AT 40 - Best of the 90's

[richie]

I thought you might enjoy this retrospective, as we are approaching a top 40 review of the 2000's on AT 40 the weekend of Jan. 2/3 2010:

American Top 40 Best of the 90's
Hosted by Casey Kasem

01 I Love You Always Forever- Donna Lewis ('96)
02 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia(('98)
03 Don't Speak - No Doubt ('97)
04 Iris- Goo Goo Dolls('98)
05 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden('98)
06 Another Night - Real McCoy('94)
07 I Know - Dionne Farris('95)
08 You Were Meant For Me - Jewel('97)
09 The Sign- Ace of Base('94)
10 My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion('98)
11 Fly - Sugar Ray('97)
12 Baby One More Time- Britney Spears('99)
13 Semi Charmed Life- Third Eye Blind('97)
14 Slide - Goo Goo Dolls('99)
15 Kiss From A Rose- Seal('94)
16 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith('98)
17 One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey f. Boyz II Men('95)
18 Stay I Missed You - Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories('94)
19 Tubthumping - Chumbawamba ('98)
20 You Learn - Alanis Morissette('96)
21 On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men('94)
22 All Star- Smash Mouth('99)
23 All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow('94)
24 Every Morning - Sugar Ray('99)
25 Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera('99)
26 Dreamlover - Mariah Carey('93)
27 Name- Goo Goo Dolls('95)
28 End of the Road - Boyz II Men('92)
29 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston ('92)
30 That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson('93)
31 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams('91)
32 Weak - SWV('93)
33 Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams ('92)
34 Romantic - Karyn White('91)
35 Baby Baby- Amy Grant('91)
36 Vision of Love - Mariah Carey('90)
37 Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor('90)
38 Vogue - Madonna('90)
39 My Lovin'(You're Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue('92)
40 It Must Have Been Love - Roxette('90)

Extras
Candle In The Wind '97 - Elton John('97)
Macarena - Los Del Rio ('96)
Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin('99)
Run-Around - Blues Traveler ('95)

[galvanize]

The quality in this is infinitely superior to the 00's list tenfold.

I know Rick Dees had a top 100 90's list too, but I hadn't seen that in over a year. I believe "Torn" was #1 on that list than Donna Lewis.

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That list looks great, although I've never heard the Donna Lewis song.

Some great memories on that list!

[richie]

Dec 13, 2009 0:10:55 GMT -5 @aaront said:

That list looks great, although I've never heard the Donna Lewis song.

Some great memories on that list!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4-e9dnGUQ

[Libra]

Ummm, where's "Missing"? (And don't say it's "missing". )

There's already one flaw on this list.

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Dec 13, 2009 0:16:38 GMT -5 richie said:

Dec 13, 2009 0:10:55 GMT -5 @aaront said:

That list looks great, although I've never heard the Donna Lewis song.

Some great memories on that list!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk4-e9dnGUQ

oh, I have heard it then

[johnm1120]

God how I miss the 90s :( Quality artists. Nowadays it's all about the flavor of the moment.

[Cerebro]

Dec 12, 2009 23:59:39 GMT -5 @galvanize said:

The quality in this is infinitely superior to the 00's list tenfold.

I know Rick Dees had a top 100 90's list too, but I hadn't seen that in over a year. I believe "Torn" was #1 on that list than Donna Lewis.

Dees' list was the top 80 of the 90's.

