abdul - Rush rush

20 Divinyls - I touch myself

 

missing:

Alison Moyet - This House (a classic song - best ever song lyric IMO)

Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun

Edited by russt68

1. Roxette - Joyride

2. Enigma - Sadness part 1

3. Scorpions - Wind Of Change

4. Seal - Crazy

5. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

6. Blur - There's No Other Way

7. Michael Jackson - Black Or White

8. Simply Red - Stars

9. Divinyls - I Touch Myself

10. Extreme - More Than Words

11. Julian Lennon - Saltwater

12. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

13. Rozalla - Everybody's Free

14. REM - Losing My Religion

15. Beverly Craven - Promise Me

16. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

17. Metallica - Enter Sandman

18. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

19. Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

20. Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love

 

Missing:

Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet

Erasure - Love To Hate You

Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day........................ 20 pts

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Oceanic - Insanity

Wonder Stuff - The Size Of The Cow

KLF - 3am Eternal

Julian Lennon - Saltwater

Prodigy - Charly

Rozalla - Everybody's Free

Scorpions - Wind Of Change

Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Amy Grant - Baby Baby

Blur - There's No Other Way

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Moby - Go

P M Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

 

cant find 20... plus i dont think i can find anything worth nominating in what was a p*** poor year IMHO.

Very poor year - loads of rubbish there!

 

1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (20 pts)

2. Metallica - Enter Sandman

3. James - Sit Down

4. Blur - There's No Other Way

5. Shamen - Move Any Mountain

6. Wonder Stuff - The Size Of The Cow

7. Guns 'N' Roses - You Could Be Mine

8. U2 - The Fly

9. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

10. REM - Losing My Religion

11. Electronic - Get The Message

12. Divinyls - I Touch Myself

 

Nominations

 

Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

Movin' On Up - Primal Scream

Metallica - Enter Sandman 20 Points

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

Seal - Crazy

REM - Losing My Religion

Enigma - Sadness part 1

Guns 'N' Roses - You Could Be Mine

Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

Scorpions - Wind Of Change

Michael Jackson - Black Or White

Prince - Cream

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

C & C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat

Divinyls - I Touch Myself

KLF - 3am Eternal

Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Roxette - Joyride

Rozalla - Everybody's Free

Julian Lennon - Saltwater

Mariah Carey - Emotions

 

Nominate ( not 100% sure it's the right year. Just ignore if its not)

 

I've Been Thinking About You, Londonbeat

REM - Losing My Religion 20 pts

Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

James - Sit Down

Blur - There's No Other Way

Shamen - Move Any Mountain

U2 - The Fly

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

KLF - 3am Eternal

Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Scorpions - Wind Of Change

Enigma - Sadness part 1

Beverly Craven - Promise Me

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

Simply Red - Stars

Seal - Crazy

Amy Grant - Baby Baby

Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

Electronic - Get The Message

Julian Lennon - Saltwater

Roxette - Joyride

 

 

nominate 2

Queen - The show must go on

Scritti Politti & Shabba Ranks - She's a woman

 

WHY are so many of you knocking 91 as a bad year? For me, it was probably the best year of this decade!

 

Rozalla - Everybody's Free

Blur - There's No Other Way

Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime

K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery

KLF - 3am Eternal

Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Moby - Go

Nomad ft MC Mikee Freedom - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion

Oceanic - Insanity

P M Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

Prince - Cream

Prodigy - Charly

Salt 'N' Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex

Seal - Crazy

Shamen - Move Any Mountain

Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love

Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day

 

Bonus nominations:

 

Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There

Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives

Edited by ScottyEm

01. Nomad ft MC Mikee Freedom - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion – 20 points

02. Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

03. DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime

04. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

05. Shamen - Move Any Mountain

06. Julian Lennon - Saltwater

07. KLF - 3am Eternal

08. Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day

09. Moby - Go

10. K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery

11. Electronic - Get The Message

12. P M Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

13. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

14. Wonder Stuff - The Size Of The Cow

15. Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

16. Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)

17. C & C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat

18. Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only

19. U2 - The Fly

20. Divinyls - I Touch Myself

 

These below are great bands but have missed out on a placing for the simple reason that I prefer their other recordings more than these.

 

Blur – There’s No Other Way

James – Sit Down

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Prince - Cream

Prodigy - Charly

REM - Losing My Religion

Roxette - Joyride

Seal - Crazy

Simply Red - Stars

 

 

These below are two great records that are missing:

 

Sabrina Johnston - Peace

Erasure - Love To Hate You

 

I would have liked to have put ‘the World of Twist’ and ‘Jellyfish’ on as well but I was unsure whether the records would have been 1991 or actually 1992.

 

  • 2 weeks later...

