What is your favorite Song of the Year winner of the 1990’s? (POLL)

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streets of philadelphia by a significant margin

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[ciguanaba Joined: Jan 26th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 3938 View Predictions]

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What a crappy list. Streets of Philadelphia wins by default. The fact that You Oughta Know is not on this list. Or Losing my Religion. Or Nothing compares 2 U. I-

We must analyze why the Grammys are so bad are picking track winners. Usually they do better with albums, but SOTY/ROTY winners are mediocre choices almost all the time.

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[Gucci Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 17049 View Predictions]

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“Kiss From a Rose”

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 7 Posts: 707 View Predictions]

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Tears in Heaven. Still one of the most subtle yet powerful songs ever made.

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[Deemy Joined: Feb 20th, 2015 Topics: 3 Posts: 2935 View Predictions]

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My Heart Will Go On

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[Andresg770 Joined: Nov 17th, 2010 Topics: 2 Posts: 693 View Predictions]

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Song-wise (i.e., in terms of songwriting), my top 3 are easily “Tears in Heaven,” “Streets of Philadelphia,” and “Kiss from a Rose.” Though I gotta admit that “Smooth” is the one I’ve jammed to the most.

As for the sleeper of this group, I’d say it’s “Change the World,” which is surprisingly forgotten these days, despite being a pretty fine effort by Clapton, Babyface, and the songwriters. (In fact, I’m surprised Clapton didn’t do a three-peat in the ’90s with “My Father’s Eyes,” considering how much the Academy fawns over everything he does…)

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Streets Of Philadelphia

FYC

AOTY - Renaissance

Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Tyree Henry.

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Damn, there were a lot of garbage winners this decade. “From A Distance”? “Unforgettable”? Seriously? This may be an unpopular opinion, but “Change The World” basically defines the words cheesy, lame, and boring. “Kiss from a Rose” isn’t a bad song, but did it really deserve it over “You Oughta Know”(which has so many memorable and iconic lines in it)? I know that’s also an unpopular opinion, but that’s just my taste in music for you.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 95 Posts: 6246 View Predictions]

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“Streets of Philadelphia”

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[Sir Shaw Joined: Aug 1st, 2019 Topics: 7 Posts: 1434 View Predictions]

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How the fuck did From A Distance & Unforgettable even win? Quality aside aren’t covers ineligible?

1. Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
2. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
3. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
4. A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
5. Kiss from a Rose – Seal
6. Smooth — Santana

The rest are range from meh to put outwright terrible.

Half the winners from the 90s being movie soundtracks is lowkey sending me.

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[Andresg770 Joined: Nov 17th, 2010 Topics: 2 Posts: 693 View Predictions]

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Sir Shaw wrote:

How the fuck did From A Distance & Unforgettable even win? Quality aside aren’t covers ineligible?

I believe the Grammys have some weasely wording in the definition of the category, whereby a song is eligible if it “achieves prominence” for the first time during the eligibility period. This is basically how “From a Distance” was eligible, since the original Nanci Griffiths version only charted in Ireland, according to Wiki.

Having said that, while I get why they do this, it still strikes me as hypocritical. So they’re telling us that the song wasn’t worth a nomination when it was first written, but now that it’s popular its lyrical prowess has suddenly increased?? SMH…

“Unforgettable” is still impossible to explain, though. But then again, this is the same Academy that gave Bill Withers a Best R&B Song Grammy for “Lean on Me” — the CLUB NOUVEAU VERSION from the late 1980s…

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👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)

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