List your favorite 1994 songs here.  Here are some recommendations of good 1994 songs  8)


"Return To Innocence" by Enigma

"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden

"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails

"I Alone" by Live

"Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots

"Another Night" by Real McCoy

"December 1963 (Oh What A Night!)" by Four Seasons

"Lucas With The Lid Off" by Lucas

"Zombie" by The Cranberries

"Linger" by The Cranberries

"Cantaloop" by Us3

"The Sign" by Ace of Base

"Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows

"Laid" by James

"Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" by Crash Test Dummies

"Basket Case" by Green Day

"Loser" by Beck

"Diasarm" by Smashing Pumpkins

"Crazy" by Aerosmith

"Shine" by Collective Soul

"Come To My Window" by Melissa Etheridge

"Dreams" by Gabrielle

"Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze

"Self-Esteem" by The Offsrping

"I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff

"All Apologies" by Nirvana

1994 was an awesome year for music. My favorite would be "The Sign" by Ace of Base.

1994 was an awesome year for music. My favorite would be "The Sign" by Ace of Base.

Ditto; that's one of my faves from that year too. 8)

I liked them all back in 1994! Damn I was young!

I was young in 1994 as well! That was the year I made the transition from junior high (aka middle school) to high school. It was one of my favorite years for music. :)

I turned 5 in November of 1994. But IMO, it doesn't matter.

I was young in 1994 as well! That was the year I made the transition from junior high (aka middle school) to high school. It was one of my favorite years for music. :)


hahah I was in college!

Here's a few favourites of mine from 1994, complete with chart positions (because I'm such a geek LOL)

Song Title Jane Distant Sun Love is All Around Girls and Boys Always Will You Be There (In the Morning) Found Out About You Twist and Shout Baby, I Love Your Way Dreams In the Night

Artist Barenaked Ladies Crowded House Wet Wet Wet Blur Erasure Heart Gin Blossoms Chaka Demus and Pliers Big Mountain The Cranberries Capital Sound

United Kingdom -- #19 #1 #5 #4 #19 #40 #1 #2 #27 --

Canada #3 #4 #21 #27 #19 #8 #3 #37 #2 #27 #2 *

United States -- -- #41#59#20#39#25-- #6 #42 --

* Dance Chart

Some of my faves from 1994:

Capella - "Move It Up"
Technotronic - "Move It To The Rhythm"
Blur - "Girls And Boys"
Breeders - "Cannonball"
Sound Factory - "Good Time"
C&C Music Factory - "Do You Wanna Get Funky?"
Taylor Dayne - "I'll Wait"
Double You - "Run To Me"
Erasure - "Run To The Sun"
Pet Shop Boys - "Yesterday When I Was Mad"
Eternal - "Stay"
Heavy D. - "This Is Your Night"
Janet Jackson - "Throb"
Jade - "Every Day Of The Week"
JX - "Son Of A Gun"
K7 - "Come Baby Come" and "Move It Like This"
Livin' Joy - "Dreamer"
M People - "Movin' On Up" and "One Night In Heaven"
Tinman - "Eighteen Strings"
Moby - "Feeling So Real"

I almost forgot! 

"Because The Night" by 10,000 Maniacs.  Such a great song and it was a pretty big hit as well.  Love the piano in it

I almost forgot! 

"Because The Night" by 10,000 Maniacs.  Such a great song and it was a pretty big hit as well.  Love the piano in it


That's a cover by Patti Smith. Great song, though.

Some of my faves from 1994:
Eternal - "Stay"
Livin' Joy - "Dreamer"


Do you have any of these on file?

Do you have any of these on file?


I can rip "Dreamer" to MP3 but I don't seem to have "Stay" anymore.  :-\\

Actually, Tanya, if you haven't gotten the songs yet check your PM's.  ;)

1994 was the best year for music and I like the four seasons or Frankie Vaili and the four seasons

Actually, Tanya, if you haven't gotten the songs yet check your PM's.  ;)


I got them and I am playing them like they are going out of style

hahah I was in college!

