Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s

[Imelda 606]

4 minutes ago, time said:

Me neither, and to be honest I’m struggling to understand it’s popularity. Back in ‘97 I suppose it could have been all the geriatrics reminiscing about Al Bowlly and/or some sort of backlash against Tori Amos, but now? 

 

The British love an underdog.

[Paul Bearer 5,712]

42 White Town – Your Woman 

38 Madonna – Vogue 

09 Fatboy Slim – Praise You -6

06 No Doubt – Don’t Speak +4

 

Doing my best. 

 

 

[Bibliogryphon 8,709]

19 minutes ago, time said:

Me neither, and to be honest I’m struggling to understand it’s popularity. Back in ‘97 I suppose it could have been all the geriatrics reminiscing about Al Bowlly and/or some sort of backlash against Tori Amos, but now? 

 

I don't dislike it but I would have expected it to have more of an impact if it truly is the best No.1 single of the 90s

[time 7,980]

28 minutes ago, Imelda said:

 

The British love an underdog.

Where's Mr. Blobby then?

[prussianblue 798]

02.05.23

 

42 Madonna – Vogue +4

42 White Town – Your Woman 

06 No Doubt – Don’t Speak

03 Fatboy Slim – Praise You -6

[TQR 12,357]

Vogue is too 80s to win a 90s game.

[RoverAndOut 3,554]

1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Before this game I had never heard Your Woman!!

 

Still wish I hadn't. It's fine, but it's not the greatest #1 single of the 1990s by a long chalk.

[prussianblue 798]

I was tempted to give No Doubt a leg-up, as it's the other one of the four I like, but we've just seen how quickly a healthy score can vanish.

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,054]

2/5

 

42 Madonna – Vogue 

36 White Town – Your Woman -6

10 No Doubt – Don’t Speak +4

03 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 

[Imelda 606]

3 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

10 No Doubt – Don’t Speak +4

 

 

[Toast 14,890]

Tue 2 May

 

42 Madonna – Vogue 

36 White Town – Your Woman

07 Fatboy Slim – Praise You  +4

04 No Doubt – Don’t Speak  -6

 

I never understood the popularity of Your Woman either.

[RoverAndOut 3,554]

4 minutes ago, Toast said:

Tue 2 May

 

42 Madonna – Vogue 

36 White Town – Your Woman

07 Fatboy Slim – Praise You  +4

04 No Doubt – Don’t Speak  -6

 

I never understood the popularity of Your Woman either.

 

So why did you vote down 'Don't Speak'?! 

[TQR 12,357]

18 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

10 No Doubt – Don’t Speak +4

 

13 minutes ago, Imelda said:

 

7 minutes ago, Toast said:

04 No Doubt – Don’t Speak  -6

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,054]

4 minutes ago, TQR said:

23 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

10 No Doubt – Don’t Speak +4

 

18 minutes ago, Imelda said:

 

12 minutes ago, Toast said:

04 No Doubt – Don’t Speak  -6

Not yet, he's still alive and lustily singing 'always look on the bright side of life'.

[Toast 14,890]

18 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

So why did you vote down 'Don't Speak'?! 

 

Because I don't care for that either.

[En Passant 2,966]

52 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

It's fine, but it's not the greatest #1 single of the 1990s by a long chalk.

 

Curious then that we haven't voted whatever is to that exalted position.

You'd think we've a varied enough age range and perhaps even a large enough number to cause some kind of reversion to the mean and vote something that's commonly top of some list.

Pretty sure you're bang on - Your Woman wouldn't be topping any such list.

Strange.

[TQR 12,357]

I love Don’t Speak. Vogue is good too. I just want the winner to be a left-field, unmistakably 90s sound.

[RoverAndOut 3,554]

1 minute ago, TQR said:

I love Don’t Speak. Vogue is good too. I just want the winner to be a left-field, unmistakably 90s sound.

 

Personally, I'd say if that's what you're looking for, the more popular choice would be Praise You. Very 90s but more mainstream than Your woman. Looks like it's Madonna or White Town though.

[DoltonMoney 257]

May 2th 2023

 

40 Madonna – Vogue -2 

40 White Town – Your Woman +4

07 Fatboy Slim – Praise You

 

00 No Doubt – Don’t Be Mad At Me For Eliminating This Song -4

[Sir Creep 7,017]

2 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Before this game I had never heard Your Woman!!

It had a reasonable amount of airplay in the States, I believe I read it was #23 on Billboard.

[Sir Creep 7,017]

51 minutes ago, Toast said:

Tue 2 May

 

42 Madonna – Vogue 

36 White Town – Your Woman

07 Fatboy Slim – Praise You  +4

04 No Doubt – Don’t Speak  -6

 

I never understood the popularity of Your Woman either.

I think it’s the throwback style, ie it’s uniqueness, reminiscent of the 1920-30s that caught listener’s ears; same as Taco (One Night in Bangkok, but to a much greater extent).  The scratchy bit gives the old phonograph feel.  Not that it should have catapulted to #1 but may help explain some popularity.

[Drewsky1211 4,100]

5/2/2023

 

40 White Town – Your Woman

34 Madonna – Vogue -6

11 Fatboy Slim – Praise You +4

[TQR 12,357]

45 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:

Very 90s but more mainstream than Your woman..

And that there clinches it for Your Woman.

 

Well, that and the simple fact that I prefer it. I think it’s great.

[DoltonMoney 257]

As someone who's on the younger side of this chat, I've noticed a lot of my cool friends listening to Your Woman recently. I think the fluidity of sexuality and gender present in the song helps to fuel its resurgence. Also it just sounds cool. 

[RoverAndOut 3,554]

2 minutes ago, TQR said:

And that there clinches it for Your Woman.

 

Well, that and the simple fact that I prefer it. I think it’s great.

 

But popularity surely plays a part? I'm fully agreed that the Great British Public have questionable taste in both their music artists and their politicians but if it's a great music song (among the greatest of the decade no less), I would think it would be more well known. I'm not sure it's even a cult classic rediscovered years later. Or maybe I'm just too old and mainstream.