CHR/Pop01. Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris":
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(I remember being slightly irritated at this because back then it sounded like they tried too hard to create perfect example of a generic pop song. Ballad, slightly more exciting bridge, back to ballad, with lyrics about how you're such a lost soul. But now I can't deny that it's a good song.) 02. Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn":
B-03. Savage Garden - "Truly, Madly, Deeply":
C+ (Meh. I liked this well enough at first but the cheez got to me.)04. Matchbox 20 - "3AM":
C+ (I never honestly saw the appeal in this or "Real World.")(Ditto, though I thought "Real World" was just slightly better.)05. K-Ci & JoJo - "All My Life":
D06. Aerosmith - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing":
F- (Well, I guess 1998 wasn't quite the perfect year after all.)07. Matchbox 20 - "Real World":
B-08. Backstreet Boys - "As Long as You Love Me":
D+ (I just couldn't deal with this rehash of QPGMWH being the follow-up)09. Shania Twain - "You're Still the One":
F+10. Jennifer Paige - "Crush":
B+11. All Saints - "Never Ever":
D-12. Next - "Too Close":
A- (Though if this had been released in like '03 or later it would probably annoy me to no end)13. Janet - "Together Again":
B14. Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On":
B (Surprised not to see it in the Top 5.)(I wasn't because I remember seeing how it dropped like a rock, though Rick Dees rigged his Top 100 to make this #2 and #2-#13 were mostly bumped back one.)15. Marcy Playground - "Sex & Candy":
B-16. Fastball - "The Way":
B17. Alanis Morissette - "Uninvited":
B+ (I appreciate this a lot more now than then.)18. Edwin McCain - "I'll Be":
D- (This song was supposed to and about to fall off and then it got played on Dawson's Creek and stayed on for like 100 more weeks. Pshaw.)19. Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun":
B+20. Barenaked Ladies - "One Week":
B+21. 'N Sync - "I Want You Back":
B+(And then they only went downhill from here and TUMH. They were better when they sounded like the Backstreet Boys clones that they are. Then they just started trying way too hard.)22. Will Smith - "Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It":
F (What terribleness and stupidity.)23. Brandy & Monica - "The Boy Is Mine":
D (And why would you call your CD that too.)24. Robyn - "Show Me Love":
C25. Backstreet Boys - "I'll Never Break Your Heart":
F26. Third Eye Blind - "How's It Going to Be":
C27. Usher - "You Make Me Wanna...":
C28. 'N Sync - "Tearin' Up My Heart":
A- (see IWYB.)29. Semisonic - "Closing Time":
D+ (Gah. This song sucks, why did I like it so much back then.)30. Brian McNight - "Anytime":
F+ (Oh, it is smooth, but I just can't get over the likes of 'do you ever wake up reaching out for me :31. Billie Myers - "Kiss the Rain":
A+ (But little did I know how much of an anomaly for her this turned out to be...)32. Will Smith - "Just the Two of Us":
C-33. Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping":
B-34. Sugar Ray - "Fly":
F (I still haven't figured out if there's any point to this stupid song.)35. Green Day - "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)":
A- (I remembered thinking, what was Green Day doing attempting to make a generic pop hit. And little did I know how much they'd one-up themselves six years later.)36. Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)":
B (Could have been much worse.)37. Third Eye Blind - "Jumper":
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38. 5ive - "When the Lights Go Out":
B39. Madonna - "Frozen":
A40. Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?":
C41. Eagle-Eye Cherry - "Save Tonight":
A- (A bit overrated, but I didn't mind this one being overrated.)42. Faith Hill - "This Kiss":
D43. Sheryl Crow - "My Favorite Mistake":
B44. Alanis Morissette - "Thank U":
B-45. Paula Cole - "I Don't Want to Wait":
B+46. Sarah McLachlan - "Adia":
D47. Janet - "Go Deep":
A-48. Natalie Merchant - "Kind and Generous":
C *yawn* (yeah...) 49. Robyn - "Do You Really Want Me":
C- (Umm, stop whining.)50. Everything - "Hooch":
C (But what a stupid name for song and an even stupider name for a band.)51. Tonic - "If You Could Only See":
B52. Lisa Loeb - "I Do":
B53. Shawn Mullins - "Lullaby":
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54. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life":
B+55. Lorena McKennitt - "The Mummer's Dance":
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(I actually really loved this until it suddenly became the poster song for radio stations that advertised that they "play different music" and are your "music alternative." I'm over that now though.)56. Matchbox 20 - "Push":