01. Seal - Crazy (20 points)

02. Divinyls - I Touch Myself

03. The Source & Candi Staton - You Got The Love

04. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

05. REM - Losing My Religion

06. Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only

07. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

08. Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

09. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)

10. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy :blush:

 

11. Rozalla - Everybody's Free

12. Michael Jackson - Black Or White

13. Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day

14. Simply Red - Stars

15. Enigma - Sadness Part 1

16. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over

17. James - Sit Down

18. Moby - Go

19. DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime

20. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

 

ADD

Des'ree - Feel So High

Erasure - Chorus

 

 

*Really wanted to nominate "Walking Down Madison" by Kirsty MacColl but...*

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Many Thanks to the 33 of you who voted :thumbup:

 

The 1991 Record Of The Year Results are:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points

 

50th Oceanic - Insanity 27

49th Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up 31

48th Salt 'N' Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex 38

47th Nomad ft MC Mikee Freedom - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 59

46th K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery 63

45th Wonder Stuff - The Size Of The Cow 67

43rd Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis 70

43rd Prodigy - Charly 70

42nd Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me 73

41st Moby - Go 75

 

40th Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman 78

38th Simply Red - Stars 79

38th Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love 79

36th C & C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat 83

36th Julian Lennon - Saltwater 83

35th Electronic - Get The Message 84

34th Whitney Houston - All The Man I Need 85

33rd P M Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss 87

32nd Extreme - More Than Words 93

31st Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only 96

 

29th Beverly Craven - Promise Me 99

29th DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime 99

28th Rozalla - Everybody's Free 100

27th Mariah Carey - Emotions 101

26th Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day 104

25th Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long) 108

24th Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 118

23rd Oleta Adams - Get Here 120

22nd Prince - Cream 123

21st U2 - The Fly 126

 

20th James - Sit Down 138

19th Amy Grant - Baby Baby 139

17th Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over Til It's Over 140

17th Shamen - Move Any Mountain 140

16th Paula Abdul - Rush Rush 141

15th Blur - There's No Other Way 149

14th Guns 'N' Roses - You Could Be Mine 161

13th Divinyls - I Touch Myself 169

12th KLF - 3am Eternal 170

11th Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives 193

 

The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1990s) play-offs

 

10th Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) 199

8th Roxette - Joyride 202

8th Metallica - Enter Sandman 209

6th Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 214

6th Michael Jackson - Black Or White 214

5th Seal - Crazy 250

 

While the Top 4 Songs of 1991 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1990s) Final

 

4th Scorpions - Wind Of Change 260

3rd Enigma - Sadness part 1 300

2nd Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 349

1st REM - Losing My Religion 374

 

 

I will reveal the Missing 1991 Nominations for you to vote on next.....

7th Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 214

 

Crikeymoses...that's so low!

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1991 Missing Nominations are:

 

2 In A Room - Wiggle It

Alison Moyet - This House

Altern8 - Activ8 (Come With Me)

Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There

Bette Midler - From A Distance

Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives

Black Box - Strike It Up

Brian May - Driven By You

C&C Music Factory - Here We Go, Let's Rock N' Roll

Celine Dion - Where Does My Heart Beat Now?

Cher - Save Up All Your Tears

Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet

Des'ree - Feel So High

Erasure - Chorus

Erasure - Love To Hate You

Genesis - No Son Of Mine

Guns n Roses - Dont Cry

Heavy D and the Boyz - now that we found love

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (US Remix)

Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison

Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You

Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry

Mariah Carey - Someday

Marillion - No One Can

Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done

Metallica - Wherever I May Roam

Metallica ~ The Unforgiven

Natural Selection - Do Anything

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun

Queen - The show must go on

Queen ~ Innuendo

Queensryche - Silent Lucidity

Roxette - Fading Like A Flower

Sabrina Johnston - Peace

Scritti Politti & Shabba Ranks - She's a woman

Sepultura - Arise

Simpsons - Do the bartman

Timmy T - One More Try

Van Halen - Poundcake

Whitney Houston - Miracle

 

(Ineligible nominated songs: EMF - Unbelievable is in the 1990 ROTY Game and Pearl Jam - Alive, Primal Scream - Movin' On Up & U2 - One are in the 1992 ROTY Game and Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away is in the 1994 ROTY Game)

 

 

Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks.

 

The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1990s)

1 (5 points) Alison Moyet - This House

2 Primal Scream - Higher than the sun

3 Kirsty MacColl - Walking down Madison

4 Bassheads - Anybody out there?

5 Bizarre Inc. - Playing with knives

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1st Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done (5 Pts)

2nd Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison

3rd Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

4th Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (US Remix)

5th Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (1 Pt)

 

 

1. Des'ree - Feel So High

2. Erasure - Chrous

3. Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison

4. Erasure - Love To Hate You

5. Roxette - Fading Like A Flower

Queen - The show must go on 5pts

Scritti Politti & Shabba Ranks - She's a woman

Queen ~ Innuendo

Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison

Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet

 

1. Roxette - Fading Like A Flower

2. Queen - The show must go on

3. Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You

4. Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet

5. Celine Dion - Where Does My Heart Beat Now?

 

 

 

 

 

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