Intros Quiz: 1993 edition
In our five-year interval intros quiz series we reach 1993. As usual, there are 5-7 second intros of 20 songs from that year, for you to guess. I must confess to having cheated a little bit: all were single releases in 1993, as far as I know, except one (number 12), which appeared on an album released in September that year, but didn’t come out as a single until 1994. And even then it was not a big hit. The rest, however, were hits in either the US or UK or both. Number 7 only reached #32 in Britain, but should be well known to anybody who remembers rock music in the ’90s; #17 was a UK Top 30 hit, but is also very well known (certainly to people who listened to the rock station on Grand Theft Auto).
Answers in a few days’ time in the comments section. If you can’t wait to know what that pesky number 6 is, feel free to e-mail me. Actually, feel free to e-mail me anyway; every comment and message is appreciated (on that note, props to Siblingshot blog’s little strop at receiving too few comments).
I love this song!
Thanks for the plug, any major dude ; I hadn’t fully realised just how “stroppy” I sounded until I re-read the entry this morning… the web sheriff probably had me more rattled than I care to admit!Great intro quiz. I just downloaded the entries and gave them a quick listen. Since GTA is a huge player in this house – as you may be aware if you’ve chanced upon a couple of my earlier posts – I’m intrigued with your reference to #17. I need to sit down and give the quiz MP3 some serious attention.If you don’t get a response from me you’ll know you have me stumped!By the way, I think I rate virtually every Donal Fagen/Walter Becker composition I’ve ever heard very highly indeed. Great blog title.Cheers.
How I remember 1993 and its music. I believe I still own half those albums. Good stuff, a few of them are really making me think though. I’ll have to listen a bit more closely.
God, most I’ll have listen to more closely but the 4 artists thus far I instantly recognized were The Stereo MC’s, Nirvana, Sting and the Spin Doctors. Am I on the right track?
All I can say is keep doing it. I just love this stuff. What year next?Thanks
Thanks for all the comments. Much appreciated.cheese knees, next will be 1998, then 2003. Then…hmmm, Soviet propaganda songs?THE ANSWERS:1. Snow – Informer2. Four Non Blondes – What’s Up3. Stereo MCs – Connected4. Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)5. Wrecks N Effex – Rump Shaker6. Duran Duran – Ordinary World7. Nirvana – Rape Me8. Mariah Carey – Dreamlover9. Arrested Development – Mr Wendal10. Sting – Fields Of Gold11. Spin Doctors – Two Princes12. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You13. Robin S – Show Me Love14. Pet Shop Boys – Go West15. Crowded House – Distant Sun16. Take That – Relight My Fire17. Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name Of18. Sheryl Crow – Leaving Las Vegas19. Shaggy – O Carolina20. James – Laid
My wife and I just did the quiz. She’s American and I’m British but we still only got 12/20.1993 wasn’t my year. ;-)