“Kiss Me” is a song by American band Sixpence None the Richer from their self-titled third album (1997). The ballad was released as a single in August 1998, in the United States and was issued in international territories the following year. Several music critics compared the song to works by English alternative rock band the Sundays, and it was nominated for a Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group at the 42nd Grammy Awards. “Kiss Me” is the band’s highest-charting single in the US, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard and becoming the country’s sixth-best-selling single of 1999. Worldwide, the song reached No. 1 on the Autralian and Canadian charts as well as No. 4 in the UK and New Zealand charts, making it the group’s highest-charting single worldwide. Three music videos were made for the song, with one paying tribute to French romantic film Jules et Jim and two others featuring the band in the park, watching a portable television.
“Another Night” is a multi platinum-selling crossover hit by the German Eurodance project Real McCoy (also known as M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy). The single is featured on their hit album, Another Night (1995), which was the American release of the project’s second album, Space Invaders. The song was written and produced in Germany by Juergen Wind (J. Wind) and Frank Hassas (Quickmix) in 1993 under the producer team name Freshline. Initially a sleeper hit in Germany in 1993, it would go on to reach the top three in the United Kingdom and United States in late 1994. It also peaked at number one in Australia, Scotland, and Zimbabwe, as well as on the Canadian and US dance charts. In 2008, “Another Night” was ranked at number 91 in Billboard Magazine’s Top 100 Songs of the First 50 Years of the Hot 100.
“Free Your Mind” is a song by American female group En Vogue, released in September 1992 as the third single from their critically acclaimed second album, Funky Divas (1992). The anti-prejudice song became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard and a Top 20 hit in the Uk. Billboard named the song No. 41 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. The track was recorded between December 1991 and January 1992, composed and produced by Foster and McElroy. They were inspired by the Funkadelic song “Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow.” The guitar and bass tracks for the song were written and recorded by San Francisco-based guitarist Jinx Jones. The opening line: “Prejudice, wrote a song about it. Like to hear it? Here it go!”, is adapted from a line originally used by David Alan Grier’s’s character Calhoun Tubbs from In Living Colour.
“No Rain” is a song by American rock band Blind Melon. It was released in 1993 as the second single from the band’s eponymous debut album. The song is well known for its accompanying music video, which features the “Bee Girll” character. The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, received heavy airplay on MTV at the time of its release. It opens on the girl’s tap routine; the audience responds with mocking laughter, and the girl runs off-stage in tears. As the song plays, she wanders through Los Angeles, stopping to perform her dance for whomever will watch, but she still feels alone. Ultimately, at the point in the song where the word “escape” is repeated, she peeks through a gate, which elicits a look of astonishment on her face, then runs through it to join a group of “bee people” just like her, dancing joyfully in a green field. It subsequently helped propel Blind Melon to a multi-platinum level. The song is the band’s highest-charting song, reaching number 20 on the US Billboard and number one on both the Billboard Album charts. It proved to be successful internationally, peaking at number one in Canada and number eight in Australia.
“Crush” is a song by American singer Jennifer Paige. The song was written by Andy Goldmark, Mark Mueller, Berny Cosgrove and Kevin Clark. It was released as the first single from her eponymous debut album. The music video for “Crush” was produced by Kati Haberstok and directed by David Hogan. “Crush” topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand while peaking at number three on the US Billboard, where it stayed for four consecutive weeks in September 1998. In the United Kingdom, “Crush” reached number four in the Uk, and it also reached number four in France. It became a top-20 hit in at least 13 other countries, including Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway.
