Old Playlist

" Believe " is a 1994 song recorded by Elton John. It was the first single from his album Made in England and was released on 20 February 1995. It reached #1 in Canada. In the US, " Believe " was Elton John's fifteenth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and also went to number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100. Read more about the song

" Light My Fire" is a song by the Doors, which was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on their self-titled debut album. Released as an edited single in May 1967, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late July, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after its recording. Read more about the song

" Hold Me Now " is a song composed and performed by Irish singer Johnny Logan. It became the winner of the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest. Logan had previously won with " What's Another Year? " in the 1980 Contest and would go on to write the winner of the 1992 Contest (" Why Me? " for Linda Martin for whom he had previously written " Terminal 3 " at the 1984 Contest). The song is usually sung by Bohemians at home matches in Dalymount Park. Read more about the song

" Let Me Entertain You " is a single by Robbie Williams, released as the fifth and final single from his debut studio album, Life thru a Lens (1997). It was written by Williams and Guy Chambers. In March 1998, the track became a top three hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number three. The song became a hit in the UK staying inside the top ten for a month, and is certified Silver for sales of over 200,000 copies. Read more about the song

" That's Just the Way It Is " is a single performed by Phil Collins and David Crosby that was released in 1990 from the album ... But Seriously. The song was only released as a single in Europe, while "Do You Remember?" was instead released in the United States. The song reached #26 in the UK Singles Chart. Read more about the song

" Block Rockin' Beats " is a song by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers. It was released as the second single from their second album, Dig Your Own Hole , in March 1997. It reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 40 on the American Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Read more about the song

" Informer " is a 1993 song by Canadian reggae musician Snow from his debut album 12 Inches of Snow . Produced by MC Shan, who also contributed a verse, the single was a chart-topping hit, spending seven consecutive weeks at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. It was his biggest hit in the United Kingdom, where it reached Number 2, behind two different number one singles. In 2007, the song was ranked No. 84 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. Conversely, the song was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "the seven worst U.S. No. 1 singles of the 90s". Read more about the song

" Funky Cold Medina " is a hip hop song written by Young MC, Michael L. Ross and Matt Dike, and first performed by Tone Lōc. It was the second single from Lōc's debut album Lōc-ed After Dark (1989). The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling over one million copies. It peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #13 in May of that year. Read more about the song

" I Feel Love " is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer from her fifth studio album I Remember Yesterday (1977). It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100. Giorgio Moroder, the song's producer, was an early adaptor of electronic sequencers, teutonic melody and four-four beats. Read more about the song

" Toca's Miracle " is a song by the German musical group Fragma, featuring the vocals of British singer Coco Star. Taken as the second single off the studio album Toca , the song is a mashup of Star's " I Need a Miracle " (1996) and Fragma's own " Toca M e". Read more about the song

" Stupid Girl" is a song recorded by alternative rock band Garbage for the band's self-titled debut studio album. The song was composed and produced by bandmembers Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig. " Stupid Girl " features lyrics about female empowerment, and a musical arrangement centered on both a repetitive bassline and a drum sample from The Clash's 1980 hit "Train in Vain" . Read more about the song

In 1992 , the Italian Eurodance band Double You recorded his version on the album We All Need Love . It was released on January 26, 1992 which was very successful throughout Europe, achieving the number one in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. KC and the Sunshine Band original song Read more about the song

Twenty years after its composition, " Always Something There to Remind Me " (so titled) reached the US Top Twenty for the first time via a synthpop reinvention of the song by Naked Eyes which reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1983. Read more about the song

" Waiting in Vain " is a song written by reggae musician Bob Marley and recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers, for his 1977 album Exodus. Released as a single, it hit number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart. The single was one of only a few of Marley's Island singles to feature a non-album B-Side, this being the song " Roots ", an outtake from the Rastaman Vibration sessions. This later appeared on the compilation Rebel Music and on Exodus (Deluxe Edition). The 1981 reissue of Waiting In Vain featured a megamix called Marley Mix Up Medley instead. Read more about the song

" In Our Lifetime " is a song by British band Texas and was the first single released prior to their fifth studio album The Hush . It was released worldwide in March 1999 and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The rather successful song was also included in the Notting Hill OST alongside the mother album. Read more about the song

