This is probably one of my favourite years in music. It was very interesting. Grunge is slowly starting to fade away since Kurt's death (RIP), and mostly being replaced with Adult Alternative. I feel like a lot of the music around this time sort of had a hippie-esque, early 70s vibe to it.

This was also the year one of my favourite childhood movies came out, A Goofy Movie. I love the soundtrack in this film, and my favourite songs were the ones done by the pop star Powerline (an allusion to Michael Jackson), voiced by Tevin Campbell.

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

Alanis Morisette also made her big debut that year, and her album, Jagged Little Pill, became the one of the top selling acts from a solo female act.

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

And of course, what's 1995 without a little Hootie? I don't care how many of you hate them, I will always be a fan of theirs. Go ahead and fudge me, I don't care.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln6WQqRDrCo

And of course, what's 1995 without a little Hootie? I don't care how many of you hate them, I will always be a fan of theirs. Go ahead and fudge me, I don't care.



Why would anyone fudge you for liking a song? Ignore them if they do.
The song's not bad though "Only wanna be with you", one of the better ones from that time period.

Here's one I like, it's not bad.

Collective Soul  ~ December

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utYjsmDzMi0

Why would anyone fudge you for liking a song? Ignore them if they do.
The song's not bad though "Only wanna be with you", one of the better ones from that time period.

Here's one I like, it's not bad.

Collective Soul  ~ December

Yeah you're right, Collective Soul is a good band too. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iirDzMk5ysI

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I remember that song. I also remember Sugababes doing a cover of it in 2002.

One of my favorites from 1995

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvGZu_D2OyU

And of course, what's 1995 without a little Hootie? I don't care how many of you hate them, I will always be a fan of theirs. Go ahead and fudge me, I don't care.

"I Only Wanna Be With You" is the only song I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo

Michael Jackson- Scream!

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I remember that song.

Yeah, me too. I liked it when it came out. In fact, I have a number of favorites from that year, too. :)

Blues Traveler hit big that year with "Run-around":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-yLH5wcEoQ

I remember it spent several months on the charts, and I tried to memorize it but had a hard time understanding most of the words.


Much later that year, they had a follow-up hit with "Hook", which has a long verse with speedily-sung words that are also kinda hard to understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRhJt3PLdUE

Both songs make ample use of the harmonica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGbzYlnz7c

Coolio- Gangsta's Paradise

^ I remember that one... as well as Weird Al's parody of the song, "Amish Paradise." However, as I recall, Coolio was initially offended by Al's version, and Al sent him a letter of apology...and the two of them eventually made amends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ateQQc-AgEM

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Great song, one of my favourite love songs ever.

A few things: 

1.) I was 11 in 1995 and that summer you could not go ANYWHERE without hearing a song from Cracked Rear View Mirror. 
2.) The same holds true for Blues Traveler's Four and DMB's Under The Table. 

3.) That Weird Al Bad Hair Day was one of the first CDs I ever bought. 
4.) I bought this CD ( the soundtrack to the film Bad Boys) and listened to this song over and over again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8St3HAwJOYU

I was, and still am, very attracted to this beautiful woman with an angelic voice. I think this song came out at the very end of 95. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtHpvRw-azA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEtxJ4-sh4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pav2f4b-1ZE

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

A few things: 

1.) I was 11 in 1995 and that summer you could not go ANYWHERE without hearing a song from Cracked Rear View Mirror. 
2.) The same holds true for Blues Traveler's Four and DMB's Under The Table. 


Those were great albums. 8) Under The Table generated the hits "What Would You Say" (whose instrumental break features a saxophone solo followed by a harmonica playing from Blues Traveler's frontman, John Popper) and "Ants Marching".

I was, and still am, very attracted to this beautiful woman with an angelic voice. I think this song came out at the very end of 95. 

It did; it was a big hit during the last few months of the year.

Lots of people probably heard the background vocals as "Who loves tacos", but it's actually "ooh la kah koh", which, according to Hawkins, doesn't actually mean anything; she apparently made it up herself while recording the album.

I was, and still am, very attracted to this beautiful woman with an angelic voice. I think this song came out at the very end of 95. 




such a great tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2AZrhmwJiU

Nikki French-Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Great song, one of my favourite love songs ever.


and this was a few years before he shaved his dreadlocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sx32alzeE

^ Great song. It was on the soundtrack from the film Empire Records.

Another song that was on that soundtrack, but didn't receive nearly as much radio airplay (at least in the states), was this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYFz4pKclyA
"A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os6i3GSdUNU

Luniz- I've Got 5 On It

(uncensored version)

One of the first CD's I bought....
"Lump" by The Presidents of The United States of America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3aiaXM9kE

Mariah Carey's Daydream album was released that year, and spawned the singles "Fantasy" (noted for its sampling of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius Of Love" and even containing an interpolation of the first verse late in the song) and "One Sweet Day", a collaboration with Boyz II Men, which monopolized the top spot on the U.S. charts for over 3 months.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY

Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas Is You

One of the shortest songs of the 1990s, at just a shade over two minutes in length, was a big hit in '95: "Roll To Me" by Del Amitri.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mEdTc340mI

One of the shortest songs of the 1990s, at just a shade over two minutes in length, was a big hit in '95: "Roll To Me" by Del Amitri.
Great song, catchy too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEtxJ4-sh4

TLC-Waterfalls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY

Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas Is You


This was 1994 I think.

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

RealMcCoy- Come And Get Your Love

A lot of dance music was popular that year. Here's a techno-dance song that was a hit near the end of the year:

"Set U Free" by Planet Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxacRNgWUh0

(Planet Soul is the name of the band, even though it is mentioned several times in the lyrics.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb1ZvUDvLDY

2Pac- Dear Mama

Here's an R&B hit that was popular during the summer of that year, "He's Mine" by Mokenstef...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTry8ZVJdGA

This group, an all-female vocal trio from southern CA, is likely to be assumed a one-hit-wonder due to this being their best-charting song.

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Here's a hit song from Slash's Snake Pit Beggars and Hangers On.

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

Elton John- Believe

In late October of that year Blind Melon lead singer Richard "Shannon" Hoon was lost to a cocaine overdose and he left his infant daughter Nico Blue Hoon behind.  Blind Melon has taken a new lead singer but it's not been the same.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W5pq4bIzIw

Shaggy - Boombastic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suzwkw0dYmM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP2t9LBeAwo

TLC - Red Light Special (Dirty Version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0E0ynyIUsg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suzwkw0dYmM
 
One of my favorite one hit wonders of that decade and the video was pretty damn funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQX2q6WCrbE

Better Than Ezra: "Good"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3TQSaqHBtM

This one was a big hit on the Modern Rock charts in the summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wSr7h_pjxs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX6acmWntYA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYI99xuI9CM

Madonna - I Want You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3tOip4Xw3g

Garbage - Vow
The first single of my favorite band!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7fLA5ccWg

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NSFW!

Luscious Jackson - Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rSb74tPok8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8a4acclxiI

Kylie Minogue - Where Is The Feeling?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR_bPIbDvj8

Madonna - I Want You

I don't know that one, but I do know "Take A Bow" (which was a big hit in the early part of the year, from the previous year's album Bedtime Stories) and "You'll See" (a hit late in the year, from the album Something To Remember) very well.

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

Better Than Ezra: "Good"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3TQSaqHBtM

This one was a big hit on the Modern Rock charts in the summer.


Love this song. Seems like it made it into every mid-late 90's movie soundtrack where a couple is living in the aftermath of a breakup.

Goo Goo Dolls - Name
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQOBUrRaPU0
Liz Phair - Whip Smart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqPG1a0uz0
Bif Naked - Daddy's Getting Married
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUXMGm5gAZg

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ClCpfeIELw

Letters to Cleo - Here And Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w2YLdjxS_M

Groove Theory, "Tell Me":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKke2jQ3iKE

This r&b song was popular toward the end of the year.

Chris Isaak, "Somebody's Crying":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHHC3XVudjY

This one was a minor hit near the end of the year, from his album Forever Blue. I really liked it.

La Bouche - Be My Lover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJV7iL6vBrI&feature=player_detailpage&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404

I really didn't appreciate this song enough at the time. One of the greatest club hits of the decade.

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How could we have a thread about the year 1995 and completely forget that 1995 was the year of female empowerment?

^ You're right! I remember that one quite well. As well as her follow-up single, "Hand In My Pocket".

How could we have a thread about the year 1995 and completely forget that 1995 was the year of female empowerment?
That song was included in the original post...

