Last week we looked at 1984 ... Lets just spin the clock back a decade and check out the Top 40 on the Hot 100 on Feb 20, 1999



1 1 Monica Angel Of Mine
2 2 Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time
3 4 Cher Believe
4 7 Whitney Houston Feat. Faith Evans Heartbreak Hotel
5 3 Deborah Cox Nobody s Supposed To Be Here
6 6 Backstreet Boys All I Have To Give
7 5 Brandy Have You Ever?
8 8 Goo Goo Dolls Slide
9 9 Sarah McLachlan Angel
10 15 Case Faded Pictures

11 16 Gerald Levert Taking Everything
12 12 Eagle-Eye Cherry Save Tonight
13 10 Third Eye Blind Jumper
14 0 Jesse Powell You
15 11 R. Kelly I m Your Angel
16 20 Sugar Ray Every Morning
17 13 Jewel Hands
18 14 Shawn Mullins Lullaby
19 17 Mark Chesnutt I Don t Want To Miss A Thing
20 19 Will Smith Miami

21 21 N Sync (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You
22 18 Whitney Houston When You Believe
23 22 Divine Lately
24 27 R. Kelly When A Woman s Fed Up
25 23 Dru Hill These Are The Times
26 26 Jay-Z Featuring Amil (Of Major Coinz) Can I Get A...
27 35 Lauryn Hill Ex-Factor
28 24 BLACKstreet Take Me There
29 25 Total Featuring Missy Elliott Trippin
30 28 Lauryn Hill Doo Wop (That Thing)

31 29 Mo Thugs Family Featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Ghetto Cowboy
32 41 Lenny Kravitz Fly Away
33 48 Tyrese Sweet Lady
34 32 Boyz II Men I Will Get There
35 45 John Michael Montgomery Hold On To Me
36 39 Diamond Rio Unbelievable
37 46 matchbox 20 Back 2 Good
38 44 Sara Evans No Place That Far
39 31 Faith Evans Love Like This
40 30 Shania Twain From This Moment On
[Edited 2/13/09 6:31am]

From that list,the only song that I really really like is Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" That list shows you how pop music became so bland in the 90s.

I dont know half of these. 1999 blew.

newpower99 said:

Cher's "Believe" was a cool dance song....for a month or so After they played it to death,I was bored with it.

SoulAlive said:

True. I was happy for Cher at the time . Plus Whitney has making her first (or second) comeback

speaking of Cher...isn't it time for her to make another end-of-the-decade comeback? She always has a big hit single at the end of every decade...

"Take Me Home" (1979)

"If I Could Turn Back Time" (1989)

"Believe" (1999)

2009???

Wow . I never noticed the trend

Bring it on!

newpower99 said:

It's only February.She's got enough time to rush out a new single this year and continue the trend

SoulAlive said:

She could do it too!

the pioneer of autotune!

Thank you for reminding me why I started to hate music.

This was the last semester of grade 12 for me, and I had already been listening to Lauryn's album since the end of August when it dropped (and the first single was out before then).

I liked the Total and Jay-Z songs though but both seem to be firmly in my memories of 1998??

The one album I was still listening to in 1999 was Gang Starr's Moment Of Truth.

newpower99 said:

Our grad song

Cinnie said:

mine was "Closing Time" by...whoever sings that shit.

ScarletScandal said:

Semisonic.

newpower99 said:

I think I know ALL of them

newpower99 said:

I still like these songs! Although if you would have asked about liking Matchbox 20 or N'Sync back when they first came out, the denial would have been very strong!

That's the only song I like on that list. Cher is the only new CD I bought that year other than Prince. I remember when Prince's "1999" album came out and a lot of us imagined that music in general would sound like that album in the actual year 1999. Little did we know that the actual year 1999 would be slow and dull as hell. Talk about a major fucking disappointment.

newpower99 said:

OMG! I know all of them
This is taking me back to my radio-worshiping high school days

wow, look at all those bitches in the top 10.



btw, Cher supposedly has an album coming out this year, so it could happen. (but then you could have said that about the last 4 years as well, and it didn't.)

Cinnie said:

CINNIE! WTH? Did we grow up together

newpower99 said:

The whole decade blew. There were about 3 or 4 artists even worth a damn in that decade that began in that decade, and the rest that were good were just bands from the 80's who kept releasing music.

newpower99 said:

I MISS THE LATE 90S..... i wish i could back to 1997-2000.

I know most of these songs and enjoyed them. To me pop at this time was really fun, alternative rock and Rnb/hip hop was fun as well.
[Edited 2/13/09 19:02pm]

Cinnie said:

same here i loved music during late 90s early 2000s. Lololol

lastdecember said:

THAT IS JUST YOUR OPINION. But majority of people will tell you they like those songs

newpower99 said:

At that point I was almost two years outta High School, Class of 97!!!, and the ones in bold got played to death on are radio stations here in Philly then. I was learning what being an adult was all about in 99

SoulAlive said:

You couldn't turn on the TV or radio without that damn song being on!

@ that f*ckin Cher song.

HATED it from the moment I heard it.

There were other shockers released that year as well, like

"you're sweet like chocolate"

"Livin la bloodclaat bomoclaat rasclaat Vida Loca."

And "Mambo Number Five."

newpower99 said:

Most of the songs here...I can't even remember the tune. I remember R.Kelly's "Fed Up" song because I told my now ex that he'd better memorize it. Unfortunately, he didn't.

I love Dru Hill but can't "hear" These Are the Times. Just like Bone Thugs...love them but can't remember this song. And we've only gone downhill from 1999.

This was my senior year in college, so I remember almost all of these songs. I actually like most of them (or at least I don't many).

newpower99 said:

"Faded Pictures" is the best song both Case and Joe have ever done. I hated "Miami" and "Take Me There" back then, but I've warmed up to the latter just a little.

SoulAlive, I can't believe you don't have love for "Ex-Factor"! That is my joint!

SoulAlive said:

You're right but no album in sight. Get out of Vegas/Hollywood and make an album alredy!

thekidsgirl said:

Wanna go get a shake and fries?

newpower99 said: