hesperus: 90s One-Hit Wonder Bracket: Round 2

ReturnToRock 08.02.20	If I missed Round 1, can I still jump in?
Divaman 08.02.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Len - Steal My Sunshine 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping 8. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Aqua - Barbie Girl 11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshman 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. Semisonic - Closing Time 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart 20. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing 21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Tpm Cochrane - Life Is a Highway 24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 25. The Cardigans - Lovefool 26. Electronic - Getting Away With It 27. Joan Osborne - One of Us 28. Jane Child - I Don't Wanna Fall in Love 29. White Town - Your Woman 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Divaman 08.02.20	So what are the odds I'm the only one dumb enough to follow these rules?
Divaman 08.02.20	Sorry I didn't get to vote for "How Bizarre".
DaHound 08.02.20	5. Ahmad - Back In The Day 20. House Of Pain - Jump Around 26. Paperboy - Ditty
Divaman 08.02.20	Yeah, he won't accept that, Da Hound. You've gotta vote on all of them. I was about two thirds through last night when my internet went down.
ArsMoriendi 08.02.20	Don't move on ithout me I wanna do this
Dedes 08.02.20	Can I vote Possum Kingdom against all of them
hesperus 08.02.20	@Return feel free! @Dedes no
Minushuman24 08.02.20	hell yeah let's goooo
Divaman 08.02.20	Jump on in, guys.
SlothcoreSam 08.02.20	Working on it now, just refreshing my memory of some of the tracks. Fuck I hate Len.
ArsMoriendi 08.02.20	Flagpole Sitta is so terrible, but if I mean if you're gonna match it with Macarena then I guess I have to vote for Flagpole Sitta then
SlothcoreSam 08.02.20	I just caught Covid from listening to Corona. Also I haven't heard a lot of these before. They weren't his in Australia
SlothcoreSam 08.02.20	This is a better version of Bitch. https://youtu.be/SBOuaFTVUnA
dedex 08.02.20	gotta take some time for this one
Inoculaeted 08.02.20	The Verve may have had only one hit but they rule.
SlothcoreSam 08.02.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping 8. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night 11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshman 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Dionne Farris - I Know 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. The Breeders - Cannonball 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway 24. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 25. Ini Kamozee - Hotstepper 26. Electronic - Getting Away With It 27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? 28. Crucial Conflict - Hay 29. Everything But the Girl - Missing 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. EMF - Unbelievable There is so much cringe here, I just gained 1000 extra wrinkles.
Minushuman24 08.02.20	Oh my christ the Macarena is somehow worse than I ever remembered.
Minushuman24 08.02.20	I had never heard Steal My Sunshine but holy fuck that song is a crime against music. Also I got a man is horrible just based off of that lyrical content
Minushuman24 08.02.20	Wow, FUCK No Pigeons
neekafat 08.02.20	I vote for Mambo No. 5 and Shawn Colvin
SitarHero 08.03.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Len - Steal My Sunshine 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 8. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Aqua - Barbie Girl 11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshman 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is) 14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. The Breeders - Cannonball 17. Lit - My Own Worst Enemy 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Kriss Kross - Jump 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway 24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 25. Ini Kamozee - Hotstepper 26. Electronic - Getting Away With It 27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? 28. Crucial Conflict - Hay 29. Everything But the Girl - Missing 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Surprised I haven't heard of some of these and some that I thought would be obvious choices didn't make the cut. :[
Minushuman24 08.03.20	Been working through each and every one of these songs. Nonchalant is actually amazing, god damn.
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Same, I'm up to Breakfast at Tiffany's :P
Minushuman24 08.03.20	I'm sorry you have to listen to it lol
Minushuman24 08.03.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown baby) 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars 5. Ahmad - Back in the Day 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (fuck this matchup man, c'mon) 8. Spacehog - In the Meantime (Only to stay out of trouble) 9. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night 11. Tal Bachman - She's So High 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Dionne Farris - I Know 15. Haddaway - What is Love? 16. Semisonic - Closing Time (ugh fuck this matchup) 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Mellow Man Ace - Mentirosa 20. Jump Around - House of Pain 21. Nonchalant - 5 O'clock 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway 24. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 25. Ini Kamozee - Here Comes the Hotstepper 26. Electronic - Getting Away With It 27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? 28. Jane Child - Don't Want to Fall in Love (both these songs go) 29. White Town - Your Woman 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia Well that was 4 hours of a mixed bag, I think I was becoming conditioned to bad songs. Macarena, No Pigeons, Steal My Sunshine, Rico Suave, and Back Here were near unlistenable.