La Bouche - Be My Lover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJV7iL6vBrI&feature=player_detailpage&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404

I really didn't appreciate this song enough at the time. One of the greatest club hits of the decade.

That song was included in the original post...


Oh....oops! ;D

Vanessa Williams, "Colors Of The Wind":

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This one was on the soundtrack of the animated film Pocahontas, and was a big hit during the summer.

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"Love City Groove" is a song by British rap group Love City Groove that represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995.

On the night of the contest the song was performed 15th in the running order, and it received 76 points, placing 10th in a field of 23.

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Some great hip hop albums came out that year as well, including Dah Shinin' by Smif-N-Wessun, The Infamous by Mobb Deep, Livin' Proof by Group Home, Me Against the World by 2Pac, E. 1999 Eternal by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Liquid Swords by GZA, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon.

Those were great albums. 8) Under The Table generated the hits "What Would You Say" (whose instrumental break features a saxophone solo followed by a harmonica playing from Blues Traveler's frontman, John Popper) and "Ants Marching".

And here is "What Would You Say":

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Actually recorded in 94, but was a hit in early '95.


"Ants Marching":
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This one was released as a single later in '95.

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Dionne Farris - I Know

Released as a single in 1995, "You Are Not Alone" is the second single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory. The R&B ballad's composition has been attributed by R. Kelly in response to difficult times in his personal life. He then forwarded a bare demo tape to Jackson, who liked the song and decided to produce it with Kelly. Jackson's interest in the song was also linked to recent events in his personal life. The song was later covered by Kelly himself as a hidden track on his tenth solo studio album Love Letter.

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Bedtime Story
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Brandy - the voice of an angel!

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^ great song!

DJ BoBo - There Is A Party
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"Baby, Now That I've Found You" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod. Originally released in 1967 by The Foundations. The song was a 1995 country hit for Alison Krauss from the album Now That I've Found You: A Collection. Her version appeared in the Australian comedy film, "The Castle". It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

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"Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in August 1995 as the sixth single from his album When Love Finds You. It is a eulogic ballad. Gill began writing the song following the death of country music superstar Keith Whitley, who died in 1989. Gill did not finish the song until a few years later following the death of his older brother Bob, in 1993, of a heart attack. Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless both sang background vocals on the record.

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"You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story, it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the whole Toy Story franchise. The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but lost both to "Colors of the Wind" from Disney's Pocahontas. Like many other Disney theme songs, "You've Got a Friend in Me" has been covered numerous times. Cover versions featured in the three Toy Story films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in Toy Story; a diegetic instance by Tom Hanks, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in Toy Story 2, and a Spanish language version by the Gipsy Kings in Toy Story 3.

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"Hakuna Matata" is a song from Disney's 32nd animated feature The Lion King. The music was written by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is based on Timon and Pumbaa's catchphrase in the movie, Hakuna matata, which is a Swahili phrase; it means 'no worries'. It is characterized by its simple 4/4 time, upbeat message and catchy lyrics.

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One of my favorite songs from 1995. I use to have this cassette single and would listen to it everyday! I think I still have it in storage.

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"Con te partirò"  is an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of the same year, Bocelli. The single was first released as an A-side single with "Vivere" in 1995, topping the charts, first in France, where it became one of the best-selling singles of all-time, and then in Belgium, breaking the all-time record sales there. A second version of the song, sung partly in English, released as "Time to Say Goodbye" as a duet with  Sara Brightman.

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"When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was a hit song for three different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on December 24, 1988; Alison Krauss, whose version was her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995; and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose version was his first solo single and a chart-topper in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand in 1999.

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"It's Oh So Quiet", the song was covered by Icelandic musician Björk in 1995. It is a cover of the German song "Und jetzt ist es still", performed by Horst Winter in 1948, with music written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and German lyrics by Erich Meder. The English lyrics were written by Bert Reisfeld. It was released as the third single from her second album Post and remains her biggest hit, reaching number 4 in the UK and spending 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart.

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"I'll Be There for You" is a song recorded by American duo The Rembrandts. It is best known as the main theme song to the NBC sitcom Friends, which was broadcast from 1994 to 2004. The song was also released as the first single from the group's third studio album LP, reaching the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and Norway, as well as in Ireland and the United Kingdom in both 1995 and 1997. In Canada, the song reached number one for five weeks and was the highest-selling single of 1995, while in the United States, the song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks.

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Martin Page - In the house of stone and light (1995)

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