Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 18 September 2026
MacColl’s first “hit” of the 90s. It only reached no 82 though. Lyrically it’s coming from a similar place to her first hit, There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis. This one isn’t at all “rock”y, though, and has a Country feel.
Kirsty MacColl: Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim
Posted in 1990s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 14 August 2026
Musician and legendary record producer William Orbit has died. As well as making records in his own right he worked with a multitude of artists across his career and is widely credited with reviving Madonna’s when he produced her Ray of Light album. TI am not really a fan but the two Madonna songs I regard most highly, Ray of Light and Beautiful Stranger, were both created with Orbit’s oversight.
This Orbit track, his arrangement of Samuel Barber’s composition, reached no 4 in the UK in 1999.
William Orbit: Barber’s Adagio For Strings
William Mark Wainwright (William Orbit): 15/12/1956 – 23/7/2026. So it goes.
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 7 August 2026
A world-wide no 1, 2 or 3 – except in North America (and Finland) – from a band with a slightly cheeky name.
Due to the recurring lyric its title is frequently misquoted as What’s Going On?
Four Non Blondes: What’s Up?
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 17 July 2026
Radiohead’s highest chart placing; no 3 in 1997.
Radiohead: Paranoid Android
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 15 May 2026
Until I checked I would have said that this was Joan Osborne’s only UK hit (no 6 in 1995) but it seems she also had a no 33 the next year with a song called St Teresa.
I must confess I don’t remember that heavily accented little introduction (about the heavenly airplane [sic]) she gives in this video.
The song itself is lyrically interesting.
Joan Osborne: One of Us
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 10 April 2026
In terms of chart position this was the second biggest of Del Amitri’s hits. No 13 in 1992.
Del Amitri: Always the Last to Know
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 27 February 2026
The group’s second big hit and only no 1. From 1997.
The Verve: The Drugs Don’t Work
Posted in 1990s, Lyrics, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 23 January 2026
The refrain of this is very unProdigy-like (in my opinion.) Not that lyrically there’s much to the whole thing. But reggae?
The Prodigy: Out of Space
Posted in 1990s, Events dear boy. Events, Something Changed at 12:00 on 29 December 2025
Perry Bamonte’s death on Christmas Eve came somewhat out of the blue.
He started as one of the The Cure’s road crew and took over guitar and keyboard duties in 1990.
This is a single from their first album with him as full member, Wish, and was a no 8 in 1992.
The Cure: High
Perry Archangelo Bamonte: 3/9/1960 – 24/12/2025. So it goes.
Posted in 1990s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 28 December 2025
They’re coming thick and fast.
Raul Malo of US band The Mavericks died earlier this month, but his obituary was only in the Guardian last week.
I featured their biggest UK hit, the joyous Dance the Night Away (a no 4 in 1998,) here.
This one (their second biggest) reached no 27 later that year.
The Mavericks: I’ve Got This Feeling
Raul Francisco Martínez-Malo: 7/8/1965 – December 8/12/2025. So it goes.
