{"id":21415,"date":"2024-06-17T03:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T09:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21415"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:02:56","slug":"fifty-years-of-music-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/fifty-years-of-music-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Of Music \u2013 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.\u00a0 In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 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.<\/p>\n

We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 1996, the year I should have graduated from college had I settled on a major earlier, went back to the bank for a second summer, returned to Purdue for my fifth and final year of college (at least for now), and turned 22.\u00a0 Only 33 songs on the Hot 100 are familiar to me today, with 24 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.<\/p>\n

#99: Hootie & The Blowfish \u2013 Only Wanna Be with You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

Returning for its second straight year-end chart, the track peaked at #2 on the Album Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#98: Los del Rio \u2013 Macarena<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The original Spanish language version of the tune, it reached #23.<\/p>\n

#94: Ace of Base \u2013 Beautiful Life<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n

Topping out at #15, it was the lead single from the group’s second album in Europe and the second single in the US.<\/p>\n

#92: Metallica \u2013 Until It Sleeps<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n

The band’s lone top ten hit, it went to #10.<\/p>\n

#81: Toni Braxton \u2013 Un-Break My Heart<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending eleven total weeks atop the Hot 100, it ruled the charts from December of 1996 through mid-February of 1997.<\/p>\n

#76: Sophie B. Hawkins \u2013 As I Lay Me Down<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

Hitting the year-end chart for the second time, it peaked at #6.<\/p>\n

#75: Sheryl Crow \u2013 If It Makes You Happy<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 14 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from Crow’s sophomore album, it reached #10 and remains her most recent top ten solo release.<\/p>\n

#68: No Doubt \u2013 Just a Girl<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 38 plays<\/p>\n

The band’s first charting single in the US, it spent 29 weeks on the Hot 100, topping out at #23.<\/p>\n

#67: BoDeans \u2013 Closer to Free<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 23 plays<\/p>\n

Hitting #16 and becoming the band’s biggest hit, it was used as the theme song for Party of Five<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#66: Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen \u2013 Theme from Mission: Impossible<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Recorded for the first Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible<\/em> film, it peaked at #7.<\/p>\n

#56: Oasis \u2013 Wonderwall<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 25 plays<\/p>\n

The fourth single from the group’s second studio album, it spent a then-unprecedented ten weeks atop the Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached #8 on the Hot 100 in March, becoming their lone top-ten hit.<\/p>\n

#50: Hootie & The Blowfish \u2013 Time<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 14 plays<\/p>\n

The fourth single from the group’s breakout debut, it topped out at #14.<\/p>\n

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#44: Smashing Pumpkins \u2013 1979<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 6 plays<\/p>\n

The second single from the group’s bloated double album, it went to #12.<\/p>\n

#42: Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre \u2013 No Diggity<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

Winner of the 1998 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, it spent four weeks at #1 in November of 1996.<\/p>\n

#41: Collective Soul \u2013 The World I Know<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

The third official single from the group’s second album, it spent four weeks atop the Album Rock Tracks chart while peaking at #19 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#39: Deep Blue Something \u2013 Breakfast at Tiffany’s<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 19 plays<\/p>\n

Originally written and recorded in 1993, it was re-recorded and released in 1995, reaching #5 in January of 1996.<\/p>\n

#33: Coolio featuring L.V. \u2013 Gangsta’s Paradise<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 38 plays<\/p>\n

The #1 song of 1995, it spent twelve weeks in the top two spots on the chart, three at #1 and another nine at #2.<\/p>\n

#31: Natalie Merchant \u2013 Wonder<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Her second solo single topped out at #20.<\/p>\n

#30: Joan Osborne \u2013 One of Us<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 27 plays<\/p>\n

The only charting single of her career on the Hot 100, it went to #4 and earned three Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n

#29: Alanis Morissette \u2013 You Learn\/You Oughta Know<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 17 plays\/39 plays<\/p>\n

Released as a double A-sided single following the success of You Oughta Know<\/em> on alternative radio, it peaked at #6.<\/p>\n

#28: Dishwalla \u2013 Counting Blue Cars<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays<\/p>\n

The only charting single of the group’s career on the Hot 100, it reached #15 and earned two ASCAP awards as the most-played song of the year on radio.<\/p>\n

#25: Jewel \u2013 Who Will Save Your Soul<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 33 plays<\/p>\n

The singer’s debut single, it went to #11.<\/p>\n

#24: Goo Goo Dolls \u2013 Name<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n

The breakthrough single for the band, released from their fifth studio album, it topped both the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Album Rock Tracks chart while topping out at #5 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#19: Eric Clapton \u2013 Change the World<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Recorded for the Phenomenon<\/em> soundtrack, it became Clapton’s sixth and final top ten hit, peaking at #5.<\/p>\n

#18: Celine Dion \u2013 It’s All Coming Back to Me Now<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The subject of a lawsuit between writer Jim Steinman and long-time collaborator Meat Loaf, who intended to place the song on his Bat out of Hell III<\/em> album, Dion’s version reached #2.<\/p>\n

#17: 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman \u2013 California Love<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 51 plays<\/p>\n

2Pac’s first single after being released from prison and signing with Death Row, it spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 in July.<\/p>\n

#15: Gin Blossoms \u2013 Follow You Down\/’Til I Hear It from You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A\/ 19 plays<\/p>\n

Another double A-side release, with one song from the Empire Records<\/em> soundtrack and the other being the lead single from the group’s second major label release, it went to #9.<\/p>\n

#13: Alanis Morissette \u2013 Ironic<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 23 plays<\/p>\n

The highest charting single of her career, it topped out at #4 in April.<\/p>\n

#12: Everything but the Girl \u2013 Missing<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Originally released in 1994 to little acclaim, the remix peaked at #2 and spent 55 weeks on the Hot 100, a then-record.<\/p>\n

#11: Quad City DJ’s \u2013 C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

One of only two singles from the group to chart on the Hot 100, it went to #3.<\/p>\n

#8: Donna Lewis \u2013 I Love You Always Forever<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

The singer’s debut single, it spent nine weeks at #2.<\/p>\n

#5: Mariah Carey \u2013 Always Be My Baby<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Carey’s eleventh chart topper, it spent two weeks at #1 in May, tying her at the time with Madonna and Whitney Houston for the most #1 singles by a female artist.<\/p>\n

#1: Los del Rio \u2013 Macarena (Bayside Boys remix)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending a record-setting 60 weeks on the Hot 100, the remix, which combined the original Spanish-language version with English lyrics, was the #1 hit in the land for fourteen of those weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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