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1997 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR

 

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Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1997.

 

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:)

 

All Saints - Never Ever

Aqua - Barbie Girl

Backstreet Boys - Everybody

Blur - Song 2

Cardigans - Lovefool

Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Daft Punk - Around The World

Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do

Dario G - Sunchyme

DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima

Eels - Novacaine For The Soul

Embrace - All You Good Good People

En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

Eternal ft Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One

Fiona Apple - Criminal

Foo Fighters - Everlong

Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

Gala - Freed From Desire

Hanson - MMMBop

Janet Jackson - Together Again

Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light

Mariah Carey - Honey

Meredith Brooks - b**ch

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

No Doubt - Don't Speak

No Doubt - Just A Girl

No Mercy - Where Do You Go

Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize

Olive - You're Not Alone

Placebo - Nancy Boy

Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You

R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Republica - Ready To Go

Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye

Sash! - Stay

Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road

Spice Girls - Too Much

Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

Texas - Say What You Want

Tori Amos - Professional Widow

U2 - Discotheque

Ultra Nate - Free

Various (CIN) - Perfect Day

Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

White Town - Your Woman

 

 

B: Nominate Two songs from 1997 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist.

 

(PS. Please don't bother nominating LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live & Robbie Williams - Angels as they are categorised as 1998 ROTY songs and will be part of the nnual Record of the Last Decade game that will take place in the Chart Forum in a couple of months time)

 

The Top 4 Songs from each 1990s Game (1990 to 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 26th January 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 :lol:

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1st Radiohead - Paranoid Android 20 Pts

2nd Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

3rd No Doubt - Don't Speak

4th White Town - Your Woman

5th Fiona Apple - Criminal

6th Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

7th Various (CIN) - Perfect Day

8th Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

9th Foo Fighters - Everlong

10th Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light

11th Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye

12th Cardigans - Lovefool

13th Tori Amos - Professional Widow

14th Eels - Novacaine For The Soul

15th Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do

16th Embrace - All You Good Good People

17th Daft Punk - Around The World

18th Olive - You're Not Alone

19th Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

20th Texas - Say What You Want

 

Missing:

Blur - Beetlebum

Supergrass - Richard III

1. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (20 Points)

2. Republica - Ready To Go

3. No Doubt - Don't Speak

4. Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light

5. No Doubt - Just A Girl

6. Spice Girls - Too Much

7. Texas - Say What You Want

8. Cardigans - Lovefool

9. Eternal ft Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One

10. Sash! - Stay

11. All Saints - Never Ever

12. Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do

13. Dario G - Sunchyme

14. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

15. Mariah Carey - Honey

16. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

17. White Town - Your Woman

18. Janet Jackson - Together Again

19. Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

20. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (1 Point)

 

Nominating:

 

The Corrs-Only When I Sleep

Paula Cole-Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

1 Embrace - All You Good Good People

2 White Town - Your Woman

3 No Doubt - Don't Speak

4 Olive - You're Not Alone

5 DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima

6 Sash! - Stay

7 All Saints - Never Ever

8 Tori Amos - Professional Widow

9 U2 - Discotheque

10 Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

11 Gala - Freed From Desire

12 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

13 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

14 Daft Punk - Around The World

15 Foo Fighters - Everlong

16 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

17 Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road

18 Texas - Say What You Want

 

nominate.... monaco 'what do you want from me', brainbug 'nightmare'

 

(01) Ultra Nate - Free (20 points)

(02) Tori Amos - Professional Widow

(03) Olive - You're Not Alone

(04) En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

(05) Gala - Freed From Desire

(06) All Saints - Never Ever

(07) Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin Beats

(08) Notorious BIG - Hypnotize

(09) Republica - Ready To Go

(10) Daft Punk - Around The World

(11) Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do

(12) White Town - Your Woman

(13) The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symthony

(14) Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One

(15) No Doubt - Don't Speak

(16) Sash! - Stay

(17) Cardigans - Love Fool

(18) The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

(19) Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

(20) Fun Lovin Criminals - Scooby Snacks

 

Nominations

 

Double 99 - RIP Groove

Kylie Minogue - Did It Again

 

 

 

Ooh a Round I can play in, I think I was too young for the previous rounds since I was born in 1990. I can recognise enough songs from this list.

 

01. Janet Jackson - Together Again (20 Points)

02. Eternal ft Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One

03. Spice Girls - Too Much

04. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

05. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

06. All Saints - Never Ever

07. Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You

08. Texas - Say What You Want

09. R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

10. Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

11. Various (CIN) - Perfect Day

12. Backstreet Boys - Everybody

13. Aqua - Barbie Girl

14. Mariah Carey - Honey

15. Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

16. Hanson - MMMBop

17. Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do

18. Tori Amos - Professional Widow

19. Cardigans - Lovefool

20. No Doubt - Don't Speak (1 Point)

 

Nominations:

 

Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody :wub: (how could this be missed?)

