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Bust A Move
Electric Slide
Don't Make Me Over
Back To Life
It takes Two
I've Got The Power
Can't Touch This
Ice, Ice, Baby
Roam
Candy

Any others you can think of? Most of the ones listed are dance, but this query includes all genres.

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My Achey Breakey Heart, by Billie Ray Cyrus.  I absolutely loved that song at first and thought BRC was a god.  A few weeks later I was totally disinterested.  I heard he was kind of a doof or an airhead or something flattering like that and I just kind of lost interest.  Major flash in the pan.  Wonder why?  Was good.

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My Achey Breakey Heart, by Billy Ray Cyrus.  I absolutely loved that song at first and thought BRC was a god.  A few weeks later I was totally disinterested.  I heard he was kind of a doof or an airhead or something flattering like that and I just kind of lost interest.  Major flash in the pan.  Wonder why?  Was good.
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It's probably still played on some country music stations…  :)

Billy Ray Cyrus plays the title role on the Pax TV series "Doc."  His last album for Mercury (although it had the top 10 country hit "Busy Man" on it) didn't sell well so they dropped him.  He has since signed with Monument and has a new album.

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Whip It and HammerTime also
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"Whip It" was 80's - Unless there was a re-make I never heard.

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Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! :o

In refernce to my last post - IT'S NOT 90's.  :-/  

Man, It's very easy to blur the decade line when you hop around different decade boards.

What about the comeback "Tarzan Boy" made in clubs in the 90's? It was the same exact version too! Also the revamping of "Oh, What A Night". Was that done by Franky Valli as well?
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When the radio is on other stations I never hear Pearl Jam, except for their cover of that old song that goes, Where Oh Where Can My Baby Be?   The Lord Took Her Away From Me...
What's the name of that song anyway?
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Oh god I can't remember the name of it either. Wasn't it supposed to be a sequel or something to "Tell Laura I Love Her?" Egad! What a shocker.

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When the radio is on other stations I never hear Pearl Jam, except for their cover of that old song that goes, Where Oh Where Can My Baby Be?   The Lord Took Her Away From Me...
What's the name of that song anyway?  I'll have to ask my dad!
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The song's title is "Last Kiss."  It was written by Wayne Cochran and was a big hit in 1964 for J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers.  Ten years later a group called Wednesday recorded it but the station I listened to back then yanked out the version by J. Frank Wilson and played it.  (I think the J. Frank Wilson version may have been rereleased in 1974, but I'm not sure.)

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My Achey Breakey Heart, by Billie Ray Cyrus.  I absolutely loved that song at first and thought BRC was a god.  A few weeks later I was totally disinterested.  I heard he was kind of a doof or an airhead or something flattering like that and I just kind of lost interest.  Major flash in the pan.  Wonder why?  Was good.
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When I was on holiday in the USA earlier this year, I picked up a DVD of Weird Al Yankovic live in concert, in which he did a snippet of "Achy Breaky Song"...

"Don't play that song, that achy breaky song, the most annoying song I know/ And if you play that song, that achy breaky song, I might just blow up my radio..."  :D

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A couple I remember that I haven't heard in a while are:

Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (remember when that was considered controversial?)   :o

Bryan Adams - "Everything I Do"    
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I haven't heard "I Touch Myself" Lately either, but I hear "Everything I Do" all the time - on the "80's" station even! (Well, they do state they're the station for 80's & Beyond...)

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I haven't heard "I Touch Myself" Lately either, but I hear "Everything I Do" all the time - on the "80's" station even! (Well, they do state they're the station for 80's & Beyond...)
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Hey, that's funny!!! We have an 80's station here too that states that they're for the 80's AND MORE..., so they'll throw some decent early 90's stuff in there in the mix.

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You're so lucky!  The only 80's station I can find around here comes out of Seattle, so the reception sucks.  I listen to it in the car anyway, but depending on where we're driving, I end up getting music, static, static with music...
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Maybe one of these days you can build a compilation so great (or many little ones) that you won't have to rely on the radio stations anymore. That's what I'm trying to do myself because the station does tend to play the same exact songs everyday just in different order. It's like they lost the tracks to 1/2 of the decades or something.

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A couple I remember that I haven't heard in a while are:

Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (remember when that was considered controversial?)   :o

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I just heard this one last week. 8)

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It's been like forever since I've heard Epic by Faith No More....GREAT song.......
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I agree.  And I haven't heard it in ages either!

