90 Percent Hits Podcast

It’s been 2ish years and 15 days since we took the time to release a 90 Percent Hits podcast, but we’re back, for a special episode, to pick out our favourite tunes by Prince. After all, Prince is most associated with the 1980s, but for anyone around in the early 1990s, he was as big as he’d ever been. Back when we were a regular podcast covering the #1 singles of the 1990s, we discussed ‘Cream’ by Prince and ‘The Most Beautiful Girl In The RoomWorld’ by Prince Symbol The Artist For Squiggly, along with Prince-written songs like Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ and Martika’s ‘Love…Thy Will Be Done’. To love pop music in the early 1990s is to have been exposed to Prince Rogers Nelson. So (sadly) this is a commemoration of the life of our dearly beloved Squiggly (as he was known for much of the 1990s). Episode …40ish: 90 Percent Prince! In terms of what songs we each picked…well, you’ll just have to listen, won’t you?

In this ‘final episode’ of 90 Percent Hits, we look back on the experience of having to discuss these #1s. We ended up covering over a hundred of the things, all up, and we wondered what, if anything, we learned in the process (we make jokes, too). Episode 39: The Final Episode But don’t worry, we’re not done. It’s not really final final. This is more John Farnham announcing his ‘last’ tour final. Plans are afoot to cover other aspects of the musical 1990s in the usual us-talking-on-a-podcast form. After all, the #1 singles are just one way of looking at what’s going on…so stay tuned!

In this ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ episode, we each pick one song that was amongst the top 100 best selling singles of 1998! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 38: Garbage, New Radicals, Killing Heidi, & Lauryn Hill  Featuring: ‘When I Grow Up’ by Garbage (#22 in August 1999) ‘You Get What You Give’ by New Radicals (#13 in May 1999) ‘Weir’ by Killing Heidi (#6 in December 1999) ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ by Lauryn Hill (#8 in March 1999, as a double a-side with ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss four #1 singles in Australia from the very end of 1999. That’s it folks. No more 90s. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 36: The Offspring, Cher, Britney Spears, TLC, & Sixpence None The Richer Featuring: ‘If You Had My Love’ by the Jennifer Lopez (#1 for 3 weeks, 11th July 1999) ‘Last Kiss’ by Pearl Jam (#1 for 7 weeks, 1st August 1999) ‘Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of…)’ by Lou Bega (#1 for 8 weeks, 19th September 1999) ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee)’ by Eiffel 65 (#1 for 9 weeks, 14th November 1999) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss five #1 singles in Australia from the very end of 1998 and the first half of 1999. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 36: The Offspring, Cher, Britney Spears, TLC, & Sixpence None The Richer Featuring: ‘Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)’ by the Offspring (#1 for 6 weeks, 12th December 1998) ‘Believe’ by Cher (#1 for 5 weeks, 24th January 1999) ‘…Baby One More Time’ by Britney Spears (#1 for 9 weeks, 28th February 1999) ‘No Scrubs’ by TLC (#1 for 7 weeks, 2nd May 1999) ‘Kiss Me’ by Sixpence None The Richer (#1 for 3 weeks, 20th June 1999) Enjoy!

In this ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ episode, we each pick one song that was amongst the top 100 best selling singles of 1998! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 35: Barenaked Ladies, Regurgitator, Ben Folds Five, The Living End  Featuring: ‘One Week’ by the Barenaked Ladies (#16 for 2 weeks, November 1998) ‘Polyester Girl’ by Regurgitator (#14 for 1 week, August 1998) ‘Brick’ by Ben Folds Five (#13 for 1 week, August 1998) ‘Prisoner Of Society’ by The Living End (#4 for 5 weeks, May-June 1998, on the Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society EP) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss five #1 singles in Australia from towards the end of 1998. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 34: Goo Goo Dolls, Lighthouse Family, Aerosmith, B*Witched, & Jennifer Paige Featuring: ‘Iris’ by Goo Goo Dolls (#1 for 5 weeks, 2nd August 1998) ‘High’ by Lighthouse Family (#1 for 1 week, 6th September 1998) ‘I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing’ by Aerosmith (#1 for 9 weeks, 13th September 1998) ‘Rollercoaster’ by B*Witched (#1 for 2 weeks, 15th November 1998) ‘Crush’ by Jennifer Paige (#1 for 2 weeks, 29th November 1998) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss five #1 singles in Australia from the middle of 1998. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 33: All Saints, Shania Twain, Steps, K-Ci & JoJo, & Ricky Martin Featuring: ‘Never Ever’ by All Saints(#1 for 7 weeks, 22nd March 1998) ‘You’re Still The One’ by Shania Twain (#1 for 4 weeks, 10th May 1998) ‘5, 6, 7, 8’ by Steps (#1 for 1 week, 7th June 1998) ‘All My Life’ by K-Ci & JoJo (#1 for 1 week, 14th June 1998) ‘The Cup Of Life’/’Maria’ by Ricky Martin (#1 for 6 weeks, 21st June 1998) Enjoy!

