I'd like to start this one out with an underrated gem. This song comes from Annie Lennox' album Diva, released in 1992. This song was released for airplay in early 1993. The album itself is one of my all time favourites and one of the most underrated albums of the decade, if not all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU-zTf5mjp8

Also, another one from The Proclaimers. Interestingly enough, this song was originally released in 1988, and was a big hit in their homeland of the UK. However, the song gained notoriety when it was featured in the film Benny and Joon. Sadly, to this day, it remains the group's only hit outside of Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0

This one's a favorite of mine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgTuPoNfAAc

New Order ~ Regret

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_zEVA_lLtw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-WFNbMohTQ

Whatta Man- Salt & Pepa

Whatta Man- Salt & Pepa

Their preceding hit single "Shoop":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vaN01VLYSQ

"Connected" - Stereo MCs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm8ClRnVxtE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmadSGJCzo8

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UB40's cover of Can't Help Falling In Love With You.

I couldn't resist, lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV05oji5doc

Their preceding hit single "Shoop":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vaN01VLYSQ


another great hit by them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlMdNcvCJo

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New Order ~ Regret


I like this one. :) One of the best non-80s hits by a new-wave band.

Another British new-wave band that had most of its hits during the 80s also had a big hit during the year 1993: Tears For Fears, with "Break It Down Again":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vumg_61aZ0M

I remember roller skating to both those Salt n' Pepper hits as well as the Stereo MC's Connected at my local rink.  This song was also popular among my 3rd grade classmates and myself....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_kWxWn-Zo

I remember roller skating to both those Salt n' Pepper hits as well as the Stereo MC's Connected at my local rink.  This song was also popular among my 3rd grade classmates and myself....
I remember hearing a lot of Eurodance like that from my family from Spain and Canada.

Little Pigs, Little Pigs, Let Me In!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NASm3-urs5U

I saw this movie in the cin that summer, as I'm sure many of you did too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv4OWfXLAXc

I think this was her last major selling hit, but what a beautiful and emotional ballad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoNXsne8exg

I saw this movie in the cin that summer, as I'm sure many of you did too.


I certainly did.



I think this was her last major selling hit, but what a beautiful and emotional ballad.


I remember that one too.

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they may have opened for Nirvana at some point

^ That's a cool song. Good beat and well-organized instrumentation.

And now for something on the slower side...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACgQ6pgOglc

"I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" by Expose

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UB40's cover of Can't Help Falling In Love With You.


It's a good cover. UB40 is good with reggae covers.

I remember roller skating to both those Salt n' Pepper hits as well as the Stereo MC's Connected at my local rink.  This song was also popular among my 3rd grade classmates and myself....



The 90's were a good time for dance music.

I saw this movie in the cin that summer, as I'm sure many of you did too.




I think Willy The Orca Whale died?  ???

I think this was her last major selling hit, but what a beautiful and emotional ballad.



a nice powerful ballad from her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM

Billy Joel-River Of Dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHe12x_I0U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2_-eQ26tY

Naughty By Nature-Hip Hop Hooray

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they may have opened for Nirvana at some point


I have that album, Divine Hammer and Saints are my primary favorites from it.

It's a good cover. UB40 is good with reggae covers.


AU #1 Austria #1 Beligum #1 Canada #1 Europe #1 Finland #1

They were pretty much #1 all over the place.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac8XAHBpmt8

RuPaul- Supermodel

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What a waste of a life.  :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKn4QV7tqY

Portrait- Here We Go Again

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What a waste of a life.  :(


That's the first Nirvana song(well, first song period) that I've ever parodied.

That's the first Nirvana song(well, first song period) that I've ever parodied.


I didn't know that?

But you know what? He wasted the remaining years of his life and blew almost all of his money on drugs.  :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYIpa1Ulvw

Positive K- I Got A Man

That's the first Nirvana song(well, first song period) that I've ever parodied.


Weird Al also parodied it as well.

Weird Al also parodied it as well.


Actually he parodied the Teen Spirit video and Kurt was floored when he did.  He wrote in the ledger of his diary that "Weird Al is a musical genius."  :)

Aerosmith's "Get A Grip" album was released that year; several of its tracks became hits.

These include:
"Livin' On The Edge":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmCQzd_gB3s

"Cryin'":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivuAhoB8VzQ

...as well as "Amazing", "Shut Up And Dance", and "Crazy", which were hits in early-mid 1994.