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one last thing does anyone else remember a song from around 1987 i think called Dear Mr Jesus, sung by a little girl, and big choir of people for the chorus,  i think they were called Powersource, but i remember it used to make people cry and was very popular for awhile but it may have been only a local phenom
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I remember it, it was sung by Sharon Bates of PowerSource.

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Michael Jackson's original "Smooth Criminal" doesn't get played anymore. In fact, none of his music gets played other than that cheesy song from the movie "Free Willy". :o
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"Smooth Criminal" was actually released in '87.  I don't hear any of Jacko's 90's tracks here either (songs from "Dangerous" or "HIStory").

I haven't heard Blind Melon, Collective Soul, Beck or Crash Test Dummies for a while now (not that I'm really complaining or anything; just an observation).  ;)

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Actually, I miss hearing Beck and Radiohead, but I miss the rare bands of the 90s like Kent and Rialto. The latter two were so awesome and were played only for about a year and then the station went under and with it, the hopes of ever hearing anything good and original that isn't Top 40 or MRS (Metal Rap Screams). Air is another band that was played and, then, poof! Add K's Choice to that list (and her song was even used in an anti-drug commercial). Edwyn Collins's "A Beautiful Girl Like You" and the few hits from The Lemonheads, Urge Overkill, and The Stereo MCs are also sorely missed. Madonna is still being played on the radio, but when was the last time one listened to "Bedtime Story," "This Used To Be My Playground," or "Justify My Love"? H e l l , they won't even play Duran Duran's "Electric Barbarella" and that is a sign that radio is dead :-/

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They still play Edwyn Collins in my neck of the woods.  The only Stereo MC's song they play is "Connected."  I prefer "Elevate My Mind" and "Step It Up" and I haven't heard them on radio in a long time.  I hardly hear anything off Madonna's "Bedtime Stories or "Erotica"  and don't think I ever heard "Electric Barbarella" on the radio.  Found out about that one by way of promo disc for the club.  I had it in heavy rotation for a couple of months in '98.  I agree w/Hairspray, radio does suck.  Same 20 songs in different order all day.

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And now we have live by our own keen sense in music and track it down ourselves. It's fun and kind of tough at the same time. I mean, when I go purchase a new set of cds I use all sorts of weird and wacked out criteria like the cover or the title of the song or even the name of a band (I still can't believe that I didn't buy a Clan Of Xymox album for the lame reason that I didn't like their name!). The worst part of all is that some of these cds can turn out to be duds and most stores don't have an "open cd" return policy (Tower Records has become VERY stringent on this). End Quote

I'm the same way.  For a while I used to buy music for DJing solely based on the record label that put it out (was big into Strictly Rhythm and LOGIC Records in the mid-90's).  Nowadays I find myself using the remixer as a reason to purchase (Thunderpuss, Hex Hector, Johnny Vicious, etc.).

Some of the stores here have listening stations so you can preview a cd or record before actually making a purchase.

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Speaking of Strictly Rhythm, have you bought or received a copy of Laura Branigan's new 12" single on that label, a cover of ABBA's 1981 hit, "The Winner Takes it All"? If so, what do you think? Has it gotten a good response when you've played it? She's attempting a "comeback", and was just curious... ???

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Speaking of Strictly Rhythm, have you bought or received a copy of Laura Branigan's new 12" single on that label, a cover of ABBA's 1981 hit, "The Winner Takes it All"? If so, what do you think? Has it gotten a good response when you've played it? She's attempting a "comeback", and was just curious... ???
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Haven't heard it or seen it yet, but will track it down.  To be honest I haven't "bought" music in a while.  My buddy burns me the latest on cd and I have a cousin who lives in the Chi-Town 'burbs that sends me vinyl occasionally...Digging tracks on TommyBoy's silver label:

Thunderpuss feat Latanza Waters - Stand Up (same vocalist/rendition of Love Tribe's 1996 version on DV8 (domestic) and AM:PM (import))
Barry Harris feat Pepper Mashay - I Got My Pride

I bought this track a few years ago on their label called "Eternal Flames" by Hypertrophy.  Still playing that one when someone is in the mood for a good progressive house track...

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Cool. Just checked LB's official web site, and the single may not actually be out for another week or two. Haven't heard it yet myself, but always thought she had a great voice... :)

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I agree.  And I haven't heard it in ages either!
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Maybe you guys are listening to the wrong station. They play "Epic" on the local alternative station about as much as the new stuff. However, they didn't play much of "Laid" by James when it first came out, and they very seldom play it now. >:(

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I switch from station to station constantly (If I'm listening to radio in the car, otherwise it's one of Midas's Mixtapes) b/c where I live radio SUCKS.  I don't hear "Laid" ever either.

