For me, that is possibly the best song of the 90s - something very eerie about it.

A few honourable mentions ..

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

White Town - Your Woman

Everything But The Girl - Missing

Gala - Freed from Desire

Rod Stewart the mowtown song.
Reminds me of a car my father had and eating frosties and possibly push pops at the beach.

"WHAT IS LOVE? (BABY DON'T HURT ME)" by Haddaway (1993).

The Orb - little fluffy clouds / toxygene.

the grid - swamp thing.

ali campbell - that look in your eyes.

bell book & candle - rescue me.

aphex twin - windowlicker. (lol at the (occasionally twisted) video).

dave stewart / candy dulfer - lily was here.

they might be giants - birdhouse in your soul. (if you didn't understand that in 1990, and still don't, here's a translation.

jesus jones - real real real.

orbital - chime.

oceanic - insanity.

dance to trance - power of american natives.

sunscreem - pressure us.

So many good ones..............

Massive Attack - Protection.

Joshua Kadison - Jessie

Thats one of my all time favouites - some great tracks been mentioned here

Will have to search through my IPod see if there's anything thats not been mentioned yet.

A fantastic song from a fantastic album

Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm

Mock Turtles - "Can You Dig It" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSHIidlesQ

Candy Flip - "Strawberry Fields Forever" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjWpq8Oyoc

Spin Doctors - "Two Princes" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjWpq8Oyoc

4 Non Blondes - "Whats Up" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXcQGsoDkDk

Was Not Was - Shake Your Head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ruXryKPTA

Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV6Is6PS-98

Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYNW8UmcQI

Robert Miles - One and One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSPLGzQz97M

Jon Secada - Just Another Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6LhWbQthAI

Thanks for all the great links, some really fab memories for me

I've been playing some of Bjork's stuff today, so thought I'd add some of my faves from her great Debut and Post albums:

Debut
Venus As A Boy
Violently Happy
Play Dead
Big Time Sensuality
Human Behaviour

Post
It's Oh So Quiet
Army Of Me
Hyper Ballad

They can all be found on her YT channel:

Bjork

Loving this thread gotta think of some obscure 90s songs now.

what a decade this was for good tunes.Even club music sounded good back then.

Here comes the hotstepper

Stayin alive n-trance (I think?)

mn8 I've got a little something for you

daydreamIn - taitiana Ali

Cornflake girl

There's some by the Beautiful south I can't remember but hear in my head.

The Divine Comedy - Frog Princess, something for the weekend.

"Reprazent" by Roni Size (1997) - it also has one of the best videos of all time.

Does anyone remember PJ and Duncan?

They weren't one hit wonders either....

Also - Turtles - turtle power....its a rap song by the teenage mutant ninja turtles...also...bart simpson...do the bartman and MR BLOBBY

My sister had PJ & duncans album

na na na na na - you know I'm stuck on you!!

a few gems been posted!!


4 non blondes - whats up
A Guy called Gerald - voodoo ray
Olive - your not alone
No Diggity - Blackstreet ft Dre
All my Life - KC and Jojo

thats all I can think of at the mo!!!

How Deep is your Love - Take That
Killing me softly - Fugees
Mr Smurftastic - The Smurfs
Higher State of Conciousness - Josh Wink
Ohhh ah - Gina G (mmmmmmmm)
Turn back Time - Aqua
Laid - James
Animal Nitrate - Suede
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Tears dont Lie - Mark Oh
Hyper Hyper - Scooter
3 fingers in a box - Jon of the pleased wimmin
On a ragga tip - SL2
Firestarter - Prodigy
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Everything I do - Bryan Adams
My Heart will go on - Celine Dion
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
3 Lions - The Lightening Seeds and Skinner and Badiel
Shaddupaya Face - Joe Dolchi

A lot more that come to mind:

The best things in life are free - Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross
The floor - Johnny Gill
If - Janet Jackson
That's the way love goes - Janet Jackson
Together again - Janet Jackson
To be with you - Mr Big
All that she wants - Ace of Base
Can we talk - Tevin Campbell
Exhale - Whitney Houston
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
One of Us - Joan Osborne
Give me one reason - Tracy Chapman
Last night (nutty professor OST) - Az Yet
Mouth - Merril Bainbridge
I Want you - Savage Garden
Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison
Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
You make me wanna - Usher
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
Kiss me - Sixpence None the Richer
Give it to you - Jordan Knight
A**hole - Denis Leary
Come out and Play - The Offspring
7 Seconds - Youssou N'dour & Neneh Cherry
Bizarre love triangle - Frente
Dreams - Gabrielle
Tease me - Chaka Demus and Pliers
Distant Sun - Crowded House
Sweat - Inner Circle
Glory box - Portishead
Addicted to base - Josh Abrahams
Weir - Killing Heidi
Pumping on your stereo - Supergrass
Sing it back - Moloko
Steal my kisses - Ben Harper

No accounting for taste I know, but may I throw in IMO, St. Etienne's finest chart hour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OgV4F7JzVc

Wendy Moten's ace 1993 big top 10 soul-ballad, notable on shows like X-Factor et al only by its inexplicable absence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCcHZ2_p7MA

and finally Rosie Gaines' classically, surreally gobbling-turkey-throated 1997 dance hit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKaXcQiwIL4

erm...am i missing something? the thread title is 'forgotten' tracks of the 90's.... are the lists posted here REALLY 'forgotten'?..

i was expecting tracks like 'flagpole sitta' (harvey danger), 'strumpet' (my lifes story), 'indie yarn' (trick baby) and 'dark therapy' (echobelly) ... minor hits that most HAVE possibly 'forgotten'... not major hits that are still being aired on mtv.

Does it really matter that much Mr Pedantic?

Oh I see, you wanted others to be impressed by and indulge you in your 'esoteric and eclectic name-dropping' tastes.

Yes I remember Strumpet, but I was more for The King of Kissingdom myself. I would prefer MLS's 'Duchess' cover overall though, but then I suppose that would be too 'mainstream'.

Would it be appropriate to confess to having been a minor Kenickie fan?

no m8.... but tbh i was hoping for something alittle more remote..


dont be silly theres nothing esoteric or eclectic about liking and remembering minor hits, which is what i assumed the thread was about... but never mind!

well - if you read the original OP it was:


I think all the songs posted fit what the OP was asking for but if you want to add more obscure ones then there's nothing stopping you from doing that

taken

I would probably end up hijacking the similar 80s thread (except a little less vocally!) doing exactly the same, unless I restrain myself.