A+57. Brian Setzer Orchestra - "Jump Jive an' Wail":
F-58. Jimmy Ray - "Are You Jimmy Ray?":
B+59. Eve 6 - "Inside Out":
F (Then I got irritated when the much better "Promise" flopped.)60. Ben Folds Five - "Brick":
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(My unofficial #1 song of 1998 for 1999 year-end last year purposes.)61. Savage Garden - "To the Moon and Back":
A+62. Madonna - "Ray of Light":
B (A bit more made-for-pop than "Frozen." But still not bad.)63. 98 Degrees - "Because of You":
B+64. Vonda Shepard - "Searchin' My Soul":
F (LOL, I had forgotten that this song even existed. As much as I loathed this I thought it would have been a great pep band song.)65. Inoj - "Love You Down":
A (She, along with the CD "SoSoDef Bass All Stars," made me think that "SoSoDef" was a genre. I was lucky enough to find a copy of her CD at a used record store in Japan.)66. Natalie Imbruglia - "Wishing I Was There":
F- (Yuck.)67. Mariah sCarey - "My All":
F68. Eric Clapton - "My Father's Eyes":
A-69. Celine Dion - "To Love You More":
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(A shame this didn't do so well thanks to everyone being sick of her after MHWGO.)70. Allure f/ 112 - "All Cried Out":
D71. Usher - "My Way":
C-72. Inoj - "Time After Time":
A (Hey, I like this better than the original. )73. Madonna - "The Power of Good-bye":
A+74. Hootie & the Blowfish - "I Will Wait":
B- (What made me tolerate this was that I was delighted they were finally past their 15 minutes of fame.)75. Usher - "Nice and Slow":
B76. Pras Michel f/ Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya - "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)":
A- (When it was still cool to sample.)77. Jewel - "Hands":
A- (This irritated me because she irritated me but now I have to admit it's not a bad song at all.)78. Destiny's Child - "No No No (Part 2)":
B (I heard this on Rick Dees and was mad that Hits 106 never added it. Little did I know. Sigh...if only they would have stopped here...) 79. Smash Mouth - "Can't Get Enough of You Baby":
D+80. Aerosmith - "Pink":
D (Back then it was one grade lower. Now I've raised it a grade due to realizing it's funny, but not any more higher because I still realize it sucks.)81. Ace of Base - "Cruel Summer":
B (But for what was obviously their attempt for one last hit, I'd say they did as well as they could have.)82. Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time":
A-83. Monica - "The First Night":
A- 84. Paula Cole - "Me":
B+ (Mildly irritating at the time but it cracks me up now.)85. Meredith Brooks - "What Would Happen":
B- (But totally forgettable. Come to think of it, "Bitch" would have been totally forgettable too if it wasn't called "Bitch.")86. Shania Twain - "From This Moment On":
C (But one of the few songs that is significantly improve by the dance remix)87. Aqua - "Turn Back Time":
A (Usually upbeat-upbeat-ballad is a good pattern, but they really should have skipped "Lollipop (Candyman)" and gone straight to this, because that one killed any chance that Aqua would ever be taken seriously by anyone anymore, and here they go and release a perfectly good song and now no one cares.)88. The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony":
A-89. Nu Flavor - "Heaven":
C-90. Uncle Sam - "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again":
B+ (This song is incredibly cornball, but I have to Lol at it as well as he calling himself Uncle Sam.)91. Goo Goo Dolls - "Slide":
A- (But I absolutely hated it back then. That was before I slid. )92. Notorious B.I.G. f/ Puff Daddy & Mase - "Mo Money Mo Problems":
C+93. Voices of Theory - "Say It":
C- (One of the most forgettable things I've ever heard)94. Blessid Union of Souls - "Light in Your Eyes":
A95. Everclear - "I Will Buy You a New Life":
B+96. Monifah - "Touch It":
A-97. LeAnn Rimes - "How Do I Live":
F (Everything about this song becoming a hit was so wrong.)98. Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta":
FAlternative: (Ooh... I like this. Lots of songs Hits 106 played in the 90s were alternative hits and I never knew.)
01. Fuel - "Shimmer":
A(02. Eve 6
03. Marcy Playground
04. Semisonic
05. Harvey Danger
06. Fastball
07. Green Day
08. GGD - "Iris"
09. Everclear)
10. Creed - "My Own Prison":
A- (Kind of cheezy, yes, but more of an undiscovered cheeziness, as opposed to their later stuff which became pop hits. Plus here we have a rock hit that namedrops St. Gabriel the Archangel, in correct context no less -- gotta love that.)(11. Barenaked Ladies)
12. Our Lady Peace - "Clumsy": nfe
(13. The Verve)
14. Foo Fighters - "My Hero":
B15. Pearl Jam - "Given to Fly":
C+16. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic":
B17. Pearl Jam - "Wishlist": nh/dr
18. Garbage - "Push It":
A-(19. Third Eye Blind - "How's...")
