It’s easy to poke fun at this dumbed-down dubby dance-pop number, its near nonsensical lyrics about… something (broodiness? In today’s fragmented musical landscape, it’s hard to fathom the full-spectrum dominance Oasis enjoyed in the mid-’90s. Also, like, we've already talked about Trainspotting twice on this list so far. The song is new jack swing at its finest. Unfortunately this song has been co-opted by car commercials, but regardless, it still gives me '90s teen-drama-movie school-dance vibes. Not bad for a gold-toothed graffiti artist from Wolverhampton. What with Damon’s heroin-chic drawling and Graham’s slumping riff and killer solo, this is Britpop’s best band at their worldbeating peak. Tristan Parker, For better or worse Massive Attack will forever be known as trip hop pioneers, but by far their most important contribution didn’t really fall into that category. The 15 best mid-90s trance tracks. Morissette’s debut album ‘Jagged Little Pill’ went on to sell an eye-popping 33 million copies and spawn several more hits, but ‘You Oughta Know’ with its cathartic, provocative lyrics (‘Would she go down on you in a theatre?’) and amped-up chorus is the best of the lot – especially after a good cry and a vat of red wine. Didn't expect this song on this list, did you? There are a ton of tracks from the Prodge that could be included in this list, but none sum up Keith Flint and Liam Howlett’s rowdy rave punks better than ‘Poison’. Almost every music genre, be it rap, pop, R&B, techno, rock, etc., saw the emergence of some wonderful songs that topped the popularity charts. It’s all there in the title track, a primal howl of electrified blues-rock that’s equal parts lovesick wail and feminist stomp. Josh Jones, The Spice Girls must have watched Taylor Swift’s video for 'Bad Blood' and been like, 'Babe, we did that thing where we all dress up as futuristic assassins and give each other laboured nicknames waaay back in 1996...' 'Say You'll Be There' found the band in their pomp – the lyrics, video, haircuts, names; nothing made any sense but nothing really needed to. When it comes to ‘90s dance songs you’d be hard-pressed to find another song that so perfectly incorporates other music genres that made the decade so great — i.e., R&B, house, and pop — which is what makes “Finally” the quintessential ‘90s dance song. In honor of everyone getting older, let’s take a walk down memory lane, and remember the best forgotten songs of the ’90s, courtesy of the Overlords. Channel X – Rave the Rhythm / A Million Colours; Phantom – The Abyss; The Movement – Jump “Y’all some jumpin motherf*ckas” – rather standard club tune but I like the use of the f-word in it. Closing Danny Boyle’s ‘, After changing the face of music with riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna ended up swapping spray-paint slogans and guitar thrash for girl-group chants and day-glo synths as frontwoman for Le Tigre. The song is a dazzling mix of genres, from '70s soul to house, that all works to produce a chill number that makes you want to get up and dance. Whatever you want to call it, it still sounds impossibly wonderful. Don't be mad. Whack on 'Fantasy' next time your bus is stuck in a traffic jam and for a second, you might just think you're cruising down a California highway with the top down. One: it’s the go-to end-of-the-night floor-filler for none other than Moby. As they’ve publicly admitted, it was actually cocaine that fuelled the ‘Animal Nitrate’ video shoot on the Lisson Green Estate near Regent’s Park. His 1995 album ‘Timeless’ is a landmark in the evolution of electronic music, taking jungle from the dancefloor to the coffee table without compromise – and the vocal-led ‘Inner City Life’ was its clear stand out track. 's album "Automatic for the People" is one of the top artistic achievements of '90s pop music, and "Man on the Moon" is one of the most memorable and beautiful songs from that album. Fingers … Right on the cusp of 2000, this still bops. Female vocals set to a house beat = everything you could want from an early-'90s dance song. Tristan Parker, One of MC's sweetest pop confections, 'Fantasy' takes the musical skeleton from Tom Tom Club's cult 80s hit 'Genius of Love' and beefs it up into a slick 90s summer jam. I didn’t ever give that tape back to my sister. It was actually recorded by several artists including alt-rock band Ednaswap before the 'Neighbours' alum turned it into a global smash in 1998. Tristan Parker, A US chart-topper in 1998, Hill's seamless fusion of classic doo-wop and modern hip-hop still sounds fresh today. The only time you hear it is when your "funky" aunt tries to force you to dance to it at your cousin's wedding. By ELLE.com . This is Jennifer Lopez's best song. – far better. Presented here is a list of some of the best songs of that decade, in the genres of rock, rap, and hip hop. Awoooo-a!’ Twenty years on, the peculiar distorted chant that opens this infectious slice of bubblegum rock is still a prime invitation for indie kids everywhere to hotfoot it to the nearest dancefloor and jump up and down arhythmically. They ended the decade recording the ultra-moody, minimal, esoteric electronic tracks that would end up on ‘Kid A’. R.E.M. "The Rhythm of the Night" is not only a song, it's a lifestyle. Close your eyes and listen to that soaring melody, that soaring voice (Liam never sounded better) and try to forget what a dreadful load of shit they eventually became. Once you've treated your ears to an hour or two of retro-pop perfection, why not get even more nostalgic by checking out our favourite teen movies? It's a dazzling testament to everything the former Fugee can do: she sings, she raps, she packs in hook after hook, and she shows her empathy by urging both men and women not to let themselves be exploited for sex. ‘Pony’ is a lesson in the art of the euphemism. No, this wasn’t a Daft Punk song! It would only be proper if the best trance songs were hand-picked by the one who created A State of Trance, Armin van Buuren. For a moment in the 1990s jungle really was massive, and no one epitomised that most uniquely British of movements better than Goldie. and the comical synth saxophone that sounds like something from the ‘, A trip hop tune that your Nan can whistle. Just try being in a bad mood after listening to it! This acid jazz track is the type of song that makes you want to slowly grind up against your S.O. We recommend you to check other playlists or our favorite music charts. Honestly, this song is on this list because of the amazing montage of the nuns cleaning up the neighborhood and bringing the people back to the church in Sister Act. But prod too hard and you risk the wrath of several generations of people who’ve heard it more times than they can remember and guiltily loved it on every single occasion. Remixes come courtesy of Aquarian: whose Umami '93 Remix is a bangin' techno rendition that borrows from the best of early '90s rave hallmarks in the vein of Shed or Tuff City Kids, while the Vibe Lords remix goes for a more mellow tech-house vibe. The 50 best ’90s songs. Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. I don’t know what the hell this song is about! 69 Boyz. Legions of mad-fer-it teenage boys swaggered under crap sun hats. Nick Levine, The crossover song that gave the titans the keys to the stadium. Newly added names are in Red. Sorry, Phil Daniels. Best of 90s Techno Mix | Hands Up Music Remix 2016 | Best Old School Techno Hands Up MixNew Hands Up Mixtape!! Then the song became a huge sleeper hit and an anthem for the slacker generation, and Beck moved out of the shed and established himself as one of the most innovative musicians of his generation – which sounds like a win to us. Nick Levine, The first time I heard this song was when I stole my sister’s ‘Rave Hits’ tape, back in late 1991. Cher's biggest moment in the '90s. Anger, despondency, pain and chaos ripped through a million bedrooms as we listened to Cobain wail, scream and howl lyrics that were as confusing as they were powerful: ‘A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido… hey.’ What the fuck? The only thing better than this song is the music video for it, which is both kinda batshit crazy (in a good way) and brilliant. 53 Best ’90s Songs That Are All That and a Bag of Chips. First released in 1990 as the b-side to Moby's debut single 'Mobility' in 1990 on Instinct Records, this is the track that first put the electronic music powerhouse on the map. Yes, this song is cheesy as hell, but it doesn't ever try to be anything other than what it is: a fun, catchy, campy dance song. We’re not sure we believe him, but we do know that it’s among the finest moments of the ’90s British indie scene. Was ‘Madchester’ a) the greatest musical movement since punk; b) the final nail in the coffin for a proud industrial city; or c) just a canny bit of marketing? By the time it had finished its chart run, Wyclef, Lauryn and Pras were part of the furniture. Yes, that's impact. Whatever your view, it’s hard not to bust a groove when the piano-bashing intro to ‘Step On’ kicks in. In the end, "Everybody Everybody" is the winner. Aside from being a essential gay dance floor classic, this track proves how a good remix can elevate a song from good to ICONIC. Released on XL Recordings, its creation was heavily influenced by Slipmatt listening to David Rodigan’s Capital Radio show in the '80s, and was originally going to be a B-side until they (thankfully) decided to take a chance on it. This is a song by a Swedish group called Rednex. And who could blame the scenesters? Listening to it almost makes you wish to you could time-travel to that era and dance the night away at … The Best '90s Songs You Can Listen to Right Now. DON'T EVEN START WITH THAT "WE LIKE TO PARTY" BS. May 22, 2020 KMazur Getty Images. By Jamie Milton. Here are the 50 best Australian songs of the 90s. There’s no arguing that the 90s is the golden age of R&B. Alternate title: The 101 Best Songs Of All Time. So, without further hype, here it is: True Alternative—The Top 100 Songs of the ’90s Underground. "Moving on up, moving on up, time to break free, no one can stop me." Just FYI, though: she's singing 'And I feeeel!' ’DJ!’ – The 17 best nu-rave songs. Reporting on what you care about. The mix of chunky breakbeats, sludgy electronics and wide-eyed carnage was the perfect rhythmical remedy to those who fancied a dab of dance music (and those who wanted to find out what the hell rave culture might have been about), but just couldn’t get to grips with the eight-minute Chicago house workouts of the time. One of MC's sweetest pop confections, 'Fantasy' takes the musical skeleton from Tom Tom Club's cult 80s hit 'Genius of Love' and beefs it up into a slick 90s summer jam. Her new-found pop smarts allowed Le Tigre to smuggle radical ideas into the mainstream, and their outspoken stance was a massive influence on noughties rock icons like Beth Ditto and Karen O, giving ‘Deceptacon’ a surprisingly enduring afterlife for a band with lyrics like ‘Your disco dick is sucking my heart out of my mind.’, Beating off stiff competition from half a dozen superb. *Repeats over and over* "Jack Knight and Dakoda House all we wanna do is make you bounce.". But while you probably don't want to revisit dial-up internet or MiniDisc players anytime soon, the music from the era remain energising and exciting. Still not entirely sure what the title of this song means. There’s one more thing that makes ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ the song of the decade, and that’s Samuel Bayer’s now iconic video. We already have this email. Their worst song. Every element is flawlessly placed, from soaring strings to Shara Nelson’s effortlessly powerful vocals to the wistful percussive bells that introduce the track – still capable of sending shivers down a few spines. Gina G is the perfect name for a '90s dance one-hit wonder. Nick Levine, Okay, so they’re a bit cack these days – and slaphead dictator-in-chief Billy Corgan’s mewling vibrato has always been an acquired taste – but for a time there in the mid-’90s the Pumpkins could do no wrong. The ones that might have had a bit of traction upon release, but have since completely vanished from the hearts and minds of so many. ‘Paranoid Android’ represents the exact fulcrum of that shift, foreshadowing Radiohead’s future with its weird time signatures and conceptual lyrics, but also harking back to the early period when the band weren’t too cool and clever to write a killer riff. Honestly, Daft Punk could release this song today and everyone would say it’s a genius bop — like how many other bands have songs that sound as good today as they did 20 years ago?! Like the Seattle superstars on ‘In Utero’, Dorset’s very own Polly Jean Harvey turned to punk rock recording engineer Steve Albini (known for his raw, unvarnished sound) for her second album ‘Rid of Me’. ‘Common People’ will always be more universal than that, with its sly social message delivered to a stonking disco beat and an immortal riff. A feeling. ‘Awoooo-a! Björk can do anything, including house-inspired dance music. This was the song that set The Fugees on their path to world domination: a hip hop hit built for chart supremacy. Without the riot grrrl movement, our culture would look very different. James Manning, Inspired by a crop of bands who allegedly preferred staring at their guitar effects pedals to interacting with the audience, ‘shoegaze’ was never a great term for the hazy, noisy, deafeningly loud sound pegged out in the late ’80s by My Bloody Valentine. There was a big debate whether this was better than "Everybody Everybody." Remember from 1993 through 1996 when every dance song came from a Euro duo that consisted of a big-voiced lead female singer and a guy with a low voice who did a spoken-word bridge? At the heart of it all were Portishead, whose gloomy, brooding and often oppressive sound was a conspiracy of contradictions that defined ‘trip hop’. The video also features early Zumba. Shaun Ryder’s E-powered hoodlums turned an obscure ’70s funk track by John Kongos into a rave-rock hit, and a whole generation grew up with the phrase ‘you’re twistin’ my melon, man’ as a result. The song is a perfect example of Madonna's genius at being able to take club music (in this case house music) and make it mainstream. No matter, though, because Imbruglia's version remains strangely ingratiating 20 years later: the melodramatic lyrics are karaoke gold, and its cheesy slide guitar solo still hits the spot. Praga Khan – Injected with a Poison; Did you enjoy this list? Richard D James (aka mind-fucking electronica genius Aphex Twin) clearly has, as this demonically twisted