Norwegian #1s of 1995

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Just to complete it ;)

(and also because these are, largely, completely different songs from the UK and US chart toppers in this case)

Poll Results

Option	Votes
74-75 – The Connels	13
Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio	7
Scatman – Scatman John	6
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – U2	5
Self Esteem – Offspring	5
You Suck – The Murmurs America	3
Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex	3
Wish You Were Here – Rednex	1
Think Twice – Celine Dion	1
Old Pop In An Oak – Rednex	1
Back For Good – Take That	1
A Kind Of Christmas Card – Morten Harket	0

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:06 (seventeen years ago)

You Suck – The Murmurs America

OK, never heard it, but this.

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

trying to think of something funny to say about the fact that there are THREE rednex singles

― max, Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

"lol country-Rednex-are-from"

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:26 (seventeen years ago)

surely 'there are three rednex singles' is funny enough.

― Ed, Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:27 (seventeen years ago)

The Connels are gonna walk this, aren't they?

― Hoes Cartwright (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:29 (seventeen years ago)

I know it's not cool but I might just vote for The Connells, love its smoky Al Stewart vibe.

― Shallow Gravy (Billy Dods), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:35 (seventeen years ago)

Re Rednex, I believe Norway is the only country where they had three chart toppers.

Of course "Wish You Were Here" is part of history now, in that it was the first hit ever written by Max Martin.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:37 (seventeen years ago)

Scatman landslide

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Thursday, 29 January 2009 14:42 (seventeen years ago)

Voted Connels.

― Last night it was pullulating with (Michael White), Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:17 (seventeen years ago)

You Suck – The Murmurs America

OK, never heard it, but this.

Wait, why are they called "The Murmurs America" here? In the US, they were just "The Murmurs." Was there a Norwegian band by the same name?

Anyway, this song got a bit of play on college radio, and quite a lot of play on MTV as I recall:

― Pancakes Hussein Obama (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 29 January 2009 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

trying to think of something funny to say about the fact that there are THREE rednex singles

― max, Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:25 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

where did they come from, where did they go?

― some dude, Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

gotta go coolio, means it's gettin too hot

― The Reverend (rev), Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

thanks for this

trying to think of something funny to say about the fact that there are THREE rednex singles

they're scandinavian, you know

― double bird strike (gabbneb), Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

thanks, we know

― more private than a bar stool (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:15 (seventeen years ago)

THREE Rednex #1s in one year?? I'd totally move there, if I didn't hate cold weather. I like all three, too (whole album was good, and so was their followup), but still have to go with "Cotton Eye."

― xhuxk, Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:20 (seventeen years ago)

(Thought Scatman's album was fun at the time too, fwiw. Could live without the U2 though.)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:25 (seventeen years ago)

coolio

― crackers is biters (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:50 (seventeen years ago)

I hope that somewhere back in the alt.music.alternative archives there are some quality posts featuring Geir getting very angry indeed about the Rednex's strangehold on the Norwegian charts.

There aren't many songs in the poll, some of these must have sat at the top for ages.

― Matt DC, Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:55 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 2 February 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

I hope that somewhere back in the alt.music.alternative archives there are some quality posts featuring Geir getting very angry indeed about the Rednex's strangehold on the Norwegian charts.

I believe I did my usenet debut in November 1995. :)

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 2 February 2009 00:39 (seventeen years ago)

ysi?

― subatomic dawg (Ioannis), Monday, 2 February 2009 09:08 (seventeen years ago)

Didn't Butt-head tell Beavis, apropos the Murmurs, "Hey, they're singing a song for you"?

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 2 February 2009 09:33 (seventeen years ago)

If that's Pancakes' YouTube embed, sorry.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 2 February 2009 09:34 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

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