Boardsies Greatest Irish No.1 of the 90s

Kolido

Welcome to Boardsies Greatest Irish No.1 of the 90s

162 songs have topped the Irish singles charts during the 90s, one of the greatest decades in music.

Now it is time to find which is the greatest as voted by Boardsies.


Format.

A qualifying round will feature the songs which spent 1 or 2 weeks at the top (those which spent 2 weeks will be seeded) - 80 songs, 40 matches
The 6 best placed losing songs in the qualifying round will also go into round 1
A quota and time limit will be used in the early round, I will specify this before each round

ChannelNo5

I caught a bit of TOTP2 on BBC at the weekend and it was from 1990. pretty much every song was awful! So looking forward this. Theres going to be some horrors!!

abff

Not sure that I agree with your statement that the 90s was one of the greatest decades in music. But maybe I’ll change my mind when I’m reminded of the songs that got to number 1 during that decade?

the purple tin

90s was a great decade for music. Unfortunately most of the good stuff never got into the Irish charts (like any decade).
Is that a pictue of Shampoo in the OP?
:eek: That does not bode well.

Declan A Walsh

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

I caught a bit of TOTP2 on BBC at the weekend and it was from 1990. pretty much every song was awful! So looking forward this. Theres going to be some horrors!!

I saw repeats of the original Top of The Pops editions from 1990 on BBC4 over the weekend. They are making their way through each year, currently two weeks at a time, every week. If that's what you meant, that was not TOTP2, which are special editions with humourous off-camera commentary and some information on screen.

I have to admit that I record most of those episodes, but not all. Even then, I end up skipping through much of the songs - the advantage of recording! Often my favourite parts are the charts countdowns!

Kolido

the purple tin wrote: »

90s was a great decade for music. Unfortunately most of the good stuff never got into the Irish charts (like any decade).
Is that a pictue of Shampoo in the OP?
:eek: That does not bode well.

I just grabbed that from a quick Google search, the acts in that picture may not appear in this contest.

Kolido

Qualifying Round

First to 7 votes or 1 hour time limit
If there is a tie, 30 mins golden vote rule. If there is still a tie, I will vote.

Will put up the first few matches shortly, let's see how this goes.

the purple tin

Kolido wrote: »

I just grabbed that from a quick Google search, the acts in that picture may not appear in this contest.

That's a relief. I don't want any trouble. :pac:

ChannelNo5

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I saw repeats of the original Top of The Pops editions from 1990 on BBC4 over the weekend. They are making their way through each year, currently two weeks at a time, every week. If that's what you meant, that was not TOTP2, which are special editions with humourous off-camera commentary and some information on screen.

I have to admit that I record most of those episodes, but not all. Even then, I end up skipping through much of the songs - the advantage of recording! Often my favourite parts are the charts countdowns!

Yeah that's what i meant. Awful stuff. Vanilla ice was No.1 i think? Timmy Mallett was in there too with some shocker about kissing in the back with fred or some such rubbish.

SineadSpears

Missed the last one so was looking forward to this

Kolido

Q/M1

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways

Q/M2

Bon Jovi - Always Vs Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

Q/M3

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Vs Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Q/M4

Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo Vs Simply Red - Fairground

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always Vs Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Vs Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo Vs Simply Red - Fairground

cee_jay

U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Simply Red - Fairground

Declan A Walsh

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways - Easy: a good U2 song versus a tiresome U2 song!

Bon Jovi - Always Vs Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby - ABSTAIN: Extremely dull song versus an annoyingly catchy song!

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Vs Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo Vs Simply Red - Fairground - That's a new one for me - interesting. Easily beats one of Simply Red's worst songs!

Might get a bit of work done now!

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (sorry! Not a bon jovi fan)

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo I never heard this before, but seeing as I lived there for little while and I cannot stand simply red, this wins!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

U2 - Mysterious Ways

Bon Jovi - Always

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven

Simply Red - Fairground

Zaph

U2 - Mysterious Ways
Abstain
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Abstain

ShaneU

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always Vs Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Vs Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo Vs Simply Red - Fairground

Necro

Bon Jovi - Always

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

Abstain on the rest

Purgative

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Bon Jovi - Always
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Simply Red - Fairground

SineadSpears

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always Vs Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Vs Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo Vs Simply Red - Fairground

the purple tin

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Bon Jovi - Always
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo

ChannelNo5

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always Vs Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Vs Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo Vs Simply Red - Fairground