These include:
"Livin' On The Edge":


Should also be duly noted that this song was parodied by Weird Al, as "Livin' In The Fridge", on his "Alapalooza" album, which was released later that year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4MRmEPNUxY


Inner Circle-Bad Boys

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Sorry Philip.  Always remember "YOU ASKED FOR IT!!!"

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Sorry Philip.  Always remember "YOU ASKED FOR IT!!!"


Uh Oh, Celeste, you're gonna to get fudged!  :o
You were warned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8

Tag Team- Whoomp! There It Is

Uh Oh, Celeste, you're gonna to get fudged!  :o
You were warned


Oh I'm quaking in my boots. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8

Tag Team- Whoomp! There It Is


I remember there was an Urban Legend where President Obama appeared in the music video

I remember there was an Urban Legend where President Obama appeared in the music video


You mean this video?  ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZs6wWEDR2g

REM-Man On The Moon

I didn't know that?

But you know what? He wasted the remaining years of his life and blew almost all of his money on drugs.  :(


I know about the drug problems he had.

Here's a little something interesting about the song Sliver, it was actually recorded in 1990(the music video was aired in 93 though). Come to think of it, some of the songs on Nevermind where wrote in 88, 89 and 90. There was also a video for In Bloom that aired on the Sub Pop channel/show in 1990, it was put on the box set I have.

In September of 1993, Nirvana released their final studio album, In Utero. There were the top singles off of the album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFVQpDKHk4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rS6mZUo3fg

You mean this video?  ???

Yes, i meant whoomp there it is. Should have been more specific.

In September of 1993, Nirvana released their final studio album, In Utero. There were the top singles off of the album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFVQpDKHk4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rS6mZUo3fg


On a much darker tone, Heart-Shaped Box was originally called Heart-Shaped Coffin.

Kurt on occasion would also take stabs at machismo/macho posers/testosterone poisoning. Very Ape off of In Utero is about macho types(mostly macho poser rock stars) and Mr. Moustache(from the Bleach era) is another along that theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5oWzB4Xgzw

Cypress Hill-Insane In The Brain

http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd800/d873/d87381bpgq7.jpg


I loved Jeremy Jordan's album - not ashamed to admit it!  :D

My addition to 1993 is Tevin Campbell's "I'm Ready"... never gets old. And yes the single was 1994, but the album was 1993.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrBDcQq2DM

Haddaway- What Is Love?

Sting released his album Ten Summoners' Tales in '93; two tracks from it became hits...

"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16B_eO00ddw

and

"Fields Of Gold"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUv7pZxwST0


I liked 'em both. :)

Sting released his album Ten Summoners' Tales in '93; two tracks from it became hits...

"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"

and

"Fields Of Gold"


I liked 'em both. :)
My mum has that album, it's one of her favourites.

Boy George The Crying Game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOgv-UuTgac

"Will You Be There" is a song by Michael Jackson which was released in 1993. The song is the eighth single from the 1991 album Dangerous. The song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Free Willy, of which it is the main theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUaMzwNPgro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkBajjNE9y4

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom Shake The Room!

 
  Stone temple pilots - plush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q

 
  Stone temple pilots - plush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UOC0C0x8Q

:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1DdO3SISg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3k58kZCRlM

  - Leila K, [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3k58kZCRlMCa Plane Pour Moi, with a sound as over-the-top for 1993 as Plastic Bertrand's was in 1977.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV05oji5doc

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Counting Crows: Mr Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlMdNcvCJo

Snow - Informer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcN12uVHeQ

Aerosmith's "Get A Grip" album was released that year; several of its tracks became hits.

These include:
"Livin' On The Edge":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmCQzd_gB3s

"Cryin'":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivuAhoB8VzQ

...as well as "Amazing", "Shut Up And Dance", and "Crazy", which were hits in early-mid 1994.


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and the music video helped launch Alicia Silverstone to superstardom. They used to blur out the middle finger on VH1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
This song by The Proclaimers was first released in 1988.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7FtI3cmZ38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFAhwS-NeNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2Jc28tQrw

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5gAkna3jI
Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB6XdAkkAo
Liz Phair - Carnivore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdceTI8ytiQ

Both from So I Married An Axe Murderer
The Boo Radleys - There She Goes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSVl5W6dHlo
The Spin Doctors - Two Princes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdy_rct6uo

In the world of alternative rock, The Breeders released "Cannonball":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ1RWG7t0cA

It was a big hit on the Modern Rock chart in the summer.

Thank god the UK still had a lot of pop going round in the 90s. This was a decent boyband with some great feelgood piano guitar pop!


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This song by The Proclaimers was first released in 1988.


^^ Yes, but it got a lot of radio airplay in America in 1993.

