Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth. In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.
We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 1999, the year I turned 25 and Angelina was born. At 33 songs, we see a slight rebound in the Hot 100 that remain familiar to me today for the first time, with 17 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.
#94: Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
iTunes stats: 19 plays
Featured on the soundtrack to City of Angels, the track debuted, and peaked, at #9 in December of 1998 following the change to allow songs with no commercial single release to chart.
#89: Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
iTunes stats: 35 plays
Featuring samples and the chorus from the Annie song, it reached #15.
#78: Len – Steal My Sunshine
iTunes stats: 18 plays
The group’s only charting single in the US, it went to #9
#77: Shania Twain – Man, I Feel Like a Woman
iTunes stats: 12 plays
The Grammy winner for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000, it topped out at #4 on the Hot Country Singles chart and #23 on the Hot 100.
#70: Sarah McLachlan – I Will Remember You
iTunes stats: 0 plays
Originally released in 1995, this live version peaked at #14 and earned McLachlan her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
#57: Shania Twain – From This Moment On
iTunes stats: N/A
The song reached #4 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #6 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
#54: Jewel – Hands
iTunes stats: 20 plays
The lead single from the singer’s sophomore effort, it went to #6.
#53: Will Smith – Miami
iTunes stats: 1 play
Topping out at #17, the song garnered Smith a VMA for Best Male Video.
#51: Tal Bachman – She’s So High
iTunes stats: 28 plays
The debut single from the Canadian singer-songwriter peaked at #14.