" Push the Feeling On " is a 1992 song recorded by the Scottish house music group Nightcrawlers. It was the first single from its album Let's Push It . The song was initially issued in the United Kingdom, but it was only a hit in the US when it was released there in 1993. It proved to be a greater success internationally when it was re-released in 1995. The song was remixed featuring John Reid as a vocalist. It reached the top 10 in various European countries, including the UK, where it peaked at #3. Read more about the song

" Shiny Happy People " is a song by the band R.E.M. The song appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year. The song features guest vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52's, who also appears in the song's music video. Read more about the song

" I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) " is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney . It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously written the number-one Whitney Houston hit "How Will I Know ." The original arrangement was more of a country tune, but was transformed by Walden to make it a dance song. Read more about the song

" I.O.U. " is a song from 1983 by British musical group Freeez, their most successful hit. The song scored #2 in the UK Singles Chart earlier in 1983 before reaching the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S., giving them their only chart-topping single on any chart in America. It then became the 20th best-selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom. " I.O.U. " was used for the 1984 breakdance movie, Beat Street . The chorus is often erroneously sung by listeners as " A-E, A-E I-O-U and sometimes Y ", referring to the vowels of the alphabet. It is actually " A-E, A-E, I-O-U I sometimes cry " and " A-E, A-E, I-O-U I sometimes lie ". The music video for " I.O.U. " featured on the video version of Now 1 but the song itself did not appear on the album version. Read more about the song

"I'm Ready" is a song by the Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams. It was written by Adams and collaborator Jim Vallance. The song was first released in 1979, by Ian Lloyd (formerly of The Stories), on his solo album Goose Bumps. Vallance played the drums on this recording. In 1983 Adams himself recorded the song for his third album, Cuts Like a Knife, as a straightforward rock song with electric guitar and synthesizer. Adams co-produced his version with Bob Clearmountain, who also mixed it. The song became a hit for Adams in 1998, after its inclusion on his 1997 album MTV Unplugged . Patrick Leonard was producing these sessions, and selected I'm Ready to be included in the show Read more about the song

" Disarm " is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the third single from their second album, Siamese Dream . "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the band’s most highly regarded songs. Corgan considers it the most personally important song on Siamese Dream . Read more about the song

" Tom's Diner " is a song written in 1981 by American recording artist Suzanne Vega. It was first released as a track on the January 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine. When first featured on one of her own studio albums, it appeared as the first track of her Solitude Standing album in 1987. It was later used as the basis for a remix by the British group DNA in 1990. Read more about the song

" Live to Tell " is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album True Blue (1986). Originally composed by Patrick Leonard for the score of the film Fire with Fire , the song was shown to Madonna, who decided to use it for then-husband Sean Penn's film At Close Range . Madonna wrote the song's lyrics and co-produced it with Leonard. The song was released as the lead single from True Blue on March 26, 1986 by Sire Records. Read more about the song

" Save a Prayer " is the sixth single by Duran Duran, released on 9 August 1982. The song was the third single from the band's second album Rio . It became Duran Duran's biggest hit  in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #2, held out of the top spot by Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". The track is opened by a somewhat eerie synthesizer riff which plays in the background throughout the song. Cover art for the single features a shadow being. Read more about the song

" Scooby Snacks " is a song by alternative rap/rock band Fun Lovin' Criminals. The song is from their debut album Come Find Yourself . It is the band's biggest hit single to date. The song contains samples from Quentin Tarantino's movies Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs . Read more about the song

In 1992, the hard rock band Ugly Kid Joe included a cover of " Cat's in the Cradle " on their debut album America's Least Wanted . The cover was issued as a single in 1993 and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, the group's highest ever position on that chart. The song also peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single sold 500,000 copies domestically, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Read more about the song

" Dead Ringer for Love " is a rock song performed by American rock singer Meat Loaf and American singer-actress Cher from Meat Loaf's third studio album, Dead Ringer. The song was written by Jim Steinman and one of only two tracks on the album produced by Steinman and Jimmy Iovine. Read more about the song