Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Debuts

all garbage

well wait no Fantasy is pretty good

these are almost all 1000% horrible xposts

fantasyyyyyyyyyyyy

Sheesh what a list. Lauryn Hill.

was it the version of fantasy w/ODB? because if so, that. otherwise yeah lauryn hill maybe i guess?

1. doo wop (obv)
2. we r who we r
3. you are not alone
4. fantasy

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wtf is a song called "inside your heaven"

Bad Aerosmith better than good disposable pop. Yeah, the Aerosong in question is also bad, disposable pop. But I am a rockist, so bite me.

The advent of American Idol makes this already hilarious list even funnier

all garbage

― never meant to heart anyone (Shakey Mo Collier)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7MSJ20s-ug

there are three solid 10/10s in this list! that is more than many lists one will encounter in life.

1. "fantasy" - the remix is probably one of the most ~important~ moments in 90s pop, and huge classic to boot. how great a lyric is "images of rapture/creep into me slowly"? so mariah - also "i get kinda hectic inside". "hectic"! and odb's mariah/pacifier rhyme 4eva. original is good too though i haven't listened in years.
2. "doo wop (that thing)" - yeah also classic - i love the combination of pursed-lips matriarchal righteousness in the verses with the unmoored melody of the chorus - the swinging beat also really works, reminding us that despite L's disapproval it's only so her audience can celebrate themselves.
3. "honey" - that bassline! that piano! the breakdown! the way the chorus switches up to that slinky "honey all over me" melody midway through. mariah you're on fire, i'll prob always consider butterfly her god period.
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4. "hold it against me" - it's ok. it's not great but it's better than "born this way".
5. "i'll be missing you" - idk it makes me think about biggie, and about missing him. it always seemed like a clumsily sincere tribute to him from his wife and best friend. i can't hate it.

i can't remember whitney's "exhale" but i loved "my love is your love" from the same era. i assume "i believe" is fantasia's schmaltzy winner's ballad off AI but she went on to much greater things so it gets a pass too.

lex otm about "Doo Wop" and "Fantasy."

My votes:

Fantasy
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) -- a classy ballad, in the best sense.
Doo Wop (That Thing)
Honey
You Are Not Alone

looks like Taylor Hicks effectively killed Idol's cultural supremacy, feel bad for Lee DeWeezy

"Exhale" is an incredibly stupid song, tbh. She sings it pretty well but it really can't mask the fact that it's super dumb, lyrically and melodically.

To me it's the apex of the Babyface sound.

Taylor Hicks — "Do I Make You Proud Ashamed to be an American"

fixed

(It doesn't really help that pretty much every other "Waiting To Exhale" song was much, much better, particularly MJB's "Not Gon' Cry")

the remix is probably one of the most ~important~ moments in 90s pop

I can kinda see this actually - was this before or after the Mary J/Method Man "All I Need"...? it was probably bigger, I assume.

it feels sorta unfair to compare anything to "not gon' cry" - that song is pretty much a masterpiece, still completely devastating.

"i'll be missing you" - idk it makes me think about biggie, and about missing him.

I can kinda see this actually - was this before or after the Mary J/Method Man "All I Need"...? it was probably bigger, I assume.

yeah i think my knowledge is limited as i wasn't thinking in these terms at the time, being 12 years old, but i'd say mjb pioneered the r&b/hip-hop fusion but with mariah being who she was (and moving from what she'd done into having guest rappers, hip-hop beats &c), it was huge in making it fully mainstream?

yes, "Not Gon' Cry" is a better song.

"you are not alone" is such a great song

Heretical remark: "You Are Not Alone" is one of the few solid Kelly songs.

like, definitely my two favorite songs in fifth grade were that & "kiss from a rose"

fuck you, alfred

also "c'mon ride the train"

which at least debuted at #1 in my heart

did this never happen before 1995?

The Beatles were the last. It was a HUGE deal when MJ debuted.

I vote for Taylor Hicks, because it's the most bizarre piece of garbage here and that says a lot.

The Beatles were the last.

This never happened. MJ was the first.

Honey! It's the sound of freedom.

yeah i think my knowledge is limited as i wasn't thinking in these terms at the time, being 12 years old, but i'd say mjb pioneered the r&b/hip-hop fusion but with mariah being who she was (and moving from what she'd done into having guest rappers, hip-hop beats &c), it was huge in making it fully mainstream?

in retrospect it does seem like a big crossover moment - Mary J had already been claiming her "hip hop soul" title but Mariah was from like a previous generation, a well established R&B icon.

well, the difference in age is not significant.

I didn't mean generation in the sense of how old they were - Mariah came on the scene just a couple years earlier than Mary J, but it seems like she was almost from a different era

Taylor Hicks — "Do I Make You Proud Ashamed to be an American"

is this song about being proud to be an american? i thought it was more like "do i make you proud that i am such a great singer"

lol I think the age difference reference was between you and Lex, Shakey, since Mariah and Mary J Blige are the same ahe

er, age

is this song about being proud to be an american? i thought it was more like "do i make you proud that i am such a great singer"

I hear it as a drunken anthem for rednecks with daddy issues

"oh look Taylor's in the backyard yellin' at papa's window again"

1) doo wop
2) you are not alone
3) my heart will go on
4) fantasy

Highly surprised Shakey Mo doesn't like "Doo Wop".

Lauryn Hill is fucking awful.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, April 21, 2006 5:45 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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?!

Just saying, dude has been on record for years as a vocal hater of Lauryn Hill; I guess you've never brought her up in a conversation with him before?

I guess not.

Highly surprised Shakey Mo doesn't like "Doo Wop".

ugh I cannot stand any of the Fugees

haha

xp

ban shakey mo once and for all

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I tried to sing "One Sweet Day" with someone at work the other day and it turned out really bad.

HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY HONEY

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okay who voted for taylor hicks??

"do i make you proud" is basically hilarious for holding the record for shortest run on the charts for a #1 single, 8 weeks iirc

excellent runaway leaders :)