In this end-of-year ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ episode, we each pick a favourite song from 2013! After all, while we’re all definitely still hopeless nostalgists with fond memories of the 1990s, there’s still plenty of awesome music being made today, and we all still listen to it and like to talk about it. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things (sorry about the lack of tumblr posts last week – Christmas and New Year got in the way – we’re back on track now). Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs or your favourites of 2013, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 32: Frank Turner, Kacey Musgraves, Paramore, & Josh Ritter Featuring: ‘Recovery’ by Frank Turner (#75 in the UK, from a UK #2 album Tape Deck Heart) ‘Follow Your Arrow’ by Kacey Musgraves (#28 on the US Hot Country Songs chart, from a US #2 album Same Trailer, Different Park) ‘Still Into You’ by Paramore (#5 single in Australia, from the Australian #1 album Paramore) ‘New Lover’ by Josh Ritter (from the US #22 album Beast In Its Tracks) Enjoy!

In this ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ episode, we each pick one song that was amongst the top 100 best selling singles of 1997! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 31: Spiderbait, Third Eye Blind, The Cardigans, & Blur Featuring: ‘Calypso’ by Spiderbait ‘Semi-Charmed Life’ by Third Eye Blind ‘Lovefool’ by The Cardigans ‘Song 2’ by Blur Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss five #1 singles in Australia from the end of 1997 and start of 1998. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 30: Aqua, Chumbawamba, Aqua, Celine Dion, & Jason Nevins vs Run DMC Featuring: ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua (#1 for 3 weeks, 16th November 1997) ‘Tubthumping’ by Chumbawamba (#1 for 3 weeks, 7th December 1997) ‘Dr Jones’ by Aqua (#1 for 7 weeks, 28th December 1997) ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Celine Dion (#1 for 4 weeks, 15th February 1998) ‘It’s Like That’ by Run DMC vs Jason Nevins (#1 for 1 week, 15th March 1998) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss five #1 singles in Australia from the middle of 1997. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 29: Savage Garden, Hanson, Puff Daddy etc, Will Smith, Elton John Featuring: ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ by Savage Garden (#1 for 8 weeks, 6th April 1997) ‘MMMBop’ by Hanson (#1 for 9 weeks, 1st June 1997) ‘I’ll Be Missing You’ by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans feat. 112 (#1 for 5 weeks, 3rd August 1997) ‘Men In Black’ by Will Smith (#1 for 4 weeks, 7th September 1997) ‘Candle In The Wind 1997/Something In The Way You Look Tonight’ by Elton John (#1 for 6 weeks, 5th October 1997) Enjoy!

In this ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ episode, we each pick one song that was amongst the top 100 best selling singles of 1995! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 28: Presidents of the USA, Bjork, The Smashing Pumpkins, & Everclear  Featuring: ‘Lump’ by the Presidents of the United States of America (#11 for 2 weeks, January-February 1996) ‘It’s Oh So Quiet’ by Björk (#6 for 1 week, March 1996) ‘1979’ by The Smashing Pumpkins (#17 for 2 weeks, April 1996) ‘Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)’ by Everclear (#25 for 2  weeks, August 1996) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss five #1 singles in Australia from the end of 1996 and start of 1997. As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 27: Los Del Rio, Spice Girls, Savage Garden, Silverchair, No Doubt Featuring: ‘Macarena’ by Los Del Rio (#1 for 9 weeks, 31st August 1996) ‘Wannabe’ by Spice Girls (#1 for 11 weeks, 2nd November 1996) ‘To The Moon And Back’ by Savage Garden (#1 for 1 week, 19th January 1997) ‘Freak’ by Silverchair (#1 for 2 weeks, 26th January 1997) ‘Don’t Speak’ by No Doubt (#1 for 8 weeks, 9th February 1997) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss one #1 singles in Australia from the first half of 1996! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 26: OMC, George Michael, Metallica, Fugees, & Celine Dion Featuring: ‘How Bizarre’ by OMC (#1 for 5 weeks, 13th April 1996) ‘Fastlove’ by George Michael (#1 for 2 weeks, 18th May 1996, and another 2 weeks, 8th June) ‘Until It Sleeps’ by Metallica (#1 for 1 week, 1st June 1996) ‘Killing Me Softly’ by Fugees (#1 for 7 weeks, 22nd June 1996) ‘Because You Loved Me/Power Of The Dream’ by Celine Dion (#1 for 3 weeks, 10th August 1995) Enjoy!

In this ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ episode, we each pick one song that was amongst the top 100 best selling singles of 1995! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 25: Alanis Morissette, Foo Fighters, Edwyn Collins, & Chris Isaak Featuring: ‘You Oughta Know’ by Alanis Morissette (#4 for 1 week, October 1995) ‘This Is A Call’ by Foo Fighters (#9 for 1 week, July 1995) ‘A Girl Like You’ by Edwyn Collins (#6 for 1 week, March 1995) ‘Somebody’s Crying’ by Chris Isaak (#5 for 1 week, August 1995) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss one #1 singles in Australia from the end of 1995, and four #1 singles from the start of 1996! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 24: Coolio, George Michael, Shaggy, Oasis, & Joan Osborne Featuring: ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ by Coolio (#1 for 13 weeks, 21st October 1995) ‘Jesus To A Child’ by George Michael (#1 for 2 weeks, 20th January 1996) ‘Boombastic’ by Shaggy (#1 for 1 week, 3rd February 1996, and 4 weeks, 17th February 1996) ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis (#1 for 1 week, 10th February 1996) ‘One Of Us’ by Joan Osborne (#1 for 4 weeks, 16th March 1995) Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss 5 #1 singles in Australia from the second half of 1995! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 23: U2, Jann Arden, Seal, Mariah Carey, & N-Trance Featuring: ‘Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me’ by U2 (#1 for 6 weeks, 8th July 1995) ‘Insensitive’ by Jann Arden (#1 for 1 week, 19th August 1995) ‘Kiss From A Rose’ by Seal (#1 for 6 weeks, 26th August 1995) ‘Fantasy’ by Mariah Carey (#1 for 1 week, 7th October 1995) ‘Stayin’ Alive’ by N-Trance (#1 for 1 week, 14th October 1995)

In this episode we discuss 5 #1 singles in Australia from the first half of 1995! As ever, make sure to check the tumblr over the next week as we’ll be posting more stuff about these songs and related things. Feel free to comment underneath the podcast tumblr post to tell us about your experiences with the songs, or to drop us a line at twitter, Facebook or the gmail (all of which have the username 90percenthits, of course). And it looks good if you rate us or review us on iTunes. And we’re always keen to hear other people’s experiences with these songs! Episode 22: MC Sar & The Real McCoy, Hocus Pocus, Take That, Merril Bainbridge, & Bryan Adams Featuring: ‘Another Night’ by MC Sar & The Real McCoy (#1 for 6 weeks, 4th February 1995) ‘Here’s Johnny’ by Hocus Pocus (#1 for 6 weeks, 25th March 1995) ‘Back For Good’ by Take That (#1 for 2 weeks, 6th May 1995) ‘Mouth’ by Merril Bainbridge (#1 for 6 weeks, 20th May 1995) ‘Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?’ by Bryan Adams (#1 for 1 week, 1st July 1995) Enjoy!

When we put together the podcast, we usually end up talking for up to two hours, and then have to edit it down. Sometimes when we edit it down, we end up removing good-enough bits, mostly for time, sometimes because we figure we got a bit off-topic. Circa the 1992 podcasts, we started keeping the best out-takes for a future episode. This is that episode. Episode 21: 90% Bits Volume 1 (1992-1994 Outtakes) Honestly, this is not the place to start with this podcast if you’ve never listened to it before, as it will probably be a little confusing. It’s the disc 2 on the Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition of that album you like, or the 2-DVD Deluxe Edition of the movie. There’s some unheard gems, there’s some alternative versions, and some stuff that’s probably a little self-indulgent. But you’ll get a better sense of what the podcast is like behind the scenes.