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#90s song of the day
🎵 Whitney Houston—"I'm Every Woman"
Number 5 in the charts on February 13, 1993
Whitney covers Chaka Khan in her second single off the sound track of The Bodyguard.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/H7_sqdkaAfo
#90s song of the day
🎵 Radiohead—"Anyone Can Play Guitar"
Number 32 in the charts on February 10th, 1993
Radiohead's first-ever Top 40 hit, and certainly not their last.
🎧 LISTEN: https://vimeo.com/408703845
This week's newsletter talks about "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited and why some people are big nerds about lyrics.
Also, hits from Bon Jovi, Saint Etienne, , Radiohead, and a look at Belly's first album.
#90s song of the day
🎵 Sting—"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
Number 17 in the charts on February 9th, 1993. The first single from Sting's monster solo album, Ten Summoner's Tales.
Time magazine talk about this weird new thing called “The Internet” in Feb 1993
(via r/thirtyyearsago)
#90s song of the day
🎵 2 Unlimited—"No Limit"
"Number ONE in the charts on February 8th, 1993
Techno, techno, techno, techno. "No Limit" is our featured song this week--visit http://twit90s.com to read about why some people get really annoyed at bad lyrics.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/r6FVk2k4qsM
Every week, we look at the UK chart from 30 years ago. From Take That to Nirvana, from The KLF to Wu-Tang Clan, join us as we relive music's last big party before the streaming era. Click to read This Week in The 90s, by Bernard O'Leary, a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.
#90s song of the day
🎵 Saint Etienne—"You're In A Bad Way"
Number 12 in the charts on February 7th, 1993
Saint Etienne wrote this song in under 30 minutes. It became a huge hit and earned their first Top Of The Pops appearance. Imagine if they'd spent an hour at it?
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/OEDAGNYYa1o
#90s song of the day
🎵 Bon Jovi—"Bed Of Roses"
Number 16 in the charts on February 6th, 1993
Balled time from Jon & pals, with lyrics that sound like they're inspired by Tom Waits.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/NvR60Wg9R7Q
#90s song of the day
🎵 Naughty by Nature—"Hip Hop Hooray"
Number 27 in the charts on February 2, 1993
Hoooo. heeeey, hoooo, heeey, etc. One of hip-hops catchiest choruses. Great single. "
#90s song of the day
🎵 Duran Duran—""Ordinary World"
Number 6 in the charts on February 1, 1993
Our featured song this week! Visit http://twit90s.com to read about when #TopOfThePops ruled the world and Duran Duran were the kings.
Every week, we look at the UK chart from 30 years ago. From Take That to Nirvana, from The KLF to Wu-Tang Clan, join us as we relive music's last big party before the streaming era. Click to read This Week in The 90s, by Bernard O'Leary, a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.