Spice Girls - Mama

Don't like most of them, but remember these as good or ok at least

 

 

Verve - The Drugs Don't Work...20pts

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Texas - Say What You Want

Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Blur - Song 2

Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

No Doubt - Don't Speak

Meredith Brooks - b**ch

Cardigans - Lovefool

U2 - Discotheque

Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road

Foo Fighters - Everlong

Republica - Ready To Go

Various (CIN) - Perfect Day

 

nominate

James - She's a star

Texas - Halo

 

1ST The Verve - Drugs Don't Work

2 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

3 Olive - You're not alone

4 Radiohead - Paranoid Android

5 Blur - Song 2

6 Daft Punk - Around the world

7 Chemical Bros - Block Rockin Beats

8 Placebo - Nancy Boy

9 Tori Amos - Professional Widow

10 Texas - Say What You Want

11 Ultra Nate - Free

12 Cardigans - Lovefool

13 Various - Perfect Day

14 White Town - Your Woman

15 Chumbawumba - Tubthumping

16 Gala - Freed from Desire

17 En Vogue - Don't Let Go

18 Eels - Novocaine for the Soul

19 DJ Quicksilver - Bellisima

20 Fiona Apple - Criminal

 

2 nominations;

Radiohead - Karma Police

Echo and the Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever

 

1 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (20pts)

2 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

3 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

4 All Saints - Never Ever

5 Embrace - All You Good Good People

6 Blur - Song 2

7 Spice Girls - Too Much

8 Eels - Novocaine For The Soul

9 Janet Jackson - Together Again

10 Cardigans - Lovefool

11 Daft Punk - Around The World

12 Sash! - Stay

13 Texas - Say What You Want

14 U2 - Discotheque

15 Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

16 Tori Amos - Professional Widow

17 Fiona Apple - Criminal

18 Ultranate - Free

19 Foo Fighters - Everlong

20 Gala - Freed From Desire

 

Missing:

Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name

Sneaker Pimps - Post Modern Sleaze

1 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

2 Blur - Song 2

3 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

4 Gala - Freed From Desire

5 Radiohead - Paranoid Android

6 Texas - Say What You Want

7 Various - Perfect Day

8 Tori Amos - Professional Widow

9 White Town - Your Woman

10 En Vogue - Don't Let Go

11 Cardigans - Lovefool

12 Daft Punk - Around The World

13 Chemical brothers - Block-rockin' beats

14 Chumbawumba - Tubthumping

15 Placebo - Nancy Boy

16 DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima

17 U2 - Discotheque

18 Ultra Nate - Free

19 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

20 Embrace - All You Good Good People

 

Missing 2;

Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy

Air - Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi

 

 

BEST

1. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

2. Sash! - Stay

3. White Town - Your Woman

4. Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye

5. Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road

6. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

7. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

8. Republica - Ready To Go

9. Meredith Brooks - b**ch

10. All Saints - Never Ever

 

11. Olive - You're Not Alone

12. Gala - Freed From Desire

13. Various - Perfect Day

14. Texas - Say What You Want

15. Aqua - Barbie Girl (Yes, I know...)

16. Cardigans - Lovefool

17. Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

18. Ultra Nate - Free

19. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

20. Dario G - Sunchyme

 

 

Missing

The Corrs - I Never Loved You Anyway

Texas - Put Your Arms Around Me

1. Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

2. No Doubt - Don't Speak

3. Sash! - Stay

4. Aqua - Barbie Girl

5. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

6. White Town - Your Woman

7. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

8. Meredith Brooks - b**ch

9. No Doubt - Just A Girl

10. Backstreet Boys - Everybody

11. Gala - Freed From Desire

12. Blur - Song 2

13. No Mercy - Where Do You Go

14. Various (CIN) - Perfect Day

15. Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye

16. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

17. Olive - You're Not Alone

18. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

19. Republica - Ready To Go

20. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

 

 

A very good year IMO.

 

And I nominate:

 

Shawn Colvin: Sunny Came Home

Sash!: Equador

 

And if either disqualifies: Savage Garden: I Want You

 

 

 

 

 

1. Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (20 pts.)

2. Republica - Ready To Go

3. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

4. Daft Punk - Around The World

5. Blur - Song 2

6. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

7. Tori Amos - Professional Widow

8. Texas - Say What You Want

9. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

10. Dario G - Sunchyme

11. Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road

12. No Doubt - Don't Speak

13. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

14. Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

15. Sash! - Stay

16. Cardigans - Lovefool

17. Fiona Apple - Criminal

18. Meredith Brooks - b**ch

19. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

20. Foo Fighters - Everlong (1 pt)

 

 

It was a great year for music (1996 too!) :yahoo:

 

 

Nominations:

Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

Apollo Four Forty - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub

 

2 very big hits!