slo-mo banger demonstrated. Nick Levine, Last year, significant chunks of the internet had a freakout when they discovered that Imbruglia's signature hit is - gasp! The title track remains one of very best dance songs and also shows off the expanded vocal range she'd honed while working on movie-musical 'Evita' a couple of years early. Dust off that Discman: from Britpop to hip hop and R&B to riot grrrl, we’ve picked the 50 best songs of the 1990s. Will Smith isn't exactly what you think of when you think "'90s dance," BUUUT you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone between the ages of 26 and 30 who hasn't had a moment with this song at a middle school dance. Real McCoy was THAT '90s dance "group." Songwriting frontwoman Justine Frischmann may have pinched the opening riff from Wire's 'Three Girl Rhumba' (which later got the punk band a songwriting credit), but there's no quibbling with the way she reworks it into a sexy and kinetic Britpop gem. This was their least successful song which was still...not bad! A really sad song made not so sad by a '90s dance beat. Basically a mid-'90s "No Scrubs," but instead of not wanting no scrubs, Gillette wasn't here for tiny-dicked dudes. As Charli XCX and Troye Sivan scale the charts with a song that sings the praises of 1999, it looks as though '90s nostalgia is here to stay. Michael Curle, It takes an awful lot to beat Prince at his own game, but Sinéad O’Connor managed it in January 1990 with little more than a perfect vocal, an ocean of emotion and a black rollneck jumper. Problematic title. Many words have been written about ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, and we’re about to add a few more, but it’s almost impossible to overstate the sonic earthquake that this song caused around the world in 1991. Iconic! Only the first ever pop star!) Nick Levine, This jaunty slice of indie pop hides an X-rated secret. This song makes me want to do aerobics and lose 3 pounds. But a small part of me likes to think that, for a brief moment in time, everyone in America just wanted to rave. Nick Levine, SL2 was founded by DJs Slipmatt and Lime – hence the 'SL' and there were two of them. 100 Greatest Dance Songs of the 90s at DigitalDreamDoor.com. And honestly, it’s a feel-good hit! How did it happen? A sensual and ethereal chill-out track that wouldn't have sounded out of place in a scene in Trainspotting. This one-hit wonder from one-man-band White Town (aka Jyoti Mishra) topped the UK charts in 1997, bewitching listeners with little more than some squelching pop beats and a dusty old trumpet sample from a 1930s Al Bowlly song. Great name for an even better band! One of several chart-bothering singles from their epic double album ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’, ‘1979’ is a beautiful, bittersweet slice of teenage Americana (all sweet rides, 7/11s and gentle ennui), perfectly matched in mood and tone by its cracking video. Another song you wouldn't exactly think of when you think "'90s dance." Real fans know otherwise. Time Out is a registered trademark of Time Out Digital Limited. Basically a La Bouche song and that's not a bad thing. The video featuring La Spears in school uniform is iconic, obviously, but let's not overlook the fact that the song itself remains pure pop perfection. Well, it's worthy! If you’re after a campfire singalong it’s ‘Tender’ every time; if you just want to smash shit up then stick on ‘Song 2’; if you like your Britpop beery then there’s always ‘Parklife’; but if you want Blur doing what Blur did best – welding classic British songwriting to weirdo alt rock – then ‘Beetlebum’ is the one. Take a trip from grunge rock through girl groups with the top hits from the decade. Search, watch, and cook every single Tasty recipe and video ever - all in one place! The band paid a tenner to turn an ordinary council flat into a David Lynch-style strobe-lit fantasy chamber – the perfect visual metaphor for Anderson’s seductive, salacious injection of forbidden sexuality into mundane British life. And yes, this came out two decades ago!!! Sadly. It was actually the band Stardust, which featured Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter — which is why it sounded so much like a track off Discovery. The legendary opening sample – taken from 1966 flick, 'The Wild Angels' – kickstarted countless nights out and spoke for an entire generation. in a plastic box wearing a feather hat. An underrated mid-'90s dance gem from the late, great George Michael. James Manning, Yeah, ‘Organ Donor’ is great and everything, but this supremely mellow number has stood the test of time – 19 years! This song might have the most budget music video of the '90s. And when she rhymes 'hair weaves like Europeans' with 'fake nails done by Koreans', it's actual genius. Before we get down to a Top 10 of rave, let’s define it. If this isn't on any of your modern-day party playlists then who are you even? It might have more samples than an Avon rep (the drums from Jaydee’s banger ‘Plastic Dreams’, strings from Carrie Lucas’s disco-tastic 1979 gem ‘Dance With You’ and – in the full, uncut version – dialogue from ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’), but rather than sounding like a mish-mash, ‘U Don’t Know Me’ is entirely its own track: soulful, rooted in timeless US house but thoroughly contemporary and ultimately danceable. A US chart-topper in 1998, Hill's seamless fusion of classic doo-wop and modern hip-hop still sounds fresh today. Don't hurt me no more. After tabulating all the votes from … If you enjoyed listening to this one, maybe you will like: 1. Not in the slightest. They're the overlooked songs from the 90s. Early in her career, Carey was known for her grandstanding diva vocals, but 'Fantasy' proves she can be just as compelling when she plays it a little more restrained. This song is JNCOs personified in musical form (and that’s not a bad thing). The music moved on, borrowing elements from techno and gabber including a faster BPM and somewhat sentimental vocals that are still seen today in the guise of UK hardcore. James Manning, Some of Take That's OG '90s hits haven't aged as well as Gary Barlow, but 'Never Forget' – their penultimate single before splitting in 1997 – still sounds tremendous. The classic existential Britpop banger, ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ is an indispensable ’90s tune for three reasons. Crystal Waters is a '90s dance legend and it wouldn't be fair to her or her legacy to not be in the top 10. The 1990s saw the release of a number of memorable songs. Before Cathy wrote "Can't Get You Out of My Head" for Kylie, “I Kissed a Girl” for Katy, and “Toxic” for Britney, she wrote the grind anthem of 1990. Try another? Justice for this moody dance smash! - a cover. His lo-fi, sepia-saturated take on a school concert that descends into madness – complete with slo-mo cheerleaders, smashed up guitars and smoke and fire in a sports hall full of sweaty headbanging teens – was as disturbing and anarchic as the song itself. The best rave tracks from the 90s. James Manning. Every Christmas you’ll hear this song at least once or twice…a day. Two things that are probably true about this song: 1) The only words everyone knows/remembers are "I'm blue da-be-dee-da-ba die..." 2) This was likely everyone's first Napster download. Not our words, but those of springy haired, eternally angry singer Zach De La Rocha, whose repeated rebellious chant in this anti-establishment rock-rap anthem started a million moshpits in the early ’90s. Classic Rave material. And regardless of your opinion, this song is still iconic!!! James Ball; 22 June 2018; At its pomp, trance ruled the airwaves and clubs alike with its emphasis on emotion-driven, slowly-built and synth-buoyant euphoria. Turns out MC Hammer was wrong: actually, you can’t touch this. It also coolly demonstrated how three cocky but loveable suburban music nerds from New York had arrived at a stage where they were not just accepted but actively embraced by various super-cliquey music scenes: punks, grunge kids, the hip hop community. Combining heavy hip hop beats and throbbing basslines with jazz and soul samples, the music was good, but the vocals of tortured songstress Beth Gibbons were outstanding. While it’s far from my favorite 90’s song, I thinks it’s catchy and am always happy when I hear it. To be honest the dance for this song required a bit of too much coordination and work. A song by two rando Danish teens, it's basically 1998 in the form of a song. For the purpose of this list let’s consider rave to be music created in the UK from 1991 to … James Manning, Ever licked a window? It’s full of all his usual genre-mashing brilliance – techno, acid house, breakbeats, IDM – but fuelled by an immense groove, which is probably just James showing that he can make Top 20-bothering hits whenever he bloody well feels like it. The song that brought RuPaul mainstream success. Martha Wash was actually the voice of Black Box but they used a different person for the music videos. In fact the sample. Two: it soundtracked the final scene of the quintessential late-’90s teen film, ‘. The unmistakable theme song from ‘Trainspotting’, the film that incorporates the rave era the most, and without a doubt one of the most timeless pieces of music in existence, this was an easy choice for number one. In the music video, Cher is stuck in an old TV and a knockoff iMac. This song is actually really fucking intense. This is one of those bands, and this is their best-known hit. It was catchy, we all wanted to be one of them and we all learnt that catsuits should only be worn by Victoria Beckham. Song still holds up. Yes, it's the biggest dance song of all time. First I collected a selection of lists from fans on MY Old Skool blog, Discogs