"Bennie & The Jets" - Elton John

torcan wrote: The week that "Jump" by Kris Kross hit No. 1 it's been downhill ever since.

Wasn't that the #1 song for the year?

Have you also noticed that most hit songs of the '90s and '00s hardly ever get played on the radio in oldies (or recurrent) rotation? I'm much more likely to hear "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey or "My Life" by Billy Joel than I am "Hero" by Mariah Carey (a favorite) or "Shine" by Collective Soul.

I'm seeing Classic Rock move more into the 90s, and away from all but a handful of 60s tunes. "Shine" is in regular rotation on our Classic rocker. As far as Mariah goes, I don't think her songs have aged well (which can be said for a lot of 90s music). Maybe mainstream or soft AC might still play her.

aaronk wrote: One other thing to consider is that CHR today just doesn't play many "gold" category songs at all. When they do, it's even more unlikely that they are going to play songs that are 10 or 15+ years old.

But when DID CHR play songs that old? While 1995 may seem like yesterday to many of us, to a 25 year old it's an eternity ago. Even back in the 60s & 70s, it was pretty rare to play anything more than 5-6 years old, for that matter in the 80s "hot hits" era many CHRs didn't play any gold at all!

Hykker wrote: But when DID CHR play songs that old?

I completely agree.

There have been more one-hit wonders since the early '90s than any other time frame.

Wikipedia has a list of one-hit wonders by decade, and it seems to be about the same size for every decade since the '60s. I don't think there have been any more (give or take a few) one-hit wonders in any particular decade.

This is definitely an interesting discussion...