So feeling a little nostalgic tonight I decided to look and see what the top 10 pop music hits were in 1998. Now of course these songs will change if you look site by site so I tried getting them from as many as possible to get a good cross section- but still a very sad year for music.
10. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from “Titanic”): I could have lived without this song and any of Celine’s music for that matter.
9. Barenaked Ladies – One Week: There was just something over done with that song that it drove me nuts, but then again how can you not want to sing “Chickity China the Chinese chicken, you have a drumstick and your brain stops ticking.” This song was responsible for producing a bunch of short and fun over used phrases.
8. Alanis Morissette – Uninvited: Umm- does anyone remember this song? Was this the one where she was standing naked in the street for the video or something like that? How the hell did this get number 8? Oh yes you guessed it, it’s the power of a soundtrack from a hit motion picture (City of Angels). Yet another Canadian that I could largely have done without; I liked the angry Alanis much better.
7. Will Smith – Getting’ Jiggy Wit It: All I have to say is “Na Na Na Na Nana Getting Jiggy wit it.” It’s the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air how can you go wrong with that!
6. Ben Folds Five – Brick: I was never a real fan of this song; I think I blame bands/artists like this for the whine music that gets put out today. Hey Ben Folds Five, You’re a brick and drowning me slowly….please stop it.
5. Sarah McLachlan – Adia: Okay so is it just me or are we noticing a trend of sucky music for 1998? Did I miss something that year or was it just filled with overly emotional people, excluding Mr. Smith who just wanted to Git Jiggy Wit It.
4. Deborah Cox – Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here: Yeah not that familiar with this one – but at least I know what Michelle Obama was doing in 1998, serious look at the video they kind of look alike. It’s all about those ARMS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGWDdRTCl9Q
3. Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back): I still cringe at the sound of these boy bands. That is one thing the 1990’s produced to much of…annoying boy bands. Though I must give props to Justin Timberlake who was able to overcome the boy band persona and continue his success.
2. Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life: Not a huge rap person myself, but how can you not want to sing along to an Annie tune can. Love it or hate it, great marketing plan on Jay-Z’s part.
1. Madonna – Ray of Light: Are you kidding me? Madonna is a very talented artist but that song sucked. I guess when you are as big as Madonna and you fail to produce an album for four years people will by whatever is put out there.
I guess I know why I wasn’t a huge pop music fan in 1998, most of it sucked! I am going to have to look and see if I can find the actually Billboard listing for that year, I refuse to believe that any real quality music was produced that year.
And just because it is fun to say I am going to put it one more time - Chickity China the Chinese chicken, you have a drumstick and your brain stops ticking ---- Na Na Na Na Nana Getting Jiggy wit it.
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