Thirtieth Anniversary Music Poll 1993-2023

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Before year's end, I would like to find out people's favorite songs were from 1993 (thirty years ago). You can pick more than one.

I will randomly pick top MTV hits from the year of 1993, and list them in the poll to see what people liked best.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

Um not sure but what about black and white by Michael Jackson what year was that.
Or I'll make love to you by boys to men. You know my sister listened to both I'll make love to you and I'll always love you by Whitney Houston so many times.
And madonna and 80s kylie.

 

[SusanLR]

It's in my signature here.
Living on the Edge

 

[Cryptid]

Uhh . . . None of the above?

 

[Outdated]

I wracked my brain and nothing came to mind, certainly none of the above. I searched on the net, nothing in the official Aussie hottest hits list really struck me as likeable. So I went to the actual hottest 100 list for that year, the one that much more greatly reflects the Aussie music scene, from the radio station Triple J.

1993 just wasn't a great year for music, according to Triple J this was the most popular song for that year in Australia, and that says it all really. And no, we don't censor songs in Australia.

 

[tazz]

1993...

Cannonball - The Breeders
Regularly hits the lists of top songs of the 90's, and even made Rolling Stone 500 Best Songs of All Time according to wikipedia.

 

[Forest Cat]

1993...

Cannonball - The Breeders
Regularly hits the lists of top songs of the 90's, and even made Rolling Stone 500 Best Songs of All Time according to wikipedia.

That was my favorite song for a while. That and "Safari".

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

1993...

Cannonball - The Breeders
Regularly hits the lists of top songs of the 90's, and even made Rolling Stone 500 Best Songs of All Time according to wikipedia.

OH MAN!! I really missed the mark with this poll. I didn't see this song on the list. I was, however, just scrolling through and picking randomly from a list of a hundred songs. This is still one of my favorite songs. But are you sure it wasn't 91 or 92 when it came out?

 

[Outdated]

Was it really the song of the year?

According to Triple J radio in Australia, yes. They used to release a double CD album every year with their greatest hits as voted by the people, not sure if they still do or not.

Triple J Hottest 100, 1993 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[tazz]

OH MAN!! I really missed the mark with this poll. I didn't see this song on the list. I was, however, just scrolling through and picking randomly from a list of a hundred songs. This is still one of my favorite songs. But are you sure it wasn't 91 or 92 when it came out?

I think they released a 30 year anniversary edition earlier this year.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I wonder if Blind Melon's "No Rain" was 1993, because I still adore that song. I feel like it was 92 though.

 

[tazz]

I wonder if Blind Melon's "No Rain" was 1993, because I still adore that song. I feel like it was 92 though.

1993

No Rain - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

1993

No Rain - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Daaang. Too bad I can't add songs to the poll.

 

[tkcartoonist]

Here Comes The War by New Model Army

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Out of the list, I voted for Nirvana. I like the Four Non Blondes song, too. Also:

The Juliet Letters - Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet
Star - Belly
Rift - Phish
"Come Undone," "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" - Sting
"Linger" - The Cranberries
Frank Black - Frank Black
"Walking in My Shoes" - Depeche Mode
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab
"Ruined in a Day" - New Order
Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
Neil Young Unplugged
Transmissions From the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
Debut - Bjork
Zooropa - U2
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
Kerosene Hat - Cracker
Last Splash - The Breeders
Wild Wood - Paul Weller
In Utero - Nirvana
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs
God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
MTV Unplugged - 10,000 Maniacs
"Buddha of Suburbia" - David Bowie
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
The Black Rider - Tom Waits

 

[Forest Cat]

Tool - Undertow album One of the highlights of '93.


And this was also 1993:

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Tool - Undertow album One of the highlights of '93.


And this was also 1993:

OMG Yes! I loved Tool and Porno For Pyros/Jane's Addiciton.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Out of the list, I voted for Nirvana. I like the Four Non Blondes song, too. Also:

The Juliet Letters - Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet
Star - Belly
Rift - Phish
"Come Undone," "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" - Sting
"Linger" - The Cranberries
Frank Black - Frank Black
"Walking in My Shoes" - Depeche Mode
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab
"Ruined in a Day" - New Order
Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
Neil Young Unplugged
Transmissions From the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
Debut - Bjork
Zooropa - U2
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
Kerosene Hat - Cracker
Last Splash - The Breeders
Wild Wood - Paul Weller
In Utero - Nirvana
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Gentlemen - The Afghan Whigs
God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
MTV Unplugged - 10,000 Maniacs
"Buddha of Suburbia" - David Bowie
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
The Black Rider - Tom Waits

OMG Cranberries were 1993 as well? I thought they were earlier.

 

[MNAus]

From a rock/metal point of view, you've got Undertow, Anthrax Sound of White Noise (which I really enjoyed, even if it wasn't old school Anthrax), Wolverine Blues Entombed, Paradise Lost Icon. But for me, up alongside Tool is Carcass Heartwork and Pitchshifter Desensitised. Another great year. Maybe I was more naive, but music then seemed so much less self aware.

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Wolverine Blues Entombed

I've never heard this, but remember seeing lots of ads for it in comic books, in 1993.