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Lol, I went through all of them this morning with my lady. And we were both saying "fuck this song" "I hate this shit" etc. Then a couple of good tracks come on, and they are against each other. 32,29,25,and especially 7. I often found myself voting for the lesser of two evils. Was still a heap of fun, great idea.
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	A few of these are hidden gems I forgot how good that Macy Gray song was
Minushuman24 08.03.20	7 and 16 were the worst to decide. But yeah it was really fun. I just wish more people would get involved, but listening to 64 songs that are mostly kinda bad is a big ask haha
Minushuman24 08.03.20	"I forgot how good that Macy Gray song was" Right??? I found Don't Wanna Fall in Love, Hay, Back in the Day, Your Woman, and especially 5 O'clock to be some hidden gems I've never heard prior
evilford 08.03.20	Flagpole sitta Bitch
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Story time I was walking down the street the other night and an American Muscle car drives by slowly with the windows down, and the bass pumping from the subwoofer was reverberating my insides, then the familiar vocals kicked in......... "WHAT IS LOVE?" I had to finish the rest of the chorus, then it's been stuck in my head ever since. Actually it's been stuck in head since it was first released.
Minushuman24 08.03.20	Lol, it's a perfect song
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	How are Kris Kross 1-hit wonders, they have 4 top 40 singles in the US
Minushuman24 08.03.20	do they really that's wiggidy wiggidy wiggidy wack
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Yup: Jump, Warm It Up, Alright, and Tonite's tha Night Across 3 albums in the 90s
Minushuman24 08.03.20	and yet The Toadies are one hit wonders. Justice for The Toadies
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	I mean Soundgarden didn't have a US Hot 100 single until 2010 Pop charts are stupid
Minushuman24 08.03.20	Not even Black Hole Sun?? That's actually shocking
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	It charted on the US Alt and Rock charts, but not the main pop charts, oh and it charted in the UK and Canada US Pop is the worst
Minushuman24 08.03.20	True
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Yet Audioslave had 7 Hot 100 singles lol
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Black hole sun charted at number 6 in Australia. Spoonman was 23 and Pretty Noose 22 . Outshined, Rusty Cage, My Wave, Fell On Black Days, Burden in my hand, Blow up the outside world and black rain all top 100 tracks. So all up 10 songs in the charts
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Audioslave didn't get close, only 3 in the top 100 of the main charts.
Minushuman24 08.03.20	God Soundgarden is so good. Audioslave.... Not so much...
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Australia puts US to shame with the pop charts, yeah
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Yeah, Soundgarden>>>>>>>>>> Audioslave. Albums and live.
Minushuman24 08.03.20	I always skipped seeing soundgarden because “I’ll catch them next time”. Then they played a buttrock fest with a few other great bands and I decided “I’ll catch them next time” and that was their last show. Sigh.
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	I saw them on the King Animal tour and they were good live Cornell ranted for like 2 minutes about how weed should be legal at one point though which made 16 year old me roll my eyes
Minushuman24 08.03.20	Lmao that sounds like a you thing
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Chumbawumba are way more than a one hit wonder. Danbert Nobacon, one of the vocalists and founder, just released a new album last month, and it is so good. Caberet punk. https://open.spotify.com/album/1LpGVkULMe6HoxdsD9HNO7?si=Ep2BkWvlTduBSfMLP8epNA
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	I think the comp is being US centric about hits WAIT, there's a song called Whoot There It Is too? Not just Whoomp (There It Is) and they're both hits from 1993???????? wtf
