I couldn't find a thread for this year. I went through about 25 pages of threads and I think I saw one for every other year.

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That's very odd. There was one created in 2013...but now it seems to have mysteriously disappeared?! ???

Here's the archived edition: http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe90s/smf/1383239627.shtml

But when I clicked the "Check for new replies..." link, I expected to get to that original thread...but apparently it's gone. :o I wonder why??

And I know I contributed to it. For example:

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Too Many Walls | Cathy Dennis

Alanis Morissette, billed simply as Alanis, made her debut in 1991.  I was a BIG fan of this one.  I know you're gonna dig this!


Alanis - Too Hot
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Here is a Jackson 5 cover by a group from Vancouver.  The blonde girl is the daughter of Bill Henderson, the lead singer for Chilliwack.  Every country had their own version of a Bananarama type girl group.  America had Expose.  Canada had West End Girls...

West End Girls - I Want You Back
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Here is The One And Only, written by Nik Kershaw and recorded by Chesney Hawkes.  In the UK, this was the theme song to a film called Buddy's Song starring Hawkes and Roger Daltrey.  In the US and Canada, it was the theme song to the Michael J. Fox film Doc Hollywood.  Different music videos were filmed for each.  It was not Hawkes' only hit in the UK, but it left him a one hit wonder in the US and Canada


Buddy's Song version
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Doc Hollywood version
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"Everything I Do, I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams
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This is the long version, which continues beyond the 4:05 mark (which is where it seems to "end")

Here is Life Is A Highway by Tom Cochrane.  Wait, that song is from 1992, so why am I talking about it in a 1991 thread?
It was originally released in Canada in September of 1991, where it peaked at #1 in late November.  It wouldn't be until 1992 when this song would chart in most of the rest of the world.

For many people, this was an introduction for Tom Cochrane, but in Canada, he had already been well-known in the 80s as lead singer for a band called Red Rider.  At the 1992 Juno Award (Canada's version of the Grammy) ceremonies, Tom won Songwriter of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Single of the Year for this song, and the album (Mad Mad World) that it appears on won Album of the Year.  It also received a 1992 Grammy nomination for Male Rock Performance of the Year

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"Everything I Do, I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams
This is the long version, which continues beyond the 4:05 mark (which is where it seems to "end")


The video for that song is one of my earliest memories of a bonus track on a VHS tape.  It appears after the credits rolled through on the VHS of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.  It's a fun one to sing karaoke to

The video for that song is one of my earliest memories of a bonus track on a VHS tape.  It appears after the credits rolled through on the VHS of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.  It's a fun one to sing karaoke to

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I knew it was from that soundtrack. But I also remember it was a big hit on the charts. And still one I enjoy listening to.

I have been trying to reconstruct the old thread that mysteriously disappeared (and I have a link to the archived version in my first reply up above). And I remember this particular song being mentioned on there.

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Aaron Neville's cover of "Everybody Plays The Fool":
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There is another mix of this (with a different rhythm track), but I prefer this one.

"Hold You Tight" by Tara Kemp.
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(Yes, I know the single has 1990 as the copyright date, but the song became a hit in early 1991 which is why I'm posting it here.)

Aaron Neville's cover of "Everybody Plays The Fool":
There is another mix of this (with a different rhythm track), but I prefer this one.


I remember when I first heard that song I thought he was singing "Everybody plays the flute", lol

I remember when I first heard that song I thought he was singing "Everybody plays the flute", lol

The same can be said about the original recording by The Main Ingredient.

Still, I remember when Aaron Neville released his cover version; it stood out to me.

Another song I remember hearing a lot that year:

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In 1990, Celine Dion released her English language debut album called Unison and from it came 5 singles.  The 5th one titled Have A Heart was released in July of 1991, went on to peak at #26 in Canada and is a cover of an R&B song from 1987 called Just Have A Heart by Angela Clemmons.

Celine actually first covered it in 1987 in French under the title Partout Je Te Vois.  At the time, she did not speak English, but wanted to learn it to further develop her career, so she memorized the lyrics and performed it in English that year at the Juno Awards.  Quite an impressive performance for someone who basically had no idea what she was singing

The Unison album started recording in 1989, so having learned English in just 2 short years is nothing short of Amazing.  I wish I could learn a 2nd language that fast

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Another song I remember hearing a lot that year:

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Oh yes, that was a big hit too. O0

This instrumental was a big hit in the States during the summer months of '91 (although recorded two years earlier in Europe):

David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer
"Lily Was Here"
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In 1990, a-ha had a big hit in Europe with a cover of The Everly Brothers song Crying In The Rain.  In 1991, it had peaked at #34 in Canada, and even peaked at #26 on the US Adult Contemporary chart

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Ozzy's 1991 "No More Tears" album is often forgotten but was huge in the 90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFSgYa8YfWk

Some New Age music, released in 1990 but big in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9DxYhqmKw

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The Divinyls
"I Touch Myself"
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Little did we know then that he was going to have a great acting career.

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That's a good one too. O0

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I added this one to the 1992 thread because I couldn't tell which year it belonged to. I remember it being popular right around the holiday season/New Years.

Meanwhile here are some of my favorite dance songs from that year:

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One of my favourites from 1991...

