ITT: Songs no American has ever heard

that's nothing

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

his biggest hit in the US

as an american ive never listened to a non-american artist, why the fuck should i

that got some good airplay in the 80s

Millennium was definitely the bigger hit

Royksopp - "Remind Me" and "Eple"

got more MTV video airplay, but nope
#72

youtube.com/watch?v=7m94ip38UKs

>americans literally have no idea what this is

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Carter USM Sheriff Fatman

Billboard Hot 100 chart isn't always accurate as to what people were listening to, especially the under 30 crowd. MTV and radio were the real hitmakers in the 90s, not CD single sales.

Bro I literally heard the style council in walmart recently

youtube.com/watch?v=f7Wn5oZgFOo

youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7S_QGWTjA

Remind Me was in a huge geico commercial back in like 2006

I've always wondered if Americans knew of eurodisco/italodisco: Sabrina, Bad Boys Blue etc.. I also wonder if Sandra was popular outside of Germany and Poland

what a fucking banger

Hot 100 (was) a combination of hard sales and radio airplay. MTV/ internet meant nothing until recently

Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" peaked at #42 and was only on the Hot 100 for two weeks despite being absolutely inescapable for like 6 months.

In reality, it was #1 hit level popular at it's height.

youtube.com/watch?v=fM3BZCWfH4I

youtube.com/watch?v=cX-8MHKuQ5I

youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ

>Americans don't know who this man is

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are you fucking stupid lmao
This song was huge in America.

Uh... basically everyone over 30 remembers Shattered Dreams. Their other stuff, not so much.

youtube.com/watch?v=ryAeRXArVHY
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this

and north american 'artists'/art hoes/hipsters are familiar with her work, at least on a surface level

maybe some dance boomers? "eurodance" definitely had some hits on this side in the '90s

youtube.com/watch?v=fSplvCL__CU

Some italo disco probably did, at least in dance / rnb "black music" circles.

Actual European dance music (not just synthpop/new wave) didn't get mainstream until about '88. And a lot of that was just takes on American underground house/techno.

>peaked at 42 but was still a #1

how does that work? the charts aren't based on your personal listening habits

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In terms of popularity/airplay it should have been #1 you underage doofus. That song was huge.

britpop wasnt really a thing in the us outside of oasis
the 2nd most successful britpop band in the us chart wise wasnt blur, pulp, suede etc...it was elastica

If it was actually popular nationwide like you say, it would have gone higher than #42. It clearly wasn't very big at all.

>you underage doofus

I'm fucking 53, I saw MTV when it was two days old and read Billboard religiously in the 80s
>inb4 too old to be on basketweaving forum

american here, yeah i've heard all of these

Elastica had a couple hits that fit with that alt girl stuff on the radio around 95-96 so they got play here, but in the long term Blur are more well known today.

And that's a wide margin to 2nd place. Oasis had a couple of other MTV hits and a pretty decent alt rock base thanks to the radio. Their album was pretty sucessful too.

But Elastica only really had "Connection" and maybe one minor followup. Most people thought they were just a Brit Veruca Salt or L7 though.

Then you should remember how big 'Torn' was my man. It was MUCH bigger than a #42 placement.

youtube.com/WTsHWzvJWDQ

youtube.com/jd_4OrFH3EU

that's like saying Gangnam Style was a big hit in the US because it had a billion views. it only hit #12

>it only hit #12
oops I'm wrong
still

Torn was the most played song across US radio stations for nearly 3 consecutive months

whoops

youtube.com/watch?v=WTsHWzvJWDO
youtube.com/watch?v=jd_4OrFH3EU

From the same channel, a song in Occitan.
youtube.com/watch?v=y73FqbxwBLU

but it didn't SELL
what's so hard to understand?

It didn't sell because there was no commercial single issued for it.

Yeah a lot of huge radio hits were only released as radio promo singles at the time

Then it's not a real #1 hit if it's only on radio or tv but you can't even buy the song.

youtube.com/watch?v=Y7I1nCcwJP0

youtu.be/cmpRLQZkTb8

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

This song is fucking awful. Americans should be greatful.

youtube.com/watch?v=-SNV1WJzjsY

Listen to that bassline lads.

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Anything Norman Cook/Fatboy Slim

nah, he was big in the late 90s

youtu.be/LXEOESuiYcA

srupid yanks will never comprehend