TQR 14,518 Posted Saturday at 12:39 Thank god for that. For a minute, I was worried the chicken korma brigade had put some EMF white noise in the lead. Corrected scoreboard: 19 Faithless - Insomnia 18 EMF - Unbelievable 11 No Doubt - Just a Girl 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,671 Posted Saturday at 12:56 23 Faithless - Insomnia +4 12 EMF - Unbelievable -6 11 No Doubt - Just a Girl 16 minutes ago, TQR said: Thank god for that. For a minute, I was worried the chicken korma brigade had put some EMF white noise in the lead. A humble servant passing by... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 975 Posted Saturday at 14:29 27 Faithless - Insomnia +4 11 No Doubt - Just a Girl 06 EMF - Unbelievable -6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,885 Posted Saturday at 14:46 1/4/2025 21 Faithless - Insomnia -6 15 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4 06 EMF - Unbelievable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderWolf53 2 Posted Saturday at 16:04 Jan 4 25 Faithless - Insomnia +4 15 No Doubt - Just a Girl 00 EMF - Unbelievable -6 And then there were two... I'm fine with either winning, so bring it on. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fox B 40 Posted Saturday at 17:31 January 4, 2025 29 Faithless - Insomnia +4 09 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,490 Posted Saturday at 20:43 I'm coming to say that I got a little problem irl and I'm probably not going to be able to finish this game and start the 60's one until late tomorrow. Sorry in advance. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,518 Posted Saturday at 21:51 1 hour ago, wannamaker said: I'm coming to say that I got a little problem irl and I'm probably not going to be able to finish this game and start the 60's one until late tomorrow. Sorry in advance. No worries at all. Life has to come first. Take it easy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,518 Posted yesterday at 00:00 Sun 5 Jan 33 Faithless - Insomnia +4 03 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 Love both but Insomnia is more iconic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,206 Posted yesterday at 00:05 I disagree. 5/1/25 27 Faithless - Insomnia -6 07 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,308 Posted yesterday at 00:06 Sun 5 Jan 31 Faithless - Insomnia +4 01 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,165 Posted yesterday at 00:25 Sun 5 Jan 25 Faithless - Insomnia -6 05 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstroKat 630 Posted yesterday at 00:26 5-Jan 19 Faithless - Insomnia -6 09 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,772 Posted yesterday at 00:55 05/01/25 23 Faithless - Insomnia +4 03 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,534 Posted yesterday at 01:02 05/01/25 27 Faithless - Insomnia +4 00 No Doubt - Just a Girl -3 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,772 Posted yesterday at 01:11 Bit of a marmite winner there eh? One of those where maybe the exact timing of the votes had an influence. Still, a worthy winner for me, I don't generally like rap and moan about it constantly, then somebody reminds me that done well and fitted with a tune somewhere it can be blinding. Track is absolutely nothing like In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins - except in one way - I'll let you guess why I think that (rightly or wrongly) . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,518 Posted yesterday at 01:25 Damn good job. Damn good bloody good damn good job. Dark, pulsating classic with that unmistakeable 90s vibe makes this a very satisfying winner, even if I'd personally have preferred that epic Sisters Of Mercy track. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,534 Posted yesterday at 01:48 The other songs are good, but... Insomnia was my favourite song aged 6. The Monster Mix, the big lad, not the radio edit. I memorised all 8⅔ minutes and honestly I responded to it quite similarly to In the Air Tonight, one of my other favourites when I was 6 (thanks, Cadbury). Loves a beat drop. They both build up for what seems like forever but justify it every time. I find the rap entering more than 5 minutes into the track to be quite subversive. It's on my Mount Rushmore of 90s dance along with, I want to say, Chicane – Saltwater and Orbital – Halcyon and On and On. The 4th slot's up for debate. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,772 Posted yesterday at 01:49 4 hours ago, TQR said: Damn good job. Damn good bloody good damn good job. Dark, pulsating classic with that unmistakeable 90s vibe makes this a very satisfying winner, even if I'd personally have preferred that epic Sisters Of Mercy track. I prefer it too, though I do like both. My sister was never that much of a music fan historically or at least not as driven by hi-fi mania as I was. She finally suggested for a christmas present an update to her 10 year old 10 quid computer speakers that she had used for everything - watching tv on the same device. So whilst not particulary a fan of soundbars (I really am a sad hi-fi nerd) I thought it appropriate in this case and bought her one of those bar/sub combo's. (we struggle yearly at our age, most things in the xmas present price range that you want you already bought, why wouldn't you have?). The point of this long and rambling anecdote that means nothing to anyone? We were testing it out, and she loved 'Temple of Love' much against my expectations (I imagined her a 'chicken korma' afficionado - perhaps unjustly, appropriate apologies to LadyFiona). Even agreed that a good track was raised to the level of truly great by the addition of Ofra Haza. Moral? I'm a berk who doesn't even really know my sister after all this time. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fox B 40 Posted yesterday at 01:57 Lifelong Insomnia fan, these days I really like the live versions. Was really torn up when Maxi Jazz died a couple years ago, 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bendee87 17 Posted yesterday at 09:26 Perfect 1,2 in my opinion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstroKat 630 Posted yesterday at 12:18 13 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said: The other songs are good, but... Insomnia was my favourite song aged 6. The Monster Mix, the big lad, not the radio edit. I memorised all 8⅔ minutes and honestly I responded to it quite similarly to In the Air Tonight, one of my other favourites when I was 6 (thanks, Cadbury). Loves a beat drop. They both build up for what seems like forever but justify it every time. I find the rap entering more than 5 minutes into the track to be quite subversive. Perhaps I made a mistake. As I was unfamiliar with it, I listened to the first couple of minutes, and thought it's ok but not great, and voted accordingly. I'm going to have to have another listen to it, this time all the way through. In The Air Tonight I know from the first time around and the beat drop makes it worthwhile. Edited to add - So I took a listen and once the beat dropped I realised I actually already knew this one. I probably would have placed it a little higher in my rankings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,490 Posted 23 hours ago Sorry for the delay, I got busy and I couldn’t get no sleep until it was very late. Well, there you have it! After 3 months of killing and saving songs we decided that Insomnia by Faithless was the best UK No.3 hit of the 90s. A very appropriate win for a very 90s song with one of the most iconic drops in music history. In the qualifying round, Insomnia got little support at the beginning, but as the round went on the song rose like yeast and remained comfortably in that round's top 6. And in the final it was a similar story, a few points at the start and then it was a permanent fixture at the top of the table. So even if the group was Faithless, the KoS voters were faithful to them. Going through the list, No Doubt and Fatboy Slim yet again reach the Top 5 after doing it in the 90s No's 1s game, so I'd say those 2 are the forum's favourite 90s artists that haven't won a game yet. Insomnia originally peaked at Number 27 in 1995, but a re-release a year later got the song to number 3 for 1 week in October 1996, with the Spice Girls “Say You’ll be There” and Boyzone’s “Words” reaching a higher position. This is how the final round played out: 01 Faithless - Insomnia 02 No Doubt - Just a Girl 03 EMF - Unbelievable 04 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 05 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 06 Suede - Stay Together 07 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon 08 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 09 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 10 Erasure - Blue Savannah 11 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love 12 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 13 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 14 Spin Doctors - Two Princes 15 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 16 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) 17 Suede - Trash 18 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 19 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 20 Enigma - Return to Innocence 21 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 22 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 23 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 24 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love 25 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams (spotify playlist) Even if my top 3 favourite songs didn't make the final, I still think we did a decent job with this song selection (still angry about Scatman though). And these were the dark forces we fought in the clear moon light, the worst No.3's of the 90s. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - The Grease Megamix Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You 2 In A Room - Wiggle It 49ers - Touch Me Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart Right Said Fred - Don’t Talk Just Kiss Shabba Ranks - Mr. Loverman Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long) Boyzone - So Good Mighty Morph’n Power Rangers - Power Rangers The Rembrandts - I’ll Be There for You Oasis - Whatever R. Kelly - She’s Got That Vibe East 17 - Hey Child Goldbug - Whole Lotta Love Steven Houghton - Wind Beneath My Wings Peter Andre - All About Us Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby Babybird - You’re Gorgeous Vengaboys - We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) Celine Dion & R. Kelly - I’m Your Angel Cleopatra - Cleopatra’s Theme Boyzone - Every Day I Love You Will Smith - Miami Five - Got The Feelin’ Thank you all for voting and making this game work, 60's game will be up soon. (No Beatles songs btw, so no heated Fab Four discussions this time) 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,772 Posted 23 hours ago 17 minutes ago, wannamaker said: got the song to number 3 for 1 week in October 1996, with the Spice Girls “Say You’ll be There” and Boyzone’s “Words” reaching a higher position. Which says all you need to know about the musical quality of the charts in general . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,518 Posted 23 hours ago This would've been my order. None of my personal top 3 made the top half, even. That being said, I really like everything above EMF and Faithless still strikes me as a great winner so I'm not angry. The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) (+15) Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) (+21) Radiohead - Paranoid Android (+16) Faithless - Insomnia (-3) Suede - Trash (+12) Spin Doctors - Two Princes (+8) No Doubt - Just a Girl (-5) Suede - Stay Together (-2) Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin (-4) Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief (+5) Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back (+1) Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) (-3) Erasure - Blue Savannah (-3) The Seahorses - Love Is The Law (+4) Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (-4) The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) (+6) Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire (-13) Enigma - Return to Innocence (+2) EMF - Unbelievable (-16) Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds (-12) Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much (-8) The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon (-15) Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman (-2) Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love (=) Billy Joel - The River of Dreams (=) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