Glass Tiger featuring Rod Stewart - My Town

This peaked at #8 in Canada and #33 in the UK.  A music video was made for the song, but oddly enough it does not feature Rod, so here is the album/single version that does

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Crash Test Dummies - Superman's Song

This peaked at #4 in Canada and #56 in the US.  The lyrics of this song are absolute genius and anyone familiar with Superman and his backstory would get every reference!

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I remember this being popular in the fall, and people doing the "2" and "L" with their fingers at NFL games. This is actually the first time seeing the music video/mini-movie. I remember hearing it played on the radio a lot though.

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Though not on his album of the same title of the song above, this was also popular from the first Addams Family movie that fall:

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A few more dance/house hits:

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One song from '91 that I really enjoyed was called Rush by Big Audio Dynamite II.  They were a hip-hop/rock group conceived by Mick Jones, the former guitarist/vocalist of The Clash.  This one ids fun to sing along to!

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One song from '91 that I really enjoyed was called Rush by Big Audio Dynamite II.  They were a hip-hop/rock group conceived by Mick Jones, the former guitarist/vocalist of The Clash.  This one ids fun to sing along to!


I liked their song called The Globe, which was released later in 1991 and was playing on the radio in the early part of 1992. That song sampled "Should I Stay or Should I Go" from when he was with The Clash.

It was also a big year for gospel singer Amy Grant with her pop album, Heart in Motion.

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It was also a big year for gospel singer Amy Grant with her pop album, Heart in Motion.

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Yes, she did start out as a Christian performer during the 1980s. But in the 1990s she began having mainstream success on the pop charts. Both of these songs are great hits. O0

Yes, she did start out as a Christian performer during the 1980s. But in the 1990s she began having mainstream success on the pop charts. Both of these songs are great hits. O0


I also remember her song "Good For Me" that was a hit in early 1992.

I also remember her song "Good For Me" that was a hit in early 1992.

Yes, and she had several other pop hits in subsequent years.

A few years before she released her Christmas hit, Mariah Carey released this song and the album with the same title.

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Another female pop artist I remember is Vanessa Williams.

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Seal released his self-titled album which includes the hit song, "Crazy" but I liked this one more.

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Seal released his self-titled album which includes the hit song, "Crazy" but I liked this one more.

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Interesting; I've not heard that one before. (Maybe cause it wasn't a hit, like "Crazy" was.) Did you have a copy of the album?

Meanwhile, here is the entire song "Crazy" (unedited, almost 6 minutes long, which most radio stations probably didn't play)..

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Interesting; I've not heard that one before. (Maybe cause it wasn't a hit, like "Crazy" was.) Did you have a copy of the album?


I might add it to my Spotify.

Edit: just noticed you wrote "did" (past tense) and not "do". No, I didn't have that one. The CD's I had from that year I can remember are:

Color Me Badd - CMD
The KLF - The White Room
Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch - Music For the People
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls
Guns & Roses - Use Your Illusion I and II
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Paula Abdul - Spellbound

If my research has served me correctly, this one was only popular in Canada.  I was a BIG fan of this one.  A beautiful dance-ballad!

Paul Janz - Hold Me Tender
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Edit: just noticed you wrote "did" (past tense) and not "do". No, I didn't have that one. The CD's I had from that year I can remember are:


So you never had it. Got it.

I used past tense because I was referring to the time it was new, which is now 32 years ago. I mean, some people like to get a music album when it's brand new, or still fairly new.

So you never had it. Got it.

I used past tense because I was referring to the time it was new, which is now 32 years ago. I mean, some people like to get a music album when it's brand new, or still fairly new.


I still need to add it to my Spotify. Been forgetting. Meanwhile here are some other songs that were on the radio around Thanksgiving weekend:

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Also, I remember "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred being played around this time, even though it was featured in the 1992 thread and most (including VH1) classify it as a 1992 song.

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Samples the 80's hit song "True" by Spandau Ballet.

I remember hearing this song a lot on the Detroit pop/top 40 station when visiting family for Christmas. I only heard it on that station and loved it, and for a long time couldn't find out who sang this. Unfortunately it's not available on Spotify.

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Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn

Samples the 80's hit song "True" by Spandau Ballet.

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One of the songs I liked that samples another song.

Not sure if I posted this in the dance music thread but this is one of my favorites:

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The de facto birth of grunge:

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Here's another song I remember hearing around Christmas (same time as Icy Blu song a few posts above) that I could never found out who it was until recently. I just knew it was something kitchen but didn't have any other info I could Google search. I just happened to hear Prince's version on the Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Edition album. Then I was able to search and find out the artist's name is Martika and produced by Prince.

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Karyn White: Romantic

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"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the Disney animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). The film's theme song, the Broadway-inspired ballad was first recorded by British-American actress Angela Lansbury in her role as the voice of the character Mrs. Potts. The song has won several awards. The song garnered the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 49th Golden Globe Awards in January 1992. The following March, "Beauty and the Beast" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 64th Academy Awards.

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"Jimmy Olsen's Blues" from Pocket Full of Kryptonite, the debut studio album by the American rock band Spin Doctors, released in August 1991.

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