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) 3. Positive K - I Got a Man 4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 8. Spacehog - In the Meantime 9. Tracey Lee - The Theme (It's Party Time) 10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night 11. Tal Bachman - She's So High 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Dionne Farris - I Know 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. The Breeders - Cannonball 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Duice - Dazzey Duks 24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 25. The Cardigans - Lovefool 26. Paperboy - Ditty 27. Joan Osborne - One of Us 28. Crucial Conflict - Hay 29. White Town - Your Woman 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Notes part 1/2: -Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) - Abysmally corny song about a lady proudly cheating. 1.5/5 -Flagpole Sitta - Shitty pop punk. 2/5 -Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) - Okay hip hop, forgettable. 2.5/5 -Steal My Sunshine - Absolutely hideous voice. 2/5 -I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Kinda cute, kinda lame. 3/5 -I Got a Man - Genuinely funny and well made. 4/5 -Mambo No. 5 - Dumb, but fun. 3/5 -Counting Blue Cars - Generic as hell. 2.5/5 -I'm Too Sexy - Hilarious. 3.5/5 -Back in the Day - Shitty voice, nostalgia BS. 2/5 -I Try - Genuinely touching and pretty with a unique voice. 4.5/5 -No Pigeons - Pointless reaction to TLC’s far superior No Scrubs. 2.5/5 -Tubthumper - Exists so drunk Englishmen can sing in a pub to something easy. 2.5/5 -Bitter Sweet Symphony - Way more boring than I remembered. 3/5 -Ice Ice Baby - Damn boring, why would anyone listen to this over Under Pressure? 2.5/5 -In the Meantime - Good enough flashy alt rock. - 3.5/5 -Baby Got Back - Nicki Minaj sampling this ruined this song for me. 2.5/5 -The Theme (It's Party Time) - So boring and generic, but it doesn’t remind me of Minaj. 2.5/5 -Barbie Girl - Kitsch incarnate. 3/5 -The Rhythm of the Night - Would be fun as hell in a club, don’t lie. 3.5/5 -The Freshmen - Bad post-grunge. 2/5 -She’s So High - I forgot this song existed, haha. Bland. 2.5/5 -Bitch - Boring Alanis knock off. 2.5/5 -No Rain - Iconic and enjoyable. 4/5 -Whoomp! (There It Is) - Exists so drunk Americans can sing in a bar to something easy. 2.5/5 -Criminal - I can’t imagine anyone voting for Whoomp! over this. Not even Tag Team themselves. 5/5 -Breakfast at Tiffany's - At least we have this super minor thing in common! Let’s stay together. 2.5/5 -I Know - Cool guitar, reminds me of Beck. 3.5/5 -Rico Suave - Sounds like a holdover from the 80s, and annoying. 2/5 -What is Love - Really boring, but I guess it’d be fun at a club, maybe. 2.5/5 -Closing Time - Always found this to be generic. 2.5/5 -Cannonball - Kim Deal got the Hot 100 hit she deserved. 4.5/5
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Notes part 2/2: -My Own Worst Enemy - Pop punk sucks. 2/5 -Possum Kingdom - Good grunge song, but far from amazing or anything. 3.5/5 -Sex and Candy - Fun and chill as all hell, let’s be real here, this rules. 4.5/5 -Knockin’ Boots - Pretty decent actually, too bad it’s against a big one. 3.5/5 -Groove Is in the Heart - Fun, and lively. 4/5 -Mentirosa - This is boring as hell. 2.5/5 -Jump Around - Classic sample. Pretty fun, but not my thing really. 3/5 -Barely Breathing - Man, why are half of these rock songs so damn formulaic. 2.5/5 -Jump - How are these guys 1-hit wonders? They have 4 top 40 singles in the US. 3/5 -5 O’Clock - This one’s pretty nice. 3.5/5 -Save Tonight - So bland. 2.5/5 -Back Here - This dude released this single 3 times over the course of 3 years. Boyband wannabe. 2/5 -Life Is a Highway - This is so lame. I hate the term “boomer,” but this is so boomer. 2/5 -Dazzy Duks - I feel like I’m at a hetero strip club while listening to this. -Nothing Compares 2 U - Generic ballad Prince cover. Holy shit, this song feels endless. 2.5/5 -You Get What You Give - Oh my god this song. It’s actually pretty cool. 3.5/5 -Here Comes the Hotstepper - Super fun stuff. 4/5 -Lovefool - Iconic, catchy, fun, and with heavy Blondie vibes. 5/5 -Getting Away With It - Another 80s holdever, featuring Smiths and New Order members. 2.5/5 -Ditty - This has a nice groove to it. Not really my thing in general though. 3/5 -One of Us - Her voice is prettier than I remembered it. Unique idea too. 4/5 -What’s Up? - This is a meme for a reason. My god those vocals. 2/5 -Don’t Wanna Fall in Love - “You make the knife feel good.” No. 2/5 -Hay - This sounds like a mess production wise, but it’s okay otherwise. 2.5/5 -Missing - The definition of Adult Contemporary pop. 2.5/5 -Your Woman - Sounds like Gorillaz, but before Gorillaz, but not like Blur. 4/5 -Show Me Love - Clubby as all hell, but also boring. 2.5/5 -I Wish - I kinda like how he’s just trying to be relatable instead of bragging. 3.5/5 -Sunny Came Home - Pleasant folk rock. 3/5 -Whoot There It Is - This is better than the other There It Is song, but still meh. 2.5/5 -Unbelievable - This is musically fun, but those vocals are unenthusiastic as hell. 3/5 -Torn - Overplayed, but still fairly nice. 3.5/5
Minushuman24 08.03.20	Weird takes as usual
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	I want Lovefool to win, but Criminal, I Try, and Cannonball winning would all make me happy too
Minushuman24 08.03.20	My money is on No Rain
Minushuman24 08.03.20	Also I didn’t know there was two “there it is” songs and I really don’t know which one I knew?
