Inland Empire
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I want to be mad, but seeing as We're Going to Ibiza left at fucking #44, nothing surprises me.
iheartHazey's 90s EURODANCE PARTY: Wanna go for a rate? - THE END
- Thread starter iheartpoptarts
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Je téléphone à la Hazey...
Hiya Poptarts!
Hazeyyyyyyy! These people are making me say goodbye to my 11 just before we hit top ten. *cries*
Oh, come on, mine was #47.
Fiiiiiiiiiiine.
After 5: #20
After 10: #10
After 15: #11
After 20: #11
After 25: #14
After 30: #11
Final: #11
Highest: 11 x 2 (@iheartpoptarts, @Aester) 10 x 9 (@berserkboi, @roborovsky, @dancingwithmyself, @CasuallyCrazed, @Ana Raquel, @2014, @phily693, @Remorque, @ThisIsRogue)
Lowest: 5 x 3 (@Hudweiser, @Daniel_O, @soratami)
DJHazey: 9.5
Album: Space Invaders (1994) / Another Night (1995)
Best Charts: #2 (UK), #3 (US), #1 (Australia), #5 (Belgium), #10 (Denmark), #6 (Finland), #6 (Ireland), #6 (Norway), #1 (Scotland), #1 (Zimbabwe)
(I had no idea Zimbabwe stanned Eurodance, but it seems to show up here quite a bit actually!)
Producers: Juergen Wind and Frank Hassas (and the Berman Brothers on some mixes, including the main radio one)
Awwwww, you guys. 'Another Night' just is Eurodance to me. I didn't send this one to Ultimate PJ but I later regretted it so much I ended up sending Real McCoy to the Ultimate Popstar Countdown to make up for it even though I don't even technically know all their songs.
Anyway. 'Another Night' was inspired by the seemingly random combination of the long-eliminated Captain Hollywood Project hit 'More and More', 80s bop 'Desire' by Roni Griffith, and the Coca-Coca jingle. I'm posting this one because I think I can safely assume you're already familiar with the others.
Like 'Run Away', there were two music videos, the second one filmed for the American release when they decided the space theme wasn't going to happen. Unlike 'Run Away', the US video actually came out.
The original European version, on the other hand, works the Space Invaders angle hard. It's all about that stereotypical 90s Eurodance future, only with bits and pieces of the 1920s in it. Huh?
I remember this remix being a thing, too. In addition to the usual vocals, it features some guy (or maybe it's just O-Jay again, you never know) asserting that reggae makes you dance in a rubber duck style. Or is it rub-a-dub? Anybody wanna take a guess a la Gala?
'Another Night' dominated US radio and the world was better off for it. When Billboard's Pop Songs airplay chart turned 25 last year, they put out an all-time top 100. 'Another Night' was #1.
No, really.
Look at all this spectacularly overplayed music. It beat it. All of it. No wonder I used to listen to the radio so much back then. For one brief shining moment in the 90s, they actually had it right.
You Feel Joy:
Bop with me, flawless people.
@CasuallyCrazed (10) - Pop perfection.
@phily693 (10) - What. An. Anthem. Probably the most pop chorus in this rate.
@berserkboi (10) - Another almost 11! Classic!
@Ana Raquel (10) - This song caught my attention recently tbh. I never thought of it as a bad song, but it kinda faded out compared to other songs in the eurodance playlist I listened to. However, when I listened to it on another playlist not eurodance-related, I could see how amazing this track was. For some reason, I find it relaxing, btw.
@roborovsky - (10) Takes me right back to secondary school where I dressed up as ‘MC Sar’ for a school talent show.
I like how you put 'MC Sar' in quote marks. Accurate.
@Empty Shoebox (9) - There's no real aspect of this song that's outstanding, but everything's very good and it's just a bit better than the sum of its parts.
@WowWowWowWow (9) - It must be said that without Real McCoy, there would probably be no Amber, so I feel as though I must be eternally grateful to them for that reason alone. This is memorable and classic, but Run Away is just a little more exciting and catchy for me.
O-Jay's rap skills got you guys talking. Or tawking. Or towking...
@sfmartin (8) - "I talk talk talk to you" is quite a moment.
@ohnoitisnathan (8.5) - Pretty good, but the male "I TAWK TAWK. I TAWK to you" - verses are not exactly... singing.
@Ray (8) - I toooowwwwkkk, toooowwwwwkkkkk to you!
@Cutlery (9.5) - Female vocals, nostalgic lyrics, and dare I say sensual male talking? were delivered
@Seventeen Days (8) - One of the staples on the soundtrack to my childhood. In the era where “random European dude rapping who shouldn’t be” was a prominent thing, this guy’s interesting accent really made them stand out.
And lastly, a prediction I wish had come true...
@rav4boy (8) - Probably the one that will win the rate. Never a favourite of mine.
You Feel Pain:
@Sprockrooster (6) - Average filler.
@One Stop Candy Shop (6.5) - Nice but doesn't grab my attention.
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Want more remixes? Have a whole pile of them. Hey, Armand Van Helden is here!
He/Him
Wow another night another crime of an elimination!!
Inland Empire
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Nice to see my 11 made top 10.
Though I can’t say I doubted it would nn
Though I can’t say I doubted it would nn
He/Him
I hope the rest of the results isn't people low balling what they think has a chance to win too much as a Eurodance Top 10 without Real McCoy & Amber is ridiculous! Imagine a top 5 without Vengaboys, Aqua or Alice Deejay - is that what we are getting?
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Imagine!
I really should've given "Another Night" a 10 because @iheartpoptarts gave my 11 a perfect score. But yeah #47 vs. #11, I think you did much better in the end. I think we all knew this would be the top song for Real McCoy as the "perfect pop chorus" comments were right on target.
Also, yas Zimbabwe is iconic stanning for all this Eurodance.
We kick off the Top 10 in style, because the next elimination has a new high of fifteen 10s and another 11.
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Also that intro was iconic, especially with your customary "fiiiiiiiiine" when you don't get your way. *tongue out emoji*
Also, another note. I just counted and there are exactly eighteen 11s left for the ten songs and they are spread out among nine of the songs which should add to the intrigue of how this is all going down.
Also, another note. I just counted and there are exactly eighteen 11s left for the ten songs and they are spread out among nine of the songs which should add to the intrigue of how this is all going down.
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I almost gave my 11 to a different Real McCoy song (poor "One More Time," which never stood a chance), but "Another Night" really is an all-time classic to me. As a kid, I taped it off the radio and drove my parents insane by playing it on a loop. My dad was fond of imitating that "I tawk tawk, I tawk to you." An iconic moment, for sure.
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Another Night is awesome! And colour me shocked that Barbie Girl wasn’t @iheartpoptarts 11!
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I actually had it pegged between this, Saturday Night, and another song yet to be eliminated.
Watch the top 5 be filled with '97-'99 tracks that aren't even from the golden era of Eurodance, because that's how popjustice rolls with its Millennial patronage.
Alice Deejay, Aqua and Vengaboys, here we come...
Corona's 'Baby Baby' also samples the 'woah-oh' vocal from this, and steals the "why can't we just..." melody from it:
I fear you could be right. At the risk of being hounded off here by our lovely hosts I can't help think that Aqua have overperformed with 2 songs in the Top 10. I thought Barbie Girl would have proved far more divisive. I do like it but would far rather have seen Amber get further (yes, I'm still bitter!)
he/him
Ah-ha, yeah-hey, [with opinions like that] wanna be my lover?
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This is me right now, poptarts.
Awww, why Hazey? I know we've both now lost our 11s but we still have favorites in the running..
and two of our songs are still there too.
Unfortunately I've..
gotta steal life from the fans, when they don't know I'm coming,
gotta give to the haters, no time for bluffin'
My oh my don't you cry, cause there's no way it's over,
but still I'll leave, say bye bye, and pray for better days.
*sniffling*
My oh my do you want to say goodbye,
to half the voters who didn't give a 10
My oh my do you want to say goodbye,
they will rue the day they betrayed you and I.
This is another shocker, my friends.
After 5: #13
After 10: #6
After 15: #8
After 20: #8
After 25: #7
After 30: #8
Final: #10
Leaderboard Average: #8
Right, so who thought "Barbie Girl" would be beaten by "Doctor Jones"? Not me for one. "Barbie Girl" was actually the Top Aqua/Denmark song for most of the voting period, but "Doctor Jones" made a big run late and that's all I'll say for now. Notice we still haven't gotten to any of the songs that we among the 'elite' group at the top of the leaderboard, as "Barbie Girl" was never really in contention at any point.
Highest: 11 (@Daniel_O) 10 x 15 (@iheartpoptarts, @WowWowWowWow, @Hudweiser, @Ana Raquel, @sfmartin, @soratami, @LPMA, @Sprockrooster, @One Stop Candy Shop, @Untouchable Ace, @Remorque, @Conan, @Cutlery, @ThisIsRogue, @DJHazey) 9.9 (@berserkboi) 9.8 (@P Grandson)
Lowest: 4 (@A$AP Robbie) 4.5 (@Seventeen Days) 5 (@GhettoPrincess)
Album: Aquarium (1997)
Charts: #1 (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Spain, UK) #2 (Austria) #3 (Finland) #4 (Canada, Hungary) #7 (U.S.) #15 (Iceland) #2 (Australia, Belgium, UK Year-End Charts) #94 (Billboard Year-End Chart) Diamond (France) 3x Platinum (Australia, Belgium, Sweden, UK) Platinum (Austria, Germany, new Zealand, Switzerland)
Producers: Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen
Fun Facts:
-The song was written after Claus saw a 'kitsch culture' exhibit that featured Barbie dolls.
-Aqua performed it as a part of medley of singles during the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest
-VH1 voted it #32 in their countdown of "Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever" and #88 on their 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders countdown.
-In 2007, Rolling Stones featured it as one the 20 Most Annoying Songs (later saying it was #1 for 90s Annoying Songs), the same year MuchMoreMusic featured it as #27 on the 50 Worst Guilty Pleasures list.
-In 2009, Sam Difference voted it as the #2 Ultimate Cheese-Fest countdown.
-Blender had it at #33 on their Worst Songs Ever list.
-It has been stated by music critics that "Another Night" by Real McCoy and "Barbie Girl" are essentially the same song. (and they finished #10 and #11)
-In 2000, Barbie doll makers Mattel sued MCA Records, stating that the song violated the trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object calling her a "Blonde Bimbo". They claimed it had tarnished the product and violated their marketing campaigns. Aqua responded by saying the injected their own meanings into the lyrics and countersued for defamation after Mattel called MCA Records "bank robbers".
Lower courts dismissed Mattel's lawsuit, so they tried to take it to Supreme Court but that move was rejected. The Court of Appeals said Aqua was protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution as a parody song. The judge also threw out Aqua's countersuit and told both sides "they needed to chill".
The lawsuit was well publicized and was the main reason Mattel decided to change Barbie with a slightly bigger waist, thinner hips and a B-cup bra size. Also, amazingly Mattel made their own version of "Barbie Girl" that played during their advertisements, talk about trying to get revenge.
One of my biggest memories involving the song was at a karaoke. In case know one knows the stories I've told in the forum, my first job was at an arcade/food/games place called Joker's but before I was old enough to work there my family often went there to play arcade games and get the 'all you can eat' pizza. They also had a karaoke and I remember that one guy always came every week and sang to two songs "The Way" by Fastball and "Barbie Girl". Every time. And no @iheartpoptarts, I was too nervous to go do the karaoke myself.
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
@WowWowWowWow (10) - The fact that a case was brought to the USA Supreme Court on appeal as to whether or not Mattel had a legitimate copyright infringement claim against Aqua and their record label will never cease to amaze me. As well as the fact that the lower court decision literally ends with the phrase "The parties are advised to chill." As well as the fact that a few years later, Mattel released its own version of Barbie Girl. I mean, there's not much else that can be said at this point about this game-changing song. It's the theme of this rate for goodness' sake!
@Hudweiser (10) - This was the big song the first time I ever visited a gay club, so it holds awesome memories for me. I wish the world and all those who have hailed them as some crap novelty act could hear the likes of Aquarius (the track) and Playmate to Jesus and learn how capable they were of creating genuinely amazing pop music.
@berserkboi (9.9) - Iconic!
@CasuallyCrazed (8.5) - I love that a bonkers novelty record like this managed to become a global #1 smash. Has to be one of the most camp records of all time.
@Ana Raquel (10) - While I grew up with the brazilian version, I can't help but love this more. Probably my favorite Aqua song after all.
@OspreyQueen (8) - A classic example of “oh, this song I liked as a kid is actually about sex”.
@sfmartin (10) - Spawned a number of pretenders but nothing comes close. Stands next to Wannabe, Baby One More Time and a number of others as one of those true 90s pop culture moment.
@31entrance (8.5) - an iconic childhood song (a bit overplayed though), it definitely sounds different to adult ears though I mean "you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere"? Cheeky.
@Sprockrooster (10) - Classic and a blessing to hear live. The wholecrowd chanting the song at the exact right time cause we all know the song by heart was a true moment and has only empowered my love for this song.
Amazing.
@One Stop Candy Shop (10) - Barbie Girl is iconic and 9-year old me was a huge fan of it. In fact, Barbie Girl was the first CD single I got and Aquarium was my first album. And 21 years later I’m rating it.
It's cool that it was released on my birthday, which feels so right.
@ohnoitisnathan (8.5) - Novelty re-working of the Todd Terry remix of 'Missing' with helium vocals. Catchy, though. Given an extra half a point because it ended the reign of 'Candle In the Wind '97' on the Australian chart.
@rav4boy (7.5) - The beginning of this song will never fail to get me a bit giddy and the lyrics are absolute genius.
@Cutlery (10) - It doesn’t get more iconic than this! Looks, concept, vocals and lyrics-wise
I can beg on my knees (for a higher score):
@phily693 (7) - It’s catchy but it’s so annoyingly overplayed. I can appreciate the great production though. I do love the back and forth between “Barbie” and “Ken”.
@A$AP Robbie (4) - I don't even know if I can hear it anymore, its just kind of there. I know in the UK we love a novelty record, and I like quite a few but this has never been a fave of mine.
@Ray (6) - While the plastic sonic aesthetic fits the song itself, I…can’t say I like listening to it, unless I’m in the ‘time for my worst songs ever playlist’ mood.
@Seventeen Days (4.5) - I feel like I’m gonna get some crap for giving this a mid-range rate, but this song has aged like old milk for me. I may be biased because of how much I love the "Aquarium" album.
@Empty Shoebox (7) - This would have scored a bit higher if the innuendo had been more subtle. Maybe I'd have rated it higher at the time, when the novelty factor was still there, but these years later, I can only rate it on the song, and not on the video or the aesthetic. When I do that, I just prefer their other songs.
@GhettoPrincess (5) - conic in some ways, annoying in many other ways.
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This is me right now, poptarts.
Awww, why Hazey? I know we've both now lost our 11s but we still have favorites in the running..
and two of our songs are still there too.
Unfortunately I've..
gotta steal life from the fans, when they don't know I'm coming,
gotta give to the haters, no time for bluffin'
My oh my don't you cry, cause there's no way it's over,
but still I'll leave, say bye bye, and pray for better days.
*sniffling*
My oh my do you want to say goodbye,
to half the voters who didn't give a 10
My oh my do you want to say goodbye,
they will rue the day they betrayed you and I.
This is another shocker, my friends.
#10. Aqua - Barbie Girl - 8.665
After 5: #13
After 10: #6
After 15: #8
After 20: #8
After 25: #7
After 30: #8
Final: #10
Leaderboard Average: #8
Right, so who thought "Barbie Girl" would be beaten by "Doctor Jones"? Not me for one. "Barbie Girl" was actually the Top Aqua/Denmark song for most of the voting period, but "Doctor Jones" made a big run late and that's all I'll say for now. Notice we still haven't gotten to any of the songs that we among the 'elite' group at the top of the leaderboard, as "Barbie Girl" was never really in contention at any point.
Highest: 11 (@Daniel_O) 10 x 15 (@iheartpoptarts, @WowWowWowWow, @Hudweiser, @Ana Raquel, @sfmartin, @soratami, @LPMA, @Sprockrooster, @One Stop Candy Shop, @Untouchable Ace, @Remorque, @Conan, @Cutlery, @ThisIsRogue, @DJHazey) 9.9 (@berserkboi) 9.8 (@P Grandson)
Lowest: 4 (@A$AP Robbie) 4.5 (@Seventeen Days) 5 (@GhettoPrincess)
Album: Aquarium (1997)
Charts: #1 (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Spain, UK) #2 (Austria) #3 (Finland) #4 (Canada, Hungary) #7 (U.S.) #15 (Iceland) #2 (Australia, Belgium, UK Year-End Charts) #94 (Billboard Year-End Chart) Diamond (France) 3x Platinum (Australia, Belgium, Sweden, UK) Platinum (Austria, Germany, new Zealand, Switzerland)
Producers: Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen
Fun Facts:
-The song was written after Claus saw a 'kitsch culture' exhibit that featured Barbie dolls.
-Aqua performed it as a part of medley of singles during the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest
-VH1 voted it #32 in their countdown of "Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever" and #88 on their 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders countdown.
-In 2007, Rolling Stones featured it as one the 20 Most Annoying Songs (later saying it was #1 for 90s Annoying Songs), the same year MuchMoreMusic featured it as #27 on the 50 Worst Guilty Pleasures list.
-In 2009, Sam Difference voted it as the #2 Ultimate Cheese-Fest countdown.
-Blender had it at #33 on their Worst Songs Ever list.
-It has been stated by music critics that "Another Night" by Real McCoy and "Barbie Girl" are essentially the same song. (and they finished #10 and #11)
-In 2000, Barbie doll makers Mattel sued MCA Records, stating that the song violated the trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object calling her a "Blonde Bimbo". They claimed it had tarnished the product and violated their marketing campaigns. Aqua responded by saying the injected their own meanings into the lyrics and countersued for defamation after Mattel called MCA Records "bank robbers".
Lower courts dismissed Mattel's lawsuit, so they tried to take it to Supreme Court but that move was rejected. The Court of Appeals said Aqua was protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution as a parody song. The judge also threw out Aqua's countersuit and told both sides "they needed to chill".
The lawsuit was well publicized and was the main reason Mattel decided to change Barbie with a slightly bigger waist, thinner hips and a B-cup bra size. Also, amazingly Mattel made their own version of "Barbie Girl" that played during their advertisements, talk about trying to get revenge.
One of my biggest memories involving the song was at a karaoke. In case know one knows the stories I've told in the forum, my first job was at an arcade/food/games place called Joker's but before I was old enough to work there my family often went there to play arcade games and get the 'all you can eat' pizza. They also had a karaoke and I remember that one guy always came every week and sang to two songs "The Way" by Fastball and "Barbie Girl". Every time. And no @iheartpoptarts, I was too nervous to go do the karaoke myself.
Life if in plastic, it's fantastic!
@WowWowWowWow (10) - The fact that a case was brought to the USA Supreme Court on appeal as to whether or not Mattel had a legitimate copyright infringement claim against Aqua and their record label will never cease to amaze me. As well as the fact that the lower court decision literally ends with the phrase "The parties are advised to chill." As well as the fact that a few years later, Mattel released its own version of Barbie Girl. I mean, there's not much else that can be said at this point about this game-changing song. It's the theme of this rate for goodness' sake!
@Hudweiser (10) - This was the big song the first time I ever visited a gay club, so it holds awesome memories for me. I wish the world and all those who have hailed them as some crap novelty act could hear the likes of Aquarius (the track) and Playmate to Jesus and learn how capable they were of creating genuinely amazing pop music.
@berserkboi (9.9) - Iconic!
@CasuallyCrazed (8.5) - I love that a bonkers novelty record like this managed to become a global #1 smash. Has to be one of the most camp records of all time.
@Ana Raquel (10) - While I grew up with the brazilian version, I can't help but love this more. Probably my favorite Aqua song after all.
@OspreyQueen (8) - A classic example of “oh, this song I liked as a kid is actually about sex”.
@sfmartin (10) - Spawned a number of pretenders but nothing comes close. Stands next to Wannabe, Baby One More Time and a number of others as one of those true 90s pop culture moment.
@31entrance (8.5) - an iconic childhood song (a bit overplayed though), it definitely sounds different to adult ears though I mean "you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere"? Cheeky.
@Sprockrooster (10) - Classic and a blessing to hear live. The wholecrowd chanting the song at the exact right time cause we all know the song by heart was a true moment and has only empowered my love for this song.
Amazing.
@One Stop Candy Shop (10) - Barbie Girl is iconic and 9-year old me was a huge fan of it. In fact, Barbie Girl was the first CD single I got and Aquarium was my first album. And 21 years later I’m rating it.
It's cool that it was released on my birthday, which feels so right.
@ohnoitisnathan (8.5) - Novelty re-working of the Todd Terry remix of 'Missing' with helium vocals. Catchy, though. Given an extra half a point because it ended the reign of 'Candle In the Wind '97' on the Australian chart.
@rav4boy (7.5) - The beginning of this song will never fail to get me a bit giddy and the lyrics are absolute genius.
@Cutlery (10) - It doesn’t get more iconic than this! Looks, concept, vocals and lyrics-wise
I can beg on my knees (for a higher score):
@phily693 (7) - It’s catchy but it’s so annoyingly overplayed. I can appreciate the great production though. I do love the back and forth between “Barbie” and “Ken”.
@A$AP Robbie (4) - I don't even know if I can hear it anymore, its just kind of there. I know in the UK we love a novelty record, and I like quite a few but this has never been a fave of mine.
@Ray (6) - While the plastic sonic aesthetic fits the song itself, I…can’t say I like listening to it, unless I’m in the ‘time for my worst songs ever playlist’ mood.
@Seventeen Days (4.5) - I feel like I’m gonna get some crap for giving this a mid-range rate, but this song has aged like old milk for me. I may be biased because of how much I love the "Aquarium" album.
@Empty Shoebox (7) - This would have scored a bit higher if the innuendo had been more subtle. Maybe I'd have rated it higher at the time, when the novelty factor was still there, but these years later, I can only rate it on the song, and not on the video or the aesthetic. When I do that, I just prefer their other songs.
@GhettoPrincess (5) - conic in some ways, annoying in many other ways.
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