These WERE The Singles '95-'99 | Results Start TUES JAN 26
In this installment of These WERE The Singles you will rate the top ten songs from the annual Pazz and Jop polls from 1995 through to 1999. There are 50 songs total in this rate, you must send in rates for all 50 songs or else you rate will not count. You also must not send in obvious trolling rates, those will be disqualified. Scores must be between 1-10, with up to two decimal points allowed. You are allowed one 11 score to your top song, and one 0 score to your least favorite song.
1995
1. Coolio: "Gangsta's Paradise"
2. Edwyn Collins: "A Girl Like You"
3. Alanis Morissette: "You Oughta Know"
4. Elastica: "Connection"
5. TLC: "Waterfalls"
6. Joan Osborne: "One of Us"
7. PJ Harvey: "Down by the Water"
8. TLC: "Creep"
9. Dionne Farris: "I Know"
10. Shaggy: "Boombastic"
1996
1. Quad City DJs: "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
2. Beck: "Where It's At"
3. Smashing Pumpkins: "1979"
4. Oasis: "Wonderwall"
5. Pulp: "Common People"
6. Busta Rhymes: "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check"
7. The Chemical Brothers: "Setting Sun"
8. Beck: "Devils Haircut"
9. Blackstreet: "No Diggity"
10. Primitive Radio Gods: "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand"
1997
1. Hanson: "MMMBop"
2. Chumbawamba: "Tubthumping"
3. The Verve: "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
4. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott: "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
5. Blur: "Song 2"
6. Cornershop: "Brimful of Asha"
7. The Chemical Brothers: "Block Rockin' Beats"
8. Erykah Badu: "On and On"
9. Smash Mouth: "Walkin' on the Sun"
10. The Notorious B.I.G. (Featuring Puff Daddy and Mase): "Mo Money Mo Problems"
1998
1. Fatboy Slim: "The Rockafeller Skank"
2. Lauryn Hill: "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
3. Beastie Boys: "Intergalactic"
4. Madonna: "Ray of Light"
5. Aaliyah: "Are You That Somebody"
6. OutKast: "Rosa Parks"
7. Hole: "Celebrity Skin"
8. Fastball: "The Way"
9. Jay-Z: "Hard Knock Life"
10. Natalie Imbruglia: "Torn"
1999
1. TLC: "No Scrubs"
2. Eminem: "My Name Is"
3. Len: "Steal My Sunshine"
4. Madonna: "Beautiful Stranger"
5. Backstreet Boys: "I Want It That Way"
6. Cher: "Believe"
7. Smash Mouth: "All Star"
8. Ricky Martin: "Livin' La Vida Loca"
9. The Roots: "You Got Me"
10. Santana Featuring Rob Thomas: "Smooth"
Copy the above list and PM me the rates by Saturday, December 12th at 10:00pm CST.December 31!
Do you think they look back at some of these choices and just think, "What the ****?" Because while I enjoy "Tubthumping" and "C'Mon Ride It (The Train)" as much as the next '90s kid, I would never expect to see them atop Pazz and Jop.
Anyway, 1998 is too flawless for words! But I maybe want "No Scrubs" or "I Want It That Way" to win?