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the fad seems to be 80s music now...ah well..I like it too!
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I will deviate in subject-

Do you know what else seems to be a fad nowadays?

Voice distortion. Now more than ever. Don't you think it's done a bit much?

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Wow, there are lots of songs that I don't hear from the 90s anymore!  Some of these include:

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Hey, Jonman - must be another Canuck, LOL! Haywire never had any hits south of the border (mainly because they never managed to get a U.S. record deal, which was a shame), but I love their early stuff from the mid to late '80s! My favorite was/is 1987's "Dance Desire"... :)

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Songs I miss from the radio in the 90s:

Blur - Boys and Girls
Kylie - Confide in Me
Luscious Jackson - City Song
Your Ghost - Michael Stipe and er... I cant remember her name.


...and what the hell happened to L7!? "Pretend We're Dead" etc!?
I used to ROCK to trax like "Shitlist" et al! I think they used that on the Pet Semetary 2 soundtrack when the dead guy is skinning the rabbits...great little ditty that one! ;D
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For Blur, I like "There's No Other Way," a lot better. I believe Kristin Hersh from Throwing Muses sang along with Michael Stipe Actually, I thought that was her song. L7 had some good tunes, too. "Shove" kicked ass, but I like songs like "Off the Wagon," and "I Need." Those you hear even less than "Pretend We're Dead."

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As for the Ace Of Base, they were one of the best pop-rock bands to ever come out of the 90s, period. I know people will disagree on that, but that is my opinion. Life Is A Flower was one of the best songs at the time it was released.
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I agree with you there - I loved Ace Of Base - There first release was the first album i ever bought :) They made some great pop tunes in the early 90's - but i didn't really like life is a flower, prefered 'always have, always will' from that CD.

I never here '7 Seconds' by Youssou n'dour and Nenah Cherry on the radio anymore. That song is one of my all time favourites. Also never here anything really by En Vougue, Snap, Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Salt 'n' Pepa and Belinda Carlisle's 90's stuff such as 'in too deep' - love that tune :)
Regret - New Order seems to be forgotten also. Radio seems to just play 'True Faith' and 'Blue Monday' nowadays.

Any party i go to which has a dj - they always seem to dig out the Macerena and Saturday Night - so i still here them plenty even if its not on the radio ( which i must add isn't a bad thing that they are never played! ) :)

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nwa: gangsta gangster was a hell song
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I'm sorry, did you forget to add the words "of a" to your statement? Like, "was a hell of a song".

OR

Is it truly a "hell song"?

I'm not being a smarty-pants, I'm just not very familiar with rap.

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I haven't heard Jesus Jones or En Vogue in a while...
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Did you know Jesus Jones have reformed and are gigging round london

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I used to listen to Pirate Radio here in SoCal and they used to play some really obscure stuff, so many of you might have not even heard of the band - let alone the song. KROQ used to play good music on Saturday and Sunday nights, but that stopped years ago. Y-107 sank and, with it, any last hopes of ever having good radio programming nowadays. Anyway, here is a list of songs that used to be played a lot in these stations and then were never heard again:
Metal Mickey by Suede.
Helpless by Sugar.
Laid, Say Something, and Born Of Frustration by James.
Monday Morning 5:19, Untouchable, and Quarantine by Rialto.
We Are The Normal by The Goo Goo Dolls.
If You Were Here by Kent.
Life In Mono by Mono.
Now That I Have You by InSoc.
Regret by New Order.
Break It Down Again by Tears For Fears.
Number One Crush and anything off Garbage's 1st decent album.
N.W.O. and Just One Fix by Ministry.
Stick It Out by Rush.
Suicidal Blonde, The Stairs, and Beautiful Girl by INXS.
Policy Of Truth by Depeche Mode (you'd be surprised at the reluctance one gets from a  radio station to try to play this song).
Moldavia by Front 242.
I Should Have Known by Aimee Mann.
I've Been Waiting, Girlfriend, and Time Capsule by Matthew Sweet.
Crank and Black Metallic by The Catherine Wheel.
Heaven Beside You by Alice In Chains.
Sugar Cane by Sonic Youth.
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get by Morrissey.
...and this is just the stuff that I remembered off the top of my head. There are sooooo many more. It's a shame that radio is dead.
Tarzan Boy                                    
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Try getting Depeche mode on the radio in england not a chance

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Try getting Depeche mode on the radio in england not a chance
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They've played their new stuff on radio 1 though, but i must admit I've never heard their old songs.