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	Grove is in the heart, is my choice for the win. It is ageless, and ahead of its time in the same breath. It transcends genres and generations.
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	I think the Whoomp one was the more famous one, but it's also the worse one
Minushuman24 08.03.20	I don’t like this confusion. I voted for mentirosa, and I’m honestly not sure why. That was a bad take on my part
SlothcoreSam 08.03.20	The film clip is great for Dee-Lite
Divaman 08.03.20	There were way too many match-ups where I said, "God I have to vote for one of these? They both suck!" And then there were a couple of match-ups where I said, "God, I have to vote against one of these? They're both good." But there were a lot less of the second than there were of the first.
dedex 08.03.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Len - Steal My Sunshine 3. Positive K - I Got A Man 4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 5. Ahmad - Back in the Day 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 8. Spacehog - In the Meantime 9. Tracey Lee - The Theme (It's Party time) 10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night 11. Tal Bachman - She's So High 12. Meredith Brooks - Bitch 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Dionne Harris - I Know 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. The Breeders - Cannonball 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway 24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 25. The Cardigans - Lovefool 26. Paperboy - Ditty 27. Joan Osborne - One of Us 28. Crucial Conflict - Hay 29. White Town - Your Woman 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn There were some cool stuff, some unmemorable stuff and some absolutely shit stuff. Had loads of fun jamming this mixed bag.
Minushuman24 08.03.20	I want Flagpole Sitta to win because I legitimately love it, but more importantly because it would make ars very upset
ArsMoriendi 08.03.20	Death to pop punk
Sinternet 08.03.20	some very tough ones and some super easy ones lol 1. Flagpole Sitta 2. Steal My Sunshine (whitest pick ever but I actually love this song) 3. I Got a Man 4. Counting Blue Cars (one's generic and the other disgracefully appropriates a culture for misogynistic womanising, easy choice) 5. Back in the Day 6. I Try (easy) 7. Bittersweet Symphony 8. In the Meantime (free choice) 9. The Theme (never heard it before but its pretty good) 10. The Rhythm of the Night (v hard) will post rest later
Lord(e)Po)))ts 08.03.20	If I had to choose a contender for worst one hit wonder of all time it would likely be tubthumping. That song fills me with a deep indescribable rage
Lord(e)Po)))ts 08.03.20	Oh damn, steal my sunshine is on here too that one actually nearly matches tubthumper in how much fury it invokes in my soul
Sinternet 08.03.20	if it makes it any better it was supposed to be dumb shit to prove they could get a hit by pandering, their anarcho-punk stuff is pretty good
Minushuman24 08.04.20	No pigeons is garbage incel music that doesn’t even sound great. Steal my sunshine is only slightly better. Tubthumping slams bruh And I found I got a man to be kind of uh... creepy, I dunno if it’s an attempt at social commentary cause it was the 90s, but that shit sucks
ArsMoriendi 08.04.20	@Minus: I Got a Man was definitely him making fun of creepy persistent men, which I thought was effectively funny
Minushuman24 08.04.20	WELL that's good. The early 90's isn't the easiest to decipher what is satire and what is genuinely dated garbage. I'm Gonna Be is still better
Divaman 08.04.20	>Oh damn, steal my sunshine is on here too that one actually nearly matches tubthumper in how much fury it invokes in my soul Two good songs.
Divaman 08.04.20	I hate Macy Gray's voice with a passion. Kills me that I had to vote for her.
DavidYowi 08.05.20	Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta Len - Steal My Sunshine The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 Ahmad - Back in the Day Macy Gray - I Try The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Spacehog - In the Meantime Tracey Lee - The Theme (It's Party Time) Corona - The Rhythm of the Night The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen Blind Melon - No Rain Fiona Apple - Criminal Dionne Farris - I Know Haddaway - What Is Love The Breeders - Cannonball Toadies - Possum Kingdom Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart House of Pain - Jump Around Kris Kross - Jump Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway New Radicals - You Get What You Give The Cardigans - Lovefool Electronic - Getting Away With It 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall in Love Everything But the Girl - Missing Skee-Lo - I Wish Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home EMF - Unbelievable I'm gunning for either New Radicals, Spacehog, or Blind Melon to win. Sorry Meredith Brooks, if it wasn't against Blind Melon I would've voted for Bitch. Tracey Lee and Ahmed really surprised me, I haven't heard either song
Minushuman24 08.05.20	I’m so upset that steal my sunshine is advancing
EoinCofa 08.05.20	Metallica - Enter Sandman
ArsMoriendi 08.05.20	"Metallica - Enter Sandman" "Until It Sleeps" charted higher They have 7 US Top 40 singles overall too, 5 of which are from the 90s
Minushuman24 08.05.20	Lmao until it sleeps charted higher, how??
ArsMoriendi 08.05.20	Until It Slees hit 10, Enter Sandman hit 16 US pop charts are dumb, what can I say? Truth is though: often a big breakthrough album don't usually have a band's biggest hit, often the one that follows does due to hype
Sinternet 08.05.20	finishing off a few 11. She's so High (like this song a fair bit) 12. No Rain (boring vocals with good instrumentation beats the reverse) 13. Criminal (I actually like old florida bass scene a fair bit but yeah no contest) 14. I Know (forgot this track it bangs) 15. What Is Love (overplayed and people way overhype it but its good) 16. Cannonball (oof Closing Time is great but no chance) 17. My Own Worst Enemy (nostalgia maybe?, never really liked the Toadies track, generic post-grunge) 18. Sex and Candy (neither really comes out on top tbh, this one is more tolerable) 19. Groove Is in the Heart (one of the greatest tracks of all time) 20. Jump Around (haha no way this doesn't reach the final, honestly 19 and 20 should be the two finalists)
neekafat 08.05.20	"Breakfast at Tiffany's - At least we have this super minor thing in common! Let’s stay together" that's the joke
neekafat 08.05.20	Oh yes I also vote for "Torn"
JohnnyoftheWell 08.05.20	14. Breakfast at Tiffany's 29. Missing will hopefully check a few more "The definition of Adult Contemporary pop. 2.5/5" as if we needed further proof that ars' taste is a pubescent bubble trapped in a psychedelic digestive tract somewhere in the clueless end of the 70s
Minushuman24 08.05.20	jesus johnny lmao
ArsMoriendi 08.05.20	Yeah Johnny has been mean to me lately Maybe because I called him a weeb
Egarran 08.05.20	this is torture I can't
dedex 08.05.20	hop on the last few rounds then Eg
Egarran 08.05.20	ok I'll try to summon courage for some days
SlothcoreSam 08.05.20	I agree with you Sint on Groove is in the heart. Sooooo good.
hansoloshotfirst 08.05.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 8. Spacehog - In the Meantime 9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Corona - Rhythm of the Night 11. Tal Bachman - She's So High 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Dionne Farris - I Know 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. The Breeders - Cannonball 17. The Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock 22. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Duice - Dazzey Duks 24. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 25. The Cardigans - Lovefool 26. Electronic - Getting Away With It 27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up 28. Crucial Conflict - Hay 29. White Town - Your Woman 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. EMF - Unbelievable uff...
Minushuman24 08.05.20	Get's a bit rough don't it?
hansoloshotfirst 08.05.20	yeah , I'd managed to forget quite a number of them but unfortunately I couldn't resist... oh and fuck Post-Grunge
SlothcoreSam 08.05.20	Fuck len
hesperus 08.05.20	@DavidYowi your ballot is missing matchups 23, 26, and 28. plz amend or you won't be counted
hansoloshotfirst 08.05.20	Fuck Len [2]
Minushuman24 08.05.20	Fuck len [3]
ArsMoriendi 08.06.20	Yeah that Len song has awful vocals
DavidYowi 08.06.20	@hesperus amended
Divaman 08.07.20	"Steal My Sunshine" rocks!
