Paula Dorothy Cole is an American singer-songwriter and producer. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour,she released her first album,Harbinger,which suffered from a lack of promotion when the label,Imago Records,folded shortly after its release. Her second album,This Fire (1996),brought her worldwide acclaim,peaking at number 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart and producing two hit singles,the triple-Grammy nominated "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?",which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997,and "I Don't Want to Wait",which was used as the theme song of the television show Dawson's Creek. Cole was a featured performer in the 1996 prototype mini-tour for Lilith Fair,and also was a headliner for Lilith Fair in 1997 and 1998. She won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1998,and also became the first woman ever to be nominated for "Producer of the Year" in her own right in that same year.
"The Great Beyond" is a song by American rock band R.E.M.,written for the 1999 film Man on the Moon. It was released as a single the same year for support of the film's soundtrack album. On the soundtrack,there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track;meanwhile,the single version is a radio edit,with the bridge omitted.
"Man on the Moon" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M.,released in November 1992 as the second single from their eighth album,Automatic for the People (1992). The lyrics were written by lead singer Michael Stipe,and the music by drummer Bill Berry and guitarist Peter Buck. The song was well received by critics and reached number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100,number 17 on the US Cash Box Top 100,number 18 on the UK Singles Chart,and number one in Iceland. It remains one of R.E.M.'s most popular songs and was included on the compilations In Time:The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 and Part Lies,Part Heart,Part Truth,Part Garbage 1982–2011.
"E-Bow the Letter" is the first single from American rock band R.E.M.'s 10th studio album,New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996). It was released on August 19,1996,several weeks before the album's release. During the same month,R.E.M. signed a then record-breaking five-album contract with Warner Bros. Records. The song features American singer-songwriter and "Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith performing backing vocals. Smith was cited as a major influence by band members Michael Stipe and Peter Buck,and she also provided backing vocals for "Blue",the closing track on the band's final studio album,Collapse into Now,in 2011.
"Name" is a song by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1995 as the third single from their fifth studio album,A Boy Named Goo (1995). "Name" became the band's first major hit,topping both the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Album Rock Tracks chart. It also reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada,"Name" peaked at number two on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart and number one on the RPM Alternative 30.
"Breathe" is a song written by Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. Warner Bros. Records released it on October 4,1999,as the first single from Hill's fourth album of the same name (1999). The song was produced by Byron Gallimore and Hill. "Breathe" became Hill's seventh number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in the United States,spending six weeks at number one. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 2000. Despite not peaking at number one,it was the number-one single of 2000.
"This Kiss" is a song by American country music singer Faith Hill from her third studio album Faith. It was written by Beth Nielsen Chapman,Robin Lerner and Annie Roboff,and produced by Hill and Byron Gallimore. It was released on February 23,1998,as the album's first single.
"Black Balloon" is a song by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in June 1999 as the fourth single from the band's sixth studio album,Dizzy Up the Girl (1998),and reached No.3 in Canada,No.16 in the United States and No.23 in Iceland.
"Gone till November" a song by Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean,released as the third single from debut solo album,The Carnival (1997). The song was released on 25 November 1997 by Columbia and Ruffhouse,and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart,becoming Jean's highest-charting solo hit in the UK alongside 2000's "It Doesn't Matter". In the United States,the song peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached number four in both Canada and New Zealand
"I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written,recorded,and produced by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole. Cole wrote the song in mid-1996 and released it as second single from her second studio album,This Fire (1996),on October 14,1997. The single release was successful,reaching No. 11 in the United States and No. 5 in Canada. VH1 ranked "I Don't Want to Wait" as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s at No. 81. The song later served as the opening theme for the American teen drama television series Dawson's Creek,which ran from 1998 to 2003.
"Don't Wanna Fall in Love" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Jane Child. Released in January 1990 as the second single from her self-titled debut album,the single went to number two for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 from April 14 to April 28,1990. In addition,a new jack swing remix of the song was produced by Teddy Riley and reached number six on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and number eleven on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart.
"Here Is Gone" is a song by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. A song about yearning for a deeper relationship with someone,"Here Is Gone" was released on March 11,2002,as the lead single from the band's seventh studio album,Gutterflower (2002). It reached number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number three on the Adult Top 40. The single also reached number 17 in New Zealand,becoming the group's second top-20 hit there.
"Constant Craving" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang and Ben Mink,performed by lang and included on her second solo album,Ingénue (1992). The song was released in the United Kingdom in April 1992 and won lang a Grammy Award in the category for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1993,as well as an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.
"Me" is a song written,produced,and performed by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole. It was released as the third and final single from her second studio album,This Fire (1996),in February 1998. Released only to radio,the song entered the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Adult Top 40. In Canada,the song reached number 20 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. A promotional CD was also distributed in Germany.
"As Long as You Follow" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Performed by Christine McVie and written alongside her then-husband,Eddy Quintela,the song was one of two new tracks on the band's 1988 greatest hits album,along with "No Questions Asked". Lead guitarist Rick Vito singled out the guitar solo on "As Long as You Follow" as his best work with Fleetwood Mac.
"The X-Files" is an instrumental written and produced by American film and television composer Mark Snow. On its parent album,The Truth and the Light:Music from the X-Files,the track is titled "Materia Primoris". It is a remixed version of the original theme Snow composed for the science fiction television series The X-Files in 1993. The composition was released as a single in 1996 and achieved chart success,particularly in France,where it reached number one on the SNEP Singles Chart. The composition has since been covered by many artists,including DJ Dado and Triple X;DJ Dado's version was a major hit in Europe while Triple X's version reached number two in Australia.
"The Way You Love Me" is a song written by Keith Folleséand Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released on February 14,2000,as the second single from her fourth studio album,Breathe (1999),and was later released to pop radio on August 15,2000,becoming Hill's third single serviced to the format. The track utilizes Auto-Tune for Hill's backup vocals.
"Save Me" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their 15th studio album,Behind the Mask,released as a single in 1990. Written and sung by Christine McVie,it was the group's last top-40 hit in the United States,where it reached No. 33. "Save Me" achieved modest success in the United Kingdom,where it peaked at No. 53. It also reached the top 10 in Canada,Finland,and the Netherlands. The song was,as the slightly shorter single edit,included in the group's 2018 compilation 50 Years –Don't Stop.
"Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" is the debut single of American music group Citizen King from their second studio album,Mobile Estates (1999),as the second track. It was first released to rock radio on January 26,1999,and was given a commercial release later the same year. The song peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart in August 1999. Citizen King did not release another single that replicated the success of "Better Days",making them a one-hit wonder.
"If I Were You" is a song written by Canadian songwriters k.d. lang and Ben Mink and performed by lang. It was the first single released from lang's third studio album,All You Can Eat (1995),on 18 September 1995. The single reached number 24 on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart and number four on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. On the US Billboard charts,the single reached number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and was lang's second and final number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Overseas,"If I Were You" peaked at number 23 in Australia,number 50 in New Zealand,and number 53 in the United Kingdom.