That's right...you're four years my senior! :D (So you'll hit the big three o this year!) :-X


Anyhoo, like I said above, Ace of Base's "The Sign" was unarguably my favorite hit from that year. A couple other tracks from that album were also big hits...but aside from them, I enjoyed other songs too,including:


"If You Go" by Jon Secada
"All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow
"Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
"Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
...among others, which I might think to mention later


I wonder if our friend, the Ellipsis guest, will investigate the release dates of these songs for us.

That's right...you're four years my senior! :D (So you'll hit the big three o this year!) :-X


Anyhoo, like I said above, Ace of Base's "The Sign" was unarguably my favorite hit from that year. A couple other tracks from that album were also big hits...but aside from them, I enjoyed other songs too,including:


"If You Go" by Jon Secada
"All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow
"Here Comes The Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
"Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
...among others, which I might think to mention later


I wonder if our friend, the Ellipsis guest, will investigate the release dates of these songs for us.


Good choices indeed!!

Yes, I'm the older chica!!! We'll keep mum about the big 3-0!  ;)  ;D

Some of my favorite songs from 1994 (that I still listen to!)


Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
Come to My Window - Melissa Etheridge
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
I'm the Only One - Melissa Etheridge
Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen
Stay - Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
Return to Innocence - Enigma
Crazy - Aerosmith
Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze
Baby I Love Your Way - Big Mountain
Now And Forever - Richard Marx
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3
100% Pure Love - Crystal Waters
Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson
Because Of Love - Janet Jackson
Breathe Again - Toni Braxton
Dreams - Gabrielle
I Swear - All-4-One
Misled - Celine Dion
Said I Loved You... But I Lied - Michael Bolton
Secret - Madonna
Without You - Mariah Carey

Here are some of my faves (others have already been listed)


"100% Pure Love" - Crystal Waters
"About a Girl" - Nirvana
"A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins
"All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow
"All That She Wants" - Ace of Base
"Another Night" - M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy
"Any Time, Any Place" - Janet Jackson
"Big Empty" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Born To Roll" - Masta Ace
"Come Out And Play" - The Offspring 
"Closer" - Nine Inch Nails
"Crazy" - Aerosmith
"Don't Turn Around" - Ace of Base
"I Alone" - Live
"I Like to Move It" - Reel 2 Real
"I Stay Away" - Alice in Chains
"Longview" - Green Day
"Loser" - Beck
"Love is Strong" - Rolling Stones
"Lucky One" - Amy Grant yes, I know Amy Grant
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Mr. Jones" - Counting Crows
"No Rain" - Blind Melon
"Secret" - Madonna
"Seether" - Veruca Salt
"Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb
"The Sign" - Ace of Base
"Spoonman" - Soundgarden
"Take a Bow" - Madonna
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"Without You" - Mariah Carey
"You Want This" - Janet Jackson

Here are some of my faves (others have already been listed)


"100% Pure Love" - Crystal Waters
"About a Girl" - Nirvana
"A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins
"All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow
"All That She Wants" - Ace of Base
"Another Night" - M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy
"Any Time, Any Place" - Janet Jackson
"Big Empty" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Born To Roll" - Masta Ace
"Come Out And Play" - The Offspring 
"Closer" - Nine Inch Nails
"Crazy" - Aerosmith
"Don't Turn Around" - Ace of Base
"I Alone" - Live
"I Like to Move It" - Reel 2 Real
"I Stay Away" - Alice in Chains
"Longview" - Green Day
"Loser" - Beck
"Love is Strong" - Rolling Stones
"Lucky One" - Amy Grant yes, I know Amy Grant
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Mr. Jones" - Counting Crows
"No Rain" - Blind Melon
"Secret" - Madonna
"Seether" - Veruca Salt
"Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb
"The Sign" - Ace of Base
"Spoonman" - Soundgarden
"Take a Bow" - Madonna
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"Without You" - Mariah Carey
"You Want This" - Janet Jackson


Just a couple of corrections.  "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins was a hit in Late 1995.  "No Rain" by Blind Melon was a hit in Mid/Late 1993, and "Take A Bow" by Madonna was a #1 Hit in Early 1995 (February 25th to be exact)

Just a couple of corrections.  "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins was a hit in Late 1995.  "No Rain" by Blind Melon was a hit in Mid/Late 1993, and "Take A Bow" by Madonna was a #1 Hit in Early 1995 (February 25th to be exact)



Take A Bow was on Bedtime Stories, which was released in 1994.  Therefore, you can consider it a 1994.  Is this thread based on merely chart positions?

Just a couple of corrections.  "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins was a hit in Late 1995.  "No Rain" by Blind Melon was a hit in Mid/Late 1993, and "Take A Bow" by Madonna was a #1 Hit in Early 1995 (February 25th to be exact)
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Take A Bow was on Bedtime Stories, which was released in 1994.  Therefore, you can consider it a 1994.  Is this thread based on merely chart positions?


No, not really...but in WKM's defense, lots of people tend to associate songs with the year that they became popular on the charts.

No, not really...but in zcrito's defense, lots of people tend to associate songs with the year that they became popular on the charts.



The song was released as a single in December 1994.....I think that qualifies as a 1994 song.

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I knew that. ;) In fact, I remember hearing it on the radio around Christmas time. So I agree that it could be considered a '94 song.

I did a poll of Madonna 90s songs a while back but I can't remember if I put '94 or '95 as the year...I'll have to see if I can dig up that thread.



I think both 1994 and 1995 would be appropriate as that mentions the year of release and the year it charted.

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Well that's normally how I go about songs.

I still consider "Kiss From A Rose" a 1995 song even though the Album was released in the Summer of 1994.  Also "Move This" by Technotronic was a hit in Late 1992 although the Album was released in 1989  :o

;)

Yes, Seal's "Kiss From A Rose" was definitely a 1995 hit. It was immensely popular that summer, since it was part of the soundtrack to the "Batman Forever" movie. The only hit that Seal had in '94 was "Prayer For The Dying"...I knew I'd think of more good songs after I made my original post!

Well that's normally how I go about songs.

I still consider "Kiss From A Rose" a 1995 song even though the Album was released in the Summer of 1994.  Also "Move This" by Technotronic was a hit in Late 1992 although the Album was released in 1989  :o

;)




As I stated, it was released as a single in 1994, so if you don't accept the year the album it is on as the year, I think that should more than cover it.

I tend to associate songs with when they were singles. That doesn't mean people weren't listening to it before then, but it was more popular after it was a single.

Heck, sometimes for megahit albums, they'll span THREE years. For instance, Thriller the album was released in late 1982, but the single "Thriller" was early 1984! Or Billy Joel's An Innocent Man album was in '83, but "Keeping the Faith" wasn't released as a single until early '85.

So technically, they're both sorta correct. :)

BTW, doesn't it seem that pop was more dominant than rock as a whole in 1994? It's kinda the opposite of 1993. Both years had the same overall musical template, but '93 leaned more on rock and grunge. I know most of the stuff I was listening to in '94 was pop or ballads.

Sure, there was "Black Hole Sun", "No Excuses" and other grunge rock, but I associate 1994 much more with "The Sign", and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

BTW, doesn't it seem that pop was more dominant than rock as a whole in 1994? It's kinda the opposite of 1993. Both years had the same overall musical template, but '93 leaned more on rock and grunge. I know most of the stuff I was listening to in '94 was pop or ballads.

Sure, there was "Black Hole Sun", "No Excuses" and other grunge rock, but I associate 1994 much more with "The Sign", and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight".

Good picks. Yeah, I seem to remember listening to a lot more pop/R&B than rock back then. Mostly because the station(s) I primarily listened to played a lot of pop. What's interesting is that at the time, I didn't know a few songs that were popular then. "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden...I sorta wish I knew that one when it came out. Again, I might think of more later.

Well that's normally how I go about songs.

I still consider "Kiss From A Rose" a 1995 song even though the Album was released in the Summer of 1994.  Also "Move This" by Technotronic was a hit in Late 1992 although the Album was released in 1989  :o

;)

...and "Get Ready For This" by 2 Unlimited was a hit in late 1994 even though it was recorded like three years earlier! :o

I tend to associate songs with when they were singles. That doesn't mean people weren't listening to it before then, but it was more popular after it was a single.

Heck, sometimes for megahit albums, they'll span THREE years. For instance, Thriller the album was released in late 1982, but the single "Thriller" was early 1984! Or Billy Joel's An Innocent Man album was in '83, but "Keeping the Faith" wasn't released as a single until early '85.

So technically, they're both sorta correct. :)


That's different b/c at the time, artists took longer periods between albums, so we heard many songs from one album until the next. Nowadays, musicians (if I can call them that) put out one a year to the point of ad nauseum that you only get 1-4 singles off the album.

I honestly cannot remember what I was listening to back in '94, but I'm sure it was stuff I'd be embarrassed to admit to now though.

I honestly cannot remember what I was listening to back in '94, but I'm sure it was stuff I'd be embarrassed to admit to now though.

In '94, I didn't listen to the current hits. I listened to other stuff like Peter Paul & Mary.

In '94, I didn't listen to the current hits. I listened to other stuff like Peter Paul & Mary.


Who is that? Is that like Church music or something?

Who is that? Is that like Church music or something?

No. They're folk singers from the '60s.

In '94, I didn't listen to the current hits. I listened to other stuff like Peter Paul & Mary.


No. They're folk singers from the '60s.

I know some of their music. :)

In 1994, I was listening to a lot of electronica and stuff.

Some of my favorites in 1994, released 1994, listened to in 1994:

Artist: album (label) (favorite track)*

The Legendary Pink Dots: 9 Lives to Wonder (Staalplaat) (Nine Shades to the Circle)
The Orb: Pomme Fritz (Island) (More Gills Less Fishcakes)
Laurie Anderson: Bright Red/Tight Rope (Warner Bros.) (In Our Sleep)
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno: The Essential (Caroline) (Healthy Colours I-IV)
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works II (untitled, CD 2, track 2)
Muslimgauze: Blue Mosque (Soleilmoon) (Yusef)
Muslimgauze: Infidel (Extreme) (Infidel--orbesque mix)
The Future Sound of London: Lifeforms (Virgin/Astralwerks) (Eggshell)
Richard Pinhas: Rhizosphere/Live Paris, 1982 (Cuneiform) (Rhizosphere)
Orbital: Snivilisation (Internal) (Are We Here?)
Cabaret Voltaire: The Conversation (Plastex) (The Conversation)
Irresistable Force (aka. Mixmaster Morris): Global Chillage (Rising High) (Snowstorm)
Erasure: I Say I Say I Say (Mute) (Take Me Back)
Nine Inch Nails: A Warm Place (Natural Born Killers soundtrack#) (Interscope)
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp: Darshana (A Brief History of Ambient III#) (Virgin)
Coil vs. eLPH: Protection (Eskaton) (Crawling Spirit)
Test Dept: Lecacy (Cleopatra)  (A Bird Or A Bullet )
Air Liquide: The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (The Robot Wars Symphony I-IV)
Cluster: One Hour (Gyroscope/Caroline) (One Hour)
Philip Glass: Two Pages (Nonesuch) (Music in Fifths)
Chris Cutler/Fred Frith: Live in Trondheim, Berlin & Limoges, Vol.2 (ReR Megacorp) (You Might Hear Some Traffic's Noise)
Autechre: Amber (Warp/Wax Tracks (Silverside)
Earth-Coincidence-Control-Office: John C. Lilly (Silent) (Cogitate--Ambient Mix)
Jon Hassell & Blue Screen: The Gods They Must be Crazy (Warner Bros.)
Steve Fisk: Express God (Excursion In Ambience--the Third Dimension#) (Astralwerks)

#various artists
Artists: track (compilation) (label)