RICK DEES' WEEKLY TOP 40 - DECEMBER 18 AND 25, 1999
DECADE END CHART - TOP 80 OF THE 1990S
Rank - Artist - Title
80 Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
79 Mariah Carey - Make It Happen
78 Boy Krazy - That's What Love Can Do
77 Prince and The New Power Generation - Diamonds And Pearls
76 Shanice - I Love Your Smile
75 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
74 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
73 Karyn White - Romantic
72 P.M. Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes
71 The Artist Formerly Known As Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
70 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
69 Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
68 Hootie and The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
67 Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry
66 Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
65 Blessid Union Of Souls - I Believe
64 Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
63 Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
62 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
61 Mariah Carey - Emotions
60 Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
59 Paula Abdul featuring The Wild Pair - Opposites Attract
58 Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor
57 P.M. Dawn - I'd Die Without You
56 Patty Smyth with Don Henley - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
55 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love
54 All-4-One - I Swear
53 Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
52 The Rembrants - I'll Be There For You
51 TLC - Waterfalls
50 Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
49 Everything But The Girl - Missing
48 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You)
47 Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
46 En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
45 Madonna - Vogue
44 Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting - All For Love
43 Janet Jackson - Escapade
42 Mariah Carey - Someday
41 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last
40 Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing
39 SWV - Weak
38 Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
37 Meredith Brooks - B*tch
36 Jewel - Foolish Games
35 Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love II You
34 The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
33 Alanis Morissette - You Learn
32 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
31 Real McCoy - Another Night
30 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
29 Smash Mouth - All Star
28 Mariah Carey - Hero
27 Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
26 Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
25 Sugar Ray - Fly
24 Fugees - Killing Me Softly
23 Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
22 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
21 Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
20 Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
19 Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
18 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
17 Mariah Carey - Fantasy
16 Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
15 The Cardigans - Lovefool
14 Sugar Ray - Every Morning
13 Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
12 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
11 Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
10 Hanson - MMMBop
09 Barenaked Ladies - One Week
08 Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
07 Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day
06 Seal - Kiss From A Rose
05 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
04 Dionne Farris - I Know
03 No Doubt - Don't Speak
02 Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever
01 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn ** No. 1 Song of the 1990s **

This list had it's problems, too, with a few glaring omissions (For example, how did Ace Of Base manage to miss the top 80?).

I haven't listened to Rick Dees in ages. Any regular listeners know if he's announced plans for a decade end chart this year? And how many positions it will be? I might be interested in tuning in for that one.

[jumpupandburst]

you can't always get every list right, but those are 80 of the most memorable songs from the 90s.

def better than 00s by miles...in fact, i think 00s is one of the worst decades so anything will probably be better than 00s.

not to say 00s didn't produce some classics

[Filthy Pop]

No Selena really?

At least they have "Don't Speak" and "Torn" in the top 3.

[BillboardBoy]

Selena's biggest hit peaked at #12, so that's why she's not on there.

[johnm1120]

What stumped me about Casey was how My Heart Will Go On got to #10 and Because You Loved Me missed the top 40.

[johnm1120]

Dec 13, 2009 12:54:16 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

This list had it's problems, too, with a few glaring omissions (For example, how did Ace Of Base manage to miss the top 80?)

I think we know why lol

[richie]

Dec 14, 2009 11:13:18 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

Dec 13, 2009 12:54:16 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

This list had it's problems, too, with a few glaring omissions (For example, how did Ace Of Base manage to miss the top 80?)

I think we know why lol

Let me in on the secret. Why??

[friday]

It's interesting to note the composition of the AT40 list. 14 of the first 15 songs are from 1990-1993. Then the top 25 is composed entirely of songs from 1994 onward. It almost looks like they were compensating for a lack of early 90s songs due to the PPW shift in 1994.

[johnm1120]

Dec 14, 2009 12:33:08 GMT -5 richie said:

Dec 14, 2009 11:13:18 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

I think we know why lol

Let me in on the secret. Why??

It was no secret back then that Dees was not exactly a fan of Ace of Base and he constantly skipped them on the chart (I think someone mentioned he even played a very abbreviated version of the song one of the weeks it was #1).

[richie]

Dec 15, 2009 10:36:30 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

Dec 14, 2009 12:33:08 GMT -5 richie said:

Let me in on the secret. Why??

It was no secret back then that Dees was not exactly a fan of Ace of Base and he constantly skipped them on the chart (I think someone mentioned he even played a very abbreviated version of the song one of the weeks it was #1).

Thanks, John.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

The 90s had a lot of flavours of the moment too, many of which made the decade chart.

[Young Money]

The 90s were awesome! 3 appearances from the Goo Goo Dolls! And Alanis :) and many other fantastic artists