Old Skool room, and Old Skool Anthemz messageboard. Because for a short period Noel Gallagher’s smash-’n’-grab raid on the ’60s pop canon yielded magnificent results. California residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. Drugs, murder, HIV: Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez’s verses treat life’s tragedies with wisdom, patience and soul, before her rap preaches the power of hope and self-belief. The song is a perfect little slice of the early '90s New York club scene. What’s interesting about happy hardcore is that it took a massive amount of stick around 1996 in the same way that jump up drum & bass did post the year 2000. The "Unwritten" of the '90s. The song was written and produced as tribute to the classic Beatles track “Tomorrow Never Knows.” It also features Oasis’s Noel Gallagher on vocals (ICYDK). But Lauryn Hill’s rework of the vocals – plus twanging sitar samples cut from A Tribe Called Quest’s hit ‘Bonita Applebum’ – gave the track an ear-catching contemporary edge. The week of January 19, 2021. It's a triumph. The "hola, hola, eh" makes this a multilingual smash! This song will take you places!! It’s accessible enough to attract the masses but it also rocks hard enough to please the head-banging hordes; at any ’Tallica show, you’ll see even hardened fans (who live and die by the band’s early thrash metal numbers) raise their fists and sing along with a shit-eating grin: ‘Eeee-xit LIGHT! Equipped with extra feelgood sax, this empowered tune briefly gave Monie a lead role in the conscious pro-women hip hop movement alongside Queen Latifah. At the heart of it all were Portishead, whose gloomy, brooding and often oppressive sound was a conspiracy of contradictions that defined ‘trip hop’. Please note, It’s clear our ’90s taste are pretty limited to a few genres, so feel free to add your own and make us feel chagrined we forgot some obvious choices. Who knew that a pounding techno track about getting out of your tree – made famous by a film about heroin addiction – could reach Number Two in the UK charts? Pop. Obsessed with travel? This song should be *higher* but there's too much competition this high on the list! Josh Jones, Even if you can’t stand house music – or dance music in general – you’d need a bitterly cynical soul and legs of stone to resist tapping your feet all the way through this uplifting number from US DJ and producer AVH. When O’Connor and the Purple One finally met, they ended up having a fist fight. FML. He’d recorded ‘Loser’ with rap producer Carl Stephenson the previous year as a one-off experiment, and when an indie label suggested releasing it as a single he agreed only reluctantly. on the hook, not 'Anna Friel!'. I was expecting a torrent of terrifying electro, but then this came out of the speakers and entranced me. That hat is still iconic. 5. Music video is still cool. Custom Search of DDD More Lists • Dance Songs 2010s • Dance Songs 2000s ... dance music peaked pop-wise. If so leave a comment below and let us know what your favorite Techno 90’s Rave Song is! No-one before or since has done more to justify the gangsta rap lifestyle than Christopher Wallace, on the lead single to his immense debut album ‘Ready to Die’. RIP. Accompanied with some great songs, this decade also introduced some new and dynamic musicians as well as bands. Those of you lucky enough to have Sky TV or crackly cable in the late ’90s probably saw its creator gyrating in a cowboy bar in his classic baggy pants-and-white shirt combo. This song is not only a ‘90s classic, but it’s also arguably better than anything New Edition ever put out. No this isn't that Robyn's "Show Me Love," this is the other Robin's "Show Me Love.". Dust off that Discman: from Britpop to hip hop and R&B to riot grrrl, we’ve picked the 50 best songs of the 1990s ... Their absolute belter of a rave … Déjà vu! But there’s more to ‘Pony’ than perfectly sculpted abs: it was one of the defining releases by R&B powerhouse Timberland, and its belching bassline has influenced producers and musicians from Rihanna to French beat-smasher Debruit, not to mention the makers of ‘, We could have picked a whole crop of Chems tracks: the club-dominating ‘. – ATB Boosted by its iconic, tear-streaked video, O’Connor’s version of the song totally obliterated the sappy original from 1985 (which Prince wrote for his pet band The Family). Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! … Eeee-nter NIIIIGHT!’ Tristan Parker, Elastica's eponymous debut album became a chart-topping phenomenon in 1995, and 'Connection' is the jewel in its crown. Fusing jungle’s intricate breakbeats, sub bass and unbridled futurism with heart-aching soul soundscapes and the lamenting voice of Diane Charlemagne, this beautiful-yet-brutal piece of sonic art switched an entire generation on to the power of jungle and D&B. 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