Dino - Ooh Child
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PM Dawn - I'd Die Without You
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^^ Yes, but it got a lot of radio airplay in America in 1993.


That's right, it was one of those songs that got "re-released".

In fact, the song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 romantic comedy film Benny & Joon, which is why it got re-popularized that year. :)

That's right, it was one of those songs that got "re-released".

In fact, the song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 romantic comedy film Benny & Joon, which is why it got re-popularized that year. :)


Cool to know!  Had no idea it was an older song when I first heard it on Top 40.  Benny and Joon was a cute movie.  Saw it later in life though, not when it came out.

Here's another song to add to the list...
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Captain Hollywood Project - More and More

Living on My Own" is a song by Freddie Mercury, originally included in his first solo album Mr. Bad Guy. It was released as a single (backed with "My Love Is Dangerous") in September 1985 in the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 50. The July 1985 release in the United States had "She Blows Hot & Cold" as its B-side.

In 1993, almost two years after Mercury's death, the No More Brothers Mix of the song was released and reached number 1 in the UK, becoming Mercury's first solo number 1 hit. It remained at the top for 2 weeks.
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I'm surprised no one mentioned Snoop Doggy Dogg seeing as how we are discussing music from 1993. '93 was the year I stopped listening to anything on the top 40.

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Duran Duran: Ordinary World

What is happening to it all
crazy some would say
where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away.

But I won't cry for yesterday
there's an ordinary world
somehow I have to find
And if I try to make my way
to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive.

I was just 16 when this song was released.  I love Duran Duran with all of my heart but after Andy and Roger left it wasn't the same and it's still not the same after Andy left for the second time.

EDIT: Sorry about that.  There seems to be a copyright issue with that last video.

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's album Facing Future, released in 1993, included a ukulele medley of "Over the Rainbow" and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". The song reached #12 on Billboard's Hot Digital Tracks chart the week of January 31, 2004 (for the survey week ending January 18, 2004). In the UK the song was released as a single under the title "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It entered the UK Official Singles Chart in April 2007 at #68. After several returns to the chart, in September 2008 it reached its peak position so far going up to #46. In Germany, the single also returned to the German Singles Chart in September 2010. After only 2 weeks on that chart, the song had already received gold status for having sold 150,000 copies. In October 2010 the song reached No. 1 in the German charts and 2011 it has been certified 5x Gold for selling more than 750,000 copies. It stayed 12 non-consecutive weeks at the top spot and was the most successful single in Germany in 2010. As of March 2012, it's the 2nd best-selling download ever in Germany with digital sales between 500,000 and 600,000. In France, the song debuted at #4 in December 2010 and reached number one. In the USA, the song was certified Platinum for 1,000,000 downloads sold. To date the song has sold over 4.2 million digital copies as of October 2014. In Switzerland, the song received Platinum, too, for 30,000 copies sold.

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Duran Duran: Ordinary World

What is happening to it all
crazy some would say
where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away.

But I won't cry for yesterday
there's an ordinary world
somehow I have to find
And if I try to make my way
to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive.

I was just 16 when this song was released.  I love Duran Duran with all of my heart but after Andy and Roger left it wasn't the same and it's still not the same after Andy left for the second time.

You're right; after a key member leaves a band, things aren't quite the same at all. Still, they managed to put out a decent record with this song.

You're right; after a key member leaves a band, things aren't quite the same at all. Still, they managed to put out a decent record with this song.


That's true.  But at least when Roger left he had an excuse.  He was working himself to the point of exhaustion.  When Andy left both times it was because he couldn't work with Simon and Nick.

"Better the Devil You Know" is a pop song written by Brian Teasdale and Dean Collinson for Sonia. This single was released in April 1993 as the second and final single from Sonia's third album Better the Devil You Know. The song was United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. At the end of judging that evening, "Better the Devil You Know" took the second-place slot with 164 points. After Eurovision, the song peaked at #15 on the UK Singles Chart, and was in the chart for 7 weeks.

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Glad you got round to 1993. I'm not a Eurovision fan but I did watch that year's show in full. I loved Sonia's / the UK's entry.

However I was rooting for Greece's entry that year slightly more.

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Glad you got round to 1993. I'm not a Eurovision fan but I did watch that year's show in full. I loved Sonia's / the UK's entry.

However I was rooting for Greece's entry that year slightly more.

