after posting a deranged rant about the current state of radio in the US last night i just remembered that another one of these came out a long while back that i didn't post a poll on
this era of the billboard charts was very weird in that many major hit songs at radio were missing from the charts due to being withheld from retail, so many songs that were much stronger at retail than at mainstream stations performed better than they perhaps would have otherwise. (the retail availability requirement was not banished until the 1999 chart year.) what's shown here is thus not 100% comparable to the lists from other eras imo, but still interesting. of course the #1 is the event single that sold a bajillion copies and then was never heard from again
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
23. Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November | 9 |
21. Madonna - Frozen | 8 |
32. Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up | 7 |
42. Jordan Knight - Give It To You | 4 |
5. Martin Page - In The House Of Stone And Light | 3 |
25. B-Rock & The Bizz - MyBabyDaddy | 3 |
11. Madonna - You'll See | 2 |
37. Melissa Etheridge - I Want To Come Over | 2 |
35. Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden | 2 |
33. 702 - Get It Together | 2 |
30. Merril Bainbridge - Mouth | 2 |
36. Tatyana Ali - Daydreamin' | 1 |
22. Master P ft. Sons Of Funk - I Got The Hook-Up! | 1 |
20. Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There | 1 |
1. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997 | 1 |
8. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Look Into My Eyes | 1 |
6. 3T - Anything | 1 |
46. Mariah Carey - I Still Believe | 1 |
26. Puff Daddy & The Family ft. The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes - Victory | 1 |
50. Uncle Sam - I Don't Ever Want To See You Again | 0 |
49. Aaliyah - The One I Gave My Heart To | 0 |
34. Public Announcement - Body Bumpin' (Yippie-Yi-Yo) | 0 |
48. Bon Jovi - This Ain't A Love Song | 0 |
43. Montell Jordan ft. Master P & Silkk The Shocker - Let's Ride | 0 |
47. Warren G - I Shot The Sheriff | 0 |
45. 4PM - Sukiyaki | 0 |
44. Billie Myers - Kiss The Rain | 0 |
38. Immature - Constantly | 0 |
39. Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To | 0 |
40. Five - When The Lights Go Out | 0 |
41. New Edition - I'm Still In Love With You | 0 |
31. ESPN Presents The Jock Jam | 0 |
3. Az Yet ft. Peter Cetera - Hard To Say I'm Sorry | 0 |
4. Divine - Lately | 0 |
9. Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page - Come With Me | 0 |
10. Hanson - I Will Come To You | 0 |
12. Jamie Walters - Hold On | 0 |
13. Xscape - The Arms Of The One Who Loves You | 0 |
14. Color Me Badd - The Earth, The Sun, The Rain | 0 |
15. Journey - When You Love A Woman | 0 |
16. LeAnn Rimes - Looking Through Your Eyes | 0 |
17. R. Kelly - I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) | 0 |
18. Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons Of Loneliness | 0 |
19. Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen - Theme From Mission: Impossible | 0 |
24. R. Kelly ft. Ronald & Ernie Isley - Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) | 0 |
7. 98 Degrees - Invisible Man | 0 |
27. 98 Degrees - Because Of You | 0 |
28. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly | 0 |
29. R. Kelly - Gotham City | 0 |
2. R. Kelly & Céline Dion - I'm Your Angel | 0 |
― dyl, Monday, 24 January 2022 16:48 (three years ago)