Greetings once again. We've made to the end of the week, and I'm on my pen and paper (well, keyboard) again. It has been an interesting week to say the least, with wild weather, two tropical systems in the Atlantic, a tragedy further north in the Atlantic, and two kerfuffles tailor-made for Celebrity Death Match, which used to air on MTV; when that channel was relevant.
Today, we're taking a look back at the Top 40 songs in the US based off data from Radio & Records Magazine for June 23, 1995. Along with the songs I'm flashing back to, I'll give my thoughts on the topics I mentioned above, as well as other things. So, without further ado, here we go.
A brief note before we begin, this isn't the actual top 40 per R&R Magazine for this date (They actually used a Top 50 chart). Some songs on the actual top 40 were removed because they fell under recurrent rules; a song that had been in the top 40 for greater than 20 weeks but were below #20 on the chart. In the 1980's this rule was never utilized because a song would RARELY reach 20 weeks in the top 40, but as the methodology for tabulating these songs changed as the years went by, songs would stay on the radio longer and longer, thus necessitating a recurrent rule. Songs removed due to this were:
When I Come Around by Green Day
Hold On by Jamie Walters
In The House Of Stone And Light by Martin Page
Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow
Hold My Hand by Hootie & The Blowfish and
Another Night by Real McCoy, which was below the Top 40 but had yet to be moved to recurrent.
40. Could I Be Your Girl by Jann Arden. This was actually (according to my data) her first Top 40 hit before "Insensitive." Speaking of insensitive, a lot of jokes have been made concerning that submersible vessel that apparently had a catastrophic implosion en route to see the wreckage from the Titanic. Heck I'm a bit guilty of it too, until yesterday when news broke that the crew was indeed lost.
39. Human Nature by Madonna. Interestingly enough, the chorus to this song starts, "and I'm not sorry..." I mean, you're spending $250,000 to see historical wreckage of a ship that you could've seen up close (on a TV screen) for FREE. Plus, the five crew on board were uber-rich, including the CEO of the company that ran the sub, OceanGate. Still, five lives were lost, just as the ones who sank in the Mediterranean last week.
38. Dream About You by Stevie B. This was his supposed comeback to his 1990 mega smash, "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)." It didn't go very far because the music scene had changed drastically in the span of five years.
37. Somebody's Crying by Chris Isaak. Speaking of crying, there was plenty of crying going around Twitter this week over the term "cis," meaning cisgender.
36. Colors Of The Wind by Vanessa Williams. According to Merriam-Webster, cisgender is an adjective denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with the person's sex at birth. Well, I was born a male, so I guess that makes me cisgender. But let's see what the internet's self-proclaimed "Mr. Know It All" has to say about it.
35. Remember Me This Way by Jordan Hill. Per Elon Musk (cue a million eye rolls), "cisgender" or "cis" is now considered a slur because some therapist didn't like the term. BOO F***ING HOO!! I suppose this cat also believes that the 2020 Presidential election was somehow stolen. You know, since Squealon Muskrat bought Twitter, that platform has become more and more toxic, and not in a Britney Spears way. Dude seriously needs to shut the bleep up...
By the way, here's a late update:
34. Strange Currencies by R.E.M. Or, even better, he can have his ass handed to him...by Mark Zuckerberg. Ace Ventura? Your thoughts:
Saw this conversation… not sure if it was a friendly one pic.twitter.com/tpz3z2Phtv
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 21, 2023
At least it was a little bit more civilized than this classic commercial from about 15 years ago.
31. Freak Like Me by Adina Howard. Well those two definitely are not freaks like Adina Howard. Whatever happened to her anyway? She had two singles in faded into Bolivia as Mike Tyson once said.
30. Red Light Special by TLC. You remember the HORRIBLE record deal that TLC signed that caused them to be broke even though they had massive success? When I first heard about the story right around this time, I thought the person who I heard it from (who was a shipmate on the Eisenhower) was full of crap. Then a few years later, I saw the VH-1 "Behind The Music" episode about TLC. Lo and behold, the shipmate was right after all.
29. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me by U2. This song came from the "Batman Forver" soundtrack. Could have done without Bono going orgasmic towards the end of the song (at least tgat part was removed for radio).
28. Run Away by Real McCoy. Janet Jackson would also have a hit called "Runaway" in 195, though it entered the charts about two months after this one dropped off.
27. (You Got Me) All Shook Up by Nelson. I figure this would be a good opportunity to hyperlink you to the Nelson story I wrote about almost two years ago.
26. Wonderful by Adam Ant. This song definitely does not describe the weather over Tampa Bay this morning.
25. Leave Virginia Alone by Rod Stewart. Well Rod, I have; I haven't visited there in over a decade, before my daughter and her family moved to Illinois (then Kentucky).
24. Kiss From A Rose by Seal. Also from the "Batman Forever" soundtrack. There actually was a woman from Puerto Rico who I was interested in at the time named Rose. She's married with kids now, one of whom is set to graduate from college.
23. Good by Better Than Ezra. You know what isn't so good? The weather in the Caribbean. For the first time since hurricanes/tropical cyclones have been recorded in the Atlantic, there are two named systems currently spinning during the first month of hurricane season.
22. Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson. The only time this brother/sister combo collaborated, with a very expensive (a record at the time IIRC) video to boot.
21. December by Collective Soul. The calendar may read late in June, but it feels like December along portions of the Pacific Northwest, where some higher elevations along th Cascades got a surprise snowstorm the other day.
20. I Saw You Dancing by Yaki-Da. I think I heard this sing once when it came out, and I thought it was from Ace of Base. But it wasn't. Probably the same reason Regina's "Baby Love" and Gotye f/Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used To Know" were also so popular; they sounded like other popular artists of that time (Madonna for Regina, Katy Perry for Kimbra).
19. Can't Stop Loving You by Van Halen. The last notable hit from the group before Sammy went on to Cabo and David Lee Roth reentered the group, but not before Extreme's Gary Cherone replaced Hagar.
18. Waterfalls by TLC. Please stick to the river and the lakes that you're used to. Something the crew of the OceanGate submersible could have heeded. Speaking of which, Joe Exotic (yes, that guy) has an opinion regarding the tragedy, and he's...right? Didn't think I had Joe Exotic being somewhat relevant in 2023, but if he's going to drag Dan Crenshaw, I'm here for it.
17. Someone To Love by Jon B. and Babyface. I believe this is one of the few songs dedicated to me, and it came from Rose, who I mentioned earlier.
16. This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan. Kind of disappointed that this was one of only two hits he had. The other came in 2000 with "Get It On Tonight." Of course nowadays, Jordan lends his vocals of this melody to Uber One (as does Donna Lewis, Kelis, and others).
15. Misery by Soul Asylum. Also known as what it felt like to be a Tampa sports fan from 1983 to 1996. No, Arena Football doesn't count. Frustrated incorporated indeed.
14. My Love Is For Real by Paula Abdul. She had a birthday this week, so Happy Birthday, Paula. She also had probably one of the more memorable first pitches in Tampa Bay Rays history.
13. Come And Get Your Love by Real McCoy. I will, as soon as my sister allows me to come visit you (you know who you are).
12. Lightning Crashes by Live. Did you know that some radio stations (like WDCG in Raleigh) edited the opening verse because it contained the word "placenta?" And I thought Clear Channel editing the word "ship" was overkill. Jeez. By the way, Lightning did crash..out of the first round this year.
11. This Ain't A Love Song by Bon Jovi. Narrator: in fact, it was a love song.
10. I Know by Dionne Farris. We've finally reached the top ten, and this song was 1995's highest ranked hit. It was also her only solo hit, as she also charted as a member of Arrested Development.
9. I Believe by Blessid Union Of Souls. Not on my Spotify playlists because it contains the N-word and I can't seem to find the edited version.
8. I Can Love You Like That by All-4-One. One thing I despised about this era is that you had one version of a song played on pop radio and another version of the same song played on country radio. All-4-One did it TWICE with John Michael Montgomery. Of course, later on, the two acts did a collaboration of this and "I Swear" which I saw on TikTok.
7. What Would You Say by Dave Matthews Band. Since I talked about TikTok, what would I say to them? Stop with your somewhat ridiculous advertising. I know there is an algorithm that determines which ads are shown on a person's feed, and nie out of every ten advertisements I see are LGBTQI(AEIOU and sometimes why)-centered. Look, I get that it's Pride Month and you're doing your best to be inclusive, but as someone on that platform mentioned on their page in regard to the new "Sex & The City" series, we don't need it in our faces 24/7/365. It's like you're being woke for woke's sake, which is why I think certain politicians in DC and elsewhere want to ban the platform, not for the reason they're telling everyone (Chinese security threats). Also, may explain why our douchebag governor is the way he is, but that's another story in and of itself that I have touched on occasion.
6. Run-Around by Blues Traveler. Speaking of which, the NHL is giving all thirty-two of their franchises the run-around, by no longer allowing themed warmup jerseys to be worn before games this year. According to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettmann, the jerseys have become somewhat of a distraction. So let me get this straight, a couple of Russian players are offended about having to wear a rainbow-themed jersey during warmups, and now an effective marketing tool for certain franchises are now being taken away? I guess them damned Soviets got their way after all, after 43 years. I'm going to miss the Gasparilla-themed sweaters the Tampa Bay Lightning wore.
5. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman by Bryan Adams. Question for Mr. Adams, have you? Seriously though, I have, I'm just not afforded the opportunity that I want right now with my current living situation. Hopefully that will change real, real soon.
4. Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Nikki French. I don't know how popular she was in Canada England, but this was her only hit stateside.
3. Let Her Cry by Hootie & The Blowfish. I think I mentioned Darius Rucker getting his start in country music by accident as a result of a Burger King commercial one time on this blog, but I don't have time to look for it.
2. Water Runs Dry by Boyz II Men
and the number one song on this date 28 years ago was...
1. I'll Be There For You by The Rembrandts. I remember also talking about this song in an earlier blog post of mine. No, I haven't watched "Friends" lately; I'm on a break.
Well, after about eight hours (with about a couple of hours away to go to the doctor and eat mxed in) this entry is in the can. Hopefully, I'll have more this weekend. Later everyone!
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