Cosmo Kramer

U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Simply Red - Fairground

Irish Aris

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) - My most favourite U2 song
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby - Sorry Kolido, Always not my favourite Bon Jovi song
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping - close call, but have great memories dancing this in night clubs
Simply Red - Fairground - I just find the other song a bit boring

Collie D

Q/M1
U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Vs U2 - Mysterious Ways

Kolido

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!) 7 Vs 6 U2 - Mysterious Ways
Bon Jovi - Always 7 Vs 2 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven 7 Vs 5 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Rain / Various Artists - Candle for Kosovo 3 Vs 7 Simply Red - Fairground

Kolido

Q/M5

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Vs Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do

Q/M6

Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - That Sounds Good To Me Vs Take That - Never Forget

Q/M7

Boyzone - So Good Vs Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide

Q/M8

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Vs Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Vs Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - That Sounds Good To Me Vs Take That - Never Forget
Boyzone - So Good Vs Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Vs Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

Necro

Take That - Never Forget

Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

A terrible group!

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

Take That - Never Forget

Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide

Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

ChannelNo5

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Vs Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do Urgh!! These two are so bad i cant pick one
Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - That Sounds Good To Me Vs Take That - Never Forget
Boyzone - So Good Vs Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Vs Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

Collie D

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Vs Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - That Sounds Good To Me Vs Take That - Never Forget
Boyzone - So Good Vs Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Vs Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

Zaph

Abstain
Take That - Never Forget
Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

the purple tin

Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Take That - Never Forget
Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody


Sweet Jesus! I never thought I would vote for Fake Hat. Fec-kin Jive Bunny :mad:

Declan A Walsh

I refuse to vote for any of them - I abstain!

Zaph

the purple tin wrote: »

Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Take That - Never Forget
Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody


Sweet Jesus! I never thought I would vote for Fake Hat. Fec-kin Jive Bunny :mad:

To be fair, it's Take That's one decent song, but even if you don't like it Jive Bunny cannot be allowed to progress so you did the right thing.

Purgative

Necro wrote: »

Take That - Never Forget

Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

Same please Kol

Irish Aris

Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Take That - Never Forget
Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

cee_jay

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Take That - Never Forget
Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

Kolido

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) 3 Vs 2 Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - That Sounds Good To Me Vs 7 Take That - Never Forget
Boyzone - So Good Vs 7 Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 6 Vs 3 Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

Another 4 and we can continue in the evening, though there is a ball game on also

Kolido

Q/M9

Scatman John - Scatman Vs Macy Gray - I Try

Q/M10

U2 - Discothèque Vs Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode

Q/M11

Boyzone - Father and Son Vs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

Q/M12

Watch Your House - Ooh Aah Paul McGrath Vs Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Scatman John - Scatman Vs Macy Gray - I Try
U2 - Discothèque Vs Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Boyzone - Father and Son Vs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Watch Your House - Ooh Aah Paul McGrath Vs Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Scatman John - Scatman

Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode

Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

ChannelNo5

Jesus God these are worse than I feared. I'm loving it! :pac:

Scatman John - Scatman Vs Macy Gray - I Try
U2 - Discothèque Vs Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Boyzone - Father and Son Vs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Watch Your House - Ooh Aah Paul McGrath Vs Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

cee_jay

Macy Gray - I Try
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Collie D

Scatman John - Scatman Vs Macy Gray - I Try
U2 - Discothèque Vs Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Boyzone - Father and Son Vs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Watch Your House - Ooh Aah Paul McGrath Vs Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Necro

Scatman John - Scatman

Boyzone - Father and Son

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Purgative

Macy Gray - I Try

Boyzone - Father and Son
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Irish Aris

Macy Gray - I Try
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Boyzone - Father and Son
Abstain on the last one

Also Starring LeVar Burton

cee_jay wrote: »

Macy Gray - I Try
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

Same for me

Declan A Walsh

Scatman John - Scatman Vs Macy Gray - I Try - ABSTAIN

U2 - Discothèque Vs Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode

Boyzone - Father and Son Vs Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

Watch Your House - Ooh Aah Paul McGrath Vs Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger - First time hearing that one!

Might be late, but what the heck - haven't counted!

Collie D

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Watch Your House - Ooh Aah Paul McGrath Vs Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger - First time hearing that one!

I've a signed vinyl copy of that somewhere Wanted to vote for it but I'm a big Oasis fan

EDIT: Feck it, I'm changing my vote. There'll be plenty more Oasis but there's only one Paul McGrath.

HildaOgdenx

Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger