Top 50 Songs of 1994

Rules:
Take the year you left school. Find the top 50 songs and post them. Put the ones you love in bold, the ones you hate in italics and leave the ones you care nothing for,



1, LOVE IS ALL AROUND
Wet Wet Wet (the first week, yes, quite a nice ditty. By the eleventh week, cause for riots!)

2, SATURDAY NIGHT
Whigfield (yes, I think I still know the dance!)

3, STAY ANOTHER DAY
East 17 (the chrimbo bells, the mispronounciation, the 'durty' look? Chavs before their time!)

4, BABY COME BACK
Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell ( I just didn't get it. Reminds me of when Paul and I fell asleep in Jelly Jazz on Nic's 18th b'day! Soz bird!)

5, I SWEAR
All-4-One (nauseating mush)

6, WITHOUT YOU
Mariah Carey (nauseating mush with big boobs)

7, ALWAYS
Bon Jovi (nauseating mush with big hair)

8, CRAZY FOR YOU
Let Loose (nauseating in tight jeans!)

9, THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
D:Ream (perfect cos Paul and I could have a crush on him and think it was possible to get a snog!)

10, DOOP
Doop

11, THE SIGN
Ace Of Base

12, COME ON YOU REDS
Manchester United Football Squad

13, THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
Corona

14, ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
Mariah Carey (eurgh, eurgh, eurgh!!)

15, I LIKE TO MOVE IT
Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman

16, 7 SECONDS
Youssou N'Dour featuring Neneh Cherry

17, SWAMP THING
The Grid

18, LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY
Baby D (only for the Ritzys memories, mind!)

19, LOVE ME FOR A REASON
Boyzone

20, EVERYTHING CHANGES
Take That (didn't appreciate the campness and general hilarity at the time. Do now!)

21, (MEET) THE FLINTSTONES
BC-52's

22, STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
Bruce Springsteen

23, INSIDE
Stiltskin (T'was the jeans ad? Bought the cassette single. Can you even get casettes these days?)

24, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
Love Symbol (Prince)

25, SEARCHING
China Black

26, CROCODILE SHOES
Jimmy Nail (who proclaimed Jimmy Nail a popstar?)

27, COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR KISS
Red Dragon with Brian and Tony Gold

28, THE RETURN OF INNOCENCE
Enigma

29, WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
Louis Armstrong

30, BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY
Big Mountain (another Ritzy classic. Still makes me smile!)

31, ANOTHER NIGHT
MC Sar & The Real McCoy

32, THE REAL THING
Tony Di Bart (Tony di Plumber. What ever happened to him? At least he had a trade to go back to!)

33, BREATHE AGAIN
Toni Braxton (another vom inducing ballard! why do we allow these people to make music?)

34, THINK TWICE
Celine Dion (see above!)

35, REGULATE
Warren G & Nate Dogg

36, SWEETNESS
Michelle Gayle

37, ALL FOR LOVE
Bryan Adams with Rod Stewart & Sting (oh, Bryan, you had me til then!)

38, HEY NOW (GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN)
Cyndi Lauper

39, AROUND THE WORLD
East 17

40, STAY (I MISSED YOU)
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

41, SWEETS FOR MY SWEET
CJ Lewis

42, SURE
Take That

43, I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU
Boyz II Men (boyz, grow some testicles, please, for the love of god and all that is good!)

44, ENDLESS LOVE
Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey (I remember wanting to slit my wrists cos the song seemed endless!)

45, COTTON EYE JOE
Rednex (now will always be associated with Chuz for reasons I don't want to go into! Sssh, there may be children around!)

46, POWER RANGERS
Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers (Repeat after me, 'Never let a cartoon sing')

47, SHINE
Aswad

48, MMM MMM MMM MMM
Crash Test Dummies

49, NO GOOD (START THE DANCE)
The Prodigy

50, GET-A-WAY
Maxx


So as you can see, 1994 was not a good year for music. It's awash with dross and ballards and boybands! I just don't remember it being that bad though.

For me it was a year for Levellers, The waterboys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Tori Amos, Paul Weller, Frente, Alanis Morrisette, The Cranberries, Reef, Radiohead, Jamiroquai and Chumbawumba (before the whole tubthumping debacle!)

Thank god I didn't have to rely on the charts for a daily fix of music!