Can you think of any?
interesting choice based on my vague description.
No it was vaguely Brit poppy. Like a barren basement Dodgy or Space
Google brought up that as the closest match to the lyrics you gave. I played around with them a bit more this morning at home and think I've found it. Reached No.69 in the UK in April 99
Sound 5 - Ala Kaboo
by Jove you got it!
Pretty much no info about them online. It tickles something in the back of my head where I might have heard it before but only once or twice.
myself and my brother have been ditching for it for ages
https://www.discogs.com/artist/5925-Sound-5
Anybody remember a singer called Leanna/Liana (something like that) around 1998/1999. She released a pop/hip hop track with a Pulp Fiction-esque guitar riff and it had some silly lyrics. Crazy black hair I think she was from the UK. Defo not Leann Rimes.
Anymore context? Do you know if it charted here or the UK? I've a few days off so can spend a bit of time to research for you.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
The lyrics were similar to "Hit me with your rhythm stick" but it wasn't that.
Was it definitely 90's? I'm thinking Lene Lovich but thats late 70's
Think so, not sure what exact year.
Maybe Leilani? She had 2 top 40 hits in 99 with one matching the description of her hair and the other matching the sound.
Leilani - Do You Want Me
Madness Thing
Fun fact she was runner up on the BBC series Survivor.
That's her, thank you!!!
I knew it was something like that and that the song had sound/lyrics like that but the exact name escaped me.
Whilst looking for Leilani I came across these two songs that are completely different but linked and in the chart at the same time. Reaching No.10
Vonda Shepard - Searchin My Soul
And reaching No.21
Trubble - Dancing Baby (Ooga Chaka)
Both linked by Ally McBeal.
1990 charity single for Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Hazel O’Connor and 5 2fm DJs. What did I do wrong? (RIP Simon Young & Tony Fenton)
I think the others included Lorcan Murray, Gerry Wilson and Electric Eddie
Reached No.16 and I think you're right with the line-up although the name Jocks & Co. isn't great.
Since I am going to see him this week...
Meja - All 'Bout the Money
I've already mentioned this song on the forgotten 2000s hits forum, but can't post it there because it's from 1998. So it belongs here. Swedish singer Meja reached number 12 in the UK with this in October 1998, and it definitely had plenty airplay on 2FM here, though it seems it didn't chart. Meja had only one followup single make the charts in the UK and Ireland, a duet with Ricky Martin in April 2000. We haven't heard from her since. Wikipedia says her last album release was in 2015.
Speaking of Rhymin' Simon, there was a cover of "The 59th Street Bridge Song" played on Irish radio quite a bit in the late 90s/early 00s. Anybody remember it?
British indie band Popinjays released it as a B-side on their I'm A Believer EP in 1992. Don't know if that's what you are thinking of?
Oh I remember that one, the “dum di dum” bit. I was starting to get worried, I hadn’t recognised a song on this thread for a while.
I think that might be it! Although it got a fair bit of play on Irish radio some seven or eight years later. Ring a bell with you?
Considering it was a B-side from 1992, it's remarkable that I remember hearing it on Irish radio at a young age around 1999 (I turned five that year).
There seems to have been a version by Mya used in a 2003 Gap commercial. It was never released and only a small clip of it is available. They're the only two showing up anywhere near that timeline. It could just be a DJ liked the Popinjay version and played it
This appeared on a YouTube playlist-
Sleeper - Statuesque - 1996
it don’t chart in Ireland but was around the 20’s in the UK.
Apparently, it was on the Trainspotting film soundtrack.
I see your Sleeper and raise you my Echobelly.
Blink (1994) Happy Day (follow up to Going to Nepal)
Somebody on RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2FM or even Today FM seemed pretty fond of the Popinjays' version around 1999/2000.
The Lemonheads - "Mrs. Robinson"
This one's fairly well-known, but do you hear it on the radio much these days?
It was recorded to mark the 25th anniversary of The Graduate back in 1992.
Heard it a few times recently.