 

 

1. Aqua - Barbie Girl

2. Backstreet Boys - Everybody

3. Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do

4. Gala - Freed From Desire

5. Olive - You're Not Alone

6. Hanson - MMMBop

7. All Saints - Never Ever

8. Cardigans - Lovefool

9. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

10. Daft Punk - Around The World

11. Dario G - Sunchyme

12. White Town - Your Woman

13. Eels - Novacaine For The Soul

14. DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima

15. Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

16. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

17. Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize

18. Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

19. Placebo - Nancy Boy

20. Republica - Ready To Go

21. Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye

22. Sash! - Stay

23. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

24. U2 - Discotheque

25. Blur - Song 2

26. Various (CIN) - Perfect Day

27. Ultra Nate - Free

 

missing:

 

No Mercy - Please Don't Go

Supergrass - Richard III

 

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Many Thanks to the 36 of you who voted :thumbup:

 

The 1997 Record Of The Year Results are:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points

 

50th Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize 33

49th DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima 42

47th Dario G - Sunchyme 49

47th Fiona Apple - Criminal 49

46th Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light 64

45th Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks 66

44th Eels - Novacaine For The Soul 67

43rd R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 72

42nd Embrace - All You Good Good People 75

41st No Mercy - Where Do You Go 76

 

39th Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die 91

39th Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats 91

38th Spice Girls - Too Much 92

37th Foo Fighters - Everlong 95

35th Jewel - You Were Meant For Me 99

35th Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road 99

34th Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye 100

33rd Various (CIN) - Perfect Day 101

32nd Eternal ft Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One 104

31st Backstreet Boys - Everybody 105

 

30th Ultra Nate - Free 112

28th U2 - Discotheque 113

28th Placebo - Nancy Boy 113

27th Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do 115

26th Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life 116

25th En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) 123

22nd Sash! - Stay 127

22nd Hanson - MMMBop 127

22nd Mariah Carey - Honey 127

21st Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You 132

 

20th Gala - Freed From Desire 133

19th Meredith Brooks - b**ch 146

18th Olive - You're Not Alone 147

17th Republica - Ready To Go 154

16th All Saints - Never Ever 160

15th Tori Amos - Professional Widow 161

14th Aqua - Barbie Girl 176

13th Radiohead - Paranoid Android 181

12th Texas - Say What You Want 187

11th No Doubt - Just A Girl 200

 

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

 

10th Janet Jackson - Together Again 201

9th Daft Punk - Around The World 203

8th Chumbawamba - Tubthumping 229

7th White Town - Your Woman 235

6th Cardigans - Lovefool 258

 

While the Top 5 (as a tie for 4th place) Songs of 1997 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1990s) Final

 

4th Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 302

4th Blur - Song 2 302

3rd Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 365

2nd No Doubt - Don't Speak 383

1st Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 431

 

I will reveal the Missing 1997 Nominations for you to vote on next.....

Janet Jackson should have been higher, but I suppose top 10 is good. The only other songs in the top 10 that I even recognise are 'The Drugs Don't Work', 'Don't Speak' and 'Torn'. :whistle:
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1997 Missing Nominations are:

 

Air - Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi

Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy

Apollo Four Forty - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub

Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me

Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name

Blur - Beetlebum

Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You

Boyzone - Picture Of You

Brainbug - Nightmare

Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden

Catch - Bingo

Celine Dion - All By Myself

Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him

Corrs - I Never Loved You Anyway

Corrs - Only When I Sleep

David Bowie with Trent Reznor - I'm Afraid Of Americans

Double 99 - RIP Groove

Dream Theater - Peruvian Skies

Echo & the Bunnymen - Nothing Last Forever

Elton John - Candle In the Wind '97

Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight

En Vogue - Whatever

Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (live)

Hammerfall - Glory To The Brave

James - She's a star

Janet Jackson - Got 'Till It's Gone

Judas Priest - Cathedral Spires

Kylie Minogue - Did It Again

Live - Lakini's Juice

Mariah Carey - Butterfly

Metallica - The Memory Remains

Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor

Monaco - What do you want from me

No Mercy - Please Don't Go

Oasis - Do you know what i mean?

Oasis - Stand by me

Radiohead - Karma Police

Sash! - Equador

Savage Garden - I Want You

Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home

Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody

Silverchair - Freak

Sneaker Pimps - Post Modern Sleaze

Spice Girls - Mama

Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are?

Stereophonics - Traffic

Sugar Ray - Fly

Supergrass - Richard III

Texas - Halo

Texas - Put Your Arms Around Me

Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life

Tina Moore - Never Let You Go

Will Smith - Men In Black

 

(Please note the nominated song Skunk Anansie - Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) was included in the 1996 ROTY Game; While Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) is a 1998 ROTY Game song)

 

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. Corrs - Only When I Sleep

2. Corrs - I Never Loved You Anyway

3. Texas - Halo

4. Sash! - Equador

5. Kylie Minogue - Did It Again

 

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1st Echo & the Bunnymen - Nothing Last Forever 5 Pts

2nd Supergrass - Richard III

3rd Blur - Beetlebum

4th Radiohead - Karma Police

5th David Bowie with Trent Reznor - I'm Afraid Of Americans

 

1st Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody

2nd Spice Girls - Mama

3rd Mariah Carey - Butterfly

4th Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are?

5th Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You

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