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This is where we're at.Well this thread went all over the place quickly. I can't be arsed to check what's been mentioned.
This is where we're at.
Song by Artist (Peak US Billboard Hot 100 Position)
Pink = cover song; I'll prioritize original songs for the poll
- "Macarena" by Los Del Rio (#1)
- "Unbelievable" by EMF (#1)
- "Lovefool" by The Cardigans (#2)
- "Crush" by Jennifer Paige (#3)
- "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers (#3)
- "How Bizarre" by OMC (#4)
- "One of Us" by Joan Osborne (#4)
- "Tom's Diner" by DNA [ft. Suzanne Vega] (#5)
- "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something (#5)
- "Save Tonight" by Eagle Eye Cherry (#5)
- "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling (#5)
"Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog (#5)*- "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba (#6)
- "Blue" by Eiffel 65 (#6)
- "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (#7)
- "Lullaby" by Shawn Mullins (#7)
- "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground (#8)
- "I Got 5 on It" by Luniz (#8)
- "Steal My Sunshined" by Len (#9)
- “Silent Lucidity” by Queensrÿche (#9)
- "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods (#10)
- "The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes (#10)
- ”Ditty” by Paperboy (#10)
- "Closing Time" by Semisonic (#11)
- "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve (#12)
- ”Insensitive” by Jann Arden (#12)
- ”I Wish” by Skee-Lo (#13)
- "Wasting My Time" by Default (#13)
- ”Would I Lie to You” by Charles & Eddie (#13)
- "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes (#14)
- "She's So High" by Tal Bachman (#14)
- "Everything Falls Apart" by Dog's Eye View (#14)
- "Give Peace a Chance" by Peace Choir (#14)
- "Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla (#15)
- "Ghetto Supastar (That is What You Are)" by Pras (#15)
- "Barely Breathing" by Duncan Sheik (#16)
- "Heaven" by Los Loney Boys (#16)
- "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly (#17)
- "More and More" by Captain Hollywood Project (#17)
- "Brick" by Ben Folds Five (#19)
- “No Rain” by Blind Melon (#20)
- "All the Things She Said" by t.a.T.u (#20)
- "Criminal" by Fiona Apple (#21)
- "Your Woman" by White Town (#23)
- "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann (#24)
- "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex (#25)
- "Better Days" by Citizen King (#25)
- "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers (#26)
- "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay (#27)
- "Natural One" by The Folk Implosion (#29)
- "In the Meantime" by Spacehog (#32)
- "Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham (#32)
- "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins (#32)
- "Sleeping Satellite" by Tasmin Archer (#32)
- "Moving on Up" by M People (#34)
- "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals (#36)
- "32 Flavors" by Ani DiFranco (#37)
- "Flood" by Jars of Clay (#37)
- "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger (#38)
- "Cumbersome" by Seven Mary Three (#39)
- "Possum Kingdom" by Toadies (#40)
- "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies (#41)
- "Bound for the Floor" by Local H (#46)
- "Backwater" by The Meat Puppets (#47)
- “My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit (#51)
- "I Got a Girl" by Tripping Daisy (#53)
- "She Don't Use Jelly" by The Flaming Lips (#55)
- "Popular" by Nada Surf (#56)
- "Blue Monday" by Orgy (#56)
- "Touch Peel Stand" by Days of the New (#57)
- "Volcano Girls" by Veruca Salt (#59)
- "Scatman" by Scatman John (#60)
- "Angry Johnny" by Poe (#60)
- "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus (#62)
- "Faithless" by Insomnia (#62)
- "Feel the Pain" by Dinosaur Jr. (#62)
- ”Why Is It? (Fuk Dat)” by Sagat (#63)
- "Low" by Cracker (#64)
- ”Boom Boom Boom” by The Outhere Brothers (#65)
- "Life in Mono" by Mono (#70)
- "Stars" by Hum (#72)
- "93 'Til Infinity" by Souls of Mischief (#72)
- "Send Me on My Way" by Rusted Root (#72)
- "Banditos" by The Refreshments (#76)
- "Friends of P" by The Rentals (#82)
- "Guilty" by Gravity Kills (#86)
- "It's My Life" by Dr. Alban (#88)
- "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai (NR; only charting hit was "Alright"; many probably also know "Canned Heat")
- ”Dust on the Bottle” by David Lee Murphy (NR; only charting solo hit was "Loco")
*This one obviously shouldn't count as Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were two of the biggest rock acts of the decade, and this was a side project
Disqualified for Multiple Hits
- 2 in a Room - “Wiggle It” [El Trago]
- 20 Fingers - "Short Dick Man" [Lick It; Mr. Personality]
- Adina Howard - “Freak Like Me” [Up and Down; (Freak) And U Know It]
- Amber - “This Is Your Night” [Sexual; One More Night; Colour of Love]
- Aqua - “Barbie Girl” [Lollipop; Turn Back Time]
- Better than Ezra - "Good" [In the Blood; Desperately Wanting; King of New Orleans; Rosealia]
- Big Mountain - “Baby, I Love Your Way” [Get Together; Touch My Life; Sweet Sensual Love]
- Calloway - “I Wanna Be Rich” [All the Way]
- Chely Wright - “Single White Female” [It Was]
- Crash Test Dummies - “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm [Superman’s Song]
- Culture Beat - “Mr. Vain” [I Like You]
- Deee-Lite - “Groove is in the Heart” [Power of Love]
- Del Amitri - “Roll to Me” [Always the Last to Know; Kiss This Thing Goodbye]
- Des'ree - “You Gotta Be” [Feel So High;
Kissing You]- Digable Planets - “Rebirth of Cool (Slick Like Dat)” [9th Wonder (Black Itolism)]
- Divinyls - “I Touch Myself” [Pleasure and Pain]
- Donna Lewis - “I Love You Always Forever” [Without Love]
- Everything but the Girl - “Missing” [Wrong]
- Gerardo - "Rico Suave" [We Want the Funk; When the Lights Go Out]
- Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot” [Take a Picture; Where Do We Go From Here]
- Freak Nasty - “Da’ Dip” [Do It Just Like a Rockstar]
- Haddaway - “What is Love” [Life]
- Ini Kamoze - “Here Comes the Hotstepper” [Listen Me Tic]
- Jesus Jones - “Right Here Right Now” [Real, Real, Real]
- Kris Kross - "Jump" [Warm It Up; Alright; Tonite's Tha Night; I Missed the Bus; Live and Die for Hip Hop; I'm Real]
- Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - “Stay” [I Do; Do You Sleep; Let’s Forget About It; Waiting for Wednesday]
- Londonbeat - “I’ve Been Thinking About You” [A Better Love]
- Lou Bega - “Mambo No. 5” [Tricky Tricky]
- Marc Cohn - “Walking in Memphis” [Silver Thunderbird; True Companion]
- Mark Morrison - “Return of the Mack” [Moan and Groan]
- Marky Marky & the Funky Bunch - “Good Vibrations” [Wildside; I Need Money]
- Meredith Brooks - “Bitch” [What Would Happen]
- Michael W. Smith - “Place in the World” [I Will Be Here for You; For You; Love Me Good; Somebody Love Me]
- Mike + the Mechanics - “The Living Years” [All I Need is a Miracle; Silent Running; Taken In; Seeing is Believing; Nobody’s Perfect; Word of Mouth]
- Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn" [Wishing I Was There; Wrong Impression]
- Nine Days - “(Absolutely) Story of a Girl” [If I Am]
- Our Lady Peace - Superman’s Dead [Somewhere Out There; Clumsy]
- Right Said Fred - “I’m Too Sexy”[Don’t Talk Just Kiss]
- Robert Miles - “Children” [One and One]
- Sinéad O'Connor - “Nothing Compares to U” [The Emperor’s New Clothes]
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Baby Got Back” [Posse on Broadway; Jump on It]
- Sister Hazel - “All for You” [Change Your Mind; Happy]
- Sixpence None the Richer - “Kiss Me” [There She Goes; Don’t Dream It’s Over]
- Sneaker Pimps - “6 Underground” [Spin Spin Sugar]
- Snow - “Informer” [Girl, I’ve Been Hurt]
- Sponge - “Plowed” [Molly; Wax Ecstatic]
- Stabbing Westward - “What Do I Have to Do?” [Shame]
- Static-X - “Push It” [Machine; Cult of Static; Shadow Zone; Start a War; Cannibal; Project Regeneration, Vol.1]
- Stereo MC’s - “Connected” [Elevate My Mind; Step it Up]
- Stevie B - “Because I Love You” [I’ll Be Your Side; Love and Emotion; Dream About You; Love Me for Life; I Wanna Be the One; In My Eyes; Spring Love; Girl I Am Searching For; Dreamin’ of Love; Forever More]
- Tag Team - “Whoomp! (There It Is)” [Addams Family Whoomp]
- The Rembrandts - “I’ll Be There For You, Baby” [Just the Way It Is, Baby; Johnny, Have You Seen Her?; Someone]
- The Presidents of the United States of America - “Lump” [Peaches; Mach 5; Kitty]
- The Verve Pipe - “The Freshmen” [Photograph]
- The Wallflowers - “One Headlight” [The Difference; Heroes; 6th Avenue Heartache; Three Marlenas; Sleepwalker]
- Underworld - “Born Slippy” [Stand Up; Underneath the Radar]
- Vanessa Williams - “Save the Best for Last” [Colors of the Wind; Dreamin’; The Sweetest Days; Running Back to You; Just for Tonight; The Right Stuff; Work to Do; The Way that You Love; Where Do We Go From Here?; Darlin I]
- Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" [Play that Funky Music; I Love You; Satisfaction; Cool as Ice]
- Warren G - “Regulate” [This DJ; I Shot the Sheriff; I Want it All; What’s Love Got to Do With It; Smokin’ Me Out; Do You See]
- Wreckx-N-Effect - “Rump Shaker” [Knock-N-Boots]
Disqualified for not Charting on the US Billboard Hot 100
- Armand Van Helden - “U Don’t Know Me”
- Babylon Zoo - “Spaceman”
- Bic Runga - “Sway”
- Cornershop - “Brimful of Asha”
- Dionne Faris - “I Know”
- Double Trouble - “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore”
- Floater - “The Sad Ballad of Danny Boy”
- Fun Fun - “I’m Needlin’ You”
- Fun Lovin' Criminals - “Scooby Snacks”
- Mad Season - “River of Deceit”
- MC Rage - “Fuck the Macarena”
- Mr. Oizo - “Flat Beat”
- Opus III - “It’s a Fine Day”
- Orbital - “Halcyon (and On and On)”
- Paw - “Jessie”
- Phats & Small - “Turn Around”
- Powerman 5000 - “When Worlds Collide”
- Real to Reel - “The Mad Stuntman”
- School of Fish - “3 Strange Days”
- Self - “Cannon”
- Soul Coughing - “Super Bon Bon”
- Stiltskin - “Inside”
- The Connells - “74-75”
- The Crystal Method - “(Can’t You) Trip Like I Do”
- The Flys - “Got You Where I Want You”
- The Mike Flowers Pops - “Wonderwall”
- The Sisters of Mercy - “More”
- Versus - “Thera”
- Wamdue Project - “King of My Castle”
- Wheatus - “Teenage Dirtbag”
Good call, removed.Did the calling come out in the 90s? I swear it was the 2000s?
This might be my craziest find. They technically don't count because they have one other hit. But what's crazy is this was apparently the #1 song in the country at some point in 1998, and I have zero recollection of it. I don't even recognize the group! I've never heard this anywhere. Not at a dance, not at a party, not in a commercial, not in a movie promo, not on MTV/VH1, not on the radio on the daily rides to and home from school. And I listened to a lot of R&B at the time, and also since.
I think all the other ones are good though, LIT cut it closeGood call, removed.