# Best of the Rest of the Top 40: 1995 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148 "2015-03-16T21:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/21 "2015-03-17T13:59:38Z")
None of the above? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/22 "2015-03-17T14:19:03Z")
I’m torn between Blues Traveler and Sheryl Crow. “Strong Enough” is one of my favorite Sheryl Crow songs. Do I vote for Sheryl to help her catch up with the leaders? Or do I vote for Blues Traveler to keep them ahead of Hootie? (I liked Hootie at the time, but they haven’t worn well IMHO.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/23 "2015-03-17T14:31:05Z")
I hardly know any of these, but I really liked “You Gotta Be”. When I feel like crying, that song braces me up some. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/24 "2015-03-17T15:13:58Z")
I was sorely tempted to vote for either of the Real McCoy songs but then I saw Blues Traveler. As the only jam band I can tolerate, I’ve got to give it to them. Although I do like the Nicki French version of “Total Eclipse,” it’s not as good as the [literal video version](https://youtu.be/fsgWUq0fdKk). I’ve also come to the realization that my secret love for early-to-mid 90’s Eurodance is no longer a secret. _is ashamed_ ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/25 "2015-03-17T17:34:27Z")
Gotta believe this is the weakest year of the 90s. This list was so bad I went with Real McCoy. Looking at the #1 songs for 95, even those were mostly crap. The Hootie songs were decent and if the Blues Traveler song would have been _Hook_ it would have gotten my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/26 "2015-03-17T19:27:59Z")
One of these times we’ll get through a year without someone complaining that the music sucks. Lots of good music came out in 1995. In addition to the music above were albums by Oasis, Radiohead, Green Day, Alanis Morissette, and Moby. Alternative rock is maybe at its height. I’ll get off your lawn now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/27 "2015-03-17T19:38:48Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > One of these times we’ll get through a year without someone complaining that the music sucks. Lots of good music came out in 1995. In addition to the music above were albums by Oasis, Radiohead, Green Day, Alanis Morissette, and Moby. Alternative rock is maybe at its height. > > I’ll get off your lawn now. 😛 I won’t contest your point. However, it should be mentioned this chart applies only to _singles_ which, at that time, were an endangered species in terms of sales. The songs by Oasis, Radiohead, et al., were pretty much all album cuts and thus ineligible to be included on the list. Within a few years, Billboard loosened the rules for their Hot 100 Singles chart so that album cuts, whose popularity were almost entirely based on radio airplay, would be included. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148/28 "2015-03-17T19:48:08Z")
Hey, I think the 90s was the strongest decade of the century for music. You had the emergence of gangsta rap and alternative rock along with strong R&B mostly decent pop music. Admittedly, that’s my nostalgic bias. I think the problem here is that alternative rock isn’t “top 40” music. 1995 is missing Weezer, Bush, Green Day, and many more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-the-rest-of-the-top-40-1995/715148.md?page=1)