20. Smashing Pumpkins - "Perfect":
A21. Everclear - "Father of Mine":
A-22. Days of the New - "Touch, Peel and Stand":
C23. Creed - "What's This Life For?":
B-24. blink-182 - "Dammit":
B-(25. 3EB - "Jumper")
26. Hole - "Celebrity Skin":
B-27. Dave Matthews Band - "Don't Drink the Water":
A-28. Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away":
A-(29. Ben Folds Five
30. Eagle-Eye Cherry)
31. Everclear - "Everything to Everyone":
A-32. Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore":
A33. Garbage - "I Think I'm Paranoid":
A-34. Flys - "Got You (Where I Want You)": nh/dr
(35. Matchbox - "3AM")
36. Marcy Playground - "St. Joe on the School Bus": nh/dr
(Wtf, they had another song and it was this high? The only other single by them I remember was "Sherry Frasier" which Hits 106 added)(37. MB20 - "Real World"
38. GGD - "Slide)
39. The Urge - "Jump Right In": nh/dr
40. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - "Zoot Suit Riot":
F- (Unacceptable. This is bad in the same way as JJ&W but makes even less sense.)(41. Natalie Imruglia - "Torn")
(WTF was this doing here?)42. Cake - "Never There":
B43. Anathaeum - "What I Didn't Know":
B+44. Foo Fighters - "Everlong":
C45. Stabbing Westward - "Save Yourself":
A-46. Dave Matthews Band - "Stay (Wasting Time)":
D (yawn.)47. Tori Amos - "Spark":
A+48. Black Lab - "Wash It Away":
C+ (Why is this higher than Time Ago?)49. Wallflowers - "Heroes":
B+50. Third Eye Blind - "Losing a Whole Year":
B51. Days of the New - "Shelf in the Room": nh/dr
52. Radiohead - "Karma Police":
C-53. Sprung Monkey - "Get 'Em Outta Here": nh/dr
54. Jerry Cantrell - "Cut You In": nh/dr
55. Fastball - "Fire Escape":
B+ (I heard this at the mall the other day. Ha.)56. Foo Fighters - "Walking After You": nh/dr
(57. Shawn Mullins)
58. Chris Cornell - "Sunshower": nh/dr
59. 311 - "Beautiful Disaster":
B60. Semisonic - "Singing in My Sleep":
A- (This was (and is) much better than Closing Time. A shame it never hit pop.)(61. Everything)
62. Soul Coughing - "Circles":
F(63. Smash Mouth - "Walkin'...")
64. Days of the New - "The Down Town": nh/dr
65. Green Day - "Redundant": nh/dr
(66. Brian Setzer Orchestra)
67. Offspring - "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)":
B68. God Lives Underwater - "From Your Mouth": nh/dr
69. Grant Lee Buffalo - "Truly, Truly":
A-70. Barenaked Ladies - "Brian Wilson":
C- (I could never get into this one.)71. Verve - "Lucky Man":
B72. Marilyn Manson - "The Dope Show":
B+ (I credit Weird Al for making the grade on this one this high. ) 73. Everlast - "What It's Like":
A-74. Bush - "Mouth" [Stingray Mix]:
A-(75. Lorena McKennitt)
(LOL at this being alternative in 98.)76. Korn - "Got the Life":
A77. Local H - "All the Kids Are Right":
B-78. Pearl Jam - "In Hiding": nh/dr
79. Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha":
B, I guess80. Feeder - "High": nh/dr
(81. Alanis Morissette - "Uninvited")
82. Seven Mary Three - "Over Your Shoulder":
B-83. U2 - "The Sweetest Thing":
F-84. Fuel - "Bittersweet": nh/dr
85. Dishwalla - "Once in a While"
B+(86. Chumbawamba)
87. Sarah McLachlan - "Sweet Surrender":
B+(88. Alanis "Thank U")
89. Black Lab - "Time Ago":
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(Such a good song. Also a perfect example of why not to buy an album after hearing just one song.)90. Ben Folds Five - "Song for the Dumped":
A91. Monster Magnet - "Space Lord": nh/dr
92. Big Wreck - "The Oaf": nh/dr
93. Oasis - "All Around the World":
A-94. Soul Asylum - "I Will Still Be Laughing": nh/dr
95. K's Choice - "Everything for Free":
B+96. Spacehog - "Mungo City": nh/dr
97. Huffamoose - "Wait": nh/dr
98. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - "You & Me & the Bottle Makes Three Tonight":
B-