neekafat 08.07.20	when we doing a 2000s round
Sinternet 08.07.20	21. 5 O'Clock (both kinda suck) 22. Save Tonight (never heard the other one before and I see why) 23. Dazzey Duks (neither are good, this one has energy though) 24. Nothing Compares 2 U (love both, this edges it though) 25. Lovefool (two great tracks, only one winner here though of course) 26. Getting Away With It (always found this project fairly weak but it's decent enough) 27. One of Us (yeah no what's up is shite) 28. Don't Wanna Fall in Love (never heard the other before but it was actually great too, tough pick) 29. Missing (both great, clear winner though) 30. Show Me Love (absolute classic) 31. Sunny Came Home (another tough choice tbh) 32. Torn (one of the greatest covers ever done)
ArsMoriendi 08.07.20	Torn is a cover??? Looking up the original right now EDIT: the original by Ednaswap is pretty mediocre
Sinternet 08.07.20	yeah original is so lame and middle of the road 90s, i don't know why she chose to cover that song but holy shit she made it her own
NickelbackFTL 08.07.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Macy Gray - I Try 7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 8. Spacehog - In the Meantime 9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night 11. Tal Bachman - She's So High 12. Meredith Brooks - Bitch 13. Fiona Apple - Criminal 14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. The Breeders - Cannonball 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the HEart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Kris Kross - Jump 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Duice - Dazzey Duks 24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 25. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper 26. Electronic - Getting Away With It 27. 4 Non Blondes - What's UP? 28. Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall in Love 29. Everything But the Girl - Missing 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
dedex 08.07.20	> when we doing a 2000s round [2]
BroFro 08.07.20	1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 2. Len - Steal My Sunshine 3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars 5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 6. Sporty Thievz - No Pigeons 7. Chumbawamba – Tubthumper 8. Spacehog - In the Meantime 9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back 10. Aqua - Barbie Girl 11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen 12. Blind Melon - No Rain 13. Fiona Apple – Criminal 14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's 15. Haddaway - What Is Love 16. Semisonic - Closing Time 17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom 18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart 20. House of Pain - Jump Around 21. Kris Kross – Jump 22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway 24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 25. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper 26. Paperboy – Ditty 27. Joan Osborne - One of Us 28. Crucial Conflict – Hay 29. White Town - Your Woman 30. Skee-Lo - I Wish 31. 95 South - Whoot, There It Is 32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn unironically like a lot of these lol
hesperus 08.08.20	gonna give this til tomorrow evening, then we’ll move on
Divaman 08.08.20	Here are some other alt rock one-hit wonders I remember from the '90s. This is more from memory than from research, so some could have had more than one hit, and in some cases, I'm stretching the definition of the word "hit". But they feel to me that they fit right in with these songs. (Please don't give me the breakdown on why any/all of these don't belong. I don't care that much if I got any wrong.) But if you liked this list, you might like some of these. Michael Penn - No Myth Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) Patti Rothberg - Inside Martin Gore - Compulsion Bettie Serveert - Ray Ray Rain Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me Divinyls - I Touch Myself Dada - Dizz Knee Land The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends The La's - There She Goes The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now Mazzy Star - Fade Into You Veruca Salt - Seether Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever
hesperus 08.09.20	Round finished, winners decided. Round 3 will be up soon!
Divaman 08.09.20	Wow, "No Myth" was actually released in 1989. Who knew? Well, anybody that looked it up, I guess.
bgillesp 08.09.20	How the heck did Chumbawamba lose?! I love them so much
Divaman 08.09.20	I know, right?
ArsMoriendi 08.09.20	@Diva: Sixpence None the Richer had 2 hits: Kiss Me and There She Goes, incedently, the latter is a cover of that song by The La's you listed
Divaman 08.09.20	"Kiss Me" is the only one I remember. Looks like the La's cover only got to # 32.
ArsMoriendi 08.09.20	I mean that's higher than Cannonball did and that's in the tourney so idk (also it's better than the La's original chart-wise)
Divaman 08.09.20	Well like I said, it's not like I researched a lot of those suckers. They're just the ones I remember hearing at the same time as those others.
SlothcoreSam 08.12.20	Lisa Loeb - stay, is my number 1 one hit wonder from the 90s. Such a great song. Side note, I thought she was so beautiful, wanted her to be Mrs sloth!
Divaman 08.12.20	I saw her live a couple of years ago. She's pretty talented.
SlothcoreSam 08.12.20	What is her new stuff like Diva?? Might need to check it out.
random 08.13.20	Sporty Thievz had a few response records, "No Pigeons" being their most famous. They also had ones for Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills," and "Independent Women".