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"I Got You Babe" is a 1965 song written by Sonny Bono, the first single from the first album, Look at Us, of the American pop music duo Sonny & Cher. In August of that year the single spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where it sold more than 1 million copies and was certified Gold. It also reached #1 in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 2011, the song was named as one of the greatest duets of all times by both Billboard and Rolling Stone magazine. It was also listed at #444 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. The song made a bit of a comeback when it was used repeatedly as Phil Connors' alarm clock wake-up music in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day.

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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's album Facing Future, released in 1993, included a ukulele medley of "Over the Rainbow" and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". The song reached #12 on Billboard's Hot Digital Tracks chart the week of January 31, 2004 (for the survey week ending January 18, 2004). In the UK the song was released as a single under the title "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It entered the UK Official Singles Chart in April 2007 at #68. After several returns to the chart, in September 2008 it reached its peak position so far going up to #46. In Germany, the single also returned to the German Singles Chart in September 2010. After only 2 weeks on that chart, the song had already received gold status for having sold 150,000 copies. In October 2010 the song reached No. 1 in the German charts and 2011 it has been certified 5x Gold for selling more than 750,000 copies. It stayed 12 non-consecutive weeks at the top spot and was the most successful single in Germany in 2010. As of March 2012, it's the 2nd best-selling download ever in Germany with digital sales between 500,000 and 600,000. In France, the song debuted at #4 in December 2010 and reached number one. In the USA, the song was certified Platinum for 1,000,000 downloads sold. To date the song has sold over 4.2 million digital copies as of October 2014. In Switzerland, the song received Platinum, too, for 30,000 copies sold.

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"I Got You Babe" is a 1965 song written by Sonny Bono, the first single from the first album, Look at Us, of the American pop music duo Sonny & Cher. In August of that year the single spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where it sold more than 1 million copies and was certified Gold. It also reached #1 in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 2011, the song was named as one of the greatest duets of all times by both Billboard and Rolling Stone magazine. It was also listed at #444 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. The song made a bit of a comeback when it was used repeatedly as Phil Connors' alarm clock wake-up music in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day.


I had no idea that its overall popularity was revived due to use in that movie.

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I heard some anti-Barney songs that came from 1993.

"I love you, you love me.
Space is where we sent Barney.
With a muffled pop, he turned into
One big mass of purple goo!"

I heard some anti-Barney songs that came from 1993.

"I love you, you love me.
Space is where we sent Barney.
With a muffled pop, he turned into
One big mass of purple goo!"


That's funny.  When I was in school I heard it like this

I love you, you love me,
let's go out and kill Barney
kick him in the head and
knock him on the floor
No more purple dinosaur.

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I remembered this one yesterday! It was released in Summer 1993. I was 12 going on 13. LOVED Joey Lawrence.

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I remembered this one yesterday! It was released in Summer 1993. I was 12 going on 13. LOVED Joey Lawrence.



I remember buying the album and laughing at the lyric "smell like a zoo"...  :D
This was another good one from him...


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Toni Braxton self-entitled, debut album 😍

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Yes to both the above. Bought "If I Can't Have You" on cassette single and got Toni's album on cassette (later replaced it with the cd).

I remember buying this single at the same time as Kim Wilde...
(note that these were both covers of 70s disco hits)


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Yes to both the above. Bought "If I Can't Have You" on cassette single and got Toni's album on cassette (later replaced it with the cd).


Yeah, I think it's a good song to mentally sing to one's crush.

Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score of the 1993 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score and songs were composed by Williams, and features violinist Itzhak Perlman. The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. It also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score. Theme from Schindler's List is one of the most recognized contemporary film scores, particularly the violin solo. Many high-level figure skaters have used this in their programs, including Katarina Witt, Irina Slutskaya, Johnny Weir, and Yulia Lipnitskaya.

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"Song for Athene" (also known as "Alleluia. May Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest") is a musical composition by British composer John Tavener in 1993 with lyrics by Mother Thekla, an Orthodox nun, which is intended to be sung a cappella by a four-part (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) choir. It is Tavener's best known work, having been performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir conducted by Martin Neary at the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 6 September 1997 as her cortège departed from Westminster Abbey.

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I heard some anti-Barney songs that came from 1993.

"I love you, you love me.
Space is where we sent Barney.
With a muffled pop, he turned into
One big mass of purple goo!"


I've heard this like:

I love you
you love me
let's go out and kill Barney
kick him in the head
and knock him on the floor
no more purple dinosaur

"Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known simply as "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about West Virginia. Native Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole covered the song on his 1993 album 1993 Facing Future, featuring his personal rendition of the piece in relation to the Hawaiian Islands and his life there, mentioning West Mākaha and Mount Kaʻala.

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