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They've played their new stuff on radio 1 though, but i must admit I've never heard their old songs.
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Listen to "People Are People" and "Enjoy The Silence" to get an idea of how cool this band is. Those are just 2 of the mainstream hits.

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Listen to "People Are People" and "Enjoy The Silence" to get an idea of how cool this band is. Those are just 2 of the mainstream hits.
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Oh, and those are definitely their older stuff.

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i'm going on english bands i doubt anyone's herd of but here goes
neds atomic dustbin  happy
wonder stuff don't let me down
the the dogs of lust
pop will eat itself def con one
carter u.s.m sheiff fatman

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I always loved British bands back then. At least the band names were really funny. Ned's Atomic Dustbin comes from my favourite radio comedy show (The Goon Show). And Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine was a couple of lads bit like a violent Billy Bragg. I preferred PWEI's "Can You Dig It?".

I suppose I'll just pop "Inspiral Carpets" in there, as well.

I really loved the original version of "There She Goes" as performed by The Las, rather watered down by Sixpence None the Richer, I thought.


And of course, The Smiths. "If a ten-ton truck kills the both of us / to die by your side - well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine" (There Is A Light That Never Goes Out) - a classic bit of self-loathing by Morrissey set to yet another hauntingly beautiful melody. I saw it on a local video show and it took about two years before they played it again...

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A couple I remember that I haven't heard in a while are:

Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (remember when that was considered controversial?)   :o

Bryan Adams - "Everything I Do"    
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Man's Ruin did a decent cover of "I Touch Myself," that was on their four song mini-e.p. ;D I don't know if you're familiar with them, but they're a riot grrrl band that makes L7 look like The Go-Go's. ;)

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Listen to "People Are People" and "Enjoy The Silence" to get an idea of how cool this band is. Those are just 2 of the mainstream hits.
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No - sorry - u didn't understand me! I mean I've never heard their old stuff played on the radio!! - but of cause I've heard it :) They're a greay band and i love 'enjoy the silenc.

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No - sorry - u didn't understand me! I mean I've never heard their old stuff played on the radio!! - but of cause I've heard it :) They're a greay band and i love 'enjoy the silenc.
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Well that's great!!! :D

Sorry about the misunderstanding.

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69 Boys - Daisy Dukes

Wreck N Effect - Don't know the actual name of the song, but it goes:

All I wanna do is a zoom, zoom, zoom in a boom, boom - Just shake your butt.  ;D
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I think its called "Rump Shaker"...(singing along at top of lungs) ALL I WANNA DO IS A ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM IN A BOOM BOOM!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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I think its called "Rump Shaker"...(singing along at top of lungs) ALL I WANNA DO IS A ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM IN A BOOM BOOM!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Heeeey, Thanks!!! That was buggin' the heck outta me.

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Awesome lists, you guys. I'm almost in pain reading some of the great songs & bands that have slipped into oblivion -- someone mentioned The Cave Dogs, they were so talented! May I also just throw out a few more:

"Wiggle It" by ??
anything by Blue Rodeo
"I Don't Know Why I love You" House of Love  
"Hang Straight Up" by I Love You
The Grapes of Wrath
And what the heck ever happened to the English singer Cathy Dennis? I still love "All Night Long"


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Wiggle It was by 2 In A Room

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I don't remember if it was mentioned already -

Gonna make you sweat (everybody dance now)

And this one song I don't know the title to -

It goes:

And I missed you....
Like the dessert missed the rain.


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That's the title!   :D
Like The Desert Missed The Rain by Everything But The Girl

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Another long list:

Rush Rush by Paula Abdul
Disappear by INXS
I Wanna Be Your Girl by Icy Blu
Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton
Hey DJ by Lighter Shade of Brown
Why by Annie Lennox
Candy Rain by Soul For Real
East Side Rendezvous by Frost
Hey Mr. DJ by Zhane
She's Got Skillz by All-4-One
Good Enough by Bobby Brown
I Got 5 On It by Luniz
What Comes Naturally by Sheena Easton
Thieves In The Temple by Prince
It Ain't Over Till Its Over by Lenny Kravitz
Can We Talk by Tevin Campbell
I'll Be Loving You Forever by Collage
Mr. Vain by Culture Beat
Pets by Porno For Pyros
Before I Let You Go by Blackstreet
Every Little Thing I Do by Soul For Real
If You Asked Me To by Celine Dion
Touch My Light by Big Mountain
When Can I See You Again by Baby Face
Another Night by Real McCoy
The First Time by Surface
Breathe Again by Toni Braxton
Angel by Jon Secada
Round and Round by Tevin Campbell
Stroke You Up by Changing Faces
Fields of Gold by Sting
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough by Patty Smyth

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I hear "Mr. Vain" and "Breathe Again" some on a local pop/variety/90s/00s music station here. -- Junior

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That's the title!   :D
Like The Desert Missed The Rain by Everything But The Girl
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The title of the song is "Missing."

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The title of the song is "Missing."


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Damn - u just beat me 2 it :)
The Real McCoy - their not a band you hear of very often. I prefer 'Love And Devotion' think thats a great song, whereas 'Another Night' is the song most assoociated wuth them. Also what about:
Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On
Love City Groove - Love City Groove ( eurovison '95)
Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms ( great song)
Incognito - Dont You Worry Bout a thing
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman ( technically '96 - so not early 90's, but still)
Chacka demus and pliers - Twist and Shout
Ace of base - Living in Danger and Lucky love ( radios/music tv will usually play their other songs)
Utah Saints - Something Good

More to come im sure :)

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I haven't heard that song in so long rip_jeans. Its stuck in my head now! :)
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By far it is one of my favorite songs of the 90's   ;D

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Couple more 90's songs hardly played on the radio:

Buffalo Stance by Nena Cherry
Toy Soldiers by Martika
Been Around The World by Lisa Stansfield
Sex You Up by Color Me Bad
All 4 Love by Color Me Bad


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I could be wrong, but i think that the Nenah Cherry and Lisa Stansfield songs were both in the late 80's.

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Couple more 90's songs hardly played on the radio:

Buffalo Stance by Nena Cherry - 80's
Toy Soldiers by Martika - 80's
Been Around The World by Lisa Stansfield - 80's
Sex You Up by Color Me Bad - 90's
All 4 Love by Color Me Bad - 90's


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I almost forgot about that boy band from the 90's Color Me Bad! They actually had a couple of likable songs (hangs head in shame).  ;)

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I could be wrong, but i think that the Nenah Cherry and Lisa Stansfield songs were both in the late 80's.
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"Buffalo Stance" was 80's (89.)

"All Around the World" was on Stansfields 89 album, but I don't think it charted till the 90's.

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I never hear early 90's dance songs like, 'Everybody in the place', 'House of Love', 'Ebeneezer goode', 'Something Good', 'On a regga tip', 'Incredible', 'Run to You', 'I'm gonna get you' at all anymore.
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Wow! Somebody else that's into early Prodigy, RuPaul (I'm assuming given the time frame), Shamen, Utah Saints, SL2, (don't know who sings "Incredible), Rage and Bizarre Inc.

What about "Dominator", "O Fortuna", "James Brown is Dead", "Who Is Elvis", "Spice", etc...?

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Wow! Somebody else that's into early Prodigy, RuPaul (I'm assuming given the time frame), Shamen, Utah Saints, SL2, (don't know who sings "Incredible), Rage and Bizarre Inc.

What about "Dominator", "O Fortuna", "James Brown is Dead", "Who Is Elvis", "Spice", etc...?
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Cool! Out of all of those, i think Utah Saints 'Something good is my favourite' - they only time i ever get to hear it is when i dig out my ''Smash Hits 1992'' casette lol!

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Don't Dream It's Over was 1987, cs.  Just thot I'd correct you.
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You are kind of right, as the original was released in the '87. However, it was re-released in '96 in England definitly ( not sure about the States as dont live there! ), and charted a lot higher then its original release over here. I love this song. Shame they didn't relase what a great song it was first time around :)

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If it is the song I am thinking of, All Around The World by Lisa Stansfield didn't chart here until around 91-92. I can't remember off-hand though - it may have been a similar song that I know.
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I dont know about the US, but 'All Around The World' definitly charted in the UK November '89.

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"Don't Disturb This Groove" by The System.
"Back On Track" by The Breakfast Club.
"Wild, Wild West" by The Escape Club
That song by Real McCoy.
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Which song by Real McCoy? They made quite a few! My guess is 'Another Night'?

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I Wanna Sex You Up-Color Me Badd, Hurt-NIN, River of Deciet-Mad Season, Stone The Crow-Down, Grind-Alice  In Chains, Smile-Pearl Jam, Gangsta's Paradise-Coolio, Please Don't Go and Bonita-No Mercy, Live and Learn-Joe Public, Rub You The Right Way-Johnny Gill, Freakin You-Silk, Freak Me-Adina Howard. Finally, as somebody commented before I used to work during the night and sad but true most of the good music is played at night.
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